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Mysteries of the Universe – Episode 2 Appears on ABC.com

Koobie — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 18:17:49 +0000

The second video of the Mysteries of the Universe, entitled “A cloud of answered questions…”, is screening at ABC.com.

The video is full of fun little Dharma recruiting tidbits, from interrogating a college student on his choice of a halloween costume to the DI owning Area 51 (another vile vortex?). The video focuses on two recruitment centers of the DI, Area 51 and Portland, Oregon. They even interview Olivia Goodspeed’s father about her disappearance and recruitment into the DI.

A couple of easter eggs even pop up in this 6 minute video. AS the narrator discusses Area 51 you can see LOST printed on the side of an “alien spacecraft”, and one of the “strange questions” that the DI asks for recruitment is “Who is your constant?”

The MU team leaves you with a little gem at the end of the video, “This place setting is serving up mystery.” Check out the full video at abc.com.

Clearing The Air On The Liz Mitchell Video “Theft”

docarzt — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 14:10:26 +0000

Hey people. It has come to my attention that somebody, somewhere, has accused me of stealing Jay & Jack’s video from Nudia.TV and putting it on YouTUBE. That’s a ridiculous accusation, and before it goes too far I want to lay out what really happened.

First of all, the version of the video that was posted here yesterday was always the nudia.tv embed. I assume this is okay, since the Nudia.TV videos offer embedding. It’s a great way to grow the brand for sure.

Next, one of our contributors on TVOvermind.com posted the video as well – but their version came from youtube, this is where it gets dicey. Since the video is not watermarked “Nudia.TV” anywhere on it, he wouldn’t have any idea that they were the source of the video. If I had posted the video it would have been the Nudia.TV source and not the YouTUBE, because I personally know who released the video. He did not. He thought this was something floating around in the wild. So…

The bottom line is that now this accusation is being made: That I took the Nudia.TV video and put it on YouTUBE.

Not true. First of all, the publisher of the youtube video (which can be found here) is named andre, and since he’s had his channel since 2006 I think we can assume he’s legit. Next, while I was definitely aware of the source of the video – I’d recognize Jay’s laugh anywhere – my contributor on TVOvermind was not, and therefore is completely innocent of any sort of impropriety. My fault for assuming he used the same Nudia.TV embed we used here on DocArzt.com, which gives proper credit.

For sure, as we’ve gone on in the past, theft on YouTUBE is rampant. If you are in the vodcast business, you gotta make sure you watermark everything. People complain about how I watermark any exclusive footage I get here, but it is because as soon as I post it the footage is on half a dozen youtube channels and if you don’t visually watermark nobody knows where it came from. I don’t begrudge the people who use the videos, because at the end of the day they may not know who it came from if it is not watermarked, or if the watermarks were cropped out – which happens all the time.

The bottom line is: yes, we did publish the youtube video on TVOvermind, but we did not upload the video to youtube, and at the time it was published the contributor who published it did not know if was from Nudia.TV Of course, as soon as I was aware of this I corrected the citing and put the correct embed in to give Nudia.TV their proper credit. There is no conspiracy here where I was trying to claim I had snagged some exclusive footage, or anything like that. In fact, I didn’t even post it – although to be fair, it’s my site so I’m responsible. The question is, did I act responsibly in fixing the problem? Sure. I feel 100% confident of that. Was it responsible to accuse me of stealing the video and putting it on youtube when you can easily see the name of the person who posted it on youtube, and it is not me? I guess you’ll have to answer that to me.

5×12 “Dead is Dead” Investigations

AstroJones — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 04:50:44 +0000

Well, patience certainly is a virtue as was evident after tonight’s episode of Lost, “Dead is Dead.” After several slow weeks on the side of investigations and easter eggs the writers gave us some great stuff to chew on for the next week or two…ah, who are we kidding, we’ll be chewing on most of this stuff til the end of season 6. As always, clicking on the images below will take you to Sledgeweb’s Lost Stuff where you can view larger images if you so desire. But please remember to comment here at Docs and let us know what your thoughts are on these.

Anubis and Smokey

Smokey’s Lair (aka Temple Catacombs – because I happen to love the word catacombs. Its just such a cool word)

Playing Risk

This investigation actually debunks the theory that Sun and Frank returned to an alternate timeline Dharmaville a few episodes ago when they ran into Christian. The risk board in tonight’s episode was sitting in the same place Hurley and Sawyer left it over 3 years before. Once again, whatever happened, happened, and nothing has changed.

