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+ | ==Based on"Land Down Under"== |
| + | This episode takes much of it's plot from the [[Wikipedia:Men at Work|Men at Work]] song ''Land Down Under''. For details, see [[User_blog:Mystimus/A_Land_Down_Under|here]]. |
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| − | * Hurley's apparent change in luck (in starting the van and not killing himself and Charlie) may be hint at a key shift in LOST ideology from a strong emphasis on fate to characters directing their own destinies. |
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| − | **This could have changed the value of one of [[the Numbers]] of the [[Valenzetti Equation]]. |
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| − | **However Hurley's luck has always involved hurting other people but not himself. In this respect, his luck has not changed. If the car had crashed it would have injured Hurley as well as Charlie. |
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| − | ***There's no way of knowing who would have survived if Hurley's van had crashed. Knowing his past luck, Hurley could have come out unscathed while Charlie ended up dead. |
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| − | ****Hurley brings his airbag with him wherever he goes - this is less about luck then about the island making people confront their past and change, as Hurley has done based on his flashback. |
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| − | ** This shift began a few episodes back, when Jack takes matters into his own hands and Desmond tries to fight supposed 'fate' by attempting to save Charlie from death he has visions of. This episode further emphasizes the shift. |
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| − | *** This shift may have begun as far back as last season, when Locke refused to push the buttons and Hurley decided not to jump. |
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| − | == Roger == |
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| − | *[[Roger]] is the first name of [[Radzinsky]]. [[Kelvin Joe Inman|Kelvin]] lied to [[Desmond]] about how he died. |
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| − | ** The blood stain on [[the Swan]] roof was fake. |
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| − | ** The talking heads in charge of the show have repeatedly stated that Radxinsky is indeed dead. |
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| − | * The differences between [[Roger]]'s uniform and [[Kelvin Joe Inman|Kelvin]]'s uniform is because the personel within [[The Swan]], who are not allowed to leave, have different uniforms than the people who are working in support for the Swan, such as repairmen, restockers, etc. who arrive during [[Lockdown_incident|lockdown]]. |
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| − | ** Roger services the Swan for [[the Others]] and doesn't operate it, whereas Kelvin does not work directly with the Others. |
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| − | *As Hurley put it, Roger was "on a beer run." From the quantities of supplies he was transporting, we can draw one of two inferences. Either (a) he was in process of re-supplying a considerable number of fellow employees, or (b) he was stocking up so as to minimize the number or trips necessary to the world outside Pearl Station. |
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| − | *The beer cans are of type that came out in the mid 90's (narrower top) and may mean that the crash is a hoax. ( or just a prop oversight) |
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| − | **If (a) is true, something precipitous must have happened to the Dharma employees, else why wouldn't they have searched for and find the van? This may have been [[the incident]], and it may have ended Dharma's activities on the island, possibly killing most of the employees. |
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| − | **If (b) is true, clearly the [[sickness]] is a hoax, or it wasn't a factor when Roger was around. So why stock up at all? Perhaps to maintain the illusion of quarantine. Roger was supposed to deliver the supplies to the Swan, where a suited-up colleague would unload the truck, all to trick a junior member of team who is supposed to believe in the sickness, as Desmond did during his time with Kelvin. Perhaps Radzinsky was the "in-the-know" guy before he shot himself, at which point Kelvin found out what was going on so he could switch roles to fool the next replacement, who turned out the be Des. |
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| − | ** "Roger" is not really Roger, the owner of the suit. |
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| − | **The logos on the beer and his suit were of The Swan, not The Pearl. |
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| − | * In [[Enter 77]], the "[[patchy]]" character makes reference to "[[the purge]]," an apparent conflict between the DHARMA workers and the [[Others]]. It is possible that Roger could have been a casualty of the conflict while delivering supplies to his fellow workers. However, if this was the case, it is unclear why the Others would not take the beer stashed in the back of the van. |
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| − | ** It is also plausible that Roger was delivering more than just beer to the other DHARMA workers, and that the Others simply had no interest in the beer and rather took whatever else he was carrying. |
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| − | * Roger was a replacement for Kelvin and Desmond. |
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| − | * '''''Little Miss Sunshine''''' - The VW bus, and push-starting it is similar to this film. {{crossref|Movies and TV}} |
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| − | * '''''Family Guy''''' - Tricia Tanaka, who is a news reporter, may be a reference to the Asian Reporter Tricia Takanawa. {{crossref|Movies and TV}} |
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| − | * '''''Yojimbo''''' - Vincent (the dog) is seen carrying a human arm in his mouth--a possible reference to the Japanese film, in which a dog appears carrying a hand. {{crossref|Movies and TV}} |
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| − | * '''''Tritia Toyota''''' - Tricia Tanaka's name sounds very similar to this local TV News Anchor in Los Angeles from 1976-1999, and ''Toyota'' fits in nicely with the car theme of the show. {{crossref|Movies and TV}} {{crossref|Cars}} |
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| − | * '''''Workman''''' - Roger Work Man sounds very similar to jazz bass player Reggie Workman. Workman's appearance on the Wayne Shorter album ''Juju'' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juju] and on the John Coltrane track "India" fit in with several aspects of the show. |
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| − | *'''''Munchkin''''' - Sawyer calls Charlie "Munchkin", a reference to actor Dominic Monaghan's part as a hobbit in the ''Lord of The Rings'' trilogy (as Munchkins are small people in ''[[The Wizard of Oz]]''). |
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| − | *'''''Final Fantasy VII parody''''' - The video game "Final Fantasy VII" contains creatures called "chocobos" that closely resemble yellow chickens. In Lost, the chicken in [[Mr._Cluck%27s_Chicken_Shack|Mr. Cluck's]] logo bears a striking resemblance to these 'chocobos'. In a well-known parody of Final Fantasy VII, a fast food restaurent resembling Mr. Cluck's is also destroyed by a meteor (the meteor being a play off the game itself). External link- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5ELyeEfF3s |
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| − | * '''''[[Alice's Adventures in Wonderland]]''''' - Hurley follows the foot of a white rabbit (carried by Vincent) into the woods, a la Alice in the book. {{crossref|Books}} |
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| − | *''''' That 70s Show ''''' The scene with all the gang in the van listening to the music is similar to the opening title sequence of the comedy show. {{crossref|Movies and TV}} |
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