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  Re: Lost is a Four Letter Word

  Fascinating (and now four

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  Will Brooker Kingston University

  Thursday, February 14, 2008 — 12:17 pm

  LOTR and NZ? Finally, the possible link between the Pearl Station and Pearl Harbor never stuck me ...
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  Lost is a Four Letter Word

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  Julian Stringer University of Nottingham

  February 14, 2008

  3 comments

  Lost is a Four Letter Word Lost narrative global/local Franco Moretti literary theory media capitals Hawaii on location Oahu cultural geography Curator's Note Franco Moretti writes that in literary works “each space determines, or at least encourages ...
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  Re: “You Got No Idea What’s Goin’ On On That Island!”: What SNL Can Teach Us About Lost

  As a side-note, I'm

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  Will Brooker Kingston University

  Wednesday, February 13, 2008 — 9:50 pm

  As a side-note, I'm genuinely surprised (perhaps I shouldn't be) that of the four clips so far, only mine is from Lost itself. I guess this suggests the way that "Lost" is scattered across various texts (and we're only including f ...
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  Re: The Conundrum of the Character-Driven Plot in Lost

  Another point to raise re

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  Roberta Pearson University of Nottingham (UK)

  Wednesday, February 13, 2008 — 5:27 pm

  old technology). We're wondering if aside from publicising the book, we're not all just ...
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  Re: The Conundrum of the Character-Driven Plot in Lost

  As an academic, I'm well

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  Will Brooker Kingston University

  Wednesday, February 13, 2008 — 12:27 pm

  As an academic, I'm well used to videos where fans cleverly select from the official text to support their own reading. But watching this, I found myself responding with mild outrage (even while I admired the execution) and mockery... as a Sawyer fan ...
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  “You Got No Idea What’s Goin’ On On That Island!”: What SNL Can Teach Us About Lost

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  Ivan Askwith Big Spaceship

  February 13, 2008

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  gender focus, but I’m willing to bet it’s not an accidental one.) ...
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  The Conundrum of the Character-Driven Plot in Lost

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  Stacey Abbott Roehampton University

  February 13, 2008

  12 comments

  The Conundrum of the Character-Driven Plot in Lost Lost narrative cult fan videos character-driven plots Curator's Note Lost is a conundrum. Its phenomenal success positions it squarely within mainstream television while its enigmatic and seemingly s ...
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  Re: Man Out of Time: Lost Season 3 Finale

  Stacey asks "If the fans are

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  Jason Mittell Middlebury College

  Wednesday, February 13, 2008 — 3:20 am

  creative possibilities. ...
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  Re: Man Out of Time: Lost Season 3 Finale

  Oh, one more note: Somehow,

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  Ivan Askwith Big Spaceship

  Wednesday, February 13, 2008 — 12:09 am

  he doesn't remember, in this moment, that his father is dead. Possible, and I'd bet ... that's how he was advised to play the line by the showrunners. But the last possibility, of course, is ... again. (After all, the show has given sufficient evidence to suggest that this is possible.) What ...
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  Man Out of Time: Lost Season 3 Finale

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  Will Brooker Kingston University

  February 12, 2008

  13 comments

  Man Out of Time: Lost Season 3 Finale transmedia temporality puzzles narrative Lostpedia Lost games fandom collective intelligence brand communities ARG ABC Curator's Note It opens, of course, in medias res. We are thrown into the scene – thrown forw ...

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