Comments on: LOST: It’s Just a Jump to the Left http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/05/30/lost-its-just-a-jump-to-the-left/ The News Blog of Comics Culture Fri, 21 Nov 2008 04:20:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: groonk http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/05/30/lost-its-just-a-jump-to-the-left/#comment-1689241 Thu, 05 Jun 2008 00:11:13 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/05/30/lost-its-just-a-jump-to-the-left/#comment-1689241 @rob: you wouldn't know that looking at Lost season 3. the Penny/Desmond reunion was much needed. i wouldn't care if jack/kate/sawyer were pushed out a high window much less how they resolve their drama. was no one wondering which item young John Locke was supposed to have picked? @rob: you wouldn’t know that looking at Lost season 3.

the Penny/Desmond reunion was much needed. i wouldn’t care if jack/kate/sawyer were pushed out a high window much less how they resolve their drama.

was no one wondering which item young John Locke was supposed to have picked?

]]> by: Rob Jensen http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/05/30/lost-its-just-a-jump-to-the-left/#comment-1684408 Wed, 04 Jun 2008 01:05:14 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/05/30/lost-its-just-a-jump-to-the-left/#comment-1684408 > Jeph Loeb was a writer on the show for a season as well. That was a Skrull. -- Rob > Jeph Loeb was a writer on the show for a season as well.

That was a Skrull.

— Rob

]]> by: Micah http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/05/30/lost-its-just-a-jump-to-the-left/#comment-1683955 Tue, 03 Jun 2008 23:11:11 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/05/30/lost-its-just-a-jump-to-the-left/#comment-1683955 Sun is becoming one of those rich benefactors, a la Widmore, with her take-over of her fathers company. If she knows about the time anomolies with the island (maybe Hurley and/or Jack told her), why not finance an expidition to find the new location of the island. Then she can go back in time and save Jin. Nice. Sun is becoming one of those rich benefactors, a la Widmore, with her take-over of her fathers company. If she knows about the time anomolies with the island (maybe Hurley and/or Jack told her), why not finance an expidition to find the new location of the island.

Then she can go back in time and save Jin. Nice.

]]> by: Marc Bryant http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/05/30/lost-its-just-a-jump-to-the-left/#comment-1682099 Tue, 03 Jun 2008 16:37:27 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/05/30/lost-its-just-a-jump-to-the-left/#comment-1682099 Jeph Loeb was a writer on the show for a season as well. Jeph Loeb was a writer on the show for a season as well.

]]> by: Rob Jensen http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/05/30/lost-its-just-a-jump-to-the-left/#comment-1674885 Mon, 02 Jun 2008 05:22:24 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/05/30/lost-its-just-a-jump-to-the-left/#comment-1674885 BTW, besides BKV and Paul Dini, Lost has a few more writers, past and present, with comics connections: * Damon Lindelof (show co-creator and co-showrunner, one-half of Team Darlton) -- noted comics freak. Still owes at least two more issues of Ultimate Wolverine Vs. Hulk to comics fangeeks. * Drew Goddard (current writer) -- Archbishop in the Church of Joss. Writer of several episodes of Buffy and Angel and, uhm, dudes, he's writing the current Buffy-is-Bicurious arc in the season 8 comics, y'know. * Javier Grillo-Marxuach (alumni writer) -- Staff writer/producer on the superhero friendly-ish Charmed and other geek-skewing shows like Jake 2.0 and, arguably, Medium. Also wrote Annihilation: Super-Skrull for Marvel and unlike Damon Lindelof, seemed to have gotten his Marvel work in on time. * David Fury (alumni writer) -- Yes, he left Lost on something like bad terms. But a) he's an Elder in the Church of Joss and b) he was Indiana freakin' Jones's snake-loving pilot in Raiders of the Lost Ark. -- Rob -- having too much fun with IMDB BTW, besides BKV and Paul Dini, Lost has a few more writers, past and present, with comics connections:

* Damon Lindelof (show co-creator and co-showrunner, one-half of Team Darlton) — noted comics freak. Still owes at least two more issues of Ultimate Wolverine Vs. Hulk to comics fangeeks.

* Drew Goddard (current writer) — Archbishop in the Church of Joss. Writer of several episodes of Buffy and Angel and, uhm, dudes, he’s writing the current Buffy-is-Bicurious arc in the season 8 comics, y’know.

