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Fictional Frontiers with Sohaib (Episode 32 - January 18, 2009)
 (INTRO) And this week’s show is going to be a very, very, uh, exciting show for me because we actually are going to welcome, for the first time, the experts onanything and everything related to a certain series involving an international cast, exotic locations. I guess you can say a fellowship if you will, dealing with a particular power that a lot are trying to acquire and trying to master. I’m not talking about The Lord of the Rings. I’m actually talking about, what I would call one of the most interesting and most, I guess, groundbreaking television series of the last, probably twenty, thirty years and that’s the television series Lost. And here this week the experts from Lost TV dot com (http://www.lost-tv.com/) are going to be speaking to us about the upcoming premiere and they’re going to be doing a monthly segment on our show so I just want to thank Master Xander, the Chief Polar Bear of the Lost General Discussion for allowing us to talk about something we really love, and it's gonna be wonderful to have their insight here. And Scot Gotschall, the, or one of the senior contributors to the site is actually going to be here every month talking about what I would consider to be probably the most important science fiction series since Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone. So we’re going to be going through all the theories, all the, the questions that you might have going into the fifth season; so I’m, I’m giving you an advanced warning that there are gonna be spoilers here. So if you haven’t watched the first four seasons and you don’t wanna, you don’t wanna, you know, have certain secrets or certain ideas revealed or you’re, haha, spoiler-aversive I would say stay away from our thirty, first thirty minutes of our show in any event. And the next thirty minutes is actually gonna be a lot of fun, too, because we’re going to be hearing from William Germain and Mitsuko Kichigimi, Kitijima, excuse me, and they’re going to be talking about VIZ Pictures’ Naruto. And I’m sure I don’t have to say, go into too much detail in what Naruto was about. It’s an anime, an anime and it’s one of the most popular anime/manga series in the world. Dealing with the trials and tribulations of a young ninja who, who’s trying to reach his full potential but unfortunately, he he has a sorta he has this sort of, I don’t want to say a checkered past but a dark past because he been embodied or emboweled[sic]. I guess not embodied, emboweled[sic]. The weather is starting to get to me here and I’m thinking about the three O’clock Eagles-haha, Cardinals game in which the Eagles have a real chance to make it to the Super Bowl. I just wanna say, “Go birds!”. But it’s, going back to Naruto, it’s actually about a young ninja who’s trying to reach his full potential but unfortunately he has this dark spirit that’s been placed within him that can potentially turn him into the world’s greatest villain. So he’s trying to deal with that. And the story of Naruto deals with his, the growing pains that a normal teen would have to go through with acceptance and admiration as well as dealing with what he has within. But without further ado, here’s Scot Gotschall talking about Lost and the upcoming season. SOHAIB: Scot, welcome to Fictional Frontiers. SCOT: Hi. Good to be here. Thanks for having me. SOHAIB: And I just want to clarify again. It’s Lost dash TV dot com, or Lost hyphen TV dot com (http://www.lost-tv.com/). And it is the premier fan website in the world site dealing with the series on ABC. SCOT: That’s correct. It was actually started, interestingly enough, before the series even started airing. It was founded in March of 2004. So it really took some vision from the founder to start up a web site so early. SOHAIB: How, how was it started before the show even started? That’s interesting, I was not aware of that. SCOT: Well I guess he saw some of the promotional ads on TV; he was familiar of course with J.J. Abrams from Alias. And uh, just saw the potential that it had as, as the type of drama, the type of serial drama that it was to become. SOHAIB: And, huh-huh, what a, what a visionary he was to actually, to pick up on that because I’m telling you, the series... it's funny, it's one of the most unique properties that I’ve seen in almost any fictional medium. And I have to ask you, what do you think are the elements that have led primarily to the show’s success, not just here in the States but overseas as well? SCOT: I think the primary element that people seem to enjoy the most is the mythology that the show brought originally. I remember back in the first season, one of the things that people