I will offer this analysis of Lost. In terms of writing...there never has been a show so well written...with twists and turns...and 180-degree flips. The sad part is that you really need to watch an entire year in two weeks...to absorb the content and notice alot of little hints. I’ve watched five or six episodes from the first year...over six times.
What they entrap you with...is key character strengths where you actually pull for a guy or want a real explanation why people are the way they are. They also stand there and use a fair amount of Bible lecture...leaving you to wonder if a Biblical event is destined at the end of this. Then there are the “hints”...which you might see a dozen in every single episode...and then toss out red herrings (or think they are).
There might be better shows out there...but for those seeking a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma...then this is it.
As for the theory of this entire mess? I think there are a minimum of three separate and massive events which have triggered the Island, Adam & Eve, the mystery of the mist, and the polar bears. I don’t think one answer can wrap up this mess...it has to be separate issues which happen by accident on the island.
And as for how Jack and the “six” end up? Hurley is going to rent a jet and “luck” it back to the island...where they will fight to save the ones who stayed there. The six occupy a major importance in life on the island...each has a reason to return.
And have you noticed, the flash forward future scenes have all the 6 quoting that only 8 lived. They do not want anyone knowing about the other 140 some odd that were left behind. That may have been for their protection, or so that the blackmailer could collect his 3.2 million?
I love to speculate for hours when each episode ends.
Writing was the one major strength of Babylon-5 as well.
As for the theory of this entire mess? I think there are a minimum of three separate and massive events which have triggered the Island, Adam & Eve, the mystery of the mist, and the polar bears. I don’t think one answer can wrap up this mess...it has to be separate issues which happen by accident on the island.
I think this may be the case, but someone on the internet (not the guy who wrote this article) could figure out a way to explain everything with consistency.
I think the main weaknesses of the theory in the article is the non-explanation of the Black Rock, omission of Adam and Eve, and the handwaving with the smoke monster explanation. The only thing we know about LOST is that its theme is fate and it deals with time travel. The island has to be more important to time travel than the author states, and DHARMA cannot be the only one to harness the island's power.