Lost Discussion

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Yeah, Ethan is Cruise's cousin. JJ Abrams is currently helming MI3 - so maybe Tommy boy put in a good word for him.The alien thing is interesting b/c the actress who is playing Claire played an alien on Roswell....hmmm.... I get the feeling that the child is evil so the guy wanted her to perish on the flight. I really have no idea though - as usual

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So did the others find out that Charlie was found hanging by his neck by Jack? (I was flipping back and forth btwn Lost and Clay's special ).

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I just assume he told them since they were all siting around staring at Charlie.

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I'm glad they didn't kill Charlie, he makes me laugh.

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I think Charlie should have a very sore sternum (if it's not broken) for all of that pounding.What's up with Boone and sis? Maybe they aren't brother and sister? There was something strange going on b/t them.

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What's up with Boone and sis? Maybe they aren't brother and sister? There was something strange going on b/t them.

What did Boone say to Lock, that him and sis were some heir to martha-stewart-type fortune?? Let's hope we get their backstory soon....I want the father/son backstory as well, something tells me something is up there too.

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I can't wait for Hurley's backstory. Is he really just some computer/fanboy comic geek or say a secret multimillionaire??

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darkhorizons.com

 

TVTome has good news for those US audiences who've been hearing all about the hit JJ Abrams series "Lost" but feel they've missed the boat, the chance has come for you to catch up. Here's the story:

 

"For those of you who haven't seen the entire series so far, this is your lucky time of year as the show goes on temporary hiatus. Starting December 15th, the show will rerun from the Pilot (in full), and continue down the line until the target date of February. From there, they'll start with Episode 11 called "Whatever The Case May Be" and finish out the season on time in May with however many episodes they decide to finish off the season with"

 

Combine that with the great news of Abrams other series "Alias" starting its fourth season in the post "Lost" slot and Wednesday night becomes one of TV's must watch times of the week.

 

Thanks to 'Ant'

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Abrams Taps 'Angel' Vets for 'Alias,' 'Lost'(Friday, December 10 10:33 AM)By Kate O'HareLOS ANGELES (Zap2it.com) TV shows may die, but their writers live on. This thought was uppermost in J.J. Abrams' mind when he heard that The WB's vampire melodrama "Angel" had been canceled after five seasons last spring.The creator of "Alias," who was also working on a new pilot, "Lost," at the time ("Lost" is a now solid hit for ABC on Wednesday, and "Alias" joins it there for its fourth season starting Jan. 5), saw an opportunity and put in a call to executive producer Joss Whedon, who had spun "Angel" off of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer.""You desperately try to find the best people out there to work with," Abrams says. "I felt slightly like an ambulance chaser, but when I heard that 'Angel' was sadly going down, the first thing was to call Joss to say 'My apologies,' and 'I have to be pragmatic here and ask you, what do I do?' I know he has an amazing ability to find these great writers. As a fan of those shows, these are people I've wanted to work with before, and I've talked to. They were either unavailable or loving what they were doing."Obviously, as soon as 'Angel' went down, we scrambled and were lucky enough to convince Jeff Bell and Drew Goddard to come to 'Alias,' and David Fury on 'Lost.' Also, not just as a writer, but director, because Jeff Bell directed an 'Alias' episode called 'Ice,' which is terrific. We scored."Asked what he hoped to bring to "Alias," Bell says, "A strong visual sense and emotion. I'm a genre geek, and I really like being around genre geeks. I'm calling Mr. Abrams a geek as I'm looking around at his robots and toys in his office here. But, to me, genre is the best because you tell stories in metaphor that you can't tell otherwise."'Alias' isn't real world, it's hyper-real. It allows us to tell stories that you can't tell other places. I have a history of working for shows that do that. I love that, and I feel real comfortable contributing in that world."And that world is bigger than Bell ever imagined."One of the things I love about being here," he says, " is the writers' room is really interesting and smart, and it's a much larger room that I'm used to working with. They're specialists. You can go into the room with any problem in the world, and somebody in there can solve it. Whether that's, 'OK, we need a really cool action thing involving a Russian helicopter ...,' or it's a heartfelt emotional thing, or it's a tech thing, or it's a location issue. It's really amazing to watch the room solve problems."There's really heartfelt stuff in 'Alias,' and people are good at that, there's tech stuff. We have a guy who could probably break into any secure compound in the world."And aren't we glad he's working for us? Bell laughs. "I'm not sure he is."Just as writers moved back and forth between "Buffy" and "Angel" in Whedon's Mutant Enemy production stable, the same seems to be true in Abrams' little corner of the Disney lot."It's cool," Abrams says, "that the 'Lost' writers' building is right across the way from the 'Alias' one. I'll be looking for Fury, and Fury will be in Bell's office, talking about an episode of 'Lost' or 'Alias.' I'll go over and be at 'Lost,' and Drew Goddard wrote an episode of 'Lost,' so Drew will be over there -- crying, I think.""He's a very weepy man," Bell says."He's tall and weepy," Abrams says."Evidently," Bell says, "it's not easy being tall and handsome. There's a lot of weeping going on.""I would know," Abrams says, "being as tall as I am and good-looking."Abrams has also maintained a feature career along with his TV work. He wrote one of the many scripts for the upcoming "Superman," which was abandoned when new director Bryan Singer ("X-Men" franchise) came on board."I'm not really sad about it," Abrams says. "For some reason, I thought I would be, but I'm feeling such relief that I'm not in the grind of what that experience was. I'm just excited to see a good 'Superman' movie. I'm proud of the work that we did. But I have to be totally honest, co-writing and directing 'Mission: Impossible III' takes the sting off anything. Yeah, it feels pretty OK to me. I just hope that the movie turns out well. I hope Bryan Singer does a great job.""You know another cool thing about working for J.J.?" Bell says. "Tom Cruise comes in the office. I always said, 'Tom Cruise, yeah, sure ...' Then I met him. Total man-crush. I have a total man-crush. Oh my God, Tom Cruise. I met Tom -- suddenly I'm calling him 'Tom.' You go, 'Tom Cruise is in J.J.'s office.' We're hanging out, going 'Hey, Tom.' I get that.""That's what happens with Jeff Bell," Abrams says.

