I was staying up way too late the other night and caught the Season 3 episode ” The Brig” on HD ( Why do I do this? I own all the seasons and can watch them at anytime! I guess there’s just something special about stumbling onto a program. ) Maybe because of the hour I started deducing this theory that can account for its ridiculousness. And yet, here I am, writing about it anyway.
In this episode, Sawyer finally does in the elusive “original recipe” Sawyer, Anthony Cooper… the man he sees as the one who ruined his life, by strangling him with a chain. This is because Cooper’s son, John Locke, cannot. But it’s assumed, Locke would if he could. Benjamin Linus, kills Mr. Cooper’s son, John Locke… the man he perceives who ruined his life, in a similar manner with an extension cord ( Season 5, ” The Life and Death of Jeremy Bentham”) . In turn, will Ben die, like Roger Linus, in an incident much like ” The Purge” ?
In the Season 3 finale, Jack Shephard is just about to make a suicidal move by throwing himself off a bridge in a drunken stupor, when he is stopped short by an accident on the road behind him. Christian Shephard, died in a suicidal drunken binge and threw himself into a fight he probably knew he couldn’t win (or at least, that’s what we were told).
So, this got me thinking… is this how things will end for the Losties? Will each of their demises ( if they take place) mirror those of their fathers/parents? Will Sawyer end up in a murder/suicide, possibly with Kate as his wife ? And will she die the same way as she killed her father i.e. in some kind of premeditated explosion?
There is another side to this scenario…
We saw Charlie’s mom in one episode but in ” Greatest Hits” she wasn’t there, especially noticeable absence during The Paces holiday/swimming lesson. Liam named his baby girl after Charlie and his mom in ” Fire + Water”. The way they spoke it sounded like she was no longer alive. Had Megan Pace given her life, possibly even in a sacrificial way, for her son(s) ? ( This is purely speculative…but it would be cool if we found that to be true somehow in Season Six).
David and Carmen are still around. So, does this bode well for Hugo?
Pierre Chang sent his son and wife away knowing that they would despise him, if it would save their lives. Miles finds out who his dad is and what he did for him. Miles, in turn, puts himself in a place of rejection by telling Pierre he is a time traveler to save his life ( and later, physically does rescue his father).
Does this work in reverse? Will Eloise get shot like she shot Daniel?
Just read on DarkUFO that a schedule sheet from ABC’s LOST has revealed that the Season Six premiere episode appears to be on January 20th, 2010 ( If you click on the link to article, don’t worry if you are spoiler free. The episode titles have been blacked out) .
Now, if it is on the 20th, LOST will remain on Wednesdays but the time is still unclear. Will we be looking at a 10pm airing again?
Regardless, if this is correct, we are looking at less than 3 months away now for LOST’s return.
Yes, I’m back with more nickname origins and this one’s from, who else….Sawyer.
In the Season One episode ” Whatever the Case May Be”, Kate is walking through the jungle alone…or at least she thinks she is.
Kate picks up a rock to defend herself against whatever is rustling in the jungle. She pitches at what she thinks might be a boar or worse. Instead, it is Mr. James Ford ( although no one knew that was his name yet.) To which, Sawyer jokingly grunts ” Me Kate! Me throw rock!”
Essentially, it is the story of a child who lost his parents during a violent animal attack in the jungle home they built after they were marooned in a shipwreck. He was raised by apes into his young adulthood but eventually was found several years later by some English explorers. Tarzan becomes ” civilized” but longs to be back in the wild with Jane, a woman who accompanied the team on their expedition of Tarzan’s homeland of Africa.
Orphaned boy… raised by another… needed to learn to be part of civilized society…” Me?! I’m in the wiiiild!” ? Nope…no similarities there!
And here’s a video just for fun to bring home the point.
( LOST -Toybox ” Tarzan and Jane” Posted by LexusLuthorus for youtube)
WARNING:This is about something that was made known at the San Diego ComicCon. If you don’t want to know anything from this event, please skip this post.
