Talk:Stranger in a Strange Land (Lost)

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Contents 1 Title 2 Content 3 Summary. 4 Tattoos 5 Fair use rationale for Image:Jackstrangerland.jpg

[edit] Title

The title for this episode is very likely a reference to the passage in the Bible that uses the phrase "stranger in a strange land." I can't prove it, but it is a lot more likely than inexplicably referencing a novel about a human from Mars who learns the ways of Earth people. The book's title is itself a reference to the phrase from the Bible. Put on a "citation needed" if you feel you must, but I don't think it needs to be reverted back.--Smooth Nick 05:58, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

I disagree. Two possible analogies to Heinlein's "Michael Valentine Smith" character. One, Jack in Thailand, who arrives in an Asian culture that he is unfamiliar with, but he seems "destined for great things" or "great leadership" though as his tattoo states he is "not one of us".

More tenuous though may be Karl, who raised by "Others" (like Smith), now finds himself in amongst "primitive humans" (Kate, Sawyer, et al).

The book is a cultural artifact, referenced in songs and other media elsewhere. Although the title derives from the Bible, the book is what has made it famous. Lost is big on literary references and comparisons anyway.~Zythe^{Talk to me!} 00:56, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Content

Is there any particular reason why the entire Summary section has been gutted completely? 138.192.146.45 01:06, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

According to this edit the summary was taken from Lostpedia. Olessi 06:46, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

A synopsys is a synopsys nomater where the source. It's a detail of a sequence of events and would be the same no mater who wrote it. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 72.21.255.17 (talk) 14:31, 23 February 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Summary.

Ok, where is the summary, and why is there an edit war seemingly going on over it? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 60.234.236.149 (talk) 11:34, 23 February 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Tattoos

Can someone confirm that that is what Jack's tattoos actually say? — AnemoneProjectors (talk) 11:03, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

Never mind, the actual meaning is on Jack's article. — AnemoneProjectors (talk) 11:04, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Jackstrangerland.jpg

Image:Jackstrangerland.jpg is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.

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BetacommandBot 01:30, 7 November 2007 (UTC)