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briancors
Greenhorn
[SPEC] Dr. Thomas Skinner/Werner Mittelwerk My wife and I were "catching up" on all of the ARG stuff, and she mentioned that in Hebrew, "Thomas" means "twin".
http://www.behindthename.com/php/view.php?name=thomas
Posted: Thu May 11, 2006 11:57 am
MrBeefy
Veteran
Yeah.
Spoiler (Rollover to View):
First thing I thought of when I saw the fully-armed Marvin Candle in last night's episode was "clone." Since he gave a different name, and both training films were from the same year.
Posted: Thu May 11, 2006 12:42 pm
Lucy
Decorated
I am unsure as to the validity of the whole 'Skinner' thing. I believe the name is supposed to come from the Hanso phone line, but I have called again to chack and am certain that I hear 'Werner' - no mention of a 'Skinner' at all. Perhaps the people who thought they heard 'Skinner' were confused by the German pronunciation of the W such that it sound like a V? Or perhaps I've misunderstood where people got the 'Skinner' idea from in the first place. Anybody else care to weigh in?
Posted: Thu May 11, 2006 2:02 pm
Abraxas
Unfettered
Next time would you mind spoiler-tagging the COMPLETE spoiler?
Posted: Thu May 11, 2006 2:02 pm
Manchot
Boot
Abraxas, don't worry: Mr. Beefy's comment about cloning is only speculation. There's nothing in the spoiler tag that implies it at all.
Posted: Thu May 11, 2006 2:40 pm
SpiralBoundBook
Veteran
Lucy wrote:
I am unsure as to the validity of the whole 'Skinner' thing. I believe the name is supposed to come from the Hanso phone line, but I have called again to chack and am certain that I hear 'Werner' - no mention of a 'Skinner' at all. Perhaps the people who thought they heard 'Skinner' were confused by the German pronunciation of the W such that it sound like a V? Or perhaps I've misunderstood where people got the 'Skinner' idea from in the first place. Anybody else care to weigh in?
Posted: Thu May 11, 2006 5:02 pm
theonetruebix
Unfettered
SpiralBoundBook wrote:
Lucy wrote:
I am unsure as to the validity of the whole 'Skinner' thing. I believe the name is supposed to come from the Hanso phone line, but I have called again to chack and am certain that I hear 'Werner' - no mention of a 'Skinner' at all. Perhaps the people who thought they heard 'Skinner' were confused by the German pronunciation of the W such that it sound like a V? Or perhaps I've misunderstood where people got the 'Skinner' idea from in the first place. Anybody else care to weigh in?
Posted: Fri May 12, 2006 12:56 am
Hank Scorpio
Decorated
i seem to remember the whole clone thing starting way back in a fake script page found on oceanicflight815.com awhile back, something about jack finding his twin on the island.
Posted: Fri May 12, 2006 2:30 am
Transmission3000
Boot
WAXman? Candle? ...?
Posted: Fri May 12, 2006 5:28 am
DavisMcDavis
Greenhorn
Lucy wrote:
I am unsure as to the validity of the whole 'Skinner' thing. I believe the name is supposed to come from the Hanso phone line, but I have called again to chack and am certain that I hear 'Werner' - no mention of a 'Skinner' at all. Perhaps the people who thought they heard 'Skinner' were confused by the German pronunciation of the W such that it sound like a V? Or perhaps I've misunderstood where people got the 'Skinner' idea from in the first place. Anybody else care to weigh in?
Skinner Mittlewerk" as choice #3, but the person at that number says he is "Thomas Werner Mittlewerk." But then again, she can barely prounce the word "general" when she says "for general informaiton, press one" so maybe she just never got elocution lessons like Madonna or summat.
Posted: Fri May 12, 2006 10:39 am
DavisMcDavis
Greenhorn
Dr. Marvin Candle
Transmission3000 wrote:
WAXman? Candle? ...?
Spoiler (Rollover to View):
In the orientation film for the Pearl, the man (who looks exactly like Marvin Candle but is apparently fully-armed) says his name is "Mark Wickman." [The guy isn't credited on IMDB for that episode under any of his character names.] When I first saw it, I thought he said Whitman, but now that you've posted this bit about Waxman I realized I had misheard. The clip is on You Tube for now. (Wickman's at about the 4 minute mark).
Posted: Fri May 12, 2006 10:51 am
Lucy
Decorated
I have listened to how his name is pronounced on the phone-line yet again, and can say with absolute certainty that the name 'Skinner' is not said by either the operator lady or by Mittelwerk himself. As far as I can hear, the operator-lady settles for pronouncing it 'Fear-ner'.
Posted: Fri May 12, 2006 11:53 am
theonetruebix
Unfettered
Lucy wrote:
I have listened to how his name is pronounced on the phone-line yet again, and can say with absolute certainty that the name 'Skinner' is not said by either the operator lady or by Mittelwerk himself. As far as I can hear, the operator-lady settles for pronouncing it 'Fear-ner'.
Posted: Fri May 12, 2006 12:27 pm
briancors
Greenhorn
As mentioned here:
http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=236542&highlight=magnus+hanso#236542
Spoiler (Rollover to View):
"We do have reason to believe that Alvar Hanso is dead. On the blast door, there is a reference to "known final restng place of Magnus Hanso". Now I know that this is not definative proof, but it sure says a lot."
Posted: Fri May 12, 2006 2:01 pm
Ard@School
Guest
Lucy wrote:
Which brings me to ask, is this where people thought they heard the name, or has Skinner been mentioned somewhere else?
Spoiler (Rollover to View):
Marvin Candle mentions B.F. Skinner's work in the orientation film discovered at The Swan:
The Dharma Initiative was created in 1970, and is the brainchild of Gerald and Karen DeGroot(?), two doctoral candidates at the University of Michigan. Following in the footsteps of visionaries such as B.F. Skinner, (?) imagined a large-scale communal research compound where scientists and free-thinkers from around the globe could pursue research in meteorology, psychology, parapsychology, zoology, electromagnetism, and utopian social.... (source: Lostpedia )
Posted: Sat May 13, 2006 5:38 pm
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