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Who is Lost's Ethan Rom?

by Nerina Rammairone

TV GUide.com

 

That question has Lost fans feeling a bit lost. We know that the creepy character, played by Tom Cruise's real-life cousin William Mapother , wasn't on the downed plane's original manifest. And we know that he wants Claire's unborn baby. But why? Mapother is sworn to secrecy. All the show's producers will tell us is that his name, Ethan Rom, is an anagram for "Other Man." Great, more mysteries! So until the show returns Jan. 5 on ABC, here are the Top Four theories on just who the slimy fellow might be.

 

1. Ethan is the devil.

If you subscribe to the "they are in purgatory" theory, then he is coming to claim the already dead child's soul.

 

2. Ethan is an evil alien shape-shifter.

First, he took the form of the raging polar bear. Now he's human and, for some strange reason, he must destroy the baby and keep anything good from prospering on the island.

 

3. Ethan is Alex, Danielle Rousseau's lost son.

He knows something's not right with the island and wants to take Claire's baby to protect ? or destroy? ? it.

 

4. Ethan is a member of Danielle's fallen science team who has gone mad from the "whispers."

He stole Alex from Danielle and is now trying to take Claire's unborn child. One good child, one evil. Rosemary's Baby, anyone?

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Ok so Kate helped rob a bank in order to get into a safe deposit bank in order to get a toy airplane of the man she loved..okkkk. I take it there is some deep, hidden meaning to all this.It sure did take an awfully long time to rob that bank..yikes..when do bank robbers have such long,drawn out conversations :DWhy would Sayed not want Jack to meet the French lady..hellooo another person on the island..yea let's not bother her.

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I thought the episode was BORING.And the shaky cam is really getting annoying - they should consider that people like me get motion sick!! Bring back the monster!

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I haven't been reading the spoiler thread but I did pick up a tidbit. I'll post it in the spoiler thread. It might not mean anything but Abrams did say everything big or small means something in this show.

