LT153 - History of LOST - Adam and Eve

QUICK REVIEW

We’ve stepped from the day the island was brought into existence, through the Ancients that first populated the island, and then strolled through the Hostiles family tree, sailed with the Black Rock in the 1800’s and now jump to the next chronological event: Adam and Eve.


EVERYONE SAY HELLO

Everyone, this is Adam…or is it Eve?

Jack could probably tell us which is which, but it was Locke who named the skeletons found in the cave by Kate and Jack. Jack did estimate they had been dead for 40-50 years which places their death around the late 1950’s.

Jack found a small pouch containing to rocks: one black and one white.


RELIGIOUS REFERENCE

Once again, the Bible creeps into the storyline as Adam and Eve are explained to be the first man and woman on Earth. You know the story, but the highlights that might apply are that Adam was created first from the dust of the ground, Eve was next made from a rib out of Adam, and a bad influence would corrupt the pair in the opposite order they were made. And it all happened in a garden.

In a less popular writings are religious stories not included in the Bible. There are two books written about Adam and Eve from the time the Bible story casts the couple out of paradise, now lost. God orders them out into the barren lands to live in a CAVE! This is called the Cave of Treasures in this religious writings. Upon his death, Adam requests to be laid to rest in the cave. Thus Adam and Eve shared a cave.

Does this meant he 40-50 years could be 4,000 to 5,000 years?


ANAGRAMS

The summer games are particularly found of anagrams as well as the show and we were told that “Adam and Eve” were part of the letters to be used in an anagram clue. The producers said that the episode, “Not in Portland”, would offer an anagram that could be used to explain Adam and Eve.

The anagram is from the brainwashing room which contains this phrase: “Only fools are enslaved by time.”

Viewers got to work and have suggested:

- fools sin, adam and eve play close by tree
- carlton and damon possibly eye false eve
- adam and eve fly plane too close by sirens

The show also revealed the Mittelos Aviation which works into an angram of “Lost Time” and this seems to be the winner!

One theory builds from there that the plane wreckage that Jack first found by the caves is not from Flight 815. Instead, the wreckage is from a different plane crash in which Jack was involved with. He doesn’t realize it but the empty coffin is NOT his father’s, but instead it is Locke’s! This coffin is the one we saw at the end of Season 4 with Jeremy Bentham/John Locke lying in. Jack and crew fly back with it…the crash and this is their crash sight by the caves. Cool, huh?


WHO ARE THEY?

The producers have also promised that in the end, we could point to Adam and Eve to prove they had this mad design in mind from the beginning. This tells me that we have met Adam and Eve already.

The most popular theory is that Kate and Jack will return to the island and the skeletons will be missing this time. This leads them to realize they were the skeletons.

Other popular theories include Rose and Bernard because of the black and white stones matching their skin colors.

Desmond and Penny are in the running as well.


HE’S GOT STONES

Nothing contradicts the claim that Jack still has the black and white stones. My theory is that these stones work as some sort of key, probably to unlock the riddle of where is the island.

The stones are seen on Penny’s table in Flashes Before Your Eyes? TURE?


SUMMARY

We inch a little closer to some revelations about LOST by forming the following theories:

- Adam and Eve are Jack and Kate
- Lost Time is evident although we don’t have a calculation yet
- We loop until we get things right, death is evidence of success


NEXT UP

With the time of death estimate being 40 to 50 years we have a date range from 1954 to 1964 for when this couple died in the caves. This walks us up to 1962 when the next major event in the History of LOST occurs. It is the year that Enzo Valenzetti came up with his Doomsday Equation. That’s next up…



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LT152 - Dharma Special Access 3

NEW UPDATE FOR SPECIAL ACCESS


About once per week I receive an email from the producers giving us special advanced access to features. We get 2 or 3 days advanced notice, so hurry before that password expires. And if it does, then stop on over to ABC.com to see what you missed.


Here is the text of the email:

RRRINNG! RRRINNG!


VOICE: Who is it?


Why, it's Damon and Carlton, here to give you your very own free Dharma Initiative Namaste ringtone.


Yes, this week we have a special free Namaste ringtone for you guys. For this complimentary content, just text "Namaste" to 77888 to get started.


