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Fly the Same Airline Whose Plane Crashed in "Lost"

technotica — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 08:55:55 PST

OMG, I saw this last night (in Ames, IA). I know nothing about Lost. I was more like WTF - why is there an airline advertising in Ames when we have no large airport.

technotica

Fly the Same Airline Whose Plane Crashed in "Lost"

Supernintendo — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 16:56:00 PST

Can anyone point me to a good site that summarizes all of this? Too lazy to play ;)

Supernintendo

Fly the Same Airline Whose Plane Crashed in "Lost"

kfunque — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 23:14:52 PST

@Metropolis:
Yep, there was just one aired a few minutes ago on VH-1 (did I just admit to watching VH-1?).

kfunque

Fly the Same Airline Whose Plane Crashed in "Lost"

Metropolis — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 06:21:45 PST

Its just not billboards. I saw commercials for it last night.

Metropolis

Fly the Same Airline Whose Plane Crashed in "Lost"

edb87 — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 00:17:55 PST

I love me some Lost, but I can't get into the ARG thing.

That being said, if I remember correctly:

*SPOILER (Maybe?)*

These billboards are popping up in the cities where the main characters are from.

*FIN*

That is, if I remember correctly.

edb87

Fly the Same Airline Whose Plane Crashed in "Lost"

mnrtransgressor — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 20:41:00 PST

Hrm...I think the John Locke character is from Tustin, CA. Coincidence?

mnrtransgressor

Fly the Same Airline Whose Plane Crashed in "Lost"

Evil Tortie's Mom — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 15:21:34 PST

I make it a point to only visit obsessive sites that collect up all the "facts" from the ARG's so I don't have to do all that clicking myself and can just read.

Evil Tortie's Mom

Fly the Same Airline Whose Plane Crashed in "Lost"

Seth L — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 14:53:16 PST

ARGs give me heartburn.

So does Lost, now that I think about it.

Seth L

Fly the Same Airline Whose Plane Crashed in "Lost"

zenpoet — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 14:45:31 PST

I imagined Aimes, Iowa once. It didn't take much. Much like my home, start with a lot of "flat," add corn, subtract people, and there you have it. You just imagined Aimes Iowa.

On point... Lost can die.

zenpoet

Fly the Same Airline Whose Plane Crashed in "Lost"

Whyaduck — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 14:33:32 PST

Hint to directors of web promos: don't shoot all cinematic and linger-y if I have to watch your footage on a tiny window on my laptop. At least they have a "skip" button.

Whyaduck

Fly the Same Airline Whose Plane Crashed in "Lost"

Ed Grabianowski — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 14:22:42 PST

I've been having a lot of fun playing the find815 ARG, and it has me all fired up for the new season. So, I guess this stuff really works.

Abaddon? Creepy.

Ed Grabianowski

Fly the Same Airline Whose Plane Crashed in "Lost"

Radau — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 14:13:17 PST

Man, I love the future of advertising. I can't wait until they start making more commercials for ARGs, like they did for the second season of lost. Hell, I'm sure in 5 years people will be willing to watch an hour of network television just to watch an ARG commercial.

Radau

Fly the Same Airline Whose Plane Crashed in "Lost"

aspiringexpatriate — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 14:09:24 PST

Yeah, but advertising agencies for the big studios didn't know how to do a proper viral campaign until Dark Knight. So now they're stealing from it.

aspiringexpatriate

Fly the Same Airline Whose Plane Crashed in "Lost"

tetracycloide — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 13:26:21 PST

normally you start with a viral marketing scheme and then turn it into an actual story instead of the other way around.

tetracycloide