Benjamin Linus is one of my favourite characters of all time and Michael Emerson is one of my favourite actors of all time. He's performance as Ben Linus is.... just brilliant!
ben is such a complex and amazing character. His mother died at birth and his father blames him for it. He has to live with it every day, and when he moves to the island with his father, he betrays the dharma initiative for the others. He tries to protect the island when his rival wants to take it from him, and sacrifices his daughter in order to do so.
Ben was so diabolical and in control during most of the show. It's a shame he didn't have another scheme under his sleeve to overcome Jacob. I feel Ben shouldn't have been so weak minded toward the end.
Ben changed after he got shot, and Richard took him into the Temple. Remember Richard Alpert says 'All his innocence will be lost' Although in my opinion, I just see Ben as a man struggling to survive, and a man with an agenda who will stop at nothing to accomplish it. Best actor I have ever seen.
ben definitely one of the most favorite characters he is awesome but i am little disapointd coz in 6 season he is not powrerful as in the before seasons but still thinking is on of the best
Ben is an interesting charactor because he develops so much. I mean first time you see him he is evil and somewhat a mystery and seems to be in control. Now however he is just another guy that has done bad things but does a good side to him. Locke is just a sad person life has dealt him a bad hand and it just seemed like it never got better. Locke used to be my fav but he never really got past that point of just being unfortunate.
its funny how the most unique characters on the show change, like the most unique characters at the beginning were locke, then it turned to jack, now its ben. I think ben has been by far the best character on lost
This is one of Giacchino's finest themes from Lost. It's so adaptable. As this video illustrated pretty well, the theme is at times menacing, at other times creepy, and at other times just sad and lonely. Captures the character well.
Wow! What a beautiful change to the usual (not that I don't love them) Ben fan vids, the music is very stirring in parts. Poor lonely Ben :O( Is it me or does he just scream "virgin"? Poor Guy!
He's evil. The example I can think of right now is showing Juliet her sister is alive and well with a son, then cutting off the feed. That's just evil.
You know Ben isn't evil because he refused to kill Alex as a baby and instead raised her as his own. A truly evil person would have just killed her.....like Whitmore wanted. What he did to Juliet was mean, but she was there to try and stop other pregnant women from dieing. He manipulated her to try and make her achieve that....
She told him it wasn't working, motivating her by showing her that her sister has a son and was cured by Jacob, whom we now know Ben never met so he was lying, will just make her hate him more, especially when he wanted her to try it on kidnapped women from the plane. He would have killed Penny an inocent to spite her father,but wouldn' t because of his own mommy issues, he ordered Mikhal (eye patch guy) tokill those two chicks that cauptured Charlie, when they were just doing working for him.
@MultiFeral He actually didn't even want her to stay for the pregnancies. He did so because he was crushin' on her. All in all though, i really don't think we know enough yet to deem him "good" or "evil".
At the time, I had just finished watching a video of her death again. But there's also, having Sayid kill random people we don't even know are connected to Widmore, letting Alex get killed, taking her a a baby, beating up Sawyer in the third season, just to name a few, Oh and kiling Locke of course.
True, but with having his daughter get killed, he was trying to bluff to a bully like LOL THAT CANDY BAR IS DUMB I DON'T WANT IT (bully then eats it) *rages*. In other words, he failed in lying to protect her by having it seem like his usual assy self.
i always though that ben was kinda a weenie like when they had him in the hatch but i guess he ranked up to weenie hut jr when i learned he was actually the leader of the others and stuff
Amazing piece of music, it fits Ben's character so well. Giacchino's a genius. And great job putting the clips to it! Michael Emerson is the best actor currently on television, no contest.
awesome vid and song. i really hope that ben gets back to the island as he sacrificed everything to live on it with the natives. Mr witmore must die! but not his daughter peni because thts desmonds chick and desmond is a legend.
I really liked the song. You could see how it addresses his life. I could imagine all of his life from just listening to the song. It was cold. So, cold. Is Ben really this cold? I think by the end ( I hope) we will find out just the opposite. Listening to the song you could just sense Ben's feelings and musings. Ben really had no one. No one loves him and he does not love anyone else. Alex was all he had and she was ripped away.