And now the legal jargon: By texting the above keyword, your number will be registered on the ABC mobile site. Standard text and data messaging fees apply. You will not be part of ABC mobile subscription. Terms and conditions at abcmobile.playp.biz.. For support or inquiries call 866-853-9793. The ringtone is only available for a 48 hour period (12/8/08-12/10/08). Hurry and get yours now.


Onomatopoeia is a disease all LOST writers suffer from. We're always looking for ways of intensifying the sense of action we're trying to convey on the page. So without spoiling what's coming up this season, we've asked our awesome co-producer/script coordinator Gregg Nations to pull up a list of some of the unique words that appear in the first 3 episodes of season 5. They might give you a very marginal sense of what's coming up:


From #501:CL-CLICK. BEEPBEEPBEEPBEEP. KNOCKNKNOCKKNOCK! WHAPPP! VVVVVVWWHHHHHEEEEMMMMMM! PLLEPPT-PLEPTT-PLEPTT. BOOOOOOOOOM! BLAAM!!! THUUDDD. CRUUUUUUUUUNCH! PFFT! PFFT! PFFT! SMAAASSHHHH! SHCLICK!!!! CA-CLICK. FOOOMP. SKLIIIIIISH. PING. RAT-A-TAT. BAMBAMBAMBAMBAM!!!!


From #502:BWOOBWOO! TAPTAPTAPTAPTAP. KNOCKKNOCKKNOCKKNOCK. BZZZZZZZZZZZZZ. SLAMMM! THWACK! KRE-KLACK. BEEEEP... SLAMS. SCRRIIIIIDDDDDDDFLIP!


From #503:FLAPP-FLAPP-FLAPP. AAAAARRRRRRGGGGGHHHHHH!! THRAAAAASH! KAAAAAAAA-THWOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!!! CLICKETY-CLICKETY-CLACK. CRRRR-ACK!


Not only are these words fun to write, they're also fun to spell check. As each one comes up, your fingers hover there on the mouse wondering whether to "ignore" or "save" or whether you're just plain insane.


Also this week, we've got a brand new video about the LOST BOOK CLUB for you, including a special reading from a book that appears this upcoming season. GAASSPPPP! What's this? Why, it looks like a first-look at an as-yet-unseen Dharma station logo. Hmmmmmmm... I wonder what the name of the station is? To check it all out, click on the link below and enter the password.


Enjoy. As usual, these are up for only 48 hours. Until next week...


Peace, Love and Namaste,
Damon and Carlton

dharmaspecialaccess.comENTER PASSWORD: adella courey



HIGHLIGHTS


A book seen on a show is coming up James Joyce, "Ulysses". For those who have not plowed through the 265,000 words, the story is about the day in the life of a man, June 16, 1904.


The book is some mild controversy regarding some of the depictions the main character observes in this one day. Others criticize its wordy and over-descriptive style that makes Tolkien seem brief.


The book clearly plays off Homer's "Odyssey", in several ways. Characters even seem to line-up as Joyce's main character, Leopold Bloom, mirrors Homer's Odysseus...and Molly Bloom matches up to Penelope. WHAT? Penelope?

EPISODE NAME REVEALED

Check out the video and you'll learn episode 7 of Season 5 is called "3:16". I'm going for the Bible reference that used to be held up in the end zone of every football game during a field goal, "John 3:16", but who knows?

A NEW DHARMA LOGO


At the end of the DSA video for this week we get a quick glimpse of a Dharma logo? Real or fake? You decide, but they did mention it in the email.

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LT151: History of LOST - Black Rock II

BLACK ROCK REVISITED

With the ship connected to two family names that play a crucial role on the island, it deserves some further analysis. Check out the last post to get a timeline of the Ship, the family names and some questions we will try to address in this post.


THE "THAI" THAT BINDS

When the Black Rock left port on what would become its final voyage, the filed plan was to sail to Thailand. This gives us a connection to Jack and his tattoo.




This tattoo was added while Jack was in Thailand by a lady who claims to be able to see people’s inner self. The symbols are Chinese and not Thai.

The fact that the ship’s destination and the tattoos involve the same location probably has no relevance, but it is interesting to note that the lady who did the tattoo work is named Achara, which when translated into Hindu becomes Dharma.


