Similarities Between ABC's "Lost" and Stephen King's "The Stand"

The Man in Black
The first thing that can be noticed while watching season six of Lost is the use of the pseudonym "The Man in Black." This is a reference to an alias given to the main villain in The Stand, Randall Flagg in another one of King's books. Lost producers Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse use the alias to refer to the nemesis of Jacob that has yet to be named.

Dreams
Both Lost and The Stand use dreams heavily in their plot. In The Stand, the dreams of the survivors of the superflu virus are used to lead to them either to Mother Abagail, the leader of the protagonists, or Randall Flagg. The dreams of the Oceanic 815 survivors tell them what they need to do. It can be assumed that the dreams were the way Jacob and the Man in Black have been communicating with their future recruits.

Good and Evil
From the beginning of the series, the fight between white and black or good and evil has been very prevalent in Lost. Whether it is Locke explaining the game of backgammon which involves black and white pieces or Jack finding two decayed bodies that had one black stone and one white stone, we are still wondering which side are the good guys. It would seem that the logical answer would be Jacob and the Others, but the Man in Black would like you to think otherwise. In The Stand, it was easy to see who the bad guys were and that Randall Flagg was their leader.

Characters
According to Entertainment Weekly, Lindelof and Cuse have admitted to paying homage to the character of Larry Underwood with the creation of Charlie Pace. Both of these characters are one-hit wonders as rock stars and are looking to reform and kick their drug habits after starting their new life. There is another connection between Frances Goldsmith and Claire Littleton. The link between the two involves both being pregnant before the start of the disaster, having dreams of their baby being kidnapped and becoming involved with someone that is not the father of their child (Charlie in Lost and Stuart Redman in The Stand).

Sam Anderson
One final similarity is that the Mini-Series adaptation of The Stand featured Sam Anderson as the character Whitney Horgan. Anderson plays the role of Bernard Nadler, one of the survivors of Oceanic 815. It is probably not significant like the other connections, but who knows with Lost.

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