Replicas Redux by Gary Numan & Tubeway Army
Early Bobby Darin by Bobby Darin
Stronger by Carlene Carter
Touch of Gold/Wild Night by Johnny Rivers
Real Emotional Trash by Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks
CD new releases March 4, 2008
Replicas Redux by Gary Numan & Tubeway Army
Early Bobby Darin by Bobby Darin
Stronger by Carlene Carter
Touch of Gold/Wild Night by Johnny Rivers
Real Emotional Trash by Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks
Vintage Doctor Who newspaper article
I love this photo, found in the Feb. 5, 1964, issue of Britain's Daily Express.
New action figures
Here's a list of recently released and upcoming action figures. Click links to order from Amazon.
Marvel Milestones 2008 Captain America Statue
Marvel Milestones Zombies Spider-Man Vs Venom Statue
Marvel Max Howard The Duck Statue
Robin 13 Inch Collector Figure
Superman/Batman Composite Superman
Superman/Batman Series 5 Joker and Mr. Mxyzpltk
Superman/Batman Series 5 Supergirl
Superman/Batman Series 5 Power Girl
Marvel Milestones 2008 Captain America Statue
Marvel Milestones Zombies Spider-Man Vs Venom Statue
Marvel Max Howard The Duck Statue
Robin 13 Inch Collector Figure
Superman/Batman Composite Superman
Superman/Batman Series 5 Joker and Mr. Mxyzpltk
Superman/Batman Series 5 Supergirl
Superman/Batman Series 5 Power Girl
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Led Zeppelin will not tour again, reports a source close to singer Robert Plant.
The Sunday Mirror newspaper quotes an anonymous source as saying that the band have turned down a £100 million offer to tour, with Plant’s own non-Led Zeppelin musical plans the reason for the decision.
The newspaper quotes the source as saying: “Despite the enormous offer, the decision did not come down to money. They always said they would do the one-off show and then see how they felt.
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But forget Led Zep, the Rutles are reuniting!
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"Paul McCartney – no, John Lennon – yes. An unusual group, not as rocky as most. More country and western with a tendency to play music. Overall – yes." Learn what BBC programmers really thought of up-and-coming acts they were considering booking for the network's shows.
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See George Carlin on "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour" in 1968.
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What if brilliant designer Saul Bass had done the title sequence for "Star Wars"?
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See the live-action Captain America--on TV in 1966!
The Sunday Mirror newspaper quotes an anonymous source as saying that the band have turned down a £100 million offer to tour, with Plant’s own non-Led Zeppelin musical plans the reason for the decision.
The newspaper quotes the source as saying: “Despite the enormous offer, the decision did not come down to money. They always said they would do the one-off show and then see how they felt.
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But forget Led Zep, the Rutles are reuniting!
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"Paul McCartney – no, John Lennon – yes. An unusual group, not as rocky as most. More country and western with a tendency to play music. Overall – yes." Learn what BBC programmers really thought of up-and-coming acts they were considering booking for the network's shows.
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See George Carlin on "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour" in 1968.
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What if brilliant designer Saul Bass had done the title sequence for "Star Wars"?
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See the live-action Captain America--on TV in 1966!
Indiana Jones special edition DVDs out May 13
All three Indiana Jones movies will be out in special edition form May 13, along with a box set collecting the whole batch.
"Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark," "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom" and "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade" Special Edition DVDs boast all-new, exclusive bonus features.
Here's a look:
The Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark Special Edition DVD is presented in widescreen enhanced for 16:9 TVs with Dolby Digital English 5.1 Surround, French 2.0 Surround and Spanish 2.0 Surround and English, French and Spanish subtitles. The disc includes the following special features:
-- "Raiders of the Lost Ark": An Introduction by Steven Spielberg & George Lucas
-- Indiana Jones: An Appreciation--The cast and crew of "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" pay tribute to the original trilogy.
-- The Melting Face--A recreation of the amazing physical effect of the villain's melting face in "Raiders of the Lost Ark," including Steven Spielberg and George Lucas commenting on the evolution of visual effects and CGI.
-- Storyboard Sequence--The Well of Souls
-- Galleries
-- Illustrations & Props
-- Production Photographs & Portraits
-- Effects/ILM
-- Marketing
-- "LEGO Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures" Game Demo and Trailer
The Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom Special Edition DVD is presented in widescreen enhanced for 16:9 TVs with Dolby Digital English 5.1 Surround, French 2.0 Surround and Spanish 2.0 Surround and English, French and Spanish subtitles. The disc includes the following special features:
-- "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom": An Introduction by Steven Spielberg & George Lucas
-- Creepy Crawlies--Steven Spielberg, George Lucas and Frank Marshall reminisce about snakes, bugs and rats.