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I have this feeling that there is something inside the plane Kate has. I think she may try to break it open. Sayed is scared of the voices he heard. He wouldn't mind taking Jack to see the french lady, but he doesn't want to encounter the voices again. Since Sayed is the only one that knows where the french lady is, he would have to be the one to take Jack.So everyone just gave up looking for the girl after all that?!?!?!

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Liked this episode.I guess the point was to have Boone get over his stepsister and move on...moving on means becoming Locke's flunkie?I'm wondering if two separate entities may be forming? Locke's (now that he has Boone under his thumb..he already has Charlie) people and Jack's people..hmmm

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WTF is up with Locke?!?! Why not tell people about the door?!?!?! They'll freak out my ass.....

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There aren't any spoilers in this, so enjoy!

 

 

'Lost' Helps Viewers Find Perrineau

(Tuesday, January 18 12:00 PM)

By Daniel Fienberg

 

 

LOS ANGELES (Zap2it.com) Every week, the cast of ABC's "Lost" gathers for a viewing party, generally hosted by the performer whose backstory makes up the night's episode. This Wednesday (Jan. 19), the episode focuses on Harold Perrineau Jr.'s Michael, but the actor is expecting to be Stateside doing promotion for the show. It's fitting that Perrineau, a familiar face, but hardly a household name, should miss his own party.

 

"I'm one of those guys that whenever I'm doing a project, people will notice me then," laughs the unassuming actor. "People will walk up to me and go 'Oh my God, you're the guy from 'O,z'' or 'Oh my God, 'The Matrix'' or something like that, so now it's just 'Oh, 'Lost.'' It stays the same, which is fortunate for me, because I guess I'm working."

 

Since obfuscating his age to play a 16-year-old in 1995's "Smoke," the 36-year-old Perrineau has built up a resume characterized by its unpredictability. He's alternated between gritty and independent projects like HBO's prison drama "Oz" and blockbusters like the "Matrix" trilogy. He's gone macho in films like the David Mamet survival drama "The Edge" and he's wore a dress in both "Romeo and Juliet" and "Woman on Top."

 

"On one hand, it's really the thing I set out to do," Perrineau says of his eclectic choices. "I've always been interested in being an actor. That's the thing that I really love to do. On the other hand, it makes it hard to identify me, so it means I have to keep proving myself. That's the part that becomes a little difficult. Clearly I can do many things, but because I do so many things, I always have to prove I can do the next thing as well."

 

A theater-trained actor, Perrineau admits that he's occasionally been frustrated to play a character without a background. Usually he prepares for parts by working up a full biography on his character, but "Lost" has forced him to fly without a net.

 

"You move this way or that way because of your past, your present and where you're going," he explains. "I like to know where he's been and why he talks the way he talks and walks the way he walks and why he relates to people the way he relates to people. In the absence of that, all I have to rely on are my instincts. Michael winds up being a lot more like me."

 

One of the greatest challenges of Perrineau's "Lost" role has been his interactions with Malcolm David Kelley's Walt, the son Michael has never connected with.

 

"Michael's not a father," Perrineau emphasizes. "Michael's a dad. He has a son. But he's not a father."

 

In the real world, though, Perrineau is a dedicated father. In fact, as this interview is being conducted, he's preparing for Freaky Hair Day at his 10-year-old daughter's school.

 

"For them it would have been easier to have somebody who had no idea how to handle kids," he admits. "In the pilot, J.J. [Abrams] would say to me, 'You know too much about kids. The way you speak to him is too much like you know what you're doing.' I would have to go, 'Oh, right.'"

 

Like the rest of the "Lost" ensemble, Perrineau is sworn to secrecy when it comes to his character's upcoming twists and to what Wednesday's episode will reveal about his past. Even if he bound by the show's cryptic code, though, Perrineau is in the dark as to which aspects of the script will end up in the episode.

 

"We'll get to understand a little bit more about this father and son and why the dynamic is the way it is and the reasons for that are really," he says, trying his hardest to remain vague. "How do you say something without saying anything at all? The thing I think is the best about it is the thing about Walt. There's something about Walt that nobody realized yet. That's about it."

