DAVID BOWIE
DAVID BOWIE
Knows where you sleep.
(David Bowie)
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The DHARMA (Department of Heuristics And Research on Material Applications) Initiative was a scientific research project that had a large presence on the Island between the 1970s and early 1990s. It is represented by variations of an octagonal logo that appear on most of its products and stations.
Most information on the project is derived from the Swan Orientation film and the ARG The Lost Experience. The former detailed some of the project’s aims and a brief history, while the latter expanded greatly on this, particularly with regards to the company which funded the Initiative, the Hanso Foundation.
The DHARMA Initiative in large part ended after the Purge in 1992, an event that saw the death of almost all of its members on the Island at the hands of Benjamin Linus and “the Hostiles.” Indeed, The Lost Experience confirmed that the Hanso Foundation cut the DHARMA Initiative’s funding in 1987.
Finding the Island
An as of yet unidentified man was able to find the location of the Island in the 1960s (well before 1974, when the DI was well-established), by way of the Lamp Post station in Los Angeles — as explained by Eloise Hawking. Located underneath a church, the Lamp Post harnessed the unique pocket of energy in that area and used it to find other similar pockets around the globe. Though this man was only interested in one specific area: the Island. Since the Island was always moving, the Lamp Post was integral in finding the Island’s location. Within a few years’ time, the location was uncovered, and a tiny commune was formed on the Island, called the DHARMA Initiative.
Project aims
Assorted images from the Swan Orientation film.
According to various orientation films, the Initiative was founded in 1970 by Gerald and Karen DeGroot, two doctoral candidates at the University of Michigan. It was financially backed by Danish industrialist and munitions magnate Alvar Hanso and his Hanso Foundation. The alleged purpose of the Initiative, according to the Swan Orientation film, was to create “a large-scale communal research compound where scientists and free-thinkers from around the globe could pursue research in meteorology, psychology, parapsychology, zoology, electromagnetism, and Utopian social-[static].”
The Barracks video also said that the mission of the Initiative on the Island was to study its unique properties for the betterment of mankind and advancement of world peace.
The Sri Lanka Video of The Lost Experience appears to build on the last statement, explaining that the DHARMA Initiative was part of a project begun in response to the Valenzetti Equation commissioned by the UN in 1967, a mathematical formula that reportedly predicts the amount of time until the extinction of mankind. The purpose of the DHARMA Initiative on the Island was to use scientific research to manipulate the environment in order to change any one of the core factors of the Valenzetti Equation which, in turn, would change the Equation’s result and thus change mankind’s destiny. They were also interested in researching the unique properties on the Island found nowhere else in the world, again for the betterment of humanity.
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The DHARMA Initiative fought an armed conflict on the Island with a group they called the Hostiles for many years. The reasons for the conflict have not been revealed, though Horace Goodspeed stated that the Hostiles were natives to the Island, implying that a conflict could have arisen from DHARMA moving into their territory or intruding on the Island.
Regardless of the cause, the conflict ended in December 1992 with an event known as the Purge. The Hostiles launched a toxic gas attack on the Barracks and possibly other locations that killed nearly all the staff of the Initiative on the Island. Some members of the Initiative, including Benjamin Linus, survived the attack by joining the Hostiles. The inhabitants of the Swan survived by being sealed in the station. The bodies of the DHARMA Initiative members were piled into a mass grave in the jungle. The Hostiles, along with the several members of the DHARMA Initiative who joined them prior to the Purge, survive today as the group Danielle Rousseau, the survivors of Oceanic Flight 815 and the survivors of the freighter Kahana call the Others.
In the March 20, 2007 Official Lost Podcast, Carlton Cuse said he did not believe that The Others knew about the Swan station, but acknowledged that they might have observed the Swan through the monitors at the Pearl. The last known working member of the Initiative on the Island was Kelvin Inman, who died September 22, 2004.
Aftermath
Modernized DHARMA logo as seen at Comic-Con 2008.
Hugh McIntyre of the Hanso Foundation said in an interview as part of The Lost Experience that the DHARMA Initiative’s funding was cut in 1987. Thomas Mittelwerk also claimed in the Sri Lanka video, “we all know what happened—the DHARMA Initiative failed.” In the Official Lost Podcasts, executive producers Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse also make frequent references to DHARMA’s fall as a “collapse”, explaining that the polar bears escaped from their cages during the collapse, for example.
However, the truth of when the Intiative collapsed or if indeed it did at all is uncertain due to the events of the Purge, which reportedly occurred five years after the date quoted by Hugh McIntyre. Furthermore, in the Sri Lanka Video, it is shown that even in 2006 similar work on the Valenzetti Equation is being conducted, suggesting the project’s major aims are still being investigated in some new incarnation by Thomas Mittelwerk. It has also been shown that the Swan station received supplies with DHARMA Initiative-branded food and necessities up to at least December 2004, and that Kelvin Inman joined the DHARMA Initiative after the Gulf War in 1991, both indicating that the Initiative did not end its operations in 1987 as McIntyre stated.
