Tuesday, February 27, 2007

Evangeline Lilly Interview

Nothing very spoilerish here.
Feb. 27, 2007 — From unexplained time travel to bizarre psychological experiments, the plot lines of ABC's "Lost" keep fans guessing.

Evangeline Lilly, the show's beautiful castaway, recently visited "Good Morning America" to help explain what exactly was happening on TV's craziest island.

In this week's episode, Lilly's character, Kate, and Sawyer escape from the clutches of the Others but have to leave Jack behind. The tension between Kate and Sawyer is palpable, but Lilly said that didn't mean she had picked him over Jack.

"I don't think she's made a decision, because in the real world, even when you get married, things can go off track. Kate hasn't forgotten about Jack at all," she said. "On the first day off the Alcatraz island, they start fighting because she wants to go back and get Jack."

While Lilly couldn't reveal more about why the castaways were on the island, she shared one outlandish theory about the mystery behind "Lost."

"I've heard the idea that this is all a dream that Vincent the dog is having," she said. "But if you ask anyone on the cast what's going on, we'll say: … 'Ask the producers.' You're not alone, though. I am waiting with bated breath to find out what's happening."

Lilly and many of "Lost's" cast members rent homes in Hawaii, where the show tapes. In 2006, a fire ravaged many of their homes, including Lilly's. She believes losing many of her material possessions made her stronger.

"All I had were the clothes on my back, my wallet, and my car," she said, describing her state after the fire. "And it was almost liberating. I kept waiting to wake up and panic that my stuff was all gone. But I never did. I'm actively trying to resist replacing things. But I'm in no hurry to clutter my life up again."

For now, Lilly and her cast mates have their minds on "Lost," despite rumors that the show might end this season or next.

"If we know we're working towards something, it keeps the excitement and the commitment going," she said about the cast. "The show started out with such integrity. I'd like us to maintain it."

Need your Advice/Input

I'm going to start creating some new sites which will focus on spoiler and post episode info for other TV Shows. Now being in the UK it's a little hard for me to gauge the interest in others shows.

UPDATE: The poll is now, please vote on the shows that you think I should start with I will be using the results of this poll along with other factors such as show audience, spoiler potential and number of volunteers etc in arriving at the initial 5 shows to start with. If the site proves successful we will then start to add other sites as demand dictates.

I'll also be looking for volunteers to be able to help me run those parts of the site. If Interested please email me with the show that your interested in helping with. darkufo@ntlworld.com

I've already had a number of people email me with interest in particular shows. If you have a passion for a show and can help out and would like to join the team let me know.

'Lost' stars loan skills to children's theater

Lost" actors move off O'ahu's windswept beaches and out of jungle thickets to take a turn on the stage Sunday when they hold a play-reading session at Tenney Theatre to raise money for the Honolulu Theatre for Youth.

Matthew Fox (Dr. Jack Shephard) will read the part of Hercules in a new children's fantasy about Maui. Jorge Garcia (Hugo "Hurley" Reyes) will portray Ferdinand the Bull. Henry Ian Cusick (Desmond David Hume) will be part of a trio involved in "Obake," a ghost story.

After the show, the actors will hang out for autographs at a reception. They're not only eager, but willing to show a different side of their talents.

"I've benefited in so many ways from living and working in Hawai'i," said Daniel Dae Kim (Jin Kwon). "I'm happy to be able to return the favor (because) this benefit allows me to support three causes close to my heart: Honolulu, theater and our children. When times get tight and school budgets shrink, so often the arts are the first to be affected. Children's theater is one of the valuable ways that we can help foster creativity and imagination as a vital part of our kids' education."
Source: Full Story here

Monday, February 26, 2007

Various unused Promotional Photos

Thanks to Lyly for finding these.



King Confirms Dark Tower News

Stephen King, the prolific best-selling horror author, confirmed to New York Comic Con fans that Lost co-creators J.J. Abrams and Damon Lindelof will adapt his epic multi-volume book series The Dark Tower for the screen. "I said no to everybody until recently, because I didn't think much of the chances of it being a good movie," King said in a panel discussion launching Marvel Comics' new Dark Tower comic books at the New York City Comic Con on Feb. 24. "I mean, this is my life's work, since the time I was 22 years old. It's very important to me. Usually, with the other [books], I don't give much of a s--t. My attitude is, 'Go make a movie, and if it's good, that's terrific, and if it's bad, then it will go to the video stores and back shelves of Blockbuster, and I still get royalties on the book.'"