It's beautiful how you coordinated the clips with the music. It starts out all dark and sinister and then it gets softer and sad (@ about 1:07). Then there's kind of this mixture of the two towards the end. Really beautiful. It really fits well for this character, a villain who would really rather be married, living in the suburbs, raising a family. (sob) I could go on and on, but this is just awesome.
Best music of Lost.
DarthRushy 2 weeks ago
nice editing, the timing goes great witht he video. ;)
RHCPfan458 3 weeks ago
Awesome music awesome character.
DarthRushy 4 weeks ago
Benjamin Linus is one of my favourite characters of all time and Michael Emerson is one of my favourite actors of all time. He's performance as Ben Linus is.... just brilliant!
I3o 4 months ago
ben is such a complex and amazing character. His mother died at birth and his father blames him for it. He has to live with it every day, and when he moves to the island with his father, he betrays the dharma initiative for the others. He tries to protect the island when his rival wants to take it from him, and sacrifices his daughter in order to do so.
home2ideas 6 months ago
"HOW CAN YOU POSSIBLY DON'T UNDERSTAND... that you're MINE?!"
EpicnessPivotMaster 10 months ago
Fun Fact - the average human lies 3 times every ten minutes
monkeyassassin91 11 months ago
Ben was so diabolical and in control during most of the show. It's a shame he didn't have another scheme under his sleeve to overcome Jacob. I feel Ben shouldn't have been so weak minded toward the end.
Hypoduo 1 year ago
Touching.
vfmlor 1 year ago
Favourite track along with oceanic 815 <3
AlmightySpadeCostume 1 year ago
INI-SHEA-TIVE
CERNOBE 1 year ago 2
Hm. Ben killed the DHARMA and Greg Initiative. : /
RevanorSzeged 1 year ago
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firespray9689 1 year ago
Ben didn't want to be bad, but he lost his innocence. He can't change.
Xymphonie54 1 year ago
This reminds me of something i've been wondering: how many times can you up one video?
YouFoolWarrenIsDead 1 year ago
Ben changed after he got shot, and Richard took him into the Temple. Remember Richard Alpert says 'All his innocence will be lost' Although in my opinion, I just see Ben as a man struggling to survive, and a man with an agenda who will stop at nothing to accomplish it. Best actor I have ever seen.
ohairy111 1 year ago
ben definitely one of the most favorite characters he is awesome but i am little disapointd coz in 6 season he is not powrerful as in the before seasons but still thinking is on of the best
zpdhhh 1 year ago
Ben is evil, but not is changed.
Yashimo7777 1 year ago
I love when Juliet slaps the milk out of his hand and he's like, "WTF"
Starwind18020 1 year ago
michael giacchino is awesome :)
MrHonHonHon 1 year ago 4
Totally.
BlackOut0189 1 year ago
Ben is the most fascinating character on Lost, Ben Episodes are always the best
FukPosers 1 year ago 4
Ben is an interesting charactor because he develops so much. I mean first time you see him he is evil and somewhat a mystery and seems to be in control. Now however he is just another guy that has done bad things but does a good side to him. Locke is just a sad person life has dealt him a bad hand and it just seemed like it never got better. Locke used to be my fav but he never really got past that point of just being unfortunate.
BENLINUZ 1 year ago
This is the theme of my life.
thatoneguy726 1 year ago
Oh my gosh, this theme is so tragic. It kills me when the piano comes in.
JessicaLWhite 2 years ago 3
man you know locke is the man the best
zpdhhh 2 years ago 2
1:12 !!!!!! omg
zpdhhh 2 years ago 2
ben!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! excellent character is one of the best cuz first is john locke
zpdhhh 2 years ago
@zpdhhh
I disagree, I think Ben's character is a lot more interesting than Locke's, Locke is a guy thats just sad and makes you depressed watching the guy
hlev123 2 years ago
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I'm totally agree with you!!, locke is just pathetic
Xenomorph22 2 years ago
He's not entierly evil like Voldemort. I like it what Michael said about Martin Keamy "Ben is like a pussycat next to him."
