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15/08/2006 | Filed under Discover > Threaded
Mystery drama lost keeps us glued to the TV, yet most of the action is on the web
For some, it’s just another TV programme. For others, Lost is a completely new type of media that pervades the entire web and blurs the line between reality and fiction. Rarely has a show swamped the web with so many hoax sites, fan portals, forums and sites deliberately seeded by the programme’s creators.
There’s www.thehansofoundation.org and www.dharmaindustries.com, both part of an alternate reality game we looked at in the last issue. And Oceanic World Air, the airline that Lost passengers were flying with, has two sites: www.oceanic-airlines.com and www.oceanicworldair.com. Many pseudo sites have been set up by devoted fans, but often you can’t even tell whether it’s fake or another official site that could be part of ‘The Lost Experience’. Do you need to enter the infamous sequence of numbers at 10800.org, at www.enterthecode.com or at zach.dmarie.com? Does DriveSHAFT (www.driveshaftband.com) really exist and will they release an album soon? And did Hurley really win the jackpot (megalottojackpot.com)?
Lost addicts speculate about the tiniest details on a selection of forums, such as losttv-forum.com, www.thefuselage.com and www.4815162342.com). For example, said numbers have been interpreted to be the approximate latitude and longitude of an island (tinyurl.com/q8fra), which turns out to be Kosrae, the ‘jewel of micronesia’. While this might be an interesting fact, you can’t help but think that some people take the whole thing a bit too seriously. Just browse through www.lostlinks.net, which contains a dizzying amount of links.
Jackpot! You could be forgiven for thinking that some fat dude had really won the lottery
Wiki power
Most theories can naturally be found on the show’s dedicated wikis: Lostpedia.org contains almost 1,000 articles, followed closely by the LOST Wiki at lost.wikia.com. There’s nothing that can’t be dissected – the show is crammed with mysteries, which probably don’t mean anything at all. However, it becomes most entertaining when you leave the well-trodden path of theories and hoax sites. Fan fiction is slightly disturbing anyway, but with Lost, it reaches a whole new level.
There’s some general stuff at lost-fanfic.com, and plenty of interesting fan art; a site entirely dedicated to Kate and Sawyer (www.kateandsawyer.co.uk) and Lost Fan Fiction (lostfanfiction.blogspot.com), where one guy has been writing about the people in the plane’s tail section since April last year. The best bits, however, are tongue-in-cheek tributes such as the ingenious Lost Rhapsody (www.weirdal.com/lostrhapsody/lostrhapsody.htm).
Even if you don’t like the programme (and quite a few people don’t, as is evident on ihatelost.com), they’re sure to make you smirk. So, here’s to another eight seasons of mystery, mayhem and polar bears (you have to watch it ...).
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Lee Gant / 14/11/2006 / 12:57
Ruggie Media has been commissioned to produce for Sky One, two x 30 minute specials to celebrate the third series of Lost. The specials will be presented by Lost enthusiast Iain Lee, Executive Produced by Paul Flexton and directed by Hamish Summers. If you are interested in appearing / being interviewed / or if you are having a Lost party and happy to be filmed please email lee@ruggiemedia.com asap.
sue / 22/04/2007 / 12:58
sunday night at 10pm, I am addicited to lost, that is my time any one who dares to interrupt me between the programme suffer the consiquences. The phones on mute the doors are locked, the bell is silenced, the dog is well feed,watered, so its just me and the residents of the island. I also have to tape it for my friend so she her son and mother can watch it, I would like to say that it is a fantastic series, have been told it runs for five years, hope this is true. they should open a holiday resort based on the series what an adventure that would be. fantastic x
Mathew Browne / 10/05/2007 / 13:22 / http://www.mbwebdesign.co.uk
I find this show both greatly annoying and annoyingly great. I have been absolutely hooked since the first episode, so the news that the show is running for 3 more seasons (3 x 16 episodes) is both pleasing and irritating - pleasing because I love the show, but irritating because I want to find out once and for all just what the heck is going on.
Nine Inch Nails (an American band, for those of you who don't know) launched a similiar online experience to promote their new album Year Zero.
Dave Munro / 06/06/2007 / 18:19
Query?
Is the cult series 'Lost' an idea taken from the poem (Dreams) by Scottish poet and song writer. charrlotte Munro. The poem was in The International Society of Poets 1996, Voices on the Wind.
scary!
Chippy / 22/02/2008 / 21:12
Lost is just a tv programme its all fictional and anyone who thinks otherwise is a wierdo who needs a drop back down to reality!
Daniel Foster / 24/04/2008 / 13:50 / http://www.pcfastlane.com/
It wouldn't be surprised if TV became a web-only thing over the next ten years. More and more people are turning to their computers for television, and with the proliferation of high speed internet, it's only a matter of time before everyone watches TV on the Internet. The only thing holding us back right now is the TV companies.
