Ben Wins the 'Lost' Bad Guy
'Lost' Magazine
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Readers of Totalscifionline.com and Lost Magazine have voted Ben Linus as the show's top Bad Guy and I totally agree. I voted for Ben.
He's a very complex villain and Michael Emerson is brilliant at playing him. We can hate Ben and then feel sorry for him, all within the same episode.
Ethan Rom and Charles Widmore received the second and third amount of votes, while there were also votes for Juliet, Sawyer, Locke, Jack, and Vincent the dog. They thought it was funny that a dog got votes, but seriously, Vincent could be the biggest villain ever. We'll find out in 2010.
The villain-themed issued of Lost Magazine hit shelves on October 13th and will be available on the 29th in the UK. Happy Halloween!
Do you agree that Ben is the best Bad Guy?
Comments
Hi Bonnie,
I agree with this statement, not because Ben is necessarily the “baddest” bad guy, but because he’s the bad guy we love to hate. And because I like bad guys with some redemptive possibility, which I believe he has.
Also, I was wondering if you had heard of the 18th century philosopher David Hume, and any possible connection to Desmond Hume?
David Hume was also Scottish, and for all I know, “Hume” could be just a common last name in Scotland, like Jones or Smith is here. But anyway, apparently he was heavily influenced by… John Locke!
Like Desmond, David Hume was drawn to the idea of destiny and meaning in life, but struggled against the structure of the Catholic church.
Another similarity is that David Hume focused on the concept of Causation – because one thing happens, another will then follow. In “Flashes Before Your Eyes” and other episodes, Des definitely grapples with this.
David Hume was set apart from other philosophers because he theorized that precision and exactness could not always be achieved, and should not always be the ultimate goal. In other words, it’s ok if things don’t make sense logically.
He also emphasized that we don’t have to have already experienced something in order for it to be possible – if it can be imagined, it can happen. That sounds like Desmond!
Just wanted to share that, sorry if you already wrote about it somewhere. I tried to check first, but didn’t say anything, so if I missed that entry, whoops!
Yep, you are right on track with the David Hume connection.