King also revealed that he even turned down an offer from his longtime collaborator, writer/director Frank Darabont, who previously adapted The Shawshank Redemption and The Green Mile and is at work on other King adaptations. "Frank did come to me, and I know Frank from before either one of us had a pot to piss in," King said. "Frank said, 'Gee, I'd like to do Dark Tower.' I said, 'Frank, give me a break! You've got The Mist, The Monkey. You've got the prison stories. ... Stop putting so much on your plate!'"

King, who is an avowed fan of Lost, only agreed to relinquish the film rights to The Dark Tower when Abrams (Mission: Impossible III) and Lindelof approached him. "I know J.J. Abrams' work and Damon Lindelof, who is his collaborator on Lost," King said. "Damon is just a total comic-book freak, and he loves the Dark Tower books. I trust those guys, and they have a lot on the ball. When they said they wanted to talk about doing this, I said, 'You know what? Why don't you buy the option on this and see what you can come up with.' They asked, 'How much do you want for an option?' I said, '$19.' [It's a key amount that comes up frequently in the books]. And that's what they paid me, and that's where it is." Marvel and King's Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Born number one is available in stores now.

Source: SCIFI

Saturday, February 24, 2007

Lost In a Strange Land...

Another very nice recap here by J. Wood

New Help Tab added

Just to let you all know that I've added a Help tab to the site. This will hopefully provide you with hints and tips on how to get the most out of the site. If you have any suggestions/questions about using the site please leave a comment or email me directly.

Friday, February 23, 2007

Ratings - Stranger in a Strange Land

Here are the latest ratings which appear to going in right direction.

"Lost" (10:00-11:00 p.m.)
At 10:00 p.m., ABC's "Lost" continued to deliver enormous increases from its lead-in, shooting up by 7.5 million viewers (12.9 million vs. 5.4 million) and by 159% in Adults 18-49 (5.7/15 vs. 2.2/5). Despite CBS' advantage coming into the hour from an original "Criminal Minds," "Lost" moved ABC into a dominant No. 1 position in the 10 o'clock hour across the key adult demos, beating CBS' time period veteran "C.S.I.: NY" by even wider margins this week: AD18-34 +93% (5.4/15 vs. 2.8/8), AD18-49 +39% (5.7/15 vs. 4.1/11) and AD25-54 +22% (6.2/15 vs. 5.1/12). ABC's younger appealing drama also led the hour by 100% among Teens 12-17 over its nearest competition (3.2/12 vs. 1.6/6 - CBS).

* "Lost" grew its overall Total Viewer count week to week (12.9 million vs. 12.8 million) and was also up among Adults 18-34 (+6% - 5.4/15 vs. 5.1/15), across the key men demos (+28% in M18-34 - 5.0/16 vs. 3.9/13, +8% in M18-49 - 5.2/15 vs. 4.8/13 and +4% in M25-54 - 5.4/14 vs. 5.2/13) and among Teens 12-17 (+19% - 3.2/12 vs. 2.7/10). The show delivered it best-yet Teen 12-17 number in its new time period.

* For the third straight week, ABC's "Lost" stood as Wednesday's No. 1 scripted TV program in the key Adult 18-49 demographic. It was also the night's top-rated scripted series for the third week in a row with Adults 25-54, Adults 18-34 and Teens 12-17.

* "Lost" is greatly improving its new time period for ABC over the same nights last year, growing the hour as a lead-in to Network affiliates' late-local news by 5.4 million viewers (13.4 million vs. 8.0 million), by 79% in Adults 18-49 (5.9/15 vs. 3.3/8) and by 68% in Adults 25-54 (6.4/15 vs. 3.8/9). In fact, "Lost" qualifies as ABC's most-watched series in the Wednesday 10 o'clock hour in 9 years and its top-rated among Adults 18-49 in 10 years - since the 1998-97 and 1996-97 TV Seasons, respectively.

4th Lost Jigsaw Puzzle

Update: Lostpedia have an excellent page which has full information on all the puzzles.

Thanks to Sandman for alerting me to this. The fourth Lost Jigsaw puzzle can now be seen below.



Here are the other 3.

