I could have sworn that I saw a flash on the screen when Hurley mentioned the Flash. Am I going crazy?

when hurly says:

' the flash'
a brief 'lightning bolt' flashed over his face. did anyone else see this?
it was fast but very noticable
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when hurly says:

' the flash'
a brief 'lightning bolt' flashed over his face. did anyone else see this?
it was fast but very noticable

no i saw it to looked like lightning. very very obvious

I noticed it. I thought it was weird at first, but I think it was just a flash of sun glinting on the camera lens for a second. It was strange how it timed out exactly when he mentioned the Flash, though! :shrug:

it seemed waaaayy to planned & obvious to be a an accident.. they wouldn't miss something like that.

When there are clips can you post a URL to it?

I didn't notice this.
Thanks.

I think it was coincidence :shrug: but who knows...

YES!!! I rewound and watched it on my tivo a couple of times. Right when Hurley says "I'm not exactly the flash" we see what appears to be the reflection of a flashbulb on his face.

Of course... this is right before Charlie almost gets hit with the arrow and the cinematography gets all crazy for 30 seconds or so. Maybe it's supposed to represent the blending of Desmond's visions and "reality"?

I saw it, too, and I don't think it was lightning.

You're not crazy - I thought I saw a small streak of lightning on the screen and I wondered what it was. It can't be a coincidence if more than one of us is seeing it........remember when Superman went back in time so he could save Lois Lane from dying in an earthquake (first Superman movie)? Maybe Superman was doing the same thing here that he did in that movie -flying round and round the earth until he went back to the time right before Lois died. Maybe Superman really exists and that flash was him, flying so fast he could deflect the arrow? I guess Charlie was right- Superman rocks!

it seemed waaaayy to planned & obvious to be a an accident.. they wouldn't miss something like that.

it seemed to me an unintentional flash of the sun, it was circular. It might have been intentional as a joke by TPTB, but also may be unintentional and wasnt worth the time or expense to reshoot o remove it

The timing was pretty strange. The flash occured right as The Flash was being discussed. Not sure if that was intentional or not, but it sure seems that way. Perhaps a cue to the audience that the space/time continuum was being shifted due to Desmond's actions?

I'm a little bit confused.. do you guys mean when Hurley mentions the Flash, a lightning bolt shows up on his face? or just a flash of light, or lighting on the screen. It was raining.. but that would be very cool and strange if there was lightning on his face! Usually DarkUFO has screencaps up soon after midnight.

If it was a bolt/flash of lightning that's pretty interesting considering The Flash' symbol

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v36/imissnewwave/TheFlashsymbol-1.jpg

I took a screen shot of it. Its just lens flare from the camera. A coincidence Hurley said "flash" and it happened. Nothing hidden in the flash either... just your normal lens flare

http://img138.imageshack.us/my.php?image=sequence02eb6.jpg

I took a screen shot of it. Its just lens flare from the camera. A coincidence Hurley said "flash" and it happened. Nothing hidden in the flash either... just your normal lens flare

http://img138.imageshack.us/my.php?image=sequence02eb6.jpg

Pretty weird coincidence though :confused:

on another note Hurley is right the Flash could beat superman in a race, even if superman could fly. I saw a superman cartoon where they raced eachother around the world and even though it didn't end because there was trouble the flash had like a 10 foot lead on superman before they had to stop.

Don't simply write it off as coincidence. Directors do everything for a reason. Hurley's cue could have been to walk and say his line at a point when the sun would come through the trees.

Also ... hasn't the Flash been known to travel through time in the comics?

If there was any intentional flash I would think it was a humor spot inserted just before a gastly event of Charlie and the arrow. Make something light and gay then whamo with a shocker.

Don't simply write it off as coincidence. Directors do everything for a reason. Hurley's cue could have been to walk and say his line at a point when the sun would come through the trees.

Also ... hasn't the Flash been known to travel through time in the comics?

Yep they have. I can't remember if it was Barry Allen or the Wally West flash that went so fast they became almost pure energy (the speedforce which the Flashes derive their power from,the modern ones at least) and went back in time and was actually the flash of lightning which gave the powers to them in the first place.

Or something to that effect lol.

The polar bear comic was Hurley's, and it was a Flash comic.

If anyone's interested, all of the flashes are covered here. It's rather long so I didn't read it all but I wanted to find clues and the time travel thing seems to be a big one...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flash_(comics)

I guess the Superman reference could be along the same lines with the time travel thing...interesting.

I didn't see the flash on Hurley's face but now I know to look for it. Thanks :biggrin:

Remember when superman reversed the directions of the earth's rotation to go back in time? That may not have anything to do with this. Cheers.

Maybe its same phenomenom as Kate's horse. Hurley mentions the Flash and a flash appears.
If it was a lighting mistake, I think they would have reshot it.

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When I saw the "flash" during this scene, I rewinded and watched it again also. I believe it was there on purpose. I also think it was there to mark that particular moment as one of Desmond's "puzzle pieces" or "flashes" in the sequence of "flashes" that lead to his overall flashback. In other words, Desmond sees a series of "flashes" that lead to a certain event (usually Charlie dying). Hurley and Charlie talking about the Flash and Superman in the rain with Jin and Desmond was a specific "flash" in that sequence for Desmond. I kind of see it as a sort of supernatural polaroid picture (and could swear I almost heard a noise like someone was taking a picture) and we go to see the picture being taken. Well, it makes sense in my head, anyway :)

There has been speculation that there are two "smokies," one light (rarely seen) and one dark (our old scannin' friend). If this flash isn't merely coincidence, perhaps it's a spotting of "good" smokey.

Dude... Hurley IS the Flash!
His weight gives him the perfect secret identity. haha.

Wouldn't it be nice, if all these small subtle things are leading up to some huge reveal about how Losties how powers they are only begining to understand. Maybe if Hurley were to say the numbers outloud he would gain his superpowers and thus become Super Hugo .. haha ok im done dreaming. Good catch though! Perhaps there is more to Hurley than meets the eye... does anyone remember the bird that called his name? (right before it pooped gold :cool: )

No way was that a coincidence. It was way too obvious! What kind of editor would let that much a glaring error through if it got in by accident?

OMG, I can't believe this topic is dead. I mean the only thing I was running the boards for was this flash after I watched the eppy. So obviously NOT an production error.

Let's stop the discussion about Superman and The Flash, it's lame and there is another topic for it.

Let's disucss the flash we saw. A small lighting beam over Hurley's face. I have no clue myself.

I didnt see the flash the first time that I watched it. I did the second time when I was actually looking for clues and stuff and it was just too odvious to be some error. Seems like that is the kind of stuff where those that are in charge of this would have cought it. Or they are just simply really messing with us for picking apart the show frame by frame.

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Im Puzzled

I saw the flash when Hurley and Charlie were talking about the race between Superman and the Flash,.....

IMO it was too coincidental.

We sure do see a lot of strange things happen, but I am beginning to wonder if the whole lightening/Flash thing wasn't just a response from 'somebody' who was listening to the conversation? Somebody all powerful,..like,.....Jacob?

Just guessing,...