Bad Twin, by Gary Troup kicks off our summer book review podcasts. We give our personal reactions, an overall review of the plot, as well as discussing direct connections to LOST.
Links related to the podcast:
Bad Twin on Amazon.com
Large picture of the cover of Bad Twin
Variety article about Bad Twin
NY Times article about supposed author
Kris' photos from Key West
Listen to chapter titles from the audio book
Video interview with Gary Troup
LOST Experience links:
Hanso Foundation site (hacked)
Psychology orientation film
Still images from above film
Persephone's site in Hanso Foundation site
Rachel Blake's website
Video of Rachel Blake on Sublymonal.com
LOST Links:
Flash "game" for season 2 DVD
Alternative orientation film (with Hasselhoff!)
Send us feedback! We want your ideas and suggestions on how we can make these book reviews the most useful for you.
In three weeks, on July 15, we'll be doing our next podcast book review: Island, by Aldous Huxley. If you've read it, and have your own thoughts about how it might relate to LOST, let us know!
Yippie! This must be a good podcast: I check, no podcast. Thuderstorm knocks out power, power returns, podcast has arrived! As always, many thanks you guys for staying the course over the summer.
Posted by: Matt Lafferty | June 24, 2006 at 03:54 PM
Just listening now... Brian, it's a true, true shame to hear that you're ending your time as a host of LostCasts. I've enjoyed your unique point of view and the energy that you've brought to the show. Thanks for all the work you have put in! Certainly the biggest impact of your LostCasts effort will be its continued success with John and Robert continuing at the helm (and more appearances from Matt and Joy too!).
Happy trails, Brian!
Posted by: Matt Lafferty | June 24, 2006 at 04:07 PM
BRING MATT!
Posted by: Sobaika | June 24, 2006 at 10:08 PM
Nice episode.
Can you please get rid of the baby next time? Its driving me insane!
Posted by: Ruben | June 25, 2006 at 08:48 AM
I Could only listen to about 10 minutes before the baby drove me nuts. Note to ALL podcasters: If you can't record without yur kids, Don't record.
Posted by: John | June 25, 2006 at 10:38 AM
First, in general, the book was just OK. Good if I'm bored, I guess. My inner geek noticed the Hanso foundation was on the 42nd floor. Paul thought Cliff said 42nd when he said 47th. (Yeah, I listened for the numbers too!) ;) I remember this because I was listening to the book for connections I heard elsewhere. You covered all the rest I noticed so I won't mention them again. I enjoyed Elle's (sp?) comments as well. I don't quite remember how to speak Baby but I'm sure she was very insightful! ;)
Brian, good luck with your new venture - we'll miss you! Drop by when you can. All of you do a fantastic job!
Posted by: eve phoenix | June 25, 2006 at 11:56 AM
You guys are KILLING me. I've been a big fan of the podcast since day one. I've called in a few times, I write, I relisten, and I push it on my lostie friends - What I'm getting at is that I love what you've done. This week, however, was an atrocity. You brought a crying baby on the show? Are you insane?
Try tuning into one of the podcasts you listen to, and then playing a loud annoying baby sample every minute in a half . . . see how long you can do that before you go batfuck insane.
Please guys, PLEASE, don't ever make me site through that again!
Posted by: Eric VKX | June 25, 2006 at 01:15 PM
lol i love how brian is leaving when the summer reading starts. what a copout! he'll be back when the show starts again and he doesn't have to read.
Posted by: mike | June 25, 2006 at 08:39 PM
Brian -
Thanks for all your work on the show. Your insights and humor will be missed. Good luck with your venture! And please come back and make guest appearances!
Posted by: Andrew | June 25, 2006 at 10:50 PM
I must respectfully disagree with those bellyaching about Robert's daughter occationally cooing during the podcast. Should she be there every week? No. Was this past Saturday afternoon a chance for all three guys to get together for their FREE PODCAST FOR WHICH THEY'VE DONE ALL THE WORK? Yes! Was this the first time in 31 episodes that anything worse than computer typing interupting our delicate ears? Yeah, and so what.
I just have a hard time seeing a few users complaining about Robert being on baby duty during the same podcast where Brian announced his decision to devote his time elsewhere. Way to support the remaining guys and to encourage their continued work!
