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Funny someone posted on the topic again after all these months. I've been seeing the Blu-Ray / DVD commercials with extra LOST footage being advertised.

I was also reading an interesting article on Wired about the Squirrel Baby Controversy.

I haven't thought about LOST at all since the series finale. I'm debating whether to get the Blu-Ray.
 
Anyone get this today? I bought the complete set, and can't wait for it to get here via mail. Someone post some pics of that baby!
 
Someone post some pics of that baby!

Umm, babies?!?

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This is like having a wound for 6 years, then it gets stitched up, then someone rips it open again only to later pour salt on it.
I miss Lost.
 
This is like having a wound for 6 years, then it gets stitched up, then someone rips it open again only to later pour salt on it.
I miss Lost.

Me too. I hold Lost up there with Rome and Dexter. In the 3rd season my wife complained that it was moving too slowly. I was so wrapped up with character relationships and loved the shows aura so the pace did not bother me at all.
 
Me too. I hold Lost up there with Rome and Dexter. In the 3rd season my wife complained that it was moving too slowly. I was so wrapped up with character relationships and loved the shows aura so the pace did not bother me at all.

Thing is Lost was one of the few shows that I did watch (and enjoy). The Deep has 1 episode left, Doctor Who is off till next year. Have I Got News For You, Spooks and Peep Show are supposed to be starting up again soon. There's Futurama I guess.
Slim pickings :(.
 
Just purchased the season 6 Blu-ray, and it came with a 10 dollar off coupon for the season 6 BR or DVD. Since it is no use to me, I'll send it to someone if you would like. Let me know.

Picture quality is really nice on the BRD!
 
Everytime I see LOST in a thread it reminds me of the one that got away. You know; the girl that you make yourself forget about but seems to creep back into your mind from time to time.

I am 50 years old and I've watched a fair amount of TV. Nothing has ever captured my attention like LOST. Nothing...
 
California has a lottery named "Mega Millions". On Tuesday (January 4, 2011) the winning numbers were
4 8 15 something something 42​
Sound familiar?

25,587 people won $150 by picking 4 of the winning numbers. Chances are, many of them used Hurley's numbers. Total payout: $3,838,050 for these 4-correct winners.

Two winners picked all 6 numbers and earned $177.5 million each.

In the California drawing, Hurley's numbers were drawn 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and last. Winning numbers are then shown in numerical order, except that the last number stays last, which is how it came out to be 4 8 15 something something 42.

Furthermore, Hurley's drawing had a near-record jackpot. So did California, with a near-record $355 jackpot.

The question is: Are the California lottery winners lucky or are they cursed?

Video: Hurley winning Mega Lotto drawing

Video: California Mega Millions drawing

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4 8 15 16 23 42
 
Jorge Garcia posted an entry to his blog after the LOST lotto numbers in the Mega Millions warning winners not to spend the money because it was cursed! ;) And executive producer Carlton Cuse tweeted that he and fellow producer Damon Lindelof had nothing to do with the lotto and it was all cosmic significance!
 
This is like having a wound for 6 years, then it gets stitched up, then someone rips it open again only to later pour salt on it.
I miss Lost.

I just restarted watching the series streaming on Netflix and am taking notes, not every-little-detail notes, just general themes. I'm thinking about posting them somewhere, but so far I've not found an adequate location. I'm thinking the powers at MacRumors would not want to see this as a MacRumors Guide mostly cause I don't see a category it would fit into.

I found a site online Lost Wiki which would be ideal, lots of graphics, except it appears abandoned. My requests for access has gone unanswered.

Here is a sample focusing on major themes, not every little detail:
Lost Synopsis
Season 1
Episode1 - Pilot

* Characters established: Jack, Kate, Sayid, Hurley, Sawyer, Jin, Sun, Locke, Claire, Charlie, Michael, father of Walt, Shannon, sister of Boone, Rose Nadler.
*The first night on the island, survivors witness something, a monster in the jungle shaking palm trees, but can't see it directly.
*Jack, Kate, Charlie search the for the cockpit of the aircraft that broke off and landed in the jungle to find a radio. They find the radio and watch as the Captain is yanked out of the cockpit, killed by the monster, and left bloody in the top of a tree. At this point it is not clear that this is the smoke monster.

Episode 2- Pilot

*Sayid and Sawyer are suspicious of each other and argue. Sawyer thinks Sayid is a terrorist and Sayid thinks Sawyer is the prisoner who was in the custody of the dying Marshall.
*It is revealed that Kate was the prisoner, but her crime has not been identified. Jack, a doctor, tries to help the man with a shrapnel wound to the abdomen, who is the Marshall who was taking Kate back to the States.
*Based on Sayid's suggestion, he, Kate, Charlie, Sawyer, Boone, and his sister, Shannon brave the jungle to find high ground to improve the radio's reception/transmission capabilities. Enroute, a polar bear charges the group and Sawyer kills a it with a pistol (presumed to be the Marshall's) he found in the aircraft wreckage.They figure out that there is another radio transmission that is blocking their radio's reception and that a transmission by a french woman, saying "they are all dead" has been running for 16 years.
*Charlie is revealed to be a musician in a rock bank called Drive Shaft and is a cocaine addict.
*Locke invites Walt to play backgammon and introduces one of the major themes of the show, "black and white", and tells him about a miracle (later shown to be Locke regaining the use of his legs).
 
