QUOTE (Soxbadger @ May 6, 2009 -> 06:14 PM)
Im starting to wonder if alternate reality theory. Last night's Fringe went into it a little, but im starting to wonder if perhaps Lost is using the same idea. (Im pretty sure Fringe is done by Abrams as well.)
What it would mean for Lost is that the characters have not only traveled in time but they are in alternate time line where it always happened that way.
For example if you look at the Chang video posted above, Chang appears to be talking to Faraday. One explanation is that Faraday is saved some how. The second explanation is that in that time line when Faraday came back to the island, Dr. Chang believed Faraday therefore Faraday is never killed by his mother, but instead goes on to make that movie with Chang.
Another example could be the purge. In the original time line Ben is responsible for killing all of the Dharma initiative. Perhaps in another time line the A-Bomb kills all the Dharma followers.
They can already occupy the same space and time, so maybe multiple time lines is at work.
Fringe = awesome and it is done by Abrams. Abrams doesn't work on Lost anymore and hasen't since season 2 I think, but he was one of the people who mapped the whole thing out.
It's an interesting theory and way to confusing for me to try to break down.