The ODI

Thanka to j Davis for the heads up about this recent inerview by Matthew Fox who provides his own opinion on Season 6 of LOST and more.

NOTE: As stated he provides his opinion on what happens, so if you consider that as spoilers then do NOT read.

Thanks to XFilesProject for the article

Matthew Fox, who plays Jack - the doctor, leader, 'Oceanic 6′ survivor and love interest of Kate - revealed all about playing his character, his love of travelling and family life in Hawaii.

Casual in jeans, a suit jacket and clutching a bottle of mineral water, the foxy Mr Fox is laid back and friendly. His approach appears in stark contrast to the intensity of his character, Jack Shephard, who - as any Lost fan will attest - has been historically full of angst for one reason or another.

Fox makes it clear from the outset that he was "so happy to get past the corner of Jack." Although he openly admits he's "very attracted to characters that are desperately trying to be better," he expresses his real relief about playing Jack in a new capacity this year: "He's a very, very different guy this year since he got back to the island."

Fox goes on to say that things do change as soon as Jack realises "he really is fated to accomplish something on that island, that he's meant to be there."

However, the challenge of playing this role is not something Fox passes off lightly. It's evident that it has been a long hard graft from the way he sighs out loud and without hesitation when speaking of Jack's despair.

Harking back to the first four years of the show where Jack was taken from a heroic place to a place of sheer and utter desperation, is painful for Fox. He feels that "towards the end there where he was really in that bad place, it was just really tough. The material was really tough and I couldn't wait to get past that. You don't just take that off and come home… Sometimes you carry that stuff around with you."

For Fox, work and family life have become intrinsically linked since his family's move to the Hawaian island of Oahu, (now five years ago) in order to start filming Lost. The knock-on effect meant there were big changes for his family and his career.

Given the shift and his obvious commitment to the show, Fox is keen to convey the importance of his family and extended family surrounding his career. Although personally happy in Hawaii where he can watch his daughter's love of surfing grow, Fox talks of his family's love of travelling, and how they are "looking forward to where we are heading after this and a lot of that because we are going to be closer to family." Fox fondly recalls speaking with his brothers about bringing all of their children closer together to ensure tighter relationships

Happy with home, family life and now with where Jack is, Fox (inbetween intermittently screwing and unscrewing the top of his water bottle) is constantly teasing forthcoming storylines.

When asked whether he knows about the ending of the show, he talks about all the misinformation as "an interesting dynamic." He feels that "what makes the show and what keeps the audience, I hope sort of on edge while they are watching Lost is that any character can die at any time."

So what about Jack? Could Jack die? For Fox it's a firm, "Oh, yeah!"

What's even more surprising is his answer to whether he'd like to see himself (Jack) die: "I think that would be awesome. I think Jack will die. I mean that's my own personal belief. Whether he will die in the last moments of the show or before that will remain to be seen. I think a lot of the characters are going to die, but I can be wrong. I might know that."

In addition to his thoughts on Jack's demise and all told through giggles, Fox also shed light on Locke and Jack together: "I think it is very cool to see how and where those two end up in the final moments of the show."

And with that final episode now less than a year away, there's little doubt that Fox will keep teasing us all, keeping us on tenterhooks for a little while longer.

Hey All,
Thanks our good friend Charlie from io9 for the heads up about a new LOST book that provides us with a behind the scenes look at the show. If you are a fan of the LOST Magazine then you will love this book, because apparently it compilation of stuff from previous magazines.

Below are the details and some images and the cover art. Plus, if you are interested in this book you can pre-order it on Amazon for a special price here: LOST: Messages from the Island at Amazon

Lost: Messages From The Island, out June 30 from Titan Books, compiles the best content from Lost: The Official Magazine. Here are some details:

Full of secrets, flashbacks, twists and turns, Lost is a unique and captivating television experience that both challenges and entertains. This companion features the best of Lost: The Official Magazine. Inside you will find:

Exclusively written intro from executive producers Damon Lindelof & Carlton Cuse
Detailed interviews with all the show's stars
Original concept art and storyboards
Engrossing commentary on the making of key episodes
Scores of stunning photos direct from the set
Extensive interviews with the show's creators, producers and many crew members

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Hey All,
I was reading Jeff Jensen's most recent post at EW and in his post he had a link to the official ABC recap for the Season 5 Finale The Incident, that states the Four-Toed Statue is indeed the Goddess Tawaret.

I am not sure how long this recap has been available and this information was available, but it is the first time I have seen it.

So for all of you that were claiming the statue was Tawaret, I guess you are right.

What does this all mean!?