I had the pleasure of sitting in on the “Lostaholics Rewatch” podcast this week. One of the episodes we reviewed was “Catch 22″ , which was Desmondcentric.
In Des’ flashback, he is living in a monastery where we meet Brother Campbell and why Des calls everyone ” Brutha”. Brother Campbell has his own mysterious connection in the story because of the poorly Photoshopped picture of him with Eloise Hawking. Are they related? Friends? Fellow former Islanders/Hostiles? Just one of the ” Get Your Picture Taken with the Guy Who Runs Mariah Vineyards” that was left behind on the tour bus? Time will tell…and hopefully, the writers will too.
But there was another monk that made an appearance in this episode. He brought Des’ ex- fiance , Ruth’s brother into the monastery that punched Brother Hume in the nose. And he also was going to give Desmond a ride back to town after he quit. His name was Brother Martin.
Knowing this was not that significant in previous viewings of this episode ( and may still not be…lol). But after ComicCon, this monk may have another connection within the show. During the “In Memorium” video that was shown at CC, a few people who went only by their first name, were finally given a surname. One of them was Alex Rousseau/Linus’ boyfriend, Karl. And it is…. Martin!
So, is Brother Martin Karl’s father, uncle or another relative, possibly being an Other/Hostile who left the Island? Since Brother Campbell is shown with Ms. Hawking, I don’t think this is too far fetched. Or will this just be a throw away name that was tacked on to give his character closer?
Now, back to rewatching more episodes to see who’s related to Libby Smith.
Guess you can’t say ” What about ME!” anymore, Ben. Because ME… that is, Michael Emerson, won the Emmy for ” Best Supporting Actor in a Supporting Role, Drama”. Congratulations for your well deserved honor.
No writing award for Darlton? No statuette to LOST for ” Best Drama”?!
Look for a serious sweep next year for the show’s swan song.
On September 22nd, 2004. I was Piloting through the channels on my old tube television set. The tv landscape was like a veritable Tabula Rasa as I’d Walkabout aimlessly across it. My White Rabbit ears were drooping down, as if saddened at the prospect of yet another adequate, but ultimately dissatisfying ,new season of programming.
But in The House emanating from the screen like the luminescence of the Rising Sun, was an image of the face of a man surrounded by radiating jungle brush. I had now become The Moth to the flame of this captivating scene. The smoke, the screams, the sheer magnitude of what was being presented in such a comparably small venue.
As I watched ( and what I heard was budgeted for) what amounted to a feature film in my living room, I thought that they had some kind of Confidence, Man, to put so much monetary backing into what I assumed was a Survivor/Jurassic Park/Melrose Place hybrid. But there was a polar bear, riveting character flashbacks and a mysterious French woman’s 16 year old transmission piping through a handheld radio. And I thought ” Am I Solitary in my discovery of how magnificent this show is?” I soon learned that the ratings were Raised By Another fan…and another…and another (growing into the enormous community it is today).
Despite the fact that All the Best Cowboys Have Daddy Issues, were the writers just herding us into their own therapy sessions? Was this, like some critics/friends said….just a Gen X melodrama glossed with a Sci Fi veneer? Whatever the Case May Be, it didn’t matter. I knew it was Special. And I wasn’t alone in my assessment. It seemed like people all over the world had given it their Hearts and Minds. It was most evident in the abundance of podcasts, blogs and message boards dedicated to it. With it, came new friendships that may have never existed. People expressing their wisdom, their wit, their passion, their creativity. It was like a Homecoming for those who had experienced some level of fandom elsewhere but never to this extent. The internet was filled with Outlaws branching out from the standard fair of conventional outlets for fan appreciation.
I know that this was a new experience personally. I was …In Translation from being a once a week casual watcher to a full throttle card carrying geek! I looked at the Numbers on my driver’s license to make sure how old I was. Wasn’t I supposed to have left this kind of behavior behind many years ago?
Yet it was no use. I was hooked! Rewatching, reanalysis, reheating dinner because I was trying to finish up another post. It seems like there was no way out of the corner of this obsession, save some sort of Deus Ex Machina. But in the end, I think it will Do No Harm. In fact, it has been for The Greater Good with the myriad of subjects that have been studied trying to “figure out” what’s actually going on on this show.
