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Post by Aeron Serabien on May 9, 2006 9:40:06 GMT -5
Check THIS out! I knew there was a reason I read my local paper every day. This was in the front section (page 6 if you're a stickler for details.) Did a fun double take on the train. It's hard to see, so do click to open it in imageshack. Rats. Newsprint scans terribly. Here's the text: A message from Hugh McIntyre, Director of Communications at the Hanso Foundation Don't Believe "Bad Twin"For over thirty years, The Hanso Foundation has stood for compassion and innovation, but today, our reputation has been attacked in the novel "Bad Twin," written by Gary Troup and published by Hyperion books. Throughout the pages of "Bad Twin," readers have found numerous passages featuring misinformation about The Hanso Foundation and its partners. The Hanso Foudnation strongly objects to the book "Bad Twin," and encourages readers to make up their own minds. The truth about The Hanso Foundation is avaliable at www.TheHansoFoundation.org and not on the pages of Gary Troup's "Bad Twin." Experience it for yourself. Thank you, and namaste. HANSO FOUNDATION (logo) Reaching out to a better tomorrow
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Post by Eldarion on May 9, 2006 10:45:14 GMT -5
Very cool. I'd heard they were going to be doing some tie-ins with other media.
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Post by TheUncleanOne on May 11, 2006 7:53:28 GMT -5
*Possible Spoilers if you missed last night's episode*
Well... so I was 1/2 correct, Libby wasn't dead yet, but she couldn't talk to tell them about Michael's betrayal. Overall, not alot of new info, even with Locke and Echo finding the 'Pearl'. I'm to the point of simply not believing any of the Darma info. Is the button an experiment? Probably, but it there some twist? Probably... As someone in this tread speculated, I'll agree there seems to be 2 groups of 'others': Primatives and the Scientists. And why the costume for the Scientists? Perhaps an anthropological technique of blending into a population? Think of the Prime Directive in Star Trek... In TNG there were always research groups costuming themselves to fit in the society of study...
So the current speculation is a follows: We've been told there was some 'Utopian Society' vision put forth by the De Grotes and funded by Hanso. So that is your group of primatives. However, they have to be monitored, so that is your group of Scientists. There seems to be some type of cult of personality as hinted by 'Henry' in last weeks episode (and previous) as there is an unnamed 'leader' (not the Other with the beard (possibly De Grote)). Also, the Scientists seems to be running experiments on the primatives... but there is a real possibility that the scientists are also having experiments being run on them.
Preview for next week imply we'll find out what happened to Michael, and Syad seems suspcious...
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Post by Eldarion on May 11, 2006 8:30:44 GMT -5
Two groups of Others? Interesting. That hadn't really occurred to me. I thought the makeup kit that Kate found implied that there were no primitives, that it was all an act, part of some greater experiment. I wish Locke had turned on all of the monitors in the Pearl station so that we could see what was happening at the other stations, if anything. In case anyone missed it, the web address displayed during last night's Hanso Foundation commercial is www.sublymonal.com/I read somewhere that even J. J. Abrams was surprised by what Damon Lindelof has come up with for the season finale. It should be a good one...
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Post by TheUncleanOne on May 11, 2006 9:01:24 GMT -5
Two groups of Others? Interesting. That hadn't really occurred to me. I thought the makeup kit that Kate found implied that there were no primitives, that it was all an act, part of some greater experiment. Yes, I thought that myself (said as much in an earlier reply), but I now suppose that since there seems to be so many experiments occuring, that there could be 2 the two groups, but even the scientists are being tested as well. I'm just not certain what mind game has been played on the supposed primatives that they have agreed to live in tents as seeming hunter-gathers. Could go back the cult-leader thing... EDIT: that site is a hoot... and on my browser tab the site is subLYMONal.com EDIT 2: From the Hanso site: About the Hanso Foundation The Hanso Foundation stands at the vanguard of social and scientific research for the advancement of the human race. For forty years, the foundation has offered grants to worthy experiments designed to further the evolution of the human race and provide technological solutions to the most pressing problems of our time. “From the dawn of our species, Man has been blessed with curiosity. Our most precious gift, without exception, is the desire to know more - to look beyond what is accepted as the truth and to imagine what is possible.” Alvar Hanso, Address to the U.N. Security Council, 1967
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Post by Aeron Serabien on May 11, 2006 9:35:18 GMT -5
Definitely check out www.thelostexperience.com for more dirt than you'd ever want. Yesterday, I learned that when you have Alvar Hanso's profile on the screen and your computer's clock hits any of lost's "magic number," the clock on the website turns to OB:EY and is a link to www.subLYMONal.com. From poking around the Hanso site and sublymonal, I DO wonder if the Losties' bunker has something to do with the Electromagnetic Research Project. Or perhaps the whole thing is a mental health initiative (who stays crazy and who stays sane under extreme circumstances?) There're some memo's buried on the site about the Life Extension Project and a disease crossing the primate-human species barrier. There're just SO many possibilities. As for this week: Glad I was 1/2 right about Libby. I think her deathbed pronouncement and the fear on her face might end up giving Jack and Hurley a little bit of suspicion. But I'm still really disappointed that they've dropped the whole "Libby in an institution thing." Next week looks like it'll be a good one.
