No edit summary |
|||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
| + | <big> <big> <big> <big> BOB IS BACK!!! |
||
| − | {{Lost Experience}} |
||
| − | {{Infobox Lost Experience Character |
||
| − | | Title=Alvar Hanso |
||
| − | | Actor=Ian Patrick Williams |
||
| − | | Image=AlvarHansoProfile.jpg |
||
| − | | Appearances=[[Orientation]]<br />[[Thehansofoundation.org]]<br />[[Sri Lanka Video]]<br />[[Norway Video]] |
||
| − | | Name=Alvar Hanso |
||
| − | | Age=112+ |
||
| − | | Place=[[Denmark]] |
||
| − | | Status=Alive |
||
| − | | Profession=CEO & Founder of the [[Hanso Foundation]]<br />Former arms dealer |
||
| − | }} |
||
| − | '''Alvar Hanso''' is the Danish CEO & Founder of the [[Hanso Foundation]] and the [[Hanso Group]]. He addressed the UN Security Council in 1967. He is featured narrating a 1975 [[DHARMA]] [[Sri Lanka Video|Orientation Film]], introducing the project to recruits. Apparently, he bought every copy of [[Gary Troup]]'s book ''[[The Valenzetti Equation]]'' and all rights to a reprint. [[Persephone]] (from the [[The Lost Experience]]) has suggested that Alvar Hanso's last public appearance was in 2002. According to his appearance in the [[Norway Video]] he was being held "prisoner" by [[Thomas Mittlewerk]] in Narvik, Norway from that time until the present day. We now know, due to a statement released on the Hanso Foundation website he has since been freed. |
||
| − | According to [[DJ Dan]] Alvar Hanso is estimated to be 112 years old, putting his birth year somewhere around 1894, assuming Dan's info is correct. He is the grandson of [[Magnus Hanso]]. It has however also been confirmed in [[Rachel Blake]]'s [[Norway Video|final video]] that he is indeed her father. |
||
| + | [[Image:Kiddifiddla.jpg]][[Image:Kiddifiddla.jpg]][[Image:Kiddifiddla.jpg]] |
||
| − | He is portrayed by [[Ian Patrick Williams]]. |
||
| − | |||
| − | ==Biography (according to [[The Hanso Foundation]])== |
||
| − | [[image:alvarhanso.jpg|thumb|Alvar Hanso (from the [[thehansofoundation.org|Hanso Foundation website]])]] |
||
| − | "Driven by a need for privacy and a deep-seated sense of humility, Alvar Hanso has released few details of his personal life to the public. |
||
| − | |||
| − | He first made his mark during the Second World War, providing munitions to various resistance movements around Europe. After the War, Hanso became the leading purveyor of high-technology armaments to NATO. |
||
| − | |||
| − | After decades of keeping the world safe through the development of sophisticated weapons systems, Hanso turned his attention to critical areas of science and technology - always searching for new ways to improve the human experience, and create a brighter future for all humanity. |
||
| − | |||
| − | Still running his vast network of companies, Hanso has set new standards for philanthropy and the support of pure scientific research for the betterment of the entire race." |
||
| − | <br>- taken from http://thehansofoundation.org |
||
| − | |||
| − | ==Current Status== |
||
| − | * Recent whereabouts: According to the [[Norway Video]], Alvar Hanso was being kept "prisoner" by [[Thomas Mittlewerk]] in Narvik, Norway. |
||
| − | * Traveled to a number of European countries prior to 2002, and has not been seen in public since. |
||
| − | ** London June 14, 2000 |
||
| − | ** Copenhagen, September 11, 2000 |
||
| − | ** Copenhagen Jan 1, 2001 |
||
| − | ** Paris Feb 23, 2001 |
||
| − | ** Geneva July 7, 2001 |
||
| − | ** Rome Sept 18, 2001 |
||
| − | ** Madrid, Dec 31, 2002 |
||
| − | * According to Dr. [[Eliza Vasquez]], has something very unusual in his bloodwork which may have serious consequences on his health. |
||
| − | |||
| − | * Alvar Hanso is now currently back in control of the Hanso Foundation following a spell of imprisonment by Thomas Mittlewerk, and in a statement released by the Hanso Foundation Website has vowed to "build a future that can support, enrich and cradle us all in peace and joy". |
||
| − | |||
| − | ==Sri Lanka Video== |
||
| − | [[image:E2ll1z5e_segment_start_320x240.jpg|right|thumb|Alvar Hanso as featured in the [[Sri Lanka Video]], and also known by the fan nickname "Mr. Beardy".]] |
||
| − | Alvar Hanso appears in the video being compiled at [[Hansoexposed.com]]. This video of him is from around 1975. He seems to be playing the role of an orientator in a general orientation film for the DHARMA Initiative. Before it was revealed to be him, the character in the video was commonly known as '''Mr. Beardy''' by fans. |
||
| − | |||
| − | ===Transcript from the Video=== |
||
| − | {{Quote|text=I'm Alvar Hanso. If you are watching this film, you already know and have worked with Gerald and Karen DeGroot, founders and masterminds of the [[DHARMA initiative]]. By now, you also know there are many research goals for our joint venture. What you may not know is why we have assembled the DHARMA initiative; why we have assembled the greatest minds in the world and given them unlimited funds and access. |
||
| − | |||
| − | As with all you've already been told, you are bound by your honor and commitment to keep what you are about to hear a secret. In a few weeks, after your induction counseling and survival training, you and your colleagues will be shipped to [[The Island|a top secret facility]]. The precise location of the facility is known only to myself, the [[DeGroots]], and the few high ranking members of my organization. |
||
| − | |||
| − | Why all the security, all the secrecy? The answer is simple. The research is intended to do nothing less than save the world as we know it. In 1962, only thirteen years ago, the world came to the brink of nuclear war. The United States and the Soviet Union almost fulfilled the promise of mutual assured destruction. A promise they continue to foster through a destructive Cold War. |
||
| − | |||