Well, I must Exodus from this egregiously convoluted blog entry. But not without wishing LOST a Happy 5thCrashiversary to ( IMO) the best show EVER!
I was listening to Alex’s LOST Hiatus podcast and he was briefly mentioning his theory about the Smoke Monster. That Smokey at one point was a living being, possibly even a spiritual entity of some sort (Cerebus?) But then perhaps something happened that made it necessary to “harness” it and it is now partially mechanical ( Very interesting theory, by the way Alex ) .
Disclaimer: I fully admit, the following theory is pretty “out there” and I’m not even sure where it’s going entirely…. but I decided to put it up anyway.
This got me thinking about the mixing of these two elements (organic and metallic) and of LOST writers admiration of ( yes, I know, again) “Star Wars”… and this scene came to mind ( I have a feeling that Hurley probably wouldn’t have stayed conscious watching this ) .
( ” Darth Vader in the Making” from ” Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith” Posted by melv4 on youtube)
In LOST, Season One, there is a Lockecentric episode titled ” Deus Ex Machina” which means ” God from the machine”. This is a term used for writers/playwrights who write themselves into a corner and can’t find a plausible way to end their story. So, they would tack on “God/an angel swoops down and saves the day! The End.” In this episode, Anthony Cooper told Locke that he must be “God” if he was his father, since he was “immaculately conceived”, according to Emily. We find out though that it was really Cooper that thought of the conception story for the con to steal John’s kidney.
But what if what Cooper/Emily were saying was actually true? And what if “Deus Ex Machina” is in the literal sense in LOST’s story line ? That there is an immortal being that resides within a machine. That this title might be a clue as to what Smokey is.
Maybe the first time we actually see Locke meet his dad wasn’t in a ” Deus Ex Machina” flashback but on Island in ” Walkabout”?
( Posted by LightSmokeMonster on youtube)
And is this the reason for John’s choice of subject for his drawing at a very young age?
( “Richard Alpert Visits John Locke “, Posted by gt2007tv on youtube)
With all the talk of Destiny and the uniqueness of his paternity, will we see a similar scene involving “Colonel ” Locke ?
( “Darth Vader: The Musical” : A Parody of Star Wars/Phantom of the Opera, Posted by oniontaker for youtube)
One more Locke connection : Watching this video reminded me that Luke Skywalker… was a farmer.
Here is an old interview with author Gary Troup (“Bad Twin”) prior to him becoming LOST’s first “official” casualty ( Warning: Never stand directly in front of an operating plane engine turbine. ).
Listening to the latest “Keys To LOST” podcast hiatus episode , Matt brought up some unsolved mysteries sent in by Stefany Mac of Lostaholics blog. They were all really thought provoking reminders of how much we still have yet to discover the answer to ( or that the likelihood that some of them may remain “Unsolved”). But one in particular caught my attention. ” How did the Army discover the Island and get those photos of if it is so hard to find?”
Ms. Hawking was there when the US Army came in 1954 . The Hostiles eliminated the soldiers and took their uniforms and weapons ( one of which is most likely the knife Ana Lucia had in ” The Other 48 Days”, Season 2). Eloise might have taken those photos with her to the ” real world” and perhaps gave them to the “smart young man” who built The Lamppost.
Then it hit me… Granddad Ray!
I have a hunch that Eldest Shephard may have been a surviving member from the Army that located the Island back in the 1950’s and has been trying to get back ever since? Or he might be someone on ” The Mainland” that spearheaded operations and/or kept track of what was happening, much like Sam Toomey and Leonard Simms? Then again, he could be a Hostile who posed as a soldier out of necessity, much like Mr. Eko posing as a priest?
Ray’s grandson, Jack has been shown as somewhat incompetent in all things jungle. He can’t track. We are told on a few occasions that he keeps walking in circles. But in ” The Hunting Party”, Locke informs Sawyer and Jack that he lost Michael’s trail when they went looking for him. ” You don’t just LOSE a trail, John!” How would he know that ?!
