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Lost (TV show)
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I don't mind new characters being added.. new blood and all. I cannot wait until the premiere. My Dad will be in town visiting my wife and me, I hope he doesn't mind taking an hour out. 
Lost started recently here in the UK - I think i've seen about 6 or 7 episodes. It's great so far, apart from some silliness with a mysterious creature in the jungle. The pilot episode was fantastic.
I'm NOT going to read all of this thread in case people are giving the story away....
I'm NOT going to read all of this thread in case people are giving the story away....
Lost...in Japan
Well, Lost Season 1 will screen on satellite/cable TV here in Japan starting from mid-end October - it is not unusual for Japan to be a year or more behind on some of the better US TV shows, and mostly on pay satellite/cable anyways - except Fox Japan which is ***** with Temptation Island, The Swan, and a few others but some good programming with Nip/Tuck (season 1), The Simpsons (season 14, so not so out of date) and Malcolm In The Middl ( no idea what season).
Anyway, I saw the first 2 episodes in Australia when i was home on holiday in February - and was hooked. So I coudn't wait for the Japan airing so I bought the DVD from amazon.com (along with a couple of others - and expedite international delivery). My 12" PB is connected to my HDTV and the DVD player is set to region 1 so I can play US DVD's (Japan is region 2) - and the quality is pretty good. I watched all 24 episodes of Lost in 4 days - yes, 4 episodes a day after work on Thursday and Friday and the rest over the weekend (I guess I am bit of a looser, but it was great to watch in it's entirety).
However, i am not looking forward to a year for season 2 on DVD...AHHHHHH!
For those thinking it is a wast of money to get Lost shipped here, the DVD won't be released here for a while and when they are they will be unbelievably expensive. A good example is '24'. I bought seasons 1-3 on amazon.com and including shipping cost me less than just buying season 1 on it's own in Japan (which waould have cost $220 - just season 1)! Yikes! And it took 'till the middle of season 3 broadcast in the USA for Japan to get season 1! We haven't even had seasom 3 on air yet (I don't think) and the USA is going into season 5 (this happens with a lot of TV shows here)
Anyway - Lost was great and I hope to see a few new episodes here and there before this time next year.
BTW - anyone think it strange the survivors basically had no injuries - as if they were put there, not crash....maybe selective memory implanting to make them believe they were in a plane crash...oooooow!
Well, Lost Season 1 will screen on satellite/cable TV here in Japan starting from mid-end October - it is not unusual for Japan to be a year or more behind on some of the better US TV shows, and mostly on pay satellite/cable anyways - except Fox Japan which is ***** with Temptation Island, The Swan, and a few others but some good programming with Nip/Tuck (season 1), The Simpsons (season 14, so not so out of date) and Malcolm In The Middl ( no idea what season).
Anyway, I saw the first 2 episodes in Australia when i was home on holiday in February - and was hooked. So I coudn't wait for the Japan airing so I bought the DVD from amazon.com (along with a couple of others - and expedite international delivery). My 12" PB is connected to my HDTV and the DVD player is set to region 1 so I can play US DVD's (Japan is region 2) - and the quality is pretty good. I watched all 24 episodes of Lost in 4 days - yes, 4 episodes a day after work on Thursday and Friday and the rest over the weekend (I guess I am bit of a looser, but it was great to watch in it's entirety).
However, i am not looking forward to a year for season 2 on DVD...AHHHHHH!
For those thinking it is a wast of money to get Lost shipped here, the DVD won't be released here for a while and when they are they will be unbelievably expensive. A good example is '24'. I bought seasons 1-3 on amazon.com and including shipping cost me less than just buying season 1 on it's own in Japan (which waould have cost $220 - just season 1)! Yikes! And it took 'till the middle of season 3 broadcast in the USA for Japan to get season 1! We haven't even had seasom 3 on air yet (I don't think) and the USA is going into season 5 (this happens with a lot of TV shows here)
Anyway - Lost was great and I hope to see a few new episodes here and there before this time next year.
BTW - anyone think it strange the survivors basically had no injuries - as if they were put there, not crash....maybe selective memory implanting to make them believe they were in a plane crash...oooooow!
yellow said:There's a creature in the jungle?
Nooooo... i hope it doesn't turn into some stupid Twin Peaks-like totally bizarre series. so far i have really enjoyed the series but there have been some silly moments.
