tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2184123882936370131.post8555358688054103285..comments2024-03-11T11:06:36.576-07:00Comments on Total Dick-Head: Yep, VALIS was on 'Lost' Last NightRagle Gummhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13951340313214410331noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2184123882936370131.post-33614471842986997222008-07-02T12:55:00.000-07:002008-07-02T12:55:00.000-07:00Lost is fantastic and it did give me a thrill to s...Lost is fantastic and it did give me a thrill to see my favourite author and TV show appear together. It may be a stretch but could you say that the Island is a Vast Active Living Intelligence System. It's certainly active as it can move! It's living as Jacob/Smokey/the Monster actually interact with characters. And it's intelligent as it seems to act in its own best interests.<BR/>-giospursAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2184123882936370131.post-2964342191354051942008-03-04T14:20:00.000-08:002008-03-04T14:20:00.000-08:00Last week's episode, "The Constant," was even more...Last week's episode, "The Constant," was even more PhilDickian, what with Desmond's consciousness simultaneously existing in 1996 and 2004, just as PKD (in and out of VALIS) saw himself simultaneously existing in the present and Roman times.C. Jerry Kutnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10901663264449536920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2184123882936370131.post-31256663175368645712008-03-02T00:54:00.000-08:002008-03-02T00:54:00.000-08:00I nearly jumped out of my coldly rational skin whe...I nearly jumped out of my coldly rational skin when I caught sight of that book cover on Lost the other night. I only finished reading VALIS for the first time a couple of weeks ago, after about 15years away from PKD. Then it makes an appearance in my favourite (only half decent IMHO) US TV show. I thought the Lost guys had finally got inside my head (maybe there is a VALIS after all). But then I remembered a reference to Jung's concept of Synchronicity in VALIS. This is a "device" that I think the writers of Lost use quite a lot, hopefully with self-referential significance. It is also a concept that I always invoke when trying to resolve any personal dispute between boring rationality and exciting irrationality. I would recommend the same to others. SNAR.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2184123882936370131.post-20616423894308656462008-02-26T03:46:00.000-08:002008-02-26T03:46:00.000-08:00The next time someone says I'm 'obsessed' with PKD...The next time someone says I'm 'obsessed' with PKD, I shall simply direct them to that DarkUFO site...Palmer Eldritchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03747789690136125828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2184123882936370131.post-47805204560523949582008-02-25T08:38:00.000-08:002008-02-25T08:38:00.000-08:00Here's a breakdown from J Wood who usually provide...Here's a breakdown from J Wood who usually provides analysis of Lost episodes, he goes pretty in depth into Valis.<BR/>http://darkufo.blogspot.com/2008/02/prognosis-empire-never-ended-by-jwood.htmlIllinois Jackethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06606693360094883866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2184123882936370131.post-44525563933379830602008-02-24T11:21:00.000-08:002008-02-24T11:21:00.000-08:00I read VALIS a long time ago, so I can't comment s...I read VALIS a long time ago, so I can't comment specifically for this post. I did want to leave a comment though, rather than just searching for "Lost/VALIS" and then leaving. I wonder if Locke's comment to Ben to read the book again because he might have missed something the first time was aimed more at the viewers who are inclined to watch episodes repeatedly for clues.<BR/><BR/>I think it's great you have a blog dedicated to PKD. I read Divine Invasion in grad school, and went on a "Dick kick" for some months after that.Saints and Spinnershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04733517166056974501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2184123882936370131.post-24970009972255401362008-02-24T09:40:00.000-08:002008-02-24T09:40:00.000-08:00No amount of references to pkd or any other great ...No amount of references to pkd or any other great writers will stop this show sucking hard. imhoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2184123882936370131.post-49741519814532600512008-02-22T20:31:00.000-08:002008-02-22T20:31:00.000-08:00Great book. Read it just about 20 years ago. Still...Great book. Read it just about 20 years ago. Still get dizzy thinking about it. Like many PKD books it messes with your mind and leaves you questioning your own reality/sanity by the end. Cool to see that PKD is an influence on the writers.<BR/><BR/>I wonder if they are also fans of A.E. Van Vogt?Damon Poolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16561311551267979837noreply@blogger.com