-- Locations--Travel across the world to discover where the films take place and where they were shot.
-- Storyboard Sequence--The Mine Cart Chase
-- Galleries
-- Illustrations & Props
-- Production Photographs & Portraits
-- Effects/ILM
-- Marketing
-- "LEGO Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures" Game Demo and Trailer
The Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade Special Edition DVD is presented in widescreen enhanced for 16:9 TVs with Dolby Digital English 5.1 Surround, French 2.0 Surround and Spanish 2.0 Surround and English, French and Spanish subtitles. The disc includes the following special features:
-- "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade": An Introduction by Steven Spielberg & George Lucas
-- The Women: The American Film Institute Tribute--The three Indiana Jones women (Karen Allen, Kate Capshaw and Alison Doody) reunite for a discussion.
-- Friends and Enemies--Steven Spielberg, George Lucas and Indiana Jones writers discuss how they created the most iconic characters in film history, including a look at new faces in "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull."
-- Storyboard Sequence--The Opening Sequence
-- Galleries
-- Illustrations & Props
-- Production Photographs & Portraits
-- Effects/ILM
-- Marketing
-- "LEGO Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures" Game Demo and Trailer
"Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark," "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom" and "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade" Special Edition DVDs boast all-new, exclusive bonus features.
Here's a look:
The Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark Special Edition DVD is presented in widescreen enhanced for 16:9 TVs with Dolby Digital English 5.1 Surround, French 2.0 Surround and Spanish 2.0 Surround and English, French and Spanish subtitles. The disc includes the following special features:
-- "Raiders of the Lost Ark": An Introduction by Steven Spielberg & George Lucas
-- Indiana Jones: An Appreciation--The cast and crew of "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" pay tribute to the original trilogy.
-- The Melting Face--A recreation of the amazing physical effect of the villain's melting face in "Raiders of the Lost Ark," including Steven Spielberg and George Lucas commenting on the evolution of visual effects and CGI.
-- Storyboard Sequence--The Well of Souls
-- Galleries
-- Illustrations & Props
-- Production Photographs & Portraits
-- Effects/ILM
-- Marketing
-- "LEGO Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures" Game Demo and Trailer
The Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom Special Edition DVD is presented in widescreen enhanced for 16:9 TVs with Dolby Digital English 5.1 Surround, French 2.0 Surround and Spanish 2.0 Surround and English, French and Spanish subtitles. The disc includes the following special features:
-- "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom": An Introduction by Steven Spielberg & George Lucas
-- Creepy Crawlies--Steven Spielberg, George Lucas and Frank Marshall reminisce about snakes, bugs and rats.
-- Locations--Travel across the world to discover where the films take place and where they were shot.
-- Storyboard Sequence--The Mine Cart Chase
-- Galleries
-- Illustrations & Props
-- Production Photographs & Portraits
-- Effects/ILM
-- Marketing
-- "LEGO Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures" Game Demo and Trailer
The Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade Special Edition DVD is presented in widescreen enhanced for 16:9 TVs with Dolby Digital English 5.1 Surround, French 2.0 Surround and Spanish 2.0 Surround and English, French and Spanish subtitles. The disc includes the following special features:
-- "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade": An Introduction by Steven Spielberg & George Lucas
-- The Women: The American Film Institute Tribute--The three Indiana Jones women (Karen Allen, Kate Capshaw and Alison Doody) reunite for a discussion.
-- Friends and Enemies--Steven Spielberg, George Lucas and Indiana Jones writers discuss how they created the most iconic characters in film history, including a look at new faces in "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull."
-- Storyboard Sequence--The Opening Sequence
-- Galleries
-- Illustrations & Props
-- Production Photographs & Portraits
-- Effects/ILM
-- Marketing
-- "LEGO Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures" Game Demo and Trailer
Kevin Conroy to voice Batman again
Kevin Conroy, who provided the voice of Batman on the excellent "Batman: The Animated Series" 'toon and related features will return to the role in the direct-to-DVD animated collection "Batman: Gotham Knight."
The disk features six interwoven Batman tales and ties into the upcoming Batman: The Dark Knight live-action feature.
