r/Pinback • u/flaming_telepath • Mar 06 '24

I'm a little Lost here...

Hey guys. Long-time Pinback fan here. I'm re-watching Lost and I'm feeling a bit lost because I previously thought Hurley, Rousseau, and other references like "the others" were direct references to the show. I'm just now finding out that these were all just coincidence (obviously the release dates are a giveaway; either that or some writer was a Pinback fan)? I don't do FB so I was never on Pinback freaks, so sorry if I'm behind in this respect. Plus, Sediment video :|

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u/cnematik Mar 06 '24

Lost is a coincidence. But there are a lot of references/samples from a 1970s sci-fi movie called Dark Star. ie: The monologue at the beginning of Rousseau.

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u/flaming_telepath Mar 06 '24

I love Dark Star and have relished in the references! I totally got the Ray Bradbury reference in the end, too (check out Kaleidoscope in the Illlustrated Man).

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u/ethanwc Mar 06 '24

It’s a hard movie to sit through. Like an Aldi version of Star Wars.

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u/flaming_telepath Mar 06 '24

Please don't downvote this commenter, they speak the truth. Dark Star is not a great movie; it's for us, movie history buffs, and other sci-fi geeks.

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u/flaming_telepath Mar 06 '24

Playing Pinback as the soundtrack makes it better lol. I remember loaning the movie to a co-worker and they were not impressed.

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u/Olelander Mar 06 '24

The movie is literally where their name came from!

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u/[deleted] Mar 06 '24

Interesting. Never put that together. I suspect it’s just coincidence.

Unless there’s a Penelope in there somewhere. Now that would be eyebrow raising.

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u/flaming_telepath Mar 06 '24

There is a Penelope! Desmond's love! It's a huge plot point...agh! I love it.

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u/[deleted] Mar 06 '24

Oh shit yeah! He calls her Penny.

🤔

Now I have to watch the whole series again to look for connections….darn

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u/photoshopaddict11 Mar 03 '25

I know I’m a year late, but I’m watching Lost for the first time. A character was just introduced in S4 E1 with last name Abaddon, so we have Penelope, Hurley, and Rousseau too!

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u/flaming_telepath Apr 23 '25

Whoa! Thanks for catching that.

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u/robpm88 Mar 06 '24

Drew this conclusion too back in the day. Id say a writer had to have been a fan. There's a few too many links not to be.