Comments on: The Enhanced version of “The Incident” (opening scene) http://www.forareasonblog.com/2010/01/28/the-enhanced-version-of-the-incident-opening-scene/ "Each of us was brought to the island for a reason." -- John Locke Mon, 23 Jan 2012 19:48:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ms Terri http://www.forareasonblog.com/2010/01/28/the-enhanced-version-of-the-incident-opening-scene/comment-page-1/#comment-1607 Ms Terri Sun, 31 Jan 2010 07:57:24 +0000 http://www.forareasonblog.com/?p=2610#comment-1607 Ha -- I think you're right. Ha — I think you’re right.

]]> By: Keith Johnson http://www.forareasonblog.com/2010/01/28/the-enhanced-version-of-the-incident-opening-scene/comment-page-1/#comment-1606 Keith Johnson Sat, 30 Jan 2010 21:36:05 +0000 http://www.forareasonblog.com/?p=2610#comment-1606 We don't actually know for a fact that the Black Rock was a slave ship. John Locke said it, but he was guessing because he saw a few chained skeletons in the hold. For all we know, there was a mutiny onboard and the mutineers were chained up and starved to death. Until they go into more detail, we simply don't know the scoop there. As for why it said "more than 140 years ago", I think they said that because it could be technially accurate while still getting fans to endlessly speculate and split hairs until the flashback episode with the Black Rock. ;) We don’t actually know for a fact that the Black Rock was a slave ship. John Locke said it, but he was guessing because he saw a few chained skeletons in the hold. For all we know, there was a mutiny onboard and the mutineers were chained up and starved to death. Until they go into more detail, we simply don’t know the scoop there.

As for why it said “more than 140 years ago”, I think they said that because it could be technially accurate while still getting fans to endlessly speculate and split hairs until the flashback episode with the Black Rock. ;)

]]> By: Ms Terri http://www.forareasonblog.com/2010/01/28/the-enhanced-version-of-the-incident-opening-scene/comment-page-1/#comment-1603 Ms Terri Sat, 30 Jan 2010 02:35:12 +0000 http://www.forareasonblog.com/?p=2610#comment-1603 Interesting. I wonder, though, if the opening scene was taking place in 1845, why the pop-up hint said it took place "more than 140 years ago." Technically, that's true, but wouldn't it have made more sense to say "more than 160 years ago" which would have been a closer estimate? Anyway, assuming the ship in the opening scene was the Black Rock (and I think it has to be, right?) I bet the notation in the journal, about the ship being on a trading mission to Siam, could have been a ruse. The slave trade <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slave_ship" rel="nofollow">became illegal in the UK</a> in 1807. If the Black Rock was actually sailing from England to pick up slaves illegally in Africa, it would have had to have been a pirate ship -- and it makes sense that they would have written a phony journal entry to cover their tracks. Just a thought. Interesting. I wonder, though, if the opening scene was taking place in 1845, why the pop-up hint said it took place “more than 140 years ago.” Technically, that’s true, but wouldn’t it have made more sense to say “more than 160 years ago” which would have been a closer estimate?

Anyway, assuming the ship in the opening scene was the Black Rock (and I think it has to be, right?) I bet the notation in the journal, about the ship being on a trading mission to Siam, could have been a ruse.

The slave trade became illegal in the UK in 1807. If the Black Rock was actually sailing from England to pick up slaves illegally in Africa, it would have had to have been a pirate ship — and it makes sense that they would have written a phony journal entry to cover their tracks.

Just a thought.

]]> By: Keith Johnson http://www.forareasonblog.com/2010/01/28/the-enhanced-version-of-the-incident-opening-scene/comment-page-1/#comment-1602 Keith Johnson Fri, 29 Jan 2010 20:05:22 +0000 http://www.forareasonblog.com/?p=2610#comment-1602 Regarding the ship... If the "present day" on the show is 2007 (Ajira survivors, Sun, Frank, Ilanya, Ben, Flocke timeline), then the opening scene of The Incident was sometime before 1867. This matches with what we know about the Black Rock from the only real source of solid information on it: the auction for the journal in "The Constant". When Widmore bought the journal of the Black Rock, we learned that the Black Rock set sail from Portsmouth, England; March 22, 1845 on a trading mission to the Kingdom of Siam (which is now Thailand) when it was lost at sea. Other than that, we've had a characters guessing about the Black Rock, but the only non-hypotheticals we've learned is during that auction. Regarding the ship…

If the “present day” on the show is 2007 (Ajira survivors, Sun, Frank, Ilanya, Ben, Flocke timeline), then the opening scene of The Incident was sometime before 1867. This matches with what we know about the Black Rock from the only real source of solid information on it: the auction for the journal in “The Constant”.

When Widmore bought the journal of the Black Rock, we learned that the Black Rock set sail from Portsmouth, England; March 22, 1845 on a trading mission to the Kingdom of Siam (which is now Thailand) when it was lost at sea.

Other than that, we’ve had a characters guessing about the Black Rock, but the only non-hypotheticals we’ve learned is during that auction.

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