 

Given that Abrams has said that Michael is one of his favorite characters, big surprises may be in store.

 

Perrineau resists the temptation to speculate on the show's myriad oft-debated mysteries. While many of his colleagues have taken to the Internet to enter into debates about the mystical nature of the island or the exact identity of the creatures in the jungle, Perrineau is having none of it.

 

"I'm not so into the guessing games," maintains Perrineau. "For me, the writers are smarter than I'm ever going to be. They've got an idea and I'm just going to sit back and enjoy and watch their idea and unfold.

 

He adds, "If we are in Purgatory, I'm really confused. If that's what this has been about, then I'm like, 'Dang, you've got me, man.'"

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This episode didn't do much for me until the end when the pregnant gal showed up. Was she still pregnant? could anyone tell?So the little kid Walt, has visions??Anyone notice that anytime anyone see the "monster" Locke is always around. hmmmmmmLooks like next week is a repeat?

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Looks like the kid has the ability to make animals appear. The bird in his book hit the window when he didn't get attention from his mom. He saw the polar bear in the comic book, then it appeared and attacked him. Hum.... Or is he so strong, he got pissed being taken away from Brian (step dad) and made the plane go down himself?? Good for kid's dad to say that Brian wanted to keep him, but was up to real dad to decide. Would suck to know the truth.Maybe Clair's baby and this kid are suppose to meet?!?! Both have special powers?? Super parents??I'm betting Clair was not pregnant - the weird guy Ethan just wanted her kid. Couldn't tell for sure, but she looked like had flat stomach. And she was going into valse labor when she was taken, so she was due any minute. They said a little over a week had gone by since she was taken, so my guess is she had the kid.I dunno what's up with Locke. Boone being his little minion is getting a little old though....

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Kristin of E!

 

Lost in Love? Don't look now, but some of the cast members on Lost are starting to look like the next Adam and Rachel, Kiefer and Reiko, Carol and Greg (Brady). You catch my offscreen-canoodling drift, right? At least, that's the way things appeared Golden Globes night, when I spotted Evangeline Lilly (Kate) cozying up (lip to lip) with Dominic Monaghan (Charlie), and Ian Somerhalder (Boone) and his onscreen "sis" Maggie Grace (Shannon) looking equally lovey-dovey and attached at the hip the entire night. Of course, it's possible this cast is just friendly. But it does sorta make you go "Hmmm," hmmm?

 

If you're wondering how Dominic, Ian and Maggie appeared on the Globes carpet when I told you ABC only had tickets for Evangeline and Jorge Garcia (Hurley), I'm told Access Hollywood gave them tickets at the last minute. Seems it's much easier to score tickets when you're on the network where the kudofest was broadcast (NBC).

