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Lost (TV show)
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OK, I rented the Season 1 DVDs and watched the whole thing in a marathon session over the weekend. There are obviously a lot of loose ends that haven't been cleared up, but really only one that is nagging at me for some reason: Do we know what caused Locke's paralysis?
P.S. Yes, I know there are other more interesting questions remaining, but this is the only one that I think might have already been answered (and I just somehow missed it).
OK, I rented the Season 1 DVDs and watched the whole thing in a marathon session over the weekend. There are obviously a lot of loose ends that haven't been cleared up, but really only one that is nagging at me for some reason: Do we know what caused Locke's paralysis?
P.S. Yes, I know there are other more interesting questions remaining, but this is the only one that I think might have already been answered (and I just somehow missed it).
Interesting. Locke should know that a man with his figure just doesn't have child-bearing hips.yellow said:
Lyle said:
I think it is because Terry O'Quinn is a more widely known actor Spoiler??==>so they (the producers) didn't want him to die...
I thought they specifically chose relatively unknown actors.. err.. non-major stars.. to heighten the realism?
Matthew Fox was well-known for his part on Party of Five... Dominic Monaghan is well-known for being a hobbit.. and Michelle Rodriguez has been in quite a few box office hits (depending on your tastes) like The Fast and the Furious, Resident Evil and SWAT. And Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje (appearing soon) is known to many fans of HBO's Oz..yellow said:
So while I would generally agree with your statement that most of the actors on Lost aren't major stars... a few of them you couldn't really call unknown either.
Plus, the list of possible guest stars is full of more well known actors such as Katey Sagal and at one point (she was supposed to appear in the second episode) Jolene Blalock.
I am living in a twilight zone episode or something? I was asking if it has been revealed what in Locke's history caused his paralysis, and so far I've gotten what I assume was a joke response (hysterical pregnancy) and now watcher2001's theory that the cause of Locke's paralysis was that the producers didn't want him to die.watcher2001 said:I think it is because Terry O'Quinn is a more widely known actor... so they (the producers) didn't want him to die...
Let me try this again.
In the first season, we saw that Locke was certainly able to walk as a younger man (e.g. when he worked at the toy store). We also saw him undergo surgery to donate a kidney to his father, but he was up and walking (and driving) after that surgery. Am I right that so far, nothing has been revealed in Locke's back story to explain how he lost the use of his legs, i.e. how he ended up in a wheelchair?
Good freaking grief.
yellow said:
You are correct, most of them are. If you do IMDB search you will see tht most of the cast only have 8-12 credits to their name. There are however a few seasoned actors in the cast.
The faces I really noticed were
Dominic Monaghan: (Charlie) He played Merry in all three of the LOTR movies.
Harold Perrineau Jr: (Michael) He played Link in the last two Matrix movies.
and then you have
Terry O'Quinn: (Locke)
who in my opinion is one of the best supporting actor of all times with over 70 credits to his name. I remember him mostly from the TV series Jag (he played a charecter named Boone...Coincidence???) and also as the "Shadow Man" from the X-files series. He has had a few starring roles as well. Most notably the stepfather from the Stepfather and Stepfather 2 movies. If you haven't seen them check them out. I haven't seen them in a while but I remember them being pretty good.
OK, This meeting of the Terry O'Quinn fan club has now come to a close
Lyle said:
Didn't they show him getting hit by a car? I would have to go back and watch season one again. I am pretty sure it was stated that he would never walk again.
As for why he lost use of his legs again. I was kind of half joking about them not wanting to kill off Terry but I think the official response was "The island didn't want him in the plane" IIRC he lost use of his legs right as they were going to the plane and then once the plane "Crashed" he got the use back.
Hmmm, I don't think so; but I'm not sure. I know that, for example, we saw Michael (Walt's father) get hit by a car. And we know that Sarah (Jack's wife) was in an automobile accident that broke her back and should have paralyzed her for life.watcher2001 said:
It may be the case that they haven't actually explained what it was that caused Locke's paralysis (i.e. pre-Oceanic Flight 815). I just wanted to make sure I hadn't missed it somewhere along the way.
Maybe I've missed something, but when did Locke lose the use of his legs "again"? Are you talking about the stuff right before Boone's death, when Locke was getting a little weak in the knees (so to speak)?watcher2001 said:
Lyle said:
I went back and looked and we do see Locke getting hit by a car in the toy store parking lot but he gets up and shakes it off. Upon retrospect I don't think they have explained his paralysis.
Lyle said:
Yes, right before Boone's death. I don't have that episode saved anymore but IIRC Locke got a little more than "Weak in the knees". Didn't Boone have to end up carrying him to the plane toward the end of the hike?
Locke's paralysis was caused by stress. He met his real father, they had a great time, donated his kidney and then his father cut off contact with him, because all the guy wanted was the kidney.
I don't think we actually know for a fact that Locke's paralysis was caused by stress, hysteria, or anything else. We never saw Locke actually become paralyzed.rickvanr said:
Yep, you're right that he was hit by that car in the parking lot (while he was chasing his mother). But he didn't become paralyzed at that point. Hmmm.watcher2001 said:
Yeah, you're right. Based on what I'm reading on some other message boards, it sounds like most people have concluded that the island made a "deal" with Locke (whether Locke understood it completely at the time): Either give the island a sacrifice (Boone) or lose your ability to walk again.watcher2001 said:
When Lock lost the use of his legs again, he had to sit down and that was when he saw the plane. If Lock had not lost the ability to walk at that point, he would have also gone into the plane and would have died. So, maybe the island made him immobile so he could not die when the plane fell. Just a thought.
Lacero said:
Holy crap! This is cool... this looks alot like one of those compasses that someone posted earlier. Any ideas anyone, now that we can all see it?
Gee, I wonder how a natural beauty mark common to that species of shark just happened to appear in the chamber underneath the island? Probably just a coincidence.
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