Merged The Dock
I merged the article about The Dock with this one because they are the same location. --Mescad 09:50, 25 May 2006 (PDT)
- Is it? That depends on if "Pala Ferry" is the name of the location (the dock itself), or the name of the boat. Or, perhaps it is the name of the route.--Blakeeb 09:10, 25 May 2006 (PDT)
- The sign on the dock said "Pala Ferry" and this article was more complete. If we learn more about the Ferry itself later, this article could be change to reflect that. --Mescad 09:50, 25 May 2006 (PDT)
- Under the Facts section of the Pala Ferry page there is a comment that states the Pala Ferry is the same boat used to capture Walt. I don't think it's safe to assume that the boat was the actual ferry. Looking at the large covered area of the dock, it looks like a place for a much larger boat to pull up and load people on and off. --Atlantis 17:54, 25 May 2006 (PDT)
Pala Ferry
I'm not clear whether they are supposed to take the ferry at the end of the 8-hour shift, or at the end of the three week assignment. I was assuming the 8-hour shift, because there doesn't seem to be a place to sleep, nor food or other facilities in the Pearl. --Uth 10:18, 11 May 2006 (PDT)
- He specifically states they are to take the ferry at the end of their 8 hour shift.--Isotope23 11:11, 12 May 2006 (PDT)
Anybody know any translations for "pala" (or similar spelling) that might give a clue?--MoJo 12:17, 11 May 2006 (PDT)
- Pala means protector. It's the name of a dynasty of Buddhist kings in Bengal. It fits in with the Buddhist theme of the Dharma inititive.--Isotope23 12:37, 11 May 2006 (PDT)
- Pala is a utopian island in a book called "Island" by Aldous Huxley ("Brave New World"). To quote from Wikipedia:
"Island explores many of the themes and ideas that interested Huxley in the Post World War II decades, and were the subject of many of his nonfiction books of essays, Including Brave New World Revisited, Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow, The Doors of Perception, and The Perennial Philosophy. Some of these themes and ideas include overpopulation, ecology, modernity, democracy, mysticism, entheogens, and somatypes.
"The culture of Pala is the offspring of a Scottish Secular Humanist medical doctor, shipwrecked on the island in the 19th century, who partners with the Pala's raja, who embodies the island's Mahayana Buddhist tradition, to create a society that merges the best, in Huxley's view, of east and west. The Old Raja's Notes on What's What, a philosophical treatise, is a book within the book that explain's Pala's philosophical foundations." --Ljs 14:51, 11 May 2006 (PDT)
I thought he said Palau; what did the close-captioning indicate?.--Highspeed 16:27, 11 May 2006 (PDT)
- CC said "Pala".--Isotope23 11:11, 12 May 2006 (PDT)
Not sure but how about:
Apollo ferry
Some interesting links about Apollo ferry and lab testing in space, experiments, back to Earth after experiments are done.
Not sure if this is anything though. Perhaps totally wrong and dumb and I did not hear him right.
Any comments? -- user:Plewis 13:54, 12 May 2006 (EST)
Did anyone else think he maybe could have said Apollo Ferry?--Charugan 14:44, 15 May 2006 (PDT)
- Close captioning said "Pala"... and it sounded like "Pala" to me when he said it.--Isotope23 12:28, 16 May 2006 (PDT)
-- Could the Pala Ferry be a sort of underwater vaccum tube-type of instant transportation in the tunnels beneath the island? If so, maybe Walt has learned to use it and that's why he's wet when he appears to the other characters. --NewLostie 10:05, 21 May 2006 (PDT)
Can someone upload a screen cap of the shelter on the dock? One with the words "Pala Ferry" visible would be excellent. --Doc 08:57, 25 May 2006 (PDT)
Stub
Can this still be considered a stub? --CrystalSkull 14:51, 12 May 2006 (PDT)
An Important Detail
The Others simply gave the boat to Micheal. Assuming the boat to be a valuable asset for The Others, can we infer that the "rescue" they will find might be Dharma-related? I'm not sure where this theory is best suited, but thought it was worth a mention. --Bdjsb7 09:43, 25 May 2006 (PDT)