Monthly Archives: September 2009

Top Ten Signs You’re Obsessed With LOST

Posted on September 29, 2009 | Leave a comment

Jorge Garcia on David Letterman

Here’s Jorge Garcia (Hurley) on the David Letterman show reading “The Top Ten Signs You’re Obsessed with LOST.”

This was filmed three years ago (November 10, 2006), but most of it still holds true today — especially Sign Number One!

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The Yankees are coming! (LOST parody)

Posted on September 26, 2009 | 3 comments
The numbers! They're bad!

The numbers! They're bad!

Here’s another video that was featured in the montage of fan-made videos shown in this summer’s Comic-Con. While some of the humor here is too violent for my tastes, I’m glad the video was honored at Comic-Con. It’s part of a popular long-running series, LOST: What Will Happen Next?, and many people believe that the fan-made series, with its shaking action figures spouting snarky dialogue, was the inspiration for the official ABC LOST Untangled series. So it’s nice to see ABC turn around and give it a nod.

Video made by the Fine Brothers

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Will we need the Blu-ray discs to watch LOST University lectures?

Posted on September 23, 2009 | Leave a comment

Update 2/10/10 — I posted the first two lecture videos (and a link where you can view more of them) here –> LOST University class videos on Egyptian hieroglyphics

Lost University logoUpdate 9/24/09:  The “Carlton” and “Damon” posting on the LOST University forums (saying they would find alternate solutions to make LOST University available to fans without Blu-ray) turned out to be just forum users fooling around, not the actual producers. So I deleted my original post here that quoted what “Carlton” and “Damon” had written.

The question, whether the Blu-ray discs will be necessary to participate in the LOST University lectures, still remains. I’ve seen conflicting answers. In fact, the answer has been unclear since Disney first issued a press release, early in August, which was ambiguous, saying on the one hand that the whole experience was “powered” by the BD-Live technology on the Blu-ray discs, and on the other hand that the discs contained only bonus material.

I hope they make the lectures available for everyone online. I don’t mind if the Blu-ray discs have extra bells and whistles not available elsewhere, but after all the publicity and teasing ABC has done about LOST University, it seems unfair to leave people who don’t have Blu-ray players, or who for whatever reason don’t want to buy the discs, completely out in the cold.

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LOST University placement-test answers (spoilers)

Posted on September 23, 2009 | Leave a comment

Lost University logoTo see images and videos relating to some of the answers to the LOST University placement test questions, click on “Read more” below to look below the jump.

If you haven’t taken the placement test yet, try it. It’s fun. Go to the LOST University site and enroll, and they’ll give you the test.

SPOILER WARNING: Answers to some of the placement-test questions are revealed below the jump (or directly below, if you came in on a single-post view).
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The first course at LOST University is now available

Posted on September 22, 2009 | 9 comments

LOST University, an elaborate ABC promo site, is now open for enrollment.

After you register, you get a 23-question multiple-choice placement exam which consists of interesting trivia questions about the show.

Some are easy:

Which of the following LOST characters shares their name with a famous philosopher? A. Kate Austen B. John Locke C. Hugo Reyes D. Ben Linus

But many are hard:

There is a picture in Widmore’s office which depicts a polar bear and what? A. A Buddha B. An Ankh C. A pyramid D. The Virgin Mary

I got 16 points out of 23.

How did you do?

Along with my score, I got the message “Sorry, looks like you need a little LOST refresher,” and was shown the video for LOST University’s first course, LOST 101.

Those of you who don’t want to get up early and slog through the rain to the lecture hall are in luck. An industrious student smuggled out a copy of the lecture and made it available for all his dorm mates all over the world — at least until the campus police track it down:

I enrolled in LOST U. under the name SawyersShirt, so wave if you see me in the hall.

Editing to add: Some people received an email that said “the first 108 graduates will receive a hand-signed diploma from LOST University Presidents Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse.”

Editing again to add: All the answers to the placement test questions have been posted on DarkUFO.

And again: I’ve posted some screenshots and videos relating to the answers.

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Congratulations, Michael Emerson, on your well-deserved Emmy win!

Posted on September 20, 2009 | 2 comments
Michael Emerson giving a short, but sweet acceptance speech

Michael Emerson giving a short, but sweet acceptance speech

Carrie Preston, beaming

Carrie Preston, beaming

Darlton

Darlton, clasping their hands

The acceptance speech:

The backstage interview:

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Pre-Emmy interview of Michael Emerson

Posted on September 19, 2009 | Leave a comment

TV Guide did a video interview of Michael Emerson and his wife, Carrie Preston, in their Los Angeles home.

Michael showed some of his drawings (it’s not fair that one person can have so many talents!):

Self-portrait by Michael Emerson

Self-portrait by Michael Emerson

He’s not making any predictions about whether he will win the Emmy this year, the third time he’s been nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actor for a Drama Series for his brilliant work on LOST. He said he’ll just be happy to dress up and go to the party.

Here’s the interview:

The Emmys are tomorrow night, Sunday, September 20, 2009 on CBS at 8:00 PM (7:00 PM Central). Tune in and root for Emerson; for the show itself, which is nominated for Outstanding Drama Series; and for the writers (Darlton), editors, and sound mixers who are all nominated for their work on the season finale, The Incident.

Video by TV Guide

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