Retconning Alternative-3

Chances are if we’ve been to the pub together over the last 15 years, I will have mentioned Alternative-3, amongst the canon of great media proto-ARGs that include Orson Welles’ War Of The Worlds, Ghostwatch, etc.

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I re-watched it on the plane over to the USA, and my addled-brain couldn’t help but retcon the whole thing into the LOST universe.

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It was made of course, when the DHARMA initiative is intended to have made their orientation movies, which helps.

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But the plot within it is worthy of Abrams, Lindelhof, et al.

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And I was suprised that I found some parts genuinely sinister/scary still.

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The biggest suprise?

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Eno!

Spooks does Alternative-3!

Wow.

The season finale of Spooks was pretty damn good, and wonderfully subversive. Not to give too much away if you're watching a repeat or bittorrenting from the US, but they basically have US and the UK hatching an "Alternative-1" from the "Alternative-3" scenario, i.e. planned and organised dieback in response to a Malthusian MegaCat. Blimey!!!

Fantastic.

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