THE AUCTION PAINTING

The name is “Black Rock Storm” which seemed either a real act of fate or a made up painting for the show. It is painted by an artist in Hawaii named Thomas Hannsz. And what about that last name that rings a bell?

A quick search on him reveals that he does have his work on the Internet at http://www.artistrising.com/shop/artist/10243/Thomas-Hannsz.htm

In an interview he hints that his life occupation is still up in the air. It was fateful timing that he happened to be delivering water to the set of LOST on a regular basis. He became a familiar face with many of the cast and crew and was offered a role as an Other extra. He happened to be in his painting phase and decided to use a dog that hung around on the set. Someone noticed and said they needed a dog painting in Jacob’s cabin and they used his artwork.

They asked for Black Rock Storm which is shown at the auction but never mentioned…other than visually when it shows up hanging in Charles Widmore’s bedroom.

On Hannsz website you will find these two paintings plus a few other interesting ones.

One in particular is called “Soul of Ganesh”. If you are a faithful reader of LOST TIDBITS then you might recall hearing that name in a post some time ago. It was when we discussing a statue missing a limb and having four toes!

Several other paintings are found with vague references to LOST. You should check it out.


THE WRECK OF THE BLACK ROCK

Past the irony that a ship named the Black Rock wrecks ON an island that contains black rock…the real mystery is how it got so far inland?

The popular theory is that the island “moved” to the South Pacific when the Black Rock just happened to be in that exact area.


CONNECTIONS

What we can surmise is the strong bonds between Hanso and Widmore. Once the ship disappeared we then discover that Widmore Corporation had an employee named Hanso. During his employment either he or the corporation had possession of the journal. Late, a grandson of Hanso buys the fleet of his family and a grandson of Widmore buys the journal a second time.

This ship and these families appear to be at odds with each other in light of how the journal appears to change hands. And to help us not forget the summer game, Find 815, brought the Black Rock back into play.


THE CLOTHES MAKE THE MAN

If Tavord heard of the journal we can understand why he wanted it for sentimental reasons, but if Widmore Corporation was the actual discoverer of the book, then what was their motivation for obtaining it?

One possible answer is that the original member, a possible family member, wants the journal back. Excuse me!?

Well, consider if the original author is still alive. I’m suggesting Jacob. Take a look at the clothes Jacob is wearing:

It looks like 19th Century garb to me. Now check out Richard’s clothing from when he first meets young Ben:

This creates a link with Jacob, Richard and the Black Rock.

Consider on the blast door map that is reads, “AH/MDG”. The producers have confirmed that this was an error on their part and that the door map should have read “AH/GDG”. This would correctly read, “Alvar Hanso/Gerald DeGroot”. (Keep in mind from the last post the translation of De Groot). We have been told that Gerald’s original first name was Martin, but it was changed after further consideration. Even that seems to be a clue.

So, perhaps Magnus was changed to Jacob as well. While the writers have done a wonderful job keeping most storylines connected, I’ll give them a little wiggle room when it comes to late developed ideas and characters we have yet to see or hear much of except for an occasional mention on an Orientation tape. And if memory serves me, Jacob doesn’t care much for technology, Arr!

This makes Richard, Jacob, Magnus, Martin, Gerald all candidates as the original crew of the Black Rock or near descendents. It’s a bit off topic, but I might as well suggest that Matthew Abaddon might have been on the ship as well.

And all this from a wardrobe choice. HA!

Oh, one theory floating around suggests that Charles Widmore was on the Black Rock.


POSSIBLE RAMIFICATIONS

How did the journal get from the ship to the pirate island?

Imagine the Ancients/Hostiles had to move the island at a previous time and it popped up right underneath the Black Rock. Sure, anyone would be tempted to point out the extreme amount of coincidence involved, but this show is built on Fate. One additional thing to consider is that Magnus Hanso sort of knew of this island and was searching for it based on come cryptic treasure map. This could explain why he sailed east instead of west from his gold mining operation near Australia. Remember that Magnus is described as an entrepreneur of sorts since he ran a slave labor operation after the practice was banned, used ships to transport the raw materials from his mining operation and might have been bit of a pirate.

So either by fate or a bit by design, Magnus got the Black Rock to the area when the island appeared. The crew began to notice the strange properties of the island and Magnus saw another opportunity as a businessman. Somehow he gets off the island, takes his journal and it falls into the hands of pirates. Later, his son or grandson finds the journal off the coast of Africa.