Young Ethan

Smokey’s Toilet – Ben just has to unclog the crapper, and Smokey comes a runnin’

What Lies in the Shadow of the Statue?

Ben’s Judgement

Additional images from Ben’s Judgement can be found here.

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LOST 5.12 – Dead is Dead – Hieroglyphics Mania!

docarzt — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 02:52:29 +0000

In the words of my good friend AstroJones “Anubis, the Donkey Wheel, and Smokey in one picture? This is better than Playboy!” Okay, I made the Playboy part up – but you get where I’m going. Geek-gasm! Since I know LOST has inspired at least a few of you to become amateur Egyptologists… how about somebody decipher this. Is that a UFO? No, it’s an eyeball – now get serious. (Thanks to Sledgeweb for the pic!)

in my opinion, the etching depicts smokey and the wheel in conflict. The elements face one another from opposite sides. Since we’ve seen what remains of Anubis, and know Smokey is still around we know how that fight – if that is what this depicts – turned out. If this is true, are the ‘original people’ the Egyptians? Or are the others/hostiles interlopers of yet another brand?

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5×10 “He’s Our You” Investigations

AstroJones — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 04:21:51 +0000

Hey all, Astro here from Sledgeweb’s Lost Stuff again with some investigation images from “He’s Our You.” I hate to say it, but tonight’s episode was a little lite on investigation quality images. There were a couple, such as the new Book Club entry A Separate Reality by Carlos Castaneda as well as young Ben getting shot. So, A Separate Reality, is this just a red herring, or are the writers suggesting that our losties are currently in an alternate reality? As for young Ben, the images show that he was shot in the chest, very near his heart. Seems like it would take a miracle for him to survive. Thank goodness he’s on Reincarnation Island! Click on the images to get a larger view on Sledgeweb’s site. And don’t forget to let us know any thoughts or comments you have below.

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5×09 “Namaste” Investigations

AstroJones — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 06:15:06 +0000

Our friends over at Sledgeweb’s Lost Stuff compile screenshots each week of interesting shots, Easter Eggs, and other such mysteries they discovered in the episode. This week we’re providing some thumbnails of some of the images they’ve posted, with direct links back to their site. The images include the Swan model, Smokey in the house with Christian, and the woman behind Sun. Enjoy the images and feel free to let us know what you think about the various images.

Clicking on the images will provide larger versions as well as details and comments.

For some additional, miscellaneous images from Namaste, see the User Requested & Misc Images here.

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The Sickness Revealed! (Not Really)

imfromthepast — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 21:26:56 +0000

I came across this interesting video while at work.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2IrAEKO-DU

Now we know what the Sickness was…

LOST Easter Egg in Apple iPhone 3.0 Presentation

nato64 — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 22:03:14 +0000

Today, Apple gave a preview of the next iPhone OS to developers. Something quite interesting that I noticed while finding images of the presentation online is a reference to Oceanic Flight 815. Take a look for yourslef. Someone high up within Apple is a fan of Lost!

If any of you would like to find the image for yourself, you can watch the presentation on Apple.com. “Oceanic Flight 815″ appears durring the Copy-and-Paste demonstartion in Mail.app.

The LaFleur/Comic Con ‘08 Connection

docarzt — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 15:10:39 +0000

Thanks to reader Bobby for pointing this out. As far as I know, no-one else has made this connection. At the very end of the comic con ‘08 Pierre Chang film, when Chang is struggling with who we assume to be Faraday, the final thing he says is “LaFleur, what are you doing?”

LOST 5.09 Dissected – Ankh’s and Uncles

docarzt — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 13:53:14 +0000

Old Four Toes - Click For Full Size

Remember last episode when Hurley was painting an Egyptian scene? In the season 4 premiere Hurley was seen painting Eskimos, which naturally put forth the idea that Hurley was somehow psychically aware of how Penny had found the island. Has Hurley demonstrated his psychic painting skills – ala Isaac Mendez – yet again? Could be. We got our first full body look at the four-toed-statue, and he certainly looks like he could have been featured in Hurley’s water color.

There is little doubt amongst the LOST sleuthing community that old-four-toes is in fact Anubis, the Greek name for the Egyptian god of the dead. Anubis acts as escort for the dearly departed on their way to the afterlife. Those of you still clinging to the purgatory theory should love that.

To add a little heavy handed punctuation to the matter, LOST’s evil Easter egg planters gave Amy an Ankh to hang onto. Ankhs are the symbol for eternal life in the Egyptian symbol language – and Mr. Anubis is grasping two very large ones.

