Can someone explain the time-delay fuse thing so that it makes sense? I still can't wrap my head around it.
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Wolfram - Nov 11, 2004 9:18:32 am PST #2169 of 10000
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Betsy HP - Nov 11, 2004 9:19:34 am PST #2170 of 10000
If I only had a brain...
You light a cigarette. Put it on the ground next to whatever you want to catch fire. When the burning end of the cigarette reaches the thing that's supposed to catch fire, things happen.
Assuming the cigarette doesn't go out from not being smoked, that is.
DCJensen - Nov 11, 2004 9:22:01 am PST #2171 of 10000
All is well that ends in pizza.
Assuming the cigarette doesn't go out from not being smoked, that is.
Apparently unfiltered not-packed-down cigarettes work better for this, as the tobacco is loose enough to allow air to get at the ember.
Wolfram - Nov 11, 2004 9:23:10 am PST #2172 of 10000
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I got that part. I meant how Sawyer could have rigged a time delay to set off his bottle rocket right after Sayid's rocket went off.
DCJensen - Nov 11, 2004 9:23:17 am PST #2173 of 10000
All is well that ends in pizza.
We'll probably get a nicotine withdrawl-y Dread Pirate Sawyer ep at some point...
Betsy HP - Nov 11, 2004 9:24:15 am PST #2174 of 10000
If I only had a brain...
Oh. He couldn't. Locke was lying.
Lee - Nov 11, 2004 9:24:56 am PST #2175 of 10000
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
I think you're right, Wolfram. They are ignoring the part where it was a response to the other flares.
DCJensen - Nov 11, 2004 9:25:39 am PST #2176 of 10000
All is well that ends in pizza.
I got that part. I meant how Sawyer could have rigged a time delay to set off his bottle rocket right after Sayid's rocket went off.
I don't think Sayid thought about it that clearly.
Wolfram - Nov 11, 2004 9:26:33 am PST #2177 of 10000
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So Sayid, a trained soldier and electronics expert, couldn't figure out that it was impossible? He bought Locke's explanation like it was the Last Gospel.
I don't want to say it was shoddy writing, but that's the way I'm leaning right now.
Lee - Nov 11, 2004 9:28:35 am PST #2178 of 10000
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
It could be argued that Sayid wanted a reason to beat on Sawyer, so didn't think it through well enough, but I think you are right, Wolfram, and it is the writers who didn't think it through, or at least thought we wouldn't as viewers.