Comments on Lostpedia Blog: Episode Review - 5x09 "Namaste"

In 'Namaste', the smoke monster definitely appeare...

2009-03-31T17:53:59.298-04:00

In 'Namaste', the smoke monster definitely appeared in its 'wispy' form behind Sun. It almost seemed like it consciously entered the hut to see, first hand, the reaction to Christian's revelation that the other survivors were in 1977.

I'm still very undecided as to whether the woman behind Sun was a mere production blunder or something more. Whoever she was, she had Red hair, which made me think of Charlotte

Lost does keep us guessing doesn't it? How can it...

2009-03-26T14:35:29.999-04:00

Lost does keep us guessing doesn't it? How can it be that Ben is dead? I believed Daniel when he said what has happened can't be changed. Sayid may has shot him, but somehow I feel its not going to kill him. Remember the island heals those it wants to heal. As Locke said this is a place where miracles happen.

Ben isn't dead and somehow the bullet didn't hit anything vital and even though he is injured he will recover. The island will take care of that because it needs him to conduct the Purge. Dharma is not what the island wants.

i guess we learned tonight that the future(the who...

2009-03-26T01:08:19.880-04:00

i guess we learned tonight that the future(the whole 4 seasons worth of future we spent time watching) has been changed, but that only opens up a caseload of cans of worms... good grief!

Sorry if this is a dumb question, but how do we kn...

2009-03-25T16:48:47.200-04:00

Sorry if this is a dumb question, but how do we know Ben, Sun and Frank are in the present? And what would "present" be? 2007 or 2004?

I agree about selecting Nestor because of his eyes...

2009-03-25T10:30:16.244-04:00

I agree about selecting Nestor because of his eyes and he is quite handsome..probably the best looking actor on the show.

He certainly fits the image of an ancient and virile god figure. I am looking forward to some flashbacks on him.

We should see more action this week to tie up the last two episodes of character developement.

Regarding Miles; I think he is Chang's son and bel...

2009-03-25T09:18:06.955-04:00

Regarding Miles; I think he is Chang's son and beleive he will play a major role down the road. He's been on the show too long and we know too little about him for him not to be developed in more detail.

Richard's eyes may not be make-up, but he could ha...

2009-03-25T09:10:11.747-04:00

Richard's eyes may not be make-up, but he could have also been selected for this role due to that feature...leaving the egyptian theme alive.

Kevin...WOW, WOW, WOW!!!! Great thought. The camp definitely looked different than in any other scenes and this is a great theory to explain that.

I also thought I saw the smoke monster in the background while Frank and Sun were in the cottage. Possibly more evidence that it is a controlled entity.

I also noticed that it was night when 316 experienced their turbulance and then day when they popped out of it. Who knows what time they are in...we've not been given any references yet, except that they are not in the 70's.

Question...how did Caesar know that Sun and Frank took off with the boat? It was dark when they arrived at the dock. Not sure how long it would take to paddle 2 1/2 miles. Guessing he was exploring the buildings and noticed them leaving?????

Only 11 hours and 10 minutes until the next episode!

It is often commented that Carbonell's eyes appear...

2009-03-24T18:27:13.135-04:00

It is often commented that Carbonell's eyes appear rather dark, as if one had applied too much eyeliner or mascara. Interviews with both Carbonell and the producers of Lost have stated that his eyes are one of his physical traits, and completely unaided by any form of makeup.

I know that Wikipedia is a user generated place, but this is what I found on the article about Nestor Carbonell that portrays Richard Abpert

skireel don't let dear Richard's eye's confuse you...

2009-03-24T18:19:47.460-04:00

skireel don't let dear Richard's eye's confuse you. I will have to look up the article for us, but the liner is his real skin color, not makeup. I know several dark skinned people whose eyes look like they are wearing eyeliner.

"It’s interesting to see ends that you didn’t know...

2009-03-24T17:12:36.126-04:00

"It’s interesting to see ends that you didn’t know were loose tied up". All well and good but what about the other thousand ones we actualy care about. I really feel they are just going to forget some of the more interesting mysteries mythologies.

Two random observations that are interesting to me...

2009-03-24T13:57:19.075-04:00

Two random observations that are interesting to me:

Christian Shepherd may be another manifestation of the Smoke Monster. Sun and Frank clearly see the rustling in the bushes that usually precedes Smokey when they dock, Sun is obviously very nervous about it. Then the rustling retreats and Christian appears...

This has probably been mentioned many times before but it became apparent in La Fleur when Sawyer says something about Richard Alpert's "eyeliner." That got me thinking that yes, Richard does wear a lot of eyeliner... just like an Egyptian! So of course R.A. = "RA" and again our friend Horace is in this episode and Horace is a homophone for "Horus" another Egyptian diety, bring us back to the statue and temple and all that.

Love this show

LS

Don't know if anyone noticed, but it seems to me t...

2009-03-22T18:07:23.056-04:00

Don't know if anyone noticed, but it seems to me that new castaways as well traveled in time! It was night before the flash and then they landed on the island and it was day, all of a sudden! So I think we can't really know WHEN they are.

I think that since Locke turned the wheel they are...

2009-03-22T17:40:35.017-04:00

I think that since Locke turned the wheel they are now capable of changing the future, that time won't 'course correct' as it did while the flashes were occurring. The island looked so different when Sun and Lapidus visited it as a result of the other losties actions in the past.

By the way, whoever set up the Faraday page on Los...

2009-03-22T12:47:51.897-04:00

By the way, whoever set up the Faraday page on Lostpedia THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!! It wasn't there a few days ago.

At this point, I am much more interested in Farada...

