Sunday, May 10, 2009

Top 10 islands with uncanny resemblances to Garden Key

  1. Island of Misfit Toys (the island sanctuary where defective and unwanted toys are sent from the Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer cartoon).
  2. Gilligan's Island (a group of castaways on an uncharted, uninhabited island, complete with a dimwitted, accident-prone crewman and a condescending character reminiscent of Mr. Magoo).
  3. Fantasy Island (a seemingly island paradise riddled with oddities and bizarreness just beneath the surface).
  4. Survivor Anywhere (isolated in a remote wilderness location with strangers and given a minimal number of tools with which to survive; laden with challenges to test endurance, problem solving, teamwork, dexterity and willpower).
  5. Lord of the Flies (a group stuck on a deserted island who try to govern themselves with disastrous results).
  6. Vanuatu (a South Pacific island facing tremendous pressure on local ecosystems where freshwater and waste disposal are increasingly troublesome issues).
  7. A mysterious tropical island in the South Pacific, home of Lost (where a group of strangers are forced to work together to stay alive with survival threatened by mysterious entities).
  8. Borneo (an island that has no escape from the suffocating heat and humidity).
  9. Más a Tierra (the island where Robinson Crusoe lived, complete with captives, mutineers and more).
  10. Deliverance (oh wait, that's not an island but the plot still applies: expecting to have fun and see the glory of nature but instead, face both nature and mankind conspiring to send you through a crucible of danger and degradation).

2 comments:

Doogman said...

Speaking of danger and degradation, Marilyn's been diagnosed terminal with brain cancer. She has perhaps a few weeks to live. Hospice nurses and are holding vigil over her. Treasure your time with Robin, you don't know how much you'll have. Life turns on a dime... and sometimes makes change.

KIA said...

:-<

Robin and I laugh every day and know how lucky we are....