And then there is Dr. Jack’s skills with a gun. Caught in a net? No problem. One shot and he and Kate hit the ground.
Maybe like Kate learned from her father Sam Austen ( another Sam in the military, Toomey the other one ) maybe Jack was educated by his granddad, Ray in survivalist tactics? In the fine LOST tradition… Jack’s just not telling anyone.
Maybe it’s just me and my wishful thinking that Granddad Ray is more involved than “accidently” having a pair of Christian’s shoes ( despite the quality footwear’s significance) .
UPDATE: Simply Television posted more on the ” Harper is Annie” theory , with excerpts of an email “chat” between me, Tom from ST and Anna from The Jacob’s Cabin podcast. You can find the post here.
Tom from Simply Television blog asked me ( as well as other fellow bloggers/podcasters) to send ideas about what might happen in this final season of LOST. ( Thanks, Tom! ) . To see what has been posted, you can check it out over at http://simplytelevision.blogspot.com/.
(You can find my page here.)
What do you think will happen? What is it that you want to see answered? What do you think will never be explained? I’d love to hear it. You can leave your thoughts in comments or email me at bunnieshatch@aol.com
I’m probably way off, but it is fun to think about what it might be. And I came up with this…
Standstill
Why that? At first, I thought what is considered one of the signature episodes of LOST from Season One, if not the entire series? According to a large segment of the fan base, this episode is attributed to what turned them into a card carrying LOST geek. I too considered what is going on with this character who was centric to the episode, especially in light of the cast poster for Season Six.
The episode is , of course, ” Walkabout”.
Just jokingly, I thought, what is the opposite, the “mirror image”, of that title? ” Standstill” .
But then I started thinking about what is a standstill. Here are a few things I found connected to this term.
According to Merriam- Webster dictionary , a standstill (noun) is : a state characterized by absence of motion or of progress ( emphasis mine) .
“It only ends once. Anything before that… is just progress.” – Jacob ” The Incident” , Season 5 Finale
But the resolution to that progress… creates a standstill.
Then I discovered that there is a business related term called a standstill agreement. This involves the staving off of one company from another , for an agreed period of time, during a hostile takeover. Hmmm…interesting.
Next, I found out about a medical procedure that is called a standstill operation. This is the slowing down of the vitals of a patient during very delicate operations, often involving the brain. The body is brought to a hibernetic state otherwise known as ” clinically dead” . Issues of life/death on LOST? Oh, that never comes up!
Investigating further, I stumbled upon an astronomical connection about a standstill involving the moon. This is a quote from Dr. Judith S.Brown, Department of Astronomy at the University of Massachusetts , Amherst, about standstill (From the above link).
“WHY THE TERM ‘STANDSTILL’ ?
“The monthly range of lunar Declination changes very little from 2005-2007 and also from 2023-2026. Also during this time, the monthly range of moonrise and moonset directions changes little. The fact of little change in the outer extremes of monthly range of rising and setting directions for ~3 years is what leads to the use of the term STANDSTILL.”
Well, to my surprise, when did this most recently occur? 2005 to 2007. The same three years our Losties were gone from the Island. There are also some things about Stonehenge and other solar/lunar “calendars” in the article ( Eight sides to the solar, four to the lunar) Are they connected? Anything have to do with Daniel’s experiment? Eh, could be. Again, very interesting.
Another word synonymous with “standstill”, in the thesaurus, is the word “stalemate’. It is a chess term that signifies an impasse in the game where neither player can “win” ( checkmate). I believe there’s been a nod or two to this classic board game on LOST.
And of course, it also means to halt, stop cessation. In other words : The End.
Well, that’s my crack at it. What about you? Have any ideas about what the final title of LOST might be? You can share them in comments and/or email me at bunnieshatch@aol.com. Thanks!
This was a video of Damon and Carlton shown at the Paley Center in NYC this past January. They are discussing , with Jeff ” Doc” Jensen ( Entertainment Weekly) what the people at Paley voted for the Top 6 (?) LOST Episodes.
