LOST - Season Premiere Wednesday 9:00 PM EDT

[fett527]

...Of course, one has to make allowances for TV and for budget concerns. It could be that they just gathered the most 'authentic looking' devices they could, without that much regard to specifics...

I think LOST is different though. Every little detail matters and I would expect them to be painstakingly accurate.

 

[WizarDru]

I think LOST is different though. Every little detail matters and I would expect them to be painstakingly accurate.

I tend to agree...in fact, I hope so, but I'm willing to forgive a minor detail when the broad brushstrokes are right and 99% of the audience wouldn't know either way. The new washer and dryers bothered me, for example, but I let it slide. I figure it was a subtle product placement, and let it go. I'd be glad to be proven wrong, though.

 

[Taelorn76]

I tend to agree...in fact, I hope so, but I'm willing to forgive a minor detail when the broad brushstrokes are right and 99% of the audience wouldn't know either way. The new washer and dryers bothered me, for example, but I let it slide. I figure it was a subtle product placement, and let it go. I'd be glad to be proven wrong, though.

See I think the new washers are there for a reason. They are meant to stand out for those of us who catch and look for things like that. Now I don't mean they are an integral part of the plot, ie. a whirlpool to other side of the island(couldn't resist ), but there will be a rezelation as to how he got some modern appliances in the bunker.

 

[Hand of Evil]

See I think the new washers are there for a reason. They are meant to stand out for those of us who catch and look for things like that. Now I don't mean they are an integral part of the plot, ie. a whirlpool to other side of the island(couldn't resist ), but there will be a rezelation as to how he got some modern appliances in the bunker.

When did the 'gun' start being used for shots too, that will has timeline on it. The bad thing, I think you will find jumps in years based on the numbers, washer/dryer 4 years ago, the riding bike 15 years ago, the record...you get my drift.

 

[RichCsigs]

I don't recognize the prompt from any IBM 370 series or from any DEC stuff, so I suspect that it's just for the show.

Actually, I recognized the prompt right away as the emoticon for angry/mean. I took it as a subtol sign from the creators of the show that the person in the bunker was not a nice person.

And actually, now that I think about it, it also stands for "devil" (the ">" being horns).

 

[Taelorn76]

When did the 'gun' start being used for shots too, that will has timeline on it. The bad thing, I think you will find jumps in years based on the numbers, washer/dryer 4 years ago, the riding bike 15 years ago, the record...you get my drift.

Damn I like that. Computer could definately be from circa 1982, 23 years ago.

 

[KaosDevice]

Just as an after thought but the computer could still be an Apple II, but one running a terminal emulator.

Wasn't that a quartz lock turntable? Did they have those back in the 70's? I didn't think they did.

 

[WizarDru]

Just as an after thought but the computer could still be an Apple II, but one running a terminal emulator.

What, do I stutter?

 

[WayneLigon]

It could also be a hodgepodge of stuff that available on the cheap, like maybe salvaged from previous ship wrecks? Possible, but unlikely.

 

[KaosDevice]

What, do I stutter?

Sorry dude, did I miss that? This thread is getting ginormous.