When Daniel set up his tripod and grabbed some gadgets, I got anxious and couldn't wait to see what he was up to. Then he asked Regina to send/fire the payload.

After seeing that a cylindrical metal tube (rocket) was shot and crashed in, I thought wow, that was pretty dumb to set that up only a few yards away from the helicopter.

Is that curious Daniel just being impulsive and in a sense careless?
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Any miscalculations or offsets of coordinates due to island properties, could have resulted in an inoperable helicopter or a dead Lostie.

you're right, thats a real nitpick. :biggrin:

Yeah, I think it was designed that way to show him as an impulsive scientist type. BUT, he was clearly looking for some sort of anomaly, so if I were in his shoes, I MIGHT have set up the target slightly farther away from their only mode of transportation.

It may be nitpicky but I agree with you. Seems like Daniel would have been more careful. Then again, in "Confirmed Dead" the little pop-up told us that the woman in Essex was actually Daniel's caretaker. Maybe he's an idiot savant haha

When it landed I was thinking jeez that was close to the heli and was totally expecting Frank to throw a fit at him, but he didn't even bat an eyelid....

cool. I'm not looking for a deep meaning in the scene, just wondering if we were to interpret it as:

Daniel is impulsive and may not think things through.

or

If it was just a filming issue, time restraint. Why set up another local, when this one is set?!

I can live with either.

I think he's just so excited about being there he isn't even thinking about anything else.

It may be nitpicky but I agree with you. Seems like Daniel would have been more careful. Then again, in "Confirmed Dead" the little pop-up told us that the woman in Essex was actually Daniel's caretaker. Maybe he's an idiot savant haha

Hold up... so the pop-up show actually gave little hints about the previous week's episode? Anything else of interest there?

You should start a thread on this. Is there already a thread for this subject alone? Moderators? If there isn't there should be.

I'll throw in my two cents that I too thought the rocket landed a bit too close to the helicopter. It was a bit odd how he sort of shuffled around before determining 'the right spot'. But Frank said he did this all the time on the boat so maybe he knew the copter would be fine.

I didn't even think about the heli, but I did wonder why Faraday would stand anywhere in the vicinity of the gadget if he knew a rocket was coming at it. Helicopter or no, it just doesn't see like something that can be aimed all that accurately, and even if it could, I'd wonder if the guy in the factory that made the rocket made it on a Friday afternoon or right before a lunch break, and if it would act as expected. I wouldn't place my soft, warm body anywhere near where the rocket was supposed to land.

That said, I'd suspect a filming issue, keeping everything in the same place without having to cut to a new location and waste a few seconds orienting the viewer to what's going on...

Hey EA,

I do agree -- with as much trouble as people have getting off this place, you think you wouldn't call people to intentionally shoot stuff in the vicinity of your ride.

I thought about you during this scene, actually, so it's funny you brought it up. Did you notice how, when Faraday was talking as he was setting up his equipment, he was moving around all "bendy"? Almost like he was made outta rubber or something (http://www.thefuselage.com/Threaded/showthread.php?t=88624)....

Sorry, couldn't resist. :biggrin:

I didn't even think about the heli, but I did wonder why Faraday would stand anywhere in the vicinity of the gadget if he knew a rocket was coming at it. Helicopter or no, it just doesn't see like something that can be aimed all that accurately, and even if it could, I'd wonder if the guy in the factory that made the rocket made it on a Friday afternoon or right before a lunch break, and if it would act as expected. I wouldn't place my soft, warm body anywhere near where the rocket was supposed to land.

That said, I'd suspect a filming issue, keeping everything in the same place without having to cut to a new location and waste a few seconds orienting the viewer to what's going on...

Sounds logical.
Well, I gotta run. Have to get back to the rocket factory. I gotta meet my quota for the day.

It may be nitpicky but I agree with you. Seems like Daniel would have been more careful. Then again, in "Confirmed Dead" the little pop-up told us that the woman in Essex was actually Daniel's caretaker. Maybe he's an idiot savant haha

Hold up... so the pop-up show actually gave little hints about the previous week's episode? Anything else of interest there?

You should start a thread on this. Is there already a thread for this subject alone? Moderators? If there isn't there should be.

I agree! I haven't seen the rerun episodes -- are they all "enhanced?" Any other scoops? I assumed the woman was Daniel's wife --she's his caretaker? That seems SO weird to me.