The disk features six interwoven Batman tales and ties into the upcoming Batman: The Dark Knight live-action feature.
Lost March 20 preview episode 8, season 4
Highlight the hidden text below for info about the March 20, 2008 episode of "Lost."
See a trailer for the show here (when available) and hear the official "Lost" podcast.
SAYID CONFRONTS BEN'S SPY ON THE FREIGHTER, AND BEN PLEADS WITH DAUGHTER ALEX TO FLEE LOCKE'S CAMP TO SURVIVE AN IMPENDING ATTACK,
ON ABC'S "LOST"
Cynthia Watros Guest Stars as Libby
"Meet Kevin Johnson" - Sayid confronts Ben's spy on the freighter, and Ben urges daughter Alex to flee Locke's camp in order to survive an impending attack, on "Lost," THURSDAY, MARCH 20 (9:00-10:02 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network.
"Lost" stars Naveen Andrews as Sayid, Henry Ian Cusick as Desmond, Emilie de Ravin as Claire, Michael Emerson as Ben, Matthew Fox as Jack, Jorge Garcia as Hurley, Josh Holloway as Sawyer, Daniel Dae Kim as Jin, Yunjin Kim as Sun, Evangeline Lilly as Kate, Elizabeth Mitchell as Juliet, Terry O'Quinn as Locke and Harold Perrineau as Michael.
Guest starring are Cynthia Watros as Libby, M.C. Gainey as Mr. Friendly/Tom, Mira Furlan as Danielle Rousseau, Tania Raymonde as Alex, Blake Bashoff as Karl, Marsha Thomason as Naomi Dorrit, Ken Leung as Miles Straume, Jeff Fahey as Frank Lapidus, Kevin Durand as Keamy, Anthony Azizi as Omar, Fisher Stevens as George Minkowski, Grant Bowler as Captain Gault, Jill Kuramoto as female anchor, Galyn Gorg as nurse, Starletta DuPois as mom, William P. Ogilivie as Gus, Francesco Simone as Arturo and James Locke as mechanic.
"Meet Kevin Johnson" was written by Elizabeth Sarnoff & Brian K. Vaughan and directed by Stephen Williams.
Also see:
Lost Season 4 Episode Guide
The Best Lost Sites on the Web
Lost: What we STILL don't know
See a trailer for the show here (when available) and hear the official "Lost" podcast.
SAYID CONFRONTS BEN'S SPY ON THE FREIGHTER, AND BEN PLEADS WITH DAUGHTER ALEX TO FLEE LOCKE'S CAMP TO SURVIVE AN IMPENDING ATTACK,
ON ABC'S "LOST"
Cynthia Watros Guest Stars as Libby
"Meet Kevin Johnson" - Sayid confronts Ben's spy on the freighter, and Ben urges daughter Alex to flee Locke's camp in order to survive an impending attack, on "Lost," THURSDAY, MARCH 20 (9:00-10:02 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network.
"Lost" stars Naveen Andrews as Sayid, Henry Ian Cusick as Desmond, Emilie de Ravin as Claire, Michael Emerson as Ben, Matthew Fox as Jack, Jorge Garcia as Hurley, Josh Holloway as Sawyer, Daniel Dae Kim as Jin, Yunjin Kim as Sun, Evangeline Lilly as Kate, Elizabeth Mitchell as Juliet, Terry O'Quinn as Locke and Harold Perrineau as Michael.
Guest starring are Cynthia Watros as Libby, M.C. Gainey as Mr. Friendly/Tom, Mira Furlan as Danielle Rousseau, Tania Raymonde as Alex, Blake Bashoff as Karl, Marsha Thomason as Naomi Dorrit, Ken Leung as Miles Straume, Jeff Fahey as Frank Lapidus, Kevin Durand as Keamy, Anthony Azizi as Omar, Fisher Stevens as George Minkowski, Grant Bowler as Captain Gault, Jill Kuramoto as female anchor, Galyn Gorg as nurse, Starletta DuPois as mom, William P. Ogilivie as Gus, Francesco Simone as Arturo and James Locke as mechanic.
"Meet Kevin Johnson" was written by Elizabeth Sarnoff & Brian K. Vaughan and directed by Stephen Williams.
Also see:
Lost Season 4 Episode Guide
The Best Lost Sites on the Web
Lost: What we STILL don't know
Hells Angels planned to kill Mick Jagger, documentary says
A new BBC Radio 4 documentary claims the Hells Angels planned to kill Mick Jagger due to disputes that arose after the motorcycle gang--hired to perform security--killed an audience member during the Rolling Stones' disastrous Altamont show in 1969.
