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Sexy Crossover Alert! New Lost Star Teaching Teri Hatcher to Strip for Desperate Housewives
Tue., Dec. 8, 2009 9:45 AM PST by Kristin Dos Santos and Whitney English
First they drop a plane on Wisteria Lane and now this bomb(shell):
Teri Hatcher is taking it off, baby!
Yes, we can report exclusively that Susan Meyer will be doing a seductive striptease in an upcoming episode of Desperate Housewives. And believe it or not, Teri's being taught the dance by none other than the latest hot brunette to come to Lost: Sheila Kelley, also known as Mrs. Richard Schiff, also known as the creator of the striptease workout S-Factor.
"We are working on a dance for Teri to do on the show," Kelley tells us as she prepares to head back to Hawaii today for Lost. "We'll be shooting it soon, and it'll be a lot of fun."
So which Desperate guy gets the dance? What did Kelley spill about her Lost role? And which "so hot" Lostie is she already crushing on?
Though Kelley wouldn't say who will be on the receiving end of Susan Meyer's scandalous erotic display—it has to be Mike Delfino, right?—she does reveal that Teri is a pro on the pole.
"Her body loves this movement—takes to it like a fish to water," Kelley says. "She's so amazing, on the pole, off the pole, just standing when she circles her body and she does her hips. I mean literally, your mouth drops open. Oh my god is she hot. She's so beautiful."
Hatcher has spent two hours a day for three days preparing for the role and even made a pit stop to the Hollywood costume shop Trashy Lingerie on Thursday. She'll be wearing 8-inch heels. Yeow!
As for her role on the upcoming season of Lost, Kelley sets the record straight that she is not playing Kendall (an "intellectual beauty who commits corporate espionage"), despite reports to the contrary.
"No," Sheila says. "It's not Kendall. I'm not Kendall."
Beyond that, the 45-year-old actress insists she knows nothing. "You can't say much about Lost because who really knows what's going on in Lost," she tells us. "I get my page. I don't get anybody else's pages. I'm used to having the whole script with a backstory. I know where my character's going. With Lost, you don't know where you're going or where your character came from really."
What Kelley does know is she is scheduled for at least four of the 13 episodes of Lost's final season, which premieres Feb. 2.
"I shot the first episode, and I'm leaving [today] to shoot the next one," she explains. "It's one of the most exciting, interesting new experiences I've ever had."
When asked if her striptease know-how will come into play on Lost, Kelley laughs and says, "Once you see what I'm doing on Lost, you'll get the humor in that. I guess you can say I'm bringing some of the skills onto Lost, but not as obviously as you might think."
And though she wasn't a fan of Lost before being cast, she says she's now "obsessed," particularly with a certain sexy Iraqi.
"I'm a Sayid kind of girl," she admits. "He's so hot. Those arms go on forever. I don't want him to put on anything but sleeveless tops for the rest of his life!"
It sure sounds like she could be sharing some screen time with Naveen Andrews, no?
First they drop a plane on Wisteria Lane and now this bomb(shell):
Teri Hatcher is taking it off, baby!
Yes, we can report exclusively that Susan Meyer will be doing a seductive striptease in an upcoming episode of Desperate Housewives. And believe it or not, Teri's being taught the dance by none other than the latest hot brunette to come to Lost: Sheila Kelley, also known as Mrs. Richard Schiff, also known as the creator of the striptease workout S-Factor.
"We are working on a dance for Teri to do on the show," Kelley tells us as she prepares to head back to Hawaii today for Lost. "We'll be shooting it soon, and it'll be a lot of fun."
So which Desperate guy gets the dance? What did Kelley spill about her Lost role? And which "so hot" Lostie is she already crushing on?
Though Kelley wouldn't say who will be on the receiving end of Susan Meyer's scandalous erotic display—it has to be Mike Delfino, right?—she does reveal that Teri is a pro on the pole.
"Her body loves this movement—takes to it like a fish to water," Kelley says. "She's so amazing, on the pole, off the pole, just standing when she circles her body and she does her hips. I mean literally, your mouth drops open. Oh my god is she hot. She's so beautiful."
Hatcher has spent two hours a day for three days preparing for the role and even made a pit stop to the Hollywood costume shop Trashy Lingerie on Thursday. She'll be wearing 8-inch heels. Yeow!
As for her role on the upcoming season of Lost, Kelley sets the record straight that she is not playing Kendall (an "intellectual beauty who commits corporate espionage"), despite reports to the contrary.
"No," Sheila says. "It's not Kendall. I'm not Kendall."
Beyond that, the 45-year-old actress insists she knows nothing. "You can't say much about Lost because who really knows what's going on in Lost," she tells us. "I get my page. I don't get anybody else's pages. I'm used to having the whole script with a backstory. I know where my character's going. With Lost, you don't know where you're going or where your character came from really."
What Kelley does know is she is scheduled for at least four of the 13 episodes of Lost's final season, which premieres Feb. 2.
"I shot the first episode, and I'm leaving [today] to shoot the next one," she explains. "It's one of the most exciting, interesting new experiences I've ever had."
When asked if her striptease know-how will come into play on Lost, Kelley laughs and says, "Once you see what I'm doing on Lost, you'll get the humor in that. I guess you can say I'm bringing some of the skills onto Lost, but not as obviously as you might think."
And though she wasn't a fan of Lost before being cast, she says she's now "obsessed," particularly with a certain sexy Iraqi.
"I'm a Sayid kind of girl," she admits. "He's so hot. Those arms go on forever. I don't want him to put on anything but sleeveless tops for the rest of his life!"
It sure sounds like she could be sharing some screen time with Naveen Andrews, no?
V Teams with Lost; FlashForward Gone Until March
ABC makes new plans for their genre TV series.
by Eric Goldman
December 4, 2009 - When V ran its last episode, ABC had a promo at the end saying the series would return in March. The network now has set the specific date for the show, and while it's still in March, it's barely so – March 30th.
That will keep V on Tuesday nights, but the show will now be airing at 10:00pm – right after Lost. That's right, it'll often be Elizabeth Mitchell Tuesdays, as both her series (while no longer a regular, she's expected to make several appearances on Lost's final season) will run on the same network, on the same night, back-to-back.
by Eric Goldman
December 4, 2009 - When V ran its last episode, ABC had a promo at the end saying the series would return in March. The network now has set the specific date for the show, and while it's still in March, it's barely so – March 30th.
That will keep V on Tuesday nights, but the show will now be airing at 10:00pm – right after Lost. That's right, it'll often be Elizabeth Mitchell Tuesdays, as both her series (while no longer a regular, she's expected to make several appearances on Lost's final season) will run on the same network, on the same night, back-to-back.
The notable mid-season break for V has been known (and debated) for some time now, but ABC has surprised viewers by also now announcing a big break for FlashForward. That series ran its final episode of the year this week, but instead of returning with new episodes next month, as originally expected, FlashForward will also be off the air until March. New episodes will begin airing Thursday, March 4.
ABC touts that holding both series until March will allow both to run uninterrupted for the remainder of the season – but obviously fans will still bemoan going so long between new episodes.
ABC touts that holding both series until March will allow both to run uninterrupted for the remainder of the season – but obviously fans will still bemoan going so long between new episodes.
Coming Soon to Bookshelf Near You!
Posted by The ODI on Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Hey All,
I am very proud to announce our very good friend, LOST recapper, and fellow ODI LOSTcast partner Vozzek69 has written a book on LOST.
We do not have too many details besides that it will be coming soon and that you can now find him on Twitter @Vozzek
Also he has sent over this cover for you all to check out:
Hey All,
I am very proud to announce our very good friend, LOST recapper, and fellow ODI LOSTcast partner Vozzek69 has written a book on LOST.
We do not have too many details besides that it will be coming soon and that you can now find him on Twitter @Vozzek
Also he has sent over this cover for you all to check out:
http://the-odi.blogspot.com/2009/12/coming-soon-to-bookshelf-near-you.html
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Josh Holloway Answers Your Lost Questions
November 30, 2009 03:06 PM EST
Is there something you were always dying to know about Lost's Sawyer - or the awesome actor who plays him? Well, with this being the ABC drama's last season, your time is running out. But good news - we'll be in Hawaii speaking to Josh Holloway this week! Submit your questions in the comments section below and we'll do our very best to get you answers!
Is there something you were always dying to know about Lost's Sawyer - or the awesome actor who plays him? Well, with this being the ABC drama's last season, your time is running out. But good news - we'll be in Hawaii speaking to Josh Holloway this week! Submit your questions in the comments section below and we'll do our very best to get you answers!
'Lost': Groundhog Day Conspiracy?
Doc Jensen on the significance of the Feb. 2 premiere date, reading the Goodspeed-Alpert ''Letter of Truce,'' party-planning of super-fan Matt Roeser, and digging into the Jacob-Man In Black mystery
By Jeff Jensen Dec 01, 2009
THE GROUNDHOG DAY CONSPIRACY!
Last week we discussed Lost's move to Tuesday nights, beginning with the season premiere on Feb. 2. Many of you jumped on me for not recognizing the provocative nature of the date, given how the season 5 cliffhanger left us wondering if the castaways will be re-living their lives, just like a certain classic Bill Murray comedy from 1993. Jordan Barnett writes:
By Jeff Jensen Dec 01, 2009
THE GROUNDHOG DAY CONSPIRACY!
Last week we discussed Lost's move to Tuesday nights, beginning with the season premiere on Feb. 2. Many of you jumped on me for not recognizing the provocative nature of the date, given how the season 5 cliffhanger left us wondering if the castaways will be re-living their lives, just like a certain classic Bill Murray comedy from 1993. Jordan Barnett writes:
Looks like Richard did remember his birthday!
Biography for
Nestor Carbonell
Date of Birth
1 December 1967, New York City, New York, USA
Birth Name
Néstor Gastón Carbonell
Height
5' 11" (1.80 m)
Spouse
Shannon Kenny (3 January 2001 - present) 2 children
Trade Mark
Very dark eyes
Trivia
Nestor and his wife, Shannon Kenny, met while both were working in the movie Attention Shoppers (2000).
Father of Rafael (b. 2002) and Marco (b. 2005).
Sunday, November 29, 2009
Friday, November 27, 2009
'Lost': Reboot Anxiety? Be Thankful!
Doc Jensen checks in with a pep talk for fans sweating Jughead, a season 6 status report, a chat with super-fan Doc Arzt, and more
By Jeff Jensen
Nov 26, 2009
Worried the approaching season 6 will render our castaway heroes' oddball odyssey all for naught? Doc Jensen says don't sweat it...embrace it!
The countdown has officially begun. The final season of Lost will begin on Feb. 2. That's a Tuesday for all of you who don't have an iCal on your mental desktop. I was initially jarred by this news: It's hard to think of the series being on any other night but Wednesday. (Never mind the aberration that was the Thursday digression of 2008, i.e., the strike-impacted season 4.) I will miss marking the middle of the week by slipping through the looking glass and chasing white rabbits of thought for the theory food this column serves up each week. And so we offer a Thanksgiving salute and bid adieu to our mutual friend, the Lost Wednesday, with this, the first official Doc Jensen ramble of the new — and last — season of Lost. Beginning next week, we post on Tuesdays, and I can promise you that our December columns will be chockablock with all the spotty insight, suspect intellect, and specious scholarship you have come to rely on — plus a few newsy scoops and legitimately pearly nuggets. Let's start prepping for The End with...
STATUS REPORT: SEASON 6
Based only on info released or confirmed by the producers. While you won't find any spoilerific ''Transmissions'' here, I encourage anyone who has endeavored to remain deliberately ignorant about Lost 6.0 to skip over the next several paragraphs.
What we know? Lost began production in August and just finished shooting the eighth episode of its 16-episode, 18-hour season, which includes a two-hour premiere and a two-hour finale. The title of the first episode: ''LA X.'' At Comic-Con last July, exec producers Carlton Cuse and Damon Lindelof showed three short videos — a Mr. Cluck's commercial with millionaire Hurley, an America's Most Wanted segment about fugitive Kate, and an Oceanic Airlines ad touting its spotless safety record — that contained details that deviated from established continuity. Did Juliet succeed in changing history by detonating Jughead in the Dharma Initiative past? The producers say: That's exactly the question we should be asking. (I'll have more thoughts in this issue in the READER MAIL section.)
Who's in, who's out... Emilie de Ravin's maybe-dead Claire — last seen haunting Kate's dreams and hanging with Ghost Christian in Jacob's shack — rejoins the narrative in a big way after going MIA last season. A number of certifiably deceased characters will be making seemingly inexplicable return appearances this coming season, including Charlie (Dominic Monaghan, now of FlashForward), Boone (Ian Somerhalder, now of The Vampire Diaries), and birthday-ambiguous Charlotte (Rebecca Mader, who can currently be seen in The Men Who Stare At Goats). The producers also recently told my colleague Dan Snierson that Juliet is indeed toes up — but actress Elizabeth Mitchell will materialize at least twice during the final sweep of episodes. (Let's take a moment and shoot furious eye darts of blazing indignation at her new show, V, for completely letting Mitchell down with mediocre material.) Nestor Carbonell (Richard Alpert) has been promoted to series regular. Henry Ian Cusick, who plays Desmond Hume, will not be a series regular this season, but it's believed we haven't seen the last of the ex-Hatchman.
