Timeline for How did the DHARMA Initiative fit into Lost's story?
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| Jun 14 at 10:28 | comment | added | Chanandler Bong | @Ciastopiekarz Yes | |
| Feb 6, 2020 at 12:35 | comment | added | Ciasto piekarz | so enzo valenzetti is also a fictional character then ? | |
| Aug 5, 2015 at 8:31 | answer | added | Chanandler Bong | timeline score: 6 | |
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| Apr 15, 2015 at 22:15 | comment | added | Chanandler Bong | Actually, I might be wrong that it was Jacob, who brought them :-) I've done some research on Lostpedia and didn't find a confirmation. There is also no known candidate that would without a doubt be from DHARMA. In addition to that The Others (Jacob's people) were hostile towards DHARMA employees, which may confirm that DHARMA was unwanted on The Island. | |
| Apr 15, 2015 at 21:56 | comment | added | Chanandler Bong | And regarding the "plot abandonment": In my opinion the DHARMA background and their work (including Valanzetti equation) are not that important to the plot. I would see DHARMA more like an expanded plot device to introduce us to The Others, then through The Others to the secrets of The Island and finally to the Jacob/MiB story. | |
| Apr 15, 2015 at 21:55 | comment | added | GetOutOfBox | Were all of those people candidates? If so it makes more sense. However this explanation isn't consistent with the fact that "Mother" (the Island's previous steward) did not need to go through such an exhaustive process to find candidates. In fact her candidates simply arrived by chance in the form of the twins in Claudia. For some reason Jacob needed to actually find candidates, and doing so seemed to take wayyyyyy more work than it did for Mother. | |
| Apr 15, 2015 at 21:33 | comment | added | Chanandler Bong | Well, I've added '(pseudo)', because some of their methods and aims were arguably scientific, but essentially I don't think it really matters (as I wrote above). In the end they were not different from the 'Oceanic 816' survivors, Spanish ship crew or some lost Egyptians. They were people that Jacob wanted on The Island. Whether it was him behind DHARMA creation or he just used an existing organisation (perhaps pushed it a bit in the proper direction) is unknown. | |
| Apr 15, 2015 at 20:43 | comment | added | GetOutOfBox | That's precisely the answer I'm looking for, but I'm unsure about your explanation. That would make sense if the DHARMA was portrayed as being pseudoscientific, however as the show went on they got a lot of credibility. They knew how to experiment with time using the Island's electromagnetic energy, they channeled it using technology they developed, etc. The background to the organization seems to indicate it had legitamate concerns, and that the Valanzetti Equation seems to be accurate. | |
| Apr 15, 2015 at 20:31 | comment | added | Chanandler Bong | I'm not sure what you're asking about. Why their plot was abandoned or how did they fit into the universe? Regarding the latter: if I remember correctly they were just another group of people brought to the island by Jacob, the fact that they were (pseudo)scientific organisation doesn't really matter. | |
| Apr 15, 2015 at 20:29 | comment | added | GetOutOfBox | The article explains what they were doing, but it does not explain why the fact that the DHARMA Initiative failed does not spell doomsday for the Lost universe. The show itself seems to mainly abandon the DHARMA subplot, focussing entirely on the supernatural explanations behind Jacob and the MIB, though I wonder if I perhaps missed some small hints at whether the characters somehow prevented doomsday. | |
| Apr 15, 2015 at 20:10 | comment | added | user5603 | Useful article on Wikipedia covers a lot. | |
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