talked about most was the smoke monster. SOHAIB: Uh-huh. SCOT: What was it? Where did it come from? What did it mean? And I think that really drew people in from the beginning. But as the series continued I think what keeps people with the show is the characters. SOHAIB: Exactly, exactly. And the cast is phenomenal and I think that's what separates Lost from so many similarly themed shows. And I’m not going to mention any names. Ha, ha, ha. Uh, we’ve mentioned them on the air quite a few times ourselves. But uh, you know, we wanna say thank you for taking the time because I know so many of our listeners huge fans of the series; as am I myself. We’re obviously headed into the, you know, the penultimate season of Lost and I have to ask right from the begi--, right from the outset: Were you relieved that ABC decided to allow the writers to set a definitive end to the series? SCOT: Well, of course we’re always relieved to know that a series, um, will be concluded in a satisfactory manner. Um, there have been twists and turns along the way to be sure. Uh, how much we trust the producers based on some of the interviews they had given early on seem to contradict what’s actually happening on the show. Uh, but we’re certainly more than happy that all our questions will be answered at some point. SOHAIB: Do you feel that, and Lost TV dot com (http://www.lost-tv.com/), is, again I’ve visited the site quite a few times when I’ve had questions, but not just about the show but the future of the show and even some of the cast members. Is it, is it a website that‘s, that’s, I guess not so much, I mean it is obviously a fan website but would you also say also that it’s also a fairly critical website? So when you mention that, uh, and I hear echos that to a certain extent certain things did not go as the writer’s intended. Is it, is it fair to say that you are a fair evaluator of the series as well? SCOT: There are critics, as well as, um, people who love the show. But, um, many times you love something you want it, you’re always looking for it to be better. SOHAIB: Um-hmm. SCOT: So think about your own family. Your own family are sometimes your worst critics just because they love you the most. SOHAIB: Hmm. SCOT: And I think that the criticism, a lot of the criticism you see on the site, comes from the love that we have for the show and the love that we have for the characters. SOHAIB: Right, right, right, and, and obviously with last season’s, you know, shocking revelations, particularly, you know, the final season finale, of uh, season four, and also the addition obviously of the elements of the flash forwards and the flashes back, what are the rumblings surrounding the discovery of Lost in the... uh, excuse me, Locke in the casket? SCOT: Well, the big question I suppose is how and why he got there. It seems that the newspaper article that claims he committed suicide, according to Sayid, is not true. Um, and Locke came back to warn them. But I think the big question is: How did he get off the Island? Um, he certainly didn’t seem intent on leaving in the season finale. So what happened while they were gone, I think is one of the biggest questions. How Locke ended up in the casket? Who put him there? How he ended up in the funeral home? All these are, all these are big questions on our minds. SOHAIB: Right, right. And uh, obviously fans speculate and that’s the fun thing about shows like Lost. But what are fans saying about Locke’s, you know, presence in there? Because, I had read - and correct me if I’m wrong - that there were actually a couple of alternate endings filmed with respect to that sequence. You know, that there were, there were rumors that Desmond was actually in the casket and... Was that true? Were there actually alternate endings filmed? And was it, were those just red herrings to sort of draw the media hounds off the scent of blood? SCOT: Well the season finale has always been, uh, extremely well-protected. It wouldn’t surprise me at all if they had actually filmed alternate endings. Like you, I had heard Desmond was one of the other options. Also, Michael, uh, coulda certainly been in the casket. But even from the season three season finale it seemed to make the most sense that Locke would be in the casket. SOHAIB: Uh-huh. SCOT: So even though they tried to throw us off, um, most of our theorists snuffed them out. SOHAIB: Has anyone speculated to as to why Locke is actually in the casket? Because Locke is actually, haha, my favorite character in the show, so I, to find, you know, I don’t, I’m hoping that’s not the end of the character of Locke in the present tense as far, or I guess in the future tense. You have to be very careful obviously when you’re talking about Lost, where, ha, where you’re talking about future, past, and present. But I was very, I was shocked to find Locke in there. As, as a fan of the character and his development from the very beginning of the show I was, I was concerned with this, you know, his ultimate outcome. Is there any, is there any strong fan theory out there that actually gaining more weight than others about why Locke is in that casket? SCOT: You know there’s lots of theories and we really just won’t know until we see it. One of the more interesting theories that’s on the forum, the Lost TV forum that we have, speculated almost from the beginning that each season would be a metaphor for the struggle of good and evil. Uh, when Locke sat, when he was playing backgammon with Walt; one side is light, the other dark. So it started with the lost, losties sorta versus the Island, then versus the tailies, then versus the others, then versus the freighter. And I think as this season progresses we’ll end up seeing the struggle between Ben and Widmore. So I think probably it’ll end up being someone, someone from Widmore’s, uh, forces; but we don’t know who as of yet. SOHAIB: Right, right. And, y'know, I was gonna ask you, I actually, before we came on the air, I came up with about, haha, ten, and I’m probably being generous here because I’m sure people can probably come up with a lot more questions than myself. But I had so many questions related to the, uh, I don’t, for lack of a better phrase, “unsolved mysteries” of Lost. And one of the biggest ones obviously is the relationship between Locke and Widmore. Um, and also, Widmore’s, relationship with, uh, hahaha, a person who actually took on a name of someone from the Wizard of Oz, our favorite Ben. Talk a little bit about that and what do we hear about the relationship between Locke, Widmore, and Ben. Is there a triangular relationship there, or is this, is this a battle between... uh, is that what we, you think is gonna happen? Are we actually going to see a battle between Ben and Widmore ultimately in the end for control of the island? SCOT: I think it’ll end up being a battle between Ben and Widmore; and that may be this coming season only. In season six we may see a much more broad battle among corporations or among governments as that metaphor continues upwards. Locke, up to this point, has seemed to be mostly a pawn, but he could very well end up being the hero of this war. Um, defending his homeland, so to speak and becoming the new leader. SOHAIB: Exactly, exactly. And, you know obviously, one of the, one of the most compelling elements of Locke’s character is his relationship with the entity, or the character of Jacob. What do we know about Jacob and what’s the fan speculation with respect to, and for lack of a better phrase, the character of Jacob? SCOT: Well Jacob was perhaps the most anticipated character reveal in Lost history. Uh, we all knew it was coming from the previews. Um, we were, each of one of us perched outside the cabin, uh, so to speak to see who was in there. The general speculation according to his clothing, according to his, um, aversion to technology is that he seems to be from the Black Rock ship that landed on the Island. Now why he’s sort of stuck in this type of existence perhaps it has something to do with the incident that was mentioned by Marvin Candle. Perhaps he somehow was able to harness the Island’s time travel properties, and is somehow stuck in time somewhere. Perhaps he is able, he has discovered how to exist in more than one time at once. Um, but that is certainly an interesting character and probably holds a lot of answers for what has happened and what will come to happen on the Island. SOHAIB: Now if, if I’m understanding you correctly, the idea is that he is a separate character from the Island. Is there any theory out there that he indeed is the Island? Is that just, uh, haha, my own private possible theory on what's happening or is it possible that he is a manifestation of the Island, you know, taking human form so to speak? SCOT: Well, as far as theories go, there’s one, there seems to be one for each and every fan. So, um, most theories are out there already. There’s a theory that Jacob and the Smoke Monster and the Island are all sort of different versions of the same entity. SOHAIB: Uh-huh. SCOT: So that’s also a very interesting theory. SOHAIB: And that leads to the Smoke Monster as well. And I know you mentioned that at the outset because we still don’t have a clear, you know, we have sort of hints at the Smoke Monster being a sort of security system, if you will, for the Island. And obviously, Locke had a confrontation, or, with the Smoke Monster in which he survived. But unfortunately, another one of my favorite characters, you know, who seemed to have left for personal reasons, Mr. Eko, met a, a terrible fate at the, obviously not the hands, but at the might of the Smoke Monster. What do we know about the Smoke Monster? Is he definitely pretty much confirmed that he’s a security system for the Island? Is that pretty much laid out and do we-- SCOT: Uh-- SOHAIB: I'm sorry? SCOT: That seems to be confirmed. But that comes from Danielle, and for all we know, Danielle could be completely off her rocker. SOHAIB: Uh-huh. SCOT: So, the fact that it is a security system seems to be true. Ben, in this past season seems to use it as a security system when Keamy’s team arrived. Um, some of the... what’s interesting is when Locke first survived the attack from the Smoke Monster he said that he had “looked into the eye of the Island and it was beautiful”. SOHAIB: Uh-huh. SCOT: This is in stark contrast in what the viewers see when Eko meets the Smoke Monster. So there could actually be two; again, one representing light and the other dark. SOHAIB: Hmm, hmm. Was that the reason why Eko was eliminated because of the personal reasons involved, or was that, do you think that was actually part of the ultimate plan of the storyline, to show the might of the, or y'know, the dual nature of the Smoke Monster or the fact that there was another Smoke Monster? Was he taken out of the series for that reason? What are your, what was the community abuzz about with re... with regard to that? SCOT: My understanding, and it’s always difficult to speculate on what the writers plans were or what the producers plans were and again it’s hard to speculate on, on the personal lives of the actors, rather than the characters. Um, but I believe the character of Mr. Eko was always planned to be, to meet up with his demise by the hand of the Smoke Monster. However, I believe some of the episodes had to be reordered . SOHAIB: Huh. SCOT: Because, because of his personal issues. SOHAIB: Oh, ok. And obviously, with the second season we saw quite a few glimpses of the Dharma Initiative. And are we going find out a little bit more about what the Dharma Initiative really is? I mean obviously, if you’re, if you’re a fan of the show and you, you’ve gone through the viral marketing aspects of Lost and you’ve gone online there have been, there’s so much of a richer history then what’s seen in the show. But for someone who just watches only the show, are the viewers going to get a definitive answer, um, to the motivations and the history of the Dharma Initiative? Are they gonna get one this season? Is that what we’re hearing or is that something that you think will probably end up being more tied into the final season of the show? SCOT: That’s exactly what I’m hearing for this season. Uh, one of the things that needs to be reconciled is that Danielle says that she’s been on the Island for sixteen years and the Purge, uh, supposedly happened twelve years ago according to Locke’s vision of Horace. So that needs to be reconciled. I think that will be addressed this season. I think that the Dharma Initiative and the heyday, so to speak, of the Dharma Initiative will also be addressed. Maybe right away at the beginning of this season. SOHAIB: Huh. Huh. And again as I mentioned, Desmond, he seemed... It’s funny because when he was first introduced in the show you just thought he was this poor individual who was, you know, typing in the numbers to, uh, to I guess protect the energy from being released from the Island. It appears, you know, that he was a very compassionate and you’re empathetic to his plight, but it seems there’s a lot more to Desmond after the incident at the end of season two. Talk about Demsond’s role; what are we hearing about what we’re going to learn about him? Because it seems, like, you know, even though there were rumors about him being filmed in the casket. It seems that he’s going to be playing a critical role all the way up to the end of the show. SCOT: Well, Desmond is the one who has supposedly saved the world with his button pushing. Um, I think as the viewers he is a gateway to a lot of the information because he is the one who has experienced these “jumps” or these time travel anomalies, um, the most. He also has met Mrs. Hawking which is, um, supposedly playing a large role this season. SOHAIB: Uh. SCOT: So I think that he will continue to be a kind of chorus that the writers use as... introductions into different aspects of time travel. SOHAIB: And he also was the main contributor to adding “brutha” to the most fans' vernacular. Hahahah. SCOT: “See you in another life, brutha.” SOHAIB: Excatly, exactly. Ha, ha. I can’t tell you how many times my brother has said that to me, and I still, it never bothers me one time which must say something about the character of Desmond. But, um, and tied into the supernatural elements or the elements of the show, we have the character of Walt, as well. What are we hearing about Walt? And obviously, his growing up and the little spurt had to be addressed by the writers. But it seems to have fallen into exactly what they were trying to do. What do we know about Walt and what do you think we're going to see from the character of Walt in the upcoming season, particularly since his father is no longer with us, it seems? SCOT: Walt has always been one of my favorite characters and I’ve always thought of him as kind of a Buddha for the Island. Especially as Locke’s mentor when he came to him when Locke was in the pit and said, “Get up Locke. You have got work to do.” Also, what’s interesting, the writers have said, and whether we believe them or not, that Walt was actually cast with his growth spurt in mind. That it was not only planned for but they wanted that to happen. That that was part of the plot. Now what his future role will be, we don’t know. Um, but we’re hoping that he’ll be instrumental; at least I am because he is one of my favorites. SOHAIB: Oh, yeah. And it’s ever since, you know, the comic issue. Uh, again we’re Fictional Frontiers we, we’re obviously into, and as are the writers of the show, huge fans for the comic industry. Uh, when Walt was reading the comic with the polar bear and then the polar bear shows up on the Island. And then also, some of the uhh, I guess you would say less than normal events of his, of his life growing up with his parents. There seems to be something tying Walt to the Island and I think you definitely have hit on something where you know I want to know more about it, and I do like him as a character a lot as well. And I don’t want to say his counterpart, but the role of Aaron as well, as one of the Oceanic Six, but also someone that was supposedly, uh, a threat to the world, so to speak. That he had to, he could not, or I don’t know if it's a threat to the world but he had to be delivered or leave Australia initially. Talk a little about the character of Aaron. What do we know about him, and obviously he’s not really, he’s more of an idea than a character at this point. But what do you think we’re going to see as far as Aaron is concerned? SCOT: Well, whereas Time Travel seems to be the big thing. So we’re looking into the past, we’re looking into the present. The past includes the Dharma Initiative, Adam and Eve... The future as we progresss will be Aaron. So the future of the Island is Aaron, is Walt, Ji-Yeon. So I think that as they progress, as they progress the story into the future and not just the past and present we’ll be seeing perhaps a grown up Aaron on the island. SOHAIB: Hmm, Hmm... And you’re speaking of the timeless nature of it, what about the mayor of Gotham, Nestor Carbonell, who’s, haha, uh, he’s been sort of a mentor to, Locke, but also he visited Locke when he was a youth. You know he hasn’t aged at all, and he still has the mascara it seems on his eyes as well, but-- SCOT: Ha, ha. SOHAIB: --um, what about his character? What do we know about him and what can we see as far as his role because obviously he’s one of the natives, or he seems to be the later of the quote-unqUote "natives" of the Island who were before the others. Or if he is a member of the others? SCOT: Right, he appears to be one of the natives and he appears to be either ageless or to be able to travel through time. Why he has never become a leader himself, we don’t know. Whether he’s one of the original natives, dating back to the Four-toed statue or if he was around with the Black Rock, we don’t know. Um, he’s certainly a character that we’re very interested to find out more about. SOHAIB: Mmm-hmm, mmm-hmm. Oh yeah, definitely. And, you know I have to ask again because for a while there, in the second season, I, and I think that's, you know we’re in an era when the attention span of most people is probably akin to that of a gnat, in a sense; and I’m not trying to criticize anyone, but people don’t have the patience that they once did even 20 years ago, and I’m probably dating myself here, but the question about the numbers. Uh, obviously, the numbers are one of the big, I guess you could say, sort of, symbols of the show, and I know that the writers have sort of been coy about the numbers. Do you think that we’re, we're pretty much done with the numbers and it’s just sorta like a point of, “Wow, that’s interesting that there are numbers here, here, there’s some interconnectedness.” Or do you think we're actually gonna see some definitive answer as far as the numbers that were put into the keyboard and had such a major role in the show, even involving the hatch and aside from the hatch? SCOT: I think they’re gonna