Monday, February 26, 2007
Jorge Garcia talks about Lost
Jorge Garcia, who plays Hurley on Lost was recently interviewed by The New York Post. This week’s Lost season 3 episode “Tricia Tanaka is Dead” is briefly discussed, and Jorge talks about his view on Lost’s decline in ratings:
“Of course, we talk about the ratings on the set, but when they change something on this show, they change a lot of things. So it’s not like we can point to one thing and say this isn’t working, but I rest assured in knowing that my job on this show is just a portion of the whole. I’m not in charge of anything else and I’m not worried about it.”
The interview also contains a small revelation:
“When we first came on, we were instructed to say that we knew where it was all going, but as it kept going, we were allowed to say that we have no idea. I think about a dozen people actually know.”
Sunday, February 18, 2007
Flashes Before Your Eyes
new Lost episode titled “Flashes Before Your Eyes” takes us back to our Lost friends on the beach. Will Kate and Sawyer make it back to the main island? What has been going on while we’ve observed the events on “Alcatraz” island? Can Desmond predict the future?
Tonight’s Desmond-centric episode might answer a few questions related to his past and his newfound precognitive abilities.
Desmond has become one of my favorite characters and I think he plays a vital part in the larger Lost story so I’m very excited about this episode.
Wednesday, February 14, 2007
Lost Season 3 Video Interviews
Lost Season 3 continues with the episode “Not in Portland”. We have waited for three months and anticipation is high. In this exciting video, the actors of Lost talk about what’s going on with their characters and what we can expect from the upcoming episodes.
Since the next two episodes “Not in Portland” and “Flashes Before Your Eyes” are discussed, there are a couple of spoilers in the video, particularly from Dominic Monaghan. As you know, I don’t like spoilers, but I found the video to be quite enjoyable even though some things were revealed.
Saturday, February 10, 2007
Friday, February 9, 2007
The Land of Lost Time
It was right before my eyes and I didn’t see it!
When Dr.Richard Alpert was trying to convince Juliet to come work for Mittelos Bioscience he showed her MRI scans of a womb. After quickly examining the scans, Juliet says it’s a human womb and judging from the decomposition of the endometrium it’s probably from a woman somewhere in her 70s. To our surprise, Dr. Alpert reveals that the woman is only 26.
When Juliet asks what happened to the woman, Dr.Alpert replies by asking her if she would be interested in having complete freedom and money to find out.
Tuesday, February 6, 2007
The stars of Lost give some insight on life in Hawaii
Matthew Fox
"It's beautiful here. I've always loved Hawaii and I've been travelling here for a lot of years on vacation. My wife and I have always sort of joked about me getting a gig that would bring us here for an extended period of time - and here we are! The kids are incredibly happy and we are all very excited to be here. "I'm surfing a little bit again. I surfed in Southern California for a few years but I gave it up because the water is so cold! Obviously, it's reinvigorated my desire to get back into surfing here. I bought my boards over and I try to get my kids involved! "As for shooting the show, every day is a new challenge. You've got rain, magnificent sunsets, lightning storms - the list just goes on and on. Working in a really natural environment as beautiful and majestic as Hawaii is amazing."
Jorge Garcia
"When I moved to Hawaii , I moved next to a woman who is now my girlfriend now, so that definitely makes it feel like home. We have a cat and a dog. I like to go swimming and go to the beach a lot although pictures of me have started showing up in magazines when I go.
"I did a charity event last summer that was a salute to the troops and they sent me one of the poker tables that was used, so I have a really nice red felt poker table. I bought these really cool cup holders you see at casinos that slide between the armrest and the felt. I have people over to play but the thing I really want is something I can't buy - this nice casino style shuffler made by Shufflemaster. It is available for sale to the public but it is such a ridiculous amount of money that if you bought such an item, it would be an embarrassment! In poker, the guy you have to watch now is Daniel Dae Kim - because he's been improving his game, You can tell from where we started, and where we are now that he's been studying. He has improved his game a lot. I started to go back and re-learn poker basics just to be a little more serious when I'm playing against him. Josh Holloway is also a tough poker player because he'll go with any two cards and sometimes he has good cards and sometimes he doesn't. You can never tell where he is at!"
