Bill’s Lost Site

Looks like ABC continues to adjust their Lost schedule. Next week was originally supposed to be a re-run. However, it appears that it will be a new one.

For all those who are technically inclined we have a unique contribution to the blog from faithful reader Scott J.

To start - go to the Oceanic-Air website linked on the blog. There you can find a seating chart of the flight. The page contains a bunch of Flash files that are activated by clicking on certain seats. Scott was able to decompile the Flash files and extract the Images and Audio. Clicking on the file name you will see the image the Scott captured.

Easter Eggs I’ve found so far:

This text can also be found as a comment on the Track Flight page.

Thanks again Scott for your work on this. Please keep us posted with any future findings!

Just found this site - looks like a list of 35 of the top Lost resource sites. Your humble author has somehow managed to make the top 35 (number 21 to be exact - but who’s counting)! How about that?

But I digress … the site is actually really nice since you can quickly get to other Lost sites (official and non-official). Lost is all about information. You shouldn’t lack for information after visiting these other sites. However, please remember that this one is your favorite Keep checking back for updates and other great insight.

There is a great new site that I found hosted by Sledgeweb. I’m going to be adding the site as a link for the blog.

In the meantime here are some of the site highlights:

A very detailed timeline of events (pre and post crash) - you will be amazed at what has been compiled.

Comprehensive list of how everyone is connected prior to the crash.

Maps detailing events and where everyone is from.

There is just a ton of stuff on the site. Please take some time and check it out. Thanks Sledgeweb for all the hard work in putting this together.

One other site that I just came across that I enjoy is called “The Island of Lost”. There is a section on the site called “The Hatch” that has odds and ends type information that is very good.

Locke is seen giving Henry Gale some reading material. The book is Dostoevsky’s “The Brothers Karamazov”. From Wikipedia:

The Brothers Karamazov is generally considered one of the greatest novels by the Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky and the culmination of his life’s work. It has been acclaimed all over the world by authors as diverse as Sigmund Freud, Andrew R. MacAndrew, Konstantin Mochulsky, Albert Einstein, and Pope Benedict XVI and is often regarded as a masterpiece of literature and one of the greatest novels ever written. The book is written on two levels: on the surface it is the story of a patricide in which all of the murdered man’s sons share varying degrees of complicity but, on a deeper level, it is a spiritual drama of the moral struggles between faith, doubt, reason, and free will. The novel was composed mostly in Staraya Russa, which is also the main setting of the book. Dostoevsky spent nearly two years writing The Brothers Karamazov, which was published as a serial in The Russian Messenger, and completed in November of 1880. He died less than four months after publication. Click HERE for the full excerpt.

So, maybe there is a message in the text of this book that the writers want us to know.

However, folks over at the Fuselage have a different opinion.

It isn’t so much what Dostoevsky wrote that may be so important. Rather, the focus should be what is inside the book that Dostoevsky didn’t write. Did Locke smuggle something in to Henry through the book (ala Shawshank Redemption) or did Locke highlight certain pieces of text that would somehow assist Henry? Remember, just a few episodes before we saw Locke rifling through books - obviously looking for something. Did he find what he was looking for and share that with Henry?

We saw in this last episode that the medical bunker had a small door labled “Escape Hatch”.

Should we view the Escape Hatch a similar way to Emergency Exit? And if so, why didn’t they just call it the Emergency Exit?

Also, if it exits to the outside I don’t see the reason. The doors that Claire and the group walked through were about 20 feet away from the Escape Hatch. Seems awfully redundant to have 2 sets of doors leading outside that are right next to each other.

The Escape Hatch door was also very small, about 2/3rd’s of the size of a regular door. It almost reminds me of a laundry shoot - you open the door and slide down. Which actually brings me to my real point:

I think that the bunkers are connected underground. I also believe that there are additional points of entry/exit on to the surface of the island from these underground tunnels. That would explain why the “Others” don’t appear to leave tracks (they don’t travel on the surface very often). My guess is that they can travel pretty quick as well, meaning that the tunnels are wide enough for vehicles to be used.