( Posted on youtube by Campetin)
Surprises? Serious omissions? Any of these make your Top Episodes? All of them? None of them? Impossible to choose from? Let me know what you think in Comments and/or email me at bunnieshatch@aol.com. Thanks!
( Here’s a link to mine , if you are interested. Of course, I’m sure they’ll change several times before Season 6 is over ) .
This is a curious video about Frank’s insistence about Seth Norris’ ring being missing, along with Seth’s death scene and a clip of a deleted scene from Season One.
( Made for youtube by nightdancer342)
Here’s links to some pictures of Greg Grunberg ( aka Seth Norris, Pilot) , wearing a wedding band in his “off time” ( Grugberg was married in 1992).
Was the character of Seth Norris supposed to originally be single/divorced in the story? Just pretending he was? Is this a sign of an alternate reality? Did the ring accidentally fall into the drain in the airport bathroom , prior to Oceanic 815 taking off? Did Mr. Grunberg just not want to get the ring caught on something when he was ripped out of the cockpit by Smokey? You make the call!
The other day, spending some time at the library, I played a few games of chess. It’s been a long time since I’ve played chess. A very loooong time. And to show how far back it has been since I’ve played, my considerably younger opponent needed to reminded me that ” A king can’t take out another king”. Also according to the rules, a King can not be captured or removed from the board like other pieces. Which got me thinking about LOST, of course… and this scene…
( Ben Confronts Widmore, LOST Season 4, The Shape of Things to Come, Posted by edshrinker on youtube)
And maybe because of this rule, a “King” of a certain game cannot truly be banished or “taken off the board”. Maybe that’s why Ben was able to make it back. Maybe that’s why Widmore believes the Island ( the board”) is his. In their game… they are the “leaders”. But it appears, a much larger competition is being played out.
Which brought me to this scene…
( Jacob and ? on the beach, Season 5’s “The Incident”, Posted by CTUBauerUK on youtube)
And then , my thoughts went to Richard telling , who he thought was Locke, that two leaders (Kings?) cannot go into the Temple with Jacob ( another King?) But Ben had been stripped of …or voluntarily stepped down, from his position as leader ( King) once he thought that John was raised from the dead. So, technically, Ben became just another piece in the game. In this case, a King wasn’t attacked by another King ( Ben killing Jacob) … hence the loophole.
Another thought has come to mind since Season Five has ended. Jacob visited Sun and Jin at their wedding. A blond ‘American ” man who speaks perfect Korean, offering a blessing upon their marriage. But in Season One, another blond “American” man who speaks perfect Korean, shows up in the bathroom of the airport in Sydney. He tells Jin that he works for Sun’s father and that they can’t escape to America or he will lose his wife. This man is wearing a black Hawaiian shirt with large white flowers. Could this be … the MIB? (possibly representing his darkness surrounding their relationship, since their love is symbolized with a white flower)
* ComicCon spoiler. Don’t read any further if you don’t want to know*
Damon said at ComicCon that Jacob has never appeared as anyone but himself. But we know that his nemesis has at least once (as Locke) . So… was this man Jacob’s enemy? Unlike Jacob giving a “blessing” , this man was, in a sense, was giving a “curse” over their marriage. That The Kwons would be separated permanently.
And we never did find out why Charlotte spoke fluent Korean. Did Jin teach her in The Seventies when she was little so she could tell him what was going on in the future? Did she learn it as part of her studies because she was told she was “supposed” to? Hurley also spoke Korean in a dream in ” Everybody Hates Hugo”. Will we ever find out the significance of all of this? Probably not…lol. But then again, it may prove more relevant in Season Six. Somehow, I don’t think they showed us the Paik/Widmore connection for nothing.
