LOST and Tommy Westphall

[corkdorkdan]

What with Desmond's comment in "Live Together, Die Alone" about the whole island being a "bloody snowglobe" (which was nicely recalled in one of the final scenes), it seemed only natural to read up on the origins of the snowglobe idea. It comes from the old series St. Elsewhere, where the series finale revealed that the whole show had taken place

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[boomstick]

Oceanic is a common airline name used in a lot of movies and TV shows. The same guys who worked on Lost also worked on Alias, which explains the crossovers. Also, the reference to The Office was on purpose because they're fans of the show.

Other than that, pretty interesting.

[cassieeeee]

Or, I could have just read this comment and not posted. :-/

[boomstick]

Heh, it's okay. Happens to me all the time :)

[corkdorkdan]

Oh that's all true. I think the point of the theory is to show that these shows are all linked in some weird hypothetical way, not to explain the obvious reasons WHY they've been linked together.

Also, I think I've told you this before, but that's an awesome Oregon Trail icon.

[cassieeeee]

Well I know that Oceanic is/was a generic airline used in TV shows and movies (if they used a real airline and there was a crash or hijacking, they could be sued).

I think the Veronica Mars thing was just a shout-out (Dwight on the US version of the Office mentioned Lost) and the Alias thing makes sense because it is another JJ Abrams show.

[corkdorkdan]

I agree about Veronica Mars. I think it's more evidence that Lost is a show that exists in Veronica's world, not necessarily that they inhabit the same fictional world. I didn't write the theory, though, just posting it for amusement :-)

[rhiannonstone]

I don't understand the reference to the "balloon capsule" that listed all the sponsors. Is it referring to "Henry Gale"s balloon? The food drop? Something else? I'd like to go back and take a look at it since I'm a huge fan of King's Dark Tower universe, in which Nozz-a-la Cola features.

[sabonasi]

It was a production shot that a fan snapped with a camera phone. Due to the angles on the actual show, the advertisements can't be seen. However, the show could also show the balloon again in Season Three.

Uhh huh!

[framedinsanity]

I am a HUGE Dark Tower fan and shot grape juice from my mouth when I read this. I would wonder if the writers (or just some sharp people in the prop department) follow Roland as well....

I am just so dam plased when the things I like, like eachother.

[corkdorkdan]

Yeah, as sabonasi said, it wasn't visible on the show, just in a still photo that I saw (on this community awhile back) from the set. Another company that was listed as a sponsor was "Widmore Labs". Or maybe it was "Widmore Construction". One of them.

[furtim]

I don't usually like to say this sort of thing, but in this case it's so blatantly unavoidably obvious that I just have to.

This whole thing is completely retarded, and the originators have way too much free time on their hands.

[corkdorkdan]

Hahahahaha. Agreed.

I see it more as just a fun way to see how shows get linked together. I think it's interesting that, for instance, all the David E. Kelley shows exist in the same fictional world.

[sabonasi]

Interesting. The execs have nixed that theory already, but as you said, things are slow.

[ilostmyshoe]

icon love!

[sabonasi]

Thanks!