Finally, the real reason why I believe this theory is that if the “Others” are screwing around with some disease that is air-borne my guess is that they would want a system that would allow them to live 100% underground if necessary. However, at this point it is all just speculation.

We know that Danielle had a daughter named Alex (although most people think it was a son). We haven’t heard much about Alex except that Danielle said the Others took her. That was between 10-16 years ago according to the distress call iterations (which we really don’t know how accurate it is).

Anyway, I found it very interesting that in the episode a few weeks back, our bearded buddy who took Walt says, “I hoped it wouldn’t come to this. Bring her out, Alex!” referring to Kate who was captured by them.

Now, we don’t see who brought out Kate so this is pure speculation. But, we do know that the last time we saw Zeke he was in the company of what appeared to be twins and a younger looking girl.

Is it possible that this is Danielle’s Alex? Was she on the boat when Walt was taken? Was she the one that brought out Kate?

For those that are curious here is the latest episode schedule. The titles for the episodes are tentative:

2/1 - Numbers (Rerun)
2/8 - The Long Con
2/15 - One of Them
2/22 - Maternity Leave
3/1 - Rerun
3/8 - Rerun
3/15 - Rerun
3/22 - Before the End
3/29 - To Have the Rainbow
4/5 - Untitled
4/12 - Rerun
4/19 - Rerun
4/26 - Untitled
5/3 - Untitled
5/10 - Untitled
5/17 - Untitled
5/24 - Finale

This list is provided by Matt Rags from the Fuselage

So, there is this guy Locke on the island. Box company collection supervisor by day and super-hero of our mystery island by night. Seems like every episode I am left asking myself, “How in the world does Locke know so much?”.

This post will be an on-going post based off feedback that I receive. My hope is that by the time we document everything Locke knows or does we will have a better understanding of his real background.

In no particular order here is what Locke can do:
— Hunt boars
— Skin boars
— Cook boars
— Collect water off plants
— Make glue out of plant stuff
— Make stuff that causes people to have really bad mental trips
— Ties up Boone in a very particular way after giving Boone the head trip stuff
— Quotes extensively from ancient history
— Speaks a little Italian
— Knows how to set a fuse in a stick of dynamite
— Built massive piece of equipment to try to break into the hatch
— Makes ropes
— Built a cradle for Claire’s baby
— Can track humans
— Great shot - flashback scene he bags a bird on his first shot
— Cleans and maintains all weapons ranging from hand guns to assualt rifles
— Knows how to install a lock on the gun room in the hatch
— Can seriously fight - whoops up on Charlie
— Knows how to take a lock apart and change the combination
— NEW from MamaMia - Locke is able to do this with just a single kidney
— NEW from Amber - Locke is able to predict when it will rain - usually in 3 seconds or less
— NEW - Locke is a literary critic

I consider all of these things unique since I can’t do a single one of them. Further, from what we know about Locke’s past he was a foster child. He mentioned that he was an outcast. He worked in a toy store and at a box company. Oh, and for the past 4 years he was paralyzed from the waist down.

Now some of these items you can learn from a book. But others … you have to actually do it.

So, post your comments about other things that Locke has done. He is truly an amazing character.

I had never heard of a solo race around the world. I get tired walking up steps. Traversing the world seems like hard work to me.

From the ABC message boards I saw a post regarding BOC. It is a solo yacht race that literally goes around the world. The race occurs every four years. The route takes the travelers around the southern tip of Australia. Here is a link to the actual map: Map

Doesn’t sound like a sport that I would get into. Click HERE to see how the competitors have fared over the years. You will notice that there are lots of wrecks. Also I worry when I read the word sunk. That can’t be good. Seems to happen more than one would like to see.

Of further note, there is a competitor named Desmond that is English. In 1982 when he was racing guess what happened to him? Yup … he crashed into an island while sleeping. Take another guess … where do you think he crashed? Right again … a small island near Australia/New Zealand.

