Location

Let's go to the mortuary! One of the most memorable locations in Lost is Hoffs/Drawler Funeral Parlour where Jack saw a definitely dead John Locke lying stiff in a coffin. The crew managed to magically transform this derelict shop on a dirty street in Downtown Honolulu, into the sombre LA mortuary.


I've never realised until I just found this image about 50 seconds ago that 'HOFFS DRAWLAR' is an anagram of 'FLASHFORWARD', which of course was the 'Snake in the Mailbox' of this episode, Through the Looking-Glass.

21° 19' 21.47"N 157° 51' 30.66"W

Location Location

Dharmaville, Otherville, The Barracks. Whatever you choose to call it this is without doubt one of the most iconic locations on Lost. Rather than build a whole new set, the producers used Camp Erdman, a YMCA mission camp in Waialua, as the home of the Dharma Initiative. Apparently, the buildings weren't always yellow. This was an 'improvement' by the Lost crew.


Believe it or not, theres a dirty great road going through the camp. Would've made the perfect runway...
21° 34' 39.78"N 158° 13' 30.86"W

Location Location Location

One of the great things about Lost is that they film as much of it as possible on location in Hawaii and LA. What's the point in wasting money on designing a sound-stage, when you have everything you need a few beaches away. I recently found myself on Google Earth, trying to find some of the locations from above.

Over the next 3 days I'm going to share some of the cooler filming loactions and give you the coordinates so you can find them yourself on Google Earth (or Maps).

Byodo-In Temple, Oahu

This temple in Hawaii is an exact relpica of the Byodo-in Temple of Uji, near Kyoto in Japan. In Lost it is the home of Mr Paik, Sun's rich and powerful old man.
21°25′51.43″N 157°49′54.44″W

Happy Snappy Iraqi

Today, before I go and actually do some work, I just thought I'd try to find some videos of Sayid kicking ass (of which there are many).

Only a true badass can snap a man's neck with his hands tied behind his back... This is a truly epic retelling of that scenario with a hilarious twist:

Sayid Snaps!


They won't let me embed this video, so just click on the link... Sayid and Keamy have a badass-off. Fair enough, Sayid has to be rescued by Alpert's gun, but he still pulls off some pretty kick-ass moves.

This last video needs no introduction other than possibly the word 'Dishwasher'... ouch!

I need a cool coat!

I want my kidney back!

Sticking with Deus Ex Machina, possibly my favourite episode of Season 1, I just love Terry O'Quinn. The noise that comes out of his mouth when the hatch lights up is priceless. I can't wait for some more Locke action in the coming season, whether he's dead or not.



And here's John geting pissed off at a support group:

Dude! Looks like someone steam-rolled Harry Potter

Someone has thoughtfully put together this little video from Deus Ex Machina made up of just the scenes involving Jack, Sawyer and Sawyer's eyesight. Lost might be a show about the survivors of a tragic plane crash, and it certainly does have its share of tragedy and tears, but it is scenes like these that make you love the characters even more. There's no love lost between Sawyer and Jack, certainly not in Season 1, but its funny to watch them bicker like an old couple, and Sawyer's "snappy one-liners" always hit the spot.

A real eye-opener

I realised I've missed a day, probably because I didn't sleep on Thursday night, due to last minute Essay panic!

So today I've decided to give you FOUR videos. We're counting down til 9pm(EST) on Feb 2nd. The first scene of any new season is always among the best, so I thought I'd go back and rewatch the season openers from 2-5 (as I said the other day, I still can't seem to find a decent video of the Season 1 opener).

Desmond makes his own kind of music


Ben's out of the Book club


Hurley takes the scenic route
(They wouldn't let me embed tis video, so just click here)

Chang's record skips.