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What is ABC trying to tell us with this?
Ok, let us find an answer by what we can deduce from seeing and what our brains combine by associations made of experiences and knowledge:
a) we see a bottle neck, spilled out liquor and a cork in a distance of the bottle's neck, so we recognize it is a picture of a sparkling wine bottle with the typically dynamic effect of the opening procedur of sparkling wine bottle;
b) we are used to open sparkling wine bottles when celebrations occur to us, usually we are in a good mood, party time;
c) Parties and celebrations are also combined with special sounds and in the case of sparkling wine it is the typically sound when the bottle is opened, the bombshell sound;
d) we know about the rocket effect of the closing or shutting device, and that it also can turn out that the cork will become a dangerous projectile, so we also fear to open such a bottle;
e) we know that the bubbles of the wine shoots up either because the content is too warm or shaken shortly before opening the bottle;
f) we accept a sort of waste of the wine, the precious liquor, in this case;
g) we know about difficulties of the process to open the bottle;
h) some know how to open a sparkling wine bottle avoiding these dangerous effects;
i) some know all about sparkling wine production and the basic physiochemical processes, which lead to these shooting effects.
Basic knowledge of sparkling wine production, which have a significant relation for interpretation:
The primary fermentation of sparkling wine begins like most other wines, though winemakers may choose to use specially cultivated sparkling wine yeasts.
All in all there are 4 methods of production of sparkling wines, the cheapest variant is the injection of CO2. This is called carbonation, but it can be dangerous; it can result in bottles gushing or even exploding.
It is through the initiation of a secondary fermentation that distinguishes sparkling wine production and gives the wine its characteristic "bubbles". One of the by products of fermentation is the creation of carbon dioxide gas. While this gas is able to be released during the first fermentation, efforts are taken during the second fermentation to retain the gas and have it dissolve into the wine. This creates a massive amount of pressure within the wine bottle (on average around 5 atmospheres) and wine producers take care to package the wine in strong glass bottles. When the wine is opened and poured into a glass, the gas is released and the wine becomes sparkling.
This method is called the Charmat process, in which the wine undergoes a secondary fermentation in bulk tanks, and is bottled under pressure.
We can expand our knowledge by the know how to open a sparkling wine bottle without spilling the content or turn the cork to a dangerous projectile:
- keep the sparkling wine bottled chilled, but the bottle shouldn't be too cold either;
- warm up the bottle neck, it effects the gas to expand and pushes against the cork; usually the warmth of the hand is enough, but when a natural cork is used it can be helpful to rub the bottle neck, for example helpful for the the spanish Freixenet to open, or to use a tool, the sparkling wine pliers;
- always turn the bottle, not the cork! It works best in an 45 degree angle.
The bombshell effect:
We already know about the bomb detonation in Lost's season's 5 finale. So here we could read in a direct correlation.
But does it mean the bomb detonation sound lead us to a celebration?! Yes, if we see the ostensible hint we should celebrate the last season of Lost, being expecting the unexpect; being excited what will come up after the bomb detonation of season 5.
The waste of content:
The picture here also can also be seen as a metaphor for not to get spoiled for the last season, because it only would be a waste of the precious content of season 6, like the spilled out sparkling wine on the picture.
Imagery:
The tricky opening of sparkling wine bottles leads me to see a metaphor for the process of something doing correct, which refers to Lost where we left behind. Based on the statement of Damon Lindelof that Daniel Faraday made a right research, but got not the right execution I see a hint to Jack's act of detonating the bomb and that this was the "wrong execution".
Farther metaphorical spoken Jack perhaps opened the "bottle" in the wrong way and catapulted the "cork", initiated the rocket effect; what would be a real bombshell effect in Lost.
If we see the Losties as the "cork" it could lead to what is going wrong in the execution of Daniel's theory. The Losties might be catapulted, but not to the goal Jack is expecting, the safe arrival in LA as a turn back in time and erase their all spent time on island! No, it could mean the Losties are catapulted forward in time and they arrive LAX, but in a future year, so perhaps in the year 2015 as perhaps hinted in the one official ABC promo ( see Lost Promo clues? )
Following further the procedure "how to open a sparkling wine bottle correct" we get the hint to a turn. On Lost island we know about three significant turns:
A) the fail safe key turn
B) the turn of the wheel by Benjamin Linus
C) the turn of the wheel by John Locke
Just the wheel-turns cast out electromagnetic energy and exactly like in the case of the sparkling wine it is a matter of measuring, an exact dose of expansion, a control of expansion. To reach the golden goal, here the way back home of the Losties, perhaps only depends on the correct turn of the wheel, to turn it slowly under the correct conditions, as for the sparkling wine bottle the right mix of temperature.
This reminds me also of the famous phrase of Paracelsus:
"All things are poison and nothing is without poison, only the dose permits something not to be poisonous."
Also the fact of needed slowness let me think of that our modern world is getting more and more hectic and faster.
We should find our way back to the roots and do things with more slowness and consideration and not follow the general rush anymore: Haste makes waste! (also applicable for opening sparkling wine bottles!)
For the Losties I think they need to find the right mechanism for "opening the bottle" - to correct the events around their return.
I am somehow convinced the Lost story is now told backwards from the future?! In this case they have a gap of at least 3 years and some months in their curriculum vitae, they perhaps have to fill with content now.
Also the procedure of how to bottle sparkling wine is a hint to the perhaps new way to tell the story of Lost, they so to say have to compress time - like the cork has to lock the sparkling wine bottle by pressure to keep in check the gas.
There is another possible correlation and so perhaps the picture leads to the Big Bang theory!
According to the Big Bang model, the Universe expanded from an extremely dense and hot state. Similar constellation as for the loose components of the sparkling wine, which react to heat and coldness.
So let us just celebrate the last season of Lost!
CHEERS!
12/31/09
US Weekly latest cast promo picture
the original Last Supper by Leonardo DaVinci:
I find this a bit blasphemous to assign John Locke as Jesus Christ, but the basic tenor is fitting to the basic philosophical layers of Lost reflecting the basic religion issue. But the makers of Lost more intertwine all different aspects of philosophical doctrines and follow more the roots of conceptual design of all world religions coming from the essence of natural religions as a basic explanation model to explain world; which includes science and spiritual developments.
Alone in the isolated position of Sawyer a correlation to Judas arises.
"In the opposite to conventional representations Judas and all other followers are sitting at both sides of Jesus. Alone his stance is noticeable. While the words of Jesus dismayed the followers and they started to discuss it, it is Judas, who freezes. He seems to be insulated and be torn by the burden of his betrayal. His look is rigid and drawing a line along the direction of his look it reveals he looks over the head of Jesus. The placement of Judas is between the tempered Peter and the soft John, which emphasizes the shady character of Judas. He holds a bag in his one hand and spills salt with his other hand." (taken from an official explanation of the Last Supper)
In anyway this comparison is flawed, but the isolated position of Sawyer is still remarkable.
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