Now as to the over-all significance of this: if this is indeed Mr. Anubis, is the island a chunk of Egypt that was somehow dislodged and set adrift? Probably not. Mr. Anubis, given the nature of our special island, is set strategically over-looking the water as if he is the island’s greeter announcing loudly and proudly “Welcome, we have plenty of eternal life for everyone.” It seems to me that the construction of this monument was part of a colonization effort of an epic scale.

Do Anubises Have Four Toes?

A few research links for you:

History of the Egyptian Navy

Anubis at Wikipedia

Ankh at Wikipedia

Another Series Falls In LOST’s Wake

docarzt — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 00:33:20 +0000

Life On Mars is the latest series to fall victim to the post-LOST curse. Although, the series was probably a bit too sophisticated for the police-procedural crowd that stumbled into it anyways – and not sci-fi enough for anybody else. ABC has axed the import. A pity, but word has it the series will get a conclusive ending out of the deal. So what do you guys think, does following LOST spell doom for any television show?

When and Where Are the 316′rs?

docarzt — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 06:32:12 +0000

The opening to “The Life and Death of Jeremy Bentham” was on par with some of the season premieres as far as the sense of mystery it evoked. Initially it seemed to be taking place somewhere off island, perhaps Mrs. Hawking’s office – more so, it suggested that Ceaser and Ilana maybe coverts working for ’somebody,’ perhaps an intentional wink to the various fan theories floating around. Ultimately, what the scene did accomplish is a slight indication of when the 316′rs were – roughly. Didn’t notice it? Read on.

The 316 crash landed on Hydra island, and the building Caeser was looting was an office in the Hydra station – this much was revealed by the logo on the files. Some of the pages inside of the files revealed that the 316′rs are somewhere in the future. The clues were some photocopies of documents we’ve seen before.

The image on the left is from “The Life and Death of Jeremy Bentham,” and on the right is the same page from season 4. The page is from Faraday’s notebook. As we know, in the current timeline Faraday has his notebook. This clears up the question of whether the 316 folks are in the same timeline as Sawyer, Jack, and company. The only question from here is, how far into the future are they?

Lost 5.05: Screen Caps from “This Place is Death”

ErasedSlate — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 16:12:24 +0000

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Mysterious LOST Billboard Appears in LA – Ajira Is Busting Through!

docarzt — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 15:48:51 +0000

Or… perhaps clawing their way through. A new billboard has popped up in Los Angeles, meaning ABC still has a soft spot for viral marketing in the wake of killing the last ARG – I still consider that more of a mercy killing than a cost saver. Anywho, click the image and discuss the possible meanings.

Source: Inside The Experience

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LOST 5.04 – The Little Prince – Easter Eggs Revealed

docarzt — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 21:34:07 +0000

Aside from Jorge Garcia being reduced to ‘cameo’ status in his one brief, and very bright, jailhouse scene, LOST 5.04 “The Little Prince” was overflowing with fan nods, easter eggs, and good old fashioned geek-out moments. Continue on for more discoveries.

Jorge’s brief scene amounted to “hi, how are you? I’m happy in jail!” Wasn’t the big caged heat epic I was hoping for, but beggars can’t be choosers. Maybe next week? Now on to the more revealing stuff.

One of the geekiest moments for me was the island gang seeing the hatch-light from afar. Oh, but the coolness that could have – and should have – been if Locke run into Locke. Then again, maybe that would have veared the show into another one of those dreaded Time Travel cliches.

Ajira finally made its first appearance on LOST. The question is, where in time were the lostaways at this point? Is there another plane crash on the horizon? Who were the mysterious ‘Others’ that were following Sawyer and gang?

Your anagram solving script does not deceive you: that van does say “reincarnation” on it, if you scramble the letters. What does this mean, reincarnation for Locke? Perhaps Richard Alpert isn’t ageless at all, maybe reincarnation is what the island’s indigenous cult is all about.

Young Danielle and crew showed up – note Montand still has his fricken arm – but for how long? If they get caught jumping through time, things could get pretty twisted. And can everyone join me in asking: what the heck happened to Daniel’s “if it didn’t happen it can’t happen” rule, and the street metaphors, and all that… nonesense?

Besixdouze is the name of Rousseu’s boat. It is also the name of a very important ‘mass’ from the book “The Little Prince.” I suggest you get your butt to wikipedia and start doing some research.

It was like the hatch map and Ben’s journal all over again! Sun’s intriguing private investigator report kept us busy for an hour or so, until we realized it was swiped from an online game. (Read the transcript right here.)

Your turn! What did you see in “The Little Prince”? Lay it on us.

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