‘Lost’ Cleans Up at Saturn Awards
By admin | June 26, 2008
Sometimes, life is a mystery. The 34th Annual Saturn Awards were held earlier this week in Los Angeles. The Saturn Awards honor the very best in fantasy and science fiction film and television as voted on by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films. This week's awards honored the very best of 2007 and, not surprisingly, Lost cleaned up the television category. What is surprising (well, earth-shattering, really) is that Jennifer Love-Hewitt won the Best Television Actress category for her work on Ghost Whisperer. She beat out Evangeline Lilly from Lost, Lena Headey from Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Holly Hunter from Saving Grace, Kyra Sedgwick from The Closer and Anna Friel from Pushing Daisies. Those other actresses are, unequivocally, better at acting than Love-Hewitt. So, how did she win? I have my theories (plus the results from the Awards ceremony).
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Comic-Con: Tentative Panel Schedule for ‘Battlestar Galactica,’ ‘Lost,’ and More
By admin | June 23, 2008
The San Diego Comic-Con has been a TV fan talking point for years now. Come each summer, our favorite TV show creators and TV stars gather in panels to answer fan questions, discuss behind the scenes goings on and, most excitingly, give sneak peeks of their new seasons. Also making appearances are those with brand new shows they want us to watch and love -- like new genre offerings from such famous talents as Joss Whedon and J.J. Abrams. Read the rest of this entry »
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‘Lost’ Creator J.J. Abrams Buys Film Rights for a ‘Mystery’
By admin | June 23, 2008
J.J. Abrams is one of the busiest men in Hollywood. He's currently working on the big re-invention of the Star Trek film franchise, he has a new series hitting FOX in the Fall (Fringe), and is slated to work on a feature film adaptation of Stephen King's Dark Tower book series. While his duties on Lost are minimal at this point, he's still technically the show's executive producer. Late last week, Abrams heaped on another project to his already chock-full schedule. Abrams and his production company Bad Robot have purchased the film rights to a recent New York Times article called “The Mystery on Fifth Avenue.” The article is about a Manhattan couple who spent over eight million dollars remodeling their house to include an intense scavenger hunt (complete with puzzles, maps, and a soundtrack) for their four kids.
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Lost: What is Octagon Global Recruiting?
By admin | June 20, 2008
During Lost's fourth season finale, attentive viewers noticed a strange commercial for a company called Octagon Global Recruiting. There was something slightly off about the ad, which immediately reminded rabid Lost fans of the Hanso Foundation commercials that began airing during the show's second season. The Octagon ad pointed to a website, OctagonGlobalRecruiting.com, which was mostly devoid of content aside from a form where visitors could register for e-mail updates. There was also a message stating that the company's recruitment drive would take place in San Diego, California from July 24 through 27. Considering that these are the dates of the San Diego Comic-Con, it was immediately obvious this wasn't a coincidence.
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‘Lost’ Finally Comes Out of the Sci-Fi Closet
By admin | June 16, 2008
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As we move further away from Lost's amazing three-part finale, I find myself tempted to analyze the season as a whole. I truly believe that the show was firing on all cylinders in its fourth year. The writers managed to strike a perfect balance between plot momentum and intriguing character dramas, while also broadening the show's mythology and juggling numerous timelines. People will look back on Lost's fourth season as not only a great year of television, but one that completely changed the direction of the series. After three years of teasing us with numerous sci-fi possibilities, Lost finally came bursting out of the science fiction closet in season 4. The decision to embrace the sci-fi may have cost the series a few fans, but I think it's destined to make the final two years of the show even better.
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