Status: A few hoax sites
After getting the first season of Lost on dvd for christmas, I've become hooked on the show. Although I'm beginning to suspect that the writers of the show are simply going to introduce one mystery after another without ever offering an explanation for anything. But anyway, here are some hoax websites related to Lost:
Oceanic World Air (the airline that the Lost passengers were flying on),
Dharma Industries (the mysterious project that was being conducted on the island), and
The Hanso Foundation (The philanthropic foundation funding the Dharma Initiative. This page is part of an alternate reality game, as is the Dharma Industries site). If you know of any other Lost-related hoax sites, let me know.
And here's something that isn't a hoax, but is rather curious. If you type the mysterious numbers from Lost (4 8 15 16 23 42) into google maps, they correspond to the approximate
latitude and longitude of an island in the middle of the Pacific. My guess is that this probably isn't an accident.
Update: A few more hoax websites of Lost:
http://www.driveshaftband.com (the website of Charlie's band. Thanks to Nordan for this link.)
http://www.mrcluck.com or
http://www.mrclucks.com (websites of the fast-food restaurant that Hurley used to work in, before he won the lottery. As far as hoax websites go, these aren't very fully developed. The front page simply links to a podcast about the show.)
The island in the Pacific mentioned above is
Kosrae Island (Thanks to Eric Schucard and Tim for this info).
Comments
People are really freely slewing around some only moderately veiled snips. (I still like: "The most glaring flaw in Karen's theory is that she doesn't know what she's talking about.") But there's other good ones: "...if you any paid attention", "...only thing worse than Bible-thumpers..." My, my, brings me back to the good old days when I had enough energy to debate religion.
Interesting how the challenge of someone's interpretation of this show gets an emotional reaction similar to the challenge of someone's religious belief.
Now with that, I'm out of this kettle. 😊
(Oh, but one more thing: kipster, I've been playing with a theory similar to that, but apparently "purgatory" is not the answer, according to the powers that be, so I'm still playing...)
*Spoilers*
And I think the Purgatory theory would've worked if it were actually "the monster" who was killing people, not people killing other people. The monster could've been looked at as a Grim Reaper of sorts as we already saw that it can read peoples minds (ala the Eko episode) and it would judge people to determine their fate in going to heaven or hell. Not only that, it would've probably taken a more active role in hunting the people down. Not to mention there's a mysterious foundation that has ties to the island itself, and could possibly be responsible for all of the crazy crap the island as going on. I find it hard to believe a foundation could develop a pathway into purgatory.
Also, I have class Wed nights till 8pm (it shows at 8 in arizona) so I have to rush home and end up missing the first 10 min of every episode. Then I have to somehow manage to make myself dinner while watching it. I try to do that during commercials only but sometimes it is impossible. It's amazing how much goes on in 10 minutes of a tv show. I spend the next 30 minutes just trying to catch up with what I missed. I wish I had dvr or tivo.
where can i get bittorrents of the show? i have to be away from the TV and i just never bothered replacing my VCR when it bit the dust.
also, Razela, i wasnt posting a response soley about your comments, but on subsequent comments as they are a thread and i look at them as a continuing whole. threads are responded to--not just initial posts. note that others post that way here also.
it aint ALL about you, you know! 😊
thanks all
kip
kip
>You don't *need* an iPod to download and
>watch stuff on iTunes.
OK...want to complete that thought with a suggestion? how DOES one download and watch stuff LEGALLY?
kip
You're welcome.
thank you for the answer.
kip
Maybe they really are on the resort island of Kosrae in Micronesia, and in the last episode they finally decide to walk all around the island and discover the hotels. The "others" on the island turn out to be off-duty hotel staff playing a hoax on the Lost. Or maybe not. 😊 They would never use this ending (if it ever ends) so I'm including it here.
And Kipster, to download Lost from itunes, go to http://www.itunes.com and first download the application. You do not need an ipod to do any of this. Then when you open up the application, you go to the music store which will be listed at the left of the screen. From there you can buy music and many t.v. shows including lost. It's $1.99 per episode for the US itunes. They will charge your credit card and then download the episode directly. You can watch it on your computer through itunes or quicktime. It's legal and easy and the quality is pretty good, though definitely not as good as watching it on dvd or tv.
http://www.driveshaftband.com/
kip
i have to mention that i do hear phrases used on the show that are lifted directly from 12 Step group literature. everyone seems to go through the steps in their adventure on the island. its not simple Eng. Lit. freshman speculation, either. there definitely is subtext that underlies the whole process these Lost characters go through that parallels/references the 12 Step experience. i'll wager at least one of the writers or storyline editors is interested in the 12 Step process.
I have a feeling I miss 99% of the connections.
Hurley's boss at Clucky's was Locke's old box-company boss, though.
the Hanso Foundation website at http://www.thehansofoundation.org/ is down.
hopefully, this is temporary? isnt this website part of a computer game? inquiring minds...
PS: im moving over to http://www.4815162342.com for this stuff. i think discussion about the show is more organized and maybe more stimulating for me. but ill always be a museum of hoaxes fan!!
kip
cheers
nameste
in the scene where he's in penny's dad's office, there is a painting that depicts a polar bear, and other things on the wall. But if you pause the tv, you can see that at the top of this painting, the word "NAMESTE" is written backwards. Nameste means the universe resides within you.
any thoughts?