EVIL PUPPET MASTERS

Well, I guess I should have actually POSTED my notes about “Every Man For Himself” here, since Lauri from The Associated Press used some of them for that video round-up I linked to *NOTE: This is not EVERYTHING from that episode, but this is the stuff that I made note of during the episode and researched that night. Enjoy!

• Number 8 on the white rabbit — which, by the way, was a White Rabbit, which was an episode title from Season 1 (and should have clued you in that there was some sort of misleading going on). The white rabbit, in a cage, with the number 8 on its back is actually taken from Stephen King’s book “On Writing.”
• Desmond can see the future, but he can also ALTER it. Evidenced by his prevention of the lightning striking Claire’s tent.
• Kate says she loves Sawyer, then says she only said it to keep them from continuing to punch him, but then STILL stays in the cage, even though she can get out (and did, briefly).
• The X-Ray showed a spine, which led many fans to believe that it was Locke at first. But the preview leads us to believe that it is Benry.
• Ben says “the sub is back” which confirms that the Others have a submarine. That would allow them to get between the two islands undetected, and (to me) explains how Ethan was able to come from the water to kill Scott/Steve (still can’t remember which) without being seen coming.
• The cartoon they made Jack watch was “A Corny Concerto” which includes an early version of Daffy Duck, and is an Ugly Duckling story with war references. The Blue Danube is the main song in the cartoon. A Corny Concerto
• NUMBERS — Sawyer’s prisoner number was 840. The storage unit that the $10 million was put in was 23C.
• Clementine is the name of Sawyer’s (supposed) daughter. Also the name of an orange and is a very obscure reference to a scene in the Alias episode 5.01 “Prophet Five” where Vaughn and Sydney are discussing names for their baby. Clementine is mentioned, and Vaughn says that Clementine is a stupid name for a baby. Would have thought that was a throw away connection, except that Monica Breen and Alison Schapker wrote that episode of Alias, and they both now write for Lost — so maybe not such a throw away
• The prisoner who had the $10 million was played by Ian Gomez, who (in the Six Degrees of JJ Abrams) played Javier on Felicity.

Seriously, how AMAZING does Jennifer Garner look in this photo? The picture was taken at the Hollywood Awards, where her hubby Ben Affleck received a supporting award for his movie “Hollywoodland.”

I just got spoiled by SciFiWire *pouts* I know, it kind of comes with the “job” but still…I do try very hard not to get too spoiled. But since I know some of you guys ride the Spoiler Train, far be it from me to not share

In this snippet from SciFiWire, you get a casting spoiler and a plot spoiler (which doesn’t give THE spoiler, but at least that it will be revealed in this episode — which only makes sense to Lost fans). We also get the episode title, which I am not going to reveal here just yet due to ITS spoilery nature. It is written by The Vegas Act, and will be directed by one of my long-time favorite Alias directors, Tucker Gates.

My mind was blown just trying to imagine the awesomeness of this episode. Can. Not. Wait.

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Discussion of LOST Episode 3.03 Further Instructions, latest episodes and news regarding Six Degrees and What about Brian, the last Alias Magazine issue, plus our first Listener Q and A!

Catch up with former Alias exec prod and director Ken Olin in this interview with The Futon Critic’s Brian Ford Sullivan. Not quite as good as the Greg Grunberg interview, but it’s still worth the read.

***SPOILER WARNING!!*** If you are a Battlestar Galactica fan who prefers to remain 100% spoiler-free (including casting spoilers) then STOP READING!!

There. I hope that was enough warning, because I don’t feel like cutting this one. Either in one of David Eick’s BSG Video Blogs or on one of the podcasts that Ron Moore does, they mentioned that they were in negotiations with a former Alias actor to come onto the show. Well, while watching the October 11th video blog (that I had somehow missed last week), the actor was revealed: Carl Lumbly!!

I cannot tell you how jazzed I am that two of my BIGGEST fandoms have collided. I ADORE Carl and was just wondering last week if he had anything new coming up. It is hard to tell from the video blog, but it seems like his BSG character, “Bulldog” (a pilot), may be a recurring character. Regardless, I can’t wait to see him on my TV again

Former Alias writers, Josh Applebaum and Andre Nemec, have received a 6-episode order for their show October Road by ABC. Production starts on October 30th, and it sounds like it is being looked at to be a mid-season replacement.

FINALLY! I mean, I know he has that ‘gator movie coming out (”Rogue”), but I had not heard of anything else that Michael Vartan was working on, until now. He has signed on to the indie film “Jolene”. Check out the article for details.

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Discusses LOST Ep 3.01, Six Degrees and 10 Burning Questions about LOST.

Hold on a second…my sides are still hurting from laughing so hard at parts of this interview with Greg Grunberg that The Futon Critic did.

You know, it started out normal enough, but then Jesse Alexander (formerly with Alias, now an exec prod at Heroes) came into the interview and I couldn’t stop laughing. I LOVE interviews like this. *giggles*

*sigh*

Okay, I’m better now. Greg talks about how he got the part and how he harrasses Jesse endlessly (and Jesse harrasses him right back). I thought this part was interesting — in response to the question about his Heroes character not being in the pilot, Greg had this to say:

Plus, I think this is sort of my pat line, I think I told you this, I wasn’t in the pilot of “Felicity,” I wasn’t in the pilot of “Alias” and I was on those shows for nine years. And then as soon as I was in the pilot to “Lost” I get killed in the first five seconds. So I had no interest in being in the pilot.

Hee!

It looks like the Ratings Gods have shined down on Heroes, thus securing a full season pick up from NBC.

Congrats on Felicity, Alias, Lost and M:i:III alum, Greg Grunberg, who stars with an ensemble cast!

The ABC Press Release for Lost Episode 3.02 is under the cut. Excuse me while I *SQUEE* about seeing that former Alias scribes, Jeff Pinkner & Drew Goddard, wrote this one

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According to this article from Zap2it.com, our beloved Bradley Cooper (aka Will from Alias) is engaged to actress Jennifer Esposito. No wedding date has yet been announced.

BIG CONGRATS to them both.