| − | After the Cuban Missile Crisis, both nations decided to find a solution. The result, was [[the Valenzetti Equation]]. Commissioned under the highest secrecy, through the U.N. Security Council, the equation is the brainchild of the Italian mathematician [[Enzo Valenzetti]]. It predicts the exact number of years and months until humanity extinguishes itself. Whether through nuclear fire, chemical and biological warfare, conventional warfare, pandemic, over-population, his results are chilling, and attention must be paid. |
||
| − | |||
| − | Valenzetti gave numerical values to the core environmental and human factors in his equation: [[The Numbers|4, 8, 15, 16, 23 and 42]]. Only by manipulating the environment, by finding scientific solutions to our problems, we will be able to change those core factors, and give humanity a chance to survive. Although the equation has been buried by those who commissioned it, ...panic. It has always been my belief that we ignore warnings at our own peril; and thus, the DHARMA Initiative was born. DHARMA is an acronym for Department of Heuristics And Research on Material Applications. It also stands for the one true way...and through your research, you will help human[ity.] |
||
| − | |||
| − | We have constructed several stations on the island, underground laboratories with the facilities you will need to do your research, with optimal expediency. All of the support you will need, including regular medicine and food drops will be made in perpetuity. A [[radio transmitter]] has also been erected on the island, broadcasting in a frequency and encryption known only to us. The transmitter will only broadcast the core numerical values of the Valenzetti Equation. |
||
| − | |||
| − | When, through your research, you manage to change the numerical value of any one of these factors; when you have created through science the [inaudible], we will know that the one true way has been found. That is the work to which you have committed yourself. Change the core values of the Valenzetti Equation, and you will change the course of destiny. The fate of the human race is in your hands. Thank you and [[namaste]].}} |
||
| − | |||
| − | ==''[[Bad Twin]]'' Book Info== |
||
| − | In Chapter [[23]], in an apparent new change in the board at [[Widmore Corporation]], Alvar Hanso was replaced by [[Thomas Mittelwerk]]. |
||
| − | |||
| − | ==Alvar Hanso Quotes== |
||
| − | The following quotes have been attributed to Alvar Hanso. |
||
| − | * "I am very proud to be working with such a brilliant team, who all inspire me every single day as we forge our way towards a brighter future. The expertise and dedication of the team constantly surpass my expectations." - http://thehansofoundation.org Television Ad. |
||
| − | * "From the dawn of our species, Man has been blessed with curiosity. Our most precious gift, without exception, is the desire to know more—to look beyond what is accepted as the truth and to imagine what is possible." —Alvar Hanso, Address to the United Nations Security Council, 1967, posted on first iteration of http://thehansofoundation.org Website and partially quoted by [[Tom (Mr. Friendly)|Tom]]. |
||
| − | * "To preach the limited mind is to foreclose on the promise of our future." -thehansofoundation.org landing page. |
||
| − | * "A society should not merely be measured by its brightest lights, but on how the brightest light the way for those who cannot shine for themselves." -MHA section of http://thehansofoundation.org Website. |
||
| − | ** May be relevant to [[Hurley]]'s particular affliction or simply the way in which the castaways are all emotionally and spiritually lost souls. |
||
| − | ** May be relevant to the chasm between "the best and the brightest" (exemplary men like [[Jack]]) and those who struggle in life (just about everyone else). |
||
| − | * "Prevention is the number one reason people live longer lives today. The time has come for everyone in our world to understand how a minimum investment of time and effort can lead to a vastly longer and happier life." -WWPDP section of thehansofoundation.org Website. |
||
| − | ** Note: This seems to be a nod to the "[[vaccine]]" proffered by [[Ethan Rom]] to protect [[Claire]]'s baby. |
||
| − | {{Quote|text=But that the dread of something after death,<br /> |
||
| − | The undiscovered country, from whose bourn<br /> |
||
| − | No traveler returns, puzzles the will<br /> |
||
| − | And makes us rather bear those ills we have,<br /> |
||
| − | Than fly to others we know not of.}} |
||
| − | * "The future need not be an undiscovered country. Through science and technology we can turn our inexorable forward motion into a safe journey into a well-charted haven of tranquility." -MFI section of http://thehansofoundation.org Website. |
||
| − | ** The phrase "undiscovered country" comes from a soliloquy in Shakespeare's ''Hamlet'' and refers to the unknown that comes after death: |
||
| − | **Ostensibly an allusion to [[wikipedia:Star_Trek_VI:_The_Undiscovered_Country|Star Trek]] as well. |
||
| − | * "To understand how our world is going, we must first seek to understand how the world was made." -ERI section of http://thehansofoundation.org Website. |
||
| − | * "Given enough time, there is no end to what human beings can accomplish, no frontiers we cannot cross, and no experiences that we cannot live to pass on to future generations" -LEP section of http://thehansofoundation.org Website. |
||
| − | |||
| − | |||
| − | |||
| − | ==External Links== |
||
| − | *[http://www.thehansofoundation.org The Hanso Foundation] |
||
| − | |||
| − | {{Nav-Hanso}} |
||
| − | |||
| − | [[Category: Characters|Hanso, Alvar]] |
||
| − | [[Category: Unsolved]] |
||
| − | [[Category: Characters in The Lost Experience|Hanso, Alvar]] |
||
| − | [[Category: Hanso Foundation Staff|Hanso, Alvar]] |
||
Revision as of 00:41, 4 December 2006
BOB IS BACK!!!
File:Kiddifiddla.jpgFile:Kiddifiddla.jpgFile:Kiddifiddla.jpg