To be fair when assembling ideas is that Hanso is Dharma and they were at odds with the Hostiles evidenced by the Purge. Yet, Ben crossed over to the Hostiles as leader. Ben is now at odds with Widmore, who seemed to be in cahoots with Hanso. This leaves us with some contradictions until more is revealed.


NEXT UP…

Our review of the timeline of events on LOST Island will take us to the 1950’s.



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LT150: History of Lost - The Hostiles

CHRONOLOGICAL REVIEW

A few posts back we began our review with the island itself assuming it was here before anything else. Then we covered the Ancients and what clues the show provided about them. In this post we will examine the Hostiles as we assume they were next in the timeline.

Some assume the Hostiles are the extension of the Ancients. My definition is that the Hostiles are the group of people we see running around the island and led by Richard Alpert.

We don’t learn anything about Richard prior to 1956, but we are assuming he is representative of the Hostiles from an earlier date.


RICHARD ALPERT

This guy is our best example of a Hostile.

We first notice Alpert in 1956 when he shows up at the hospital to check out John Locke’s birth. We should notice that John was born a month premature, so if Richard had marked his calendar it wouldn’t be accurate. No, he had to be keeping close tabs to realize that a car accident (where I have heard that before?) caused John’s mother (Emily) to go into labor. It had not been revealed who the father is, but some creepy ideas suggest it is Richard.

We the notice Richard fin 1961 when John is 5-years old. Alpert shows up at the foster home to test John. Locke selects the compass and a vial of sand, but then passes on the Book of Laws to select the knife. It is then that Richard shuts down the test and leaves.

Richard and Ben’s paths cross in the early 1970’s. Richard is dressed in primitive clothing but had a modern pistol on his hip. We should note that this encounter happened because a young Ben was following a ghost of his mother into the woods.

In 1992, Ben led the Purge which seemed to be Richard’s idea.

In 2001 Richard approaches Juliet and recruits her to work on the island.

In 2004 and after the crash, Ben shows the survivors a live feed to Richard in Miami where he shows a newspaper in order to date stamp the events which include Juliet’s sister, Rachael, who appears to be doing fine. We don’t see Richard, but Ben mentions him by name and urges him to return to the island soon.

Late 2004, Richard messes with John’s life again…he tells Locke about the connection to Sawyer in his life and brings John to his father…in order to kill him it seems.

In a critical scene, Ben asks Richard, “Who do remember birthdays, right?” Alpert did not respond. This leads us to an observation that Richard Alpert does not seem to age!

Finally, Richard is asked to lead the Others to the “temple”.


RICHARD AND PREGNANCY

It seems that one explanation to why pregnancies fail on the island is that the Hostiles live forever and don’t need to procreate. If this is true, then it interesting that Richard helped in recruiting Juliet, a fertility doctor.

However, Richard tells Locke, ‘Ben has been wasting our time with fertility issues. We’re looking for someone to remind us that we’re here for a greater purpose”. Hmm…


FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH

With Richard never seeming to age, it brings to mind the legend of the Fountain of Youth. We do have some documentation of such a possibility. Of course, that source is the Bible.

It records that people lived an average of 750 years due to climate, food and less stressful environment. The record number of birthday candles is 969 (I think, and don’t ask me to spell Methuselah). For those who embrace a plenary and verbal inspiration of the Bible, they would tend to take these stories as fact. The location would be somewhere in the Middle East region.

There is book entitled, “Fountain of Youth” which described the discovery of an island with a race of giants who lived forever (see past blog on giants and six-digits).

Another book called, “Further East than Asia” describes a island race who have a fountain of youth plus leprosy – odd combination!


CONNECTING SOME DOTS

If you review the past blogs on the History of Lost you will find aliens, immortality, and religion. It is possible then that what the Bible called “angels from heaven” might be what someone else calls aliens. Angles (and demons) don’t die as we expect them to and might be considered by some as ghosts.

So when Juliet said they were building a runway for aliens to land, she might have been exactly correct…sort of. I guess what I’m saying is that the Hostiles, as descendants of the Ancients, are angels. Or perhaps more accurate term would be “demons”.

