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    Tuesday, July 28, 2009

    Comic-Con Video

    These from Dark UFO:

    Emerson's Hurley Audition:


    It's Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday:


    The Panel Part 1:


    The Panel Part 2:


    The Panel Part 3:


    The Panel Part 4:


    Kate on America's Most Wanted:


    EW Interview:


    Mr. Cluck Ad featuring CEO Hugo Reyes & Oceanic Airlines Ad highlighting their perfect safety record:

    Thursday, July 2, 2009

    Michael Emerson Talks About Series Finale




    Michael Emerson spoke with EW about the series finale and the season 5 confusing season finale. The Latest from EW and Ausiello:

    Anyways do you have any more Lost scoop? --Erick
    Ausiello: May's series finale is going to be a real downer, predicts Michael Emerson. "I don't think Lost will have a happy ending," he confessed to us at the Saturn Awards. "It's the end and I think we are going to start seeing more casualties. I would put money on major characters being killed. I believe it will be a sad ending to the show -- or at least bittersweet. I think it will definitely be a series finale for grownups." Emerson, meanwhile, is still trying to make sense of the season 5 finale. (Join the club!) "I killed Jacob... maybe... probably," he hedged. "It isn't like we haven't seen plenty of other people be killed and somehow come back. And what does it mean if I did kill him? I Who the hell was he anyway? Obviously, Ben wanted a father. So much of our show is about bad fathers. It is one of our biggest themes. And Jacob disappointed in those final moments. And maybe Jacob made it easy for him. Maybe that was all meant to happen. Is it all ordained? Maybe. And for that matter, can Jacob even be killed? Stay tuned is my response."

    Wednesday, February 11, 2009

    Lost in Tv Guide


    This is a blurb about Lost from TV guide:

    I recently saw Malcolm David Kelley, "Walt haircut" and all, hawking chicken snacks in a Tyson commercial. It didn't fill me with a lot of hope for his future on Lost. Care to comment? — Adam
    MATT: Did it occur to you that MDK was working the Walt 'do because he recently filmed an episode of Lost, scheduled to air Feb. 25? Just don't expect Michael's son to factor into Ben's mission to return select former castaways to the isle. As Michael Emerson tells us, "The writers would say that Walt ... left the island at a time that wasn't key. It's not just about the six who left; it's about when and how they left."

    What I find interesting is what Emerson said, 'It's not just about the six who left; it's about when and how they left.' So does this mean Desmond and Frank Lipidus also have to go back? And if so can Des take Penny and Charlie with him? I don't think I could take them splitting up Des and Pen. And why John Locke's 'dead' body? He didn't leave at the same time or in the same manner as the Oceanic Six...or did he? So many questions, but I believe most of this stuff will be resolved very soon. The Oceanic Six should be back on the Island by episode 7, 316. Which I believe is the Arjira Airways flight they take to get back to the Island. What's your thought on who has to go back to the Island and why must they go back?

    Monday, January 12, 2009

    Michael Emerson's NY Magazine Interview




    In 2001, he won an Emmy for playing the perversely charismatic serial killer William Hinks on The Practice. Apparently, perverse charisma is Michael Emerson’s calling; he’s since earned two Emmy nominations playing the prevaricating and perversely charismatic cult leader Benjamin Linus on Lost—a character that was never intended to be full-time, but, as viewers have come to learn, there’s no denying Ben Linus. Emerson talked with Michael Alan Connelly about the new season.

    What’s changed for Ben in Season 5?
    He now operates in the other world, off the island. He is less secure and less well fortified, so he has fewer resources. The stakes of his activities may be higher because of the desperation factor, and the quality of having to improvise. He’ll carry on what seems to be his calling or his life’s work or his war, whatever it is—I’m not sure exactly what it is.

    That makes two of us. Do you feel the show loses any power now that the characters are off the island?
    I think we had a smaller definition of the island than the writers meant. When the island disappeared, everywhere became the island. They’re playing around with the island as some kind of portrait of a thing, but not the thing itself. Wherever we go, it goes also. [Laughs.] Boy, that’s kind of a squirrelly answer. Maybe this is a better overarching image for the season: There’s a great push to reunite—to try to put things and partnerships back together that have fallen apart.

    The Others stole away to a place called the Temple. Will we be seeing more of them and learning about the Temple?
    Yes and yes. I think we’re going to find them to be less malevolent as time goes by.

    If you could get the writers to answer one burning question, what’s at the top of your list?

    I’d ask the same big question everyone has: What’s the real deal? Where are we really?

    Ben is often reading or quoting authors. Do you take the time to read the books he does?
    There are no accidents in the world of props on Lost—the books are carefully chosen. This season, there’s a scene where I’m reading Ulysses by James Joyce. It’s on my winter reading list.

    You came to the show late. Did you fit right in?
    Not really. It’s a tight-knit cast. The show has generations of actors—I think I’m the third generation, which is Ian Cusick, Elizabeth Mitchell, and me. We hang out a bit; ours is a more shared experience, not being one of the original lovable Lost-aways. I’ve had a solitary time in Hawaii [where the show is shot], which is consistent with my character.

    What TV shows do you watch?
    Battlestar Galactica, which, like Lost, balances science fiction, adventure, and metaphysics in a good way. And I was thrilled by Deadwood. I love shows where language isn’t just a medium of communication. Deadwood’s was more brutal than any I’ve heard on TV, but it was also more lyric.