HOARDS OF DEVOTED LOST FANS QUEUE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE UK’S FIRST EVER PUBLIC TV MARATHON FOR LOST THE FINAL SEASON
LONDON, Monday 13th September 2010: Fans of the hit TV series Lost camped out overnight at the Prince Charles Cinema in London's Leicester Square hoping to secure a place at the UK’s first ever public TV marathon.
The mega fans are embarking on a quest to be crowned the ultimate Lost fan by watching all 121 episodes back-to-back to mark the Blu-ray and DVD release of Lost The Final Season, out today.
Lost fans queued outside the cinema from 7am to embark on their quest to watch over 80 hours of the gripping drama that has kept audiences around the world on the edge of their seats for the past six years.
Fans applied online and queued outside today for their chance to demonstrate their diligence, passion and physical endurance to survive the ultimate Lost challenge.
Hoards of devoted followers - dressed as their favourite characters from the show - stretched down Leicester Square from the early hours of this morning to ensure that they received the best seat before the viewing commenced at 10am. Armed with their very own survival packs including sleeping bags, pillows and packed lunches, the followers set way to experience the best of Lost from the heart-pounding opening episode to the suspense-filled finale.
Executive Producers Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse said: "For those of you watching all six seasons of the show in one long marathon, we applaud you, we admire you and we thank you for your fandom. But we take no legal responsibility for you!"
Regulated breaks will be taken throughout the competition as fans attempt to complete the unprecedented mass participation event. The event will be overseen by on-site paramedics to ensure the health and safety of all participants.
The Lost Marathon is set to finish on Thursday September 16th.
The Prince Charles Cinema is located at 7 Leicester Place, London WC2.
All participants will received a bumper Lost goodie-bag and are free to leave at any time. Doors opened at 9:00am and the screening started at 10am m. Only the first 280 entrants were admitted.
Television shows on DVD may peter out after the first few seasons, but not "Lost."
The celebrated TV show's sixth and final season debuted as the top-selling DVD and Blu-ray Disc release the week ending Aug. 29, despite a price tag three times higher than the average new movie.
On the Nielsen VideoScan First Alert sales chart, "Lost: The Complete Sixth Season," from Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment, snatched the top spot from another Disney release, the Miley Cyrus film "The Last Song," which slipped to No. 3 its sophomore week.
Sony Pictures' "The Back-Up Plan," a romantic comedy with Jennifer Lopez that grossed $37.5 million in theaters, debuted at No. 2, selling 75% as many units as "Lost."
"Lost" also debuted at No. 1 on Nielsen VideoScan's dedicated Blu-ray Disc sales chart, with the newly issued "Lost: The Complete Series" bowing at No. 2, despite a suggested retail price of $279.99.
But then again, Blu-ray Disc and "Lost" seem made for each other, with 20% of all "Lost" season sets sold last week in the high-definition format.
On Home Media Magazine's rental chart for the week, "The Back-Up Plan" debuted at No. 1, bumping 20th Century Fox's "Date Night" to No. 2.
"Lost" wasn't the only TV release to score big with consumers. Paramount Home Entertainment's "NCIS: The Seventh Season" debuted at No. 4 on First Alert, while 20th Century Fox's "The Simpsons: Season 13" bowed at No. 7.
"I've been watching unboxing videos all day trying to find every bit of info on the US collection sets and just came across one guy who unboxed and included the Black Rock Journal Page text in the description bar, his name is Kevin and username is kevbo548"
Unboxing of LOST The Complete Collection
Special Features • One full disc of never-before-seen content • Special edition collectible Senet game as seen in Season 6 • Custom LOST island replica • Exclusive episode guide • Collectible ankh • Black light • Plus all episodes and 30+ hours of bonus from Seasons 1-6
Letter from the black rock:
Front:
adequately portray the horrors of this fearful night. A strange mist has enveloped the ship. It is unusual and has put everyone ill at ease...
December 15? - The mist has totally disappeared and it is broad daylight. Despite best efforts to navigate away from the island, we cannot seem to escape its pull, and anxious rumors are spreading. Our compasses are rendered inert for reasons that mystify me.
Incomprehensible altogether is the conduct of Captain Hanso he prattles away the merest nonsense about the island and writes in his journal senseless equations. He was overheard asking Mhifield, "Is it 1881?" I cannot bring myself to the conclusion that the man is mad.
December 16? - The first to abandon his past was Thayer, a man I mentioned before as exhibiting something of a mutinous spirit. After complaining for days of headache and hallucinations, it would appear he has suffered a malady of the brain as blood rushes from his nostrils with no hope if stopping the flow. Before he explained in the doctors arms, he spoke as if a ten year old boy asking his mother for sweets.
Other members of the crew have begun to complain of similar headaches. The island is now off the port... was it not just starboard?
December 18? - An away team of six men was launched at first light in an attempt to get to the island with hopes of determining our location.
Only one returned alive. He seems in a deep shock, muttering about exchanging musket fire with another vessel which promptly disappeared in a flash of heavenly light. He went on to claim that after hours of traversing the island, his five crewmates simply jumped overboard as if lemmings and no degree of coaxing could persuade them back into the boat. They drowned. Every one.
There will be no more away teams.
Back:
December 19? - I awoke paralyzed by fear. Amidst the sounds of the night, there was something else. Though faint it sounded like the whispering of voices seemingly all around me. Then a scream froze in my throat - In the doorway to my cabin stood a shape -
It was Captain Hanso. Pale and fearful as if he'd seen the devil himself. I provided him a whiskey with h opes of putting him back in bed should any crewmember see him in this state, but the poor man seemed beyond calming. His mind was beset by conspiracies involving a man he called "Jacob" who Hanso believed commissioned this very expedition with the intention of bringing us to this maddening place.
Once Hanso was back in his quarters, I immediately reviewed the shipping receipts, but found no mention of any "Jacob"
If anyone is to get us out of this, it will not be that fool.
December 22? - Our lookout claims he has spotted two men on the shore of the island at the foot of the statue that has the crew so concerned. Another hallucination, no doubt. The wind freshened considerably... it appears a storm is imminent.
Amazon.co.uk now have the Lost: Complete Collection Premium Boxset for pre-order. It's pretty much the same set as the US version, it's out October 11th and it's slightly cheaper than the set without the extras on both formats. A couple of things to note though - no blacklight can be seen in the picture. Whether it's included or not is unknown. The packaging is different, so you can't see the Island map there. Again, it's unknown if this is going to be included.
Update: 11th August Thanks to PenguinJosh for the update.
Just thought I'd update you so maybe you could update it on dufo.
I contacted Disney and found out an exclusive set with all the extras on the American set (Ankh/Island Replica etc) will be released in the UK in October.
Hello,
Thank you for contacting Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment.
I am pleased to confirm that we are releasing this title as a limited edition in October 2010 this will have all the products you have mentioned in your email.
I will try to advise you which retailers will stock this product closer to the time.
If I can be of further assistance please do not hesitate in contacting me again.