"They were gong to kill him for retribution for firing them," former FBI agent Mark Young told the documentary.
The group that set out to kill the singer were thwarted when their boat almost sank, he added, and they "never went back and reinstituted the plan".
The programme will be broadcast on 11 March at 1545 GMT.
You also should be able to visit the BBC's audio-on-demand site after that date to hear the show.
"They were gong to kill him for retribution for firing them," former FBI agent Mark Young told the documentary.
The group that set out to kill the singer were thwarted when their boat almost sank, he added, and they "never went back and reinstituted the plan".
The programme will be broadcast on 11 March at 1545 GMT.
You also should be able to visit the BBC's audio-on-demand site after that date to hear the show.
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Fred Hembeck has a couple of great new artworks up for auction on eBay: An awesome pic of Batman friends and foes and a motley gathering of Forbush Man, Little Annie Fannie, Alfred E. Neuman and others. Check 'em out!
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Read a 1952 horror tale illustrated by Joe Kubert.
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Read a 1951 werewolf story illustrated by Al Williams.
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The premiere of the CW's "Spectacular Spider-Man" 'toon has been bumped back a week to March 8.
Two episodes of the new Spider-Man series will then debut back-to-back at starting at 10 am (ET, PT).
The...series, which is produced by Sony's Culver Entertainment, features a solid vocal cast led by Josh Keaton (Spidey/Peter Parker), Lacey Chabert (Gwen Stacy), Ben Diskin (Eddie Brock), and Robert (Nightmare on Elm Street, V) Englund (Vulture). The first episode of the series, which is set during Peter Parker's junior year in high school.
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Former Dave Clark 5 singer Mike Smith has passed away.
His death at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, north of London, came just two weeks before the Dave Clark Five was due to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in New York.
The Dave Clark Five, whose hits included "Glad All Over," "Bits and Pieces" and "Because," were one of the first British bands to find major success in the United States after the Beatles.
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The Dick Tracy Museum in Woodstock, Ill., is shutting down.
The museum guest book hasn't been signed in weeks. The shelves are lined with unsold Dick Tracy pens, yellow fedoras and coffee mugs. And on a recent February morning, a broken furnace kept museum director Jim Johnson shivering until closing time. Only a few visitors stopped by, one of them a repairman who got the heat turned back on.
With attendance plunging, museum officials have decided to close the 1,000-square-foot shrine to the comic-strip detective and his creator -- longtime Woodstock resident Chester Gould. The decision was difficult for Gould's daughter, Jean Gould O'Connell, who said her father's estate could not keep funding it. The doors will close in June.
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Learn to play Beatles tunes from Giles Martin, son of the former Fabs producer George.
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Read a 1952 horror tale illustrated by Joe Kubert.
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Read a 1951 werewolf story illustrated by Al Williams.
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The premiere of the CW's "Spectacular Spider-Man" 'toon has been bumped back a week to March 8.
Two episodes of the new Spider-Man series will then debut back-to-back at starting at 10 am (ET, PT).
The...series, which is produced by Sony's Culver Entertainment, features a solid vocal cast led by Josh Keaton (Spidey/Peter Parker), Lacey Chabert (Gwen Stacy), Ben Diskin (Eddie Brock), and Robert (Nightmare on Elm Street, V) Englund (Vulture). The first episode of the series, which is set during Peter Parker's junior year in high school.
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Former Dave Clark 5 singer Mike Smith has passed away.
His death at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, north of London, came just two weeks before the Dave Clark Five was due to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in New York.
The Dave Clark Five, whose hits included "Glad All Over," "Bits and Pieces" and "Because," were one of the first British bands to find major success in the United States after the Beatles.
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The Dick Tracy Museum in Woodstock, Ill., is shutting down.
The museum guest book hasn't been signed in weeks. The shelves are lined with unsold Dick Tracy pens, yellow fedoras and coffee mugs. And on a recent February morning, a broken furnace kept museum director Jim Johnson shivering until closing time. Only a few visitors stopped by, one of them a repairman who got the heat turned back on.
With attendance plunging, museum officials have decided to close the 1,000-square-foot shrine to the comic-strip detective and his creator -- longtime Woodstock resident Chester Gould. The decision was difficult for Gould's daughter, Jean Gould O'Connell, who said her father's estate could not keep funding it. The doors will close in June.