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Unlocking the Philosophy of 'Lost'(Sunday, January 23 12:01 AM)By Kate O'HareLOS ANGELES (Zap2it.com) On ABC's Wednesday castaway drama "Lost," con man Sawyer (Josh Holloway) sits on the beach reading Richard Adams' "Watership Down."On its surface, the novel is about several rabbits that escape the destruction of their warren and traverse the English countryside to seek a new home. But the tale quickly becomes one of heroism, survival and friendship, and ultimately, the challenge of building a free society versus yielding to a totalitarian one. It's so much more than just bunnies on the run.When ABC first announced "Lost," it sounded like a cross between "Survivor" and "Gilligan's Island," with plane-crash survivors on their way from Australia to Los Angeles stranded on a deserted tropical island. But before the pilot was over, the sudden appearance of a polar bear let you know, as co-creator (with Damon Lindelof) J.J. Abrams put it, "this place isn't normal."Week by week, as the characters' histories are revealed in flashbacks, and as the island's deep strangeness makes itself gradually apparent, the show becomes less about being stranded on an island and more about what you learn once you get there."What is here on this island is actually going to start changing people," says Ian Somerhalder, who plays rich kid Boone. "It's nice to see that the experience on this island now is not only terrifying; it's enlightening. It's transformative."That's what Damon said over and over again, that the crazy thing about the show -- one of many -- is that all these people on this plane have seen each other before.""Lost" follows in the tradition of Abrams' earlier shows, "Felicity" and "Alias." In "Felicity," a high-school graduate (Keri Russell) makes an impulsive decision to follow the object of her affection (Scott Speedman) to college in New York and discovers a whole new world both inside and out. In "Alias," what is superficially a spy drama is actually an examination of love, loss and family.Both these shows inspired passionate devotion and debate among their fans, as do some of Abrams' favorite shows from other producers, including "Star Trek," "The X-Files" and "Buffy the Vampire Slayer." Two "Buffy" writers, David Fury and Drew Goddard, now work on "Lost."These shows share a willingness to tackle issues of life and death, to ponder philosophical questions and to draw on cultural references ranging from Shakespeare to Saturday morning cartoons. They also offer more questions than answers, leaving viewers to feverishly work their brains to fill in the blanks.Sometimes a little research helps. For example, in "Lost," Terry O'Quinn (a veteran of "X-Files" and "Alias") plays John Locke, which is also the name of the Enlightenment-era British philosopher who originated the term "tabula rasa," or "blank slate," to describe the unformed state of the mind at birth.The second episode of "Lost" was called "Tabula Rasa," and Locke has become sort of the island philosopher, moving from character to character. He found the dog belonging to young Walt (Malcolm David Kelley), helped Charlie (Dominic Monaghan) overcome drug addiction and has taken Boone under his wing.He's also the beneficiary of a miracle. In his flashback, viewers learned that Locke had been in a wheelchair for four years but dreamed of going on walkabout in Australia. When that dream was frustrated, he got on a plane to return home -- only to discover, after the crash, that his useless legs worked. Locke has now become the hunter-warrior of his dreams.He also saw the giant thing that prowls the island. It may have eaten the plane's pilot, but Locke was unafraid."He saw some huge thing coming through the trees," O'Quinn says, "and it came down face to face with him. I talked to Damon Lindelof and said, 'Something is coming through the trees. It's looking at me. Tell me something. Is it something that terrifies me? Is it God? Is it wondrous? Is it horrible?'"He said, 'All right, I'll tell you it's the most beautiful thing that you've ever seen in your life.'"Aside from surgeon Jack (Matthew Fox), who had visions of his dead father, Locke may be most aware that the island is not an ordinary dot in the sea, and perhaps the crash was no accident."He believes more than anyone," O'Quinn says, "that the island is filled with magic and mysticism and spirituality, even to the point that he has a kind of faith that strengthens all his inclinations. Maybe he can do things simply by believing he can do them."Walking was one miracle, and that was a miracle, so who's to say they draw the line at one? John Locke was the one that came up with the idea of tabula rasa, the clean slate, the fresh beginning, which certainly applies to our Locke and to everyone here."The island has awakened some sensitivity in him to other people and other things. The miracle that happened to him opened his eyes. It's like the way you hear people talk about having a near-death experience; when they come back into the world, they see it with fresh eyes. That's what happened to Locke."Abrams and Lindelof have tapped into our fear that, at any moment, the world can be turned upside down, leaving us adrift. It's not a new notion. Stories from "Robinson Crusoe" to "Lord of the Flies" trod just the same ground.What "Lost" adds to the mix are its flashbacks, showing how the past dogs us into the present, even if we try to escape it."On the island," Lindelof says, "you have this chance to reinvent yourself, and the only person who's in on the joke is the audience."

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people.com

 

McPherson also said that Housewives and another top new series, Lost, will likely be rerun through the summer.

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TV Guide.comGET LOST: Producers of ABC's Lost may pack up and leave Hawaii unless state officials make it cheaper for them to film there. According to the New York Post , the Aloha State's hefty production costs have led to an annual $11 million loss for ABC/Touchstone. "Nobody wants to move," says producer Jean Higgins, "but this is a business, and we must consider options to cut expenses." Ahhh, that explains the cheap polar bear effects. Now it all makes sense.

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Kristin of E!New episodes are coming on Feb. 9, Feb. 16, Feb. 23 and Mar. 2. Mark your calendars!