With the new season of LOST starting in just a few weeks I went back and re-watched season 4. Last night I was discussing it with a friend and we came up with a theory. While not new in all the discussions of LOST on the web it was new to us.

Is it possible that the LOST island is Atlantis?

I was going to explain why this makes sense, but then I stumbled on a well written explanation that does it better than I could. Taken from LOST-Theories.com:

I know there were some theories about the Lost island being the Atlantis (e.g “The Ultimate Theory: The Philosophers Mind” by Edgar_Hallowax), i’m pretty sure that the island is Atlantis, only after the words of Locke about “moving the island” at the end of S04x11.


My arguments are: (some may be reiterated)


All the historical sources about the Atlantis (which is described as an island or a group of islands) refers to an abrupt disappearance of the whole continent. Many writings, including Plato’s “Dialogues” tells us that in a single day and night, with violent earthquakes and floods the island of Atlantis disappeared in the depths of the sea. Now we all know the island can move in time and space. In the Season 4 finale we will probably see how Locke and Ben will “move the island”. Look out for an earthquake and maybe flood like event during the season finale.


The location of the Lost island also fits the most probable location of Atlantis; in the Pacific Ocean, south of Indonesia. (Atlantis Checklist)


The capitol of Atlantis was described as a city surrounded by three concentric moats with carved tunnels into the rings and an outer Wall… (The UnMuseum - The Lost Continent of Atlantis[/url]). Now, look at the Dharma logo!.. ([url=http://lostpedia.wikia.com/wiki/DHARMA_logos]Dharma Logos - Lospedia). The main logo and all the other station logos only have the 3 concentric interrupted rings and an outer solid line in common (which may resemble the inner moats interrupted with tunnels and bridges and the outer wall). The similarity to the presumed configuration of the lost city of Atlantis is remarkable.


Another central, unique feature of Atlantis were its seas, rendered “innavigable” by cataclysm as reported by Plato and other ancient authorities. These writings are interpreted as the seas were innavigable because they were covered thick with giant banks of floating, fiery pumice-stone from volcanic eruptions. Seas around our Lost island is also innavigable, but due to magnetic anomalies.


We all know that there is a four-toe ancient statue on the island. It is said that Apollon and Athena, the Greek Gods, are usually depicted with four toes on each foot. So this statue with his sandal is a definite proof for the existence of an ancient civilization on the island.


Some people on the island call themselves as “natives”, they are led by Richard Apert who dont seem to age. Remember “Fountain of Youth”, one of the most famous stories about the legend of Atlantis.


We also know that there is a “temple” on the island which we didn’t see yet. How about a Temple of Poseidon, another Atlantean landmark?… Remember the hyrogliphes in the hatch as well. For many historians Atlantean civilization was the ancestor of ancient Egypt.


If the island sink and rise for various reasons (volcanic activity or deliberate “movement” this explains why Black Rock is in the middle of the island.


According to some investigators Atlantis was a place of advanced civilization. On the island we witnessed many advanced technology stations supposed to be operated by Dharma Initiative. We are informed that the roots of Dharma goes to Alvar Hanso but we do not clearly know if the stations are build by Dharma or they are just taken over the stations or some technologies from the “natives”. Moreover we still do not know what “Black Smoke” is, how they “time travel” or move the island etc. All of these “technologies” can be the heritage of an ancient civilization whose descendants still living on the island. Alvar Hanso may be a man who once discovered the island by accident and revealed the features it has and began to exploit it in some way or other. Native people of the island may have tried to expel them and succeed with the help of Benjamin Linus, but they have returned now. In this point both Benjamin Linus and John Locke seems to be special people for the native folk (hence Atlanteans), their birth, their arrival in the island and their relationship with the natives (and Jacob) are another story but I think the advanced technology of the Atlanteans has something to do with Ben and John’s births (John was a “special project”

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So there you have it. Some very interesting reasons why the island could in fact be Atlantis.

It is 2009 and, although things look more promising than they have in quite some time (if ever), we are still without an "it's on" Repairman Jack movie announcement.

With the SAG strike looming, despite the recent positive developments, when do you think that the announcement will come that the Repairman Jack movie has been finalized and it is moving toward pre-production?

-Wapitikev

Amazon gave me my own store.

http://www.amazon.com/F.-Paul-Wilson/e/B000AP9H7M

I'm doing my part in these cash-strapped times: To start off the new year right, here are new bargain-priced ($4.99) editions of a pair of medical thrillers from my backlist.

