On Mar 2, 4:24=A0pm, "Steven L." <sdlit...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> jojo wrote:
> > On Mar 2, 7:31 am, thinbluemime <thinbluem...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >> On Sat, 01 Mar 2008 23:58:51 -0500, A Watcher
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> >>> thinbluemime wrote:
> >>>> On Sat, 01 Mar 2008 23:32:51 -0500, Steven L.
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> >>>> wrote:
> >>>>> In January 2005, Damon Lindelof discussed "Lost" in an interview:
> >>>>> "We're still trying to be ... firmly ensconced in the world of
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> >>>>> fact. =A0I don't think we've shown anything on the show yet ...
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> >>>>> no rational explanation in the real world that we all function
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> >>>>> We certainly hint at psychic phenomena, happenstance and ...
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> >>>>> being in a place where they probably shouldn't be. But nothing is
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> >>>>> flat-out impossible. There are no space****ps. There isn't any time
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> >>>>> travel."
> >>>>>http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/handheld/30246.html
> >>>>> Well, didn't this new episode, "The Constant," involve at least a
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> >>>>> teensy-weensy little bit of time travel???
> >>>>> And BTW, do you think that Lindelof's definition of "science fact"
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> >>>>> might just be a trifle elastic, to cover all the phenomena we've
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> >>>>> on the show?
> >>>> Duh!
> >>>> =A0Do a google group search of my posts for the last 8-12 months
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> >>>> how many contain the phrase, "They lie...they have to"
> >>>> =A0Of course they have lied. They have lied on several levels and
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> >>>> several reasons.
> >>>> =A0Read where they lied about the Roger Workman Blueprint. If Lost
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> >>>> would investigate just that one issue of Lost, they would know
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> >>>> the metaphoric Lost island is located.
> >>>> =A0Duh!
> >>>> =A0BTW, I define a lie as any information that is propagated to
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> >>>> mislead from the truth.
> >>> Is it a lie if they change their mind?
> >> The producers have said they never introduce an element into the Lost
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> >> saga, without knowing how that element fits into the Lost puzzle =A0
> >> (paraphrased, their exact phraseology escapes me at the moment)
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> >> The producers have also stated, they have known from the beginning,
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> >> starting point and ending point of the multi year Lost saga. The
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> >> meandering, was dependent upon the length of time abc required them
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> >> (producers) to tell the story. 3 years, 4 years, 5 years, 6 years, 10
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> >> years...the more years the more filler, the more beach sand castle
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> >> building, the more tap dancing.
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> >> The fibbing, in part, was an attempt to fullfill the contractual
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> >> between Bad Robot and ABC on several levels.
> >> The fibs also conceal the metaphor behind Lost, which again is an
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> >> to meet the terms of the agreement between ABC and the production
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> >> If you have not listened to the Elvis Mitchell interview of JJ Abrams
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> >> 2004, I highly suggest you do.
> >> Abrams specifically mentions Rod Serling's sci-fi storytelling as a
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> >> blueprint for his (Abrams) method.
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> >> In a nut shell here it is:
> >> Tell the story in a straight forward way, and loose advertisers and
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> >> network sup****t.
> >> Tell the same story, concealed in a metaphor, win advertiser and
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> >> sup****t, and awards.
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> >> Now Abrams aint no dummy...which do you think he chose?
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> >> Remember, Cloverfield was a thinly disquised metaphor for the terror
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> >> 9-11.
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> >> Do ya think Abrams just recently thought of using 9-11 for a
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> >> movie?
> >> Hell no.
> >> Listen VERY closely to the Elvis Mitchell interview.....
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> > What does Abrams has to do with Lost ? He left the series almost 4
> > years ago.
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> Abrams had left the series in season 2 to pursue other projects.
>
> Abrams returned for seasons 3 and beyond.
>
Abrams left the series after episode 7 and was replaced by Carlton
Cuse. He came back to direct the season premiere of season 3 (direct
it, not write it). He is not involved with Lost.
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