Groundhog's Day it is! The final season of 'Lost', in which all of the universe's biggest questions are answered and we leave feeling warm and fuzzy for the rest of our days, will indeed commence on February 2nd, 2010. That is Groundhog's Day folks. What could it possibly mean? Probably nothing, but then again, it could mean SO many things. Here are some ideas from Doc Jensen (who is more verbose and has done more background research than me):
"A. ABC and the Lost producers were totally going for a Groundhog Day resonance! The choice of date affirms Time Loop Theory: that the castaways have been participating in a cycle of events that's been repeating for who-knows-how-long. But did someone (Ben? Jacob? The Man In Black? One of the castaways?) finally break that loop by producing a meaningful deviation during the course of this last cycle dramatized by the past five seasons of Lost?
B. Actually, ABC and the producers were winking at ''Veja Diena,'' an annual Latvian festival also held on Feb. 2 honoring the god of wind. The significance: The castaways were blown through time via the Jughead and the cosmic gameplaying of gods Jacob and the Man In Black.
C. ''Veja Diena''? No way! Feb. 2 is a link to Yemaja, the ocean/fertility goddess of the Yoruba religion, who is celebrated in Brazil on Feb. 2. This makes total sense, because Rodrigo Santoro, the actor who played Paulo back in season three, is also from Brazil. See? Paulo really was massively important to the larger Lost saga!
D. The Feb. 2-Groundhog Day-Veja Diena-Yemaja connections really are just total coincidences — a rare exception to the larger rule that each episode of Lost is layered with hundreds of thousands of clues, references, and allusions. I mean, that's right, right? RIGHT?!"
What the what!?! and Why the face!?! These are crazy ideas that illustrate why Jensen is one of my favorite pop-culture experts. Any way you look at it, February 2nd could not come soon enough for me.
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