Posted by: figgy at February 3, 2010 3:31 PM
deep and lovely
I also thought he was talking about Richard having arrived to the island in the belly of the Black Rock, but this is way better -- maybe Nemesis/MiB is starting to work his magic on Richard, now that Ben has served his purpose?
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Cindy, that's pretty much what I think about Jacob/MIB. MIB has been under Jacob's control, and has been hating it--we know he's been wanting to kill Jacob for a very long time. And he's trapped on the Island (as a sort of hell for him? maybe he was punished by a higher authority to be there and "under" Jacob), needed to get Jacob killed (but couldn't do it himself) and now needs to get into the Temple to leave.
And so I think that MIB's comment to Richard about the chains meant that, as Jacob's servant, MIB thinks that Richard was "bound" to do Jacob's bidding and wasn't free. And now that Jacob is dead, Richard is free of those "chains" (which Richard didn't seem to mind but maybe MIB just thought Richard was a puppet).
Badass Japanese Dude was in The Last Samurai. Where he also played Badass Japanese Dude. I like him.