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Originally Posted by MonomAnny
I like asking questions and if I were on the island captured by Ben and his comrades, I would ask:
1. Who are you?
2. Who am I?
3. Why are you here?
4. Why am I here?
5. What is the secret of the universe?
6. Are you him?
7. Were you at one time a doctor?
8. Why do you talk like that?
9. Where did you get this food?
10. Is this all a dream?
11. Why are you experimenting with animals and humans?
12. What did you do to Walt?
13. Why are you taking our people?
14. What makes me different from anyone else?
15. What is the Dharma Initiative?
16. Are you working for the government?
17. Is this entire island a psychological experiment?
18. If this island is a psychological experiment, did I pass the test?
19. What is up with the smoke mist monster?
20. Why do we have to press the button every 108 minutes?
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But the Others aren't answering are they? You can ask them until your blue in the face, and you won't get anything but unreadable expressions. That fact was driven home by last night's episode.
I believe the Others are essentially a Genesis/Garden of Eden commune preparing for the aftermath of the "End" of the world. Google the Lost Experience Webgame summary and you'll see my reasoning.
With this in mind, they consider the Plane survivors to be petty and unenlightened; stubbornly trapped in a vain and ultimately doomed worldview - not to mention dangerous. Remember that a number of Others have been killed. As we've now seen, the Others have social connections with each other. They're not just employees and co-workers. That fact shouldn't be ignored.
All through the premier I was cheering Jack in his aggressive tactics. I wanted Jack's wife to reveal her lover's name, his father to break down in repentance, Julie and Ben to feel his wrath... In short, I wanted Jack's path of desctruction to succeed. As the disastrous fallout of Jack's actions toward his wife and father were revealed (not to mention his and Julie's near death directly resulting from his primal distrust of Ben), it was clear how my sense of what is "right" was being manipulated by the show. Therein lie Lost's major themes: Trust, Faith, Enlightenment, Letting go the cult of self, We're all connected... I invite a more erudite member to cement this for me
The Others are intentionally inscrutable because in their own minds, they've acheived their state of enlightenment. The survivors are old world intruders who need to be treated like children until they come around.
Jack: "Do you think I'm stupid?"
Julie: "I think you're stubborn."
When Julie said that Dharma was "along time ago" and that "it doesn't matter". I believe her.
If you're going to continue enjoying the show, you're going to have to appreciate the character development themes as much as the mysterious expository trappings.