Lost Over-analyzed
A few months back, I finally got around to watching Lost on Netflix (they have seasons 1-5 available to watch streaming on their site). I was pretty quickly hooked, and I finally caught up with the series in time to watch the last few episodes on TV. Now, for me half the fun is the analysis of crazy stuff like this, so I found a few great places online to read up on what others had to say. One of the best that I encountered was at Overthinkingit.com, which is a great site that I highly recommend for all your time-wasting needs. Want to know what philosophical and metaphysical themes can be found in your favorite Saturday morning cartoons? Look no further! They have a great number of articles about Lost, and if you start at the beginning, you can go through the series at your own pace without having to worry about spoilers, assuming you haven't seen it all yet.
So what does this have to do with Fiction Flashback? Well, check out the following from one of the articles on season 2:
The question is, is the name Henry Gale an in-joke by Lost’s writers (like John Locke and Rousseau), or is it a clever alias? I’m leaning toward the latter. Because my guess it that this dude is not Henry Gale. He may very well have flown in on a hot air balloon, but the character in the Wizard of Oz who had a balloon was not Uncle Henry at all. It was the Wizard. Does this mean that we have found the man behind the island’s curtain, so to speak?
I also like to think that this strengthens our theory that Lost’s island is a place where all your dreams come true. At some point Mr. Gale or whatever his name is will say, “Here, Jack, you can have your brains. And Kate, here is your heart! And Cowardly Sawyer, you can have your courage! But really, it was inside you all along! See, you went through all this strife so you could learn a lesson about yourselves!” And then everyone clicks their heels and returns home to their boring black-and-white homes to pet their little dogs, too. The end.
I’m only half-joking about this.
Keep in mind that when this article was written, the author had seen no farther than season 2, episode 16. If you have any familiarity with the show, however, this is pretty amusing, whether or not it turned out to be right! That's a good question, for those of you who have seen the entire series—how right was the author?
A new take on the Ruby Slippers
I found these interesting platforms over at If Shoes Could Kill, another great site for a laugh if you have some time to kill! (You can let the shoes do it! *rimshot*)
Twisted Princesses
And finally, one of my favorite collections of Disney-inspired art! I am a huge Disney fan, and you can definitely expect some reviews of Disney movies here in the future. However, I'm not such a purest that I can't appreciate a very unusual take on Disney princesses. Have a look:
Twisted Princesses by Jeffrey Thomas
It's hard to choose a favorite, but I really like his versions of Mulan, Pocahontas, and Ariel. Jasmine is especially good, and the picture prompted my brother to announce that an Aladdin / Prince of Persia crossover fanfiction might actually be really good. (That's Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time the video game, not the movie.) Sleeping Beauty's eyes being sewn shut are creepy, but really remind me of the original story of Rapunzel, another story I'll have to get to sometime—and hey, what do you know, Disney is doing a 3D-animated Rapunzel story next! You can check out the trailer at The Trailer Station. Guess what I'll be reviewing soon? Not yet though—next up is a different treatment of a fairy tale. I'll give you a hint, it's one of the many, many versions of Cinderella out there. Keep an eye out for it later this week!
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