"Lost" is one of those rare TV shows that is able to engage its audience, to sustain their involvement, and to turn them into flesh eating freaks.Backstory: I finished watching season 2 a week ago (I downloaded the shows because I missed the regular season) and I was giddy with excitement. I haven't been held captive by a TV show since the X-files, which means a lot because I like watching TV like I like eating concrete. The season finale left me hanging, giddy for more. Naturally, I turned to the internet for answers.
I googled. Yes, I googled. And I found..."Lost" stuff (the official site, oceanic air, sites with spoilers for season 3). But that's not all I found. My search led me to two fictional websites. The Hanso Foundation (in the show, The DHARMA Initiative is a project of The Hanso Foundation) and an official website for The Bad Twin, a book supposedly written by Gary Troup, casualty of Oceanic Flight 815, whose manuscript we've seen Hurley and Sawyer reading this year.
The postmodern surreal turn prompted some deep questions in my soul. Why the craze over "Lost"? What's this making an alternate reality out of a fictional TV series. My answer came in the form of an interactive parallel storyline the "Lost" people created to keep the world busy. Clues are peppered on a lot of websites. A couple sites sum it up and encourage collaborating to figure it all out. There's even a podcast now.
It's not just TV anymore, it's the chance to become part of a conspiracy, even if it is fictional, and have the satisfaction of actually finding out what the conspiracy is. So, for those of you that figure the parallel "Lost" challenge out (I encourage you to at least check out the website - for kicks), here's some real secret stuff, spy stuff, and conspiracy theory stuff to keep you busy for, well, your life.
Decoder Rings:
http://javascript.internet.com/games/decoder-ring.html
http://lostrealm.com/ring/
Conspiracy Theories:
http://www.carpenoctem.tv/cons/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conspiracy_theory
http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/
Make your own:
http://www.cjnetworks.com/~cubsfan/conspiracy.html
2 comments:
If you are just now getting into the Lost Experience online, you're gonna need this site to help you through.
Namaste. And good luck.
It also takes everyone's mind off that pesky war.
Now that's a conspiracy!
Hmm. . .it's not fun when it's real.
I feel lost.
I wanna have fun.
Are we even in a war anymore, or is it just that left wing media. liberals, always trying to skew the facts.
All I want to do is live a normal life, where I can watch TV and focus on this conspiracy game.
Why did I have to bring up that war. it's not knockin' on my door.
By the way, where the hell is that pizza guy?
war in iraq, get outta here.
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