I can’t help but always return to the same thought: LOST is a re-telling of sorts of the Bible. It could be the show’s main source. The Ancients and Hostiles then are angels or demons and I leaning toward demons.


DEMONS

The gospels tell us that demons crave sexual contact. The Old Testament refers to some race from the skies coming down and having relations with human woman…resulting in giants. The emphasis should not be on sex, but on procreation and an interaction of the natural and supernatural world.

So who is the good guys? Probably not the Hostiles. Ben is likely a pawn in their larger game. The Bible says that demons can’t tell the truth and we’ve seen quite a bit of that with Ben and the Others. If you stop and ponder what constant lying really means. Then imagine one of the Other demons going on recon for Ben and coming back and can’t help it, but has to lie to him. You might outthink this concept and ask, “If a demon knows the other demon is lying then he could always assume the opposite is the truth.” Tricky life to live.

The Bible also describes demons as being knowledgeable, but not all-knowing. For example, the Bible says the demons can’t read our minds. Likewise the Hostiles (and Dharma by way of the Purge) know a lot about our survivors.

And recall Ben’s comment in the gun vault room as a prisoner: God can’t even see this place. Are we talking Hell?

I must caution that if the Bible is being used as a major source, it does not mean it has to remain true to the story. If the writers read about Abraham willing to sacrifice his son, Isaac…the writers could reverse that with John and Anthony Cooper. The idea could be: a retelling of the Bible when seen in a mirror – a very common theme on LOST.

If the Bible is the source book, then we can start to guess what will happen: the end times, Revelations! Perhaps more side-by-side comparison of LOST and the Bible is in order.


NEXT UP

In our Sunday edition, we will continue along the timeline and next would be the Black Rock ship.


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LT149: Dharma Special Access II

We have another update from the producers of LOST for those who participated in the shortened game this off-season.

Click on the picture to read the email and get the password: qilak

Enjoy,

KC

LT148: History of LOST – Writing on the Wall

SO FAR

As we examine the chronological timeline of the island we are up to the Ancients. So far, the facts we can state are:

- The island had volcano on it
- The island has electromagnetic properties

Our assumptions so far are:

- The Ancients may have had extra or fewer digits, especially toes
- The Ancients may have been giants
- The Ancients may have been alien

As a side note, I’m using the term “alien” to meaning anything other than normal and not little green men…well, not yet.


HIEROGLYPHICS

The other clue we have in terms of identifying the Ancients are the writings we find on the walls on the island. We don’t know for sure to who attribute these too, for the Dharma Initiative were indeed responsible for the hieroglyphics on the Countdown Clock. But due to the location in Ben’s Secret Room and the Dharma Wheel Room…it seems like a safe assumption that these symbols belong to the Ancients.

The consensus is that the hieroglyphics point to an Egyptian civilization. Let’s keep in mind that the Pyramids share a theory of alien involvement. Again, alien is so far as the Egyptian culture seems abnormal in their ability to design and build such monstrosities.

It is worthy noting that we have found drawings that seem to indicate flying aircraft which would be impossible at that time.

BEN’S SECRET ROOM

The agreement on translation is something like “to summon protection”.


DHARMA WHEEL ROOM

ATLANTIS CONNECTION

The legend of Atlantis includes hieroglyphics, spacecraft, and crystal deposits. It seems the planet can be divided into grids and at the point of intersection, we find large quantities of crystals, minerals. Most of these have excessive amounts of electromagnetism involved. The portal sites include South Pacific, Florida, Northern Africa, and Korea area.


PRODUCERS CONTRIBUTE

On the Season 4 DVD there is an interview where the writers pretty much confirm the Egyptian tie-in. One could also argue a connection was made between the statues and the hieroglyphics. So I did a little combination Google and found this:

That statue might have represented Anubis, god of the underworld and patron of lost souls in Egyptian mythology. This god is a jackal, a canine with four toes on his back paws. He weighs the hearts of the dead to judge their value. He is often associated with Cerberus – the watchdog of Hell. The dog connection has been well documented on the show.

SUMMARY

Our historical walk down memory lane has an island with heavy-duty electrical and magnet properties, and eventually an ancient civilization lived here. While there they built a secret room and a wheel room. They marked these places with hieroglyphics.

The next thing that comes along in chronological order is the Hostiles…in the next edition of LOST TIDBITS.


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