Sunday Funnies

Long post coming sometime later tonight. In the meantime, watch this if you haven't seen it. It's pretty dumb, but the production values are excellent. Gave me a chuckle.

Not Dead

No, I'm not dead. Not with the imminent return of our favorite show. Tomorrow will be the first day I've had in two weeks where I'm not either working or traveling and I do have a little preview post planned.

After that, reviews should be be up by the next day, provided I don't fall asleep on my morning train. :)

Three more days, people. Three more days.

Link Dump 1/6/2010

Happy New Year everyone! I've been busy with work, holidays and a new baby girl, but there's just too much Lost stuff floating around out there for me not to comment on! :)

* First off, just in case you haven't seen the terrific "Lost Supper" pics that have been floating around, you can find them here (along with the awesome one BSG did as well).

* New, very cool Darlton interview. Sequel or prequel? Eh - how about just getting Season 6 right first, OK? But this I like a lot:

The final season of ABC's "Lost" is going to be an emotionally intense journey that harks back to previous highlights of the series, with the ideological battle between Jack Shephard and John Locke taking center stage.

That is as it should be. This is interesting too:

We feel tonally it's most similar to the first season of the show. We're employing a different narrative device, which we feel is creating some emotional and heartfelt stories, and we want the audience to have a chance in the final season to remember the entire history of the show.

There are certain moments in films and TV that give you an emotional buzz, ones that stick in your memory, that you wish you could go back and watch again for the very first time. The ending of "The Usual Suspects" and "Shawshank Redemption" come to mind. Johnny Carson's farewell show and the ending of "Cheers" were also particularly emotional for me. I am really hoping that Season 6 gives me that same sort of buzz.

On the other hand, Season 6 could give us a "Dark Tower" sort of ending, an ending that won't please everyone and may even disappoint at the time, but really feels perfect in retrospect (I've talked about this one before, BTW).

* A Lost Attraction at Disney? Great idea! Sign the petition!

* "Lost in 8 minutes and 15 seconds" has been updated. Very cool!

Lost starts again on Groundhog Day! I do not think that was a coincidence! Woo hoo! :)

Link Dump, 11/10/2009

Lost Season 6 Teaser Poster! Woohoo (click for biggie)!

Like the backwards Locke and the fact everyone's there, including Vincent! :)
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Still no word on what time slot Lost is going to get when it returns. Please, please, please ABC - give us a 9pm start!
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The DHARMA Documentary is now complete. Some thoughts on Parts IV, V and VI, a bonus section you can see on Lostpedia:

"Matt Houston" is a show that ran from 1982-1985. Since it's a new show, we can assume the documentary is from 1982.

Liked the mistaken air drop on Tonga. There hasn't been another air drop, has there? Wonder if they are still coordinated through the Lamp Post - seems like they'd have to be if the Island moves from time to time.

What were the other two DHARMA logos in Part V? Is it the main logo and the Arrow? At first, it looked to me like a white cross on a black background and a black cross on a white background. But maybe I'm just projecting here, eh? ;)



Anyone catch anyone recognizable on any of the "Missing?" posters? I think one of them is Olivia Goodspeed, who's featured in Part VI.

Interesting that Eloise took over the Lamp Post sometime in the early 80's. I guess she had to if she was going to make sure Daniel completed his time loop.

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Anyone watching "V?" I haven't caught any bit of it yet, might be a DVD thing later on, although I did catch a bit of the "The Prisoner" last night which was... odd. I think I liked it, but I'm not sure. It was kinda like watching a David Lynch movie. Never seen a full episode of the original, but I'd like to watch it through at some point.

Anyhoo, this review of the latest "V" episode also had this to say:

With all of the ABC "Lost"-alikes this season, it often seems like the network really truly thinks that what made "Lost" such a popular show with so many people was its sense of dramatic portent, those scenes when the characters stared ominously into the distance as ominous music played and ominous birds made ominous noises off in the ominous distance. But that's not why it was at all! "Lost" is a really fun show, and it has a great sense of how to balance out its ability to be portentious with its ability to have, like, Hurley drive a van through some Others. So far, "V" and "FlashForward" haven't quite figured this out yet, but at least there were indications "V" knows the direction to head in in this episode.

Well, one of the things that makes "Lost" such a terrific show are the characters and the cast. Hurley's van-driving scene only works because it's Hurley, dude.
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Sorry for the lack of posting. I simply can't find much time nowadays, though I will certainly have reviews for the Final Season. :)

Noooooooooooooo!

Argh. First we get the ultimate nightmare World Series scenario for a Mets fan. Now we have this:

There is almost nothing I’m looking forward to more, in the realm of movies, television or books, than the final season of Lost. For those of you hoping that we’d have a seamless run for the final chapter of the sci-fi television series, I have some bad news for you. The bad news takes the form of the Winter Olympic games, which will cut into the sixth season.

