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Elmer
03-06-2008, 02:06 PM
I did not see a search function for the forums so I am not sure if this has been asked....
With all the deliborate thought and planning that the writers put into names and referances they put in. So Henry Gale was Ben's Alias.. and also the name of Dorothy's uncle in the Wizard of Oz. Is there any connection?
Rain13
03-06-2008, 02:14 PM
The only connection is that the character of Henry Gale in Lost also was in a hot-air balloon. Just about everyone's name on the show is an allusion to a real life person, and I think it's pretty commonly agreed that these are all just easter eggs.
justjoe
03-06-2008, 02:16 PM
There are a few references to The Wizard of Oz as well as countless other movies and books. One that comes to mind is the man behind the curtain comment.
IrishDancinQueen
03-06-2008, 02:21 PM
The writers put in several Wizard of Oz references. At one point Locke calls Ben the "man behind the curtain" a direct reference to the wizard in the Wizard of Oz. I don't know if these are merely pop-culture references meant as Easter Eggs or if in fact there is a deeper meaning behind the names and all the references. I'm sure if you looked deeply enough you could find tons of significance behind all of them. For example, The wizard was the man behind the curtain and he was also a complete fraud...does that mean the same thing is true for Ben and he's not really the one calling the shots?
IrishDancinQueen
03-06-2008, 02:21 PM
justjoe, you beat me to my response...:D
justjoe
03-06-2008, 02:35 PM
Sorry about that your excellency. :D
agmic
03-06-2008, 02:46 PM
looks alone..... oh ****,, I'm screwed........

This is from another thread that some people said that they would never go again.......so I thought that I would bring it here, just for people to see.....
bunnydixon
03-06-2008, 02:48 PM
there are a lotta wozard of oz references - am sure DZ or someone put a link up about it.
agmic
03-06-2008, 02:53 PM
there are a lotta wozard of oz references - am sure DZ or someone put a link up about it.

"wozard", what's that????:D
bunnydixon
03-06-2008, 02:57 PM
haha!!!

one of my less embarassing typos shall we say ;) the wozard of iz :D
justjoe
03-06-2008, 02:57 PM
Agmic I don't get the looks alone reference.
agmic
03-06-2008, 02:58 PM
in the season 4 thread, with you and pimp daddy.....
justjoe
03-06-2008, 03:00 PM
Oh no I totally understood that ha ha. I just didn't understand how it fit in here. I am very slowwww.....
Robo42
03-06-2008, 08:15 PM
I will be absolutely be pissed as I have said before, if this thing turns out to be the Wizard of oz 2.0, with hurley waking up in the psyche unit and this was all a dream.
bunnydixon
03-06-2008, 08:16 PM
its the wozard of iz i think you will find! :p
Robo42
03-06-2008, 08:25 PM
or the Wozard of List.? LOL
jacksnurse
03-06-2008, 08:30 PM
I did not see a search function for the forums so I am not sure if this has been asked....
With all the deliborate thought and planning that the writers put into names and referances they put in. So Henry Gale was Ben's Alias.. and also the name of Dorothy's uncle in the Wizard of Oz. Is there any connection?

Yeah....i think easter eggs...many literary,music and religious references....AND if we end up finding out that 815 was sucked into a tornado....dropped into "land of the others"....(on top of the wicked witch of the island ???? maybe Ben in drag...lol)....I would kick some arse....:mad:
Nintendo_Warrior
03-06-2008, 08:52 PM
Ladies and gentleman, i now declaire Robo42 "The Wozard of LOST!" hehe

815 Wasn't sucked into a tornado, it was sucked in by a HATCH.

I agree that the Henry Gale thing is one of many easter eggs, but i think some of them, like "The man behind the Curtain" have meaning to them.