June 15, 2008
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People can be very passionate about spoilers. One has to be exceedingly careful when deploying spoilers to fans of a TV series. Lost, especially, is difficult. Lost is a series that greatly relies on its surprises. Without them, it wouldn't be Lost. However, I can tell you, knowing the spoiler that will be revealed below, that this spoiler is vague and uncertain enough that it won't necessarily ruin anything for fans. The validity of the spoiler is not uncertain, but who it regards is. It involves casting for next season. That's all I'll say for now. It's up to you, Lost fan, whether you want to know what it is. If you're one of those people who avoids any and all spoilers, then I advise you stay away.
SPOILER WARNING!!! GO NO FURTHER IF YOU HATE SPOILERS!!!
June 13, 2008
With the Lost season 4 finale come and gone, what's a TV fan to do during the long summer and fall months while waiting for Lost's return in 2009? Why, head to a cool air-conditioned theater and watch the Lost cast take on big movie roles, of course.
Already this summer Jack (Matthew Fox) ditched the beach and took a break from fretting over the island's insistence that he return so that he could play Racer X in Speed Racer. Before that he could be seen in the twisty turvy thriller, Vantage Point. But Lost's grizzled doctor isn't only one who is taking the leap from small screen to big.
June 12, 2008
One of the cool things about Lost is the cast's anonymity. Aside from Matthew Fox, the main cast is pretty much exclusively associated with Lost. They don't have a recognizable public persona. The stars stay out of the limelight, and as a result the audience can't separate the actors from the characters. This helps the audience get completely immersed in the Lost story. This being the case, it can be a tad jarring when you see an interview with a cast member and they say something unexpected. Naveen Andrews, who I can't ever remember seeing in anything out-of-character, recently conducted an interview with a British on line publication, and he's surprisingly candid about Lost's past, present and future.
June 12, 2008
As a die hard fan of Lost, I hold out hope that one of these days we'll learn more about Libby. During her character's run on the show in season 2, we learned that she stayed in a mental institution with Hurley and was somewhat responsible for Desmond's trip to the island. However, Libby was shot and killed by Michael shortly after those mysteries were revealed, leaving her story without an ending. The character showed up in a ghostly capacity in season 4's "Meet Kevin Johnson," but we're still no closer to knowing the secrets behind Libby's past.
While Libby may be missing in action, actress Cynthia Watros is certainly keeping busy. Later this summer she'll appear on TBS' The Bill Engvall Show, and tonight she stars in the second installment of NBC's horror anthology series, Fear Itself.
June 10, 2008
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In a recent interview, Joel McHale, the host of The Soup on E!, said, “Our mantra is that 90 percent of all television is bad, and ten percent has never been better.” I couldn't put it any better. While the worst shows on television used to be unfunny, yet harmless, sitcoms, we now have shows like Tila Tequila, the Kardashians, The Moment of Truth, etc. However, while the nadir of TV has never been depressing, the cream of the crop has similarly “never been better.” It seems that, finally, networks and TV writers have figured out that television provides a unique opportunity for long-form serial dramas. The Sopranos, The Wire, 24, The Shield, Heroes, Lost and others have taken advantage of the serial format in ways older series never even attempted. Despite the overwhelming amount of crap currently on our airwaves, it is a great time to be a TV fan. One of the big reasons for this is Lost. With The Wire and The Sopranos off the air, I can confidently say that Lost is the best drama on TV, or at least the most ambitious. Film school students will be studying Lost for decades; never has a show experimented more with structure, broken formula, and used their rebelliousness in such a flawless manner.
June 9, 2008
It's been over a week since the Lost season finale aired and my mind is still spinning. There was too much to take in over the two-hour final episode. Making sense of it all takes time. Even after this week and a half long gestating period, I still have an incredible amount of questions. Some of these won't be answered until season 5, some not until season 6, and some probably will never be answered. The Lost writers are juggling dozens of plot points in this period between seasons. With that in mind (and considering it's been a slow news day), I thought I'd pose some lingering Lost questions I had floating around in my brain and see if all you BuddyTV Lost fans could give me some answers.
June 6, 2008
The Lost season 4 finale was the most-watched show on television last week. Usually just breaking the top-twenty in weekly viewers according to the Nielsens, Lost had 12.3 million viewers tune in to the two-hour finale. This is great news for Lost, which has dipped in the ratings ever since its much-hyped first season. It has to be noted, however, that the season finale aired with little competition. ABC opted to air the finale in the last week of May, after almost every other network series had aired their season finale. Still, it never hurts to be number one.
June 5, 2008
It could have been something out of an early Lost flashback. Almost three years ago a desperate young man broke into the Hawaii home of one of TV's biggest stars and robbed him at gunpoint before stealing his Mercedes and driving off into the night. Only in the real world, Lost's con man Sawyer (Josh Holloway) was the victim and not the devious swindler.
What makes for thrilling drama on television isn't quite so exciting in real life, so it must have been with relief that Josh Holloway and his wife Yessica learned of the thief's sentencing this past Tuesday.