May I just point out that come October and again in February, consecutive episodes of Lost start again. Frankly, I'd love a nice, new, in-depth podcast with emails read, voicemails listened to, comments combed through--all less than 48 hours after every new episode (meaning Saturday afternoons). If that means Robert has to bring his then-one-year-old, or John has to bring his special lady friend to talk about The 4400, or whatever, then fine! I'll take my LostCasts however they dish them up.
To summarize: LostCasts = free. Hosts = real people with lives and stuff. More and regular LostCasts = wanted, and lots. Bellyachin' = no help.
Let's keep this "The Thinking Person's Lost Podcast," even when it's Bad Twin week.
Posted by: Matt Lafferty | June 25, 2006 at 10:57 PM
Wow I'm totally with Matt on this one. I mean the baby was kinda annoying in like one or two places during the podcast but guess what: welcome to the real world! Its the summer anyways, the podcasts here are bonuses. Be greateful. I'm glad I sat through that hour cuz I wanted to know what was going on and I sure didn't want to read that book.
Posted by: Jack+Sayid=Dirtyislandluv | June 26, 2006 at 02:04 AM
That was another excellent podcast - thanks guys. Great recap - I think that unlike for the LOST episodes, a short recap will be good for the books in case some of us start thinking that the slogan should be ‘[you guys] read the whole darn thing so [we] don't have to.’ Once again, you hit the mark perfectly.
I was thinking of contributing something re the very close proximity of the Bad Twin locations in Sydney to the LOST locations in Sydney, and also something re Havana (Australian citizens can't shop at the US iTunes store, but we are allowed to go to Cuba!!) but really ‘Bad Twin’ was such an average book - and everyone here is kind of glued to the TV following our team in the World Cup. I guess that will be over in a few short hours when we lose to Italy :(. Well at least come tomorrow morning, I can start reading (the) Island.
My one 'Bad Twin' contribution - strictly for those who really have nothing better to do with their time is this: for those of you in the US/UK/elsewhere who know the Australian group 'Midnight Oil' - they had a long history here way before they had exposure in the US. Anyways, check out the cover to their 1981 album 'Place without a postcard'. Looks a little similar to the cover of Bad Twin, or is it just me?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:MidnightOil_PlaceWithout.jpg
Overall - very entertaining and thanks to Brian. I hope you will return. And once again you guys outdo the real LOST by having a legitimate reason for someone to leave, not just that they got a DUI...
Also I really appreciate the updates on the LOST experience as I just can't get into it, but like to check out the links that you have trawled up. As for Robert's baby Elle: that really wasn't an issue. Her contribution to the last seconds of the show before the closing music rolled was great!
Looking forward to the next episode. And let’s get Matt Jones back in the game!
Posted by: Cameron | June 26, 2006 at 05:08 AM
LostCasts = free. Hosts = real people with lives and stuff. Bringing a baby on your podcast = an unprofessional and all around poor choice.
They may do this for free, but so do a ton of other people. The idea that nothing free should be critiqued is kind of absurd.
Posted by: Eric VKX | June 26, 2006 at 01:36 PM
I didn't feel the baby was disturbing. It didn't cry, it squeaked from time to time, but most of the time I wasn't even aware it was there. So I don't think it was a big deal.
Maybe all of you who have a problem with that should concentrate on the actual content and not on the background sounds.
Posted by: René | June 26, 2006 at 05:09 PM
I really enjoyed your podcast this week. I didn't mind Elle being at the podcast...she never annoyed me, so yeah. I totally agree with Matt Lafferty on that point. When I first heard her, i thought "Oh, that's cute!" Then immedeatly, I thought "Oh no...the trolls are going to HATE this!"
And right I was...
Brian - good luck with your next project. I'll look forward to hearing you again :) Just a note, it was kind of a hard start you had this week. "Hey, welcome. By the way, this is my last podcast." That was harsh, man...
Onwards to the suggestions!
I missed the part of the podcast where you go over what you're gonna talk about this week... the "This time on LostCasts" segment.
Also, I would like it if you would rate the books on a more detailed scale than just "Worth reading, not worth reading"-scale. Maybe rate them in sweaty kates, or something. I.e. "I would rate Bad Twin as 3 out of six sweaty kate's". Or you could be boring, and do stars or islands or something :P
Regarding the structure, my suggestion is this:
"This time on LostCasts"
A short biography of the author of the book
A recap of the book
How this book might relate to Lost
Lostlinks & Spoilers
I really don't like the song you use for the intro music ("Getting Ethan")
Might I suggest you use something a little more downbeat? Like "Just Die Already", "Crocodile Locke", "Departing Sun", "NAvel Gazing" or something along those lines? It's really much more easy on the ears...