I agree with Peter: Fark the Olympics. Gimme my Lost! :P

Blargh

I have half a dozen things I've wanted to post, but have just no time right now for anything. :(

So. Very. Tired.

Link Dump, 09/11/2009

Few quick links I've been meaning to post:

* Part III of the Dharma Documentary is up over at ABC.com - I was a little disappointed in this one. The church is clearly where the Lamp Post Station was hidden, but aside from that it was kinda boring. Was hoping for something a bit meatier.

* Vote for Josh Holloway and Elizabeth Mitchell in EW's EWwy awards. Vote for BSG too if you don't have any other preferences. :)

* After the show finishes next season, ABC is going to auction off a lot of the show's major props!

Profiles in History, the world's largest Hollywood memorabilia auctioneer, will offer fans of the hit ABC television series, LOST a special preview of their Summer, 2010 auction, with a display of authentic props, costumes and set pieces including Kate's toy plane, Hurley's winning lottery ticket, Locke's hunting knife, Sawyer's letter and many other surprises!

Now that is cool! Granted, I'll probably be priced out of most of the stuff I want, but it certainly won't hurt to try. :)

DO WANT

This is very cool:

Do I want one? Oh yes. Yes, indeed. :)

UPDATE: You can order them here. Only 300 are for sale, so hurry! :)

Link Dump, 08/21/2009

Wow. Has it really been over a month since I posted? In that time, I managed to:

1) Submit my first grant proposal
2) Go on vacation (Cape Cod)
3) Have our kitchen refurbished
4) Clean up the mess from the kitchen refurbishing
5) Watch my Mets' season slide into the toilet

Now I head into the dreaded "shopping for baby" phase - yeah, Em and I are expecting our first, a girl. :)

But there still will be blogging time when I can spare it! There's been a bunch of LOST related stuff I've been meaning to post:

* First off, if you haven't seen the first two installments of this In Search Of inspired Dharma Initiative documentary ABC has produced, you're missing out. The acting is kinda cheesy, but the production values are spot on. I'm really looking forward to the next video.

* Secondly, there's been a lot of LOST Season 6 casting news, both for new and old characters. But the thing that excites me the most is the prospect of Mr. Eko returning. Granted it will probably be as either Smokey/Jacob's Nemesis or in a vision, but it would still be satisfying either way.

* Darlton says anything goes next season and everything that matters will be answered. Hmmm... we'll see. But what does everyone want to see answered? Well...

* Doc Jensen asked fans to list their Top 3 mysteries they want to see answered next season and compiled a list of the Top 15 listings. My Top 3 would be:

1) What is the Monster?
2) Who are Jacob and his Nemesis?
3) Was Fight 815 destined to crash on the Island?

#3 is kind of an umbrella question for the show itself - is science or faith more important? Do all these characters we care about have specific destinies or not? To me, answering this question satisfyingly is the key to ending the show well.

So what were Doc Jensen's Top 15 (along with whether I consider it a must or not).

15. What are the Whispers? (must)
14. What's Libby's backstory? (very much like, but not must)
13. What's the complete Dharma backstory? (must)
12. Where did The Others come from? (not must, but I think we have to get it)
11. Do all the castaways have a secret connection? (must, ties into my #3)
10. Who are Adam and Eve? (must, will be answered)
9. What's the significance of The Numbers? (already know)
8. Why are there Egyptian ruins on The Island? (see #12)
7. Where are stewardess Cindy and the kids? (eh, whatever)
6. What is the Island, anyway? (see #12, kinda ties to my #3)
5. What happened to Claire? (eh, don't we already know)
4. What was up with Walt? (sorta must, I really want to know WHY Ben wanted him)
3. What is The Monster? (only #3? really?)
2. Who is Jacob? (only #2? then what's #1?)

...and the #1 question fans asked was...

1. Why doesn't Richard Alpert age? (BWAH, HAH, HAH, HAH)

Seriously, I know it's simply a compilation of questions, but the fact that people are really fascinated with Richard more than anything made me laugh - I really thought there was no way the Monster wouldn't be #1. But I guess people love the eyeliner. :)

Posting will be a bit more frequent over the next couple weeks. Incidentally, I just started watching Battlestar Galactica over Netflix - pretty terrific so far. I think most people who like LOST would probably like BSG, for the terrific ensemble cast especially. Hope everyone's having a good summer!

Emmy Noms

EW's got the list of the big ones.

The good: Lost for Best Drama, Michael Emerson for Best Supporting Actor.

The bad: Nothing else (non script-wise, haven't checked the writing noms).

The ugly: Elizabeth Mitchell gets snubbed again.

I swear, what the heck does she have to do to get an Emmy Nomination, blow up a hydrogen bomb on screen? ;)

Hope your summer's going well. I'm currently buried in grant hell. Hope to escape soon. :)