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[chief]

[META] Hanso real world vs. TV fiction

[theShaggy]

[Gus Raja]

[chief]

Shaggy and Gus:
Your nitpicking is welcomed! I will clarify in the main post so that my underlying message is not diluted.

I do think what I am saying is important in terms of forming theories, etc.

[SpiralBoundBook]

I totally agree. I think the distinction is necessary when it comes to discussions about whether or not you ahve to watch the show to play the game- because I continue to beleive that this is a one way street. I think we should assume that info from the game will inform us about the show, but details from the show will not provide answers for the game.
The one (albeit tenuous) exception to this so far was the following, which I will spoiler for those who have not reached it yet.

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[matt_the_pale]

[theShaggy]

Absolutely, and I think that was the intent of the game from the beginning. We, those who watch the show religiously, will get a certain satisfaction from playing the game, because it will make clear things which we have questioned up until this point (the acronym DHARMA, for instance). However, everything thus far has been pretty self-contained and not within the realm of the "Island" and specifically the characters from the show itself.

So we're pretty well off, really. Fun game which can stand on it's own, but made all the more better when you watch the show. Hopefully the mysteries we see here and the gushing of glee when something is revealed picks up a couple other fans of the show, y'know?

(Good call on the DHARMA login, by the way... I had forgotten about that)

ADDED: Maybe we should start a "definite connections to the series" thread, with an adequate spoiler warning on the thread itself for season 2?

[chief]

So far this discussion is exactly what I was hoping to get in response to my post. You guys rock!

[SpiralBoundBook]

[theShaggy]

I also think, in the sense of "Answering puzzles from the show," it should be kept here under a META tag.

The way I figure it, if the show is actually a show within the realm of the ARG (and everyone mostly assumes it is), then any direct connections between what we see on the show and what we learn in the game is somewhat meta, don't you think?

[chief]

[vector]

LOST is just like a movie based on real events.

Something like the movie Pear Harber, its a movie that the producers got the idea from real events, incorporate some real information into the show but also take alot of creative liceince.

If you then became interested in the events of WWII after watching the show, you could go and research real events and history, much like we are doing with the game.

When you do that research, you will not find direct links to the actors, and the script of the movie and real events beacuse they were made up to make a compelling story. Now I could use reffrences from Pear Harber when talking about the real events.

[theShaggy]

True.

Although, connections between the show and the game are decidedly for the players, and not for the characters within the game at this point. While there are connections, none of the characters (outside of Hugh on Kimmel) have said "DHARMA, which is also represented on the TV show LOST, has an acronym here..." or what-have-you. That makes me question it's META-ness.

Yet the REF tag works pretty good in this case. Good call.

[SpiralBoundBook]

[Gus Raja]