After the Hall H LOST panel with Damon and Carlton, there was another one calledTotally LOST panel with Dan Snierson and Jeff ” Doc” Jensen from Entertainment Weekly. They had a few special guests of their own and a video interview/apology to Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz about the negative review of the episode ” Expose” . ( Click here to watch . And if you would like to see the videos from the LOST ComicCon panel itself, you can find them at Donald is LOST. Thanks Donald! )
( Here’s a nerdy side note I picked up on watching the clips from the LOST ComicCon panel : Kitsis and Horowitz who wrote ” Expose’ ” also wrote the “skits” for the LOST panel. In the portion with Jorge Garcia asking questions , he mentioned that Shannon’ inhalers were never found and will Damon and Carlton “solve the mystery”. However, it was solved in the episode “Expose’ ” when Paulo was rummaging through the luggage looking for his nicotine gum/diamonds. He finds the inhalers…then just tosses them aside. Writers’ error or just more snarky LOST humor? You decided! )
The creators of LOST have come up with yet another clever way of getting us deeper into the show : LOST University. Here’s a preview of what is to come this September 22nd ( Hmmm…why does that date sound familiar? ) .
If you’d like to get email updates about “enrollment” and what’s coming up, click here.
*UPDATE ( 7/24/09) : Ryan and Jen from The Transmission podcast have posted pictures of some of the LOST auction items that will be up for bid in 2010 ( San Diego ComicCon, 2009) Here’s the link. * ( Thanks, Ryan and Jen! )
I learned about this from the superb Doc Arzt and Friends site ( more details from TV Overmind ) that a LOST Auction will be taking place in the near future. The auction house , Profiles in History , is linking up with ABC to have a chance to bid on ( and even win…please!) several items from the tv show. Very few details are out at this point. But there is a free newsletter that you can sign up for to keep updated on the LOST auction (or any of there other auctions they have coming up). They may even preview some of the items up for bid at San Diego ComicCon at Saturday’s LOST panel.
Some things I’d like to obtain…(which would be everything that’s ever been on the show…EVER! But for realism’s sake. )
Claire’s Chinese ” Love” character necklace
Charlie’s black and white checkered Vans (sneakers)
Ben’s Bunny bag
Richard Alpert’s torch in ” La Fleur”
Jack’s beard from ” TTLG”
Jacob’s copy of ” Everything That Rises Must Converge” by Flannery O’Connor
Miles’ giant Dharma logo baby onesie from ” Some Like it Hoth”
Locke’s cowboy themed tv tray from “The Man from Tallahassee”
Boone’s 4 Aces shirt
Jin’s handcuff
Daniel’s Orchid station hardhat from ” Because You Left”
Seth Norris’ wings from ” The Pilot ” ( and from the pilot ) .
Juliet’s cue cards
Sun’s pink dress from ” House of the Rising Sun”
Desmond’s water bottle that, he shares with Jack, in ” Man of Science, Man of Faith”
Christian Shephard’s shoes ( tennis and/or dress) Kate’s green jacket in ” Born to Run”
A fish biscuit
Frank’s tropical motif shirt
Hurley’s headphones and CD player
Charlotte’s chocolate (bar) that she’s not supposed to have before dinner
Shannon’s crossword puzzle
Danielle’s music box
Edward Mars’ badge
Dharma brand Oreo style cookies
Mikhail’s eye patch ( one of the spares will do )
Sayid’s homemade compass ( What’s a Weebelo? )
A tarp ( Come on…they’ve got TONS of them! )
Michael’s box of letters to Walt
Walt’s Game Boy
The backgammon set
Vincent’s leash and collar
Sawyer’s ( which was technically Boone’s) copy of ” Watership Down” ( for obvious reasons…lol)
And many, many more!
I’d love to hear what piece(s) of LOST memorabilia you’d like to have and/or anything else LOST you want to talk about. You can leave your thoughts in the comments section or email me at bunnieshatch@aol.com. Thanks!
Anna and Denise over at The Jacob’s Cabin podcast decided to do a podcast project called ” What LOST Means to Me”. It features several people involved in the LOST fandom ( podcasters, bloggers and other LOST fans) sharing their LOST stories. It’s a real treat. Great job, ladies! ( and while you’re there, you might want to check out Jacob’s Cabin’s other episode.
Those represented are….
