There were a lot of television showrunners and writers commenting on the series finale of The Sopranos, which caused quite a controversy with its “fade-to-black” non-ending. Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse made a promise to LOST fans that they won’t do that to us.
Quotes from the article:
“Obviously, we can’t wait to the 48th hour to say, ‘Here are all the mysteries of the show,’ ” Lindelof said. But Cuse also noted the reality of the sometimes vociferous and heavily engaged viewership of the show…
“I’m not sure there is any ending that will satisfy everyone,” Cuse said. “Our hope is that the ending will be … the logical conclusion of the story.”
I’m okay with that, but I’m sure that they have set themselves up, much like The Sopranos did, to tick off some boisterous sect of fans due to the greater-than-reasonably-legitimate expectations the show has garnered.
The article goes on to quote the Darlton boys on plans for the hiatus — those long ago promised “mobisodes” are set to finally appear this Fall, though not in the format they were originally presented in. Darlton said they’ve learned their lesson from “Bad Twin” and Lostaway Barbie and Ken. Good on them.
No comments on the S3 finale though. In case you are not aware, Lost Labs has issued a moratorium on talking about just what the heck we saw and what it all means. The moratorium will be lifted at San Diego Comic Con.
I know the subject line may seem a bit overdramatic, but if you have read as many theories about what is “really going on” with the LOST Island as I have, then you would understand.
I first clicked on this Washington Post blog entry, because it had a new revelation about LAST WEEK’s episode “Not in Portland.” It seems there is a message if you play the brainwashing scene in reverse — which is uber cool and MAY BE uber revealing. I’m not going to spoil it here, so that the proper peeps that found it get their credit. Just click on the article and it has an embedded video of the scene in reverse. Awesomeness.
The OTHER reason to read that blog article is for The Theory. It analyzes the hidden message in conjunction with THIS WEEK’s episode — and the fandom talk about what the Island is all about. The funny, and GENIUS, thing about this theory is that it did not originate from a fan or from Lost Labs — but from a true genius and his book, which made an appearance in last week’s episode. It is my favorite kind of launching point for a story, and something that I use in my own writing — WHAT IF what this book says is true…then WHAT IF that’s what this island is about. Again, I’m going to refer y’all to the article, because it deserves the credit, and credits the others who deserve it.
If this theory isn’t correct, I may actually be disappointed.
The Associated Press has their video recap up for last night’s LOST. The end of the video does discuss some spoilers for next week’s episode, so be forewarned
Was poking around YouTube today and discovered that ABC has an official YouTube channel called “InsideLost”. That link will take you to the page, where you can watch official vid clips and subscribe to it.
According to this SciFiWire article, ABC.com will be adding a whole lotta stuff to its Lost site. Things to look forward to? SIXTY backstory vids related to the “four main characters” (defined to be Jack, Kate, Sawyer and Locke), though don’t get too excited — they do not appear to contain any new content, but are snips from previously aired episodes. Which makes the kind of sense that…doesn’t. Other stuff that is actually new includes clips of some of the S3 DVD features and something called “Writer’s Rotation” which is not, as I first thought, a study of the writers who have been rotated through Lost Labs, but a look at the music that said writers listen to when they are being their wacky creative selves. Check the article for other LOST-goodness.
AP Video has again given us two scenes from the next Lost episode “I Do.” One scene is between Sayid and Locke; the other is between the Fearsome Threesome (aka Jack, Juliet and Ben).