UK Cable viewers could miss out on Lost

Thanks to Jason for alerting me to this. Looks like NTL/Virgin are about to lose Sky One!

Source: BBC

Matthew Fox and Josh Holloway Scans

Thanks to Sawyer Fan, here are a couple of scans from the upcoming 26th OK Magazine.

Thursday, February 22, 2007

Lost leading the IGN Poll

IGN are running a poll currently, "If you only had time to watch one current series, what would it be?" Lost is currently beating out Heroes and 24.

Vote here: http://uk.tv.ign.com/

Stranger in a Strange Land - Key Moments

Things I Noticed - "Stranger in a Strange Land" by Vozzek69

Stranger in a strange land was NOT one of my favorite episodes. Judging from the message board reaction, I'm pretty sure I'm not alone. The story was a bit weak and as a stand-alone episode it was boring, but at least we had one BIG revelation this week. More on that in a minute. Things I noticed:


Let Me Get You Some Stones

Funny line, coming from Mr. Friendly. Throwing aside the glass houses reference, we can see the irony of Zeke telling Jack he needs some balls. At this point however, Jack has finally exhibited some stones, while Friendly fades further back each week into the role of a clueless underling.


You're Not From Around Here, Are You?

This struck me immediately as a strange thing for a Thai woman to say to an obviously out-of-place caucasian man. The line is too obvious. I think it's more of a reference to Jack not exactly being from 'around here'- meaning he's special. Achara senses this, as per her gift, which is why she's drawn to him. I also remember something about a 'go fly a kite' reference in a previous episode, but I can't pin it down. The way Jack said 'Achara' sounded a lot like 'Other', by the way. He also seems to be wearing some sort of an infinity symbol around his neck, but I could be wrong.

Sawyer Has the Best Lines
Hands down. From the cool JAWS reference to 'You got a map you ain't showin' me Magellan?' And my favorite one so far: 'Like the steal a kid off the raft project?'. Hehehe...

Dragonfly, This is Wolf Den Six...

Did anyone else notice the interrogation room Jack was led into by Isabelle looked straight out of Rambo First Blood part II? Military style footlockers. Computer gadgetry the size of an engine block. And that microphone??? Oh man. RIGHT out of Rambo. Yet I think the most important aspect of that scene was the row of 3-ring binders behind Isabelle. They were all black and white... except for the bright red one - the one you saw just as Jack was lying (badly) through his teeth. Which leads me to:

Sixth Sense Red
It's more and more obvious that certain episodes have colors. Eko's last episode was 99% green. This one was red, and there was a lot of it. Maybe red is Jack's color? Maybe that binder behind Isabelle represented Jack's binder - the one where they knew everything about him? When Jack followed Bai Ling through the reddish-hued streets, she wore a bright red dress. And one of the guys who beat the snot out of him at the end of the episode wore a very red shirt. Not sure of the total significance, but it seems intentional.

Bad Choice of Cage
I'm pretty sure Jack wasn't too happy about getting put into the cage where Sawyer nailed Kate. Ouch. Notice how Jack pushes the food button twice, but then stops short before he shocks himself. This is to show us how different Jack is from Sawyer. He thinks things through. Jack's all about finesse; Sawyer's brute force. Jack rocks the candy machine gently back and forth; Sawyer knocks it over.

Okay, Then I Get To Ask One Question...
Where's Juliet? Jack gets to ask a free question, and the BEST he can come up with is where's Juliet?!?!? I think anyone watching that scene wanted to punch him in the sternum as hard as possible.

Say it. Go on... Say it...
Watching Jack shake the crap out of Bai Ling just because he didn't know where she worked seemed very out of place. He's been on a beautiful relaxing island for at least a month and getting no-strings midnight sex on a regular basis without even having to shave. What's he got to be so pissed about?



"Do you see who I am? Who AM I?" This seemed pretty important. During this scene Jack didn't seem like Jack at all, but rather someone else entirely. He himself wasn't even sure who he was. It was a little bit Fight Club to me. A leader? A great man? Is Jack Tyler Durden? Is Jack HIM???

When Achara told him there would be consequences for marking him, Jack seemed almost ready for her answer. I don't think she was referring to the beating he took later on, either... I think the consequences she saw were a lot more far-reaching than that. After tattooing him, Jack was marked on a non-visual level. The drink-selling kid ran from him without Jack even rolling up his sleeve. Maybe the Others didn't realize they needed Jack (i.e. him not being on Jacob's original list) until they saw his tattoo? Is this why Jack's been sleeveless for two and a half seasons (a lucky accident)?