Matt from the Keys to Lost podcast
Wayne from LOSTcasting with Wayne and Dan
Donald from Donald is Lost
the JDman
Karen and Anil from The ODI Lost podcast, The ODI, and Karen’s Lost Notebook
Guitarchitect
Ryan and Jen from The Transmission
Cliff from the GSPN Weekly Lost podcast
Alex from Alex’s Hiatus Cast podcast
Manuel
Katy
Nancy Drew from Lostaholics, The Black Rock, and the Lostaholics Rewatching Lost podcast
Children of Nancy Drew
Dwayne
Jed and Cara from LOSTies with Jed and Cara podcast
Matteo from MKLost podcast
Mr. Bill from the Behind the Cutting Edge Lost podcast
Jeff from God Loved Jacob podcast
Heath from the Lost Revisited Now podcast
Ms. Wendy from the Lost Revisited Now podcast and the It’s About Bunnies blog
Erik from Lost Chatter podcast
Jay and Jack from the Lost Podcast with Jay and Jack
Matt from The Smoke Hatch podcast
Denise from Jacob’s Cabin podcast
Anna from Jacob’s Cabin podcast
I would like to congratulate those from ABC’s LOST who received nominations for this year’s Emmy Awards (despite (IMO) the yet again, ridiculous amount of omissions ) . Among them are….
Best Drama Series : LOST
Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series : Michael Emerson as Benjamin Linus
Outstanding Single Camera Picture Editing For a Drama Series : LOST * The Incident * ABC * Grass Skirt Productions and ABC Studios
Stephen Semel, Editor
Mark Goldman, Editor
Chris Nelson, Editor
Outstanding Sound Mixing For a Comedy of Drama Series ( One Hour): LOST * The Incident * Grass Skirt Productions and ABC Studios
Robert Anderson, Production Sound Mixer
Ken King, Production Sound Mixer
Scott Weber, Re-Recording Mixer
Frank Morrone, Re-Recording Mixer
Outstanding Writing For a Drama Series : LOST- The Incident – ABC- Grass Skirt Productions and ABC Studios
Carlton Cuse, Writer
Damon Lindelof, Writer
Outstanding Creative Achievement in Interactive Media – Fiction : The Dharma Initiative , ABC.com
As you may know, above is the logo for ” The LOST Revisited Now with Heath and Ms. Wendy” podcast. But soon, there will be another logo being drawn for our new podcast coming out later this summer. It will be based on the upcoming ABC drama ” Flash Forward” , starring a few familiar faces from ABC’s LOST.
Heath has a write about this up on his blog, Heath’s World. And since he did such a fantastic job in doing so…I decided to cut and paste what he wrote here.
FLASH FORWARD : NEW SHOW and PODCAST
FLASH FORWARD is an amazing new series from ABC. Here is some info you need to know from www.flashforwardtv.com :
What did you see?” An exciting new ABC series debuting this Fall 2009 seeks to answer that question and more when, in a split second, the world changes when everyone flashes forward and catches a glimpse of a future that may or may not come to fruition.
In the thrilling television adaptation of Hugo Award-winner Robert J. Sawyer’s outstanding science-fiction novel, executive producers David S. Goyer (Batman Begins) and Brannon Braga (Star Trek, 24) catapult our consciousness into a world paralyzed by visions of tomorrow. Only time will tell whether the all-too-human characters – portrayed by Joseph Fiennes, Sonya Walger, Jack Davenport, and John Cho – will be able to escape their destiny.
Flash Forward premieres on 24 September 2009, and airs every Thursday at 8pm ET/PT, 7pm Central.
I know ABC is trying to capitalize on Lost fans to start watching and getting obsessed about a new show, but it happens without pushing it. If you got a hit on your hands, it will happen. Is Flash Forward the next Lost? I don’t think we will ever get another show like Lost. But I am really excited about this new show. It looks great and the concept is really cool. This is one of the few new shows that really has me excited.
So premiering in August 2009 Episode 1 :
“Flash Forward Fan Podcast with Heath & Ms. Wendy”.
