42 is also the number of Mulder's apartment. Which was, itself, an HGTTG shout out, I believe. But still, there could be layers. I expect if they were trying for an X-Files reference they'd work 1013 in there somewhere instead.
There are cockroaches in Mexico big enough to own property.
Cordelia ,'Lessons'
Lost: OMGWTF POLAR BEAR
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Calli - Mar 03, 2005 9:26:08 am PST #6860 of 10000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Sean K - Mar 03, 2005 9:26:13 am PST #6861 of 10000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Sean and I are obviously HGTTG junkies. I can't even see the number 42 without instantly thinking that.
HELLS yeah, baby!
Jessica - Mar 03, 2005 9:26:36 am PST #6862 of 10000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Sean and I are obviously HGTTG junkies. I can't even see the number 42 without instantly thinking that.
Jessica "Lost: OMGWTF POLAR BEAR" Mar 2, 2005 7:43:59 pm PST
t /chopped liver
Pix - Mar 03, 2005 9:26:42 am PST #6863 of 10000
The status is NOT quo.
I'm just quietly fearful that all the very cool interweaving subplots and mysterious might go that path, which would be a tragedy.
ETA: Oops! Sorry Jess, I didn't see that!
t hands Jess a towel
Sean K - Mar 03, 2005 9:27:50 am PST #6864 of 10000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Jeez! I wish Jessica was around, I know she'd get the groovy HGTTG reference....
t runs away
Jessica - Mar 03, 2005 9:28:25 am PST #6865 of 10000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
hands Jess a towel
t knows where towel is
t ignores Sean
DavidS - Mar 03, 2005 9:28:44 am PST #6866 of 10000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
With "Walkabout", "Special" and "Numbers" under his belt, I think Fury can probably claim the mantle of best staff writer on the show.
Absolutely. Fury's been smokin' hot.
I am definitely in the Hurley Was A Psych Patient camp. Seemed obvious to me what with the references to what he put his mom through recently, and the doctor commenting on his not-so-closenss with Lenny.
Those numbers got the magic mojo and will obviously recur anytime numbers are needed as a plot point. We need to run that set by Nilly. Though I think it is pretty obvious now that the Mechasaur is in reality a monstrous sharp-toothed actuary.
Vonnie K - Mar 03, 2005 9:30:45 am PST #6867 of 10000
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
Like, that was when she was supposed to leave Jin?
11:15. They should have made it 8:23 or something so that we could now go, "ooooh, see? It's all plaaaaaaned!" I suspect it was a giant asspull though. Would it if I were a fly in the wall when they were breaking this episode in the writers' room.
who's Rambaldi?
Some mystical magician dude from several centuries ago who may or may not be immortal over at that other J.J. show, Alias. He left a bunch of prophecies and scrolls and books and little toys that go boom. And maybe a dessicated heart. Trying to make any kind of sense about the whole nonsense gives you worse headache than trying to figure out the mytharc in X-Files. Nowadays, I just do a Pavlovian eyeroll whenever the name is mentioned on the show.
Probably an x-post.
sumi - Mar 03, 2005 9:32:41 am PST #6868 of 10000
Art Crawl!!!
I think that Lost won't have to go that route because unlike Alias they are pulling in a nice big audience. I believe that Alias has gone through a bunch of re-tooling in order to get non-obsessives to watch.
Polter-Cow - Mar 03, 2005 9:32:43 am PST #6869 of 10000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Sean and I are obviously HGTTG junkies. I can't even see the number 42 without instantly thinking that.
I don't understand the existence of people who don't think of that. Okay, me before I read the book. But still.