Advance Scout wrote:
>
> I am rewatching the 1st season disk 1 on DVD - and I don't know if this
> has been mentioned. When you change the DVD menu from the "main menu"
> and select "episodes"- there are some creepy music notes played. Is it
> my imagination but - isn't that the weird music from "THE CAGE"? Its
> the weird music that accompanies the "aliens" from Talos IV when they
> imprison Captain Pike. (Its only when you go from main menu to the
> episode menu.)
>
> These aliens (in case you are not familiar with it) imprison Pike (this
> is pre-Kirk)and create an artificial reality and life for him through
> total mind control. This fake "life" is a total virtual reality
> environment, filled with other people, animals, memories, emotions and
> even real pain. Their mind control is so powerful, that they can even
> take disfigured and disabled people (even a paralyzed Pike)and restore
> his walking abilities (within this virtual reality) ----- remind you of
> Locke?
>
> Then I remembered - the 1st season has many Star Trek references. "Red
> ****rts" and "Sulu" are mentioned and come to mind. And now the
> matching Talos IV "notes" on the 1st DVD. Is this a virtual reality
> controlled by some aliens perhaps? Maybe to learn about earthings?
>
> This could be why no babies can be conceived and born on the island -
> how can a real baby be born from a virtual reality conception? Only
> babies conceived pre-arrival can be born- cause they were really
conceived.
>
> Anyone else see the connection?
There is at least one valid shout-out to Star Trek: In the Season 3
premiere "A Tale of Two Cities," Jack awakens to find himself in a cage
behind a transparent partition. In comes Juliet, a blonde woman, who
has been sent to try to win over Jack. They have some adventures
together (like nearly drowning when he opens the door and water floods
in) which begins that bonding process.
That whole business was known to be a shout-out to the scenes with Pike
and Vina in the Star Trek episodes "The Cage" and "The Menagerie".
Perhaps this got written into Lost because by this time, Abrams had
agreed to do the next Star Trek movie, which is in production and
planned to be released in May 2009.
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Steven L.
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