2009-03-22T11:48:48.794-04:00

At this point, I am much more interested in Faraday than anyone else on the show. I believe the reason he is not around in 1977 is because somehow he has been able to time travel. Where to, only "time" will tell. After all, he was snooping around beneath where the Orchid is going to be and he is a physic's genius with a curiosity that seems to know no bounds. And his tenacity when he has a problem he wants to solve is like a bull dog that won't let go.

I think Sawyer's sarcasm when asked about Faraday is that Sawyer and his "lost pals" don't know where Faraday is. F. did not share his scheme with them. I also don't think Sawyer likes Faraday much, thinks he is a crackpot.

sorry i keep popping out of nowhere but i just kee...

2009-03-22T10:44:20.150-04:00

sorry i keep popping out of nowhere but i just keep remembering stuff from the episode that i would like to share.

i noticed that when christian was showing sun and frank the picture frank's face was kinda in the dark and all of a sudden the door opened behind them and it looked like the black smoke/monster was quickly passing there.

You're all right - there is someone tucked behind ...

2009-03-22T09:49:43.854-04:00

You're all right - there is someone tucked behind Sun. Check this out!
http://getlostpodcast.iimmgg.com/image/3cfb39ff4d6728d560e1e7b8c0bd8b39

First post so here goes. Just a couple comments o...

2009-03-22T00:59:24.237-04:00

First post so here goes. Just a couple comments on what I've been reading.

1.)Jack as Janitor - A lot of people seem to think Sawyer was behind this somehow and was doing this as an attempt to spite Jack. I prefer the theory that Jack is filling in for someone who scored poorly on the aptitude test. If Sawyer did forge the test, I think he made the results poor so that Jack wouldn't be given a position that he was incapable of performing. For instance, if he was made an electrician or scientist or something, he would attract suspicion when he couldn't do his job.

2.)Where is Daniel? - When the rest of the time travelers found Daniel in the jungle after Charlotte's death he was saying to himself, "I won't do it...I won't do it." He was probably talking about warning Charlotte, since he knew it wouldn't do any good. Daniel may have gone to the Orchid station in the hopes of traveling through time again to avoid having to tell Charlotte never to come back to the island. But if his prophecy is true, he will find his way back to the Dharma Initiative before Charlotte leaves the island.

3.)Did the Purge happen? - A few people have suggested that because the survivors went back in time it somehow changed the course of history and that there was no purge. As evidence they claim that the barracks have signs on them in 2007 that weren't there in 2004. Perhaps this is a remote corner of the barracks that we've never seen before or perhaps its an outpost. I would not however suggest yet that just because we signs that we haven't seen before that time has somehow changed. I think the Purge has still happened, and the barracks are in ruins because nobody's been living there for three years.

This has me curious. Is Christain always wearing ...

2009-03-21T21:35:27.072-04:00

This has me curious. Is Christain always wearing the same clothes each time he appears like Richard Alpert sometimes does?

And have any of you noticed that Christian always has his shirt buttoned all the way to the throat? That is not the way most men wear casual shirts is it?

okay i just saw that someone said here that the sh...

2009-03-21T16:49:28.001-04:00

okay i just saw that someone said here that the shady woman behind sun could be claire cuz she hangs out with christian. i reckon that's the case, but only time will tell...
anyways, i find it hard to believe that it was a production error of some sort. i mean, we are talking about lost here. it was always about the littlest details.

am i the only one who thinks that jack's father ch...

2009-03-21T16:36:01.150-04:00

am i the only one who thinks that jack's father christian may actually be jacob? it's a long shot but i kinda get that vibe from him...

this episode was definitely great. so far, the creators of the show answered all my expectations and more.
the only thing i still wonder about is claire...

Sawyer shifting from "dumb redneck" to "Sherriff" ...

2009-03-21T11:49:12.716-04:00

Sawyer shifting from "dumb redneck" to "Sherriff" is a nod to The Stand by Stephen King. Stu Redman has the same kind of change as responsibility is thrust on him. He becomes a careful and compassionate leader because it was not a position he would have naturally chosen.

Also, it makes sense that Daniel had run off and joined the Others/Hostiles before this time. Charlotte said he was a strange man who came out of the jungle when he approached her at age 7. If he was a familiar face, a member of the DI, his message to never come back to the island might not have been as memorable or disturbing. We don't know when Daniel's experience at the Orchid occurred. It could have been in 1974, before he left the DI.

Concerning why they didn't all get transported bac...

2009-03-21T02:07:36.779-04:00

Concerning why they didn't all get transported back to 1977, I just figured it was because, as Eloise told them before they left to go back to the island, if all of the Oceanic 6 didn't go back, the results would be "unpredictable." Since Aaron wasn't with them, they didn't have all 6, and so the outcome was not guaranteed.

Amanda, I was just going to blog the same thing! T...

2009-03-21T01:58:22.789-04:00

Amanda, I was just going to blog the same thing! There was definitely a woman sitting in the background behind Christian, and it definitely didn't look like Sun to me! It was clearly a woman though, and my guess is that it wasn't a filming error because they could have easily edited it out if they wanted.
I think Invader Zim is referring to a different scene, because when I noticed the woman, Sun was not in the picture. Only Christian, and the woman appeared behind him. Anybody get a clear look at her, or know who it might be?

I think Kevin is right on about a shift in the tim...

2009-03-20T23:47:20.088-04:00

I think Kevin is right on about a shift in the time-line; supported by the "numbers" on the radio as the plane is coming in - definitely NOT Hurley's voice as it seemed to be when Rousseau & Company landed. Something has changed, and it has to be due to the losties in the 70's. After all 316 comes in 30 years later.