* Javier Grillo-Marxuach (alumni writer) — Staff writer/producer on the superhero friendly-ish Charmed and other geek-skewing shows like Jake 2.0 and, arguably, Medium. Also wrote Annihilation: Super-Skrull for Marvel and unlike Damon Lindelof, seemed to have gotten his Marvel work in on time.

* David Fury (alumni writer) — Yes, he left Lost on something like bad terms. But a) he’s an Elder in the Church of Joss and b) he was Indiana freakin’ Jones’s snake-loving pilot in Raiders of the Lost Ark.

— Rob — having too much fun with IMDB

]]> by: Fanboy Menace http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/05/30/lost-its-just-a-jump-to-the-left/#comment-1670129 Sun, 01 Jun 2008 06:44:52 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/05/30/lost-its-just-a-jump-to-the-left/#comment-1670129 Maybe that's why Ben is so eager to help. He knows bringing the group back together for a return will put him close to Desmond and Penny. I think Hugo said something like, "they said it was a suicide..." but it a way that it seemed like he didn't believe it. And I assume that when Ben asked Jack if "he" had visited them he was talking about Locke because Jack said "he" blamed him for things going badly after they left. Maybe that’s why Ben is so eager to help. He knows bringing the group back together for a return will put him close to Desmond and Penny.

I think Hugo said something like, “they said it was a suicide…” but it a way that it seemed like he didn’t believe it. And I assume that when Ben asked Jack if “he” had visited them he was talking about Locke because Jack said “he” blamed him for things going badly after they left.

]]> by: Dan Z http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/05/30/lost-its-just-a-jump-to-the-left/#comment-1668983 Sun, 01 Jun 2008 03:03:47 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/05/30/lost-its-just-a-jump-to-the-left/#comment-1668983 Don't know if anyone mentioned this but I think we'll see more of Desmond in the future. Afterall Ben told Widmore that he's going to kill Penny. Do I sense a Ben vs. Desmond showdown in the future? Don’t know if anyone mentioned this but I think we’ll see more of Desmond in the future. Afterall Ben told Widmore that he’s going to kill Penny.

Do I sense a Ben vs. Desmond showdown in the future?

]]> by: Rehnam http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/05/30/lost-its-just-a-jump-to-the-left/#comment-1668360 Sat, 31 May 2008 22:17:28 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/05/30/lost-its-just-a-jump-to-the-left/#comment-1668360 My only question is: why didn't they simply unplug all the wires from the bomb on the ship, if the battery which could have initiated the explosion was frozen? Didn't someone mention that John killed himself of the island? My only question is: why didn’t they simply unplug all the wires from the bomb on the ship, if the battery which could have initiated the explosion was frozen?

Didn’t someone mention that John killed himself of the island?

]]> by: jason caskey http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/05/30/lost-its-just-a-jump-to-the-left/#comment-1666789 Sat, 31 May 2008 15:59:44 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/05/30/lost-its-just-a-jump-to-the-left/#comment-1666789 Every episode is available for viewing in its entirety on ABC's website. I watched the first 3 and a half seasons for the first time over the spring, so its easy for anyone to jump on for the ride. Every episode is available for viewing in its entirety on ABC’s website. I watched the first 3 and a half seasons for the first time over the spring, so its easy for anyone to jump on for the ride.

]]> by: Fanboy Menace http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/05/30/lost-its-just-a-jump-to-the-left/#comment-1663440 Sat, 31 May 2008 04:30:59 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/05/30/lost-its-just-a-jump-to-the-left/#comment-1663440 Torsten: you should maybe get the dvd boxsets. :) Torsten: you should maybe get the dvd boxsets. :)

]]> by: Joe Lawler http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/05/30/lost-its-just-a-jump-to-the-left/#comment-1663439 Sat, 31 May 2008 04:30:35 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/05/30/lost-its-just-a-jump-to-the-left/#comment-1663439 Hey Torsten, I would suggest watching seasons 1-3 on DVD. Jumping in on the last episode of season 4 isn't the most new viewer friendly time. Hey Torsten, I would suggest watching seasons 1-3 on DVD. Jumping in on the last episode of season 4 isn’t the most new viewer friendly time.