86MissDaisy 2 years ago 4
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he looks like Adolf Hitler
aaaaaaaaaaaafaaa4 2 years ago
its funny how the most unique characters on the show change, like the most unique characters at the beginning were locke, then it turned to jack, now its ben. I think ben has been by far the best character on lost
hlev123 2 years ago 7
i agree! john is still up there though, love both characters
ClutchFR4G 2 years ago
does anyone know the soundtrack that is usually played in the dharma stations??and ben's my favourite character
Proxyon16 2 years ago
This is one of Giacchino's finest themes from Lost. It's so adaptable. As this video illustrated pretty well, the theme is at times menacing, at other times creepy, and at other times just sad and lonely. Captures the character well.
cperryk 2 years ago 2
wow wtf..... 108 ratings when i watched this video. Now i really cant fucking wait till 2010...
surpreme17 2 years ago
Poor Ben some times you just have to feel sorry for him after all that happened to hom as a kid
TheFirstEvil100 2 years ago 4
Everything has a cause and effect.
Elephantintheroom01 2 years ago
Wow! What a beautiful change to the usual (not that I don't love them) Ben fan vids, the music is very stirring in parts. Poor lonely Ben :O( Is it me or does he just scream "virgin"? Poor Guy!
Elvinauk 2 years ago
lol
whitchry9 2 years ago
what does eta stand for?
dunboody 2 years ago
Edited to add :)
KimiMclarenFan 2 years ago
thanks :)
cool vid, by the way
dunboody 2 years ago
@dunboody Or estimated time of arrival
xMontyxx 1 year ago
@dunboody Estimated Time of Arrival
ohairy111 1 year ago
@dunboody Eta is a terrorist group...
mourizze 1 year ago
@dunboody
Or Estimated Time of Arrival :DD
RevanorSzeged 1 year ago
At the end of episode 12 season 5 with smokey
houari2009 2 years ago
micheal emerson is so awesome in lost
enialis77210 2 years ago 3
The beggining was aggresive, the middle heartbreakingly emotional and end was brilliantly evil and menacing.
sandyman002 2 years ago 4
love this.
Violetsoul6 2 years ago
Love this piece. I've always related to Ben a lot, so this is by far the Lost theme I listen to most.
thatoneguy726 2 years ago 2
Ben is no good people. He kill John, want kill Penny and all from ship.
The black smoke need he and now he misson complete.
I think in season 6 Ben gone die.
Yashimo7777 2 years ago
If that's the case, I bet my life on that he'll die in the end. Not like in episode 2.
Should Jack, Kate or Sawyer die in the middle od Season 6 or something... then I would die too....
And if Jack dies, then I will sell my sould to satan!
What's the odds of that Jack would die?? :)
And yeah, good track. It really suits the tragic villain Benjamin Linus. :)
AdamWeith 2 years ago
hes more like a anti hero thn a tragic villain
daman1233 2 years ago 6
Well, his young years were tragic at least.
In which this music fits PERFECTLY.
(I'm thinking of "The man behind the curtain", his first centric episode)
AdamWeith 2 years ago
Ben is not evil, just manipulative and deceitful. He's flawed, he lies, just like many normal people do.
S0vereignty 2 years ago 21
Gaah! When season 2 ran (and I was WAY younger), I thought the survivors should kill him.
I didn't trust him. No offense to Michael Emerson, who's awesome, but I've never trusted Ben Linus!
I wonder how it's gonna go for him in season 6. It has been filmed already, am I right?
AdamWeith 2 years ago
He's evil. The example I can think of right now is showing Juliet her sister is alive and well with a son, then cutting off the feed. That's just evil.
MultiFeral 2 years ago
You know Ben isn't evil because he refused to kill Alex as a baby and instead raised her as his own. A truly evil person would have just killed her.....like Whitmore wanted. What he did to Juliet was mean, but she was there to try and stop other pregnant women from dieing. He manipulated her to try and make her achieve that....
