2. The reveal of metal crate really make me feel terrible. If this one is the REAL John, what is the man there in that huge statue. The other "god"?

3. Yeah, if you were the very person in that position, it'd not be that easy to vote like this - just submitting some forms in front of your screen :)

4. The "Gods fight, human disaster" is not that negative. It's just a Chinese slang, which means that if (two or more) gods are fighting, we human beings can do nothing to stop them and may possibly be hurt (even if we try to avoid, because we can never know what they'll do next). There is another similar slang "神仙打架-劝不得" (Never try to stop the gods' fighting)

Thanks for this post. It is very interesting! First of all, I haven't looked for a similar post about American attitudes toward LOST, but it would be interesting to compare. A few thoughts from my own perspective:

1. I personally think Sun is more attractive than Shannon, perhaps because Shannon's character seems so shallow.

2. Its funny that people don't hate Ben Linus more. It must be because the survey is only from about Season 3 or so. I also found it amazing that 95% thought Ben Linus was more clever than Charles Widmore. Maybe if the poll was updated, it would be more even. At this point, it seems like a chess game between 2 masters.

3. I personally would want to stay on the island with John Locke, not Jack. However, after the Season 5 Finale, I'm not so sure (after the metal crate from the plane was opened to reveal the contents).

4. I find it interesting that Chinese polled say that they would NOT press the button at the end of the countdown. I suppose we all say we wouldn't push the button but lets face it: we all press the buttons that people tell us to our whole lives, so its a fantasy to say that you wouldn't do it if you were in Desmond's position (and later John Locke's inside the hatch).

5. That's fascinating that everyone things that Ben killed John Locke for some unknown reason, not to just get information from John.

6. I don't fully understand why the idea "神仙打架，百姓遭殃" (Gods fight, human disaster) is such a negative for the show. I don't really understand the saying and how it applies to the show. Maybe people don't like the fact that Jacob shows up at the very end and is a "God" that shows up in everyone's lives before but it was not really foreshadowed enough during the earlier part of the show.

Anyway I find this extremely interesting Aw! Thanks for writing this post!