...and who's new: Hiroyuki Sanada, a popular Japanese actor who worked with Matthew Fox in Speed Racer, has been cast as a character named Dogen. (New Lost Philosopher Reference Alert! Dogen Zenji was a fabled Zen Buddhist teacher.) John Hawkes (Deadwood) has been cast as Lennon, whose name has me humming ''Imagine'' while painfully recalling that time in high school when I took a test about Russian history and I got docked one full grade for consistently misspelling ''Lenin'' as ''Lennon.'' Damn the corrupting mind virus that is the Beatles! Other familiar faces/names scheduled to appear this season: Sheila Kelley (L.A. Law, Sisters) and William Atherton, the always-entertaining character actor who specializes in playing... well, a--holes.
What's next? Possibly very little. Team Lost would like to keep as much of season 6 under wraps as possible — even down to keeping ABC's promotional campaign free of any season 6 imagery. We'll see if this plan holds. Examples of other hotly anticipated pop culture that considered — then reconsidered — ''No Advertising'' gambits: Star Wars: Episode 1 — The Phantom Menace and James Cameron's Avatar. In both cases, the producers and the studio (Fox) decided that remaining secretive would only further stoke already unrealistic expectations. However, movies and TV shows have very different concerns. Moreover, the very premise of Lost's final season (i.e., will the story take place in a rebooted or non-rebooted time line?) is itself a massive spoiler. And regardless: I don't think anyone who has stuck with this show for this long really needs any more wind up for the saga's climactic act.
How are the producers feeling about the final season? EW's Chau Tu caught up with Damon Lindelof at the launch party for the Star Trek DVD and asked him that very question. His response: ''It's very emotional right now. It all depends on the day. There's an incredible level of excitement on our part that we're finally getting to end it. There's a lot of nervous anticipation. It's like if you get somebody a gift and you've got it locked up in your closet, and you think it's the greatest gift in the world but the longer it sits there, the more you think, 'Oh, I hope they don't already have one. Are they going to like this? Will it fit?' But that's all good. I think it's natural.... I feel tremendous pressure from the fans, but it can't possibly [match] the pressure that we're putting on ourselves. We've been doing this show for five and a half years now. It's the single greatest piece of creative work of my career, Carlton's career, a lot of the writers' careers, so our own sort of sense of 'Please don't f--- it up' is pretty overriding.''
QUESTIONS FOR A SUPER-FAN: DOC ARZT
Beginning this week and continuing periodically, we're going to salute Lost's legion of super-fans who've given much time and energy to loving Lost over the years, at great cost to their relationships, careers and health, and THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT. Call it: Profiles In Courageous Fanaticism. We launch with a fellow named Jon Lachonis, but better known as Doc Arzt, a handle inspired by his favorite Lost character, Leslie Arzt, the teacher who got blown up by Black Rock dynamite back in season 1. (Classic Hurley, pointing out some fleshy remnants on Jack's back: ''Dude...you've got some Arzt on you.'') Doc's current Web home is docarzt.com. He is also the co-author (with fellow super-fan Amy Johnston) of Lost Ate My Life: The Inside Story of a Fandom Like No Other. I dig his raw and unvarnished passion for, and his deep appreciation of, big picture storytelling. I also like how he often serves as conscience and voice of reason to a fan culture that can get too spoilerhoundish and nitpickish. I recently asked Jon some questions. He was kind enough to give me some answers.
DOC JENSEN: What episode of Lost made you go, ''Yep. I'm obsessed.''
DOC ARZT: Seriously, the pilot. The obsession has just increased incrementally with each episode after that, but the pilot certainly contains the winning template for the series.
What character do you relate to the most and why?
Doctor Arzt, because I really am that socially awkward guy who seems to have an opinion on everything, and probably every bit as annoying to boot.
What's the craziest thing you've done in expressing Lost fandom?
Planting myself in front of a computer for so many hundreds of hours to document, speculate, and dissect the show.
DOC JENSEN: How have you been spending your hiatus?
DOC ARZT:I've been mostly re-watching the earlier seasons and catching up on reading some of the books from the Lost book club on abc.com. I've also spent some time watching some old favorites like The Prisoner, Nowhere Man, and Twin Peaks.
Are you PRO time line reboot or ANTI time line reboot?
I am PRO time line reboot because I cannot imagine what the writers would do with that scenario, yet I trust they would do something great. So that possibility offers more of what we've come to expect from Lost — the unexpected.
In 25 words or less: Explain the true significance of Jacob and Man In Black.
Aside from their history and their connection with the Island, Jacob and Man In Black represent the sides to be chosen in Lost's final game.
In 25 words or less, answer this question: What is Lost?
When some distant descendent of Bulfinch sits down to document the mythology of our generation, Lost will be our Iliad. It is a sprawling myth. [Doc Arzt speaks of Thomas Bulfinch, noted 19th century scholar specializing in history and mythology.]
What will you miss most about Lost when it wraps up next May?
The tidal wave of creativity that crashes through the fandom after every episode. We all like to bicker about whether or ideas are right or wrong, but I'm always blown away by some of the accidental storytelling that takes place while fans are trying to suss out Lost's mysteries. Hopefully all the theorists are keeping track of ideas that turned out to be wrong, so they can write them into their own brand-new mythologies.
Wait! Does Doc mean to suggest that there might be a market for a six-season TV saga built around my much-beloved though totally debunked The Others Are Animal-Human Hybrids Theory?!
READER MAIL!
Doc Arzt may find the prospect of a Lost time line reboot to be capture-the-imagination cool, but there are others for whom the thought makes them want to lock themselves up in their homemade hatches and Radzisnky themselves in despair. (A little season 2 reference for you there.) One of these prematurely distraught fans is John David Bibb. He writes:
Dear Doc,
I have a tradition that I've kept every year since the hiatus between Lost's first and second season: I rewatch all the previous seasons on DVD before the next season airs. Every time I rewatch the past seasons, I'm obviously watching with more knowledge of the larger story. Things make more sense, certain things stand out. But here's the problem/question that I'm bumping up against in re-watching this time: Does any of this matter? The biggest concern I have is that [Juliet's attempt at rebooting time by detonating Jughead] will nullify all the emotion we the viewers spent during the previous five seasons. Who wasn't just emotionally wiped out when Charlie sacrificed himself for Desmond and the others? Now Charlie will be back to his junkie self landing in Los Angeles. Who didn't think Sawyer's character arc wasn't fascinating and satisfying — this piece of scum, who turned into the person everyone was rooting for as he and Juliet seemed to have an idyllic life together? Now he'll be back to his conning, snarky self in Los Angeles. It seems to me that everything we've invested in will be wiped away. As for Claire, what was the point of her disappearance and hanging out at the cabin with Christian? We never found out what really happened, and whatever did happen won't matter, anyway, because the reboot will have wiped it all out. I love this show (probably a little too much) and I've always said that I'm along for the ride no matter what happens. But the more I'm re-watching previous seasons based on the knowledge of what's to come, it does put a pit of worry in my stomach.
Thoughts?
Dear Mr. Bibb, and to anyone else dreading a Jughead reboot,
First of all: ''Piece of scum'' is pretty genius. I hereby adopt a new nickname for pre-Island Sawyer: ScumPiece.
Second: The fact that so many fans are sweating reboot anxiety speaks to perhaps Lost's biggest accomplishment last season. Usually by the time a show gets to its fifth season, we know the drill. Yeah, there'll be a cliffhanger — and yeah, we know most everyone will make it out alive. Lost 5.0 had the added challenge of being the penultimate chapter of the Lost saga; we all watched, knowing that we were still a year away from The Stuff That Really Matters. But the function of a penultimate chapter is to ramp up the peril, bring the story to crisis, and make us fret for the survival of the characters. Reboot Anxiety = Mission Accomplished. If you're approaching season 6 wondering if our castaway heroes' oddball odyssey has all been for naught, that their tortured trek toward change and redemption (or not change and damnation) is about to go up in smoke — well, that kinda means that season 5 kinda did what it was it was supposed to do, right?
Third: As I mentioned earlier, the producers of Lost went to Comic-Con and teased fans with a series of short videos that included subtle inconsistencies with the Lost saga. A mock commercial for Oceanic Airlines touted the company's unblemished safety record. But such a commercial would make no sense in a Lost world where Oceanic 815 went missing in 2004. In another video — a clip from America's Most Wanted — we learned that Kate was wanted for killing a guy named Ryan Milner, who worked for her skuzzy father/presumed stepfather. But that makes no sense in a Lost world where Kate was wanted for actually killing her father/presumed stepfather. Did the producers screen these videos to tease the reveal that yes, season 6 will take place in a Jughead-rebooted alternate world? Possibly. But I also think they could have been impishly poking at reboot anxiety — and at the same time, assuaging it. The message: We know you're sweating this — and we want you to know that we know you're sweating this.
Bottom line: For all y'all wracked with Jughead dread, I offer my Dr. Strangelove solution: embrace it. Put on you cowboy hat, saddle up on that bomb's frightening belly, and ride that scary thing all the way down to the ground with yowling Yahooo! in your heart. Okay, maybe evoking the image of thermonuclear annihilation isn't the most comforting allusion for the last season of Lost. But I hope you get my point. Stop worrying. Learn to love the Jughead reboot angst. And have a little faith that the producers will keep faith with their creation — and with your investment in it. Yeah, it sounds a little Pollyanna, but life is more fun when lived with hope. Besides, as my wife likes to remind me: it's just a TV show. And who knows? Maybe she's actually right.
That's it for this week. We'll be back next week with a deep dive into Jacob/Man In Black theory, plus some other nifty stuff. I'm looking forward to our final foray into Lost land and the crazy discoveries waiting to be found along the way. Until then, I wish you and yours a Happy Thanksgiving.
Namaste,
Doc Jensen
Follow me on Twitter at ewdocjensen and email me at docjensenew@gmail.com
http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20313460_20322550,00.html
By Jeff Jensen
Nov 26, 2009
Worried the approaching season 6 will render our castaway heroes' oddball odyssey all for naught? Doc Jensen says don't sweat it...embrace it!
The countdown has officially begun. The final season of Lost will begin on Feb. 2. That's a Tuesday for all of you who don't have an iCal on your mental desktop. I was initially jarred by this news: It's hard to think of the series being on any other night but Wednesday. (Never mind the aberration that was the Thursday digression of 2008, i.e., the strike-impacted season 4.) I will miss marking the middle of the week by slipping through the looking glass and chasing white rabbits of thought for the theory food this column serves up each week. And so we offer a Thanksgiving salute and bid adieu to our mutual friend, the Lost Wednesday, with this, the first official Doc Jensen ramble of the new — and last — season of Lost. Beginning next week, we post on Tuesdays, and I can promise you that our December columns will be chockablock with all the spotty insight, suspect intellect, and specious scholarship you have come to rely on — plus a few newsy scoops and legitimately pearly nuggets. Let's start prepping for The End with...
STATUS REPORT: SEASON 6
Based only on info released or confirmed by the producers. While you won't find any spoilerific ''Transmissions'' here, I encourage anyone who has endeavored to remain deliberately ignorant about Lost 6.0 to skip over the next several paragraphs.
What we know? Lost began production in August and just finished shooting the eighth episode of its 16-episode, 18-hour season, which includes a two-hour premiere and a two-hour finale. The title of the first episode: ''LA X.'' At Comic-Con last July, exec producers Carlton Cuse and Damon Lindelof showed three short videos — a Mr. Cluck's commercial with millionaire Hurley, an America's Most Wanted segment about fugitive Kate, and an Oceanic Airlines ad touting its spotless safety record — that contained details that deviated from established continuity. Did Juliet succeed in changing history by detonating Jughead in the Dharma Initiative past? The producers say: That's exactly the question we should be asking. (I'll have more thoughts in this issue in the READER MAIL section.)
Who's in, who's out... Emilie de Ravin's maybe-dead Claire — last seen haunting Kate's dreams and hanging with Ghost Christian in Jacob's shack — rejoins the narrative in a big way after going MIA last season. A number of certifiably deceased characters will be making seemingly inexplicable return appearances this coming season, including Charlie (Dominic Monaghan, now of FlashForward), Boone (Ian Somerhalder, now of The Vampire Diaries), and birthday-ambiguous Charlotte (Rebecca Mader, who can currently be seen in The Men Who Stare At Goats). The producers also recently told my colleague Dan Snierson that Juliet is indeed toes up — but actress Elizabeth Mitchell will materialize at least twice during the final sweep of episodes. (Let's take a moment and shoot furious eye darts of blazing indignation at her new show, V, for completely letting Mitchell down with mediocre material.) Nestor Carbonell (Richard Alpert) has been promoted to series regular. Henry Ian Cusick, who plays Desmond Hume, will not be a series regular this season, but it's believed we haven't seen the last of the ex-Hatchman.
