This may be nothing but in "Further Instructions" Boone looked really different (to me anyway) in his apparition to Locke. :34853_huh:

Do you think his character was also supposed to be representative of the kid/cop that Locke may or may not have killed? Do you think his face was supposed to embody certain qualities like peace & innocence that would come across visually? He looked younger and much less intense than he did in Season 1.

Or has Ian Somerhalder, the actor, just made some subtle changes to his look and it has nothing to do with the storyline??? :undecide:

Yes. He looked dead. I actually liked him tonight. Corpse looks good on him. :)

He looks different because it's been over a year since he's been on the show. People's appearances change over time.

His hair was longer.

Different indeed... I knew your hair kept growing after you died... but come on!

Non-Bloody Boone's Last Day on the Isle- http://gallery.lost-media.com/displayimage.php?pos=-34232

Non-Bloody Boone In Locke's Second Vision- http://gallery.lost-media.com/displayimage.php?pos=-76652

Bloody Boone in Locke's First Vision- http://gallery.lost-media.com/displayimage.php?pos=-33815

Bloody Boone in Locke's Second Vision- http://gallery.lost-media.com/displayimage.php?pos=-76727

Similar, yet different...

Different indeed... I knew your hair kept growing after you died... but come on! Similar, yet different...
Thanks, Drew. :) I mean cmon people, I KNOW he is supposed to look dead and I KNOW it's been over a year and your appearance can change. What I'm talking about is the look on Boone's face.

In previous epi's he always had that furrowed brow and intense stare going on. In this one, he looks peaceful, unworried, almost angelic in the first vision. Which would make sense if he actually WAS appearing to Locke from the dead. But if he was just Locke's hallucination, wouldn't he have appeared to Locke with the same type of appearance that Locke last saw him? :confused:

He definitely looked different. I didn't recognize him as Boone until maybe halfway through the first appearance.

Um, yeah, I suppose he looked slightly different. Longer hair, but I'm sure that was only on Ian's part and had nothing to do with the storyline.

He's still as sexy as he always was on the show! :biggrin:

What I'm talking about is the look on Boone's face.

In previous epi's he always had that furrowed brow and intense stare going on. In this one, he looks peaceful, unworried, almost angelic in the first vision. Which would make sense if he actually WAS appearing to Locke from the dead. But if he was just Locke's hallucination, wouldn't he have appeared to Locke with the same type of appearance that Locke last saw him? :confused:

I agree. His tone and demeanor in the exchange was almost sarcastic too. I'm with you. :)

This may be nothing but in "Further Instructions" Boone looked really different (to me anyway) in his apparition to Locke. :34853_huh:

Do you think his character was also supposed to be representative of the kid/cop that Locke may or may not have killed? Do you think his face was supposed to embody certain qualities like peace & innocence that would come across visually? He looked younger and much less intense than he did in Season 1.

Or has Ian Somerhalder, the actor, just made some subtle changes to his look and it has nothing to do with the storyline??? :undecide:

I think it was that the actor himself looked different; he'd gained weight, hair was darker ( don't think he looked younger, but older)...but he still has those incredible blue eyes!

but also, yes, I agree that he didn't seem as intense as before; and that the way he was presented in the vision was meant to show tht he was more ...peaceful...for lack of a better word.

This was a new look for Boone too:
http://gallery.lost-media.com/displayimage.php?album=1185&pos=204

Is it just me, or does that facial expression strike you as very "Juliet-ish"??? We've talked about how she speaks in a soft voice and puts on these pained sympathetic expressions in order to gain Jack's trust and manipulate him. Was this 'Boone hallucination' manipulating Locke? If so, was it in a good way or a bad way? Was it actually Boone's spirit or something else conjured up to manipulate Locke? Or was it all just in Locke's head?!!

Gah! Too many questions! :redface:

Yeah...Boone looked much sexier as a dead guy.

yeah he absolutely looked different, I don't know why they wanted him to. That's not the way he looked when he died. Who knows the why's of Lost?!

I think he looked different on purpose because it's a vision of someone who has died. There are lots of examples in literature that after death, a person looks different but is still recognizable.

i was so happy to see Boone back!! he was my favourite character :0) he made the episode! he's so hot :biggrin:

FYI, Ian Somerhalder did put on 20-30 pounds of muscle after "Lost." But I think he did look much more peaceful as a vision, rather than the angry kid who was too protective of his sister.

he was sooo good looking... i was like "i wouldn'tmind if there were a one time 'bring-people-back-from-the-dead' thing to get him back...
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he was sooo good looking... i was thinking to myself "i would not mind a 'bring-people-back-from-dead' one timer to get him back..."

I think the change in Boone is simply called acting. This "peyote-type sequence" of Locke's called for a new role for Boone - a quiet, sarcastic (pissed he's dead), prophetic Boone. He's in control now. Different from the Boone that resided on the island.

And yes, he has longer hair now, as it's been awhile, and he's moved on!

Boone , looked better than ever! Maybe in John's hallucination he had to see Boone that way so he could believe that Boone was in a better place to ease his concious.

