megan-Jamie

-10 degrees up here in Delta Junction, Alaska! Brrrrr! I really enjoyed the video clip of you two: very enduring! I too am a Trekky fan (never ashamed), and I think that LOST has many attributes of Star Trek: different points of view, individuals adjusting to life on an island/space ship, and the acceptance and understanding of cultures. We need a new Trek adventure! But until then, LOST holds us to explore the soul of man against the odds. I have to say that I enjoy your podcast as much as I do the show. It gives me a sense of global community…thanks! Great work!

Rebecca

Anyway, 108 minutes just happens also to be the period of the sun synchronous orbit of the Argos satellites.

Although the Argos, and NOAA folks might not have anything to do with Lost, I am thinking that it’s not a coincidence that the writers used the Swan symbol as well as 108 minutes. Here’s a link to the Argos satellite web pages
http://noaasis.noaa.gov/ARGOS/

Oh, and on the mural in the swan bunker, the number 108 appears inside of a picture of the sun. Interesting.

Perhaps this is the scientific work that Danielle was involved in when her ship crashed?

Enjoy!
Very interesting,
Melissa

Thanks Ryan and Jen!

Signed Jake, Lost/Transmission Lover

Thoughts??

I know that this was billed as an ‘extended’ version of Lost.

I live in Canada, and here on CTV, this episode fit inside the 60mins normally allocated for the hour of Lost.

We also get an ABC feed here, and after Lost was over on CTV, I flipped over to Lost on ABC, and it was at about the 8:54 pm mark.

I haven’t actually done a timing of this show without commercials compared to the other episodes, but I fully believe these extended shows - as you’ve seen on Friends, Lost and other shows - just allow ABC to show more commercials - and keep you on the channel until after the next show starts on the other channels!

Cheers,
Mike

http://tv.insidepulse.com/articles/44411

And it’s overall pretty informative!

Now I just wonder if anyone else has noticed this except for you and I.

I’m starting to think that it was the same Bernard, but the producers did not want to reveal that to us, until later, perhaps season finale of season 2 or whenever Bernard and Rose have their reunion.

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If you watch the deleted scenes from Exodus Part 2 on the Season One DVD, there is dialogue between Claire and the Pilot of the Oceanic Flight 815 in the Airport. She tells him that she has listened to a psychic about a couple in Los Angeles, who will take care of her baby, and then he tells her about how his mother went to a psychic and told her that she would marry a man whose name started with the letter “R”. She dumped her boyfriend at the time, whose name was BERNARD, who then later went on to sell his company for millons. I just wanted to know if you guys thought it was the same Bernard that we now know as Rose’s husband.

Evan, I wonder if that’s the same Bernard? That’d be awesome! Nice find!

http://www.rte.ie/aertel/p150.htm

When the plane crashes, and Ana is splashing in the water, just before she pokes her head out of the water you see the tail rudder of the Oceanic airliner. It consists of what appears to be an island (in green), surrounded by a circle of blue (presumably water), with a red centre dot (volcano? a marker to emphasize the island?). Circling the entire logo is 18 red dots, which if I have my count right, is about the same number of regular characters in Lost.

When Goodwin and Ana start talking on the beach after the crash, he’s trying to start a fire so “they” (the others?) can find them and they have this dialogue:

A: Couldn’t find any matches?
G: Dry ones? I didn’t ask around, but I couldn’t find any. It’ll be dark soon. I’m gonna get a signal fire started so they can find us.
A: What are you, a boy scout?
G: Grown up version. I’m with the Peace Corps.
A: They still have that?
G: (I’m) just happy somebody your age actually knows what it is.

Okay, so, assuming that Ana is about 25-30 years old… why would Goodwin be surprised someone her age knows about the Corps? Goodwin appears to be in his early 40s, so did he get involved with the Peace Corps when he was a young 18-22 year old?

As far as the “Canadians say WASHroom” discussion… Nathan clearly said, “I was in the LAVATORY”. Not washroom, not bathroom. I believe it was Ana who emphasized “bathroom”. In any case, it’s inconsequential.

Something else I’m trying to reconcile… do the numbers have anything to do with certain DAYS that events have occurred? Is there anything notable that happened to either the tailenders or the frontenders on those dates they’ve been on the island? The writers have spent a lot of time intertwining the stories, so I can’t see they wouldn’t have certain keyframes for events in mind.

The US Army knife… perhaps, left over from a US Army Engineer who might have been involved with building the Shelters on behalf of the Hanso Foundation? We have already seen a footlocker of items, after all. Perhaps Alvar Hanso, with his extensive history of previous military development, pulled a few strings to have them built. This seems more likely than “acquired”, since they appear to serve a specific purpose.

Speaking of the Hanso Foundation, has anyone else noticed the Press Release regarding the Life Extension Project on Hanso Foundation’s website (http://www.thehansofoundation.org/lep.html)? It’s issued from Zanzibar, Africa. There has been references to Indian culture as well, such as in the training video.

Googling produces this page at http://www.addistribune.com/Archives/2001/03/02-03-01/ZANZIBAR.htm, which I thought was interesting for the sake of those who took the raft :

“The trip on the dhow gives a sense of the tradition that launched Zanzibar as a major trade centre, particularly with India. The monsoon trade winds of the Indian ocean blow to the northeast from Zanzibar to India from July to September, then reverse and blow from India to Zanzibar from November to February. This convenient pattern has facilitated trade from India to Africa for a very long time.”

Tell me what you think everybody! Thanks to Rob for the inspiration!

Speaking of forums — Ryan & Jen, have you ever considered starting a forum of your own for this site?