...and who's new: Hiroyuki Sanada, a popular Japanese actor who worked with Matthew Fox in Speed Racer, has been cast as a character named Dogen. (New Lost Philosopher Reference Alert! Dogen Zenji was a fabled Zen Buddhist teacher.) John Hawkes (Deadwood) has been cast as Lennon, whose name has me humming ''Imagine'' while painfully recalling that time in high school when I took a test about Russian history and I got docked one full grade for consistently misspelling ''Lenin'' as ''Lennon.'' Damn the corrupting mind virus that is the Beatles! Other familiar faces/names scheduled to appear this season: Sheila Kelley (L.A. Law, Sisters) and William Atherton, the always-entertaining character actor who specializes in playing... well, a--holes.
What's next? Possibly very little. Team Lost would like to keep as much of season 6 under wraps as possible — even down to keeping ABC's promotional campaign free of any season 6 imagery. We'll see if this plan holds. Examples of other hotly anticipated pop culture that considered — then reconsidered — ''No Advertising'' gambits: Star Wars: Episode 1 — The Phantom Menace and James Cameron's Avatar. In both cases, the producers and the studio (Fox) decided that remaining secretive would only further stoke already unrealistic expectations. However, movies and TV shows have very different concerns. Moreover, the very premise of Lost's final season (i.e., will the story take place in a rebooted or non-rebooted time line?) is itself a massive spoiler. And regardless: I don't think anyone who has stuck with this show for this long really needs any more wind up for the saga's climactic act.
How are the producers feeling about the final season? EW's Chau Tu caught up with Damon Lindelof at the launch party for the Star Trek DVD and asked him that very question. His response: ''It's very emotional right now. It all depends on the day. There's an incredible level of excitement on our part that we're finally getting to end it. There's a lot of nervous anticipation. It's like if you get somebody a gift and you've got it locked up in your closet, and you think it's the greatest gift in the world but the longer it sits there, the more you think, 'Oh, I hope they don't already have one. Are they going to like this? Will it fit?' But that's all good. I think it's natural.... I feel tremendous pressure from the fans, but it can't possibly [match] the pressure that we're putting on ourselves. We've been doing this show for five and a half years now. It's the single greatest piece of creative work of my career, Carlton's career, a lot of the writers' careers, so our own sort of sense of 'Please don't f--- it up' is pretty overriding.''
QUESTIONS FOR A SUPER-FAN: DOC ARZT
Beginning this week and continuing periodically, we're going to salute Lost's legion of super-fans who've given much time and energy to loving Lost over the years, at great cost to their relationships, careers and health, and THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT. Call it: Profiles In Courageous Fanaticism. We launch with a fellow named Jon Lachonis, but better known as Doc Arzt, a handle inspired by his favorite Lost character, Leslie Arzt, the teacher who got blown up by Black Rock dynamite back in season 1. (Classic Hurley, pointing out some fleshy remnants on Jack's back: ''Dude...you've got some Arzt on you.'') Doc's current Web home is docarzt.com. He is also the co-author (with fellow super-fan Amy Johnston) of Lost Ate My Life: The Inside Story of a Fandom Like No Other. I dig his raw and unvarnished passion for, and his deep appreciation of, big picture storytelling. I also like how he often serves as conscience and voice of reason to a fan culture that can get too spoilerhoundish and nitpickish. I recently asked Jon some questions. He was kind enough to give me some answers.
DOC JENSEN: What episode of Lost made you go, ''Yep. I'm obsessed.''
DOC ARZT: Seriously, the pilot. The obsession has just increased incrementally with each episode after that, but the pilot certainly contains the winning template for the series.
What character do you relate to the most and why?
Doctor Arzt, because I really am that socially awkward guy who seems to have an opinion on everything, and probably every bit as annoying to boot.
What's the craziest thing you've done in expressing Lost fandom?
Planting myself in front of a computer for so many hundreds of hours to document, speculate, and dissect the show.
DOC JENSEN: How have you been spending your hiatus?
DOC ARZT:I've been mostly re-watching the earlier seasons and catching up on reading some of the books from the Lost book club on abc.com. I've also spent some time watching some old favorites like The Prisoner, Nowhere Man, and Twin Peaks.
Are you PRO time line reboot or ANTI time line reboot?
I am PRO time line reboot because I cannot imagine what the writers would do with that scenario, yet I trust they would do something great. So that possibility offers more of what we've come to expect from Lost — the unexpected.
In 25 words or less: Explain the true significance of Jacob and Man In Black.
Aside from their history and their connection with the Island, Jacob and Man In Black represent the sides to be chosen in Lost's final game.
In 25 words or less, answer this question: What is Lost?
When some distant descendent of Bulfinch sits down to document the mythology of our generation, Lost will be our Iliad. It is a sprawling myth. [Doc Arzt speaks of Thomas Bulfinch, noted 19th century scholar specializing in history and mythology.]
What will you miss most about Lost when it wraps up next May?
The tidal wave of creativity that crashes through the fandom after every episode. We all like to bicker about whether or ideas are right or wrong, but I'm always blown away by some of the accidental storytelling that takes place while fans are trying to suss out Lost's mysteries. Hopefully all the theorists are keeping track of ideas that turned out to be wrong, so they can write them into their own brand-new mythologies.
Wait! Does Doc mean to suggest that there might be a market for a six-season TV saga built around my much-beloved though totally debunked The Others Are Animal-Human Hybrids Theory?!
READER MAIL!
Doc Arzt may find the prospect of a Lost time line reboot to be capture-the-imagination cool, but there are others for whom the thought makes them want to lock themselves up in their homemade hatches and Radzisnky themselves in despair. (A little season 2 reference for you there.) One of these prematurely distraught fans is John David Bibb. He writes:
Dear Doc,
I have a tradition that I've kept every year since the hiatus between Lost's first and second season: I rewatch all the previous seasons on DVD before the next season airs. Every time I rewatch the past seasons, I'm obviously watching with more knowledge of the larger story. Things make more sense, certain things stand out. But here's the problem/question that I'm bumping up against in re-watching this time: Does any of this matter? The biggest concern I have is that [Juliet's attempt at rebooting time by detonating Jughead] will nullify all the emotion we the viewers spent during the previous five seasons. Who wasn't just emotionally wiped out when Charlie sacrificed himself for Desmond and the others? Now Charlie will be back to his junkie self landing in Los Angeles. Who didn't think Sawyer's character arc wasn't fascinating and satisfying — this piece of scum, who turned into the person everyone was rooting for as he and Juliet seemed to have an idyllic life together? Now he'll be back to his conning, snarky self in Los Angeles. It seems to me that everything we've invested in will be wiped away. As for Claire, what was the point of her disappearance and hanging out at the cabin with Christian? We never found out what really happened, and whatever did happen won't matter, anyway, because the reboot will have wiped it all out. I love this show (probably a little too much) and I've always said that I'm along for the ride no matter what happens. But the more I'm re-watching previous seasons based on the knowledge of what's to come, it does put a pit of worry in my stomach.
Thoughts?
Dear Mr. Bibb, and to anyone else dreading a Jughead reboot,
First of all: ''Piece of scum'' is pretty genius. I hereby adopt a new nickname for pre-Island Sawyer: ScumPiece.
Second: The fact that so many fans are sweating reboot anxiety speaks to perhaps Lost's biggest accomplishment last season. Usually by the time a show gets to its fifth season, we know the drill. Yeah, there'll be a cliffhanger — and yeah, we know most everyone will make it out alive. Lost 5.0 had the added challenge of being the penultimate chapter of the Lost saga; we all watched, knowing that we were still a year away from The Stuff That Really Matters. But the function of a penultimate chapter is to ramp up the peril, bring the story to crisis, and make us fret for the survival of the characters. Reboot Anxiety = Mission Accomplished. If you're approaching season 6 wondering if our castaway heroes' oddball odyssey has all been for naught, that their tortured trek toward change and redemption (or not change and damnation) is about to go up in smoke — well, that kinda means that season 5 kinda did what it was it was supposed to do, right?
Third: As I mentioned earlier, the producers of Lost went to Comic-Con and teased fans with a series of short videos that included subtle inconsistencies with the Lost saga. A mock commercial for Oceanic Airlines touted the company's unblemished safety record. But such a commercial would make no sense in a Lost world where Oceanic 815 went missing in 2004. In another video — a clip from America's Most Wanted — we learned that Kate was wanted for killing a guy named Ryan Milner, who worked for her skuzzy father/presumed stepfather. But that makes no sense in a Lost world where Kate was wanted for actually killing her father/presumed stepfather. Did the producers screen these videos to tease the reveal that yes, season 6 will take place in a Jughead-rebooted alternate world? Possibly. But I also think they could have been impishly poking at reboot anxiety — and at the same time, assuaging it. The message: We know you're sweating this — and we want you to know that we know you're sweating this.
Bottom line: For all y'all wracked with Jughead dread, I offer my Dr. Strangelove solution: embrace it. Put on you cowboy hat, saddle up on that bomb's frightening belly, and ride that scary thing all the way down to the ground with yowling Yahooo! in your heart. Okay, maybe evoking the image of thermonuclear annihilation isn't the most comforting allusion for the last season of Lost. But I hope you get my point. Stop worrying. Learn to love the Jughead reboot angst. And have a little faith that the producers will keep faith with their creation — and with your investment in it. Yeah, it sounds a little Pollyanna, but life is more fun when lived with hope. Besides, as my wife likes to remind me: it's just a TV show. And who knows? Maybe she's actually right.
That's it for this week. We'll be back next week with a deep dive into Jacob/Man In Black theory, plus some other nifty stuff. I'm looking forward to our final foray into Lost land and the crazy discoveries waiting to be found along the way. Until then, I wish you and yours a Happy Thanksgiving.
Namaste,
Doc Jensen
Follow me on Twitter at ewdocjensen and email me at docjensenew@gmail.com
http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20313460_20322550,00.html
Thursday, November 19, 2009
This just in: And the 'Lost' premiere date is...
by Michael Ausiello
Categories:
I’ve got a new numbers-related Lost mystery for ya. Anyone know what 02022010 means? I do — it’s the show’s return date!
ABC just confirmed that Lost will kick off its sixth and final season with a two-hour premiere on Tuesday, Feb. 2 from 9-11 pm. The requisite recap special will start things off at 8 pm. The following week, Lost will settle into its regular Tuesday-9 pm perch.
The ABC press release announcing Lost’s return date also revealed who among the show’s cast will receive full-time, series-regular billing in season 6. And the winners are… Naveen Andrews (Sayid), Nestor Carbonell (Richard), Emilie de Ravin (Claire), Michael Emerson (Ben), Jeff Fahey (Frank) Matthew Fox (Jack), Jorge Garcia (Hurley), Josh Holloway (Sawyer), Daniel Dae Kim (Jin), Yunjin Kim (Sun), Ken Leung (Miles), Evangeline Lilly (Kate), Terry O’Quinn (Locke), and Zuleikha Robinson (Ilana).
Not mentioned in the press release, but confirmed to return on a guest-star and/or recurring basis, are Elizabeth Mitchell (Juliet), Ian Somerhalder (Boone), Rebecca Mader (Charlotte), Dominic Monaghan (Charlie), Henry Ian Cusick (Desmond), and Katey Sagal (Helen). That list will no doubt grow as the season progresses.
http://ausiellofiles.ew.com/2009/11/19/this-just-in-and-the-lost-premiere-date-is%E2%80%A6/
Categories:
I’ve got a new numbers-related Lost mystery for ya. Anyone know what 02022010 means? I do — it’s the show’s return date!
ABC just confirmed that Lost will kick off its sixth and final season with a two-hour premiere on Tuesday, Feb. 2 from 9-11 pm. The requisite recap special will start things off at 8 pm. The following week, Lost will settle into its regular Tuesday-9 pm perch.
The ABC press release announcing Lost’s return date also revealed who among the show’s cast will receive full-time, series-regular billing in season 6. And the winners are… Naveen Andrews (Sayid), Nestor Carbonell (Richard), Emilie de Ravin (Claire), Michael Emerson (Ben), Jeff Fahey (Frank) Matthew Fox (Jack), Jorge Garcia (Hurley), Josh Holloway (Sawyer), Daniel Dae Kim (Jin), Yunjin Kim (Sun), Ken Leung (Miles), Evangeline Lilly (Kate), Terry O’Quinn (Locke), and Zuleikha Robinson (Ilana).
Not mentioned in the press release, but confirmed to return on a guest-star and/or recurring basis, are Elizabeth Mitchell (Juliet), Ian Somerhalder (Boone), Rebecca Mader (Charlotte), Dominic Monaghan (Charlie), Henry Ian Cusick (Desmond), and Katey Sagal (Helen). That list will no doubt grow as the season progresses.
http://ausiellofiles.ew.com/2009/11/19/this-just-in-and-the-lost-premiere-date-is%E2%80%A6/
Sunday, November 15, 2009
What I Was Hoping For From DC&APB
This is the kind of artwork I was hoping for from the artists over at the DC&APB site. Just a little more photo-realistic depiction of characters. I made this today using GIMP 2.0. Feel free to move this over to the MUSES section, Pa. I forgot to ever e-mail you for posting permission for that section of Room 23.I'm a huge fan of Sayid...and I think this captures the characterizations and storylines that made me appreciate him so much. Hope you like it, too. -Cheif
Saturday, November 14, 2009
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Ugly Betty May Steal Eastwick Slot From Lost
Today 6:15 AM PST by Kristin Dos Santos
Not even Jerry O'Connell's bare backside could save it.