Monday, February 5, 2007
Friday, February 2, 2007
Lost is the number one recorded show
According to New York Daily News, Lost is so important to the viewers that more people store it on their TiVo or other digital video recorders than any other prime-time series.
More than 1.5 million people record the ABC series for later viewing on their TiVos or other digital recording devices each week, a practice known since the heyday of the VCR as time-shifting. In the new statistics, that figure is counted along with the number of people watching live in Nielsen’s survey.
Closely following Lost is the other Touchstone hit - “Gray’s Anatomy” and Lost’s unofficial buddy-series “Heroes” on NBC.
I’m certainly not surprised. Many fans find it easier and more enjoyable to watch series like Lost and Heroes on their own schedule, and with the amount of complexity and mysteries, I know that many Lost fans watch the episodes two or three times; either just for fun or to analyze the events and look for clues.
I usually watch Lost twice. First when it airs, and then once more the next day; first of all because I enjoy the show, but also to be inspired and reminded of the important events in the episode so I’ll stay on top of the discussions and come up with interesting things to write about.
How do you watch Lost?
Thursday, February 1, 2007
ABC posts new Lost podcast
ABC has posted a new Lost video podcast that contains cast interviews, behind the scenes footage, and previews for upcoming episodes. The podcast is a bit spoilerish, so people wishing to watch the show with fresh eyes should steer clear. Clips from "Not in Portland" are included, as are interviews with Michael Emerson, Henry Ian Cusick, Josh Holloway, Daniel Dae Kim, Elizabeth Mitchell, and Dominic Monoghan. They had me at Michael Emerson. Those wishing to download the podcast can do so at iTunes.
'Lost' Creators: We Know Where We're Going
The producers of "Lost" are looking to set a precise end-date for ABC's Emmy-winning thriller, which some critics say has lost its way this season.
A time line would help the show's creative team plot out the final story arcs of the marooned plane-crash survivors, executive producer Carlton Cuse told reporters Sunday.
"It's time for us now to find an end point for this show," Cuse said during ABC's portion of the Television Critics Assn. winter press tour in Pasadena. "It's always been discussed that the show would have a beginning, middle and end."
Cuse, who executive produces with Damon Lindelof, said there seemed to be "an underlying anxiety (among fans) that ... we don't know what we're doing."
He noted that "Harry Potter" author J.K. Rowling has said her series will end after the next book, "which gives everybody a sort of feeling of certainty that that story is driving toward a conclusion."
Some critics have blasted ABC's decision to launch the third season of "Lost" in the fall for seven weeks and then rest it for four months. It returns to ABC's schedule next month. ABC Entertainment president Stephen McPherson said they might be right, and next year he wants to go the route Fox does with "24," running all 20-something episodes consecutively with no repeats.
The success of "Lost" in its 2004 debut led the way for a parade of heavily serialized dramas. Like clockwork, the major networks dived head-first into serial territory this past season -- but with few successes. ABC misfired this fall with two cliffhanger-driven shows, "The Nine" and "Daybreak."
"The shows were incredibly well-produced," McPherson said. "We loved the shows creatively . . . It may have just been the timing."
He said both "Nine" and the poorly-rated freshman drama "Six Degrees" still have a chance to return to the schedule this spring despite being pulled. "Degrees," in fact, is in production to finish out its original 13-episode order.
In fact, many of ABC's rookie series have struggled to find their footing. That includes the comedy "The Knights of Prosperity," a half-hour built around the antics of an oddball group of New Yorkers who set their sights on robbing Mick Jagger. But McPherson said he was committed to comedy.
"The great thing is that people are taking chances," he said. "I mean, for us, taking chances is what redefined us ... We hope we can get a bigger audience for (comedies). But I also don't think that the sitcom is dead ... I believe that comedy is due to kind of explode."