Or if you want a more bombastic intro to the show, then "Run Away! Run Away!"...please?
Hehe...
That's just my two cents
Posted by: Peter Brichs | June 26, 2006 at 05:18 PM
Oh, I forgot my favourite track on the soundtrack... "Thinking Clairely"...
Posted by: Peter Brichs | June 26, 2006 at 05:20 PM
to the people who are moaning.... come on! Jez.... these guys do this podcast off their own back, and in their own free time... This isn't a paid service, nor are 'standards' expected..
I was more shocked that your child is 8 months old - it only seems a few podcasts ago that John said your partner had a baby!
Best of luck to you robert - hope we'll here you again soon...
Posted by: matt beale | June 26, 2006 at 05:37 PM
Hey, just going to fix a quick comment about The 4400.
*KINDA SPOILERIFIC IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THE SEASON 1 FINALE OF THE 4400 DON'T CONTINUE READING*
They weren't abducted by aliens, they were abducted by someone/group of some people in the future. They were returned in order to prevent some sort of catastrophe.
Posted by: andrew | June 26, 2006 at 06:15 PM
Eric VKX: I think the point is that Robert has said in the past that his wife works. That's more than likely the reason why he was minding their baby. Lindelof and Cuse can't do a podcast without the phone ringing in the background, I mean come on now.
But on the question of 'free' - I have found especially with non-LOST podcasts that you search around for a podcast on some topic of interest only to download it and find it is actually a thinly disguised advertisement for something, or has actual ad spots within the podcast. How annoying do you think that is? Also, you do not see one single ad anywhere on this site, yet it would be so simple to turn it into a multipage maze like any regular message board and adsense the crap out of it.
Anway, let's get off that topic and on to something more interesting. For those who checked out the link to Psychology orientation film, I just want to repeat something out of the post I made in the pre- 'Maternity Leave' comments section. I referenced the 1974 movie 'The Parallax View'. The selection process that I mentioned involves subjects watching a film that bombards them with a series of images, some quite disturbing. It turns out that the DHARMA film linked above is strikingly similar. Actually, I think it it is a bit of a rip off of the original idea. If you like LOST I can definitely recommend watching 'The Parallax View' if you can get your hands on it.
Posted by: Cameron | June 26, 2006 at 07:04 PM
woah, brian. woah. you didn't even read the whole book and you're trashing it? sure, what you read sounded a bit stupid, but i think it had to do, mostly, with how you read it. this book was perfect as a dime-store detective novel, which is exactly what the author was going for. have you ever read one? that's what they're like! that said, i have heard others argue about "too many details" being present in the book. but i have to wonder, how else should a detective novel be?
Posted by: ryan | June 26, 2006 at 07:36 PM
Bad Twin thought-
I'm a professional novelists and from a publishing industry standpoint, I have a theory:
Bad Twin reads like it might have been a previously written manuscript, one gathering dust on an editor's shelf, that was refurbished to meet the needs of the Hyperion/ABC/Disney machine's attempt at "synergy." Either that, or the author was hired to do the project and chose to unload a manuscript he had been unable to sell otherwise. Because it was really, terribly, awful bad.
The book, in construction of plot and theme, seemed to have so little to do with the show that I doubt it was first written with Lost in mind. Aside from a few names, titles, and a handful of dialogue riffs (all of which could be added to ANY manuscript in a day or two), it seems to have no connection to Lost at all.
That's a shame. Although I like the part about the dog being shared with the old prof, and there were some occasional prose highlights, it was a real clunker. Almost every bit of information was conveyed through dialogue, which is a sure sign of hackery. And the way every woman just fell at the protagonists knees was laughable. The ending was anti-climatic, and proved the whole Scottish Law thing to be a waste of time. If one of my graduate MFA students had given me this, I would have failed them.
Oh well. At least I downloaded it for free off the internet.
Posted by: Mat | June 26, 2006 at 10:05 PM
this is CRAZY!!!! Every LOST mystery!
http://lostmysteries.blogspot.com/
Posted by: thatkidrich | June 26, 2006 at 11:34 PM
Brian! Don't go!!! Your laid back attitude and humor will be missed. The show needs you, man.