Hold up... so the pop-up show actually gave little hints about the previous week's episode? Anything else of interest there?

You should start a thread on this. Is there already a thread for this subject alone? Moderators? If there isn't there should be.

theres a thead about the enhanced version in the Confirmed Dead subforum,,it includes discussion on the "caretaker" description of Dan's woman

Hey EA,

I do agree -- with as much trouble as people have getting off this place, you think you wouldn't call people to intentionally shoot stuff in the vicinity of your ride.

I thought about you during this scene, actually, so it's funny you brought it up. Did you notice how, when Faraday was talking as he was setting up his equipment, he was moving around all "bendy"? Almost like he was made outta rubber or something (http://www.thefuselage.com/Threaded/showthread.php?t=88624)....

Sorry, couldn't resist. :biggrin:

Hahaaaa, I choked on my cereal!!!
Sometimes good humor is hard to find here.
Good to hear from ya.
Awesome episode last night.. They just keep getting better.
Enjoy your posting!

I agree, it was strange. When the rocket did finally land I thought, oh jeeze, it's totally going to hit the helicopter!

I agree! I haven't seen the rerun episodes -- are they all "enhanced?" Any other scoops? I assumed the woman was Daniel's wife --she's his caretaker? That seems SO weird to me.

I actually didn't get to see the rerun episode...my friend told me there were pop-ups and I was furious I missed it. Those things are pretty handy! I'll have to check out that thread.

That rocket was traveling at a pretty fast clip. Something like Mach 7. If it had hit the helicopter, the helicopter would have been completely destroyed.

Hitting the ground at that speed would have a) smashed the payload to smithereens and b) left a huge impact crater.

Who's the pseudo-scientific adviser on this show anyway?

We want answers. We demand answers. Pseudo-scientific answers.

And we're willing to wait 31:20 minutes. Maybe longer.

I think it was for the effect.
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I actually didn't get to see the rerun episode...my friend told me there were pop-ups and I was furious I missed it. Those things are pretty handy! I'll have to check out that thread.

I think you can watch it on abc.com. It was worth watching. I know this is off topic, but you know a lot of people sald that "Miles Strom" is "Maelstrom"(sorry if my spelling is wrong) well that popped up in the rerun.

When Daniel set up his tripod and grabbed some gadgets, I got anxious and couldn't wait to see what he was up to. Then he asked Regina to send/fire the payload.

After seeing that a cylindrical metal tube (rocket) was shot and crashed in, I thought wow, that was pretty dumb to set that up only a few yards away from the helicopter.

Is that curious Daniel just being impulsive and in a sense careless?
100%
Any miscalculations or offsets of coordinates due to island properties, could have resulted in an inoperable helicopter or a dead Lostie.

I didn't even think of the helicopter, but I did laugh because it would have been nice if he'd told everybody to stand some further distance away from his gizmos and gadgets. :biggrin:

I was anticipating some form of accident with the rocket the moment it didn't land when expected. Just, after reading the posts I think it could be just showing how naive these freighters are. Naomi was the experienced one there to look after them. Daniel seem the type to just rush ahead for his own answers without thinking of health and saftey ;)

Charlotte was jumping about in the lake not concerned about any "threats" that might be around. Daniel was quite confident he was in no danger even before he knew it was Jack (and then Kate). The pilot didn't seem to phased by what looked to be quite a dramatic **** up in the helicopter. He just calmly said "I landed it safely over there". Only Miles seemed bothered by people on the island being a threat to him. This could be explained because he knew about Naomi, yet when talking to Sayied he didn't seem to fussed she was dead.

I don't know just looking into things too much I guess !

*first post* :)

Frank says, don't worry he does it all the time on the boat.


What does he shoot missles from one side of the freighter to the other?

I think Daniel just really doesn't pay attention to what's going on in the world other than what's going on inside his head. He probably was so preoccupied with thinking about his experiment, he didn't even consider that the landing of the rocket could be dangerous.

I really think he is a savant. I think a lot of the stuff they're showing {the fact that he has a caretaker, how sort of scatter-brained he is, his odd way of talking, etc} is showing us that.

I gotta agree that setting up a target zone next to your only mode of transportation and then standing around in the target area waiting for the rocket; isn't something any normal person would do. I expected some sort of minor disaster when we saw it headed in.

Danny boy is like several people I have known - Lots of smarts but no common sense.