Dangerous Radios

[Artuskan]

It has occurred to me that someone or something doesn't want people using radios. Consider:

Sayid was knocked out and his radio smashed. Just in the last few episodes I've swung around to the opinion that it had to have been Locke that did it, which means that "the voices" told him to do it. But whether it was Locke or not, what was the motivation behind it? Who or what was Sayid threatening by using the radio?

Boone used the radio and we saw what happened to him. Was it an accident? Or did some outside agency cause it when he tried to use the radio? It could be "the voices" applying some mysterious force or it could be something as mundane as someone lifting up the tail of the plane.

Also, didn't Danielle's group start coming down with the sickness on the way back from the transmission tower?

I don't know if there's anything there, but it's a suggestive pattern. "Can you hear me now?" could be a dangerous statement on Lost Island.

[LostInWilderness]

Have you looked in my hatch versus the high ground (http://p073.ezboard.com/flosttheunofficalforumfortheabcseriesfrm29.showMes sage?topicID=1556.topic) thread? My idea is that the tower power dominates the airwaves and doesn't want the hatch power to be able to broadcast.

Also, there's thread about wanting the lostaways to be happy. The basic idea is that some power lures people to the island, and tries to get them to want stay and be happy.

[Dogmai]

It hasn't been revealed yet, but I think the producers are dropping hints that Locke knocked
out Sayid:
1. In one scene, Locke says he doesn't want to leave the island. Motive to do it.
2. In one scene, Locke sneaks up on Sayid without being notice. Means to do it.
3. In same scene, Locke gives Sayid a disfunctional compass. Misdirection.

[sawyerhasbestlines]

Or did some outside agency cause it when he tried to use the radio? It could be "the voices" applying some mysterious force or it could be something as mundane as someone lifting up the tail of the plane.


Well, I think the little plane crashing, is meant to be compared to the mouse trap game, and Boone was the mouse. If that's the case, I'm to assume the plane was a trap, and perhaps there is a remote device that put the plane in motion to topple over the precarious edge.

[thoughtform]

I'm not sure where, but we have also previously discussed the idea that each time someone has attempted to use a radio or transceiver they have been dealt with quickly by the "island" or the monster or possibly Locke. It seems clear that whatever this force is it doesn't want our survivors to be found or at least not yet. Don't know why though.

[LoStMyMiNd]

I know why....if they were found that would be the end of the show:|

[thoughtform]

ohhhh, that's right. I don't know why I could't figure that out myself.8o

[Gambit980]

So so far we have the Tower power vs the Hatch power theory. Locke hit Sayid for unknown reasoning(broadcasting on a radio is not the same as getting off of the island, it may lead to being rescued it may not.) There is also the theory that there is a field that prohibits radio transmissions. I am of the thinking that there the others want others to broadcast or have a means to broadcast a message. If the others don't want any radio signals broadcast, and they control the tower, wouldn't they stop Danielle message from being broadcasted. Maybe they only want one broadcasted message at a time. Maybe that is a way off the island. Thoughts for food

[thoughtform]

Right, like it may not be about trying to leave. Maybe it is trying to keep them from communicating in general. It could be trying to keep them from finding out who else is on the island.

[Gambit980]

to tell the truth I just don't know why they don't want sayid to locate the tower. They don't want boone talking to people. But Danielle, yeah you can come over change the message, and will keep playing it.

Maybe there is something else being broadcasted with those #'s before Danielle came along. Like in Contact, they could have instructions underneath the broadcasted voice message. So the numbers may have tied into the instructions, but they were not important enough to change the message they are trying to broadcast. Other signals interfere with the underneath message so they stop people from broadcasting.
btw I no Contact has been discussed here before. I am just adding a another viewpoint to the Evil radio's Idea.

[athywithak]

I think the monster attacked Boone in the plane (limited discussion of this in the thread for the episode) because

his injuries were similar to the pilot's,
the sounds when the plane fell are similar to those associated with the monster, and
he was lying not at the front of the plane (where you would expect given that he was in the cockpit AND the forward motion of the falling plane) but near the open door in the middle.

-Kw/K

[puff]

Were the hell is the transmission tower anyway?
Anybody have any ideas? :rolleyes

[LostInWilderness]

Near the black rock.

[MoreLikeHurleyThanYou]

It's four in the morning and I can't think, but am I write in thinking that Locke had not found the hatch before Sayid was knocked out? If this is true, I think it castes doubt on some of the conversation here.

[LostInWilderness]

Sayid got knocked out before Locke found that hatch. Why does that cast doubt on anything said here?

[Artuskan]

It was before he found the hatch, but it was after he had his encounter with "whatever" while boar hunting. Remember, he found the hatch in the first place because he was guided by "the island". Remember him saying to Boone, "Don't you hear it?" just before they found the hatch?

The idea that he knocked out Sayid because he doesn't want to leave the island is a little flimsy. Even if they're rescued, that's not to say that he has to leave with them.

[Hodgepodge]

The idea of the island/entity/force not wanting the survivors to communicate with the outside World, has been discussed since the Pilot episodes. Remember, in Pilot (Part 2), Jack, Kate, and Charlie set out to recover the transponder from the plane's cockpit. This is where they encounter the pilot. What happens! The pilot is eviscerated by "the thing in the woods".