"He walks amongst us, but he is not one of us" - Jack's an outsider. This is why he never fits in. This is why his marriage didn't work, his relationship with his father blew up, and why he can't close the deal with Kate. There's something not quite right about Jack that no one can put their finger on. Inwardly, he will constantly be at war with himself.

Juliet's Brand

Maybe we'll eventually find out the meaning of the mark the Others burned into Juliet's back, but the point of it was simple: she's been excommunicated from her people. Knowing she's now alone she actually shed a tear, but Jack's whole 'live together die alone' attitude seemed to give her some hope. The aloe scene was her transition from Other character to possible induction into the 815'ers camp. Putting the mark on her back was a way of showing that it doesn't matter if it's visible or not - everyone will still somehow know she's marked.

Sawyer/Kate/Jack
The show's obligatory love triangle is back on. Not sure many of us care at this point, but it was pretty predictable that Sawyer would 'mess it up'. It was painfully intentional too - the way he did it, pushing Kate away (even though he loves her) like everyone else in his life. I still think Kate's going to end up with Jack. It just might take until the end of the series.

Well, Ben Calls It Home
When Juliet says this, we already know she doesn't consider the perfect little book-club community to be her home. But the way she says it, it's almost like she's speaking for the other Others too. I'm thinking that all of Mr. Roger's neighborhood was by Ben's design - whether you believe it was built by Dharma or whether (like me) you think it was manifested from the memories/imagination of those on the island. Ben's idea of home is everyone's home.



Looks like the dirty boat is back, too (was that the same boat?) which would explain why Ben so willingly let Michael and Walt drive off with such a useful piece of hardware.

Okay, on to the good stuff.

"We Give Them a Better Life. Better Than Yours."

Cindy and the kids are back. They come strolling right up to the edge of Jack's cage like they're out for a casual walk in the jungle. It's no coincidence they show up just as Jack's 'waking up' in his cage, leaving the producers that eternal LOST escape hatch that hints to the fact Jack could be dreaming. But in this case, I don't think he is. He may still be unconscious, but he's definitely not dreaming.



Cindy and the kids aren't what's important. Look at the people behind Cindy. These are not the Others... they're the 815 survivors that were dragged into the jungle. They're dressed for a air-conditioned plane ride, not for a walk in the sweltering heat. They're placid and curious, yet silent and observant. They "came to watch".

As Jack asks Cindy "What are you doing here with THEM?" (meaning the Others) Cindy responds with "They're not... ummm..." and then stops herself. She can't explain to Jack that these people are not the Others. "It's complicated". Yeah Cindy, it sure is.

These are the WATCHERS. We're going to see a lot more of them. I'm pretty sure we may have seen some of them already. I don't think they're really on the island, but I don't think they're NOT on the island either. These people are disconnected from everyone else. They're in a better place - another place (another life?). And I think they're probably responsible for the whispers, too.

Needless to say, this is a BIG revelation. Want some proof? Check out the two photos below:



I noticed the creepy guy in the yellow shirt staring through that window and thought it was pretty strange, the way he seemed to be ignored. Yet he shows up with Cindy and company. He's not an Other... he's not really there. He's a watcher, and he's doing what the watchers do: he's watching. I'm reminded of an early whisper from season one: "Should we help them"? No help. Just a bunch of watching.

Another really cool possible 'watcher' sighting was pointed out on DarkUFO's site this week:

http://losteastereggs.blogspot.com/2007/02/poster-blink-girl.html

And hey, remember the deleted ABC photo of the little girl standing in the room during one of the earlier episodes this season? Was she a set accident or a watcher? Did the producers choose not to reveal her yet, and cut that scene intentionally?



While we're looking at photos, here's something else I noticed: Emma's dress seems very similar to Bai Ling's shirt just as she turns away from Jack for the last time. I grabbed some screencaps of that too:



I know they're not exactly the same pattern, but they're very close. I'm pretty sure it's related to my idea that the island is just recycling (and limited to) everyone's memories over and over to paint certain things within the 'flashbacks'. And I'll tell you right now I put the word flashbacks in quotation marks intentionally.

Here's hoping next week we're back to Locke and Sayid kicking some ass.