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Learn to play Beatles tunes from Giles Martin, son of the former Fabs producer George.
Lost clues: "The Constant" Ep. 4, Season 4
Episode summary:
In the chopper on the way the freighter with Frank and Sayid, Desmond experiences some time frame difficulties. He keeps flashing back and forward in consciousness between his 1997 British military self and the present time.
Desmond doesn't remember that he was on the island, or Sayid or anything that happened post '97. He's freaking out.
Once on the ship, he's shut in the sick bay with another man, communications officer George Minkowski who we've heard a few times talking to Naomi over the satellite phone. Minkowski is having the same problem, he keeps flashing back into the past.
Sayid, baffled as to what's going on, manages to trade his gun with Frank (who seems to want to help the crash survivors) in exchange for a satellite phone, which Sayid uses to call Jack on the island.
Once Daniel Faraday hears about how Desmond is freaking out, he gets on the phone to talk to Desmond. Faraday somehow understands what's going on with Desmond. He asks Jack if Desmond has recently been exposed to radiation or a large amount electromagnetic energy (which Desmond was--in the Hatch implosion that resulted in Desmond's seeing-into-the-future abilities).
Faraday asks Desmond where, in time, he is. He tells Desmond that when he flashes back into 1997, he needs to hop on a train and travel to Oxford University to find the 1997 version of Faraday (at this point, my brain started to hurt).
The present-day Faraday gives Desmond some coordinates for a machine to remember, along with the phrase "I know about Eloise." (Eloise turns out to be the '97 Faraday's lab rat, which he's been using for time travel experiments).
Back in 1997, Desmond follows these instructions and the '97 Faraday realizes Desmond is flashing back from the future and attempts to help him. He tells Desmond that he needs to focus on a "constant" in order for his consciousness to find its way into the present time. This constant needs to be something, or someone, that's consistent in both time frames.
Desmond, of course, knows that this constant is his girlfriend Penelope, who happens to be quite mad at him back in 1997. Still, he manages to track her down in that time frame and gets a phone number out of her. He tells her he will call this number in several years. She thinks he's nuts.
Back on the ship, the crew has taken away the satellite phone but Sayid, Minkowski and Desmond manage to sneak up to the radio room (which has been mysteriously vandalized. Nobody on the crew seems to know who's responsible. Ben's "spy"?).
Sayid cobbles together a phone of some sort, powered by a battery and, lo' and behold, Desmond phones the present-time Penelope and everything falls back together. He remembers Sayid, the island, everything that's happened.
The phone conversation is short, but Penelope manages to tell Desmond she loves and has forgiven him, and that she knows about the island, she's been researching it.
Before Desmond makes the call, however, Minkowski dies. His brain is fried by all his shifting backwards and forwards through time. The same thing would've happened to Desmond if Penelope hadn't been his constant.
Back on the island, we see Faraday leafing through his journal. He's written a note to himself. If there's trouble, Desmond will be his "constant."
Questions/clues/observations:
* Someone unlocked the sickbay door so Sayid, Minkowski and Desmond could get up to the radio room. Who was it? Frank? Ben's spy?
* Is Ben's spy someone we know? Namely Michael?
* Back in 1997 searching for Penny, Desmond tracks down her dad Charles Widmore at an auction, in which Widmore has just made a successful bid for a journal belonging to the first mate of the Black Rock--the old slaving ship that's on the island but, as far as the rest of the world knows, was lost at sea. What is Widmore's connection to the Black Rock and the island?
* The auctioneer makes reference to the journal having been previously owned by Tovard Hanso. Alvar Hanso was the founder/funder of the Dharma Initiative. Is Widmore involved in Dharma? It's enemy?
* Does the Black Rock journal contain information about the island?
* Faraday has seemed pretty addled from the get-go. Now it seems as if his sketchiness must be the result of time travel. That and being a physicist. They're all a little nutty. But still... what's he been through? The flashback we saw of him seeing news coverage of the Oceanic crash made it appear he was in bad psychological shape in the past. He'd experienced a breakdown or something and was weeping uncontrollably when he saw the news report, but didn't seem to understand why. It seems he's caught between time lines, much like Desmond was.
* Was the "sickness" that killed off Danielle's people related to this brain-frying time frame confusion?
* In island time, those on the helicopter haven't been heard from in over a day, but the chopper trip to the ship didn't take very long at all. What's the deal with this crazy island time anomaly stuff?
