This idea is so-so to me.  If JJ wants to give us seven minutes in heaven he could give us more Lost!

J.J. Abrams playing ‘7 Minutes in Heaven’

by Jeff Labrecque
Categories: Lost, Movies, This Could Be Interesting…

J.J. Abrams and the folks at Bad Robot have conquered the art of the high-concept pitch. According to The Hollywood Reporter’s Heat Vision Blog, Abrams’ company has picked up an idea from Lost director Jack Bender that goes a little something like this: Two teens at a party play 7 Minutes in Heaven, and when they emerge from the closet, everyone else in the house is dead. I don’t have any idea who’s going to be in the movie, who will direct, or even a clue beyond that 21-word plot description, but I’m already digging into my wallet.

Anyone who’s seen Abrams’ trailers for Cloverfield and Super 8 knows he’s a master of the less-is-more approach, the I’m-not-sure-what-I-just saw-but-I-want-more school of salesmanship. His projects typically have a sharp hook, and just a taste of the story is often enough to reel in an audience. No wonder he’s a green-light machine.

Does the short pitch for 7 Minutes sound interesting to you? Does Abrams’ track record give you confidence that the result will deliver the goods?

I must purchase something!

Click to link the auction here.

I can’t wait to see the interviews.  After Lost she said she was breaking from acting to write children’s books.  However, I’m more interested to see if they can coax her into talking about Lost.

Evangeline is filming a movie with Hugh Jackman (good choice!) titled Real Steel.  It’s a futuristic boxing drama with robots and humans.  Sounds relatively interesting and I can’t wait to see the chemistry between Hugh Jackman and Evangeline considering her steamy scenes with Josh Holloway.

Read about the movie here.

I know why they say shows could be the “next Lost” (it was a rhetorical heading and question) but I want them to be their own shows.  They could pique my interest more if they said that Lost fans would be interested in the show, but nothing will ever be Lost just like there will never be another X-Files.  The

Fox show “Terra Nova” sounds intriguing, but they really need to stop with the comparisons and let the show stand on it’s own.

Fox’s Terra Nova

Jason O’Mara, star of ABC’s 1970s-set Life on Mars, has officially been cast in the Fox midseason series Terra Nova, from executive producers Brannon Braga (FlashForward, 24, Star Trek: Enterprise), David Fury (24, Lost, Angel), and Steven Spielberg. According to Variety, the show revolves around “humans from the year 2149 who are forced to find a way to save the human race — and discover a rip in the time-space continuum that can send them back to pre-human Earth.”

“Writing the character of Jim Shannon, we’ve thought of Jason O’Mara as something of an archetype,” Braga told the trade. “He has an everyman quality to him, but there’s something dangerous underneath.”

In May, EW’s Hollywood Insider blog got a peek at the first script. (Fox has given the show, which will start shooting this summer in Australia, a 13-episode commitment.) “The scene: a large group of settlers are preparing to leave the apocalyptic world they live in to time travel back millions of years via a massive, high-tech contraption,” EW’s Lynette Rice wrote. “Their goal is to see trees, enjoy a blue sky, eat real food — basically, to start over in this so-called Eden. But what they find is unlike anything they were expecting.”

Does this sound like the next Lost to you?

Watching our beloved Losties appear on other shows feels like watching your ex get a new boyfriend/girlfriend.  You want them to move on and be happy but the first time you see them together can be unsettling.  So I would guess it will get easier in time to see our Losties move on with their lives.

Law & Order: SVU Signs Lost Alum

Lost alum Henry Ian Cusick, who played the time-traveling Desmond Hume on the ABC series, is leaping to NBC. He has signed on for at least two fall episodes of Law & Order: SVU, playing a graphic artist named Erik Weber.

If you were trying to figure out what the writers were telling us with the final images of the show, then think no more.  For once there where images that meant nothing.

”The images shown during the end credits of the Lost finale, which included shots of Oceanic 815 on a deserted beach, were not part of the final story but were a visual aid to allow the viewer to decompress before heading into the news.”

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As I find more I’ll post the links here.

NY Times (click to link)

I’m still crying as I type this.  Crying because our friend (the show) has died.  Crying because Jack laying down to die then Vincent shows up to “guide” him if you will.  Crying because this show is amazing and had an even more amazing end.

I need to start with the bigger question.  I think that they are alive on the island.  I think that the side time line was showing us where they were headed as they died.  They were all waiting for each other.  That is why we don’t have to feel bad for Sun and Jin because they ended up together.  They all ended up together.  Live together, die alone… maybe but they ended up together.  Des was there to bring them together so they could cross as one.

I hope you will forgive me but I need to sit with this for tonight.  Every time I type something another thought comes up.  Seems just like the show that one question leads to another but one thought leads to another….  This Christmas gift deserves thought and gratitude.

I’m off work tomorrow so I will be up first thing to get going on my recap.

Namaste

Hi friends!  I’m in position for the next two hours to watch the recap.  Looks like they may show interviews?  Love that!

I sent a note under Gitsie Girl through the Verizon text thingy the other night.  Watch for me!

Any one reading this send a message that we should watch for?

I’m already on the verge of tears.  I can’t believe it’s almost over.

Hey guys, I’ve just read that Dark UFO is going to spoil the finale tomorrow.  Please don’t post any comments here if you read the spoilers.  I want to experience the end as it unfolds and I’m sure many who read this will say the same.