tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3554125151787997248.post6566270424033923054..comments2024-02-02T23:22:33.356-08:00Comments on From Sarah, With Joy: Lost Premiere Part II: Ben Linus/Michael Emerson is still geniusSarah Allenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01185278849400551014noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3554125151787997248.post-67083759697737082352010-02-06T15:15:42.805-08:002010-02-06T15:15:42.805-08:00Haha :-) Yes, artistically that would be fine with...Haha :-) Yes, artistically that would be fine with me as well. However, I still love Ben and think he deserves more then being sacrificed. He's basically been sacrificed and used his whole life, hopefully something better will happen. I guess we'll see!Sarah Allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01185278849400551014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3554125151787997248.post-31803527164840578082010-02-06T12:20:16.383-08:002010-02-06T12:20:16.383-08:00Or, perhaps, his beloved Alex is with him. But I d...Or, perhaps, his beloved Alex is with him. But I don't thihnk that Ben's fate is promising. I think he will be sacrificed. As long as the sacrife occurs during the last episodes and the demise is as good as Charlie's was, I can live with that.Spicedogshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02227257824020371692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3554125151787997248.post-72960119596236179212010-02-06T12:01:32.079-08:002010-02-06T12:01:32.079-08:00I completely agree! I think he is still Ben Linus,...I completely agree! I think he is still Ben Linus, ultimately, but that all the things that have happened since that moment as a young boy with "the others" has definitely altered him significantly. And yes, probably one reason for his complexity.<br /><br />And yes, I think Ben is ultimately good, and hope he does end up benefiting smokey. But as for what happens to him, I hope he ends up off the island with a beautiful girl who he feels passionately for and who loves him back :-)Sarah Allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01185278849400551014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3554125151787997248.post-45246996616090987302010-02-06T09:07:57.501-08:002010-02-06T09:07:57.501-08:00Hmmm, interesting. But it could be that he is not ...Hmmm, interesting. But it could be that he is not totally the person who would've have grown up to be. It could be that the entities can remove some capabilities of making choices, but not all of them. That would explain why he is such a complex character. <br /><br />I, like Michael Emerson, believe that Ben is good and that Ben may end up being the catalyst for Smokey to be able to go home (whatever or wherever that may be). I just hope that he will not be the ultimate sacrifice that the island will need.Spicedogshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02227257824020371692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3554125151787997248.post-53937631399988061602010-02-05T20:18:31.609-08:002010-02-05T20:18:31.609-08:00Hey! Great comments. Ben is so complex and awesome...Hey! Great comments. Ben is so complex and awesome. And I was thinking about that idea, about how he may just be one of the game players. But the thing about that is, that means he would have been a "spirit person" ever since he was a young boy. He has done some awful things since then, so that sort of makes sense, except then there are moments that kind of show that he is a truly good, real Ben Linus at heart: most especially, the moment when Widmore tells him to kill the woman and baby, but he doesn't and saves them instead. Make sense? What do you think?Sarah Allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01185278849400551014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3554125151787997248.post-2648935335230056172010-02-05T17:07:18.059-08:002010-02-05T17:07:18.059-08:00I love your definition of Ben. He is so complex. M...I love your definition of Ben. He is so complex. More than likely, he would've been an examplary person if had had a chance in life. Here's my question: Remember whenBen was handed over to Richard to be cured of the gun-shot wound and Richard told them that once he'd enter the Temple, he'd never be the same? I wonder whether at the Temple, like Sayid, young Ben died and a spirit embodied him. So Ben is not Ben Linus, but one of the many "game" spirits who are there to playout whatever this game is all about.Spicedogshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02227257824020371692noreply@blogger.com