LOST Tidbits: Death Montage & Connections to Star Trek Dan Koelsch, May 18, 2010 With ABC’s LOST coming to an end, we’re seeing a lot more fan made videos, artwork, and analysis. Today we got montage of every death scene the show has had, as well as a great analysis of LOST’s connection to the Star Trek franchise, based on actors being in both. Hit the jump to get all the Island goodies. Slashfilm has the video called “LOST:People Who Died” that features all the deaths we’ve seen throughout the show’s run. It’s a fitting way to allude to the end of the series. Check it out below. io9 has an interesting article that shows some of your favorite LOST actors in various Star Trek roles, then tries to compare the characters. For instance, Daniel Dae Kim (Jin) played alien Gotana-Retz on an episode of Star Trek: Voyager. Here’s how io9 compares them:How This Ties In With Lost: Gotana-Retz is unstuck from time. Jin was unstuck from time. Gotana-Retz is wearing a space suit – Jin could have easily [SPOILERS] yoinked some hyperbaric diving suit from the submarine. Gotana-Retz asks for Tureena. Tureena rhymes with Sun. Gotana-Retz = Jin. Case closed. The sci-fi website has a few other good articles about LOST, including “Lost: The 14 Casting Tapes That Started It All” and “50 Questions Lost Really Does Need To Answer”, so check those out. We’ll have our LOST recap and review tonight of the show’s last regular episode, then we’ll have a special podcast recap and review for the finale. Viral Marketing LOSTStar TrekViral video
Tron Legacy: What You Get For Playing The Game February 24, 2010December 1, 2010Right now cities around the world have locations in arcades where you can get a code for the new Tron Legacy Flynn Lives ARG. The question is, what is the experience like, and what exactly do you get? Luckily we have a play-by-play by a player (or “operative”) who got… Read More
Viral Video: Intervention Intervention with Fred Armisan January 31, 2010January 30, 2010Intervention is a hit show on A&E that profiles people whose dependence on drugs and alcohol or other compulsive behavior has brought them to rock bottom, so the family and an intervention specialist stage a surprise intervention. While the premise for the captivating show is serious, Funny or Die has… Read More
Trayvon Martin Case Affects Marketing For Fox’s “Neighborhood Watch” March 28, 2012March 28, 2012You might not think that the public discourse on the Trayvon Martin shooting would have much impact on Hollywood, but there has been an unexpected result. 20th Century Fox has had to change their marketing for their upcoming sci-fi comedy Neighborhood Watch. Get the details after the jump. Read More