cdhurst
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The Ending...
First of all, allow me to say I throughly loved The Lost Room. On a whim, I bought the DVD about a week ago and my wife and I completely ate it up. This is somewhat unusual for her because she hates most Sci-Fi with a passion (I'm doing my best to remedy this situation, and excellent shows like TLR are certainly a major part of my battle plan).
My major problem comes with the ending. It just seemed to...happen. Now, I had made peace with the idea that The Event wouldn't be explained, and I had forgiven the occasional dues ex machinas that popped up, but the last 5 mins seemed so different in tone from the rest of the story that it lead my wife and I to look at each other with a most displeasing disposition. Any help/insight you might have is appreciated.
1. Why, if Miller replaced the Occupant, did he not disappear from time? Or was it just objects at the time of the Event that did this?
2. Dr. Ruber might (or might not) have become the Prophet of the Objects. Yeah... And? What, exactly, did this mean? Was this thrown into the script in the hopes of a series getting picked up, or...?
3. The last shot, of the key on the floor. Was this a closing shot meant to make us sigh with delight at what this show contained? Or was it a monster-movie type "AND IT'S STILL OUT THERE" stab?
4. How was Isaac in the rift at the end? Or was this just a hallucination of Kreutzfeld's?
Thanks for your help! Glad I discovered this show and this forum!
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3/5/2008, 10:56 am
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Chucklbunny
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Re: The Ending...
Welcome cdhurst !
you definately bring up some good points...which I will try to answer.
1) When Joe killed Eddie in Room 10 he became "The Occupant" due to The Law of the Consevation of Objects which states: "When an Object is destroyed it is replaced by an similar Object." Since the only human in the room when Eddie died was Joe...he became The new Occupant. But Joe was not present during The Event so his existence was not wiped out...only Eddie's was.
2) Ruber "becoming" The Prophet was a hallucination of his. His hallucination of Room 10 could have been triggered by The Polaroid but his declaration of calling himself "The Prophet" was totally on his own. I am sure this would have been explored more if TLR had become a weekly series.
3) The showing of The Key on the floor of Room 9 was a deliberate thing. It was shown to let you know that The Key will not be disposed of so easy.....and it was an open door for continuation of the series.
4) Kreutzfeld's repeat of The Conroy Experiment ripped open a rift in reality....that was Issac (presumably from a reality where he did not die) which is the reason Kreutzfeld did the experiment....he wanted Issac back more than anything and when the rift appeared...he saw the thing he wanted the most but was powerless to do anything about it.
These answers I gave are a best guess....Chris is very tight lipped about giving out too much info in the hopes that TLR comes back in one form or another.
Chuckles
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3/5/2008, 12:07 pm
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Spikosauropod
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Re: The Ending...
Founder Bunny did that so well that I will not even add anything.
Hi CD,
Feel free to step into our motel room and introduce yourself. We’re glad you found us.
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3/5/2008, 6:09 pm
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Grimsniffer
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I actually disagree
I've got another theory about The Occupant.
I personally think that Rupert became The Occupant. I too got the feeling that the Rupert sub-plot was kind of left hanging, and I refuse to believe that this was done just in the hopes of creating a plot hook for a continuing series. Because if that's the case, then TLR just lost alot of points for me.
In any case, Rupert received a vision (that we were lead to believe was a hallucination created by his dehydration). In that vision, he saw himself as The Occupant. Moreover, the whole series he wanted to get The Key, to get into The Room - he said his whole life had been leading up to that moment, that there was something in that room that he had to see.
And then there's the fact that no one else (that we know of) was ripped out of reality in order to become an object. The Occupant said there was the "law of object preservation" (I forget the exact wording), but he never mentioned that the other person has to be in the room in order to become the occupant. He just said that another one will take his place. We were lead to believe that it would be Miller - but it was never specifically mentioned. And of course - everyone remembered Miller. (And yes, I know we don't specifically know whether you forget the new Occupant or not - but it's still strengthens my point, I think)
Other than that, it just makes no sense - as I said above - that they left the subplot just hanging like that without explaining it or without doing anything with it. That would just be bad storytelling.
That's my theory about the whole issue.
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5/4/2008, 3:37 am
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Zorn
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Re: The Ending...
I've thought of that too, but wouldnt Joe have reset in the room when Jen closed the door?
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5/4/2008, 10:45 am
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Chucklbunny
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Re: The Ending...
quote: Zorn wrote:
I've thought of that too, but wouldnt Joe have reset in the room when Jen closed the door?
Exactly ! Joe is the new occupant for he controlled the reset to bring back Anna after Eddie died.
Only The Occupant can control the reset.
Maybe though somehow Ruber has some connection to The Room and The Objects. Or could the Polaroid show more than just Room 10 at the motel ? maybe it also shows the future ? maybe Ruber will become the Occupant someday.
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