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  Re: Lost as TV3

  Roberta quotes the narrator

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  Julian Stringer University of Nottingham

  Tuesday, February 12, 2008 — 2:49 am

  Roberta quotes the narrator as talking of “exclusive video episodes”, but isn’t he really saying “exclusive mini-episodes”? If so, what exactly does it mean to produce a “mini-episode” of an episodic TV series? And is a mini-episode of Lost in any way dif ...
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  Re: Man Out of Time: Lost Season 3 Finale

  Will is correct to point out

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  Julian Stringer University of Nottingham

  Tuesday, February 12, 2008 — 11:53 am

  Will is correct to point out the temporal anomalies that characterise Lost flashbacks and provide another example of the show’s built-in and studied incoherence. In dramatic terms, though, the season three finale is structurally satisfying. Jack’s dialogu ...
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  Re: “You Got No Idea What’s Goin’ On On That Island!”: What SNL Can Teach Us About Lost

  Thanks for posting something

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  Julian Stringer University of Nottingham

  Thursday, February 14, 2008 — 1:37 am

  Thanks for posting something humorous as well as interesting, Ivan... One of the other dimensions of television illustrated by this particular SNL clip is the circular and self-promoting nature of TV as a medium – here we have a TV show commenting upon an ...
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  Re: The Conundrum of the Character-Driven Plot in Lost

  Stacey’s posting makes me

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  Julian Stringer University of Nottingham

  Wednesday, February 13, 2008 — 3:18 pm

  Stacey’s posting makes me think about why scholars have been so keen to invest over the years in “against the grain” readings in the first place. What exactly is this grain that fans, scholars and textual poachers are supposed to be going against, and why ...