{"id":3648,"date":"2009-12-16T17:22:03","date_gmt":"2009-12-16T22:22:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/?p=3648"},"modified":"2009-12-16T11:24:12","modified_gmt":"2009-12-16T16:24:12","slug":"something-lost-in-translation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/?p=3648","title":{"rendered":"Something Lost in translation"},"content":{"rendered":"

In my continuing efforts to recycle material you’ve already read (or elected not to read by not following me on Twitter), here are some of the Lost<\/i> spinoff<\/a> ideas I posted yesterday. I didn’t originate the thread — and heaven knows I didn’t go as crazy with this as I did with those fake<\/a> Beatles facts<\/a> a few months ago — but I enjoyed coming up with these. I am, as always, a sucker for a good (i.e. bad) pun.<\/p>\n

All of these require some basic knowledge of the show — and a few, in fact, offer some pretty big spoilers for past seasons. So, even though these have already been posted on Twitter<\/a> (and re-posted to my Facebook page<\/a>), enjoy!<\/p>\n

Dr. Marvin Candle and his fellow island scientists are thrown back in time to coach the 1920s Brooklyn Dodgers in DHARMA BUMS.<\/p>\n

Find mysterious plots, nefarious misdirection, and maybe even love — all aboard NOT PENNY’S LOVEBOAT!<\/p>\n

Nigerian guerrilla leader, drug smuggler, priest, and now — family court judge! It’s THE MR. EKO CHAMBER!<\/p>\n

By day, he’s a helicopter pilot for hire living the easy life in the Florida Keys. But by night he’s — FRANK LAPIDUS, P.I.<\/p>\n

Learn eyeliner tricks and other handy island jungle camouflage on RICHARD ALPERT’S BEAUTY SALON.<\/p>\n

Where will lottery winnings take globe-treking millionaire “Hurley” Reyes next? Wherever it is, rest assured, HUGO’S THERE!<\/p>\n

Can quantum physics lead a football team to glory? Will this TX town accept its new teacher? Find out on FARADAY NIGHT LIGHTS!<\/p>\n

Can a weird string of numbers delivered to his doorstep each morning help Hugo set things right? Find out on HURLEY EDITION.<\/p>\n

Explore the many festive uses of dynamite in your home studio with ARZT & CRAFTS.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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In my continuing efforts to recycle material you’ve already read (or elected not to read by not following me on Twitter), here are some of the Lost spinoff ideas I posted yesterday. I didn’t originate the thread — and heaven knows I didn’t go as crazy with this as I did with those fake Beatles … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[94,95,96,17,32],"class_list":["post-3648","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-lost","tag-puns","tag-spoilers","tag-tv","tag-twitter"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3648"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3648"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3648\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3648"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3648"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3648"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}