Wonderful about the Jorge call and the news bit! Well done!!!

The broken lines are patterns in the I Ching. Each combination of broken and solid lines represents specific elements — heaven, thunder, water, moutnain, earth, wind, fire, lake. I’m not sure if anyone has sat down with the logo itself to determine how I Ching correlates with the Dharma logo.

While checking out the Dharma logo I found this: http://lost-forum.com/showthread.php?t=17956

The Dharma logo was on the plane!

Was Goodwin’s body moved?

Something I noticed while watching Wednesday night’s episode:

Near the beginning of the episode, there is a guy on the beach that resembles Charlie/Dom. He is carrying some suitcases and is wearing a black shirt. His shoes also look a bit like Charlie’s.

Anyways, does anyone else think that it could be Dom/Charlie?

Also, I thought that it was really cool that Jorge phoned in to let you know that he and some of the cast watch the show.

Thanks

Mary from Ontario, Canada

Oh, and clearly I need to get a life.

Goodwin is markedly different than Ethan in one really important way: He seemed to be willing to provide some answers. I also see some signficance in his willingness (though a little hesitant) to hand Ana Lucia the knife. The fact that he killed Nathan so brutally doesn’t necessarily speak well for his good intentions - but I don’t think it means he was the betraying “Other” either. That might really have been Nathan - and Goodwin had some reason for not wanting Nathan to be tortured into giving the truth about his presence there. The bathroom excuse is too canned and unimaginitive. Ethan/Nathan… even their names are almost the same.

I think what we might have here is another case of Ana Lucia having killed the “wrong person” (a la Shannon). We already an idea of her former profession (a cop) - and the implications her “shoot first, ask questions later” attitude would have there! My hypothesis is that Goodwin is the Dharma man, or at least have knowledge of whatever group controlling the “experiment”… The fact that the “threats” were removed from the beach, and then the “good ones” abducted may be indications that the “experimenters” were ensuring that the right mix of people were left behind. The Others strike me as kind of brutish and mute (brainwashed, maybe?), and probably the henchmen of the people controlling the situation on the Island.

So, the fact that Goodwin was fairly open about his understanding about what was happening seems to indicate inside knowledge and perhaps even an inclination to rebel against the Dharma folks. Unless he was the guy who gave up the list of names, in which case the bastard got what he deserved and I take it all back!

As for the Locke/Eko hypothosis (gosh there’s even something similar about their names!) of them having been to the island before - I seriously believe that about Eko… Locke I’m not so sure about. He seemed too amazed to discover the Island’s “gift” to him to have been there before. He does appreciate the Island’s powers however and clearly has embraced them. Eko seems much to wary to have had a good experience there in his previous experience - which indicates prior knowledge of the place, IMO.

Eko also seems to be very clearly connected to the crashed Nigerian drug plane - with smugglers dressed as priests and transporting those dope-filled Virgin-Marys.

There was a comment about the Locke / Ecko similarities, but I think the biggest thing that connects these two men together is the “Faith” connection. With this last episode we learn that Ecko seems very interested in the bible and there were many biblical / religious connections (40 days, the staff, praying for people). This struck a major chord with me and I thought back to the Locke episode about “Man of Faith”. This goes along with the MIRROR comparrisons of both “tribes”.

This almost makes me think that Locke and Ecko could be “guides” that keep the groups focused. Not a solid theory but interesting angle, I think.

Mahalo,
Michael

True! We do!

And two hours is one heckuva washroom break, especially when there’s nothing to read…

Oh. My mistake. I thought Ethan said he was Canadian.

Now I think Ecko might have been there before,too. Recognition of the bible, ( I think he was some sort of holy man something on the outside) same tracking skills as Locke. And I still like the idea that he was mute prior to the crash. Didn’t it seem like he was slightly surprised he could verbalize his request to Libby to watch the kids? Also, when he was found in the woods after he killed the Others his mouth was bloody. ( Maybe he was trying to bite off his tongue but was found before he could???) Perhaps he stopped talking b/c he thought the survivors were being punished for using his restored verbal skills. And MAAAybe the way off the island is to lose something extremely important to the core of your person.

Anyway, can’t wait to see if Locke and Ecko recognize each other. They’re definitely parallel characters!

About your link, Ryan: I think I realized why the one you have posted of your famous appearance on the morning news won’t work. The extention on the file on the link is “.ra” when it should be “.rm” I tried the “.rm” extension and was able to download it in all it’s glory. Even downloaded the realplayer here at work so I could see it, and what a treat it was! I’ve often wondered about your setup there, and now thanks to that newsclip we get to see you and Jen in action doing what you love. Thanks for sharing it with us! And I know many others, as I did, would really like to see those behind the scenes clips.

Finally, a BIG congrats to getting Jorge to comment on your podcast. Now you know without a doubt that you’re on the map.
Mahalo for all your hard work!

I don’t listen to the Forward Cabin and religiously stop the show as you begin it. Now that the “Lost Line” Section is after the forward cabin, does that mean that it has spoilers in it, or am I safe to listen to the Lost Line section?

Thanks!

Greg, a few others have reported errors, but as I type this it’s downloading and streaming fine again. May have been a brief hiccup at our media host.

Carla, true, there’s only one Ontario in Canada, but there’s also one in California, Oregon and New York, and last season when Hurley got “Ontario” out of Ethan, it wasn’t specified.

Ontario is a pretty big province, but there’s only one Ontario, Canada.

(That’s where I’m from. :))

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU

I now am not too worried about traffic (just more time to listen)

MAHALO!