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* It's been pointed out that "Only fools are enslaved by time and space" is an anagram for "Bones of Nadlers may lay lost deep in cave" (or "Bones of lost Nadlers..."). This is the easter egg. Adam and Eve are Rose and Bernard.
 
 
* The video is intended for males. Karl and Walt are the only two who have been confirmed to have been in Room 23, and they were both males. When Alex, Kate, and Sawyer went to rescue Karl, Alex and Kate were fully focused on the mission, while Sawyer was entranced by the video. It seems plausible then to assume the film was designed to brainwash men. There may be another film for females.
 
* The video is intended for males. Karl and Walt are the only two who have been confirmed to have been in Room 23, and they were both males. When Alex, Kate, and Sawyer went to rescue Karl, Alex and Kate were fully focused on the mission, while Sawyer was entranced by the video. It seems plausible then to assume the film was designed to brainwash men. There may be another film for females.
 
* "Jacob" is both a reference to the biblical Jacob and [[Jacob]].
 
* "Jacob" is both a reference to the biblical Jacob and [[Jacob]].
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* The film alters the viewer's mind in order to prepare him/her to find a [[constant]] in their life in case they must leave the Island. It somehow alters the subconsciousness of the viewer in a way that ensures they will be able to find such a constant in their life and latch onto it in two separate timelines, in case, upon leaving the Island, they find themselves "unstuck in time." This would make sense of the film's commands such as that to "think about your life;" the viewer must be able to find that one person or thing in their ENTIRE LIFE which they can latch onto as their "constant," and thus must be able to think about their life. In line with this theory, perhaps rather than killing him, Ben had planned to EXILE Karl to the outside world away from the Island, and for unknown reasons, Jacob had told Ben that Karl must survive his journey. Thus, Karl was prepared in Room 23 to be able to survive any possible time-shifts upon leaving the Island.
 
* The film alters the viewer's mind in order to prepare him/her to find a [[constant]] in their life in case they must leave the Island. It somehow alters the subconsciousness of the viewer in a way that ensures they will be able to find such a constant in their life and latch onto it in two separate timelines, in case, upon leaving the Island, they find themselves "unstuck in time." This would make sense of the film's commands such as that to "think about your life;" the viewer must be able to find that one person or thing in their ENTIRE LIFE which they can latch onto as their "constant," and thus must be able to think about their life. In line with this theory, perhaps rather than killing him, Ben had planned to EXILE Karl to the outside world away from the Island, and for unknown reasons, Jacob had told Ben that Karl must survive his journey. Thus, Karl was prepared in Room 23 to be able to survive any possible time-shifts upon leaving the Island.
 
** As revealed in the [[Season 5]] finale, [[The Incident, Parts 1 & 2]], Ben has never talked to Jacob. Thus, this theory of Jacob telling Ben to keep Karl alive during his journey, which never happened anyway, is debunked.
 
** As revealed in the [[Season 5]] finale, [[The Incident, Parts 1 & 2]], Ben has never talked to Jacob. Thus, this theory of Jacob telling Ben to keep Karl alive during his journey, which never happened anyway, is debunked.
* The "Easter Egg" that supposedly refers to Adam and Eve from the caves is related to the Doll's Eye image; in the reflection of the eye there appears to be a newspaper article (at the bottom of the reflection) and what looks like a small single-engine aircraft, like a fighter plane.
 
 
* The amount of birds found outside room 23 is the same amount as one of the numbers.
 
* The amount of birds found outside room 23 is the same amount as one of the numbers.
 
* Jacob (from the bible) has been time traveled to this time.
 
* Jacob (from the bible) has been time traveled to this time.

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  • The video is intended for males. Karl and Walt are the only two who have been confirmed to have been in Room 23, and they were both males. When Alex, Kate, and Sawyer went to rescue Karl, Alex and Kate were fully focused on the mission, while Sawyer was entranced by the video. It seems plausible then to assume the film was designed to brainwash men. There may be another film for females.
  • "Jacob" is both a reference to the biblical Jacob and Jacob.
  • The types of images selected may be a homage to the opening credits of the original Tomorrow People series.
  • Karl, because he is possibly born on the island, does not know the outside world and is ought to be prepared for it through this movie which shows mainly things that do not occur on the island.
  • The film was made by the Others and is a orientation film for them, and the images of Hanso and DeGroot are showing their enemies.
  • The facility of pipes and tubes is the same facility as The Looking Glass station.
  • Ben tells Alex 'I didn't want him to get you pregnant' in "Through the Looking Glass, Part 1" when she mentions Karl's 'brainwashing'. This suggests that the film could have an effect on the viewer's sex drive and could possibly be shown to Others to prevent them getting someone pregnant on the island.
    • The film does appear to be some sort of brainwashing device, although it is more likely used to indoctrinate the viewer into The Others' community. Cindy may have gone through the same process.
      • The brainwashing could be done to indoctrinate someone out of the community, as would be the case of Ben to get Karl away from Alex.
        • If the brainwashing was done to indoctrinate someone out of the community why would the Others place Walt in room 23? He was never a member of the community.
  • At the end of the Room 23 film, you can see a piano, or a organ of some sort. This could be connected to the musician.
  • There's a modern laptop keyboard at the beginning.
  • The full-length film mentions being the "awakened one," as thought it were a goal that can be obtained. Although this could be a figurative statement, as in philosophical awakening, it may be literal; DHARMA may have been aware that certain people can be "the one" as it comes to the Island, and Locke may have "awakened."
  • The film alters the viewer's mind in order to prepare him/her to find a constant in their life in case they must leave the Island. It somehow alters the subconsciousness of the viewer in a way that ensures they will be able to find such a constant in their life and latch onto it in two separate timelines, in case, upon leaving the Island, they find themselves "unstuck in time." This would make sense of the film's commands such as that to "think about your life;" the viewer must be able to find that one person or thing in their ENTIRE LIFE which they can latch onto as their "constant," and thus must be able to think about their life. In line with this theory, perhaps rather than killing him, Ben had planned to EXILE Karl to the outside world away from the Island, and for unknown reasons, Jacob had told Ben that Karl must survive his journey. Thus, Karl was prepared in Room 23 to be able to survive any possible time-shifts upon leaving the Island.
    • As revealed in the Season 5 finale, The Incident, Parts 1 & 2, Ben has never talked to Jacob. Thus, this theory of Jacob telling Ben to keep Karl alive during his journey, which never happened anyway, is debunked.
  • The amount of birds found outside room 23 is the same amount as one of the numbers.
  • Jacob (from the bible) has been time traveled to this time.
  • The video has similar effects as entering the vent by the Temple Gate did to members of Montand's team. The video and what happened under the temple are related.
  • Right, so the video's mainly freaky disturbing (or at least unsettling) stuff, and the messages are all about awakening and letting go of life and stuff, and the backwards voice says fools are enslaved by time and space. I'm betting that the brainwashing was meant to force the viewer into a sort of expanded mental state, where they could maybe time travel at will, or gain powers like Jacob's, or something.
  • After watching most recent Lost episodes (Season 6), I believe that the video was made by 'The Others' in order to somehow cure those who are supposedly 'infected', along with any other reasons for making this video.
  • DHARMA created the video as part of their "utopian social" research. Room 23 was located in Hydra Island to keep this research in secret due to its dubious ethics (just like Oldham operated and lived outside the Barracks area) and to separate test subjects from the main DHARMA personnel.