Nickygoat said:You should do - there's not enough info to really get any idea what's going on. Plus I've been using it as a stick to beat some of my colleagues with - "wait until x happens"
Sssshhhh don't tell me what happens. There is NOTHING else worth watching on tv these days... British TV is otherwise full of copycat programming and repeats - crap soaps, endless mind-numbing property makeover shows and recently a load of programmes about obnoxious kids, nannies, midwives, people having kids...WTF?!!
So Season 2 starts next Wednesday... any guesses for initial cliffhangers?
I'm guessing they'll touch very briefly on the few who were on the boat. I think they'll also spend alot of time re-introing the series, playing lots of season 1 footage to "review". Also, I doubt they'll get anyone into the hatch so early... maybe Locke will have a good conversation with it or something.
Oooooh, i'm so excited
I'm guessing they'll touch very briefly on the few who were on the boat. I think they'll also spend alot of time re-introing the series, playing lots of season 1 footage to "review". Also, I doubt they'll get anyone into the hatch so early... maybe Locke will have a good conversation with it or something.
Oooooh, i'm so excited
The black kid (or was he Hispanic?) will do something brave. His dad and whoever else is on the raft (I forget who that is) will argue a lot. Back on the island, the medical guy (is he a dentist or a surgeon?) will work with the French person (a man or a woman?). The wife who surprised her husband by speaking English (or was it the other way around?) will set off to find her husband who used to work for her uncle or brother or dad or somebody. The jolly but unlucky guy (Huey? Morley? Horton?) who has a weight problem (too slight or too heavy?) will cheer everyone else up. The wanted criminal heroine what's-her-name will rob a bank on the island so they can buy a plane to fly home... or is the plane they arrived in still in good shape? ... I forget!pdpfilms said:
Hmmm... Perhaps re-introing the series isn't such a bad idea after all.
Someone's a "Seinfeld" fan
I'm also noticing a lot of Easter Eggs unrelated to "Lost" on the DriveSHAFT web site. For example, if you look at the discography page, many of the people listed in the credits are supporting characters from "Seinfeld": Kenny Bania, Art Vandelay, Susan Ross, Bob Saccamano, Tim Whatley, Sue Ellen Mischke, Martin Von Nostrand, Donna Chang, Yuri Testikov, ...Nermal said:I haven't seen this posted here yet
Wow! They have really fixed it up since last season! Of course, it's now just advertising instead of clever underground marketing, since it identifies its connection to the show now, instead of posing as an airline site.evoluzione said:
Thanks, you are correct, Lyle Lyle Alligator, I didn't realize there were two sites. I guess I need to brush up on the show's story line AND the web sites!Lyle said:
Help with the Lost Screen Saver...
I can't load the screen saver from this site, can someone help out - I downloaded but the files are not '.saver' or 'stuffed' files just blank icons that nothing will open...there is no extension and if I change the extension it still does not function?
Actually I have had trouble downloading screen savers for other movie/TV sites since I installed 10.4....
evoluzione said:
I can't load the screen saver from this site, can someone help out - I downloaded but the files are not '.saver' or 'stuffed' files just blank icons that nothing will open...there is no extension and if I change the extension it still does not function?
Actually I have had trouble downloading screen savers for other movie/TV sites since I installed 10.4....
evoluzione said:
This is awesome!!
five days left....
P.s. does anyone know what time the show is aired on the west coast? I just moved out here and don't know anything about the new programming... i know it's listed as 9 EST.
Network shows like this are shown at the same clock time on both coasts, first at 9 EDT, then 3 hours later at 9 PDT. In the flyover states, it is shown at... aw, who cares? :ducks in preparation for flames:pdpfilms said:
Possible spoilers... DO NOT QUOTE. Highlight to read spoilers.
Holy Crap.
There are some BIG Clues on this website.
EDIT: THERE IS A SEASON 2 PREMIERE EPISODE PREVIEW ON THE SITE. NAVIGATE THROUGH THE "EXPLORE" SECTION TO SEE IT.
For instance... I just came accross a lil somethin that said something to the effect of:
True North and Magnetic North are two different things. In 2002, True North was 590 miles away from the North Pole. Hikers using USGS maps to navigate must therefore make adjustments to their measurements to account for this difference. In California for instance, hikers must set their declination levels to 18 degrees.
