Two years of drought are over! Lost has been nominated for Outstanding Drama Series. Michael Emerson has also been nominated for Supporting Actor, but where are the rest? No Locke?

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While I’m at home drinking iced tea under the shade of a tree (while my pool boy fans me)… see what the cast of Lost has been up to this summer.

Dominic Monaghan (how cool is this!):
X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Wolverine lives a mutant life, seeks revenge against Victor Creed (who will later become Sabertooth) for the death of his girlfriend, and ultimately ends up going through the mutant Weapon X program.

Jorge Garcia (I think this one sounds very interesting):
Seymour’s Last Rule. Seymour’s Last Rule traces the journey of a drug addicted but functional trauma nurse, Robbie McIntyre, whose motivation to confront inner turmoil is precipitated by an unlikely source: a 400-pound patient, Seymour Holmes, who is near death after an apparent accident. Robbie’s ‘do-not-disturb’ life crumbles when she is forced to care for Seymour, who has been the recipient of every form of ridicule but has never indulged in self-pity. These two unlikely characters have a lot more in common than is initially apparent, and illustrate that life - when judged through the shroud of assumption and preconception - is seldom what it seems.

Naveen Andrews (Sayid):
Animals. Syd Jarrett (Marc Blucas) is an unsuspecting, down-and-out man in a washed-up hick town whose life is turned upside down when the drop-dead gorgeous Nora (Nicki Aycox) walks through the door of the local bar. Jarrett’s passion for Nora leads him peripherally into a sub-culture of animals where he encounters Vic (Naveen Andrews), a renegade whose animal instincts are stronger than his human ones. As things begin to get even worse, Jarrett realizes that his best chance for happiness, and survival, lies in his true love for Jane (Eva Amurri).

Daniel Dae Kim:
The Andromeda Strain. Made for TV (USA). When a satellite crashes near the remote Utah town of Piedmont, it becomes apparent that it may be carrying a deadly virus. All but two of the town’s inhabitants, a baby and a Sterno drinker, are dead. Working in a secret government laboratory deep underground, Dr. Jeremy Stone leads a team of scientists who try to identify the virus and develop a means of stopping its spread. Several others, including the military and other senior government officials, have their own agendas however leading to the spread of misinformation about the origin of the virus.

Michael Emerson (I wondered why he was working instead of home with his wife, then I realized his wife stars in this movie):
Ready, OK? In this poignant comedy, a single Mom struggles to understand her young son’s obsession with dresses, dolls and girls’ cheer-leading. With the recent death of her absent father, her wayward brother returns home, compelling them all to face themselves and what it truly means to be a “family”

Henry Ian Cusick
Dead Like Me. After the departure of Rube Sofer, a new head reaper named Cameron Kane takes over. He’s a slick businessman who couldn’t care less about helping the newly dead. Chaos ensues and brings out the worst in Daisy and Mason who begin drinking anew. George and Reggie re-connect for the first time when George reaps a new friend of Reggie’s.
Harold Perrineau (you can tell who has some free time):
Your Name Here. The lines between reality and perception blur in this comic journey into the life and mind (literally!) of one of sci-fi’s most brilliant authors. Paranoid conspiracies of the highest order, drug-fueled interdimensional shifts, and 1970’s pop culture combine for the mind-bending adventure of the century.

Felon. A loving family man with a promising future loses everything when he accidentally kills the burglar who broke into his home. Covicted of involuntary manslaughter, he is sentence to spend the next three years inside a maximum security facility where the rules of society no longer apply.
Emile de Ravin. This girl has been busy! Two movies coming out in 2008 and one being filmed now for 2009 release. I’m guessing she has the time as her role on Lost has been let’s say “cut back.”

The Perfect Game. Based on a true story. In 1957 a rag-tag, shoeless, poor group of kids from Monterrey, Mexico shocked the world by winning 13 games in a row and the Little League World Series in the only perfect game ever pitched in the Championship. These kids, led by their priest and a down-and-out former major leaguer embark on a journey through the southern US and up into Williamsport, PA for the Championship game. They encountered many adversities including nearly being deported and the bigotry that wouldn’t allow them into certain restaurants or travel on certain buses. They never lost their faith and eventually captured the hearts of both nations. This is a heart-warming inspirational story in the tradition of “Rudy”, “Hoosiers”, “Coach Carter” or “Friday Night Lights”

Ball Don’t Lie. An urban coming-of-age tale about a young streetballer who struggles with his past as he faces an uncertain future.