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Post by Aerynrox on May 15, 2006 9:25:54 GMT -5
Finally got caught up last night so I could read this thread.
The Libby in the institution plot - or more precisely - the way it was dropped like a hot potato made me wonder whether there's some truth to the rumor that that actress got the boot earlier than was scripted because of her off-camera bad behavior.
Also - the subplot with Eko and the drowning girl was especially interesting because the girl's father, if I remember correctly, was the psychic who told Claire that her child was special. So this guy in the Claire episode is very adamant that he is clairevoyant (chuckle at my new word), but in the last ep has lost his faith entirely. Did he ever really "see" anything at all or did he just take Claire for a ride?
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Post by TheUncleanOne on May 15, 2006 9:58:07 GMT -5
Ah ha! So that was Clarie's psychic... I thought it was, but couldn't remember... but did he confess to Claire (more or less) that he was usually a fraud, but in her case he had a genuine vision (or such). Also, speaking of Claire, the episode 2 weeks ago that ended with Libby shot and Anna dead... I missed the 1st half hour, but caught about 20 mins of what I missed online via ABC before the feed froze... I got upto the scene where Anna is pulling Jack's father away from the mother of Jack's apperant 1/2 sister... Knowing that Auzzies have a stereotypic look, I though that the mother looked very similar to Claire (hair and complection)... so is Claire Jack's 1/2 sister?
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Post by Aerynrox on May 15, 2006 10:20:52 GMT -5
Ah ha! So that was Clarie's psychic... I thought it was, but couldn't remember... but did he confess to Claire (more or less) that he was usually a fraud, but in her case he had a genuine vision (or such). I can't remember, but it seems weird to me that he would be SO adamant that there is no higher power at work in the universe with Eko if he had a real experience with Claire. Unless 1) he was really shaken by what happened when he met Claire and so decided to stop "sensing" things or 2) he met Eko before meeting Claire. As to Claire's being Jack's half-sister - that's the assumption I'm operating under for now.
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Post by Indagatrix on Sept 5, 2006 21:16:25 GMT -5
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Post by Aerynrox on Sept 6, 2006 7:46:27 GMT -5
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Post by Aerynrox on Sept 25, 2006 9:29:27 GMT -5
Sorry for the double post. In case any of you didn't keep up with the ARG this summer, there's some information in this video that you might want to have before the regular season starts. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PPCCcXarkc
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Post by Indagatrix on Oct 4, 2006 18:38:02 GMT -5
TONIGHT!!!!!
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Post by Aerynrox on Oct 4, 2006 19:17:18 GMT -5
Trying to stay conscious to watch it.
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Post by Amaretta on Oct 4, 2006 21:22:59 GMT -5
Others = Evil
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Post by Indagatrix on Oct 4, 2006 21:28:53 GMT -5
I think they actually crashed in a south pacific disney world ... well ok maybe 6 flags since there's the animal park area...oh oh maybe busch gardens of the south pacific?