Posted by: Jason Cabassi | June 26, 2006 at 11:59 PM
Not sure if this has been brought up yet, but the pregnancy test that Sun uses in "The Whole Truth" was made by 'Whitmore Labs'. I noticed this when watching the episode over.
Posted by: West Syiad | June 27, 2006 at 12:57 AM
Mat,
Interesting points regarding your idea that Bad Twin may have been a previously-written and/or unsellable manuscript. I've written enough to know I'm no novelist, but it does raise a question as to the timeline of the book's creation, from the inception of the project to when it would need to go to the publisher, etc, and how long the author would have had to write it.
In similar reading news, I started "Island" (no The!) last night. It's interesting alright, though even with my fancy-schmancy Literature degree, there were moments where I was feeling a bit confused. Overall though I'm seeing big time Lost connections after 30 or 40 pages.
Posted by: Matt Lafferty | June 27, 2006 at 10:11 AM
I know this is totally unrelated to the lostcast, but I was hoping I could get some help here. Does anyone know how to 'win' the pushthebutton game over on the fuselage?!
Posted by: Bex | June 27, 2006 at 10:44 AM
Hi guys - really enjoy your podcast with the exception of the Bad Twin episode. I was excited to hear the content however the screaming baby made the episode unlistenable. I'm not sure if there is a "Guide to Podcasting Etiquette" however I thought that it would go without saying that having a young baby within the range of the mic would be a bad move.
OK - pretty sure that this comment makes me sound like an insensitive jerk.
Keep up the good work but please be considerate of eardrums.
Thanks.
Posted by: Joe | June 27, 2006 at 04:35 PM
I like Your site. Please add more articles on it.I also have a site about Lost season 1.
Best regards
Tom
Lost season 1
Posted by: Tom | June 27, 2006 at 07:14 PM
i've had this idea nagging in my head for a few months, now. dunno if it has been tackled before anywhere in the blogosphere (or forumscape, or wherever).
i'm under the impression that the whole LOST EXPERIENCE is happening in a timeline parallel to ours (meaning, 2006) in the LOST universe.
so, if LOST's storyline is supposed to be happening in 2004... does that mean that the LOSTies will never be found?
or at least, two years on, people haven't found them , yet?
so, yeah. what's up with that?
Posted by: adam! | June 28, 2006 at 12:24 AM
People need to quit complaining about the crying baby; it didn't occur to me once when listening that it was annoying, I just thought of it as quite funny (and I must add, I was trying to get to sleep whilst listening to the podcast), so you all need to liven up.
Also, I was wondering how long the podcasts for the other books were going to be? I wondered how you'd have a whole podcast just about a book, and even the one for 'Bad Twin', which was all about Lost connections, wasn't that long.
I'm going to go find 'Island', but it was kind of annoying that you spent so long saying the plot of 'Bad Twin', even if it was handy for the other people who didn't read it. It seemed too long and boring to listen to when I'd read it, and especially very recently too. I don't like to skip any of your podcasts, but I may for Island, no offence.
Also, sad to hear that Brian's leaving; I always thought you were a great part to the podcast, and it won't be the same without you. However, is there a regular podcasting spot for Matt or Joy? Will they be taking part in any summer reading themselves?
And is the reading taking all of the sumnmer? Or are you having a few theories podcasts in between. I always thought you should have like a podcast focusing on 'The Others', one on Dharma, one on the monster and so on, and I think they'd be really really good podcasts.
Adam, I'm not sure that's really relevent at all. Even so, how do we know they haven't been found? There's been no mention of any survivors, but is there hardcore proof they haven't been found yet in the Lost Experience? (There probably is, I've just missed it)
Thanks guys, keep it up
-Dupin
Posted by: George Dupin (from the UK) | June 28, 2006 at 03:48 PM
To those that thought the baby was annoying, I really hope you NEVER have kids. Honestly, it was entertaining. She sounds adorable. And she did not cry it was a cooing.
The Bad Twin it was a good read to waste a week waiting for Lost to come back on. Not the best book I have ever read, but it was entertaining.
Good luck to Brian.
And does anyone know answers to the Code to look at the video. I need 3 more. Can someone email them to me? I would appreciate it.