Ok, so not a great idea, although I am still keeping my own notes. :) Up to Season 1 Episode 19 when Locke gets screwed by his Dad :( and after a dream/vision, Locke and Boone find plane in jungle.

I remember when 25 episodes was the normal length of a TV show season. Is anyone still doing that or are we being short changed now a days? :p
 
Dead thread comes back to life!

Ok, so not a great idea, although I am still keeping my own notes. :) Up to Season 1 Episode 19 when Locke gets screwed by his Dad :( and after a dream/vision, Locke and Boone find plane in jungle.

I remember when 25 episodes was the normal length of a TV show season. Is anyone still doing that or are we being short changed now a days? :p
Poor Locke. He was trying to do the right thing.

Standard-length seasons seem to be a thing of the past. When the executives behind Lost had the sneaky idea to stretch out the last seasons into multiple years with a shorter sequence of episodes, other shows picked up the idea too. Mad Men is one the latest to use this trick and retain its audience as long as possible.
 
Poor Locke. He was trying to do the right thing.

Standard-length seasons seem to be a thing of the past. When the executives behind Lost had the sneaky idea to stretch out the last seasons into multiple years with a shorter sequence of episodes, other shows picked up the idea too. Mad Men is one the latest to use this trick and retain its audience as long as possible.

Yes he was. And of anyone on the island he is a man on a mission. For myself, this show is unique in its atmosphere, exotic setting, and it's story telling, an exploration of human relationships, faults, and redemption, where the island acts as a catalyst. Locke frequently asks what the island wants from him. For story telling, I am impressed how the survivors lives are intertwined.

Back in the 1960s many TV series had 36 episodes per year.

And now, it can be as low as 10. :(
 
Lifehack/Pro tip:

STOP WATCHING NOW! IT WILL NEVER, EVER MAKE ANY DAMN SENSE!

You're welcome. :)
Agreed... after the great experiment of Lost the flat ending of the series put me off of watching other series so closely... Game of Thrones, Mad Men, House of Cards... nope I catch episodes now and then, but I just can't invest that much of my interest into shows anymore.

The writers strike, and extending the series for a few more seasons also probably created problems... but damn that ending was just too flat and predictable. :(
 
Lifehack/Pro tip:

STOP WATCHING NOW! IT WILL NEVER, EVER MAKE ANY DAMN SENSE!

You're welcome. :)

What kind of sense do you need it to make? :p This is my second time through, granted, I'm still on Season 1. The characters, their back stories are what make this show along with the mystery of the island. Admittedly, over the life of the show, it takes on a surreal aspect.

Agreed... after the great experiment of Lost the flat ending of the series put me off of watching other series so closely... Game of Thrones, Mad Men, House of Cards... nope I catch episodes now and then, but I just can't invest that much of my interest into shows anymore.

The writers strike, and extending the series for a few more seasons also probably created problems... but damn that ending was just too flat and predictable. :(

I agree, not the best or even a good ending based on expectations, but I won't judge the entire show by the finale.

Lost has been described by numerous critics as being among the greatest television series of all time.[106][110][111] Bill Carter, television reporter of The New York Times, defined Lost as "the show with perhaps the most compelling continuing story line in television history".[112] Entertainment Weekly put the show on its end-of-the-decade, "best-of" list, saying, "Plane crash. Smoke monster. Polar bear. Crazy French lady. The Others. The hatch. The Dharma Initiative. Time-travel flashes. Name another network drama that can so wondrously turn a ? into a !"[113] In 2012, Entertainment Weekly also listed the show at #10 in the "25 Best Cult TV Shows from the Past 25 Years", with a hot-and-cold description:

"Lost was initially celebrated as a moving character-driven drama with a broad humanistic worldview that also presented itself as dramatic cryptography that demanded to be solved. The appeal narrowed as seasons progressed and the mythology became more complex, culminating in a still-debated finale that was deeply meaningful to some and dissatisfying poppycock to others."[114]

And this for the final episode:
David Zurawik of the Baltimore Sun gave the episode a highly negative review, writing "If this is supposed to be such a smart and wise show, unlike anything else on network TV (blah, blah, blah), why such a wimpy, phony, quasi-religious, white-light, huggy-bear ending. ... Once Jack stepped into the church it looked like he was walking into a Hollywood wrap party without food or music – just a bunch of actors grinning idiotically for 10 minutes and hugging one another."[153]
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