Archive for the 'Lost' Category

“Lost” gets a 3 hour season finale

Tuesday, April 15th, 2008

The already shortened “Lost” season was cut even shorter by the WGA Stike. Producers are making up for one of the 3 lost hours with a super-sized season finale. Sci-Fi Wire has:

ABC confirmed that it has ordered an additional hour of Lost and that the SF hit’s two-hour season-four finale will air […]

ABC teases the next new “Lost”

Tuesday, April 8th, 2008

Only just over two weeks left until the next new “Lost” episode, “The Shape of Things to Come”. ABC has released some light information on the upcoming episode. SciFi Wire has:

ABC released information about “The Shape of Things to Come,” the next original episode of its SF series Lost, which returns later this […]

Lost: Meet Kevin Johnson

Friday, March 21st, 2008

After receiving the last new episode before a 5 week hiatus, I was left wanting more. This episode filled in many blanks, and setup for the season climax ahead.
The “previously on Lost” at the beginning of the episode reminded me how much this show has changed. In season one it was nothing but […]

Who are the Oceanic Six?

Wednesday, March 19th, 2008

ABC had promoted that we’d know the answer to the Oceanic Six mystery by the end of last weeks episode. Several “Lost” fan site were reporting Jin as one of the six, but after last week, it appears they were wrong (according to the tombstone, he died on the plane). TVGuide’s Ausiello has […]

Popular Mechanics Tackle Lost Physics

Tuesday, March 4th, 2008

Michio Kaku is a very intelligent, approchable theoretical physicist, and currently considered the leading authority on string theory. His book, “Hyperspace” is amazing and interesting for anyone interested in physics and/or string-theory. An article in Popular Mechanics gets Dr. Kaku’s thoughts on Desmond’s journey through time:

With new particle physics research recently taking time […]

Lost and Time-Travel

Friday, February 29th, 2008

After last nights Lost, “The Constant”, questions on how time-travel fits into the show are definitely on the minds of viewers. In this weeks Official Lost Podast, the producers attempt to tackle the questions before they are asked:

Lindelof: We are very paradox averse. When characters are time traveling, nothing that they do […]

Lost Producers Fill in Some Information

Thursday, February 21st, 2008

Many critics and fans alike have complained about Lost and it’s lack of “answers”. I’m in the minority where I don’t need “answers” to big mysteries every week. I watch Lost for the character development, I’m in it for the journey. But, there are those who need the “answers”, and for those […]

Lost: Polar Bears In Tunisia?

Wednesday, February 20th, 2008

One of the new mysteries in the season premiere of Lost was the polar bear skeleton in Tunisia found by Charlotte. During this weeks Official Lost Podcast, Damon Lindelof addresses this by saying that if you want clues, to check the Orchid Station orientation” video. I’ll avoid describing the video to prevent spoiler […]

Writers: where were we again?

Thursday, February 14th, 2008

The L.A. Times talked to four showrunners to see what it’s like getting back into the swing after the strike. Bryan Fuller of Pushing Daisies is making waffles for his writers, My Name is Earl creator Greg Garcia is saying that anybody who doesn’t get down to business is back out on the street, […]

Lost down to 13 Episodes this season

Wednesday, February 13th, 2008

We were originally promised 16 episodes for this season. Now with the WGA strike causing most series to shorten their season, Lost producer Carlton Cuse lays out the new plan. From TV Guide.com:

Damon [Lindelof] and I are going to try and make five more episodes before the end of May, which is ambitious. […]

What’s Your Sawyer Name?

Tuesday, February 5th, 2008

After a pretty strong opening to the season last Thursday, Lost is set to rule the air for at least the next 8 weeks. One thing that was lacking were the “Sawyer-isms” that we’ve grown to love. ABC is giving us a chance to get our own Sawyer nickname. My results are pictured […]

Lost Viral Marketing @ 40ft wide

Thursday, January 31st, 2008

Lost has had a pretty huge online viral campaign. And then there were the Verizon video mobisodes. Now, they have made their way into huge billboards in 8 major cities around the world. PopCrunch TV has:

Here’s a collection of just some of the “Lost” season 4 viral marketing campaign billboards — some […]

Millennium and Profit Coming To ChillerTV

Monday, January 28th, 2008

ChillerTV announced that they are brining back two short lived series from the 90s. One starring Heroes’ Adrian Pasdar (Profit) and another starring Lost’s Terry O’Quinn (Millennium). Profit was a creation of Whedonverse alumn David Greenwalt, and Millennium from The X-File’s Chris Carter. The Futon Critic has the press release:

Viewers will spend […]

Is 8 Enough For Lost Viewers?

Saturday, January 26th, 2008

With the Season 4 premiere of Lost just around the corner, and no end in sight for the WGA strike, speculation has begun if the eight fully produced episodes will be enough to satisfy viewers.
The cast of Lost seems to think it’s a good move for ABC to air the completed episodes rather than none […]

Lost Pop-Up Video

Friday, January 25th, 2008

In what can only be compared to VH-1 pop-up video, ABC is airing an “enhanced” version of last seasons finale. The information from Sci-Fi Wire is:

ABC will air an “enhanced” rerun of the third-season finale of its SF series Lost at 9 p.m. ET/PT on Jan. 30, a day before the fourth-season premiere airs; […]

Catch Up with Lost on TVGuide.com

Monday, January 21st, 2008

Next week starts a brand new season of Lost. It’s been 3/4 of a year since that last new episode, so us viewers are probably a little rusty on the facts. TVGuide.com is doing a daily update examining what we know about several main characters.

Managing editor Matt Mitovich here…. Our favorite […]

Catch up on Lost on iTunes for free!

Friday, January 11th, 2008

Those of us who live where iTunes TV Shows are available can prepare for the coming season of Lost with 2 episodes available free from iTunes. From the iTunes store:
The wait is over. The hit drama returns with the highly anticipated fourth season. Picking up from the shocking finale, we learn from ‘flash […]

Lost Viral Marketing Has Begun

Friday, January 4th, 2008

The ABC hit show Lost is no stranger to online viral marketing. With the 4th season only 3 weeks away, the new viral websites have debuted.
The first is www.flyoceanicair.com. What appears at first to be a airline website is “hijacked” by crusader Sam, and directs you to his site www.find815.com. Sam’s girlfriend […]

Matthew Fox Gives Insight into Lost Season 4

Friday, January 4th, 2008

Matthew Fox (Jack) was interviewed for Entertainment Weekly. In the interview he discusses some behind the scenes of season 3 and 4, as well as gives some tidbits of information about the new season. Of particular note is:

When Jack Shephard goes, ”We have to go back,” that means he’s f—ing going back. And […]

Time Magazine 2007 Top 10 Lists

Saturday, December 22nd, 2007

Time Magazine has released 50 Top 10 Lists of 2007. Included in that list are Top 10 New TV Series and Top 10 Returning TV Series. Both lists include fan and critic favorites alike.

Top 10 New TV Series
1. Mad Men.
2. Flight of the Conchords
3. Tell Me You Love Me
4. Planet Earth
5. Pushing Daisies.
6. […]