Posted by: Jessica | June 29, 2006 at 02:30 PM
The answers are:
black horse
Jack
sun
gun
vincent
locke
others
sayid
Posted by: Bex | June 29, 2006 at 05:19 PM
Goodness gracious! For those who have read / are reading Island, how's it going? I'm an above-average reading and all that, but my goodness it's gotten odd quickly. Don't get me wrong--it's rife with things which are relevant to Lost discussions, but... I just can't put the book into words, or at the very least find words that make me sound sophomoric (the young nurse enters wearing a top that "sometimes" covers her bust) or vapid (the fancy-pants philosophy that the prince's mother keeps talking about is what?).
Well, at the very least, maybe the ill-fitting nurse's top will encourage some others to read the book... lol....
Posted by: Matt Lafferty | June 29, 2006 at 11:06 PM
Yeah, Island gets a bit slow in the middle. At the beginning it was one reference after another! I mean, couldn't you just picture Farnsby waking up with a close-up on his eye?
Other similarities:
- Farnsby crashes his boat on the island, ala Desmond.
- Talking birds - like the Hurley bird? :-)
- Flashbacks - Farnsby has a bunch of them.
- Farnsby has daddy issues - AND his dad was an alcholic like Jack's dad.
Pala was aka the "Forbidden Island". Mostly government policy but that would work in those days (I guess). I mean, at least they didn't have satellites and stuff then. The Lost island is also forbidden being that people can't get there and also can't get away.
The Mutual Adoption Clubs might figure in too. Is that why they took the kids or how the kids are living now? With the limited size of the society on lost, probably it's all one MAC.
The Palanese, like the De Groots, wanted to create something special. For them, it is their culture. They've made a utopia and throw in the IVF of the genes of their "great people" and is this not like the "betterment of mankind" as espoused by the Hanso Foundation?
The neighbor of Pala wants to exploit it for it's oil. Hanso wants to exploit the Lost island for at least its strange magnetic attributes. Probably he sees profit in that in the long-term.
Well, there's a little fodder for you anyway.
Posted by: Slitter | June 30, 2006 at 12:37 AM
WHAT!?!?! I've been gone for a couple of weeks and I finally get back to listen to my lostcasts, and brian's leaving!?! Nooooo!!!!
Seriously, Good Luck in all your endeavors Brian. I'm sure we'll all be looking forward to your guest appearances next season!
To the rest of the cast and regular guests (i.e. Matt) - You are all great! Thanks so much for all you do!
Posted by: Courtney | June 30, 2006 at 03:37 PM
Matt Lafferty,
Thank you for breaking the ice on "Island".
I finished it about a week ago. I began the book with enthusiasm which turned to drudgery after 50 pages or so. I finished it only out of a sense of duty. The characters were cardboard and the setting implausible.
Island is merely a ponderous and pretentious sermon regarding the benefits of 1) Asian mysticism, 2) pop-psychology, 3) naïve trust in science, and 4) recommended drug intoxication, disguised as a novel. This is clearly not one of Huxley’s better works. Yes it is weird and confusing without any payoff.
I would like to thank Slitter for pointing out some LOST tie-ins. I hope my time and effort were not totally wasted. Otherwise I hope the writers use this stupid story only to show the buffoonery of this conceited Hippie-esque “philosophy”. I personally think the Dharma Initiative provided the Island and its “Others” with some useful fools and tools.
respectfully.
jg
Posted by: jg | June 30, 2006 at 06:35 PM
hey guys... I've been a big fan of the casts since the about cast #14 or so... I'm a painter by trade & recently I went back & downloaded all your episodes and am listening all the way to the end as I work. it's been like 5 hours of LOSTCASTs per day!! You guys are great - although I think I made a new drinking game... everytime John things something is "interesting" or mentions what the "interesting thing is" - you drink. sometimes it's 3 drinks per sentence!! just kidding... I'm almost to the most recent one and am scared with all the "crying baby" talk! No worries though... my point is that one "crying baby" incident isn't the end of the world - you all have been putting in consistently high-brow podcasts & a minor inconvienience here or there isn't enough to deserve the kind of flack you've been getting! keep up the good work. you make me laugh, cry, think, & want to read a lot more!
One suggestion for an upcoming 'cast. I'd love to hear you guys each put together your ultimate theories. What can you do to tie everything together in what You think makes the most sense. You do a great job discussing everyone elses theories... I'd love an episode where John, Robert, Matt, Joy AND John all put some time in to there own ultimate theories! Make the "Greek Mythology" theory work. just a thought
stay lost
Posted by: Scott | June 30, 2006 at 07:28 PM
I can't believe so many complaining about the baby! It didn't bother me in the slightest, in fact I quite enjoyed it and thought it was pretty sweet and cute!