There is an interesting article that talks about these races and features Desmond about half-way down. It comes from The Guardian.

Now, does this have any tie into lost? Probably not directly. Is it possible that the writers came across this story and thought about tying it into our mystery island? Very possible.

This information comes from a few posts I have read. Thought they were interesting readings.

The first article deals with Canadian Moose that were brought to New Zealand almost 100 years ago. It was widely thought that the moose had all died off shortly after being introduced to the hot, humid, New Zealand climate. However, a recent discovery of moose fur confirms that there are still some moose roaming the mountains of New Zealand.

The article also points out that most animals that are taken out of their natural habitat don’t survive for more than a couple of generations. You can read the entire article Here.

The other article that caught my eye came from the BBC. It’s short and sweet. Basically, some polar bears were on exhibit in Singapore when their fur started turning green. The zoologist blamed it on an algae that was prevalent in the tropical climates water. The bears actually look pretty cool. Click Here for the story.

So that leaves us with a question about the polar bears we have seen so far. What makes the most sense is that the bears were brought to the island by the Hanso foundation for testing. My guess is that the bears escaped and are now running around the island. What they eat and why they haven’t turned green I don’t know. What would be really interesting is if the Hanso foundation built a habitat for them that did not include walls or fences. That way the bears could come and cool off and eat in the habitat but they could also explore the island. It would make for a great experiment. And it would be safe ~ as long as you are inside a hatch what’s the big deal if Polar Bears are strolling through the woods?

There are lots of websites about Lost. Some are official sites done by ABC and the producers. Others are extremely well done fansites. This post deals with the offical sites. If you come across any sites that I missed please write in and I will add them to the list.

Official Sites
ABC’s Official Lost Site
Show recaps, the ever famous mystery diary from season one. Even games to play. A very nice resource.

ABC’s Plot Bulletin Board
A decent bulletin board that has lots of theories and ideas. However, the site has terrible search functions and there are way too many OT (off-topic) posts. Add in a few idiots that post all the time and the boards become just OK.

The Fuselage ~ Bulletin Boards by Producer JJ Abrams
The better bulletin board. Organized by show and by character. Easy to navigate and it appears to be much better in terms of filtering out non-Lost content.

Oceanic Airlines Website
Website explains that since the crash of our Lostie’s plane the company is shut down. You can however, see seat assignments for the plane as well as take trivia about past episodes.

The Hanso Foundation
This site has a lot in it (although at first glance it doesn’t appear that way). The home page has a brief introduction. Now click the link for Alvar Hanso. Be patient and wait 30 seconds or so. The text on the page will be replaced with a letter from the Global Health Organization.

Try something else. Click the link again for Alvar Hanso. This time click the picture. A similar image to the computer screen in the Swan hatch appears. It alludes to a “Mole” being on one end of the communication. Once it ends it takes you back to the letter from the GHO.

Finally, go the Projects section. There are 7 projects listed. The bottom 6 are all blocked. One of them is the Electromagnetic Research Initiative. Are the remaining 5 the other 5 stations on the island?
If you move your mouse under the last link you will see a link for the Dharma Initiative. It plays the orientation film found in the hatch.
The real interesting item on this page is the letter associated with the 1st project. The letter talks about Joop, an orangutan that is apparently 105 years old. If you move your mouse to the last line of the letter you will notice that it is actually a link. Click it. You are taken to a scrambled page. In the form entry type the word “Copenhagen” (with a capital “C”) and press Submit. You will be redirected to another letter from the GHO. This one is slightly different. There appears to be a new disease that is spreading in coastal Africa that might be associated with experiments from the Hanso Foundation. What is interesting is that this letter was written prior to the other letter. It appears that Hanso “donated” a sizeable contribution to the GHO in order for this problem to go away.
Thanks to Nate’s Lost Information for discovering some of the extra goodies on this page.

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