Preserved Crackers - Alpert Hint?

[D-Roc]

Currently rewatching the epispde - and something just sparked.

The crackers that Hurley ate in the previous episode are possibly a clue as to why/how Alpert doesn't age.

In the scene where Sawyer asks Hurley where he got the crackers, Garcia (Hurley) seems to add weight to the fact that "They came from the box that Ben dug up from the ground..they're good!"

We have a couple of aspects here - another mention of a 'box', and the fact that they came from the 'ground'. In this episode we see Ben, Locke and Keamy go 'underground' into the Orchid Station. With the notion that the ground (properties) of the island helps preserve things, we may now have a tanglible link in the crackers somehow remaining fresh.

Perhaps the "natives" (Alpert and co) spend alot of time underground..i mean, where's this temple for instance..perhaps that is underground, or inside a mountain range containing pure properties?

The fly in the ointment is Ben's 4.12 remark to Hugo about the crackers being 15 years old - but perhaps he wasn't implying that they're gone off, rather that on principle one shouldn't indulge in something so old?

Of course there are other credible suggestions with the whole Alpert/age stuff (such as tim-travel etc), but worth mentioning this one now that we have another potential lead.

Oh and crackers = Jacob crackers..Hugo ate Jacob.

[Malion]

Don't forget, Sawyer ate one as well, and I don't know about you... but, stale crackers are not that tasty.

Ick, imagine 15 years of staleness. Must be something going on here.

[D-Roc]

Yeah, and interestingly he supported Hugo's opinion that they were fresh, which indicates that they were fresh and had somehow been preserved by the ground.

I agree, something being hinted at there..

(I can't stand stale crackers..even if they're ony slightly stale i just can't eat them..1-2 days is enough for an open pack of crackers to go off..yet the crackers in the box - albeit in a sealed box - are as fresh as can be)

[Reed]

Originally Posted by D-Roc

Currently rewatching the epispde - and something just sparked.

The crackers that Hurley ate in the previous episode are possibly a clue as to why/how Alpert doesn't age.

In the scene where Sawyer asks Hurley where he got the crackers, Garcia (Hurley) seems to add weight to the fact that "They came from the box that Ben dug up from the ground..they're good!"

We have a couple of aspects here - another mention of a 'box', and the fact that they came from the 'ground'. In this episode we see Ben, Locke and Keamy go 'underground' into the Orchid Station. With the notion that the ground (properties) of the island helps preserve things, we may now have a tanglible link in the crackers somehow remaining fresh.

Perhaps the "natives" (Alpert and co) spend alot of time underground..i mean, where's this temple for instance..perhaps that is underground, or inside a mountain range containing pure properties?

The fly in the ointment is Ben's 4.12 remark to Hugo about the crackers being 15 years old - but perhaps he wasn't implying that they're gone off, rather that on principle one shouldn't indulge in something so old?

Of course there are other credible suggestions with the whole Alpert/age stuff (such as tim-travel etc), but worth mentioning this one now that we have another potential lead.

Oh and crackers = Jacob crackers..Hugo ate Jacob.

Excellent spot there. Do you suppose it will affect Hugo and Sawyer?

What if the Orchid is somewhere responsible for Alpert's "immortality"? I do like the idea of the Temple being underground, especially now we have seen an underground station and the 'ancient mechanism' that Ben used to move the Island.

While I would prefer your theory to be correct, I have to point out the Dharma Ranch Dressing which had an very long expiration date though I suppose Crackers is entirely different however.