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It has been said that Anton Bruckner didn\u2019t compose nine symphonies, he composed one symphony nine times. I wonder if we could say\u00a0something similar\u00a0about J. J. Abrams.\u00a0His shows Fringe and LOST<\/a> seem to have converged<\/a> on key<\/a> themes<\/a>. Parallel universes, a small number of people who have crossed between them, deja vu as somehow connected to catching a glimpse of another universe, children who are special and relevant to a war that involves these parallel worlds which are similar and yet different.<\/p>\n

If you watch both, do you have any thoughts about how one might shed light on the other?<\/p>\n

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It has been said that Anton Bruckner didn\u2019t compose nine symphonies, he composed one symphony nine times. I wonder if we could say\u00a0something similar\u00a0about J. J. Abrams.\u00a0His shows Fringe and LOST seem to have converged on key themes. Parallel universes, a small number of people who have crossed between them, deja vu as somehow connected […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1412","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nJ. J. Abrams and Anton Bruckner Lost on the Fringe<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"It has been said that Anton Bruckner didn't compose nine symphonies, he composed one symphony nine times. 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