Is it just me or did Boone seem a little sarcastic towards Locke when he told him he was "a sacrifice..."? I know he was there to help him but his comforting and reassuring Locke seemed insincere to me.

Come on people, he hasn't been on the show for over a year. He has been growing his hair in real life and understandbly didn't want to cut it for one minute of fame back on lost. Same with the other changes in his appearance.

I can't believe there is actually a discussion of 15 posts about it, must because of all the fans that still can't get over the fact that he was kicked out of the serie because he was least interesting as a character.

About his tone and voice, that's acting. I can imagine the director wanted him to look angel-like, so it would be more clear that he was dead.

Would've been interesting to see a Shannon reference, but I guess that would've seemed forced in this instance.

I think the change in Boone is simply called acting. This "peyote-type sequence" of Locke's called for a new role for Boone - a quiet, sarcastic (pissed he's dead), prophetic Boone. He's in control now. Different from the Boone that resided on the island.


I LOVE this new image of Boone. I mean, of course, he's not actually... You know... Alive, but his "new" personality is amazing! It was so nice to see him as the one who knows the most about the island (I guess he was, in a way, "the island"), instead of Locke.


Is it just me or did Boone seem a little sarcastic towards Locke when he told him he was "a sacrifice..."? I know he was there to help him but his comforting and reassuring Locke seemed insincere to me.

Well, yeah. That's how I saw it too. But maybe that's because that is what I wanted to hear, lol. I'm not exactly the biggest Locke fan. :rolleyes:

I loved the sarcasm. Kind of reminds me of when he said, "The ISLAND will give us a sign" in Deus Ex Machina.

Boone did seem different. He seemed nicer, but very angry about the whole... death thing. He seemed very wise, as if he knew everything.

Oh, and he could've at least worn a wig.

He looked a little different, but I dont see anything wrong with his appearance last night. I noticed hes a little more built and his hair is slightly longer, but its all good to me. :biggrin:
yay Boone!

yeah. it seemed he's more buff and handsome. maybe a better version of him? is he already in a much better place? missed him..

Is it just me or did Boone seem a little sarcastic towards Locke when he told him he was "a sacrifice..."?
Yes, I definitely got that feeling too.
It was so nice to see him as the one who knows the most about the island (I guess he was, in a way, "the island"), instead of Locke. ...
Kind of reminds me of when he said, "The ISLAND will give us a sign" in Deus Ex Machina.

Yes, it was a nice turnabout that Boone seemed to "have all the answers" during this meeting.
I do miss having Boone & Locke together, searching the Island, doing "hunter" things. Of course, they were all too quickly distracted by finding the hatch.

his eyes were extremely dilated, especially in comparison to Locke's. the human brain picks up on these differences even if it doesn't consciously recognize what the difference is. (in fact, if given two faces which are exactly the same except for the size of the pupil, people will rate the more dilated face higher in attractiveness even if they don't know why.)

why the producers decided to do this is another question entirely.

his eyes were extremely dilated

maybe some of that halucenegen paste was still seeping thorugh his open wound... :cool:

Is it just me or did Boone seem a little sarcastic towards Locke when he told him he was "a sacrifice..."? I know he was there to help him but his comforting and reassuring Locke seemed insincere to me.

yeah. to think that boone never knew this now famous catchphrase. locke said this to jack in season 1 finale...

yeah. to think that boone never knew this now famous catchphrase. locke said this to jack in season 1 finale...

i guess boone is now "part of the island" since that was said AFTER his death...he sees all..he knows all...

yeah, there was deffinitly somthing different besides just the hair... im not sure exactly what it was tho. he looked alot more mature.

Lost_In_Louisiana...what I'm talking about is the look on Boone's face...in this one, he looks peaceful, unworried, almost angelic in the first vision.


You hit something I was thinking about in another thread... Ithink that's what the Lostees are trying to find on the Island. Inner peace. So far, there's only Eko that's openly doing that, and perhaps Locke. Call it whatever, redemption/absolution etc. Hmmmm, I think Charlie's fits that group and so does Claire...

But yes Boone looked different. And if it is because he's dead, than perhaps that's the faith that awaits our heroes???;)

Oooh, it's late...Namaste, Eric.

i also notice his right eye twitching... have you also notice sun's father's eye twitch in episode 2?

I think I remember Boone having thicker bushier eyebrows, did he have them trimmed or plucked a bit?

Just goes to show what a bit o botox and a good tweeze can do to a face.

okay, you know you thought it, Boone was HOT in that part with Locke. He was definetly even hotter than Jack and Sawyer! His hair, his eyes, everything about him has changed since when he died! I guess hair grows in heaven! =)

He also looks different in his flashbacks. This just goes to show that he can look very different depending on what's done to him M/U (makeup) wise. Same thing with Locke - he looks totally different with different makeup and a wig. When you tend to see a character on the island for a long time, looking all scruffy and dirty with unwanted facial hair, when you see them all fixed up (Boone in flashbacks, Boone in dream, Eko in flashbacks (he looks really clean), Locke in flashbacks), they look much different. Naturally. Yeah, he does look different in the dream, but he's been gone from the show for a bit by that point and he's probably done some modelling tha required plucking of eyebrows etc (he is a model, afterall).