Lost and The Stand

[Tea]

This is a quote from somewhere else. I got no link or date:

Lindelof: "[Crichton] takes science fiction concepts and brings them into the real world. Which is what we want to do on Lost."
Abrams: "A leap of faith — that, to me, is the essence of the show. Just embrace the absolutely over-the-top absurd nature of the story. Because when that kind of story is told with respect for the characters, the story, and the audience, you'll buy into it."
Lindelof: "We've basically stolen The Stand and put it on an island."

[Dezdmona]

The Stand in Lostpedia

Item of note:

In a 2004 interview with Ain’t It Cool News, Damon Lindelof stated:
“For the record, it's my favorite King book other than the Dark Tower series. In fact, you may have noticed the character of Charlie (Dom Monaghan, the rockstar one-hit wonder) is an homage to Larry Underwood.... “We're not misdirecting you on Terry O' Quinn's Flagg-esque (Walter in some worlds) qualities... but hopefully he's got some big surprises in store for everyone.”

[Scribe]

Wow. That was the first Stephen King novel I read. I still can't drive through the Holland Tunnel without getting major heebiejeebies because of that book.

Randall Flagg, the Walkin' Dude. Eeeeek.

[Dezdmona]

Just ran across this at Lostpedia & thought I'd add it to this thread:

The Dark Tower (theory)