Despite JOC telling us he was just shooting some "sexy scenes" last night on the set of Eastwick, the news has broken that his wife Rebecca Romijn's series is a goner. ABC has confirmed that no new episodes will be produced beyond the original 13-episode commitment.
So this means Lost is a shoo-in to come back to Wednesday nights, right?
Maybe not.
ABC insiders tell me another series might be headed for that cushy slot, and its star happens to rock a mean Guadalajara poncho...
According to sources, ABC higher-ups are considering moving Ugly Betty to Wednesdays at 10 in January as part of a flashy relaunch of the show in an effort to save it. The thinking is that Betty would complement new hits Modern Family and Cougar Town nicely, and make ABC a solid destination for comedy on Wednesday night.
Nothing has been decided, but I'm told this is one option on the table.
"Honest to god, they haven't given us a date yet," Lost boss Damon Lindelof recently told USA Today. "I don't even know what night it's going to be on. We've been on Wednesday at 9 for a while, but now ABC's comedies are actually working. And I actually like Modern Family and Cougar Town, so I'm not sure that they'll move them."
No word yet on where Lost will go if Betty gets Eastwick's Wednesday slot.
According to insiders, Betty also has a creative resurgence in the works, including an episode in the spirit of Run Lola Run in which Betty must race across town to deliver a diamond-encrusted bra, which sounds pretty exciting. ABC execs asked producers to move the episode up to an earlier date because they liked it so much, according to my mole.
What do you think of Betty taking the Wednesday slot? Where should Lost go? And is it time to stick a fork in Betty, or are you hoping for more?
http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/watch_with_kristin/b152971_ugly_betty_may_steal_eastwick_slot_from.html
Not even Jerry O'Connell's bare backside could save it.
Despite JOC telling us he was just shooting some "sexy scenes" last night on the set of Eastwick, the news has broken that his wife Rebecca Romijn's series is a goner. ABC has confirmed that no new episodes will be produced beyond the original 13-episode commitment.
So this means Lost is a shoo-in to come back to Wednesday nights, right?
Maybe not.
ABC insiders tell me another series might be headed for that cushy slot, and its star happens to rock a mean Guadalajara poncho...
According to sources, ABC higher-ups are considering moving Ugly Betty to Wednesdays at 10 in January as part of a flashy relaunch of the show in an effort to save it. The thinking is that Betty would complement new hits Modern Family and Cougar Town nicely, and make ABC a solid destination for comedy on Wednesday night.
Nothing has been decided, but I'm told this is one option on the table.
"Honest to god, they haven't given us a date yet," Lost boss Damon Lindelof recently told USA Today. "I don't even know what night it's going to be on. We've been on Wednesday at 9 for a while, but now ABC's comedies are actually working. And I actually like Modern Family and Cougar Town, so I'm not sure that they'll move them."
No word yet on where Lost will go if Betty gets Eastwick's Wednesday slot.
According to insiders, Betty also has a creative resurgence in the works, including an episode in the spirit of Run Lola Run in which Betty must race across town to deliver a diamond-encrusted bra, which sounds pretty exciting. ABC execs asked producers to move the episode up to an earlier date because they liked it so much, according to my mole.
What do you think of Betty taking the Wednesday slot? Where should Lost go? And is it time to stick a fork in Betty, or are you hoping for more?
http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/watch_with_kristin/b152971_ugly_betty_may_steal_eastwick_slot_from.html
Saturday, November 7, 2009
Michael Emerson's High School Days
Found this blog where someone whose Father had gone to school with Michael Emerson had posted Yearbook Photos.
http://ryanandmaria.wordpress.com/2009/11/06/bet-they-dont-call-you-squirrelly-now/
http://ryanandmaria.wordpress.com/2009/11/06/bet-they-dont-call-you-squirrelly-now/
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Naveen Andrews not leaving Lost
Marcela in Portugal: Is it true that Naveen Andrews is leaving Lost?
Not sure how this one got misconstrued, but no. Naveen has taken a role on NBC's Law & Order: SVU, but it is only for one episode as a guest star. He's not thatMaggie Grace hasn't yet signed on to return! My Lost moles assure me Naveen is very much a part of the final Lost season. And we might even see something good happen to Sayid for once.
Source: E!Online
Not sure how this one got misconstrued, but no. Naveen has taken a role on NBC's Law & Order: SVU, but it is only for one episode as a guest star. He's not thatMaggie Grace hasn't yet signed on to return! My Lost moles assure me Naveen is very much a part of the final Lost season. And we might even see something good happen to Sayid for once.
Source: E!Online
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Friday, October 30, 2009
Elizabeth Mitchell Got Drunk With Co-Star After ‘Lost’ Departure
by James Sims
Oct 30th, 2009 8:49 AM
Turns out getting off of the island isn’t always ideal for some of the actors on ABC’s ‘Lost‘ — especially if it’s due to their character being killed.
When Elizabeth Mitchell discovered she was being written off the hit show she turned to crying and booze, reports the New York Daily News.
Co-star Evangeline Lilly joined Mitchell and the two “drank until we fell asleep on the couch, which was not good, because none of us are big drinkers,” Mitchell told Entertainment Weekly.
‘Lost’ writers gave Mitchell an explosive send off last season as her character, Juliet, helped detonate a gigantic bomb in order to save her fellow castaways.
The Ausiello Files had a possible scoop back in May on Juliet’s future reporting that Mitchell might show up in some episodes next season. But, Mitchell will still be seen on ABC as she is starring in the new sci-fi series ‘V.’
http://www.fancast.com/blogs/tv-news/elizabeth-mitchell-opens-up-on-being-dumped-by-lost/
Oct 30th, 2009 8:49 AM
Turns out getting off of the island isn’t always ideal for some of the actors on ABC’s ‘Lost‘ — especially if it’s due to their character being killed.
When Elizabeth Mitchell discovered she was being written off the hit show she turned to crying and booze, reports the New York Daily News.
Co-star Evangeline Lilly joined Mitchell and the two “drank until we fell asleep on the couch, which was not good, because none of us are big drinkers,” Mitchell told Entertainment Weekly.
‘Lost’ writers gave Mitchell an explosive send off last season as her character, Juliet, helped detonate a gigantic bomb in order to save her fellow castaways.
The Ausiello Files had a possible scoop back in May on Juliet’s future reporting that Mitchell might show up in some episodes next season. But, Mitchell will still be seen on ABC as she is starring in the new sci-fi series ‘V.’
http://www.fancast.com/blogs/tv-news/elizabeth-mitchell-opens-up-on-being-dumped-by-lost/
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Lost S5 blu-ray Easter Eggs
Posted by DarkUFO at 10/27/2009 01:41:00 PM
Thanks to Callum for this great list of Easter Eggs that he has found on the Season 5 Lost Blu-Ray disks.
-Highlight 'Lost 100', then press left twice. A video plays of Jorge Garcia in the Dharma Van finally finding the horn button on the last day of shooting.
-Highlight 'Seasonplay' and press right on your remote, the dot that shows you where you are moves in to open space, then press play. It gives a video of Jorge Garcia explaining the term 'ass-dirt' (which is apparently a noun :p).
-Highlight 'Seasonplay' and press left, then up, and the dot will move up to above 'episodes'. The video is about the make-up used on Jin for when he looked all beaten etc. when he first appeared this season.
-Highlight 'Features' and press left, the dot moves to the middle of the word 'Seasonplay'. Press play and the video shows the first time Jorge Garcia and Michelle Rodriguez (I definitely spelt her last name wrong :D) have a scene together and Jorge catching her up on what happened so far on the show since she left, much to her disbelief.
-Highlight 'Episodes' and press left, and the dot will move to just below 'Disk 5'. The video shows Sean Whalen talking about how he doubts Froghurt will ever come back, and how he suspects Matt Fox and Josh Holloway were behind him being killed off because he was too good looking.
-Highlight 'Set Up' and press right. It shows a video (with no sound...) of Jorge Garcia painting a picture of the Egyption desert with the sphinx in it.
-Highlight 'Features', then press right and up. The video is an interview with with D+C coming up with some random medieval show/movie called 'Dharma Times'.
-Highlight 'Episodes, then press right, then left. It's a video of Malcolm David Kelly talking about how he though Walt would actually work out to be a bad guy and that the kidnapping was a bad guy. Him and Ben pulling all the strings.
After going on to the 'Features' section, there's some more options (and more easter eggs!):
-Highlight 'Lost University' and press right, then up. The video shows Evangaline Lilly with one of the horses from S5 with Jeremy Davis, talking about if they've ever ridden before.
-Highlight 'Mysteries of the Universe', then press right, up, left. It shows Cheech making a sandwich. Very random, but funny.
- Highlight 'Lost 100' and press right. The video shows D+C talking about when they first found out how awesomely the pilot did and then realising they'd have to carry on and make more.
On the second page of the 'Features', there's a whole load more:
-Highlight 'Lost Bloopers' and press left, then up. A video plays of all the stunt coordinators being introduced.
-Highlight 'Deleted Scenes' and press left. A video of Dan Faraday getting his qualification in physics.
-Highlight 'Building 23 and Beyond' and press left. A video of D+C talking to Michael Emerson about how he plays Ben and how beneficial it is that the actors don't see the scripts until it actually comes to the filming of the scene.
-Highlight 'An Epic Day With Richard Alpert' and press left, then down. A video plays of the props department making the Boat in a Bottle that Richard has near the end of the season.
http://dvdlost.blogspot.com/2009/10/lost-s5-blu-ray-easter-eggs.html
Thanks to Callum for this great list of Easter Eggs that he has found on the Season 5 Lost Blu-Ray disks.
-Highlight 'Lost 100', then press left twice. A video plays of Jorge Garcia in the Dharma Van finally finding the horn button on the last day of shooting.
-Highlight 'Seasonplay' and press right on your remote, the dot that shows you where you are moves in to open space, then press play. It gives a video of Jorge Garcia explaining the term 'ass-dirt' (which is apparently a noun :p).
-Highlight 'Seasonplay' and press left, then up, and the dot will move up to above 'episodes'. The video is about the make-up used on Jin for when he looked all beaten etc. when he first appeared this season.
-Highlight 'Features' and press left, the dot moves to the middle of the word 'Seasonplay'. Press play and the video shows the first time Jorge Garcia and Michelle Rodriguez (I definitely spelt her last name wrong :D) have a scene together and Jorge catching her up on what happened so far on the show since she left, much to her disbelief.
-Highlight 'Episodes' and press left, and the dot will move to just below 'Disk 5'. The video shows Sean Whalen talking about how he doubts Froghurt will ever come back, and how he suspects Matt Fox and Josh Holloway were behind him being killed off because he was too good looking.
-Highlight 'Set Up' and press right. It shows a video (with no sound...) of Jorge Garcia painting a picture of the Egyption desert with the sphinx in it.
-Highlight 'Features', then press right and up. The video is an interview with with D+C coming up with some random medieval show/movie called 'Dharma Times'.
-Highlight 'Episodes, then press right, then left. It's a video of Malcolm David Kelly talking about how he though Walt would actually work out to be a bad guy and that the kidnapping was a bad guy. Him and Ben pulling all the strings.
After going on to the 'Features' section, there's some more options (and more easter eggs!):
-Highlight 'Lost University' and press right, then up. The video shows Evangaline Lilly with one of the horses from S5 with Jeremy Davis, talking about if they've ever ridden before.
-Highlight 'Mysteries of the Universe', then press right, up, left. It shows Cheech making a sandwich. Very random, but funny.
- Highlight 'Lost 100' and press right. The video shows D+C talking about when they first found out how awesomely the pilot did and then realising they'd have to carry on and make more.
On the second page of the 'Features', there's a whole load more:
-Highlight 'Lost Bloopers' and press left, then up. A video plays of all the stunt coordinators being introduced.
-Highlight 'Deleted Scenes' and press left. A video of Dan Faraday getting his qualification in physics.
-Highlight 'Building 23 and Beyond' and press left. A video of D+C talking to Michael Emerson about how he plays Ben and how beneficial it is that the actors don't see the scripts until it actually comes to the filming of the scene.
-Highlight 'An Epic Day With Richard Alpert' and press left, then down. A video plays of the props department making the Boat in a Bottle that Richard has near the end of the season.
http://dvdlost.blogspot.com/2009/10/lost-s5-blu-ray-easter-eggs.html
A 'Lost' Q&A: Damon Lindelof answers (most of) your questions!
The countdown to Lost's final season is underway.
Are you excited? Depressed? Terrified of what awaits our beloved castaways after that insane Season 5 finale?
