We may not have any new footage of Lost to dissect, but that doesn't mean the good and masochistic people who run the show can't mess with our heads in other ways.
The latest brainteaser to come out of the Lost camp is in the form of a poster that was part of a Lost-themed art gallery exhibition. According to EW.com's Lost guru Doc Jensen, executive producers Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse said there are two Season 6 teases in the Lost art poster, which was thrown up on the Web today. Check it out (click on the image for an-ever-so-slightly larger version—you may have to adjust the size of your browser window):
At first look, it's just a really cool poster for one of our favorite shows. But can you spot the teases?
There are already a couple theories on the Web. The first one I noticed, which others picked up on too, are the colors. The characters either seem to be all gray or a combination of blue and gray. Ana Lucia, Mr. Eko, Shannon, Boone, and Locke are all gray. What do they have in common? Well, they're dead on the show (in the color world, gray symbolizes death, blue symbolizes life/water). This would also confirm my theory that Jin died after the explosion on the freighter and that he's somehow doing his Casper thing on the island. But this theory hits a snag, as Michael is blue (he has to be dead, right?) and there's some blue in Charlie's hair. Of course, Jack is also gray, but how about a "Jack was always dead" twist? There are too many holes in this one, but it's a fun one to think about. And no one wants to think that Vincent is doing his Forest Whitaker impression as a ghost dog. Of course, you can take it a step further and say that Season 6 will involve two different timelines, with those who don't have blue will always be dead, whereas those with blue and gray will be dead in one timeline and alive in the other. But that's getting ahead of ourselves.
The Dharma badges on the bottom are too small for most human eyes to see, but there are 16 of them, and I certainly can't remember seeing 16 Dharma insignia anywhere.
The clouds in the sky also have some peculiar squigglies, and if you look closely or call Ancient Egypt home, you'll notice there are some hieroglyphs in there, right in the middle. Perhaps we've got a user out there who's getting a PhD in Egyptology and can decipher those?
Speaking of ancient symbols, Hurley's torch shows an ankh, the Egyptian glyph for "eternal life." Is he the torch-bearer for immortals? Is that why he can see "ghosts" and many people consider him crazy?
Other things to consider: Where the heck is Charles Widmore? Or daughter Penny? Or Eloise Hawking?
Take a gander and let us know what you find!