Yunjin Kim:
Two Sisters. Made for TV movie, a light-hearted family comedy co-starring Margaret Cho.

Evangeline Lilly:
Afterwards. Nathan Del Amico, a brilliant New York lawyer who leads a life of professional success, but his private life is pretty dismal since he divorced Mallory, his only love. Until he meets Garrett Goodrich, a mysterious doctor who introduces himself as a “messenger.” He claims that he can sense when certain people are about to die, and that he is sent to help them put their life in order before it’s too late. Nathan doesn’t believe a word of this, but soon afterwards he witnesses some disconcerting scenes which seem to confirm the doctor’s claims.

Let’s not talk about what Matthew Fox has to promote:

This has nothing to do with “Lost” but geez people it’s a long hiatus and I was pretty excited when I read this. Russell Crowe has signed on to play the Sheriff in “Nottingham.” It’s a twist on the original story with Robin Hood being the bad guy and the Sheriff is the hero. To add icing on to a deliciously exciting cake, Ridley Scott is directing (hello, anyone remember Gladiator?) and I’ve read that Christian Bale is slated to play Robin Hood. Unless they really botch this up (which is rare with a Russell Crowe movie but it happens) I am uber excited about this one.

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(Time to insert gratuitous picture of Russell Crowe)

This may be old news to many of you, but my daughter kept telling me that if we could find a Lost video game she would play it with me. This piqued my curiosity. So I started digging around and found that there is indeed a Lost video game but the down side is that it’s only out for PS3 and XBox 360 of which I have neither. I can’t believe they don’t have it for Wii! I’m still torn on who I’d make my Mii for, but it looks like they already have a main guy. Anyone out there played it yet?

(Update: I just showed this to my daughter and she said, “Yeah, I know. I told you if we had it I’d play it.” Should have know that a teenager would know about games!)

Making of: http://www.gamersyde.com/stream_6325_en.html

Website dedicated to the game: http://lostviadomus.com/

“You awake to the blazing sun, the screaming of other passengers, the wreckage of Oceanic flight 815. And no memory of what has happened. Now you must fight for your survival by exploring the island, uncovering its dark secrets, and piecing together the fragments of your own furtive past. If you’re lucky, you may just find a way home…

* Experience the never-before-told story of a previously unseen flight 815 survivor.

* Uncover the island’s secrets, exploring familiar and new locations and interacting with other key survivors.

* Confront the island’s dark forces to solve the mystery of your own illicit past and discover a way home. ”

You’ll have to wait until December 9 for Season Four on DVD!  Despite the short season, it’s still going to be priced the same as the first three seasons (of course).  I guess I could say that it’s worth it considering this may have been my favorite season yet.

Yes, there is reality TV that solidly doesn’t suck. I meant to post this earlier so the try outs are over, but if you haven’t watched it yet, So You Think You Can Dance is still worth jumping in to see. They take dancers from all genres (ballet, hip hop, contemporary…), pair them up and then they have to dance in all styles. What I have learned is no, I can’t dance. These are amateurs people! Keep that in mind when watching (yes, they are trained but the girl in this one has only been dancing for 5 years prior to this show). Another note, they dance to some pretty great music and always tell you who the artist and song are.

I was snooping around the internet and came across this photo from the 2006 Screen Actors Guild Awards.  Looks like the island has about a 70% death rate.  One note, out of the nine that are *dead* four had drunk driving charges at some point while on the show.   Don’t drink and drive kids!

The only thing missing was the ruby slippers. I like the irony of the title, though. On one hand, the Oceanic Six are home. On the other, the island became their home.
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1. Here’s a link back to the original translation of the newspaper article Jack is carrying around with the obit from Jeremy Bentham. What I find the most interesting is that it states that Bentham is survived by a teenage son. Holy crap this is going to get good!

2. What is Locke going to possibly come to the Oceanic Six and say that convinces Jack of all people that they have to go back. Going back is the only way to keep Aaron and Kate safe.

3. The only reason I can come up with for having Michael die such a dramatic death is that the fans were hungry for Michael to pay the price for what he had done to the other Losties. I let it go last season and had moved on to new people to want to see dead - like Keemy. Maybe there was more plot development that just couldn’t happen because of the writer’s strike. I still would have like to have seen a Micheal and Walt “happy” ending though. Walt has lost both parents now, not cool.
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4. I’m glad, however, that Desmond didn’t suddenly have powers of bomb disposal. I like that he said he learned just enough to blow himself up.

