Remeber when we were told we had seen the monster in season 2 and didn't even realize it?

And when the Losties where out trekking to find Walt that ginormous bird swooped down at them?

Does anyone else think that the bird and the kite are a little too similar?

good point... but i don't think there is any meaning to this or a connection for that matter.

I think we would need screen caps of each for comparison to make that connection.

true, this would be a great connection, but what would it mean
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true, this would be a great connection, but what would it mean
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It would mean that even the island monster was directly connected to Jack. :drowsy:

I think that the kite was just a clumsy metaphor for freedom, which was essentially what this episode was dealing with.

can anybody get a screen cap or would it be to hard to get?

At the time I, like 50 million other guys were too focused on Bai Ling's flimsy top and how it was defying the laws of physics to notice the kite, but now that you ask, here it is; The kite is a "Starbird" model from Taiwanese kite designer Buteo Huang;

http://www.newtechkites.com/NTK_BUTEO_HUANG.htm

An eagle shape I guess, but that's the only comparison I can make with the Hurley bird.

Kite flying was a very un-Jack-like thing to do, eh?

I didnt even think of that but now that you mention it, the kite does rem,ind me of the bird

Kite: http://gallery.lost-media.com/displayimage.php?album=1256&pos=104
Hurley bird: http://lost.cubit.net/forum/index.php?action=gallery;sa=view;id=133 and http://www.lostpedia.com/wiki/Image:Hurley_bird.jpg

IMO, they aren't that close, other than both being big birds.

BILLY, that top was amazing, I could not believe it stuck to her like that, I too was watching the wrong part of that scene, and missed the kite, thanks for posting the link.

From this link it looks to me like the purpose of the kite scene was to highlight the real life meaning of the chinese characters on his tattoo;

http://www.lostpedia.com/wiki/Jack%27s_tattoo

I wonder how important this is?

Go fly a kite...

I think the kite IS a metaphor for jack. he wants to fly free, but is tethered (to the island, to other people, to his past.) Aren't we all?