Ms. Wendy and I will be starting a new podcast about Flash Forward. So stay tuned for podcast logo and updates.
In preparation of the show, we would like to ask a favor. Neither Heath nor I will be attending San Diego’s Comic Con this year. If anyone is going to this year’s ComicCon and are attending the LOST panel and/or the Flash Forward panel, we would really appreciate any news, feedback, impressions of what you heard/saw there.
You can leave a comment or email us…
Heath : thelostrevisitednow@gmail.com
Ms. Wendy : bunnieshatch@aol.com
I was staying up way too late the other night and caught the Season 3 episode ” The Brig” on HD ( Why do I do this? I own all the seasons and can watch them at anytime! I guess there’s just something special about stumbling onto a program. ) Maybe because of the hour I started deducing this theory that can account for its ridiculousness. And yet, here I am, writing about it anyway. 
Sawyer finally does in the elusive “original recipe” Sawyer, Anthony Cooper… the man he sees as the one who ruined his life, by strangling him with a chain. This is because Cooper’s son, John Locke, cannot. But it’s assumed, Locke would if he could. 
Benjamin Linus, kills Mr. Cooper’s son, 
John Locke… the man he perceives who ruined his life, in a similar manner with an extension cord ( Season 5, ” The Life and Death of Jeremy Bentham”) . In turn, will Ben die, like Roger Linus, in an incident much like ” The Purge” ? 
Jack Shephard is just about to make a suicidal move by throwing himself off a bridge in a drunken stupor, when he is stopped short by an accident on the road behind him. 
Christian Shephard, died in a suicidal drunken binge and threw himself into a fight he probably knew he couldn’t win (or at least, that’s what we were told). 
Kate as his wife ? And will she die the same way as she killed her father i.e. in some kind of premeditated explosion? 
Charlie’s mom in one episode but in ” Greatest Hits” she wasn’t there, especially noticeable absence during The Paces holiday/swimming lesson. Liam named his baby girl after Charlie and his mom in ” Fire + Water”. The way they spoke it sounded like she was no longer alive. Had Megan Pace given her life, possibly even in a sacrificial way, for her son(s) ? ( This is purely speculative…but it would be cool if we found that to be true somehow in Season Six). 
Hugo? 
Miles finds out who his dad is and what he did for him. Miles, in turn, puts himself in a place of rejection by telling Pierre he is a time traveler to save his life ( and later, physically does rescue his father). 
Daniel? 
Here is an old interview with author Gary Troup (“Bad Twin”) prior to him becoming LOST’s first “official” casualty ( Warning: Never stand directly in front of an operating plane engine turbine. ). 
Mr. Eko posing as a priest? 
Michael’s trail when they went looking for him. ” You don’t just LOSE a trail, John!” How would he know that ?! 
Richard telling , who he thought was 
Sun and 
Jin at their wedding. A blond ‘American ” man who speaks perfect Korean, offering a blessing upon their marriage. But in Season One, another blond “American” man who speaks perfect Korean, shows up in the bathroom of the airport in Sydney. He tells Jin that he works for Sun’s father and that they can’t escape to America or he will lose his wife. This man is wearing a black Hawaiian shirt with large white flowers. Could this be … the MIB? (possibly representing his darkness surrounding their relationship, since their love is symbolized with a white flower) 
Charlotte spoke fluent Korean. Did Jin teach her in The Seventies when she was little so she could tell him what was going on in the future? Did she learn it as part of her studies because she was told she was “supposed” to? 
Claire’s Chinese ” Love” character necklace
Boone’s 4 Aces shirt
Jin’s handcuff
Juliet’s cue cards
Frank’s tropical motif shirt
Shannon’s crossword puzzle
Danielle’s music box
Mikhail’s eye patch ( one of the spares will do 
Sayid’s homemade compass ( What’s a Weebelo? 
Walt’s Game Boy 
Vincent’s leash and collar 
If anyone is going to this year’s ComicCon and are attending the LOST panel and/or the Flash Forward panel, we would really appreciate any news, feedback, impressions of what you heard/saw there. 