5. Keemy asks Ben the question of the season - why is Ben so important? Why does Widmore want Ben back alive?
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6. So you have top military trained men (Keemy’s people) that are there to take Ben away. They split up into the weeds to try and find the Others that are there to save Ben and the Others overpower Keemy’s men? Wow, I would think that the Others must have had some serious military training to pull that off. Sure, they have the advantage of being natives to the island, but they come bearing electrical darts vs. machine guns. Impressive. (OK, they had some guns, but still…)
7. Here’s my suggestion to the Others. When you are trying to sneak up on armed military men, don’t sound out the whispers, it kind of gives you away.

8. I guess I shouldn’t laugh but when Keemy kicks the grenade over to his buddy, duh!

9. Sayid kicked some butt! Keemy was smart, however, that he played dead and then went to the one place he knew Ben would go.
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10. I can tell you why none of the O6 went to see Walt - no one wanted to tell him that Michael was dead. Locke was always straight up with him, though, so I’ll be interested to see that conversation.

11. I don’t understand why Locke insisted to speak with Jack without Sawyer and Hurley present. Men are so dramtic (lol).
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12. Interesting that the crackers that Ben dug up aren’t stale. Sawyer even eats one. Meaningless? Why wouldn’t the crackers be stale after all those years? Tupperware ought to look into the technology of the tin those crackers were in.
13. Random shot that I thought was pretty cool.
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14. Here you go SKID … a last look at Dan and his tie. I think we’ll be seeing this guy again and will he still be wearing a tie?
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15. I wasn’t crazy about the obvious set up for next season to find out why Charlotte wanted to “get back” to the island. I like my set-ups to be much more subtle. They either need to make her story very fascinating or I’m just going to have to campaign to kill her off the show. I think there are still some of those scary petrifying spiders running around! Could she be Annie? Not sure that I really care right now. I’m more interested to see Miles chatting with Jacob or find out how Dan gets rescued.

16. More random shots. I love the way the light hits Locke.
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17. This was one squeaky elevator ride. Not sure I’d want to be on that one.
18. The Orchid was built for experiments with space and time. The bunny was going to be shifted 100 milliseconds forward in time. I’m thinking that’s how the move the whole island. It’s always ahead in time.

19. Was anyone else thinking about Jeff Goldblum in The Fly when they saw the pod? Hope Ben didn’t travel with any insects!
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20. Halliwax = Dr Crandel. Why did he have a winter coat there (the one Ben travels in)? Where is he? Was he Ben’s predecessor?
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21. Sawyer whispers to Kate, “I have a daughter in Alabama. You need to find her. Tell her I’m sorry.” I will post an enhanced video but not in this one (it’s long enough as it is).
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22. “Checkmate Mr Eko.” This shot was very Jacob-in-the-cabin-like.
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23. I wonder where Sayid can take Hurley that is safe. Hurley must know some about Sayid’s lifestyle because he’s not surprised to see him carrying a gun or that he just killed a man outside the hospital.

24. That’s awfully nice of “the island” to let Michael go now, but could the island really have saved him from 500 pounds of c4? Any have you noticed that the neat, clean cut Christian appears here? And of course the whispers.
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25. Is he or isn’t he? We can see the last place Jin was standing then where the bomb tears apart the boat. I think there is still the possibility he made it although, not sure he was close enough to the island to be there when it ‘moved.”
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26. Sun says several interesting things to Widmore. She tells him that they have “common interests.” She also states “As you know, we were not the only ones who left the island.” I think she means Ben. I truly doubt she’s referring to Desmond as he is her friend. I agree that her intent coming to Widmore wasn’t to help him, but rather she is going to use him in her revenge plot.