Last week you sent me loads of questions for executive producer Damon Lindelof, and he was happy to answer them when we met up at the Austin Film Festival. Read on for Lindelof's thoughts on the last episode, returning characters, "the numbers" and so much more.
If Sawyer doesn't make it to the final episode, there's gonna be a brawl.
CAPTIONABCMe: At what point are you in creating the final episodes?
Lindelof: We're actually writing the eighth episode right now and breaking the story for the ninth episode. We're filming the sixth episode. The blueprint for the entire season is done, but we only write the episodes one at a time, because the actual genesis of the scene-by-scene work is the fun part. So we're almost exactly halfway through.
There's been so much analysis of the this year's promotional poster. Do you have a big part in creating that?
Yeah. Everything in the design of that poster is intentional. We oversaw it -- now we know the audience looks at that stuff so closely, so we don't want there to be anything that we don't approve, especially at this point in the game.
Why is neither Walt nor Vincent in the Season 6 promo picture? -- Holly
Well, I'm not going to explain why anything is what it is, other than that everything is by design. You'll just have to watch the final season and decide for yourself. It's a little bit like, "Why is Paul McCartney holding a cigarette with his right hand when he's a lefty on the Abbey Road cover?"
Is the ending you envisioned when you first created the show still in place? -- adanzis
That's a great question. Yes, the actual ending ending is exactly the same as we'd always planned on it being, except we didn't know if we were going to get there after two seasons, four seasons or after six seasons, so the road to the ending has had to change significantly. But the ending itself? Whether people like it or not, that's the ending we've had.
Will Walt will have any major role in the upcoming season? He was important for a while because of his "gift," but that story has never been realized. -- mrhymes01
I think a lot of people are justifiably frustrated about the Walt of it all. We said he has this special ability, and the Others obviously grabbed him and studied him for awhile, then they got freaked out by him and decided to let him go.
I think that there are certain stories on the show that feel like dangling participles based on external factors. For us, we were incredibly limited by the fact that Malcolm David Kelley was growing at an exponentially faster rate than the show was progressing. So, you know, when we showed him in Season 5 and Locke is trying to recruit members of the Oceanic Six, the only way that it worked was to see him three years older. But hopefully, why Walt was special and the role he played on the show will have a new significance when all is said and done. And I'm not sure we really need the character of Walt to explain the significance.
Executive producer Damon Lindelof is busy creating the final eps of 'Lost.'
CAPTIONABCWill we ever get more on the backstory on Libby ... or at least find out her last name? -- P-D Cougar
Libby is someone we get asked about a lot, and she's another one of those cases where it's more of an issue of our relationship with the actor than it is our desire to tell the story. It's our hope that Cynthia Watros will come back one more time and finish that story, but that's up to her. We asked her last year, she wasn't interested in doing it. Hopefully she'll change her mind.
One actor definitely won't be returning for the final season, right? Can you tell me more about that?
We did ask an actor who's played a significant role on the show to come back and do some work on Season 6, and they said no. But I'm not going to confirm who that is. All I'll say is that person was never a series regular.
Damon, I have a question about my second-favorite character on the show, Frank Lapidus. Ever since he appeared on the Season 6 promotional poster, there has been a lot of speculation on message boards. So, anyway, my question is: Will Frank be promoted to main character status next season, and if so, will he be getting a -centric episode? Because that would be basically the most awesome thing ever. -- Bish-Fiscuit
Yeah. Lapidus is definitely a series regular this season. Jeff Fahey was just a recurring character up through last year. Now, whether or not Lapidus makes it until the end of the season is anyone's guess, but he's definitely one of the A-team this year.
How many people do make it to the end of the season?
You really think I'm going to answer that question? Not all of them, that's for sure.
Are we going to return to the numbers? They obviously played a huge role in the beginning. Then we got away from them and started focusing more on the characters. Will we ever come back to them? -- Tommy F.
I like Tommy's question a lot better than the way I usually hear that question, which is, "What do the numbers mean?" I can say one of the things we're really focused on doing this year is trying to make the entire season as satisfying as possible. We know if we wait until the very last episode of the show to give answers or revelations there's no way it'll be satisfying, so we're trying to give out that stuff as we go along. And all I would say is, this is the final season of Lost. We would be enormously remiss if we were to not evaluate the numbers and their significance.
Will we find out what Ben and Kate talked about on the beach when he had her join him for breakfast wearing that dress? It has been driving me crazy for so long! -- sarbarmar
This is one of those things that, no matter what we say, it doesn't matter how many times we say it. I don't know what it is about that scene where people think this really significant piece of information transferred between the two of them on the beach ... Kate is actually working undercover for Ben or something like that.
Nothing happened. That's the real answer. We never intended it to feel that way, and when we say nothing happened, they think we're lying or we originally had a plan and abandoned the plan. All I can say is, hand to God, nothing happened.
At the end of Lost's final season, will we have an ironclad, nothing-else-to-say conclusion, or will we be left with the possibility of spinoffs and feature films? -- mveedubs
I think it is our intention to end the story of Lost in the final episode of the television series. We have no desire whatsoever to make a movie or leave any threads hanging. That being said, some people will think it's enormously satisfying. Other people will think it's not satisfying enough. It all depends on the way that you watch the show. But the worst thing we could ever do is just answer some things and then say we'll answer other things in the Lost movie in theaters two years from now.
The television show is our version of Lost, and once it ends, that's the end. J.K. Rowling said she was going to write seven Harry Potter books, and she was true to her word. There are six seasons of Lost, and that's it.
It's clear that you and Carlton Cuse have formed a creative friendship on the show and will be forever linked in Lost fans' minds. Are there any plans for the two of you to use your collective genius on projects post-Lost (with or without the polar bear)? -- GoolayGirl
I love collaborating with different people. J.J. (Abrams) and I created the show together, and Carlton and I run the show together. And writing the (Star Trek) movie with Bob (Orci) and Alex (Kurtzman) ... I love finding new creative partnerships but then continuing the partnerships I'm already in. So I don't know if it will be soon or later, but I hope Carlton and I work together again on something entirely different than Lost.
I am actually curious as to the status of Damon's involvement with the Dark Tower series. Is there hope for us Stephen King fans that this project is in the works? -- Lorrie Q.
You'll be hard-pressed to find a huger fan of The Dark Tower than me, but that's probably the reason that I shouldn't be the one to adapt it. After working six years on Lost, the last thing I want to do is spend the next seven years adapting one of my favorite books of all time. I'm such a massive Stephen King fan that I'm terrified of screwing it up.
I'd do anything to see those movies written by someone else. My guess is they will get made because they're so incredible. But not by me.
In today's film and television industries it seems like there are far fewer writers willing to take risks for originality's sake. What advice do you have for aspiring writers who are passionate about a particular story, even if it risks not being given a chance by today's audiences? -- Josh G.
As cliched as it sounds, if you have an original voice and an original idea, then no matter what anybody says, you have to find a way to tell that story. My only advice would be you have to exercise patience. I think the freshman mistake is you feel such passion for something that you need to tell it now, as opposed to saying, "Let me establish myself, and five years from now when I'm a little bit older, a little bit wiser, a little bit more experienced, maybe that's the time to tell that story."
Sometimes you get a present for somebody a month before their birthday and you just want to give it to them immediately. But timing is everything. So I would say it might feel like your idea is a hard sell now, but maybe in a couple years the timing will be right. Whatever you do, don't give up.
Is there any chance that once this season ends there will be a continuation of Lost through a movie, books, or website? Will you be doing anything to keep the fans alive after Lost is over? -- Shannon K.
I think the fans themselves will probably generate a lot of material like fanfic and that kind of stuff. But I feel like our story's over. We don't own Lost -- ABC and Disney do. So if they decide to generate some of that stuff, they might very well do so, but it's not going to be with our participation. As much as I want the fans to have new material, I feel like at the end of the day they'd want to kill us for it, because the whole purpose of announcing an end date is to end.
Are you sad it's ending?
I'm not sad it's ending. I'm really happy it's ending. I'm sad about the fact that we're not going to be writing it anymore -- like, the process of writing it and working on it is such an incredible thing. I don't feel sadness that the show is ending, because I feel like it's exactly the right thing to do. I can't imagine that we ever would've gotten this far if we hadn't announced an end date. It would've just gotten absurd and boring and stalling and ... it would've sucked. I'm so glad that's not the legacy of the show. The legacy of the show is going to be this instead.
Do you think more series should follow the Lost model and announce end dates?
For me as a viewer, I like knowing where I am in the book. Certainly for Battlestar, it was great to know where you were in the story. I think viewers sometimes want to know that, and it also helps them get over frustrating patches of stuff they don't like. But it all depends on the show.
Some shows sustain themselves forever. There's no reason that Grey's Anatomy ever needs to end. I remember when Heroes first came on the scene, people were asking Tim (Kring) that same question. He said, "Heroes can go on forever. There's no reason it ever needs to end, because there will always be characters with these abilities, and there will be interesting stories to tell." Heroes has a different design than Lost does. But I look at a show like FlashForward and I go, yeah, it would probably help that show for them to say it's a three-season or four-season show and then it ends, so that the audience at least gets a sense of where they are in the story.
Lost has inspired me to learn more about literature, philosophy, history, time travel and so many other subjects. What is the coolest thing you have learned about that you didn't know prior to creating the show? -- GoolayGirl
Good question. Well, we started doing research on time travel back in Season 2. ... Way back in Season 2, we found out about this thing, CERN. It's this gigantic particle accelerator that they're going to turn on, this multi-billion dollar project. 60 Minutes actually did a story on it. It's fascinating: They're trying to create anti-matter, quarks and all sorts of crazy things in there, but it keeps breaking. They keep pushing back the date they're going to turn it on. So I've become sort of obsessed with this project and the guy on the team that's behind it. Normally, that science stuff goes right over my head, but I'm fascinated.
I would love to know what song Damon thinks would best match the mood of Season 6. -- dmachado13
Wow. I'd say Visions of Johanna by Bob Dylan.
Why?
I have that song on my iPod, and when I hear it I think about the show. There are certain lyrical phrases in that song that are very well-suited to Lost.
Has the Lost team been documenting the process of creating the show since the very beginning? As a fan who loves the way the show is constructed, I hope once the show is over, we may see some sort of documentary-style feature or a book that will tell fans how the show was conceived and the creative process that occurred as the show moved through the years. -- Bryan in Cincinnati
I think there's going to be a Lost encyclopedia where we talk a lot about that stuff, but it's not like we've been bringing camera crews into the writers' room so they can see how we do what we do. A lot of the creation of the show is like a magic trick, and I think it would be like David Copperfield explaining how he made the Statue of Liberty disappear.
Although I acknowledge that people are really interested in the creative process of Lost, mostly it pertains to ... it all goes back to the idea of, "Are we making it up as we go along?" That's the question that people really want to know the answer to, and they want some proof. They want us to document the fact that we weren't making it up as we went along. And, in the spirit of the show, we just have to say, "If you choose to believe us, then that's what faith is all about." If you choose to disbelieve it, then we don't blame you. At the end of the day, all that matters is the story itself. If you feel satisfied by it, it shouldn't matter whether we had it planned from Day 1 or whether we made it up as we went along.
In some places we did have to make it up as we went along, because Adewale (Akinnuoye-Agbaje) wanted to leave the show, or the Nikki and Paolo idea didn't work, or we didn't have an end date so we had to tap dance, or we went over-budget so we had to put them in cages for four episodes in a row. There are certain things where we had to adapt to whatever real-world scenario was happening with the show. But creatively speaking in general, there had to be a plan.
What is your least favorite episode of Lost?
Oh, my god. (Pauses) I think my least favorite episode is this episode that we did the first season called "Homecoming." It's when Claire comes back from having been in the jungle for a couple days after she was abducted by the Others, and Ethan comes after her. The backstory is Charlie is trying to go straight and he's selling copiers. At the end of the episdoe, he shoots Ethan. I wrote that episode, and it's my least favorite episode of the show ever.
I'm surprised by that answer. It's not an episode fans usually name as their least favorite.
The episode fans bring up most often is "Stranger in a Strange Land," which is the epiosde with Bai Ling and Jack and his tattoos. And basically, I feel like it's unfair to bag on that episode. Am I a huge fan of it? No. But at the same time, there were so many different circumstances that led to that episode that needed to be written and so many ideas that didn't work. The fact that it all coalesced ... There was a bad casting decision made. There was a bad premise decision made. There was a bad flashback story. Just everything that could go wrong did, but I don't think it was because the script was terrible. "Homecoming," I think, was flawed on almost every single level that an episode of Lost could be.
So do you think you've become a better writer since Lost began?
I hope so. I feel like I've become a better listener, and if that's led to better writing, I don't know. I'm still incredibly proud of the pilot, having written the pilot, but I'm equally proud of the Season 3 finale. But writing is like being a really good baseball player: Even really good baseball players strike out all the time. So I just have to allow myself to say, "Sometimes I write better than other times." I think I know more now than I knew at the beginning, but I don't know if I'm any better of a writer.
They said this past Comic-Con was the last Lost panel ever. That's not true, is it? You've gotta come back one last time after it's all wrapped up. Because we all know you won't answer ever single question on TV! -- Rafael J.