MarshallDice 2 years ago 3
She told him it wasn't working, motivating her by showing her that her sister has a son and was cured by Jacob, whom we now know Ben never met so he was lying, will just make her hate him more, especially when he wanted her to try it on kidnapped women from the plane. He would have killed Penny an inocent to spite her father,but wouldn' t because of his own mommy issues, he ordered Mikhal (eye patch guy) tokill those two chicks that cauptured Charlie, when they were just doing working for him.
MultiFeral 2 years ago
@MultiFeral He actually didn't even want her to stay for the pregnancies. He did so because he was crushin' on her. All in all though, i really don't think we know enough yet to deem him "good" or "evil".
justlikeA1 2 years ago
@MultiFeral
Off all the things to make a person evil, you put changing the channel on a pretty lady at the top of the list? :D
PrinceDesSots 2 years ago
At the time, I had just finished watching a video of her death again. But there's also, having Sayid kill random people we don't even know are connected to Widmore, letting Alex get killed, taking her a a baby, beating up Sawyer in the third season, just to name a few, Oh and kiling Locke of course.
MultiFeral 2 years ago
True, but with having his daughter get killed, he was trying to bluff to a bully like LOL THAT CANDY BAR IS DUMB I DON'T WANT IT (bully then eats it) *rages*. In other words, he failed in lying to protect her by having it seem like his usual assy self.
PrinceDesSots 2 years ago
He kill's, so he's evil.
ScaryManiac 2 years ago
@S0vereignty he kills people, so he's evil. no matter what else he does
ScaryManiac 1 year ago
@ScaryManiac The people he kills aren't innocent.
LordApocalypse7 1 year ago
@LordApocalypse7 who is he to judge? this is no excuse to kill people
ScaryManiac 1 year ago
@ScaryManiac I think it is.
LordApocalypse7 1 year ago
@LordApocalypse7 ok....
ScaryManiac 1 year ago
@S0vereignty well yeah and the fact that hes a homicidal sociopath,which many normal people aren't?
uberLejoe 3 days ago
Michael Emerson is God!
5 stars.
Ze33roX 2 years ago 3
he's one of my favorite actors in the world :)
jonasga91 2 years ago 6
i always though that ben was kinda a weenie like when they had him in the hatch but i guess he ranked up to weenie hut jr when i learned he was actually the leader of the others and stuff
OneWingedZebra 2 years ago
amazing. stunning. well made good clips used and gr8 song :D
lilfinnz 2 years ago
My favorite song is "All's Forgiven Accept Charlie"
sporeprime3rscp 2 years ago
I absolutely love the entire Lost score, but Ben's is specifically complex, like the character.
RicardoAlpert815 2 years ago 10
Its not really complex, its just a simple lietmotif that changes slightly depending on whats happening to him
Chemie89 2 years ago
Linus is sooooo Creepy! (But that's why we love him.)
TendancyToFloatAway 2 years ago 4
muy bueno!!
ztean17 2 years ago 2
this and locked out again are my favorites
daman1233 2 years ago 4
Fine piece of music. It makes me cry.
s4ujcd 2 years ago 3
this is bens theme basically. everytime they have some sad monologue with him in it they play this
javabeansalmon 2 years ago 4
Amazing piece of music, it fits Ben's character so well. Giacchino's a genius. And great job putting the clips to it! Michael Emerson is the best actor currently on television, no contest.
Meatballhead07 2 years ago 7
I watch this and listen to this video and life and death every night before I go to bed. Its just cracking music.
This is a good video too. Sums up Ben perfectly.
LowIQ1234 2 years ago 4
My favourite song from Lost
KorbutFan 2 years ago 5
This is one of the best scores for a show on TV in a long time absolutely stunning brings people to tears.
Gamer9807 2 years ago 2
1:17 incredible note
alloq1 2 years ago 4
Yeah, but 2:00 is lovely, I cant listen it it so amazing!!!!!!
ANDREW007CZ 2 years ago 3
are you sure? we saw that he was injured by desmond and thrown to the water....we don´t know what happened next....