27. OK this really sucks for Sawyer. He sacrificed himself to save Kate and Hurely and now he thinks they blew up on the boat. They had just softened him up and now this. Yeah, I think there are some dark days ahead for Sawyer.
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28. There are hieroglyphics all over this island. As long as we don’t have any more *ahem* interruptions we may actually get to see their meaning (along with the four toed statue). Remember that there were hieroglyphs on the counter in the original hatch that have never been explained either.
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29. Instead of looking at the meaning behind the imagery, I’m wonder about the technology of how moving this wheel moves them in time. It’s like they took the energy of the hatch and somehow control it with this wheel. Maybe the more they move it the more the island moves?
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30. The sky is turning purple again. Just like when the hatch imploded.
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31. Now you see it, now you don’t! I hope that Dan was close enough to go with it but I have a feeling they are going to need him *off* the island as he is the one who originally figured out the coordinates to get there. Then they’ll have a big Dan and Charlotte reunion. Yeah, there is a ripple but it’s pretty small for an island to have physically have gone somewhere. And it doesn’t last very long either. My vote is on some time shift.
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32. Another crash that they all survived. Guess it’s not their time to go yet.

33. Here is one of the scenes where the color is all wonky. Is it just bad production?
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34. What Kate hears on the phone is a series of clicks and then that crazy backwards talking. But, and I’ll get it posted soon, played forward it says, ” The island needs you. You have to go back before it’s too late.” I think it also sounds like Locke’s voice.
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35. Nice white rabbit and conveniently right before Claire shows her face.
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36. Is it just me or does Aaron sleep a lot? I don’t remember my 3 - 4 year old sleeping that much.

37. Hurley asks Kate (on the raft) if Aaron is ok and she says yes, that it’s a miracle. Jack had just told Locke he doesn’t believe in miracles. Irony. Aaron is definitely special to live through what he has just like Locke was a miracle baby.

38. Now this is a love story! I’m glad that we didn’t have to wait until the last season wondering if they would meet up again. There should still be a lot of story to tell but now we can go on to other story lines. Still, a great, great scene.
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39. We still haven’t found out why Naomi was carrying that picture of Desmond and Penny. There was no reason for Widmore at the time to think Desmond could protect her so will we find out her motive? It had to be from Penny because if Widmore had her looking for him wouldn’t she just be carrying a picture of Desmond and not a sentimental photo of the two together?

40. Frank has been on the yacht for a week yet he still looks this grungy. We’re not done with this guy yet. He knows too much. I’m sure he’ll be important in getting them back when the time comes.
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41. On an aside, I’ve been thinking, won’t Sun be of great interest since she conceived on the island? She wouldn’t have lived if she had stayed but won’t they want to know about the baby?

42. Jack says to Ben that Locke told him some very bad things had happened on the island since he left and they were his fault. Not that I want to see bad things happen back on the island, but this is great set up for seasons to come. What bad things, to who, how is it Jack’s fault and how can he fix it?

43. Jack agrees in the last scene that he needs to go back to the island. What are they going to do with Locke until they can get there?

44. So when we see flashes (what will they be now, flash backs again?) if Locke is back on the mainland will he be back in the wheelchair? The island didn’t necessarily heal him and it could just be he can walk while he’s there.
45. Desmond is Dan’s constant. If Dan is still around won’t he have to find Desmond? Jack warns Desmond not to let *them* find him which makes me think he’ll somewhat be in hiding.

46. Walt’s going to have some Daddy issues now with Michael gone (if he heads back to the island). Walt should do well though because Locke taught him some mad knife skills when he was little.

So, with this all said I bid goodbye to Season 4. I’ll be around this summer so keep checking back and leaving comments.

GG

*Sniffle*

I proclaim that this episode was hands down my favorite episode of the entire show… of any season… the best.

(If you haven’t watched then don’t read on. Lots of major reveals in this episode)

The bittersweet season ending to, dare I say, the best (and shortest) season since Lost premiered. Sweet because we finally got to see it, bitter because here comes seven loooooong months of waiting.

1. After two hours it was hard to find the place to start. I feel more moved than most movies that I see in the theater. This one I’ll need to see again… and maybe one more time after that.

2. Desmond and Penny! Yes! The kiss that was Carlton Cuse’s favorite scene of the show. I wondered… when I saw the Kate/Sawyer kiss it was nice but not time stopping. But YES! When Penny and Des see each other! Wow, spectacular! I was hoping so much that they wouldn’t kill off Des and Frank. AND I think that Frank has to survive because he knows about the island and the other Losties and… he can fly a plane. He’ll be back.

3. Confirmed - Jin is dead. Yunjin Kim was amazing in that scene. I can see why Sun would blame Jack for his death. I would too. That totally sucked but on the other hand maybe none of them would have lived had Frank not taken the chopper away. But, I could also see how they could explain that he makes it off the boat, gets on the raft with Dan and somehow survives. Damn it! Not sure again!