I think the idea of appearing on the Comic-Con panel to answer the questions the show didn't answer would be almost as bad. If we don't answer it in the show, it's because we didn't want to answer it. Would we go to Comic-Con and do some kind of retrospective at some point where we get everybody back together to talk about the show? Yeah, I think that would be cool five, 10 years from now. But certainly not next year, a month after the finale has aired.
I have lots of questions but Damon won't answer them (and I wouldn't want to spoil anything anyway). Can he at least tell us when the season premiere will be? Joshua H.
Honest to God, they haven't given us a date yet. I don't even know what night it's going to be on. We've been on Wednesday at 9 for awhile, but now ABC's comedies are actually working. And I actually like Modern Family and Cougar Town, so I'm not sure that they'll move them.
I don't know what it means for us, but all I've ever heard is mid-to-late January. We're doing 18 hours -- two-hour premiere, two-hour finale -- so if we end in mid-May, we can't premiere any later than late January.
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Are you excited? Depressed? Terrified of what awaits our beloved castaways after that insane Season 5 finale?
Last week you sent me loads of questions for executive producer Damon Lindelof, and he was happy to answer them when we met up at the Austin Film Festival. Read on for Lindelof's thoughts on the last episode, returning characters, "the numbers" and so much more.
If Sawyer doesn't make it to the final episode, there's gonna be a brawl.
CAPTIONABCMe: At what point are you in creating the final episodes?
Lindelof: We're actually writing the eighth episode right now and breaking the story for the ninth episode. We're filming the sixth episode. The blueprint for the entire season is done, but we only write the episodes one at a time, because the actual genesis of the scene-by-scene work is the fun part. So we're almost exactly halfway through.
There's been so much analysis of the this year's promotional poster. Do you have a big part in creating that?
Yeah. Everything in the design of that poster is intentional. We oversaw it -- now we know the audience looks at that stuff so closely, so we don't want there to be anything that we don't approve, especially at this point in the game.
Why is neither Walt nor Vincent in the Season 6 promo picture? -- Holly
Well, I'm not going to explain why anything is what it is, other than that everything is by design. You'll just have to watch the final season and decide for yourself. It's a little bit like, "Why is Paul McCartney holding a cigarette with his right hand when he's a lefty on the Abbey Road cover?"
Is the ending you envisioned when you first created the show still in place? -- adanzis
That's a great question. Yes, the actual ending ending is exactly the same as we'd always planned on it being, except we didn't know if we were going to get there after two seasons, four seasons or after six seasons, so the road to the ending has had to change significantly. But the ending itself? Whether people like it or not, that's the ending we've had.
Will Walt will have any major role in the upcoming season? He was important for a while because of his "gift," but that story has never been realized. -- mrhymes01
I think a lot of people are justifiably frustrated about the Walt of it all. We said he has this special ability, and the Others obviously grabbed him and studied him for awhile, then they got freaked out by him and decided to let him go.
I think that there are certain stories on the show that feel like dangling participles based on external factors. For us, we were incredibly limited by the fact that Malcolm David Kelley was growing at an exponentially faster rate than the show was progressing. So, you know, when we showed him in Season 5 and Locke is trying to recruit members of the Oceanic Six, the only way that it worked was to see him three years older. But hopefully, why Walt was special and the role he played on the show will have a new significance when all is said and done. And I'm not sure we really need the character of Walt to explain the significance.
Executive producer Damon Lindelof is busy creating the final eps of 'Lost.'
CAPTIONABCWill we ever get more on the backstory on Libby ... or at least find out her last name? -- P-D Cougar
Libby is someone we get asked about a lot, and she's another one of those cases where it's more of an issue of our relationship with the actor than it is our desire to tell the story. It's our hope that Cynthia Watros will come back one more time and finish that story, but that's up to her. We asked her last year, she wasn't interested in doing it. Hopefully she'll change her mind.
One actor definitely won't be returning for the final season, right? Can you tell me more about that?
We did ask an actor who's played a significant role on the show to come back and do some work on Season 6, and they said no. But I'm not going to confirm who that is. All I'll say is that person was never a series regular.
Damon, I have a question about my second-favorite character on the show, Frank Lapidus. Ever since he appeared on the Season 6 promotional poster, there has been a lot of speculation on message boards. So, anyway, my question is: Will Frank be promoted to main character status next season, and if so, will he be getting a -centric episode? Because that would be basically the most awesome thing ever. -- Bish-Fiscuit
Yeah. Lapidus is definitely a series regular this season. Jeff Fahey was just a recurring character up through last year. Now, whether or not Lapidus makes it until the end of the season is anyone's guess, but he's definitely one of the A-team this year.
How many people do make it to the end of the season?
You really think I'm going to answer that question? Not all of them, that's for sure.
Are we going to return to the numbers? They obviously played a huge role in the beginning. Then we got away from them and started focusing more on the characters. Will we ever come back to them? -- Tommy F.
I like Tommy's question a lot better than the way I usually hear that question, which is, "What do the numbers mean?" I can say one of the things we're really focused on doing this year is trying to make the entire season as satisfying as possible. We know if we wait until the very last episode of the show to give answers or revelations there's no way it'll be satisfying, so we're trying to give out that stuff as we go along. And all I would say is, this is the final season of Lost. We would be enormously remiss if we were to not evaluate the numbers and their significance.
Will we find out what Ben and Kate talked about on the beach when he had her join him for breakfast wearing that dress? It has been driving me crazy for so long! -- sarbarmar
This is one of those things that, no matter what we say, it doesn't matter how many times we say it. I don't know what it is about that scene where people think this really significant piece of information transferred between the two of them on the beach ... Kate is actually working undercover for Ben or something like that.
Nothing happened. That's the real answer. We never intended it to feel that way, and when we say nothing happened, they think we're lying or we originally had a plan and abandoned the plan. All I can say is, hand to God, nothing happened.
At the end of Lost's final season, will we have an ironclad, nothing-else-to-say conclusion, or will we be left with the possibility of spinoffs and feature films? -- mveedubs
I think it is our intention to end the story of Lost in the final episode of the television series. We have no desire whatsoever to make a movie or leave any threads hanging. That being said, some people will think it's enormously satisfying. Other people will think it's not satisfying enough. It all depends on the way that you watch the show. But the worst thing we could ever do is just answer some things and then say we'll answer other things in the Lost movie in theaters two years from now.
The television show is our version of Lost, and once it ends, that's the end. J.K. Rowling said she was going to write seven Harry Potter books, and she was true to her word. There are six seasons of Lost, and that's it.
It's clear that you and Carlton Cuse have formed a creative friendship on the show and will be forever linked in Lost fans' minds. Are there any plans for the two of you to use your collective genius on projects post-Lost (with or without the polar bear)? -- GoolayGirl
I love collaborating with different people. J.J. (Abrams) and I created the show together, and Carlton and I run the show together. And writing the (Star Trek) movie with Bob (Orci) and Alex (Kurtzman) ... I love finding new creative partnerships but then continuing the partnerships I'm already in. So I don't know if it will be soon or later, but I hope Carlton and I work together again on something entirely different than Lost.
I am actually curious as to the status of Damon's involvement with the Dark Tower series. Is there hope for us Stephen King fans that this project is in the works? -- Lorrie Q.
You'll be hard-pressed to find a huger fan of The Dark Tower than me, but that's probably the reason that I shouldn't be the one to adapt it. After working six years on Lost, the last thing I want to do is spend the next seven years adapting one of my favorite books of all time. I'm such a massive Stephen King fan that I'm terrified of screwing it up.
I'd do anything to see those movies written by someone else. My guess is they will get made because they're so incredible. But not by me.
In today's film and television industries it seems like there are far fewer writers willing to take risks for originality's sake. What advice do you have for aspiring writers who are passionate about a particular story, even if it risks not being given a chance by today's audiences? -- Josh G.
As cliched as it sounds, if you have an original voice and an original idea, then no matter what anybody says, you have to find a way to tell that story. My only advice would be you have to exercise patience. I think the freshman mistake is you feel such passion for something that you need to tell it now, as opposed to saying, "Let me establish myself, and five years from now when I'm a little bit older, a little bit wiser, a little bit more experienced, maybe that's the time to tell that story."
Sometimes you get a present for somebody a month before their birthday and you just want to give it to them immediately. But timing is everything. So I would say it might feel like your idea is a hard sell now, but maybe in a couple years the timing will be right. Whatever you do, don't give up.
Is there any chance that once this season ends there will be a continuation of Lost through a movie, books, or website? Will you be doing anything to keep the fans alive after Lost is over? -- Shannon K.
I think the fans themselves will probably generate a lot of material like fanfic and that kind of stuff. But I feel like our story's over. We don't own Lost -- ABC and Disney do. So if they decide to generate some of that stuff, they might very well do so, but it's not going to be with our participation. As much as I want the fans to have new material, I feel like at the end of the day they'd want to kill us for it, because the whole purpose of announcing an end date is to end.
Are you sad it's ending?
I'm not sad it's ending. I'm really happy it's ending. I'm sad about the fact that we're not going to be writing it anymore -- like, the process of writing it and working on it is such an incredible thing. I don't feel sadness that the show is ending, because I feel like it's exactly the right thing to do. I can't imagine that we ever would've gotten this far if we hadn't announced an end date. It would've just gotten absurd and boring and stalling and ... it would've sucked. I'm so glad that's not the legacy of the show. The legacy of the show is going to be this instead.
Do you think more series should follow the Lost model and announce end dates?
For me as a viewer, I like knowing where I am in the book. Certainly for Battlestar, it was great to know where you were in the story. I think viewers sometimes want to know that, and it also helps them get over frustrating patches of stuff they don't like. But it all depends on the show.
Some shows sustain themselves forever. There's no reason that Grey's Anatomy ever needs to end. I remember when Heroes first came on the scene, people were asking Tim (Kring) that same question. He said, "Heroes can go on forever. There's no reason it ever needs to end, because there will always be characters with these abilities, and there will be interesting stories to tell." Heroes has a different design than Lost does. But I look at a show like FlashForward and I go, yeah, it would probably help that show for them to say it's a three-season or four-season show and then it ends, so that the audience at least gets a sense of where they are in the story.
Lost has inspired me to learn more about literature, philosophy, history, time travel and so many other subjects. What is the coolest thing you have learned about that you didn't know prior to creating the show? -- GoolayGirl
Good question. Well, we started doing research on time travel back in Season 2. ... Way back in Season 2, we found out about this thing, CERN. It's this gigantic particle accelerator that they're going to turn on, this multi-billion dollar project. 60 Minutes actually did a story on it. It's fascinating: They're trying to create anti-matter, quarks and all sorts of crazy things in there, but it keeps breaking. They keep pushing back the date they're going to turn it on. So I've become sort of obsessed with this project and the guy on the team that's behind it. Normally, that science stuff goes right over my head, but I'm fascinated.
I would love to know what song Damon thinks would best match the mood of Season 6. -- dmachado13
Wow. I'd say Visions of Johanna by Bob Dylan.
Why?
I have that song on my iPod, and when I hear it I think about the show. There are certain lyrical phrases in that song that are very well-suited to Lost.
Has the Lost team been documenting the process of creating the show since the very beginning? As a fan who loves the way the show is constructed, I hope once the show is over, we may see some sort of documentary-style feature or a book that will tell fans how the show was conceived and the creative process that occurred as the show moved through the years. -- Bryan in Cincinnati
I think there's going to be a Lost encyclopedia where we talk a lot about that stuff, but it's not like we've been bringing camera crews into the writers' room so they can see how we do what we do. A lot of the creation of the show is like a magic trick, and I think it would be like David Copperfield explaining how he made the Statue of Liberty disappear.
Although I acknowledge that people are really interested in the creative process of Lost, mostly it pertains to ... it all goes back to the idea of, "Are we making it up as we go along?" That's the question that people really want to know the answer to, and they want some proof. They want us to document the fact that we weren't making it up as we went along. And, in the spirit of the show, we just have to say, "If you choose to believe us, then that's what faith is all about." If you choose to disbelieve it, then we don't blame you. At the end of the day, all that matters is the story itself. If you feel satisfied by it, it shouldn't matter whether we had it planned from Day 1 or whether we made it up as we went along.
In some places we did have to make it up as we went along, because Adewale (Akinnuoye-Agbaje) wanted to leave the show, or the Nikki and Paolo idea didn't work, or we didn't have an end date so we had to tap dance, or we went over-budget so we had to put them in cages for four episodes in a row. There are certain things where we had to adapt to whatever real-world scenario was happening with the show. But creatively speaking in general, there had to be a plan.
What is your least favorite episode of Lost?
Oh, my god. (Pauses) I think my least favorite episode is this episode that we did the first season called "Homecoming." It's when Claire comes back from having been in the jungle for a couple days after she was abducted by the Others, and Ethan comes after her. The backstory is Charlie is trying to go straight and he's selling copiers. At the end of the episdoe, he shoots Ethan. I wrote that episode, and it's my least favorite episode of the show ever.