]]> by: Mark Coale http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/05/30/lost-its-just-a-jump-to-the-left/#comment-1663035 Sat, 31 May 2008 03:15:58 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/05/30/lost-its-just-a-jump-to-the-left/#comment-1663035 two more seasons to go, not one. two more seasons to go, not one.

]]> by: Torsten Adair http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/05/30/lost-its-just-a-jump-to-the-left/#comment-1662892 Sat, 31 May 2008 02:42:01 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/05/30/lost-its-just-a-jump-to-the-left/#comment-1662892 I lost my Lost cherry last night. So who built Orchid? and the Wheel Of Time And Space? What happened to those scientists? Where did the Island move? How does an island that large remain unseen? Where does the energy come from, and how does it stay connected to the island? Why all the ice? What happens when the wheel is turned the other way? All that light and no other energy emissions? A huge displacement of mass, and barely a ripple? What's on the rest of the video tape? what's it got to do with comics? Howabout a pile of continuity so thick you need subtitled annotations? mumbo jumbo science? confusing edits between then and now? and one season to weave this all together into a coherent tapestry? I lost my Lost cherry last night. So who built Orchid? and the Wheel Of Time And Space? What happened to those scientists? Where did the Island move? How does an island that large remain unseen? Where does the energy come from, and how does it stay connected to the island? Why all the ice? What happens when the wheel is turned the other way? All that light and no other energy emissions? A huge displacement of mass, and barely a ripple? What’s on the rest of the video tape?
what’s it got to do with comics? Howabout a pile of continuity so thick you need subtitled annotations? mumbo jumbo science? confusing edits between then and now? and one season to weave this all together into a coherent tapestry?

]]> by: Joe Williams http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/05/30/lost-its-just-a-jump-to-the-left/#comment-1662834 Sat, 31 May 2008 02:16:42 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/05/30/lost-its-just-a-jump-to-the-left/#comment-1662834 Walt's sort of in hiding with his grandmother protecting him. No one knows he survived. Likely his name was changed and Walt is assumed dead, though why his grandmother would cover for Oceanic is a mystery- money? So, how did Miles know Faraday's girl had been there before??? Was the black lady who owned the house where Miles "contacted the spirit" of her dead son the same woman as Walt's grandmother? I know some speculated that at the time but I didn't think those photos looked like Michael. I figured it was Locke in the coffin when they first showed it but throughout last night I wondered if Jeremy BENthem wasn't a clue that it was Ben- should have known it was a red herring. So, does that mean John had to move the island and leave? It seems like he can't die on the island so one would suspect he was killed off the island. All in all, a great ending and enough answers to please most anyone. Walt’s sort of in hiding with his grandmother protecting him. No one knows he survived. Likely his name was changed and Walt is assumed dead, though why his grandmother would cover for Oceanic is a mystery- money?

So, how did Miles know Faraday’s girl had been there before??? Was the black lady who owned the house where Miles “contacted the spirit” of her dead son the same woman as Walt’s grandmother? I know some speculated that at the time but I didn’t think those photos looked like Michael.

I figured it was Locke in the coffin when they first showed it but throughout last night I wondered if Jeremy BENthem wasn’t a clue that it was Ben- should have known it was a red herring. So, does that mean John had to move the island and leave? It seems like he can’t die on the island so one would suspect he was killed off the island.

All in all, a great ending and enough answers to please most anyone.

]]> by: Fanboy Menace http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/05/30/lost-its-just-a-jump-to-the-left/#comment-1662588 Sat, 31 May 2008 01:14:43 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/05/30/lost-its-just-a-jump-to-the-left/#comment-1662588 At least two comic book writers have worked on the show so that's all the connection you need right there. First Paul Dini in Season One, and now Brian K. Vaughn is a regular writer. I really liked seeing Jack and Sawyer working together. That should happen more often. And there was the set up for Faraday being dislodged in time like Desmond was when he noted who his "anchor" was, so I'm guessing something like that. What were the "really bad things" that happened after the Oceanic Six left and why did Locke leave the island? At least two comic book writers have worked on the show so that’s all the connection you need right there. First Paul Dini in Season One, and now Brian K. Vaughn is a regular writer.

I really liked seeing Jack and Sawyer working together. That should happen more often. And there was the set up for Faraday being dislodged in time like Desmond was when he noted who his “anchor” was, so I’m guessing something like that.

What were the “really bad things” that happened after the Oceanic Six left and why did Locke leave the island?