4. Locke is Jeremy Bentham. That sucks in so many ways. But we know that we’re not done with him, especially if he comes and talks to Jack and Kate. He’s the new Ben on the island. Plus we have to see why it is that Locke is the one that can keep the Losties back home safe and with him dead why they are now in danger.

5. For me, this was the episode of sacrifices. Jin for Sun. Michael “tried” to save Jin. Sawyer jumped for Kate. Sayid risked his life to come and take Hurley somewhere safe. Ben not willing to sacrifice anything for the people on the boat yet sacrifices his life on the island to save the island.

6. I found it very intense when Jack and Locke first meet at the Orchid. Another Emmy moment for (Jack) Matthew?

7. The whispers were loud tonight. They have to be connected with the Others because right after Kate shows up at the helicopter to help Ben escape, before the Others rescue him, you can hear the whispers.

8. We got to see the Others using the magic darts again. This time, though, they were electrified. Cool toys!

9. OK, was the fight scene between Keemy and Sayid the coolest or what? My heart was racing! Naveen Andrews has to be thrilled with the direction and the scenes that Sayid was in this year.

10. Darlton said that we’d see Walt again and the growth would be explained. Guess they were telling the truth. I’m going to be interested to see if he’s brought back to the show regularly.

11. I guess Locke’s prophecy about Jack’s life back on land was correct. The lies are eating him from the inside out.

12. I chuckled when Ben told Locke to watch this “very informative video.”

13. Will need to get a better listen to all the time movement stuff that Ben tells Locke.

14. Now I have to go back and watch Ben’s episode where he wakes up in the middle of the desert. I guess now we know why Charlotte found the bear in the middle of the desert. It also sounds like she was born there. Now we’ll get to see their flashbacks since Charlotte and Miles are stuck on the island. And where is DAN!!!??? He’s a smart guy, surely he can figure how to get them somewhere. Maybe he planned for this somewhere in his book? They can’t just leave him floating to certain death.

15. I love that Hurley is seeing all sorts of dead people now. Does he have a gift like Miles and just chalks it up to being crazy?

16. Sawyer’s character has just changed so much as we see from him jumping from the helicopter that I’m going to be excited to see where they take him over the next two seasons.

17. OK so why would Locke’s death be staged to look like a suicide? Again, this is going to be so interesting to see play out over the next two years. There cannot be another writer’s strike.

18. Michael hears the whispers right before Christian shows up on the boat. Guess we know that he is really dead.

19. Sun is helping Widmore? There must be more of Ben that we’re going to see as well.

20. Ben doesn’t sacrifice his life on the island without having a plan. Then I think he knows the only way he can get back is with the 6 Losties so he manipulates them to get back. He always has a plan.

21. So when Ben “moves the island” does it not look remarkably like when the hatch imploded?

22. The helicopter crash would have to be so traumatic considering this was their second plane crash. No wonder Hurley went off his rocker.

23. Was it just me or did the shot of Jack when he first gets on the raft look really weird? It was either a terrible production problem or something odd happened there.

24. Back to Walt, why would his grandma agree to bring him halfway across the country to see Hurley? What went on in that conversation?

25. Kate sees Claire. I’ve read the thought that Claire died when Keemy and the gang blew up her house. That is why she woke up without a scratch from being blown up. That is why Miles could see her walk off in the jungle. That is why Miles couldn’t stop her from wandering off and why she couldn’t take Aaron with her … and why she was in the cabin with Christian/Jacob. So, now Kate is seeing dead people.

26. Was it just me or when the raft is found by Penny’s boat were you expecting to see Mr Friendly appear and say, “We’re gonna have to take the boy?”

27. Speaking of the boy, remember that Locke as a baby was some sort of miracle because he survived all sorts of illnesses and what not? Now Aaron survives two crashes, being kidnapped, being on an island for months and he’s healthy as a horse? Is he the next Locke?

28. Since Desmond has now found Penny I’m sure he’s going to have to seriously protect her from Ben.

29. What types of terrible things is Locke referring to that happened after the Oceanic Six left the island?

30. And now we’ve been set up for the next two years.

31. More to come, really need to go get some screencaps!

From the set of next week’s epi:

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(Did you notice two people that weren’t part of the Oceanic Six?)