come up again. They were part of the Lost Experience and I believe the book that was written, Bad Twin, I believe it was called, included the numbers in what was called the Valenzetti Equation which predicted the end of the world. So we think that one of the Dharma Initiative's projects was to change that Valenzetti Equation, um, to try to postpone the end of the world. Now again, this is just a theory that we have on Lost, on our Lost TV Forum.com (http://www.losttv-forum.com/). But we think it’s going to come up again as what the Dharma Initiative was working on. SOHAIB: Hmm. SCOT: And don’t forget they do continue to come up, they came up in the season finale when Hurley got into the Camaro. SOHAIB: Exactly, exactly. SCOT: So the numbers again; so they haven’t disappeared completely. SOHAIB: Exactly, exactly. And speaking of Hurley, he was obviously a member of the Oceanic Six and he’s gonna be going back to the Island. And the crying of Jack, “We have to go back. We have to go back.” Why do you... SCOT: “We have to go baaaaaack, Kate!” SOHAIB: Hahahahaha, I wasn’t gonna do it.... I’m glad you did it for me, though, because I’ve heard that and so many of my Lost fans, they always say, anytime you have to say “we have to go back” somewhere it’s always in the Jack’s, you know, wailing voice, so to speak. But... talk a little bit about the Oceanic Six and why is it so incumbent for them to go back and why was it important for them not to leave the Island? SCOT: I’m sorry I missed that question. SOHAIB: Oh, why is it that the Oceanic Six are being compelled and forced to go back to the Island, so to speak? And why was it so important for them not to leave? Is there a theory to why? I guess that ties into everything related to the original Oceanic flight crash. SCOT: Yeah, well, really that’s the big mystery. That’s the big mystery. One of my favorite theories on the board is that, um, they were originally supposed to die in the plane crash and so the Island took them from that reality because it knew it could use them as sort of... extra? Save the world. And then return them to that reality at the end. SOHAIB: Oh, I like that theory. Ha, ha. That’s an interesting theory, actually. So you think that maybe ties into the whole time travel motif. Now I know that the writers have said that, you know, there’s supernatural elements are not really that, uh, I don’t wanna say that there’s a "logical," quote-unquote, reason for everything, but it seems that there’s a very scientific basis for a lot of the theories on Lost. You have to ask the question about the four-toed statue, or, I don’t want to say the monolith, but the foot of the four-toed statue that Sayid saw as they were moving around the Island. Talk a little bit about that. Is that indicative of aliens, you think, or is it a, you know, the human race has evolved to another level? What are we hearing about that? SCOT: We, that, that’s one of the mysteries we don’t know. And I’m not sure that one's going to come back. I suppose at one point, Richard could take off his shoes and socks and we see that he has four toes, but I’m not sure what evolutionary purpose that would serve on the Island. Um, so I’m not sure that one’s coming back. SOHAIB: So you think there's, so you’re saying that basically even with Lost, you think there is going to be some things we'll never know the answers, is what you’re saying, possibly. SCOT: I really do. I think there’s gonna be quite a few things that we either get, um, unsatisfactory answers or no answers at all, unfortunately. SOHAIB: Hmm. And as a fan, such a passionate fan about the show, how do you feel about that? Does that, does that bother you that that might very well be the case or is that just fodder for probably a future film? Because I know there were rumblings about that as well. SCOT: I think it’s both. I think it’s fodder, I think it’s fodder not only for films, for spin-offs, but also just day-to-day conversation with my friends as we’re watching the DVDs for the eighth time and, and say, "What do you think happened with, you know, Yemi’s plane." Or, um, "Why was Libby in the mental institution?" And, "Isn’t it a coincidence that Libby’s husband was David and Hurley’s friend was Dave?" SOHAIB: Mmm-hmm, mmm-hmm. SCOT: A lot of those things I’m just not sure we’ll ever get answers to but I... that doesn’t mean that the series won’t come to a satisfactory conclusion. SOHAIB: Right, right, right. So you’re, you’re confident that, and I know the writers said, and, Lindelof and Abrams, have said from the beginning that they've had, they have a definitive ending to the show. And it's so funny because here at Fictional Frontiers, we have so many authors, and writers, and creators, and directors, and you know they