On May 12, 5:46=A0pm, "yng...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
" <yng...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> That makes more sense than if she died in the blast at the compound,
> because if she did, Sawyer, Hurley and Ben sure couldn't tell. The
> fact that Miles was staring at her in the jungle does make me wonder
> if he sensed that she was going to die. Christian *could* have been
> Death leading her away--except that I think Miles can tell the
> difference between ghosts and the living, and he didn't say anything
> to indicate Christian and Claire were not alive.
But when Claire said, "I'll live", he said, "Don't be so sure."
I'm sure Claire will play dead eventually, and probably is "supposed"
to be dead already, which is why Locke was told it was best not to say
he saw her (still alive).
> Your point about Christian being able to pet Vincent--those vignettes
> are considered canon, are they? In any case, I've always suspected
> Jacob or the island is animating Christian--do we have any indication
> that is really Christian Shephard, and not a manifestation or
> animation of his body? It just always seemed to me that Jack could
> certainly tell whether or not his father was truly dead when he was
> bringing back his corpse on the plane. So is the argument that the
> island brought Christian back to life, or is it that the island is
> using his body or his appearance to communicate with various Losties?
It's that he faked his death, and Jack knew that perfectly well,
having been part of the plan.
I wrote at least 2 seasons back that they'd be showing us more & more
of the supposed dead walking, but under ambiguous cir***stances such
that there'd always be an out, a loophole, an excuse that would allow
viewers to conclude something other than that they were playing dead
-- but that the excuses would become more strained and difficult as
the series went on. It'll probably be at least season 5 before Mr.
Giacchino works a few strains of "When We Pretend To Be Dead" into the
mood music.
Robert
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