FREQUENTLY ANNOYING QUESTIONS IN ALT.TV.LOST
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FAQ CONTENTS
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AA MOST DISCUSSED TOPICS
00 CHARACTER CONNECTIONS & PARALLELS
01 WHAT THE PRODUCERS HAVE REVEALED - GENERAL SPOILERS
02 TIME FRAME
03 NUMBER OF SURVIVORS & DEATHS
04 PREMISE THEORIES
05 MONSTER THEORIES
06 THE AIRPLANE, SEATING PLAN & THE CRASH
07 NUMBERS REFERENCES
08 HURLEY'S WEIGHT & PERSONAL GROOMING
09 THE CABLE ON THE BEACH
10 EVANGELINE "KATE" LILLY ON LIVELINKS
11 THE SPANISH COMIC BOOK & POLAR BEARS
12 LOCKE'S CRIPPLING CONDITION
13 WHERE IS ROSE?
14 CANADA REFERENCES
15 BOONE'S RADIO TRANSMISSION
16 JACK'S TATTOO
YY DID YOU NOTICE THIS & THAT?
ZZ LINKS TO LOST WEBSITES, SUMMARIES, CAST, INFO
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MOST DISCUSSED TOPICS
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These are the recent topics that have been discussed to death. Read
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-Is Zeke Dharma's founder Gerald DeGroot? We don't know.
-Why did Jack ask Ana of all people about an army? Blame the writers.
-Why didn't they ask Zeke some questions? Blame the writers!
-Who was Sarah cheating on Jack with? We don't know. But not Desmond.
-Yes there were images on Eko's SmokeScreen from his past!
-As far as anyone but Eko knows, there were 2 passengers on the
Beechcraft. GoldenTooth and Eko's brother Yemi.
-Bernard moved from the washroom to a seat just as Charlie did.
-Bernard didn't say the word "Oceanic" to Boone.
-The DAYS do make sense. Use DAY 44 for "Exodus" and work back.
-How could they survive such a violent crash? Just accept it for now.
-Eko was likely keeping count of the 40 Days on his stick.
-That was NOT Alex whom Ana killed with a rock to the head.
-Ana DID shoot Shannon.
-Shannon's father died in Jack's ER after a collision with Sarah.
-Walt's second whisper: "They are coming and they are close."
-Reruns! New Episodes Schedule: http://www.epguides.com/Lost/
-Watchmen
-Walt was on the dream milk carton.
-The Udder Dharma Logo.
-Distributing the pantry food, 270 meals.
-Hurley & Locke both had Randy as their boss.
-Josh Holloway and his wife were robbed at gun point.
-Inconvenience of ConvenienceStoreGuy recognizing Hurley.
-4+8+15+16+23+42=108, 108*5=540.
-Walt whispering backwards, "Don't press the button...."
-Dharma Logo: on shark, I Ching, Bagua, Paqua, Swan.
-Dharma Initiative: experiment, B.F. Skinner, Milgram, dead man's switch
-Desmond: washer & dryer, fruit, computer, bunk bed, roommate, song &
music, painted wall mural, woman in photo, electric power, snowman
riddle, food supply.
-Station 3: 1 of 6, other entrance/door, island is quarantined.
-ABC Websites: http://www.bigspaceship1.com http://www.oceanic-air.com
http://www.thehansofoundation.org http://www.oceanicflight815.com
-Fake FanSites: http://www.dharmaindustries.com/ http://mrclucks.com/
http://thedharmainitiative.org/ http://www.megalottojackpot.com
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CHARACTER CONNECTIONS & PARALLELS
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01) Most characters seem to have "Daddy Issues."
02) Characters were guided onto/given airline tickets for Flight 815:
Claire: her psychic, Mr. Malkin.
Michael & Walt: Walt's stepdad, Brian.
Sayid: CIA agents.
Kate: the Marshal.
Sawyer: deported by Sydney police.
Shannon: Boone.
Jin & Sun: by Mr. Paik - Sun's father.
Most characters were not supposed to be on Flight 815.
03) Boone saw Sawyer being brought in at the police station in Sydney.
04) Sawyer had a drink & a conversation with Jack's dad in a Sydney bar.
05) Hurley was featured as a "Fortunate Lottery Winner" on Korean TV
during Jin's message delivery.
06) Hurley is the majority shareholder of the Box Company in Tustin,
California where Locke used to work.