I'm surprised by that answer. It's not an episode fans usually name as their least favorite.
The episode fans bring up most often is "Stranger in a Strange Land," which is the epiosde with Bai Ling and Jack and his tattoos. And basically, I feel like it's unfair to bag on that episode. Am I a huge fan of it? No. But at the same time, there were so many different circumstances that led to that episode that needed to be written and so many ideas that didn't work. The fact that it all coalesced ... There was a bad casting decision made. There was a bad premise decision made. There was a bad flashback story. Just everything that could go wrong did, but I don't think it was because the script was terrible. "Homecoming," I think, was flawed on almost every single level that an episode of Lost could be.
So do you think you've become a better writer since Lost began?
I hope so. I feel like I've become a better listener, and if that's led to better writing, I don't know. I'm still incredibly proud of the pilot, having written the pilot, but I'm equally proud of the Season 3 finale. But writing is like being a really good baseball player: Even really good baseball players strike out all the time. So I just have to allow myself to say, "Sometimes I write better than other times." I think I know more now than I knew at the beginning, but I don't know if I'm any better of a writer.
They said this past Comic-Con was the last Lost panel ever. That's not true, is it? You've gotta come back one last time after it's all wrapped up. Because we all know you won't answer ever single question on TV! -- Rafael J.
I think the idea of appearing on the Comic-Con panel to answer the questions the show didn't answer would be almost as bad. If we don't answer it in the show, it's because we didn't want to answer it. Would we go to Comic-Con and do some kind of retrospective at some point where we get everybody back together to talk about the show? Yeah, I think that would be cool five, 10 years from now. But certainly not next year, a month after the finale has aired.
I have lots of questions but Damon won't answer them (and I wouldn't want to spoil anything anyway). Can he at least tell us when the season premiere will be? Joshua H.
Honest to God, they haven't given us a date yet. I don't even know what night it's going to be on. We've been on Wednesday at 9 for awhile, but now ABC's comedies are actually working. And I actually like Modern Family and Cougar Town, so I'm not sure that they'll move them.
I don't know what it means for us, but all I've ever heard is mid-to-late January. We're doing 18 hours -- two-hour premiere, two-hour finale -- so if we end in mid-May, we can't premiere any later than late January.
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Henry Ian Cusick Settles Harassment Case
Posted Tuesday 27 October 07:51 AM By: PopEater Staff
'Lost' star Henry Ian Cusick has settled a sexual harassment lawsuit with a former production staffer, TMZ reports. The woman, Chelsea Stone, sued the actor for allegedly grabbing and touching her inappropriately. She also named ABC and the production company in the lawsuit. Her lawyer confirms that Stone has settled with all the defendants and the terms are confidential.
The lawsuit filed Friday in April alleged that Cusick, who plays Desmond Hume on the show, fondled the woman's buttocks and breasts and kissed her on the lips in October 2007. The lawsuit claimed she reported the incident to her supervisor, but was simply told to avoid the actor. She has stated she was fired 12 days later in retaliation for reporting the alleged abuse.
At the time, TMZ reported that Cusick allegedly "placed his face on top of [her] breasts, moving his face from side to side." The filing said the woman had worked for ABC since 1997.
http://www.popeater.com/2009/10/27/henry-ian-cusick-sex-lawsuit/
'Lost' star Henry Ian Cusick has settled a sexual harassment lawsuit with a former production staffer, TMZ reports. The woman, Chelsea Stone, sued the actor for allegedly grabbing and touching her inappropriately. She also named ABC and the production company in the lawsuit. Her lawyer confirms that Stone has settled with all the defendants and the terms are confidential.
The lawsuit filed Friday in April alleged that Cusick, who plays Desmond Hume on the show, fondled the woman's buttocks and breasts and kissed her on the lips in October 2007. The lawsuit claimed she reported the incident to her supervisor, but was simply told to avoid the actor. She has stated she was fired 12 days later in retaliation for reporting the alleged abuse.
At the time, TMZ reported that Cusick allegedly "placed his face on top of [her] breasts, moving his face from side to side." The filing said the woman had worked for ABC since 1997.
http://www.popeater.com/2009/10/27/henry-ian-cusick-sex-lawsuit/
Ask Matt: Where Will Lost End Up?
By Matt Roush October 26, 2009 12:07 AM EST
Send all questions to askmatt@tvguidemagazine.com and follow me at twitter.com/roushTVGuideMag
Question: I have been thoroughly enjoying 3/4 of ABC's Wednesday night comedy block (which, so far, is funnier and more accessible than the 3/4s of NBC's Thursday night comedy block I watch). My question is this: Where is Lost going to go? For the majority of its run, Lost has been on Wednesdays at 9/8c (except for its freshman year when it aired at 8/7c—which still shocks me—and the year of the writers' strike when it aired on Thursdays). I can't imagine ABC pulling its newly established (and relatively successful) comedy in favor of Lost, so in all likelihood, the final season of Lost will be airing in a time slot it has never aired previously. Where do you think it will go?—Erin
Matt Roush: Clearly, scheduling the final season of Lost will be no laughing matter. But I agree that it’s not in ABC’s best interests to jettison its new Wednesday comedy block just as it’s building up some steam, critically and some weeks in the ratings. (It’s a tough night, and ABC will need to be patient to see long-term growth; getting rid of Hank would be a good first step.) ABC has not yet announced just how it will schedule Lost in its final season, but wherever it airs, its fans will find it and follow it to the end. This final season isn’t going to be about ratings necessarily; Lost isn’t likely to grow in its final season, although many who’ve fallen away may tune in toward the end just to see how it wraps up. Which is why I wouldn’t be surprised if ABC puts it in one of the open 10/9c slots where shows currently are performing poorly: Tuesdays or, more likely, Wednesdays. This gets it out of the way of the American Idol juggernaut, and while I’d prefer it to air in a 9/8c time period as it has done the last few seasons, I don’t see an opening there, especially on Wednesdays, where the acclaimed Modern Family serves as the anchor for the comedy block. In the big picture, it’s more important for ABC to continue nurturing its terrific new comedies for the long haul than to worry too much about protecting Lost in its final stretch. Wherever it airs, we’ll be there.
http://www.tvguidemagazine.com/ask-matt/ask-matt-where-will-lost-end-up-2944.html
Send all questions to askmatt@tvguidemagazine.com and follow me at twitter.com/roushTVGuideMag
Question: I have been thoroughly enjoying 3/4 of ABC's Wednesday night comedy block (which, so far, is funnier and more accessible than the 3/4s of NBC's Thursday night comedy block I watch). My question is this: Where is Lost going to go? For the majority of its run, Lost has been on Wednesdays at 9/8c (except for its freshman year when it aired at 8/7c—which still shocks me—and the year of the writers' strike when it aired on Thursdays). I can't imagine ABC pulling its newly established (and relatively successful) comedy in favor of Lost, so in all likelihood, the final season of Lost will be airing in a time slot it has never aired previously. Where do you think it will go?—Erin
Matt Roush: Clearly, scheduling the final season of Lost will be no laughing matter. But I agree that it’s not in ABC’s best interests to jettison its new Wednesday comedy block just as it’s building up some steam, critically and some weeks in the ratings. (It’s a tough night, and ABC will need to be patient to see long-term growth; getting rid of Hank would be a good first step.) ABC has not yet announced just how it will schedule Lost in its final season, but wherever it airs, its fans will find it and follow it to the end. This final season isn’t going to be about ratings necessarily; Lost isn’t likely to grow in its final season, although many who’ve fallen away may tune in toward the end just to see how it wraps up. Which is why I wouldn’t be surprised if ABC puts it in one of the open 10/9c slots where shows currently are performing poorly: Tuesdays or, more likely, Wednesdays. This gets it out of the way of the American Idol juggernaut, and while I’d prefer it to air in a 9/8c time period as it has done the last few seasons, I don’t see an opening there, especially on Wednesdays, where the acclaimed Modern Family serves as the anchor for the comedy block. In the big picture, it’s more important for ABC to continue nurturing its terrific new comedies for the long haul than to worry too much about protecting Lost in its final stretch. Wherever it airs, we’ll be there.
http://www.tvguidemagazine.com/ask-matt/ask-matt-where-will-lost-end-up-2944.html
Monday, October 26, 2009
First Lost final season promo to air Oct 29/09
This just in, the first Lost final season promo (0:15) is tentatively scheduled to premiere during the end of FLASHFORWARD (with Lost's Dominic Monaghan joining the cast) this Thursday (Oct. 29 -- first night of November sweeps). Promos for V (starring Lost's Elizabeth Mitchell) will heavily be featured in this hour as well.
Source: SitComs Online
Source: SitComs Online
ODI: Cuse Says LOST Will Take a Break for Winter Olympics!?
Posted by The ODI on Sunday, October 25, 2009
Well another Season of LOST is nearing and once again we were promised a season with no interruptions, but it seems like we will be given a break early in the season because of the Winter Olympics.
I know most of you are not too happy to read this but I had a feeling this would happen.
Where did this info come from!? Straight from LOST writer Carlton Cuse who visited Harvard this past week and here is a statement from the Art Blog at Harvard:
Mr. Cuse graciously explained that the show would begin again in January then stop for the Olympics and then start back again in February.
The Olympics start Feb 12th 2010 and end Feb 28th, so expect at least a TWO WEEK break. Problem is they pretty much have no choice because if they do not take a break the ratings for those couple of episodes could take a big hit.
Please do not get too upset yet, because we have no official confirmation from ABC yet and we will definitely check with our sources and let you know anything we hear.
http://the-odi.blogspot.com/2009/10/cuse-says-lost-will-take-break-for.html
Well another Season of LOST is nearing and once again we were promised a season with no interruptions, but it seems like we will be given a break early in the season because of the Winter Olympics.
I know most of you are not too happy to read this but I had a feeling this would happen.
Where did this info come from!? Straight from LOST writer Carlton Cuse who visited Harvard this past week and here is a statement from the Art Blog at Harvard:
Mr. Cuse graciously explained that the show would begin again in January then stop for the Olympics and then start back again in February.
The Olympics start Feb 12th 2010 and end Feb 28th, so expect at least a TWO WEEK break. Problem is they pretty much have no choice because if they do not take a break the ratings for those couple of episodes could take a big hit.
Please do not get too upset yet, because we have no official confirmation from ABC yet and we will definitely check with our sources and let you know anything we hear.
http://the-odi.blogspot.com/2009/10/cuse-says-lost-will-take-break-for.html
Sunday, October 25, 2009
Room 23 Store
Over time I have designed different characters of different themes along with about 21 of the characters on the TV show Lost. I have compiled them into two books. One a general Sketchbook with drawings on various subjects, with the Lost characters included and one dedicated to my Lost character designs. The General book "Hoofprints" has only cleaned up Lost characters along with a few Hurley sketches along with non Lost designs. The Lost "Room 23" themed book has Cleaned up designs, sketches, a Hurley turnaround and my island/Dharma Hatches illustration. So for those who enjoy my work feel free to order something. I am working on making my Lost Trading Cards available and am working on a volume 2 of Room 23 which will be finished around the time that the series ends. I also made a sidebar button to get to the store.
http://room23store.blogspot.com/
http://room23store.blogspot.com/
Saturday, October 24, 2009
Lost Season 5 HMV exclusive bonus disc (UK)
Posted by DarkUFO at 10/24/2009 08:09:00 AM
Thanks to MD1500 for the following.
Just discovered that if you buy Lost Season 5 on either Blu-Ray or DVD from HMV (UK), it will come with an exclusive bonus disc. According to the HMV website, the DVD bonus disc contains:
* Lost on Location- THIS PLACE IS DEATH - The Smoke Monster makes its return as we go behind the scenes look at this episode.
* Lost on Location - 316 - Explore the construction of the Lamp PostStation and Ajira Flight 316, two elaborate and important sets for this episode.
* Ben vs. Desmond Fight - Join Michael Emerson (Ben) and Henry Ian Cusick (Desmond), and their stunt doubles as they rehearse and film their big fight scene.
* Locke's Leg - Take a look at how make-up artists created and executed Locke's broken leg.
* Rose and Bernard Retirement - Bernard and Rose are back. Find out where they have been for the past three years since the island moved.
* Ben in Smokey's Lair - Enter Smokey's lair with Michael Emerson and the LOST crew as Ben prepares to confront the Smoke Monster.
* DELETED SCENES. Run time approximately 20 minute.
There is no mention of what the Blu-Ray bonus disc contains.
http://hmv.com/hmvweb/displayProductDetails.do?ctx=280;0;-1;-1;-1&sku=239537
http://hmv.com/hmvweb/displayProductDetails.do?ctx=280;0;-1;-1;-1&sku=258888
Source: SpoilerTV
Thanks to MD1500 for the following.
Just discovered that if you buy Lost Season 5 on either Blu-Ray or DVD from HMV (UK), it will come with an exclusive bonus disc. According to the HMV website, the DVD bonus disc contains:
* Lost on Location- THIS PLACE IS DEATH - The Smoke Monster makes its return as we go behind the scenes look at this episode.