Also see:
Lost Season 4 Episode Guide
The Best Lost Sites on the Web
Lost: What we STILL don't know
In the chopper on the way the freighter with Frank and Sayid, Desmond experiences some time frame difficulties. He keeps flashing back and forward in consciousness between his 1997 British military self and the present time.
Desmond doesn't remember that he was on the island, or Sayid or anything that happened post '97. He's freaking out.
Once on the ship, he's shut in the sick bay with another man, communications officer George Minkowski who we've heard a few times talking to Naomi over the satellite phone. Minkowski is having the same problem, he keeps flashing back into the past.
Sayid, baffled as to what's going on, manages to trade his gun with Frank (who seems to want to help the crash survivors) in exchange for a satellite phone, which Sayid uses to call Jack on the island.
Once Daniel Faraday hears about how Desmond is freaking out, he gets on the phone to talk to Desmond. Faraday somehow understands what's going on with Desmond. He asks Jack if Desmond has recently been exposed to radiation or a large amount electromagnetic energy (which Desmond was--in the Hatch implosion that resulted in Desmond's seeing-into-the-future abilities).
Faraday asks Desmond where, in time, he is. He tells Desmond that when he flashes back into 1997, he needs to hop on a train and travel to Oxford University to find the 1997 version of Faraday (at this point, my brain started to hurt).
The present-day Faraday gives Desmond some coordinates for a machine to remember, along with the phrase "I know about Eloise." (Eloise turns out to be the '97 Faraday's lab rat, which he's been using for time travel experiments).
Back in 1997, Desmond follows these instructions and the '97 Faraday realizes Desmond is flashing back from the future and attempts to help him. He tells Desmond that he needs to focus on a "constant" in order for his consciousness to find its way into the present time. This constant needs to be something, or someone, that's consistent in both time frames.
Desmond, of course, knows that this constant is his girlfriend Penelope, who happens to be quite mad at him back in 1997. Still, he manages to track her down in that time frame and gets a phone number out of her. He tells her he will call this number in several years. She thinks he's nuts.
Back on the ship, the crew has taken away the satellite phone but Sayid, Minkowski and Desmond manage to sneak up to the radio room (which has been mysteriously vandalized. Nobody on the crew seems to know who's responsible. Ben's "spy"?).
Sayid cobbles together a phone of some sort, powered by a battery and, lo' and behold, Desmond phones the present-time Penelope and everything falls back together. He remembers Sayid, the island, everything that's happened.
The phone conversation is short, but Penelope manages to tell Desmond she loves and has forgiven him, and that she knows about the island, she's been researching it.
Before Desmond makes the call, however, Minkowski dies. His brain is fried by all his shifting backwards and forwards through time. The same thing would've happened to Desmond if Penelope hadn't been his constant.
Back on the island, we see Faraday leafing through his journal. He's written a note to himself. If there's trouble, Desmond will be his "constant."
Questions/clues/observations:
* Someone unlocked the sickbay door so Sayid, Minkowski and Desmond could get up to the radio room. Who was it? Frank? Ben's spy?
* Is Ben's spy someone we know? Namely Michael?
* Back in 1997 searching for Penny, Desmond tracks down her dad Charles Widmore at an auction, in which Widmore has just made a successful bid for a journal belonging to the first mate of the Black Rock--the old slaving ship that's on the island but, as far as the rest of the world knows, was lost at sea. What is Widmore's connection to the Black Rock and the island?
* The auctioneer makes reference to the journal having been previously owned by Tovard Hanso. Alvar Hanso was the founder/funder of the Dharma Initiative. Is Widmore involved in Dharma? It's enemy?
* Does the Black Rock journal contain information about the island?
* Faraday has seemed pretty addled from the get-go. Now it seems as if his sketchiness must be the result of time travel. That and being a physicist. They're all a little nutty. But still... what's he been through? The flashback we saw of him seeing news coverage of the Oceanic crash made it appear he was in bad psychological shape in the past. He'd experienced a breakdown or something and was weeping uncontrollably when he saw the news report, but didn't seem to understand why. It seems he's caught between time lines, much like Desmond was.
* Was the "sickness" that killed off Danielle's people related to this brain-frying time frame confusion?
* In island time, those on the helicopter haven't been heard from in over a day, but the chopper trip to the ship didn't take very long at all. What's the deal with this crazy island time anomaly stuff?
Also see:
Lost Season 4 Episode Guide
The Best Lost Sites on the Web
Lost: What we STILL don't know
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