Oceanic Airlines
Encyclopedia : O : OC : OCE : Oceanic Airlines
Oceanic Airlines is a fictional airline used on television and in movies, not to be confused with real airlines Trans-Oceanic Airways and Ocean Airlines.
Producers of the 1996 movie Executive Decision filmed extensive exterior aerial footage using an actual Boeing 747 painted with the fictional airline's livery. The footage has been reused in a large number of films and television shows.
The 2004 ABC TV series Lost also features Oceanic Airlines, but does not feature recycled stock footage from Executive Decision, and uses its own Oceanic Airlines logo.
The portrayal of Oceanic Airlines as being disaster-prone has become something of an inside joke among television and movie fans: for example, popular TV review site Television Without Pity sold a set of limited edition shirts and messenger bags branded with an Oceanic Airlines logo and the slogan "Getting halfway there is all the fun!" The Oceanic slogan from Lost seems especially apt for the danger-prone airline: "Taking You Places You've Never Imagined!", as does its logo: a highly stylized Australian dot painting resembling a bulls-eye or an island.
Media featuring Oceanic Airlines
Original
- Code 11-14: an FBI agent searches for a killer aboard an Oceanic Airlines flight bound for Los Angeles from Sydney.
- Executive Decision: Oceanic Flight 343 from Athens to Washington, DC was hijacked by terrorists.
- Lost: The show revolves around the aftermath of the crash of Oceanic Flight 815 from Sydney to Los Angeles. The producers of Lost also created a [website] for the fictional airline, including clues and references to the show's mystery.
- Alias: Oceanic's flight to Sydney is briefly mentioned in an announcement at LAX, when the show's main character Sydney Bristow is there. This may indicate a shared continuity between Lost and Alias (both created by J.J. Abrams).
- LAX (TV series): Advertisements and computers in terminals in LAX feature the Oceanic Airlines name in the episode Senator's Daughter.
Reused Footage
Stock footage from Executive Decision was also reused in the following:
- After the Sunset: According to [the trailer], Max and Lola fly on Oceanic airlines to their retreat in the Bahamas. The footage does not show up in the theatrical cut of the movie.
- [[Category 6: Day of Destruction]]
- Diagnosis Murder: The Boeing 747 used with the route from LAX to Switzerland in the episode "Murder in The Air".
- JAG: Uses stock footage featuring Oceanic Flight 343 in the episodes "Vanished" and "The Bridge at Kang So Ri".
- Nowhere to Land: Oceanic Flight 762, also from Sydney to Los Angeles. Nerve gas onboard.
- Panic in the Skies: Footage was used from the film Executive Decision except with 'Royce Air International' logos instead of the original ones.
- The War at Home: Footage was used from the film Executive Decision , in the episode called "the west palm beach story"
Other
- Ctrl+Alt+Del: Ethan attempts to buy a ticket from Oceanic in the [comic] dated March 6, 2006.
Trivia
- The name may be derived from the White Star Line (the operating company of the RMS Titanic and several other disaster prone vessels), otherwise known as the Oceanic Steam Navigation Company.
- As depicted on Lost, Oceanic Airlines was apparently established in 1980, the same year as the instruction movie for the DHARMA Initiative is copyrighted. However, the producers have denied any connection between DHARMA and Oceanic.
- A telephone number for Oceanic Air is available in the UK, presumably set up by Lost's UK distributor Channel 4, on 0871 200 3904. Pressing 0, after hearing the opening message "Welcome to Oceanic Air", on getting through plays an audio clip of the original broadcast from Rousseau that was heard by the survivors. The number is hidden in Channel 4's Lost website in the flash animation. [Network Site]
External links
- [Airliners.net Executive Decision Jet] - A photographic history of the original Boeing 747 that appeared in Executive Decision
- [Airliners.net LOST Jet] - A photographic history of the Lockheed L1011 Tristar dismantled for the "LOST" set.
- [Lost-related mock-"official" site] - run by ABC; incorporates a few Easter eggs.
- [Oceanic Airlines mock site]; same site as above with a different URL.
- [Oceanicairlines.com] - rumored to be run by the Lost creative team. Site appears and disappears randomly with changing cryptic content.
- [Oceanic Flight 815] - Official LOST Website
| Lost | |
|---|---|
| Production: | Episode List | Season 1 | Season 2 | Season 3 |
| Main characters: | Ana-Lucía | Boone | Charlie | Claire | Eko | Hurley | Jack | Jin | Kate Libby | Locke | Michael | Sawyer | Sayid | Shannon | Sun | Walt |
| Secondary characters: | Bernard | Desmond | "Henry Gale" | Rose |
| Organizations/groups: | Oceanic Airlines | DHARMA Initiative | Hanso Foundation | The Others |
| Miscellaneous: | Lost Experience | Island stations'' | Soundtrack |
From Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Original article here. Support Wikipedia by contributing or donating.
All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License See Wikipedia Copyrights for details.