Posted by: Bex | June 30, 2006 at 07:34 PM
Slitter and JG,
Thanks for your comments on the book. Slitter, I COMPLETELY agree with you saying, "couldn't you just picture Farnsby waking up with a close-up on his eye?" Something else--Will (aka Farnsby, the main character for those who aren't reading) cheated on his wife. I personally wouldn't broadly call Jack (of Lost) a cheater--not that I'm going for a Clintonian moment--but his moment of weakness certainly pales to Will openly going over another woman's house for cocktails despite his wife's objections.
JG,
I agree with you saying the book has--and I'd say believes in the "conceited Hippie-esque “philosophy”. (I'm halfway through so if there's some big twist, appologies.) Another problem I have with the book reminds me of Brian's comment in one podcast how bad drama has Batman and Robin going up a building while saying "Look, we are going up a building." It took 20 or 30 pages for Will to wake up, be found, and be taken to the hospital. Halfway throug the book, it's like lunchtime of the day after the crash and he's still in the hospital--characters just keep coming in and saying "Let's talk about hippie philosophies."
Lastly, not to harp on the small issue of sexuality in the book because it is minor... but it's very odd too. Like in a "Huxley is in his late 50's and he's writing about young female folk with some or no tops" kind of way. DEFINITELY no Lost connection there--thanks, ABC/Disney, for sparing us!--but... it's kind of creepy.
One day... new episodes... so far away....
Posted by: Matt Lafferty | July 01, 2006 at 10:24 AM
First of all, the baby was no big deal. I hope my own is as well behaved when that time comes :)
My random comment is about Libby's hair. What's up with her 3 different hair colors? Crazy Libby was a brunette in bad need of a brush, then there's dirty blonde Island Libby, and finally lookin-for-a-man-to-give-my-boat-to redhead Libby.
I wouldn't question two different colors for crazy vs not-crazy, but what's up with the red? It's so straight it almost looks like she's wearing a wig (maybe a disguise?). And as for her lack of roots while on the Island, how do we know she's not naturally blonde and didn't die it for another disguise in the mental hospital. This could point to her as a Hanso or Widmore spy recruiting people for the Island (Hurley, Desmond)...
Posted by: Nash | July 01, 2006 at 04:13 PM
u guys are doin reall good at keepin me entertained in the of season of lost
keep it up
Posted by: Rey | July 02, 2006 at 08:38 PM
Hey, It's Rob from Wales in the UK. I love your podcasts. I try to listen to them everyweek. Its really great to hear other fans' speculations at what it's all about! I just thought I would point out something I noticed in ep 24 Live Together, Die Alone. I believe that the whispers have something to do with the black smoke... and not people or The Others. During the wide shot of the valley where Kate Sawyer and Jack are attacked by the Others, at the very moment the whispers are first heard there's a shot of the valley and behind Kate you can see something very similar to the black smoke fly out of some trees and swoop out of shot in the distance. I just though I'd point this out. Good luck with your future casts!
Posted by: Robert Howells | July 03, 2006 at 02:23 PM
Just wanted to share a minor thing... I was watching the beginning of The Wizard of Oz on TV. Now as we all know, there was the whole Uncle Henry Gale Lost connection. Who works for Uncle Henry? The three farmhands of course--the ones who Dorothy dreams as the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodsman, and the Cowardly Lion. In the beginning of the movie, Dorothy falls in the pigpen and she starts to call for the Lion farmhand--she yells, "Zeke! Zeke! Zeke!"
And so in Lost and the Wizard of Oz, Zeke works for Henry Gale.
PS: The other two farmhands are Hunk and Hickory, according to IMDB.com. Just in case there are past or future connections.
Posted by: Matt Lafferty | July 03, 2006 at 08:17 PM
found some cool lost icons
http://interfacelift.com/icons-mac/details.php?id=1883
here's what's in it:
108 Minutes, Another Hatch, Black Smoke, Black-light Map, Cross Pendant, Dharma Logo Patch, Dharma Medicine Box, Dharma Milk, Dharma Pills, Dharma Potato Chips, Dharma Sign, Execute Button, Golf Ball, Grave Marker, Gun, Hieroglyphs, Hurley's Lottery Ticket (4 8 15 16 23 42), Medicine, Michael's List (Jack Shepherd, Kate Austen, Hugo Reyes, James Ford), Notebook, Oceanic Flight 815 Wreckage, Orientation Film, Orientation VHS Video, Others' Hatch (fake), Others' Tent (x2), Rope, Skull, Swan Hatch Panel, The Computer, The Fail Safe, The Hatch, The Raft, Torch.
