We continue our analysis in The Secrets of ABC's Lost Part II.
!!Updated 10/14/2005, 3:42 PM!!
So we've been discussing ABC's return to badassness with Season Two of Lost. There's a host of weirdness going on and I thought I'd outline some of the cooler things that we've found or had pointed out to us.
Here's the audio clip of what Walt said to Shannon in the forest. It was just English played backward.
"Press the button. Don't. Button is bad."
Alvar Hanso is the Swedish multi-millionaire behind the Dharma Initiative. I did a bit of Googling out of curiosity and BAM! The Hanso Foundation's Web site.
Also please note the acronym for one of the projects. Cute.
On a related note, Harmon found the Web site for Dharma Industries.
Curious if the page was interactive, if I could do anything to get the scan to work, I tried mousing-over and clicking things. I noticed I could get some of the numbers to turn green. I pointed this out to Harmon and he outnerded me. He
used a Flash decompiler to figure out three hotspots on the Dharma page. If you mouse over the left hexagram during the scan you'll see the first IP number turn green. Theres two more that are elusive. He got three numbers to turn green but then nothing happened. I really think whatever the hexagram's mean are significant but so far I can't find anyone who can read the I-Ching.
Harmon then went a step further. He noticed that the Hanso page gave him a cookie for some Swedish site. From there he ninja'ed around and found this.
We know from the Season One when Sawyer was reading Watership Down that J.J. Abrams is using books as hidden visual clues to what's going on. So far we've seen a couple books this season.
When Locke was looking for the training film he pulled The Turn of the Screw off the book shelf. Later, when Desmond was packing we caught a brief glimpse of a book he was apparently reading. I puzzled out the title and found it on Amazon. The Third Policeman.
Someone also pointed out this about Hurley's numbers.
The big one that's got people around here talking is the striking similarities between the two researchers who started the Dharma Initiative and The Others that kidnapped Walt. And say, doesn't Locke's "dad" look a bit like Mr. Hanso? And he's rich too. Hmm...
I've also seen in several places that The Dharma Initiative is an anagram for Radiative Thiamin.
What do you think?
P.S. Don't forget to keep reading the Lost Diary!
***SOOPER SECRET UPDATE!!!***
Okay. So we know about the Hanso Foundation site:
http://www.thehansofoundation.org/
But how about the secure site?
https://www.thehansofoundation.org/
Check out the Web site in question.
Note the name of the page in the browser. It's morse code. I worked it out to be
-.- = K
....= H
--- = O
-.-.= C
--- = O
.-..= L
.-- = W
.- = A
... = S
-.-.= C
.-..= L
. = E
.--.= P
.. = I
..- = U
... = S
- = T
My translation was corrected to be CHOCOLATE ASCLEPIUS. Google give me this for Asclepius. This meant nothing to me until my friend (who hasn't seen last night's episode yet said this:
"Ok, I have to watch before I can guess anything else. 'cuz, if this site is legit, "chocolate medicine" could mean something. Given what Kate did 2 weeks ago."
And then it hit me. Hurley pointing out the Apollo bars. People eating them.
They've been drugged.
Anyway, some folks see different things on that page. Me, I see two polar bears marqueeing across the screen and a red dot appearing. My friends see a mouse on a piece of cheese and an MP3 starts playing. I got a few seconds in and heard "the rodent revolution". Google led me to here and now I'm more confused than ever.
Here's what I could make of the transmission (which is available for download at the above site):
Attention, all rabbits. Attention, all rabbits.
Attention, all rodents.
We the rabbits of of The Rodent Revolution send greetings to our many rabbit fans listening in at this time. To the true united (something) that cloud your minds with thoughts of masturbation and (something).
Attention, all rodents. Attention, all rodents.
Prepare to counter the secret message (
The numbers will be repeated three times and we will end this transmission...
You Humans, if you find yourselves sitting in a tub of cream of potato soup while an ugly human hooker spanks you with a knotted extension cord while you scream "Commander (something) is my savior! Commander Bunny is my savior!" you will know that our subliminal message has worked.
Ask Al Fansome how it worked on him.
Rodents and world, prepare to copy this week's secret message:
12 2 7 12 13
18 14 1 8 4
18 12 6 14 14
9 5 20 1 12
13 5 8 21 4
2 2 7 8 8
9 23 14 20 8
12 19 19 5 8
18 15 8 10 4
12 2 10 12 17
17 14 19 18 21
8 6 14 19 7
17 14 1 6 12
13 4 12 19 5
12 19 4 18 12
2 2 11 20 13
13 23 14 20 19
This is Commander Bunny. This concludes our secret message to the troops of The Rodent Revolution. Stay tuned for our next secret broadcast.
Attention all rabbits. Attention all rabbits. This is Commander Bunny. If the Rodent Revolution is going to win the war against the ape humans, the sky will fall from the sky tonight. Go out and watch. If the Rodent Revolution is going to beat the ape humans, the sky will fall from the sky tonight. So go outside and watch and see if the Rodent Revolution is going to win. And somebody please tell....
From a buddy's forum:
The leaked script page gag is getting a little bit annoying though. And, yes, for some unknown reason I did look it up. If the creators really wanted to generate interest they'd issue a press release saying that for the thrill of the hunt, the real answers to what's on the island can be found on the web somewhere with the right URL and password and so forth. This slight of hand stuff - rodents, script pages, websites, etc - is funny at first but the nerds like us that look this stuff up are going to watch the show whether they put this stuff out there or not. Then again, all this stuff on the web is probably not for generating interest in the show, but for the entertainment of the creators. Who's pressing the button now?
Agreed.
So apparently the bears and mouse cycle.
More nerdery.
If you delete all of the main red and black in the mouse image, leaving just the "main" colors you get this
Somehow (I can't duplicate it) but if you look at the bears' red dot you see "2FENO6". I've had this confirmed.
Also there is a "gasmask" MP3 that builds as the Flash plays. It's a sped up version of Walter Egans's Magnet and Steel
Here's a map of the hotspots for the Dhama site. Damn if I can get it to work.
!!OLD UPDATE!!
I've just learned this in another forum:
There are six constellations of Apollo
1. Cygnus = swan
2. Sagitta = arrow
3. Corvus = crow
4. Crater = goblet
5. Ophiuchus = serpent handler
6. Orion = the hunter
and this picture shows that the station that the tail people are in has an arrow logo.
!!OLD UPDATE!!
Someone just found this. I solved the Jumble too:
JACK WILL DIP HIS TOES IN THE OCEAN.
!!NEW UPDATE!!
We continue our analysis in The Secrets of ABC's Lost Part II.
