In article
<b4fc83dd-6c06-40ac-9936-9a9e441950be@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
darrendelgado@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
says...
> On May 8, 12:23 pm, Fred Ellis <fkel...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> > ejt789...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
> >
> > > On May 7, 2:04 pm, robg...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
> > > > On May 7, 6:37 am, ejt789...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
> >
> > > > > So I guess Aaron got a virus because he was not a baby of faith?
> > > > > This is just a bunch of hand-waving to cover up shoddy writing.
> >
> > > > How is it shoddy writing if a viewer makes certain assumptions
that
> > > > aren't borne out later?
> >
> > > Because its being presented as fact that no one ever gets sick on
the
> > > Island. None of the other characters say "No, you are wrong,
remember
> > > Aaron got a fever and Shannon got an asthma attack?". If the
writers
> > > feel it im****tant enough to write a line about no one ever getting
> > > sick and DON'T feel it im****tant to point out that this is not true,
I
> > > attribute to shoddy writing. They don't want us to remember people
> > > getting sick because they are trying to retcon the Island's powers,
> > > IMO. This is a minor point, granted, but it just goes into the
> > > growing pile of retcons and continuity problems.
> >
> > Rose was implying that the island has the power to cure someone if
they
> > become sick, ill or injured. Not that it has the power to prevent
such
> > a thing from occurring. We have seen certain instances where a
> > character has been 'miraculously' cured of their injury. And where
this
> > has not happen. Rose was telling Bernard that the island should have
> > cured Jack of his appendicitis. Rose believes that if you get sick,
ill
> > or injured the island should cure you.
>
> Also, having seen Jack get appendicitis, she appears to be adding this
> to her mental file, and questioning why Jack was not cured. So, at
> first she assumed (as we did) that the Island cures all sickness, but
> now with the new information about Jack, she is figuring things out
> along with the audience.
>
> This is not a contradiction.
---
Agreed. Also I would like to know the recovery rate from apendix removal
surgery is
normally. The length of Jack's recovery should be a big hint. And I also
think the
island chooses who gets sick and who doesn't, who recovers from injuries
at an
accelerated rate and not. In one of the few times I believe Ben Linus was
when he
said he was out of the island's favor and it was Locke's time. The Island
(Jacob?)
chooses whom to save, whom to cure quickly.
--
----->Hunter
"No man in the wrong can stand up against
a fellow that's in the right and keeps on acomin'."
-----William J. McDonald
Captain, Texas Rangers from 1891 to 1907
|