Implant is straightforward suspense with an intriguing anti-villain (sort of the opposite of an anti-hero). The often snarky Kirkus Reviews said it "features an attractive and well-spoken villain whose warped take on things is understandable, if not justified...A terrific story." If you don't like politicians, you'll enjoy watching a number of them sent off to that Great Filibuster in the Sky via a method as insidious as it is ingenious. More reviews and synopses here.

Deep as the Marrow - libertarians love this novel. It's more of a political thriller, involving the fallout from the president's decision to call off the war on drugs and legalize the damn stuff. A character named Poppy stole the show and has generated more mail than anyone outside of Repairman Jack. The Associated Press called it "Truly inspired in conception and perfect in execution." (This is one time you can believe AP.) More reviews and synopses here.

Has anyone checked out this movie with Ryan Reynolds? It's pretty good and you get to see a different style of Ryan. You can see him do an intense sort of look very well in a couple scenes which will be great for jack. And in the movie he pulls off some funny scenes more with facial looks and actions rather than funny lines in most of his other movies.

Since discovering the use of Netflix through my XBOX 360 I have found myself watching many movies that would never appeal to me...simply because they are free.

Seed is one of these movies.

I think that any movie made by Uwe Bolle needs to have a disclaimer in the beginning that the film you are about to see will be an incomprehensible mess made by a director/screenwriter with no discernable talent.

Much to my shock, SEED did begin with a warning. It said the film was based on a true story and that it contained horrific scenes of anmial torture and urged viewrs to go to the PETA website for more information on the footage they were witnessing.

No sooner did this warning disappear that my screen was flooded with a montage of video of complete and horrific scenes of animals being tortured. It was horrific and damn near made me cry...no joke. The worst part was that Uwe inserted this footage for shock value only as it served to purpose to move the story forward. It was an assualt on the viewer simply to shock them.

why didn't Uwe insert scenes of the death camps as well? would that have crossed the line?

From the opening scenes we are treated to a horribly filmed and terribly acted dream sequence where a serial killer (Seed, his last name) is on a bus and kills a baby by picking it up and slamming it into a hand rail.

Then the film degrades (Yes...degrades...these first scenes were appraenty the pinnacle of the film) into a mess of non-linear storytelling (though I am sure this was not on purpose), horrible camerawork, and botched executions.

Seed has been captured and attempted to be executed twice...if they try a third time and fail he gets set free. The warden and arresting officer as well as a few select others pronounce the still breathing Seed dead and bury him alive.

Seed wakes up, digs himself out of his grave a`la Uma Thurman in Kill Bill volume 2 and exacts revenge by going on another killing spree that targets not only those who wronged him but anyone he wishes including a poor woman who gets bludgeoned to death with a hammer/hatchet. The scene is meant to be horrifying but comes across cartoonish all the while taking itself seriously.

Uwe needs to be stopped. How in the world does this talentless hack keep getting money to make films? Every film he has made has been a box office disaster (House of the Dead, In the Name the King, Alone in the Dark, BloodRayne...) his filmography reads like an epic fail list yet people still give him work.

I am waging a one man war on stopping Uwe...I don't know how but I will bring an end to him...

so a lot of my friends and family are asking about the repairman jack/adversary series of books, and i dont think i could do them justice just by explaining them. problem is, i dont know which order to recommend reading them in. id like to preserve all the suspense that i experienced when i first read these series all those years ago, so i dont want to mess this up. any suggestions?

Or are critics just idiots?

Before I went to see this movie, I'd heard reviews say that the movie cleverly conceals what is really going on.

CRITICS HAVE NO BRAINS!!!

It's pretty damn obvious what's going on and why. So what's the point of making it sound like the movie is cryptic? It's so screamingly freakingly obvious what Will Smith's character is doing and why. Who can't put together organ donations and flashbacks of a horrible wreck and figure it out? Not to mention the movie begins with Will Smith callng 911 to report his own suicide. Duh...

It's not complex at all. I wish that reviews would be a tad bit more accurate.

These rankings are based on number of tickets sold and adjusted for inflation. Some surprises.

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/adjusted.htm

From "A Boy Named Charlie Brown". I don't recall the peanuts being this violent, but I guess it was. Funny stuff.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKxXAwBRuVo