Jorge Garcia will be performing at IO West, July 8th at 10:30 pm

Thanks to Peter for the following.

I've been a fan of this site for awhile, as well as the ODI podcast, and of course the show Lost. I was such a fan I even went to the Lost finale broadcast at the Jimmy Kimmel show. Anyway I am part of an improv group in Los Angeles called Orpheus Roy, and I just learned much to my joy that my favorite character Hurley will be playing with us friday July 8th at IO West at 6366 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles Ca. I want to promote the show and hope that you might be able to help with that by posting it here on Dark UFO.

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Jorge Garcia at Bharma

Thanks to Zedman for the heads up on these photos of Jorge Garcia visiting a bar in Barcelona called Bharma.


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Life After Lost - EW Magazine Cover Story

Highlights from ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY’s March 18, 2011 issue (on newsstands nationwide Friday, March 11):

LIFE AFTER LOST

The castaways and creators of Lost flash back to their time on the Island
and fill us in on what they’re up to now.

NEW YORK – Over six seasons, ABC’s intricate series about a group of inextricably linked plane-crash survivors redefined the outer limits of a broadcast network drama. And when it was ultimately time to “let go”—as Lost’s finale instructed us to—we packed up our overstuffed albums of Lost memories and headed off in search of the next great TV drama that might taunt and tantalize our minds. This week’s issue of Entertainment Weekly looks back at the people who inhabited these characters. When their exotic journey ended, how did they readjust to life off the Island and back in Hollywood? How do they look back on the series? And what are they up to now? EW asked the show’s cast and producers to flash back to their experiences on the show, and to tell us all about life after Lost.

Matthew Fox (Dr. Jack Shephard) delivered an emotionally potent performance as a broken hero striving for redemption in the series finale. “Redemption is always a big theme for me, so I had waited a long, long time for that moment for Jack,” Fox says. “He had made so many mistakes and fallen apart and become this shell of a man and was really lost. And to finally get to play that end where he knows—he has the singular clarity of what he’s meant to do and what the sacrifice will be—that felt good.” Fox is currently in London performing in Neil LaBute’s play, In a Forest Dark and Deep. “A play in the West End of London is something I’ve always dreamed of doing,” says Fox. “I’d like to take on that kind of challenge. And the theater I’ve done has been phenomenally rewarding, so it’s been my goal after Lost to get into a situation where I’m doing a film here and there and a play here and there—that broad of a structure.”

Jorge Garcia (Hugo “Hurley” Reyes) can’t avoid conservations about the famous series finale. “I still get people who say that they love the show and didn’t like the ending, and they’ll ask me what I thought of the ending. I love the ending. For one thing, I end up with the Island. How can I not like that ending?” Since Lost, Garcia has appeared everywhere from the cover of Weezer’s Hurley album to How I Met Your Mother to Mr. Sunshine to Fringe. “I was leaving Lost, prepared to wait a while for people to forget me in this one part before I might get a chance to find something else that was exciting to do,” he shares. “[But] everything just kept popping up.” Indeed, Garcia is ready to settle down, signing on to star in another J.J. Abrams drama about people from another unusual island, the Fox pilot Alcatraz.

Elizabeth Mitchell (Juliet Burke) continues to get fan feedback. “There’s a whole bunch of people watching it on Netflix or DVD that say, ‘Oh my God, I just saw you for the first time last night!’ It keeps coming in waves, which is fun…. I was just on an airplane and the guy behind me was like, ‘I’m not trying to make your life difficult, but I loved Juliet.’ Why is that making my life difficult? What a wonderful thing to say!” Since leaving the show after season 5 (but appearing in two episodes during the final season), Mitchell went on to star as FBI agent Erica Evans on ABC’s reimagining of ’80s alien invasion miniseries V. “I always thought it would be really fun to be the lead protagonist in a sci-fi show—I’m a dork,” she laughs. “I thought, ‘If you get a chance to do what you dreamed of doing when you were a kid, you should probably do it once. You should kick ass if given the opportunity. Fight some aliens.’ ”

Josh Holloway (James “Sawyer” Ford) looks back at the pivotal moments in his life that surround Lost. “God, it was just magical. That’s where I got my first home, got married, had my first child. The things that happened there in Hawaii were phenomenal. I have no regrets…. However, [last summer] I’m looking around going, ‘Damn, I wish I had a job to go to.’ I was a little bit—forgive the pun, I’m gonna finally be able to use that word lost again one day—but I felt a little lost. I’m like, ‘Oooh, this is tough to hang back and play chess now.’” Holloway recently shot a supporting role opposite Tom Cruise in Mission: Impossible—Ghost Protocol. “No one recognized me,” he chuckles. “I shaved my beard, cut off my hair, and I was like, ‘Oh my God, the Clark Kent disguise actually works! Change your hair, put some glasses on, and people don’t know who you are!’ It was refreshing not to just be Sawyer all the time.” Holloway will also trade punches for punchlines when he guest stars in the paintball-themed season finale of NBC’s Community.

The Men Behind the Curtain- Lost’s Executive Producers

Does Damon Lindelof still get Lost in his head? “I expected that I would stop thinking about it as much, but I still think about it all the time—in a very healthy way,” he says. “Since we wrote the finale, I have not had a single Lost thought, like, ‘Hey, I just had an idea for a cool story or flashback!’ ” Lindelof is now penning the Ridley Scott sci-fi drama Prometheus and co-writing and producing Star Trek 2. Carlton Cuse has closure. “I don’t miss the show. I feel like we got to tell the entire story of the show, and now life goes on.” Cuse has teamed up with Randall Wallace to develop a Civil War-set adventure series for ABC. “This is a fictional story about a family through [which] we examine all the issues of the Civil War…. We don’t have any unicorns or spaceships, but we’ve got everything else.” J.J. Abrams won an Emmy for directing Lost’s classic pilot, and then left the show in the hands of Lindelof and Cuse during season 1 to helm Mission: Impossible III. “When I look back at what the writers, cast, and crew did to build the amazing story that Damon and I started, it makes me proud,” says Abrams, who is finishing up his next directorial effort, Super 8; producing the next Mission: Impossible; developing Star Trek 2; and working on two TV pilots. It’s no coincidence that many of these projects star Losties: “I have a real love for those actors. We went through a meaningful experience together. It’s great to keep working with them on other things or see them flourish in other projects.”

For more on your favorite castaways, check out the full story on newsstands March 11th and at EW.com: http://popwatch.ew.com/2011/03/10/life-after-lost-fox-holloway/

(Cover Story, Page 34)

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Where Are ABC’s “LOST” Actors Now?

Thanks to Zedman2 for the heads up.

Jorge Garcia (Hugo ‘Hurley’ Reyes)
Jorge Garcia has guest starred on the hit TV show “How I Met Your Mother” and the brand new ABC comedy “Mr. Sunshine.” He is in a movie called “Maktub” set to release this year and another film called “When We Were Pirates,” which will arrive in 2012. Jorge is also currently filming for a new show called “Alcatraz,” set to premiere in 2013. Jorge’s face was also plastered on the cover of Weezer’s “Hurley” album (pictured left), named after Jorge’s character on “LOST.” Be sure to follow Jorge on his blog FurtherDispatches.wordpress.com.

Naveen Andrews (Sayid Jarrah)
Sadly Naveen Andrews does not have any current projects, however you’ll be happy to hear that he is back with his long-time girlfriend, actress Barbara Hershey.

Matthew Fox (Jack Shephard)
According to IMDB Matthew Fox has two projects in the works, “Mass Effect” (2012) and “Billy Smoke” (2014). However according to a recent interview Matthew has been offered numerous roles that he chooses to turn down because he hates acting and he hates the types of movies that are being made. In addition he has made very clear that he has no interest in acting in another TV show. Moving on…

Josh Holloway (James ‘Sawyer’ Ford)
While we wish Josh Holloway’s list of projects was longer we at least have one movie to share with you that the former “LOST” star is in – “Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol,” how exciting! The movie, which stars Tom Cruise, is set to release on December 16, 2011. We can’t wait to see Josh’s role in this film! Josh will also be starring on the season finale of the TV show “Community.”

Daniel Dae Kim (Jin Kwon)
Daniel Dae Kim was lucky enough to leave “LOST” and go to the TV show “Hawaii Five-0.” The show began airing in 2010 and is a remake that fans seem to really enjoy. Daniel also has another movie, “The Killing Game,” which is in post production and is expected to premiere sometime this year.

Yunjin Kim (Sun Kwon)
Yunjin Kim was in an international movie in 2010 titled “Heartbeat.” IMDB also lists a new movie “The Unconditional” that is currently in production. We’ll keep you posted with any new projects that Yunjin is a part of!

Evangeline Lilly (Kate Austen)
Evangeline Lilly stars in a new movie called “Real Steel,” which will release to theaters on October 7, 2011. Also, if you ever turn on your TV chances are you have seen Evangeline’s advertisement for L’Oreal Paris Healthy Look Creme Gloss Hair Color and L’Oreal Roll On True Match Foundation.

Terry O’Quinn (John Locke)
J.J. Abrams, one of the creators and producers of “LOST,” had been working on a new comedy/drama starring “LOST” actors Terry O’Quinn and Michael Emerson (Benjamin Linus). However, it has been announced that the show has sadly been pushed back. Good news for Terry though is that he will be starring in a new ABC series titled “Hallelujah,” in which he will be playing a corrupt millionaire. Terry also starred in a TV movie titled “Taken from Me: The Tiffany Rubin Story,” which aired on Lifetime this past January.

Emilie de Ravin (Claire Littleton)
Emilie de Ravin starred in the movie "Remember Me" alongside "Twilight" hunk Robert Pattinson. She also starred in the movie "The Chameleon," which released in 2010. So far Emilie does not have any other projects listed on her IMDB page.

Michael Emerson (Ben Linus)
Michael Emerson is set to star alongside Terry O’Quinn in a new TV show from J.J. Abrams, however no date has been set for the show to begin filming. Michael has also been announced as one of the stars of a new show on CBS titled “Person of Interest,” in which he will play a mysterious billionaire. Michael also had a role in the TV documentary “The American Experience” and the TV movie “God in America.” He also guest starred on the show “Parenthood.”

Dominic Monaghan (Charlie Pace)
Dominic Monaghan starred in the ABC show “FlashForward,” which only lasted one season. He also stars in two new movies, “Soldiers of Fortune” and “The Day.”

Henry Ian Cusick (Desmond Hume)
Henry Ian Cusick guest starred on “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit,” and is set to star in a new ABC show “Damage Control.” We’ll keep you posted when we learn a premiere date for the show.

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Jorge Garcia to Guest on Fringe - First Photo

Jorge Garcia — who has been cast in a new J.J. Abrams-produced series called Alcatraz – will be making a cameo in next week’s episode, playing (SPOILER ALERT!) a Massive Dynamic employee.



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LOST Actors donated artwork

Thanks to Sharon for the heads up.

A gallery of donated artwork by "Lost" actors, representing their time here over six seasons filming the hit ABC series, will be exhibited for the first time at a Honolulu Theatre for Youth fundraising kickoff party from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Tenney Theatre.

The works, commissioned by HTY trustee Annie Cusick Wood (spouse of "Lost" actor Ian Cusick, who played Desmond), eventually will be auctioned but will highlight the HTY's Actors & Artists Fund-Launching event.

The actors/artists include Terry O'Quinn (John Locke), who fashioned a bracelet from shells he collected on the North Shore; Ken Leung (Miles), who did a sketch of actress Evangeline Lilly (Kate); Jorge Garcia (Hurley), who rendered a painting of himself dive-bombing into the water (with butt crack showing!); and Josh Holloway (Sawyer), who did a watercolor painting of himself fishing on a boat.

Additionally, Michael Emerson (Ben), a former graphic artist, donated a work he did a while back. ...

Community notables, such as Daniel Dae Kim, who played Jin on "Lost" and stars as Chin Ho Kelly on CBS's "Hawaii Five-0", Kirk Matthews and Trini Kaopuiki of KHON2 and ex-anchor Linda Coble (aka Mrs. Matthews) will read snippets from three future HTY shows ("Lion Dancer," "Tasi's Gift" and "Poetry Fever")

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Jorge Garcia in Mr Sunshine [VIDEO]

Thanks to Pavan for the heads up.

Alcatraz - JJ Abrams casts Jorge Garcia

Thanks to DarthLocke and JFSawyer for the heads up.

Lost alum Jorge Garcia has been cast in J.J. Abrams' Fox drama Alcatraz, reports Deadline.

The hush-hush storyline line focuses on mysteries involving the infamous, hard-time federal penitentiary at Alcatraz, which closed nearly a half-century ago.

The 37-year-old Garcia, who will play Alcatraz expert Diego Soto, is best known for his role as Hugo "Hurley" Reyes on Abrams' ABC drama Lost.

What do you think of the casting?

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Lost - Where Are They Now?

It's already been almost six months, believe it or not, since "Lost" aired its final episode ("The End"). So, what are the show's stars up to now? The answer to that mystery is straight ahead!

Matthew Fox (Jack Shephard): After fighting the good fight as Jack, the Oceanic survivors' reluctant leader, Matthew said earlier this year that he won't be flashing back (or sideways) to TV. "I won't be doing any more television," the star told UsMagazine.com. "I've done two six-year shows [the other being "Party of Five"], about 300 hours of television… I'm done with that." So, what's next for the 44-year-old father of two? Matthew is in talks to take the stage in a Neil LaBute play next spring in London, the Los Angeles Times says.

Terry O'Quinn (John Locke): Encouraging news for fans pining to see a "Lost" reunion of sorts: Terry, who as Locke was the island's resident "man of faith," is reportedly set to team up with Michael Emerson (a.k.a. evil genius Ben Linus) on a possible TV project from "Lost" mastermind J.J. Abrams. NBC has scored the rights to the new show, formerly called "Odd Jobs," about two ex black-ops cops, says New York Magazine's Vulture entertainment blog.

Josh Holloway (James "Sawyer" Ford): Known for spewing hilarious nicknames, stealing kisses with Kate (Evangeline Lilly), and occasionally kicking the Others' butts, Josh is now undertaking the "mission" of a lifetime: he'll star alongside Tom Cruise and Jeremy Renner in the J.J. Abrams co-produced 'Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol,' expected in theaters Dec. 16, 2011.

Evangeline Lilly (Kate Austen): The rumor mill says she's no longer dating her former "Lost" co-star Dominic Monaghan (a.k.a. Drive Shaft lead guitarist Charlie), but 31-year-old Evangeline is set to create sparks alongside Hugh Jackman in 'Real Steel.' Due out next October, the film stars Hugh as a former boxer who gets one last shot at a comeback when he teams up with his estranged son to build and train the perfect contender for the now high-tech sport of robot boxing.

Jorge Garcia (Hugo "Hurley" Reyes): As Hurley he was plagued by unlucky numbers, but Jorge's number is far from up as actor after "Lost." The 37-year-old funnyman is set to appear on CBS' "How I Met Your Mother." "I can't say much about the episode but I can assure you that I am not the mother," he joked with EW.com. "It looks like it is the Thanksgiving episode. I am not a super villain. I come in as a friend of one of the main characters. It was a lot of fun working with them." There's more Jorge news still. Despite his appetite for all those tasty airdropped Dharma snacks as Hurley on "Lost," in real life Jorge has drastically changed his eating habits. "I've been a vegetarian for about four months now," he told TV Squad earlier this month. "It's about the animals."

Daniel Dae Kim (Jin Kwon): Daniel's been a busy man of action. He stars as Chin Ho Kelly on CBS' "Hawaii Five-0," and he'll appear alongside Samuel L. Jackson and 'Twilight''s Kellan Lutz in 'The Killing Game,' an action-thriller expected out in 2011.

Harold Perrineau (Michael Dawson): Harold seems to love acting almost as much as his island alter-ego, Michael, loved his son Walt. The 47-year-old thesp's calendar is loaded with projects. He'll appear in the Nicolas Cage vigilante thriller 'The Hungry Rabbit Jumps' alongside Jennifer Carpenter ("Dexter"), January Jones ("Mad Men") and Guy Pearce. He'll also share the screen with Jim Parsons ("The Big Bang Theory") in the dark comedy "Cooler" and James Caviezel in the crime drama 'Transit.' Plus, Harold tangled with vampires this October in the direct-to-video sequel '30 Days of Night: Dark Days.'

Dominic Monaghan (Charlie Pace): Charlie may have met his maker in season three, but Dominic's "Lost" cameos continued right up through "The End." After starring on the short-lived sci-fi series "FlashForward," the 'Lord of the Rings' star is headed back to the big screen, appearing alongside Christian Slater and Ving Rhames in 'Soldiers of Fortune,' due in theaters next February. "I play this guy called Tommy Sin, a video game designer and multimillionaire. It is the story about a bunch of very rich people who pay a premium of money to put themselves into real-life skirmishes. I thought the script and cast was really interesting," he told California Chronicle earlier this month. Dominic's also filming a mystery called 'The Day.' As for his "Lost" legacy, the 33-year-old says: "I made my peace with that show a long time ago. I died in season three and probably halfway through series four I was happy with the story I told on that show. Coming back was always a bonus so doing those last scenes in season six I did not feel particularly involved in the show any more."

Henry Ian Cusick (Desmond Hume): Known on the island for tampering with the very dimension of time as Desmond, 43-year-old Henry told Crave Online in September that he was in a hurry to return to TV: "You know, I was looking to get back into TV as quickly as possible. I wanted to get away from Desmond. It just seemed that I was no longer Ian Cusick, I was Desmond. So I wanted to sort of like just shed that skin." Mission accomplished. Henry guest-starred on a couple episodes of "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" that same month."

Naveen Andrews (Sayid Jarrah): Naveen, 41, will appear on the silver screen in the 2011 drama 'Hullo.'

Yunjin Kim (Sun Kwon): In October, Yunjin was a jury member on the 15th Pusan International Film Festival's New Currents competition.

Source: MSN

Life After Lost - TV Guide Scan

Thanks to Edith from http://www.michaelemerson.net for sending us this scan.

The Final Jorge Garcia Podcast

Thanks to Paweł for the heads up.

Here is the final ever Geronimo Jacksbeard Podcast.



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Details on the Lost Series Finale Extra DVD/Blu-Ray Footage

We just caught up with the island's awesome new "No. 1" at the Monte Carlo Television Festival in, you guessed it, Monte Carlo, and here's what he dished:

"It will address some of the issues, like the food drops, and it will deal with what happened on the island after Hurley took over and how he handled things," Garcia reveals of the DVD bonus feature he shot. "It will give you a taste of what took place after Hurley took over as the new number one. There's a little epilogue thing going on with the DVD."

That little epilogue will be available to fans when Lost: The Complete Collection is released on DVD and Blu-ray August 24.

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Inside sources also told me that Walt (Malcolm David Kelley) will be shown in the bonus material. "We'll find out what happens to Walt," says the insider. But when asked who else he worked with, Jorge replied coyly: "There are other people in it, but I'm not going to tell you who." Hmmm!

Source: E!Online

Jorge Garcia Q and A on the Series Finale.

Thanks to SL-Lost for the heads up.


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Episode 6.17/6.18 - The End - Jorge Garcia Podcast

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NY Times Talk LOST Live event writeup

Thanks to DarkUFO reader JohnConstant69 for the write-up of last nights events.

For those that like spoilers, we have posted a spoiler summary and extended sneak peek here.

Just got back from attending the New York Times Talk Live LOST event, having watched it in-theater.

It kicked so much massive ass!
It was like a 90 min class on screenwriting. I would highly recommend it to anyone who’s teaching scriptwriting to a high-school level class, as long as the student can get into LOST.
Jorge Garcia and Michael Emerson made a surprise appearance, which was actually touching.
Damon really played the funny man and Carlton the straight guy.
The interviewer was very intelligent and asked some great questions.

They showed classic clips to which Darlton commented on:

Jack and Locke arguing over “faith vs. science” and Locke asking Jack to push the button inside the Swan Hatch. They pointed out that it wasn’t so much that Locke didn’t have faith, he said he didn’t want to do it alone, and needed Jack, referencing the famous “live together, die alone” speech. They mentioned that the scene in the submarine is where they came full circle on Jack’s transformation because he was now the man of faith trying to get Sawyer to NOT do something, (fiddle with the bomb) and Sawyer was playing the role of the empiricist this time.

Desmond finally reaching Penny on the phone in the Constant, Sayid in the background. Talked about how ridiculous it was that his mind time traveled to 1997 to ensure Penny would call him in 2004, Faraday’s rat maze, etc. And how it was the hardest and longest episode for them to break. They wanted to reveal time travel in a personal way that involved endearing characters and lots of emotion. That’s why Desmond remarks to Faraday’s mathematical explanation of a Constant: “can it be a person?”

The Dharma scene where Hurley debates time travel rules with Miles, and finally stumps him. They anticipated the audience having the same sort of questions that Hurley did, and the scene pretty much already took place within the writer’s room.

Some *really* good questions from the audience: “why must there be a human presence on the island?” which they said they’ve never been asked before but couldn’t answer. One guy asked a question which seemed to startle Darlton, especially Damon, and they basically said “We don’t want to spoil the ending to the show” as their answer, which made me think the guy was *extremely* close in his guessing the global reveal. I’ll give you a hint: he asked if there was an allusion in people doubting the button-pushing in the hatch as a critical necessity, and the critical necessity of protecting the lightcave. There was a lot more to it, but that’s all I’m giving. Sorry.

“I know this is very brief, but honestly the entire thing flew by in a little over 90+ mins, and I’m still soaking it all in. A couple other memorable details to try to do it justice:

A lady from the audience said the show pretty much restored her faith in God and got her much closer in faith and relationships (wow)
Damon and Carlton spoke a LOT on the struggle of faith, reason, religion, empiricism, etc. Damon summarized the show in this way “you have the Bible, it tells you, you do this and this, or there are consequences” and at the end of the day, you have to choose to have faith in that book, or not. So it really isn’t about that book, it’s about whether or not you decide to trust it. That’s our show. And it’s not just the Bible, it’s basically all the religious texts”.
One guy asked Damon and Carlton for a job, Michael Emerson kindly got up and received his resume
A really good question asked from the audience: “if MIB knew he couldn’t kill a candidate, why was he trying to do so by dragging Locke underground in season 1?” to which Damon replied: “ahh yes, but was he trying to kill him? You have to remember that Locke had just seen “the face of the island, and it was beautiful” and he was planning on going and giving a big speech to the castaways to give them hope and courage. MIB didn’t like this and was preventing him from doing so.”
Damon used the analogy of the “Johnny Explainer” (aka Exposition-Guy) character that is normally used as a cheap plot device to cover complex backstory and narrative (Dharma guy comes wandering out of the jungle to tell the 815ers about his time in the Dharma Initiative), as a springboard to say “as writers, we divided up Johnny Explainer’s dialogue amongst our characters. We’d put his word in Ben’s mouth, in John Locke’s mouth, Jacob’s mouth, and you always had to wonder if they were telling the truth, or not. Every time someone in the show gave an explanation, we wanted there to be an element of doubt.” After all this Damon said something to the effect of “but Johnny Explainer is no longer giving you the fruit from the tree”. He used a lot of interesting metaphors, some I understood, some I didn’t.
How much was planned out? They had the end-game in mind during season 1. They know how they wanted it to end. Between the hiatus of season 1-2, they sat down and had time to write out the core mythology. But also, when each season started up in the writing bootcamp, they might change or modify or add things, knowing ultimately where they still had to go. The end-game has never changed in theme or purpose, but may have changed in small details and content.
Damon pointed out that the #1 and #2 questions most asked by fans is: 1) Was everything planned out? 2) how much input does the audience have on the show? Damon said you can’t have it both ways. Because if they planned EVERYTHING out and locked it away in some “LOST binder”, then obviously fans would not be allowed any input or effect on the show. An immediate response to the audience: people kept asking why Hurley wasn’t losing any weight… so they wrote in that he was stashing Dharma ranch dressing (and other things). An anticipated audience reaction dealt with pre-emptively: Nicki and Paulo.
Why Nicki and Paulo? Because in the third season they realized they were punting along and had to do something. Their rule was to introduce new characters at the beginning of each season, and as they saw they were introducing the Others characters at the cages (Juliet, etc.) they wanted to introduce new characters back at the beach camp. Thus, Nicki and Paulo. They admit it was a mistake and tried to be cruel in how they got rid of Nicki and Paulo to make the fans feel somewhat satisfied.
When Damon realized Walt was getting too tall (taller than Damon isn’t very tall, btw), they basically said “lets get Walt on that raft, pronto!” and remarked how you can notice during season 1’s arc that Walt’s voice cracks a bit ala Peter Brady on the Brady Bunch. They way they wrote this into the show was that Walt was so special that even he was freaking out the Others, and Ben wanted him off the island.
Personally, I’ve been getting a little disappointed and frustrated with the increasing criticisms and attacks on the show you can find on many popular blogs and news sites. I can tell you, honestly, that A LOT of things that Damon and Carlton explained about the writing process, about character motivations, about overarching themes they’ve built into the show, about mistakes they’ve made, etc. cleared up a TON of the negative things “fans” have been saying. I wish all those people were forced to attend and listen. It really would have put a lot of their skepticism, frustration, and doubt at ease.
Damon said “if you hated Expose, if you hated Across the Sea, please watch the finale, give it some time, and let’s see if you still hate those eps or think they were unnecessary in the grand scheme”. (Obviously he was talking more about Across the Sea than Expose)
Jorge listed Ben as his favorite character, Emerson listed Eko as his favorite character (they weren’t allowed to pick their own), and Damon and Carlton copped out not listing any-one character, but saying how if you ate your favorite food every single day, you’d be sick of it. But they were excited because they could write for different characters all the time and it never seemed to get stale for them. They said that Hurley was basically the personality of the writing team of Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz, and they would not have been able to write Hurley that way as a character. They said that the Desmond character/story was pretty much their writing territory.
After an audience member asked Darlton and Jorge if they were going to continue podcasting (Darlton: no, Jorge, maybe 1-2 after the finale), and Damon explained that they wouldn’t have too much more to talk about after the finale, Damon turned to Jorge and asked him “after reading the finale, being in the finale, do you have anything that needs explaining?” and Jorge sat for awhile, thought, shifted in his seat, and said “naw man, I don’t… cuz… I get it… I think I get it!” and smiled and everyone laughed.

They listed a good rule for Widmore (and others). “If a character tells you something, you can doubt it. Like Widmore. He suddenly has this change of heart and says Jacob visited him? Did Jacob really visit him? On the other hand, if you SEE something happening, then it’s true and real. We witnessed Jacob visiting Ilana at the hospital, her all bandaged up. But all we know is Widmore relayed a story. So it might be false. You have to remember to not listen to what characters on LOST say, but what they actually DO. Keep this in mind when wondering if what Widmore said was true.” It seemed like a good rule for all the characters on LOST, btw.

I really, really hope this ends up on the DVD set, because I can tell you, I’ve read the interviews, the magazines, watched the recap eps, listened to the podcasts, and I still feel like I really got to know Damon and Carlton a heck of a lot more after this than all those others. It was definitely worth the price of admission.

I’m not even gonna say “overall, it was great”. Because I was smiling and enjoying every minute of it. Since this is starting to sound like an AICN type review, I’ll leave it here.

Namaste!

JohnConstant69

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The Official LOST Video Podcast: May 19th, 2010

Jorge Garcia, Michael Giacchino, Damon Linelof, Carlton Cuse and many more talk about being together one last time for LOST Live.

Episode 6.16 - What They Died For - Jorge Garcia Podcast

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Episode 6.15 - Across The Sea - Jorge Garcia Podcast

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Kate Austen was crossed out - Photographic Proof

Thanks to mgn1910 for the heads up from this image just posted by Jorge from the set of the Caves.


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