all have their particular storylines and one of the big, um, big reference points is that... I was asking myself that one of the criticisms of Lost at one point is that they didn’t have an ending but the writers have insisted from the beginning that there is a definitive ending to the show. Are you confident that there is one, that there was one always and that, you know... Is it, do you think that the fans have actually figured it out? That’s another thing I’ve always wondered, because there’s so many theories out, do you think someone has actually figured it out, if there is one out there? SCOT: I think somebody has probably come very, very close. I don’t think anybody has gotten it exactly and, you know, there’s hundreds, if not thousands of theories out there. Um, some of them are very, very good. I joke, I joke on the forum that some of the theories are better than what I think the actual writers have probably come up with. SOHAIB: Hahahaha. SCOT: Um... But I do think they probably had an ending in mind when they started. If not the road to get there, certainly the destination. SOHAIB: Hmm... And uh, I, you know again, I wanna emphasize to our listeners that it’s Lost TV, excuse me, Lost dash TV dot com (http://www.lost-tv.com/) and again this is the premiere fan website and it’s funny, the reason I actually went and contacted, uh, the website’s, uh, webmaster is because the site is so well-run and there’s such a wealth of information on there and I can tell you honestly, myself, I have been confused at times from, with certain elements of the show and I will tell you if you go to visit the site, particularly the forums as well, someone is gonna clarify and explain something to you. So I think that after, I’d almost say it’s required visiting after any Lost episode that you visit Lost dash tv dot com (http://www.lost-tv.com/) because it really is the definitive site, and next month we’re gonna be going over, um, what’s going to be happening, or what has happened, I should say, after, after about a week’s worth, excuse me, a month’s worth of shows. And Scot, we’d love to have you back on again and, uh, hopefully we’ll both be a little bit more satisfied because I know the anticipation is probably killing you as it’s killing me. SCOT: I know. It’s this Wednesday and I cannot wait. I cannot wait. And of course, um, the founder, he goes by the name Master Xander, of Lost TV dot com (http://www.lost-tv.com/), and then Lost TV dash forum dot com (http://www.losttv-forum.com/) is the forum website. And, uh, you know it used to be even four, five years ago I remember people talking about the crazy people online taking screenshots of every second and dissecting every little thing that happens on the show. And, yeah, there’s a lot of that, but mostly it’s just casual conversation like we’ve been having about the, about the characters, about the theories, and all that good stuff. A lot of people have questions and a lot of people have answers. So it’s just a place for people to get together and talk about the show. SOHAIB: So, before we head out, my uh, rebuttal to that is if anyone ever, I don’t want to say ridicules or has any negative comments about those who do do that. If you can have ten hours consecutively on sports talk radio dealing with one particular football game, haha, I don’t see... and analyzing and micro-analyzing every millisecond of an NFC playoff game, I don’t think there’s anything wrong with an hour or two of discussion about, uh, one of the, uh, one of the most impressive works of fiction that we’ve seen come down the pipe in quite a long time. SCOT: Yeah, I completely agree. And my rebuttal is always, "Well fine, I won’t answer your questions, then!" SOHAIB: Hahahahahaha. I like that, too. Scot, it’s been great. SCOT: We do talk about all sorts of media. We have a Battlestar Gallactica section, Heroes, um, True Blood on HBO as well as music, movies, other TV, and a library. As well as a community section on the forum. So even if Lost isn’t your thing, if it’s Lord of the Rings, if it’s the Dark Tower series from Stephen King, we have some sections for those as well. SOHAIB: Fantastic. And there’s a permanent link on Fictional Frontiers dot com (http://www.fictionalfrontiers.com/) so if any of you need to, y'know, just for whatever reason, maybe my... and I get accused of this from time to time by our friends at VIZ Media, sometimes my pronunciations and explanation of certain things that need to be typed on to the computer is not as clear. You can just go to the website, Fictional Frontiers dot com (http://www.fictionalfrontiers.com/). The link is prominently there. Scot, it’s been fantastic! We’ll be in touch next month. SCOT: Ok, great. Thanks for inviting me. SOHAIB: Take care. |