I think he didn´t kill Penny either, but my point is that we can´t be sure YET.
fedea82 2 years ago
straight bad ass
DONTBRINGDAVID 2 years ago
Ben is the best character by far. <3
He could manipulate me any time!
konalava333 2 years ago 23
awesome clip
mikus95snake 2 years ago 2
BEN LINUS RULES
xP
LordKoshrane 2 years ago
Haha I used to hate Ben.
Now I think he's awesome XD
xxkittigirl234xx 2 years ago 3
nothing can stand in his way. nothing.
PikolUploader 2 years ago 7
He is one of the most complex characters of nowadays series!!
kali972 2 years ago 7
1:12
Awesome piano.
santsvids 2 years ago 2
Beautifully done.
NateDoggsayzRegulate 2 years ago 2
perfect !
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TurkishPayPalHack 3 years ago
Wow, this video is so well put together.
The clips go perfect with the music.
Great Job! =)
Triforceman22 3 years ago 4
Wow very nice.
Wolfstuka 3 years ago
Really well done.
Benjamin > all.
TravelerKM 3 years ago 6
I so totally agree ;)
KimiMclarenFan 3 years ago
Michael Emerson is the best actor on lost.
hoopodi 3 years ago 31
@hoopodi And whoever does sayid is the worst.
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I love the piano part...
whynot01 3 years ago 2
great piece of work :)
Keep on!
LeetScriptus 3 years ago 2
2:00 onwards is my favorite part of Dharmacide..
demon7seven 3 years ago 3
im fucking loving it
kelvinmcl 3 years ago
i seem to always cheer for the anti-hero. so many great characters on lost, but ben has won me over.
warmredwater 3 years ago 21
Awesome! at 1:12 starts my favorite part.
fabian5002 3 years ago
yay im not the only who likes ben lol this vid is so awesome! bens one of my fave charcters
LostAusten815 3 years ago 2
This video just reminds me precisely why I love Ben. Excellent clips matched to an excellent song. Truly exquisite!
ChaosDarkie 3 years ago 2
awesome vid and song. i really hope that ben gets back to the island as he sacrificed everything to live on it with the natives. Mr witmore must die! but not his daughter peni because thts desmonds chick and desmond is a legend.
ahoymole 3 years ago
ben can't kill penny because he needs desmond to return to the island. then again, he has been known to get what he wants in unconventional ways.
warmredwater 3 years ago
I think he´ll kill penny and leave a trace, so that desmond goes to the island anyways, seeking revenge.....
Hey I could be a writer for this serie! :)
fedea82 2 years ago 2
really nice man :)
PikolUploader 3 years ago
MBTC=best epi ever
linus108Nicole 3 years ago 2
I really liked the song. You could see how it addresses his life. I could imagine all of his life from just listening to the song. It was cold. So, cold. Is Ben really this cold? I think by the end ( I hope) we will find out just the opposite. Listening to the song you could just sense Ben's feelings and musings. Ben really had no one. No one loves him and he does not love anyone else. Alex was all he had and she was ripped away.
OffhandAgent 3 years ago
Awesome! i really like it. you must have put alotta work in it.
Phogodadon 3 years ago
very nice video :)
saksarii 3 years ago 2
Thanks =)
KimiMclarenFan 3 years ago
funny i felt so sorry for ben when he was moving the island
monkeymagic2008 3 years ago 4
It's beautiful how you coordinated the clips with the music. It starts out all dark and sinister and then it gets softer and sad (@ about 1:07). Then there's kind of this mixture of the two towards the end. Really beautiful. It really fits well for this character, a villain who would really rather be married, living in the suburbs, raising a family. (sob) I could go on and on, but this is just awesome.
mormonhippie 3 years ago 3
Wow! That is probably the best/longest comment I've ever received, lol.
Thanks, it really means a lot to me =)
xx
KimiMclarenFan 3 years ago
You're welcome! you've obiously put a lot of thought into this, and it shows.
mormonhippie 3 years ago
Nice, loved the ending clip.
canadiancricket 3 years ago