^ ^ I have more basic questions. what is that island, what was that light, who put that stone on top of the "light", what did it do, what were the inscriptions on the stone , who made all that.
also how come they all knew what were they supposed to do. they would look clueless all the time and when time came to do something, they said they knew what to do.
also they never told what happened to smokey and jacob. if the plane landed somewhere, or if jack became smokey.
also the island was a material thing, it is evident because humans used to make frequent trips to it. dharma did it, widmore did it , so is that rescue crew etc..
Lemme try to answer:
1 - what is that island ? - Its a special place on earth which has magical properties. It moves throughout the earth. In 23 AD it was in the Mediterranean Sea where the Roman Ship carrying the mother of Jacob and MIB crashed. It then moved into the Pacific and then into the Atlantic where the Nigerian Smugglers crashed onto the Island and now currently somewhere in the Pacific when Oceanic 815 crashed.
2 - what was that light? - The heart of the Island...its basically a MacGuffin.
3 - who put that stone on top of the "light"? - The ancient inhabitants of the Island who then passed on the knowledge to guard the Island to Mother and who then passed on the knowledge to Jacob and then to Jack and then to Hurley.
4 - what did it do? stone basically kept the Island alive....if the stone is removed the island will be destroyed.
5 - what were the inscriptions on the stone? - some ancient texts similar to egyptian heiroglyphics....
6 - who made all that? - some ancient civilization...since the island moves...it could have been settled by some ancient civilization like egyptians or greeks....
7 - how come they all knew what were they supposed to do? - as soon as they drink the water....the knowledge of what to do gets transferred
8 - they never told what happened to smokey and jacob? - MIB was thrown into the stream which carried him into the light...the strong electromagnetic energy transformed him into the Smoke Monster. Desmond survived because he can survive electro magnetism as Whidmore's test showed. Jacob is dead as he was killed by his #2, Ben, who was tricked into doing so by MIB after he came to him in a vision as his dead daughter, Alex. Jacob came to the rest in spirit telling them what to do.
9 - if the plane landed somewhere, or if jack became smokey? - The plane landed....what happened to the crew, thats up to our imagination. Jack didn't become smokey as he died in the closing shot.
10 - also the island was a material thing, it is evident because humans used to make frequent trips to it. dharma did it, widmore did it , so is that rescue crew etc..? - the Island has special properties and people travelled on and off the island using a teleportation device which transferred Ben into Tunisia.
Dharma was there for scientific research until Ben defected and attacked and destroyed Dharma and became the Other's (Jacob's followers) leader and second only to Jacob.
Whidmore was a candidate to replace Jacob but was not upto the task and thus was send off the island. He was brought back as Jacob asked him to bring Desmond to stop MIB from escaping.
Any more questions.....lemme know :)