In the Dharma Initiative Recruiting Project of 2008, unknown benefactors attempted to restart the Initiative but failed due to constrains by the 2008 financial crisis. The “Project” consisted of a series of tests that dealt with different areas of expertise. The tests measured various skills of recruits, and official Volunteer Assessment Dossiers were sent out to recruits on November 18th. The “Project” was unable to continue spending due to the financial crisis, and sold the Dharma Initiative to the T.V. show Lost. Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse started a new website called Dharmaspecialaccess.com that gave recruits exclusive information on upcoming Lost info.
God, I hope so.
You took the words right out of my mouth!!
Absolutely. I’ll keep praying.
XD Isn’t that every girl’s dream?
Not anymore really. He was definately fitt as back then, but now he’s 62 so… You work it out
If he’d wear the Jareth wig I’d still do him.
and the majority of men ;D
I’ve been sleeping with my window open in hopes of this since I was 13
I’d rather have David Bowie know than Edward Cullen!
That’s right, I went there, Team David Bowie FTW!
Can I choose none of the above? Both give me the creeps. *shudders*
Wow, they’re both creepy old men who kidnap teenage girls. Only, one of them looks kinda cool. The one with a fetish for spidermonkies can go burn in an oven.
Team Bowie FTW! 8D
*high-fives*
*high-fives back*
He can show up in my bedroom any day!
Oh, me too
TEAM BOWiE!!!
*high-fives back*
He’s old enough to be my grandpa and I still think he’s sexy as hell. <3
*waves her hand* Add me to the, “sure I’m only 20-something but I’d shag ‘em rotten” list.
I’d bang Bowie, and I usually like women :p
you do know his penis isn’t so big right google imaged it the second pic he is peeing in a toster and you can see it
I AGREE WITH THIS STATEMENT.
Labyrinth FTW!!!
I know many people who would not find this state objectionable.
Oddly, Bowie should ALSO be over in Nostolgic Win. He’s just that cool.
I concur. I mean, look at his HAIR! He had the emo-spiky-hair and emo tight pants thing going way before anyone else. Ahead of his time.
The man always is. Usually by five years.
labyrinth is the shit
He does? I should start leaving the window open…
Really?
YAY!
Yeah, I wish.
This is really fu(king stupid. Belongs in failblog.
Wait – I thought “…knows where you sleep…” was supposed to be a *threat.*
Threaten me – Puh-LEEZE!!!
Now that guy…. he reminds me of the babe
What babe?
Babe with the Power
What power?
The power of *Voodoo*!
Who do?
You do!
do what?
remind me of the babe.
Ah saw mah baby -
Cryin hard as babes could cry -
What could I do?
My baby’s love had gone
And left my baby blue, nobody knew
what kind of magic spell to use …
The power of voodoo
When are you going to put a screen on that window?
If he was in my room, he wouldn’t ever leave again, lets put it that way.
Well duh, he is the Sovereign.
that’s not such a bad thing!
I wish! He’s delicious
Well at least he’s not as bad as Michael Jackson was…
Funny thing is if David wasn’t available it could have been MJ in this movie. Thank goodness The Bowie was available. Would have been a totally different movie without him.
and we all would have been a lot more worried for the baby brother.
Ooh, goody!!
Yay!!!
-waits patiently-
Gods, I hope so! ^_^
I love that like only 1 person complained about David Bowie peering through their window…
Her name is David???
That’s a guy
i am totally okay with this.
Mmmmmm, he can come into my room anytime!
Oh yes-I’ve kept him informed of my address since I was 10! The window’s always open David!
awwww that’s so cute i love it
I am totally OK with that ;D
ITS A TRAP!!
Yeah, Jared from Labyrinth. Mmmmm. I used to dream he would come take me away, but no mater how many times I tried or said the magic words . . .
Hehehe, me either… babysitting, uggh
Oh, and btw, it’s Jareth not Jared ^O^
The magic words DO work for me, but I use it for other wishes~ (>^^)> <(^^<) Haven't seen him yet though, but I think I wouldn't be happy about the massive amount of glitter he'd put in my room.
When is he going to come visit then?
YES. Win.
I went to college with his son, so he could actually find out where I live quite easily…. Mmmmmmmmmm!!!!
woot, please come over ;D
YAY! He does? *happy dance*
oh god. I want David Bowie to come to my bedroom at night. like in the Flight of the Conchords episode but sexier ^^
Yes, come through my window any night. . . or day for that matter.
I can see where the J Rockers got the style from ^^
Yes, please!
Tight pants: Check. Tight Shirt: Check. Poofy, white wig: Check. Army of demon muppets: Check. Gay: Uncheck. Go DAVID BOWIE!
Actually, Gay: semi-check
PROMISE?!
“Forget about the baby”
OK SIR!!!
I hope he does. I want him to sleep there with me.
(bowie) just fear me love me do as i say and i will be your slave. (me) OMG i do all of those thing i love you and kinda fear you i will stay here for ever but can i visit my family? (bowie) yes (me) I LOVE YOU JARETH!!!!!!!!!!! <3 <3
ok i would rather have his as Ziggy stardust im sorry but i would <3
I’m scared. And now I can’t sleep.
If only. Oh my god the things I would let him do to me