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03-15-05, 06:20 PM (EST)
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"Raft spoiler?"
I was reading over at the Lost TV boards and came across this quote from a NY Times article. It gives a brief mention on the fate of the raft the Michael is building. (I bolded the interesting part)

Mr. Lindelof listed his show's many leaps into the unknown: a locked hatch on the jungle floor, a marauding polar bear, an man-eating monster and more survivors from a previous plane crash. As adept as the writers, led by Mr. Lindelof and the "Alias" creator J. J. Abrams, have been at adding new mysteries, they now must subtract some. There's a hard-to-quantify moment when an audience stops feeling tantalized and starts feeling manipulated.

Mr. Lindelof committed to killing off a series regular by season's end; also by that point, the raft that some castaways have been building will have set sail, he said. But just who will live or die has always been a problem for this writing staff. "In the original pilot, Matthew Fox's character died halfway through," Mr. Lindelof explained. "We made him a real living, breathing, three-dimensional guy, so that his death would be shocking…

Questioning its validity, I went to the Times web site and read it there. Now, am I reading this correctly, or are the writers planning on having someone actually leave on the raft? The article doesn’t give any info on who might be going, when it might happen except before the seasons end, or anything else. It doesn’t even mention when the author of the article had this conversation with “Mr. Lindelof” or if the sailing of the raft is still plausible, but none the less it is an interesting tidbit to consider.

The link to the NY times is http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/14/arts/television/14lost.html
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  Subject     Author     Message Date     ID  
 Who is on the raft? TeamJoisey 03-16-05 1
   RE: Who is on the raft? TenPin 03-16-05 2
       RE: Who is on the raft? dabo 03-17-05 4
   RE: Who is on the raft? J I M B O 03-16-05 3
       RE: Who is on the raft? PepeLePew13 03-18-05 5
           RE: Who is on the raft? dabo 03-18-05 6
               RE: Who is on the raft? Risti 03-18-05 7
               Currents TeamJoisey 03-18-05 10
           RE: Who is on the raft? AugustGirl 03-18-05 8
               RE: Who is on the raft? FunTimeLost One 03-18-05 9
                   RE: Who is on the raft? AugustGirl 03-18-05 11

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03-16-05, 12:08 PM (EST)
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1. "Who is on the raft?"

Somebody refresh my memory.
Did Michael designate a fourth passenger?

We know Michael, Walt and Sawyer have spots on the raft.

Who might be the fourth?

And does that remove Sawyer from the Dead Pool?


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2. "RE: Who is on the raft?"
To the best of my knowledge, the fourth passenger had not yet been determined.

In the episodes following the burning of the initial raft, Jin has played a major roll in the rebuilding process and by right should earn that fourth spot.

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4. "RE: Who is on the raft?"
Jin is also son of a poor fisherman. River boating isn't the same as ocean boating but he may have plenty of experience to bring to the raft trip.
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3. "RE: Who is on the raft?"
And does that remove Sawyer from the Dead Pool?

i don't think so. when the sentence begins "also by that point" it could be refering to the "season's end".

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5. "RE: Who is on the raft?"
LAST EDITED ON 03-18-05 AT 02:19 AM (EST)

Not only that, but the "the raft ... will have set sail" doesn't necessarily mean that they will keep sailing off into the horizon -- it could sink after going a few hundred yards or something like that and one of the people on the raft fall victim to drowning/shark/polar bear/take your pick.



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6. "RE: Who is on the raft?"
Actually, islands are surrounded by currents, they may take awhile circumnavigating their prison without finding a way to escape. At least not with the raft they have.

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7. "RE: Who is on the raft?"
LAST EDITED ON 03-18-05 AT 04:16 AM (EST)

Or perhaps simply sail around to the other side of the island, perhaps the spot where the Black Rock overlooks the sea...

Now *that* would be an inbetween seasons cliffhanger. The last two minutes of the finale showing them turning the corner with "What the heck" looks on their faces as they see just what they'd been setting up camp so close to for weeks...

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10. "Currents"
Maybe, just maybe, ALL the currents push them toward the island, and they can't get any further than 500 yards from the beach on any side of the island.

I like the idea that they find the black rock, though. It's about time we learned more about that.



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8. "RE: Who is on the raft?"
Not only that, but the "the raft ... will have set sail" doesn't necessarily mean that they will keep sailing off into the horizon

It also doesn't mean that anyone is onboard when it does set sail. Someone/something could launch it without any passengers, and it floats out to sea empty.


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9. "RE: Who is on the raft?"
I had the same thought August, the first one caught fire somehow through Walt, they never said he set fire to it, maybe just wishful think on his part, and his powers which we all seem to believe he has.

As to who the fourth person may be, lets break each passenger down.

Michale and Walt: Michale may realize that taking Walt out on the high ocean on a handmade raft is not the safest place to be, so may choose to leave Walt behind, or give up both their spots and trust that whoever does go will send help as soon as they can.

Sawyer: His spot was only contingent on the cable he provided for the first raft, that raft is now burned. He does not seem to be doing any work on the new one besides guarding it, add to that his attraction to Kate, I do not think he will be on the raft.

Jin: Yes, he is doing as much work as Mike on the boat, the rift with Sun makes hime a very likely canidate. He could also give up his spot to Sun, I believe they made some mention of her being the better swimmer.

Hurley: He has had some involement in the raft building, I really doubt he will go though, or, in a strange twist, take the raft himself thinking he is the only one lucky enough to actually find help.

Personally, I think none of the mains will be on the raft, maybe a group of redshirts, or whoever seems to have the best shot at a career outside of the "Lost" show.

Just my thoughts
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11. "RE: Who is on the raft?"
Personally, I think none of the mains will be on the raft, maybe a group of redshirts, or whoever seems to have the best shot at a career outside of the "Lost" show.

I agree. If any of the mains are on the raft, I have no doubt that their trip will not be lengthy or far. I don't see the raft being a big part of the finale, or a part of the supposed death.

Welcome to the boards, Fun. Please call me Augie. One less letter to type.


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