* Lost on Location - 316 - Explore the construction of the Lamp PostStation and Ajira Flight 316, two elaborate and important sets for this episode.
* Ben vs. Desmond Fight - Join Michael Emerson (Ben) and Henry Ian Cusick (Desmond), and their stunt doubles as they rehearse and film their big fight scene.
* Locke's Leg - Take a look at how make-up artists created and executed Locke's broken leg.
* Rose and Bernard Retirement - Bernard and Rose are back. Find out where they have been for the past three years since the island moved.
* Ben in Smokey's Lair - Enter Smokey's lair with Michael Emerson and the LOST crew as Ben prepares to confront the Smoke Monster.
* DELETED SCENES. Run time approximately 20 minute.
There is no mention of what the Blu-Ray bonus disc contains.
http://hmv.com/hmvweb/displayProductDetails.do?ctx=280;0;-1;-1;-1&sku=239537
http://hmv.com/hmvweb/displayProductDetails.do?ctx=280;0;-1;-1;-1&sku=258888
Source: SpoilerTV
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Harold Perrineau Sets the Record Straight on Whether He'll Return to Lost
Today 6:00 AM PDT by Kristin Dos Santos
You gotta love a man who likes to clear the air.
Harold Perrineau just rang up to kindly reveal an answer to our blind item—"Guess Who's Not Returning to Lost?"—which outed a former Lost star as a holdout to return for the final season.
It's not him.
Despite everyone and their mother's brother's lover (even the Los Angeles Times!) assuming Harold (Michael) was the Lost holdout, Harold reveals that he has not turned down an offer to return to the show.
So does that mean he's coming back?
"Honestly, no one has asked," Harold tells me. "But if I was asked to come back to Lost, indeed I would say yes. We all started that journey together, and I would love to be able to end it with everybody. It would be a great thing to do, to get to say goodbye to them all at the same time. I would love to go back and hang out a little bit."
Now, assuming that Lost is resetting the clock as rumored and going back in time to the original Flight 815, it would seem that there may be a serious glitch to bringing Perrineau back: Walt. After all, Malcolm David Kelley, who was a wee 13-year-old when the series started, now looks like he could be playing defense for the Lakers or voicing a Barry White biopic.
"That's what I was actually thinking would probably be the trickiest part," Perrineau says. "I mean, I know they've been going back and forth with time travel, but if we were to go all the way back, how do you do that? You'd have to recast [Walt]. Or do some crazy CGI, like Little Man. That would be weird!"
Despite the hullabaloo over the comments he made after Michael was killed off Lost, Harold tells me he honestly has no beef with the show. "Those people are my family. And not like my twisted, dysfunctional family, but people I totally love, you know what I mean? It was a great show for me and I'm really glad to be part of that."
"There are no hard feelings," Harold adds. "Period. That's the real truth."
Harold called in from Vancouver where he's currently shooting the sequel to 30 Days of Night: Darker Days—yay, vampires!—and is also working on an album "just for fun."
Personally, I would love to see Michael/Harold again before Lost's final credits roll—with or without Walt.
Anyone else feel the same? If so, join me in the comments to figure out a way around this whole Walt conundrum. Maybe we can catch Michael away from Walt hooking up with Sun in a bathroom stall at LAX? Or, ooh, Claymation? (This is why they do not ask me to write the show.)Oh, and if you must point out the totally obvious Lost holdout (now that you know it's not Harold), feel free to do that too...
http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/watch_with_kristin/b150014_harold_perrineau_sets_record_straight.html
You gotta love a man who likes to clear the air.
Harold Perrineau just rang up to kindly reveal an answer to our blind item—"Guess Who's Not Returning to Lost?"—which outed a former Lost star as a holdout to return for the final season.
It's not him.
Despite everyone and their mother's brother's lover (even the Los Angeles Times!) assuming Harold (Michael) was the Lost holdout, Harold reveals that he has not turned down an offer to return to the show.
So does that mean he's coming back?
"Honestly, no one has asked," Harold tells me. "But if I was asked to come back to Lost, indeed I would say yes. We all started that journey together, and I would love to be able to end it with everybody. It would be a great thing to do, to get to say goodbye to them all at the same time. I would love to go back and hang out a little bit."
Now, assuming that Lost is resetting the clock as rumored and going back in time to the original Flight 815, it would seem that there may be a serious glitch to bringing Perrineau back: Walt. After all, Malcolm David Kelley, who was a wee 13-year-old when the series started, now looks like he could be playing defense for the Lakers or voicing a Barry White biopic.
"That's what I was actually thinking would probably be the trickiest part," Perrineau says. "I mean, I know they've been going back and forth with time travel, but if we were to go all the way back, how do you do that? You'd have to recast [Walt]. Or do some crazy CGI, like Little Man. That would be weird!"
Despite the hullabaloo over the comments he made after Michael was killed off Lost, Harold tells me he honestly has no beef with the show. "Those people are my family. And not like my twisted, dysfunctional family, but people I totally love, you know what I mean? It was a great show for me and I'm really glad to be part of that."
"There are no hard feelings," Harold adds. "Period. That's the real truth."
Harold called in from Vancouver where he's currently shooting the sequel to 30 Days of Night: Darker Days—yay, vampires!—and is also working on an album "just for fun."
Personally, I would love to see Michael/Harold again before Lost's final credits roll—with or without Walt.
Anyone else feel the same? If so, join me in the comments to figure out a way around this whole Walt conundrum. Maybe we can catch Michael away from Walt hooking up with Sun in a bathroom stall at LAX? Or, ooh, Claymation? (This is why they do not ask me to write the show.)Oh, and if you must point out the totally obvious Lost holdout (now that you know it's not Harold), feel free to do that too...
http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/watch_with_kristin/b150014_harold_perrineau_sets_record_straight.html
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Emilie de Ravin Question
Question: Is Emilie de Ravin going to be back on Lost for the whole season or just a few episodes? And will we get to see what happened to her? —Jared
Ausiello: The answer to both of your questions is a resounding yeppers. Better prepare yourself though. My Lost mole says season 6 will showcase “a version of Claire we’ve never seen before — a Rousseau-esque version.” We’ll be in need of a Rousseau fix since the real version will be MIA. According to a Lost insider, the French Lady’s portrayer, Mira Furlan, turned down the show’s request to return for the final season due to a “prior overseas commitment.” Anyone know how you say “big bag-o-nuts” in français?
http://ausiellofiles.ew.com/2009/10/21/ask-ausiello-spoilers-on-lost-house-greys-ncis-glee-and-more/
Ausiello: The answer to both of your questions is a resounding yeppers. Better prepare yourself though. My Lost mole says season 6 will showcase “a version of Claire we’ve never seen before — a Rousseau-esque version.” We’ll be in need of a Rousseau fix since the real version will be MIA. According to a Lost insider, the French Lady’s portrayer, Mira Furlan, turned down the show’s request to return for the final season due to a “prior overseas commitment.” Anyone know how you say “big bag-o-nuts” in français?
http://ausiellofiles.ew.com/2009/10/21/ask-ausiello-spoilers-on-lost-house-greys-ncis-glee-and-more/
ODI: What is Lost? Prize Competition
Posted by DarkUFO on Wednesday, October 21, 2009
In order to promote the Season 5 DVD and Blu-Ray release of Lost, Disney are holding a competition to win a Holiday and DVD's. This is only open to UK & Ireland only.
If you do enter, we'd love for you to let us know your entry in the comments here as well.
The Promotion website www.twitter.com/whatislost (“Website”) contains full details of the prizes available and any restrictions or important information. Any changes which are required to be made to these Promotion Rules will be uploaded to the Website.
ENTRY:
The Promotion is open to legal residents of the UK & Ireland only, aged 18 years or over, excluding employees or agents of the Promoter, Twitter.com or anyone else professionally connected to the Promotion and/or their immediate family. The Promoter reserves the right to verify eligibility.
To enter entrants must either register on www.twitter.com or sign into their Twitter account and then send their answer in no more than 140 characters as instructed, for example:
“Lost is the most cryptic TV show around, where plane crash victims have to live together on an island and figure out the mystery of it”.
Only one entry per person is allowed. The use of multiple identities, email addresses and Twitter accounts is not permitted. Only entries made via the Website will be accepted. Any use of automated or programmed methods of entry online is also prohibited.
No purchase is necessary to enter the Promotion.
PRIZES:
First Prize: holiday vouchers from Lastminute.com to the value of £1,500 (“Vouchers”).
Runners Up Prize: Lost Season 5 on DVD for each of the 10 Runners Up.
Complete Details/Rules Here
http://the-odi.blogspot.com/2009/10/what-is-lost-prize-competition.html
In order to promote the Season 5 DVD and Blu-Ray release of Lost, Disney are holding a competition to win a Holiday and DVD's. This is only open to UK & Ireland only.
If you do enter, we'd love for you to let us know your entry in the comments here as well.
The Promotion website www.twitter.com/whatislost (“Website”) contains full details of the prizes available and any restrictions or important information. Any changes which are required to be made to these Promotion Rules will be uploaded to the Website.
ENTRY:
The Promotion is open to legal residents of the UK & Ireland only, aged 18 years or over, excluding employees or agents of the Promoter, Twitter.com or anyone else professionally connected to the Promotion and/or their immediate family. The Promoter reserves the right to verify eligibility.
To enter entrants must either register on www.twitter.com or sign into their Twitter account and then send their answer in no more than 140 characters as instructed, for example:
“Lost is the most cryptic TV show around, where plane crash victims have to live together on an island and figure out the mystery of it”.
Only one entry per person is allowed. The use of multiple identities, email addresses and Twitter accounts is not permitted. Only entries made via the Website will be accepted. Any use of automated or programmed methods of entry online is also prohibited.
No purchase is necessary to enter the Promotion.
PRIZES:
First Prize: holiday vouchers from Lastminute.com to the value of £1,500 (“Vouchers”).
Runners Up Prize: Lost Season 5 on DVD for each of the 10 Runners Up.
Complete Details/Rules Here
http://the-odi.blogspot.com/2009/10/what-is-lost-prize-competition.html
Friday, October 16, 2009
DarkUFO: Lost poster...Decoded
Posted by DarkUFO at 10/16/2009 10:02:00 PM
A new poster promoting Lost's sixth and final season recently surfaced on the Internet—and in addition to a line up of the cast, both past and present, it contains some hieroglyphics to consider. PM sent the poster to Dr. James Allen, Wilbour Professor of Egyptology and Chair of Egyptology and Ancient Western Asian Studies at Brown University—the man who gave the first indication that the mysterious four-toed statue was not Anubis, as many had assumed, but Taweret, the half-hippo, half-croc Egyptian goddess who protected mothers and infants. Allen had this to say about the poster: "The hieroglyphs spell out two Egyptian words, meaning 'Who is the guide?' or 'Who is the leader?'" We'll leave the interpretation of that up to you.
Source: Popular Mechanics
Thursday, October 15, 2009
CBR report of the Damon Lindelof signing
Heres a Comic Book Resourses CBR report of the Damon Lindelof signing at Earth-2 Comics.
http://live.comicbookresources.com/
Heres a picture of me in my Dharma Jumpsuit.
http://live.comicbookresources.com/2009/10/14/fans-take-the-initiative/
http://live.comicbookresources.com/
Heres a picture of me in my Dharma Jumpsuit.
http://live.comicbookresources.com/2009/10/14/fans-take-the-initiative/
Lost Plane May Crash on Wisteria Lane
Posted by DarkUFO at 10/15/2009 06:13:00 PM
It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a ratings stunt!
Marc Cherry has confirmed that a plane is going to come crashing down on Desperate Housewives' Wisteria Lane this season, for the show's midseason cliffhanger.
And now ABC sources are spilling this cool little nugget of info: The plane might end up being none other than one from Lost's Oceanic Airlines.
So wait a minute, does that mean that if/when Lost resets this season with an alternate reality (if that hydrogen bomb did actually go off), Jack, Kate, Sawyer and the gang could crash on Wisteria Lane instead of the island?
Sorry, no such luck, Susan Mayer. Jack Shepard will not be dipping his ladle in your special sauce...
The plane's Oceanic branding would just be a fun little Easter egg for Lost fans to find. And while the crossover has yet to be finalized, I'm told the higher-ups at ABC are keen on the idea.
Source: E!Online
It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a ratings stunt!
Marc Cherry has confirmed that a plane is going to come crashing down on Desperate Housewives' Wisteria Lane this season, for the show's midseason cliffhanger.
And now ABC sources are spilling this cool little nugget of info: The plane might end up being none other than one from Lost's Oceanic Airlines.
So wait a minute, does that mean that if/when Lost resets this season with an alternate reality (if that hydrogen bomb did actually go off), Jack, Kate, Sawyer and the gang could crash on Wisteria Lane instead of the island?
Sorry, no such luck, Susan Mayer. Jack Shepard will not be dipping his ladle in your special sauce...
The plane's Oceanic branding would just be a fun little Easter egg for Lost fans to find. And while the crossover has yet to be finalized, I'm told the higher-ups at ABC are keen on the idea.
Source: E!Online
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