]]> by: maija http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/05/30/lost-its-just-a-jump-to-the-left/#comment-1661994 Fri, 30 May 2008 23:07:48 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/05/30/lost-its-just-a-jump-to-the-left/#comment-1661994 John Locke does not look good in a suit. I suspected that it was going to be him but I was still gutted when I saw him. He was my second choice for coffin occupant after Ben. Penny showing up was convenient, but I loved it. Yay! Sawyer is definitely >> Jack. Waiting until January is going to be painful. John Locke does not look good in a suit.

I suspected that it was going to be him but I was still gutted when I saw him. He was my second choice for coffin occupant after Ben.

Penny showing up was convenient, but I loved it. Yay!

Sawyer is definitely >> Jack.

Waiting until January is going to be painful.

]]> by: gene phillips http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/05/30/lost-its-just-a-jump-to-the-left/#comment-1660989 Fri, 30 May 2008 20:47:08 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/05/30/lost-its-just-a-jump-to-the-left/#comment-1660989 Agatha, Des also kinda forgot about all the other redshirt castaways that had been so helpfully ferried to the boat by Faraday. How many trips did Faraday make, three? So counting out the "stars" about fifteen redshirts from the island died? Makes the massacre at New Otherton look tame. What was Keamy's original goal with the C4? Surely it wasn't purely to stymie Ben (fat lotta good it did). It mighta served to keep the ship's crew from sailing away while Keamy and his men were island-bound, but HE DIDN'T TELL ANYONE ABOUT IT after shooting the captain! That's taking the "big surprise" a little too far. Agatha,

Des also kinda forgot about all the other redshirt castaways that had been so helpfully ferried to the boat by Faraday. How many trips did Faraday make, three? So counting out the “stars” about fifteen redshirts from the island died? Makes the massacre at New Otherton look tame.

What was Keamy’s original goal with the C4? Surely it wasn’t purely to stymie Ben (fat lotta good it did). It mighta served to keep the ship’s crew from sailing away while Keamy and his men were island-bound, but HE DIDN’T TELL ANYONE ABOUT IT after shooting the captain!

That’s taking the “big surprise” a little too far.

]]> by: MarcusLusk http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/05/30/lost-its-just-a-jump-to-the-left/#comment-1660662 Fri, 30 May 2008 20:00:53 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/05/30/lost-its-just-a-jump-to-the-left/#comment-1660662 Randall Kirby: "What does LOST have to do with comics? Why don’t you ask the folks at Octagon Global Recruiting? They’ll be in San Diego July 24-27." Haha- I saw their "recruitment ad" last night (http://www.octagonglobalrecruiting.com/)and didn't realize those dates are San Diego. What does LOST have to do with comics, indeed. Randall Kirby: “What does LOST have to do with comics?
Why don’t you ask the folks at Octagon Global Recruiting?
They’ll be in San Diego July 24-27.”

Haha- I saw their “recruitment ad” last night (http://www.octagonglobalrecruiting.com/)and didn’t realize those dates are San Diego.

What does LOST have to do with comics, indeed.

]]> by: Agatha Marple http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/05/30/lost-its-just-a-jump-to-the-left/#comment-1660657 Fri, 30 May 2008 20:00:16 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/05/30/lost-its-just-a-jump-to-the-left/#comment-1660657 Let's have a moment for all the poor saps on the boat who never got a warning by anyone that there was a bomb on the boat and maybe trying to escape would be a good thing to try. Desmond worried about his buddies but no one else. No mention of them afterwards. Ah, well. Let’s have a moment for all the poor saps on the boat who never got a warning by anyone that there was a bomb on the boat and maybe trying to escape would be a good thing to try. Desmond worried about his buddies but no one else. No mention of them afterwards. Ah, well.

]]> by: Randall Kirby http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/05/30/lost-its-just-a-jump-to-the-left/#comment-1660450 Fri, 30 May 2008 19:39:02 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/05/30/lost-its-just-a-jump-to-the-left/#comment-1660450 What does LOST have to do with comics? Why don't you ask the folks at Octagon Global Recruiting? They'll be in San Diego July 24-27. Do those dates sound familiar? What does LOST have to do with comics?

Why don’t you ask the folks at Octagon Global Recruiting?
They’ll be in San Diego July 24-27.

Do those dates sound familiar?

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