Remeber when the compasses weren't working? And the Polar bear appeared on the island? North Pole anyone?
EDIT: came accross this:
"POLAR BEAR- Distribution: Northern polar regions occurring in 5 nations- Greenland, Norway, Canada, United States, the former Soviet Union and also on Arctic sea pack ice usually within 300km of land. Some individuals wander up to 200km inland"
Therefore, the island is within 300km of one of these places. Otherwise, these facts would not have been listed.
EDIT 2: Check this out:
"the law of bouyancy, discovered by Archimedes, says: any materiel or object immersed in a fluid will tend to rise through the fluid if the fluid density is greater than the material density...."
This seems like a random fact... but when you apply it to the island.. the floating theme seems plausible.
EDIT 3: Just noticed that in the season 2 trailer, the main theme is "Everything Happens For A Reason." good to know.
EDIT 4: Just found something about a patent for a box... looks like a software box... the patent is granted to "Hugo Reyes" i believe... hard to see.
Holy Crap.
There are some BIG Clues on this website.
EDIT: THERE IS A SEASON 2 PREMIERE EPISODE PREVIEW ON THE SITE. NAVIGATE THROUGH THE "EXPLORE" SECTION TO SEE IT.
For instance... I just came accross a lil somethin that said something to the effect of:
True North and Magnetic North are two different things. In 2002, True North was 590 miles away from the North Pole. Hikers using USGS maps to navigate must therefore make adjustments to their measurements to account for this difference. In California for instance, hikers must set their declination levels to 18 degrees.
Remeber when the compasses weren't working? And the Polar bear appeared on the island? North Pole anyone?
EDIT: came accross this:
"POLAR BEAR- Distribution: Northern polar regions occurring in 5 nations- Greenland, Norway, Canada, United States, the former Soviet Union and also on Arctic sea pack ice usually within 300km of land. Some individuals wander up to 200km inland"
Therefore, the island is within 300km of one of these places. Otherwise, these facts would not have been listed.
EDIT 2: Check this out:
"the law of bouyancy, discovered by Archimedes, says: any materiel or object immersed in a fluid will tend to rise through the fluid if the fluid density is greater than the material density...."
This seems like a random fact... but when you apply it to the island.. the floating theme seems plausible.
EDIT 3: Just noticed that in the season 2 trailer, the main theme is "Everything Happens For A Reason." good to know.
EDIT 4: Just found something about a patent for a box... looks like a software box... the patent is granted to "Hugo Reyes" i believe... hard to see.
MacNut said:
glad to see jj ( and damon) getting their due. jj is one of THE nicest guys in the business.
Check out this NYTimes article:
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/18/a...l=1&adxnnlx=1127041607-qyMlowdLAyivtWve6Y9yrA
There's some pretty huuuuge spoilers in there:
"...On a white board, below head shots of the cast and pages ripped from The Weekly World News ("Time Portal Found Over South Pole" reads one scoop put up by Mr. Lindelof)..."
....But the creators do know how the series ends. The survivors will not learn they are part of some dastardly experiment, or discover they are in purgatory, or wake up from a bad dream. "These guys get off the island," said Mr. Cuse.
Then, nearly in unison, both men add, "If it's an island."....
Whether it's just a red herring I'm not sure... but I just *cannot* wait!!
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/18/a...l=1&adxnnlx=1127041607-qyMlowdLAyivtWve6Y9yrA
There's some pretty huuuuge spoilers in there:
"...On a white board, below head shots of the cast and pages ripped from The Weekly World News ("Time Portal Found Over South Pole" reads one scoop put up by Mr. Lindelof)..."
....But the creators do know how the series ends. The survivors will not learn they are part of some dastardly experiment, or discover they are in purgatory, or wake up from a bad dream. "These guys get off the island," said Mr. Cuse.
Then, nearly in unison, both men add, "If it's an island."....
Whether it's just a red herring I'm not sure... but I just *cannot* wait!!
andysmith said:
Ok, that first point COULD be a spoiler, but it's likely not. As I understood it, it was merely a headline from the World Weekly News... simply a concept to consider during a writing session. As you quoted yourself, the creators do not know how the series ends.
But HOT DANG, i am so excited.... two days now!!!
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