Sorry windows users. Mac OS X only
Posted by: philip | July 04, 2006 at 09:20 AM
speaking of the "Smoke Monster" I know that Cuse & Lindeloff said that we probably saw the smoke monster a lot more in Season 2 than we thought we did... we just didn't know it was the monster.
So what if it took on other forms? like Kate's Horse, or Hurley's Dave, or Jack's Dad... etc. it adds a whole new dimension to that smoke monster
Posted by: Scott | July 04, 2006 at 11:56 AM
Something I think you guys may be very interested in - Channel 4, who show lost in the UK, have been doing a podcast called UK lost. The podcast itself isn't too great, but this week they had an interview with Damon Lindelof, and he said some pretty interesting stuff which I hadn't heard before. www.channel4radio.com (It's the latest episode, about Fire+Water)
Posted by: Bex | July 04, 2006 at 01:42 PM
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/article/ds34566.html interesting
Posted by: eye_of_the_island | July 04, 2006 at 02:51 PM
Question: Do we know Rousseau's first name yet?
Random: A new character called Thomas Hobbes will probably be introduced soon.
Hmm, that is all.
Posted by: Cihan | July 05, 2006 at 02:42 PM
Yeh, we've known Rousseau's name since we first met her in season 1 - it's Danielle.
Posted by: Bex | July 05, 2006 at 05:07 PM
"Thomas Hobbes" will probably be "Feke" (Fake Zeke) - since "Bea" Told us his name was "Tom"
Posted by: Scott | July 06, 2006 at 07:02 AM
"Thomas Hobbes" will probably be "Feke" (Fake Zeke) - since "Bea" Told us his name was "Tom"
Posted by: Scott | July 06, 2006 at 07:03 AM
Robert Howells, I completely 100% agree with your take on the black smoke monster! I've mentioned the idea before and I'm just glad to see someone else throw it out there. :-)
Posted by: Loren | July 06, 2006 at 08:55 AM
first off, Love the podcast!
i was thinking about the last podcast, when you guys were guessing on how they could tie Bad Twin into the show, even if it is fiction (even on the show):
Gary Troup was trying to expose the Hanso Foundation (he said his next work was about them). Possibly, while investigating Hanso, Troup stumbled upon Widmore and decided to expose them too. He then wrote a "fiction" book that alludes to Widmore(and even mentions Hanso) a.k.a. the Bad Twin
Here's the twist: in the Lost reality, it is really a true book, with the cover of a fiction novel to throw off hanso/widmore and prevent them from buying up the book like they did the valenzetti eq.
I know that this book really wont tie into the show at all, but i thought that this would be a cool way to do it if they ever did. (if this even makes any sense to anyone else! :-))
Posted by: Ellen | July 06, 2006 at 10:23 PM
I feel like if you are going to take the time to put together a great podcast (like you guys have done over & over), don't do something unprofessional like bringing a kid into the studio. I have kids too and I love them - I am sure the little girl is adorable too. But if you set your own bar high and then you drop your level of proffesionalism you have to expect critisizms.
Also, who was EATING at the mic? Yes, we can hear that... (crunch, crunch, crunch)
Posted by: mike | July 18, 2006 at 11:21 AM
Great podcast and very hilarious. I didn't mind the off topic rambling the least.
By the way, I've nv been a regular commenter because I listen to your lostcast only after each episode they air it here in Singapore and we are several weeks behind so my comments will be outdated huh?
ANYWAY, Brian, hope to see/hear you again. Maybe Robert's baby Elle can replace Brian as a regular haha... ok maybe not.
well, keep up the fantastic work!
Rachel
Posted by: rachel_in_sg | July 18, 2006 at 01:21 PM
BRING BACK THE BABY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: ME | July 19, 2006 at 04:06 PM
I just want to say-- I'm really REALLY not a baby person, but I thought that Elle marvellous addition. She has great comic timing already-- the little squawk she made over the closing music was just golden. Keep up the awesome podcasting and the awesome parenting, and a million thanks for continuing to read the forums so I don't have to.
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