tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4920393039273628205.post6862892306586459322..comments2007-10-17T05:11:55.484-07:00plkrtnnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4920393039273628205.post-32341988515516345942007-10-16T20:58:00.000-07:002007-10-16T20:58:00.000-07:002007-10-16T20:58:00.000-07:00Well said. There is self-indulgent grafitti on Lost and the show would be stronger without it.<BR/><BR/>curtAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4920393039273628205.post-55036590537802648012007-09-27T15:56:00.000-07:002007-09-27T15:56:00.000-07:002007-09-27T15:56:00.000-07:00Santa- Interesting view on the easter eggs and how they can potentially take interest away from the "reality" of the show to make it less "realistic". but like that anonymous name said, the majority of the people dont even notice that stuff anyway and therefore, are never affected by it. And seeing as we have a very intense season coming up, you should somehow find a way not to notice these sort of minor things, since they seem to impact your take on the show. <BR/>and to ethan rom, im pretty sure that santa did indeed clear up his point about ethan and real names, not making his opinion inconsistent. <BR/><BR/>"Ethan Rom I could handle, because the names are real; there really are people named Ethan and those with the surname Rom, and to me this is just part of mythology and allegory much like the use of Philosophers' names: Locke, Rousseau, Alpert, Bakunin, etc."Lockdownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06267664960163213978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4920393039273628205.post-64800660849916784382007-09-27T03:15:00.000-07:002007-09-27T03:15:00.000-07:002007-09-27T03:15:00.000-07:00First, it was technically The Others who made up MITTELOS & HERARAT, and you must admit that they have done stranger things than coming up with fake names for businesses in order to recruit people!<BR/><BR/>Second, HOFFS DRAWLAR may be a bit unrealistic, but, as mentioned already, Hoffs is a real surname, and drawler is an obscure word, so it really isn't all that far off from reality.<BR/><BR/>Personally, I had much bigger problems with the season 3 finale than the name of the funeral parlor where (Locke?) was coffinated. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4920393039273628205.post-61551284988310270702007-09-25T17:26:00.000-07:002007-09-25T17:26:00.000-07:002007-09-25T17:26:00.000-07:00Hoffs is a last name. Mittelos is a German word. All of them are barely visible background signs.<BR/><BR/>Face it: the average viewer doesn't know or care about any of these easter eggs. They're meant to be fun for the obsessive viewer. No deeper meaning is needed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4920393039273628205.post-39441742317778530392007-09-24T21:34:00.000-07:002007-09-24T21:34:00.000-07:002007-09-24T21:34:00.000-07:00If a tree falls in the woods and no one is around to hear it does it make a sound?<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.geocaching.com/profile/?guid=ec3800ad-e6fa-430b-9b7e-898e006c6da5" REL="nofollow">Believe!</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4920393039273628205.post-27250197975480691932007-09-24T07:53:00.000-07:002007-09-24T07:53:00.000-07:002007-09-24T07:53:00.000-07:00Y'know, I hadn't really paid this much attention until you brought it up. Well said. And I think I'm inclined to agree with you.legionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12859015650267462373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4920393039273628205.post-76575118320610080722007-09-23T08:51:00.000-07:002007-09-23T08:51:00.000-07:002007-09-23T08:51:00.000-07:00Great, great, great post. Parts of a show that take the viewer out of the storyline are a problem with any series. Lost is unique because after a show airs there is <I>a lot</I> of discussion about what just happened. There is so much dialog that occurs after the show, outside of any story line, that discussing anagrams and easter eggs flows naturally as part of that. <BR/><BR/>Like you said, Jack wouldn't have figured out the funeral home anagram, just like we didn't (well most of us) while we were watching the finale. It wasn't until after the show, when we were done being wrapped up in the world of Lost, that were we able to take a step back and look at things differently. <BR/><BR/>Analyzing Lost requires you to leave the storyline anyway, and think of things in all possible lights. Anagrams just gives more depth and creativity to a show that doesn't need it, and if anything, that's the problem.Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01168825909439688811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4920393039273628205.post-57364510370575903462007-09-23T06:28:00.000-07:002007-09-23T06:28:00.000-07:002007-09-23T06:28:00.000-07:00Santa - great post. I agree that there are moments when it feels like the producers are talking directly to viewers & bypassing the characters. But here's the question - what if it turns out that such "coincidences" are no more outside the narrative world than references to the numbers, crossovers, etc.? What if it is later revealed that the anagrams & other easter eggs are motivated by some internal logic like the numbers? How does that change the way in which we watch, and look back at our comprehension of such moments? And then, ultimately, how can we judge a massive puzzle like Lost while we're immersed in it?jajasoonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4920393039273628205.post-67181110395271734462007-09-23T01:30:00.000-07:002007-09-23T01:30:00.000-07:002007-09-23T01:30:00.000-07:00Ethan Rom is an anagram of Other Man.<BR/><BR/>Makes your post a lil inconsistent..Ethan Romnoreply@blogger.com