tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35576150.post804326344107086451..comments2023-07-02T06:36:12.659-05:00Comments on Memphish is LOST: memphishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11135806668363907263noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35576150.post-5265670104564178182007-07-25T15:54:00.000-05:002007-07-25T15:54:00.000-05:00BTW, while we're on the subject, if anyone likes S...BTW, while we're on the subject, if anyone likes Shangri-La and also art, check out this site:<BR/><BR/>http://www.roerich.org/<BR/><BR/>Roerich was a Russian artist who dedicated his life to (among many other things) painting Tibet, Asia, the Himalayas, etc., with a primitive but very ethereal style. I have a Cliff Notes type blurb on him on my blog with a couple of examples also.Capcomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06841675195251354073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35576150.post-9819212945817892812007-07-25T15:46:00.000-05:002007-07-25T15:46:00.000-05:00Shangri-Ladians....I love that! :-)Shangri-Ladians....I love that! :-)Capcomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06841675195251354073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35576150.post-64295882259529047362007-07-25T13:46:00.000-05:002007-07-25T13:46:00.000-05:00Capcom, I do think that the LH castaways were mere...Capcom, I do think that the LH castaways were merely serendipitous. The key was that airplane which was the only one in India that could fly at high altitudes. The fact that it was a "royal" airplane would also tend to insure you had VIP types on it, but I don't think that they would have ever chosen Mallinson if they'd been able to pick. <BR/><BR/>I also think the Shangri-La(dians?) need to be careful of the other two castaways as well. Miss Brinklow might come around to a the mish mash religion of Shangri-La like the good Father did, but it's going to take a while, and if she makes "progress" with the natives, she's sure to want to report it to her superiors. As for Bernard, I could see him causing trouble too as he tries to speed up the process of converting the gold production to a more modern operation. I think if they'd stayed longer, it might have been one of them and not Mallinson who arranged to leave.<BR/><BR/>For all his "wisdom" the High Lama clearly misread Lo-Tsen and her feelings with respect to Shangri-La as well as the pecuniary nature of the porters who agreed to accompany Mallinson, et. al.<BR/><BR/>Cool Freeze - I'll check out your post. Lost Horizon is only about 200 pages. I read it in a day, well a dedicated day, but still a day.<BR/><BR/>PGTB - we can't start the countdown clock until we get a start date. Hopefully one will be announced tomorrow at Comic Con. It was NOT announced by ABC at the TCA today (at least not yet.)memphishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11135806668363907263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35576150.post-20931162364971977202007-07-25T13:28:00.000-05:002007-07-25T13:28:00.000-05:00Good one Memphish!You make me want to read the boo...Good one Memphish!<BR/><BR/>You make me want to read the book also.<BR/><BR/>Is it too soon to start the countdown to Season 4?pgtbeauregardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04881831890006754075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35576150.post-7226181411836259152007-07-25T13:21:00.000-05:002007-07-25T13:21:00.000-05:00WOW! This book may tie in quite well with my recen...WOW! This book may tie in quite well with my recent post. (Beware, it is all everywhere!)haha<BR/><BR/><BR/>I have never read the book. I want to now though. <BR/><BR/>CFCool_Freezehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00576648125152731679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35576150.post-34306064348372574522007-07-25T13:13:00.000-05:002007-07-25T13:13:00.000-05:00Great post Memphish! I hope that you liked LH. It ...Great post Memphish! I hope that you liked LH. It was pretty short and almost too easy of a read, but I liked it and it added to my total LOST experience, for sure. Thanks to Tommy, for introducing us to checking it out!<BR/><BR/>Do you really think that the four LH "castaways" were not chosen specifically somehow, even reading between the lines? The Conway choice was obvious of course. But the others seem like good choices a well. Miss Brinklow was a good recruit for having the drive to study the lamasery libraries, for the ultimate purpose of using her as their historian perhaps. Her religious inclinations could also have been utilized in preserving that aspect of the city, i.e., keeping future generations on the spiritual road. Bernard was a good choice, in his having no rush to get back to society where he could possibly be arrested, and he had his own special business skills and talents that would help the city prosper. And perhaps Mallinson was chosen merely to help Lo-Tsen populate the city with little lama babies. :-) And to keep Lo-Tsen happy there as well? And to me, "ultimately" was to mean to Mallinson that after 30 or 40 years of living happily ever after with Lo-Tsen and their kiddies, he would indeed eventually be happy that he stayed there. But an antsy guy like Mallinson would never have taken the time to understand that. Chang should have slipped Mallinson some opium poppy juice into his tea to calm him down. :o)Capcomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06841675195251354073noreply@blogger.com