So, as you hopefully know, I am estatic about the premeire of CLOVERFIELD tomorrow night, even though I have to wait till saturday to see it. Either way, I just wanted to start the post with a friendly little reminder....SEE IT OR DIE!
On to my actual post...doing some analysis over some of the cloverfield clips and commercials, the monster sounds highly mechanical (like a certain other monster of JJ Abrams fame?). Now I know that this isn't going to be a Lost tie in movie, but how flippin awesome would that be? Lost on the big screen, at a theater near you! Too cool, if you ask me.
Oh yeah, been working on the Find 815 game, and I dominate! Did make some interesting conections (along with the majority of the internet...even though I thought I was brilliant for finding it) in the game, like Mr. Talbot. TALBOT is the last name of PETER TALBOT, whom we all know as the young man from the season three episode "The Man From Talahasee" who came to Locke (in a flashback) asking him about Anthony Cooper, who was about to marry his mother. A few days later, Peter TALBOT was dead, thus Locke confronting his father...and, well, we know what happened after that...SMASH!
So what is the connection here? I know that there may be nothing at all, but this is Lost, and everything happens for a reason. I'd love to hear what you think.
Also reading "Unlocking the Mysteries of LOST" (or something to that effect), and to tell you the truth, I am disappointed. The book is basically nothing more than a plot summary, and its poorly written...something a freshman or junior high kid could write. But, I must admit that the last two chapters are quite interesting. The first one, entitled "Lost Ancestors", speaks of several commonly referenced texts and shows of which Lost is connected to. I have thus made a list of all the LOST related texts/shows I must read/watch in the coming weeks:
1. "The Stand" by Stephen King
2. "The Langoliers" by Stephen King
3. "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding
4. "Lost Horizon" by James Hilton
5. "Robinson Crusoe" by Daniel Defoe
6. "The Third Policeman" by Flannery O Conner
7. "The Turn of the Screw" by Henry James
8. "Watership Down" by Richard Adams
9. "A Wrinkle in Time" by Madeline L'Engle
AND TO WATCH:
1. Alias (complete series, just cause I heart JJ!)
2. Cast Away
3. The Stand Miniseries
4. The Twilight Zone Episodes
1. "The Time Element", 2. The Shelter, 3. The Monsters are Due on Maple Street, 4. A Passage for Trumpet, 5. Mr. Bevis (one of my all time favorites, I might add), 6. The Mind and the Matter, 7. A World of His Own, 8. its a Good Life, 9. The Odyssey of Flight 33, and 10. The Arrival
5. Twin Peaks (I'm curious...)
6. The X Files
Now, the television shows aren't really directly connected, but they can apply. The books however are very important, and/or referenced more than once. As a matter of fact, in early interviews, the producers described the show as "The Stand" on an island...the book goes into deep detail concerning this, but I want to read it myself to make the connection. Anyways, its going to take a lot of money for all of this. Guess it will take me a while.
Reading,
Deneece
aka Lostie 108
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I like how the captain's name is Ockham (see: Occam's Razor). So maybe Same is over-thinking everything waaay too much. And once I get a little inspiration, a theory including Talbot may soon be added. :-)
Oh, also, did you ever notice that sometimes during clue hunts, there's this sound that sounds like they're playing part of it backwards? I don't think it means anything at all, but it's still kinda cool.
Great news! I just got home from seeing Cloverfield... So I get to continue living. w00t!
Since you can't see the film 'til tomorrow, I will refrain from going into detail about how awesome it was.
As for the whole Mr. Talbot thing..There HAS to be a connection between him and Peter Talbot. I'm not quite sure what it is yet. But like you said this is LOST, therefore it must be part of some completely intentional / brilliant character cross.
That's quite an epic list of literature/TV. I've been meaning to read some of the books referenced in the show... I've been told by many other LOST fans that I MUST read The Stand. But I looked at it earlier today when I was at Borders and that thing is a BEHEMOTH! Clocking in at 1168 pages! So I think I'll start with Watership Down instead.
On the TV side: I have actually been considering purchasing Alias: The Complete Series on DVD... It costs $180 at Best Buy, that's a pretty heavy investment considering I've never seen a single episode. But then again it's from J.J. Abrams so it must be worth it, right?
-Brian
I forgot to mention this, too. The Stand is freakin' good. Of course, I also love Stephen King, so who knows. :-)
Hmm... if Molty says The Stand is "freakin good", maybe I should check it out.
Everyone Rejoice!!!
Cloverfield made $41 million this weekend, making it the biggest debut for a January film in box office history.
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