The whole "enter the numbers into the computer because someone has always been doing it" thing I thought was pretty gay.
I'm sorry but just when and how did "gay" suddenly become a generic synonym for "stupid" or "uncool"? And when did people become
stupid enough to carelessly use it that way?
As for doing it "just because somebody said to", that's
not why Desmond is doing what he's doing. Someone (who was himself convinced) told him about the awful thing that would happen if they didn't enter the fail-safe code to reset the timer. I would assume that at a minimum Desmond expected the bunker to self-destruct, hence his desire to get as far away from it as possible. If someone told you that at the very least a massive explosion would take out your sanctuary if you failed to enter the code, would you really not enter the code to see if they were serious or if it were all just an experiment?
I suspect that "the incident" involved something going terribly wrong with the biological experiments topside. At some point the bunker's integrity was breached (or nearly so) and a self-destruct mechanism akin to that in
The Andromeda Strain was triggered. It had a 108 minute delay to allow the (uninfected) staff to evacuate the island. It also had a "reset switch" akin to the snooze button on an alarm clock to allow them more time if needed, but no way to permanenlty stop the self-destrcut. (Or that permanent mechanism was damaged/destroyed or located somethwhere the bunker crew could not reach.) So nobody ever anticpated anyone having to constantly enter the code indefinitely. By the time the film was made and sent to the island the terrible thing had happened and they were using the code business as a stop-gap meaure until relief could be sent. But relief never was sent. (Does the company still exist? Are the founders all dead? Does anyone on the outside even
know about the island? Maybe the whole experiment is now running on auto-pilot.)
BTW, whatever the secrets of the bunker, it seems unilkely that they are the
cause of what is happening. Rembember the wooden sailing ship with the dynamite in the hold? Probably much older than the coporation or the experiments. Maybe the Dharma group was drawn towards the island, rather than causing others to be drawn to it.
I don't see why Ana-Alicia can't be with the real "Others" They might have captured her and the other tail section survivors 44 days ago and brainwashed them cult-style. They certainly would have been vulnerable enough, and the Others would have controlled the weapons, food and water. If she recognized any the three she would have been a sensible spy to drop into the pit with them. They might have recognized her as well. She was probably just trying to size them up and pump them for information. Sawyer's showing her the gun forced her hand.
As for Jin. Does anybody remember when he left the caves to go back to the beach? He and Sun fought in Korean. As he was walking away she cried out,
in English, something along the lines of "I was leaving you!" or "I was going to leave you!" - a referenece to her plan at the airport. Jin stops in his tracks, comes back to her, and they continue their conversation in Korean. If he didn't understand English, why did he react to her words? If she didn't know (or suspect) he at least understood English, why did she say that one line in that language? Maybe her "glossary" was a cover so that Jin could explain how he was "learning" English on the raft, so he could plausibly communicate in an emergency without giving away his secret.
Regards,
Joe
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