07) Santa Rosa Mental Health Institute. Hurley's friend Leonard 'Lenny'
Simms & Locke's mother Emily Annabeth Locke were both patients
there. It is unclear whether Hurley was a patient or employee.
08) Boone's nanny Theresa and Locke's sister Jeannie both fell and broke
their necks.
09) Locke & Michael were both hit by cars.
10) Rose is from the Bronx. A crate in the drug smuggler's plane has a
Bronx address stamped on it.
11) Shannon reported Sayid to the authorities at the airport for leaving
his bag unattended.
12) Michael, Walt, Hurley, & Charlie were all staying at the same hotel
in Sydney.
13) Adam Rutherford, Shannon's father, died in Jack's ER after a car
collision with Jack's future wife Sarah.
14) Sarah & Locke were both "healed" from "paralysis."
15) Jack & Desmond met years earlier in an LA stadium.
16) Both Hurley & Locke had Randy as their boss.
17) Jack walked by Shannon & Boone's mother at St. Sebastian's Hospital.
18) Both Goodwin & Ethan broke people's necks & infiltrated castaways.
19) Sayid was seen on TV at Kate's father's military recruitment office.
20) In Eko's childhood in Nigeria, kids were taken, as on the island.
21) Eko, his brother Yemi, the heroin statues and the Beechcraft.
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WHAT THE PRODUCERS HAVE REVEALED - GENERAL S P O I L E R S
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WARNING: Executive Producers J.J. Abrams and Damon Lindelof have
revealed the following info/answers about the show. SPOILERS:
01) "No, they're not dead." - Writer Javier Grillo-Marxuach. "Ive gone
on record forty times saying they’re not all dead." - Burk.
"Abrams dismissed the popularly held theory that the castaways are
stranded in Purgatory, though he claimed to like the idea." -Zap2it.
02) "It's not a dream." - Abrams on 20/20. "This is not a fictional
reality that is playing out in someone's brain." - Lindelof.
03) "First off, I want to go on the record as saying there are no
dinosaurs on the island. There haven't been, there won't be, it will
never happen." - Lindelof.
04) "That was NOT unintentional," said Lindelof about the first season
covering 40 days and that being a biblical reference.
05) "Ethan Rom" is an anagram for "Other Man." - William Mapother.
06) "There isn't one answer to everything." - Abrams.
07) "Every single name on the show has purpose and meaning" - Lindelof.
08) "All I can say is, every prop is absolutely intentional" - Lindelof.
09) Comic Book: "We definitely chose that story for a reason." - Abrams.
10) "23 is a very important number in the mythology of Lost." - Writer.
11) "This is not a show about the supernatural, despite the fact that we
have a very huge creature that likes to eat people. Despite the
surreal, bizarre aspects of the island, there will be an explanation
for it. It may not come for a very long time, but certain
information about the island will explain how things are possible.
We'll try to root it in real science or real pseudo-science. There
will be no mystical reason or an island of monsters. The island has
been around for millennia, and many people have found themselves on
it, and as far as we know, nobody has ever gotten off. There is also
the possibility of others being on the island, they just haven't
seen them yet. And we'll never know how big this island is. It could
be enormous, but odd things will keep them from knowing the full
length and breadth of it. It's an interesting little allegory. It
will be very mysterious... The show will always be from the
perspective [of] the people on the island, so we never see the
outside world, except from their perspective." - writer David Fury.
12) "The flashbacks serve as a great conduit to learn more about these
characters, but that's not all they're there for. The idea that
these people -- way before they got on this airplane -- have
interacted with each other either directly or through third parties
is one of the cool pieces of tapestry of the show."
"These peoples' lives may have intertwined before they all got on
that plane in ways that they themselves are not aware," he says. "It
gives complete purpose as to why we're telling two different
stories, one that happened before the crash and one that happens
after." - Lindelof.
13) "We're still trying to be ... firmly ensconced in the world of
science fact. I don't think we've shown anything on the show yet...
that has no rational explanation in the real world that we all
function within. We certainly hint at psychic phenomena,
happenstance and ... things being in a place where they probably
shouldn't be. But nothing is flat-out impossible. There are no
spaceships. There isn't any time travel." - Lindelof.
14) "We do know what the island is and have all those answers and they
lean very heavily into the sci fi category, but those are answers
that scare our parent company." - Former Writer David Fury on the
sci-fi aspect of the show and ABC's interference. Full interview:
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