Some LOST trivia:
Oceanic Flight 815 crashed (and the series debuted) on Sept. 22, 2004. This was my 50th birthday. Okay, interesting only to me I suppose. But consider this next bit of product placement.
In the episode that aired last night, John brings Ben some food, along with a book from Ben’s shelves. The book was “VALIS” by Philip K. Dick, one of his last books before his death in 1982, and the book that convinced me that he had either discovered the true underlying meaning of the universe, or that he was suffering from a psychotic break. Perhaps both. In the novel, “VALIS” is an acronym for “Vast Active Living Intelligence System” – a kind of living-yet-alien construct that shapes the realities of the people around it. Which is pretty much how John thinks of the island, yes? VALIS is also a kind of sci-fi metaphor for God, and John is after all the “Man of Faith”, vs. Jack’s “Man of Science”…
Layers inside layers…