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Post by Aerynrox on Oct 5, 2006 8:35:46 GMT -5
SOME MINOR SPOILERS BELOW So, The Others appear to the the Utopian society that the Hanso Foundation was trying to establish, right? Not so Utopian though if you can still burn muffins and your hand. And if your book discussion group gets nasty. "This is not even literature. There's no metaphor." LOL. I wanted Kate to ram a fork through Henry Gale's eye at breakfast, but maybe that was just me. And wouldn't it have been great if the Dharma shark swam into the underwater station when Jack opened the door. It would've been really cool if that woman got chomped. (Of course - now I think that entire thing was a set up. She let herself get overpowered, and she let Jack open the door. Boy howdy are they messing with him.) All they're doing with Kate and Sawyer is some kind of a "look how the funny inferior people behave when they want to fu#$" thing. It's good to be Sawyer I guess - even though he does NOT deserve it. The most disappointing aspect of last night's show for me (not that I didn't think it was a good ep) - NO LOCKE. I think I might be a little bit in love with him. EDIT: 15 Minutes 'til Season 3 Episode 2. Muhawhawhawhaw. Of course, I'm too tired to watch, so I'm Tivoing!
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Post by Eldarion on Nov 1, 2006 22:06:36 GMT -5
After this episode, I have only one thing to say: Bernard, watch your back.
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Post by Indagatrix on Nov 1, 2006 22:08:50 GMT -5
All I have to say it
NOOOOOOOOOOOO!
I liked him so much - why did they make him go bu-bye?
As for the "movie" that Jack watched. I wonder if there is any reason it was To Kill A Mockingbird
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Post by Eldarion on Nov 1, 2006 23:51:29 GMT -5
Good point, Inda. I'm also bummed. He was one of my favorites.
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Post by Indagatrix on Nov 8, 2006 22:05:56 GMT -5
NOOOOO! Not all the way til Feb 7th!!!!!
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Post by Eldarion on Nov 9, 2006 8:51:04 GMT -5
It's gonna be a loooooooooong 13 weeks. Jack's actions don't surprise me. And for some reason, I find myself missing Firefly again.
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Post by Indagatrix on Nov 9, 2006 9:49:37 GMT -5
SPOILER
I want to know who's voice is was on the crackly speaker that prompted Jack out the door. They did that on purpose but misjudged how Jack would respond...ha ha ha on them!
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Post by Aeron Serabien on Nov 9, 2006 11:18:38 GMT -5
It's gonna be a loooooooooong 13 weeks. Jack's actions don't surprise me. And for some reason, I find myself missing Firefly again. Last night was a great ep. We even got the hunk from firefly as a bonus! I wonder where Kate and Sawyer are going to go, what with the island being another island and all.
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Post by Eldarion on Nov 9, 2006 11:28:07 GMT -5
SPOILER SPOILER I want to know who's voice is was on the crackly speaker that prompted Jack out the door. They did that on purpose but misjudged how Jack would respond...ha ha ha on them! Sounded like Alex to me.
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Post by laurelin on Nov 9, 2006 18:35:44 GMT -5
Is it just me, or was that an extremely short season? ooooooh, Nathan Fillion. I was missing Firefly before, but now I'm going crazy. Perhaps I should watch a few episodes on DVD tonight. Mal is my captain (and Wash is my co-pilot - Long live Wash).
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Post by Eldarion on Nov 9, 2006 23:23:24 GMT -5
Laurelin, ABC and the producers wanted to avoid repeats this season, so they decided to break it into two chunks (six now, the rest starting in February). CBS's Jericho is doing the same thing, but they're dividing the season more evenly.
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Post by ronin on Nov 25, 2006 17:49:09 GMT -5
I think lost went overboard somewhere in the middle of season 2. Nothing happens anymore, the episodes are diluted and drawn out until the final episodes when suddenly the plot explodes only to expose a million new threads to follow in a halfassed way. The first year it was one of the greatest shows ever, and now into season three the episodes are:
Sawyer murmuring in his cage, Jack laughing at some absurdity in his, Kate just stands in her cage in a dirty dress and looks sad. Some Other comes and says something that noone understands, Sawyer murmurs, Jack laughs, Kate's lower lip whimpers. Rinse. Repeat.
My fear is this show will keep going until noone watches anymore and then the writers will make throw together a poor ending in an attempt to sum it all up. I've seen it happen before.
/End of Rage.
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Post by Indagatrix on Nov 25, 2006 17:59:40 GMT -5
Well -- I'm willing to give the writers the benefit of the doubt -- it's not them making the decision to stretch stuff out -- it's the big boys on top who want the ad revenue... I read somewhere that this season was suppose to be more character development rather than plot -- so I'll hold out until season 4 and see what happens. Hell I watched X files even after Mulder vanished...just in hopes of seeing him again
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Post by Indagatrix on Feb 17, 2007 14:57:37 GMT -5
Sooooooooo
It's been 2 new episodes -- what do you all think?
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