Another Lost Theory - Time Displacement | Reader Submission
Just got this comment posted in another theory post we had and I thought it deserved its own post. It’s kind of twisted and confusing but seems like it could be very likely.
I read one show reviewers theory of “Lost” arguing that there is time displacement between the island and the rest of the world, and the season finale eerily fit this theory perfectly.
What that would mean is, I think, this: the 815 survivors are living in December 2004, three months after the crash, but in the outside world it’s 2007. That transmission by Charlie to Penny was in December 2004, and at that point Penny had no idea where to look for Desmond. But off the island 3 more years have passed, and Penny sent a search party to the area based on the nearly 3-year old contact with Charlie.
So Penny DID send the boat, but in 2007, not in December 2004 when Charlie talked to her.
Confused? Yeah, it can be confusing, but the time displacement theory I read that I base this on explained itself quite well, and what I just explained would fit perfectly. I just wish I would have bookmarked the link because I haven’t been able to find it again!
If you think about it, it could explain how Ben knows everything about all the Losties and how he could manipulate them int al getting on that plane…
Thoughts?
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If this theory is right, why did Naomi tell Sayid that no survivors were found in the flight 815 although all the crew was there? And if Naomi was sent in 2007 to rescue them, how was this possible if she was murdered by John in 2004?
That thing about time displacement could also explain why, the one that interviewed and hired Juliet, looked the same age he was when he met young Ben in the forest of the island.
Did anyone else catch the fact that in the “flash forward”, jack told the other doc to go upstairs and get his father to see who was more drunk. Jack’s dad died before the crash. that’s why jack was on the plane to bring his father’s body back. So, if it is the future, why is his father alive? Did he come back from the dead? This happens again at the pharmacy. The girl starts to call his dad to verify the rx. If Jack’s dad is dead, how can she call him? They must be in some kind of alternate time or future. Then when they leave the island, things that have happened may reverse themselves. Such as Jack’s dad not dying? Also, Kate is a fugitive, why isn’t she in jail or in hiding in the flash forward?
Oh, this Time Travel idea is interesting. I didn’t think so before, but after reading an interview with Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse (http://www.mediavillage.com/jmentr/2007/01/31/jmer-lost-01-31-07/), I’m seeing that there is some idea that will tie this all together. I imagine being “in” a Bermuda Triangle of the Pacific — meets Doctor Who . . .
These are responses to Andres and Greg Conquest-and-everyone else.
First, to Andres, the theory would go that Naomi was very much alive all through to 2007 and then WENT BACK IN TIME by crossing into the electromagnetic plane that includes the island. She was very much alive in 2004 off the island, but she crossed back into 2004 on the island when she was murdered.
Second, to Greg Conquest and all other Lost fans, there was a possibly very important easy-to-overlook comment by Cuse and Lindeloff in that very recent recap episode that aired twice, including right before the season finale last Wednesday. At one point during that recap episde, Cuse and Lindeloff discussed on camara the fact that in a past interview they had debunked the theory that the 815 survivors are really dead and in purgatory. They reiterated the debunking by saying, in this recap episode, that the survivors are very much alive “in the time-space continuum.” That was conspicuous that they chose to put it like that, and again it supports the time displacement theory of the island. They could have said the survivors are alive in the world as we know it, or just said they’re very much alive, period. But they threw out that “time-space continuum” verbage on purpose, I think.
Your theory sucks!
Oracle you suck and why does everyone have to use some lame nickname online why can’t you use your real names?
did anyone realize that all wounds in island are cured in very very shorter time than in real world? i think it explains 2004 and 2007 confusiun.
This is very interesting. My professor and I were discussing the same theory, but in the episode in season 4 where Daniel (a new comer) sends for the pay loader and it doesn’t arrive when it should, but arrives later and the times are off. He also tells the scruffy pilot later in the episode to stay on the exact baring they came in on, perhaps to avoid colliding with themselves on reentry into the real worlds time. Also, if you haven’t already, youtube “The Orchid,” and it will bring up a new Dharma Initiative training video. It deals with cloning and in the video, something goes wrong where a cloned rabbit and its original come near each other and everyone freaks. Rather than the rabbit being a clone of the other, it could be the same rabbit but from the other time zone, and if they touch, something catastrophic can happen, like in Dan Brown’s Angels and Demons, the antimatter + matter = BOOM!!!I’m still formulating a theory but this time displacement thing could be a good lead.
Interesting. I found this other theory on the ABC website that goes pretty deep:
http://forums.abc.com/n/pfx/forum.aspx?nav=messages&webtag=lost&tid=2928
Unfortunately, the beginning of this theory just got shot down for we do know-it’s not Penny’s boat. On the other hand, i DO believe that time goes more slowly on the island than in the real world…
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