Tawaret is known as the goddess of pregnancy and childbirth, which of course could be a reference to the pregnancy issues on the island.

Also, if we think back to season three when Richard tells Locke that Ben is wasting the Others time with "novelties" such as the pregnancy issues and then hands Locke Sawyer's file. He basically "pushes" Locke towards convincing Sawyer to kill Locke's father Cooper.

So if Jacob lives in the statue and Richard seems to be working for Jacob then why do they convince or influence Locke to have Sawyer get redemption via a revenge killing!? Especially if we are led to believe that Jacob seems to be a force for good?? Maybe Jacob is not who we think he might be!?

I don't know, perhaps I am missing something!? What do you all think!?

Here is a link to Wikipedia's entry on Tawaret

Hey All,
So we are two weeks or so into this final hiatus and I know many of you are counting the seconds until Season 6 starts next year.

As promised we are here and will continue to do our best to help speed up the wait and one way is via the podcast. Thanks to all of you that sent in messages wondering when the Season 5 Finale (Episode 5x16/17 The Incident) podcast would be posted and to those that waited so patiently. We wanted to make sure we cover as many details as possible and that means you get another extended version!!

Once again both Karen and Vozzek69 join me and we had so much to chat about, discuss, analyze and theorize that we decided to break the recap into two parts. Part 1 is now available on iTunes and we discuss the opening scene with Jacob and his dark shirted friend along with all the scenes in the 1977 time line and the flashbacks that were connected.

For those of you that can not access the podcast via iTunes, below is an audio player along with a download link.

Hope you all enjoy!!

ODI LOSTcast 44 - Episode 5x16-17 Recap Part 1

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Here is an interview with LOST writers Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse that they did with G4 before the S5 finale and before they went into radio silence.

Thanks to Linton for the heads up and LostLaFleur for the clip

Evangeline Lilly at Cannes Film Festival as the Face of L'Oreal

Here are several new images of LOST star Evangeline Lilly from her photoshoot with Woman's Health Magazine.

Thanks to Jeffry for the images.

Evangeline Lilly - Woman's Health Photoshoot

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Here is the third promo from ABC that features several stars from the various shows on their network.

This is very similar to the previous promo except the end is different featuring a new scene with Jorge Garcia.

Enjoy

Hey All,
Just wanted to make a little post and update you on the status of the new podcast. With so much being revealed and new questions arising from the Season 5 finale, Karen, Danny and myself had so much to talk about in the podcast that it will be broken up into at least 2-3 parts.

Part 1 has been recorded and in the final stages of the editing process and will hopefully be posted by tomorrow in time for the holiday weekend.

I appreciate all the emails and comments wondering where the podcast is, so you should all have the first part soon!!!

Don't worry we will not short change you at all, the reason for the extra time and the multiple parts is because we want to make sure you get our full thoughts on everything that has happened and how we relate it to the show in general.

In the meantime my two wonderful podcast partners have already posted their recaps for the finale, Vozzek69 (Danny) over at DarkUFO and Karen has the first part of her recap posted on her site.

Below are links to their recaps and perhaps will give you an a little insight on their thoughts before listening to the podcast.

Enjoy!!

Karen's Thoughts - The Incident Part 1 | Vozzek's Things I Noticed The Incident

Hey All,
Yesterday we posted two sneak peeks to LOST star Elizabeth Mitchell's new show V, but she was barely shown.

However, the new FULL Promo was released and she is featured in several scenes of the promo confirming that she is an FBI Agent that has a son that seems to believe the new visitors come in peace.

The end of the promo provides us with our first look at the official art and our first look at the lizard-like alien eye!!

Check out the promo in the TV Spoilers Section of the site here:

http://tvspoilers-odi.blogspot.com/2009/05/v-new-full-trailer.html

Here are two new ABC promos that feature stars from the various shows on their networks. The first clip is a LOST/Desperate Housewives crossover promo featuring Matthew Fox and Teri Hatcher.

the second promo has several of the ABC show stars coming over for a get together and you can see Jorge Garcia dancing with a rake on the yard.

Pretty funny stuff.

Enjoy!!

Thanks to our good friend DarkUFO for the second clip.

Hey All,
There has been much debate on how Elizabeth Mitchell will return by being cast in the lead in the new ABC show V. We have more details in the spoilers section if you are interested if she is returning or not.

However, today ABC released the first two sneak peeks for her new show V and we have them posted in the TV Spoilers section of the site at the following link here:

So check her out and let us know what you think!?

http://tvspoilers-odi.blogspot.com/2009/05/v-first-two-sneak-peeks.html

Hey All,
Apparently the initial reports from ABC for their 2009 schedule once again does not have LOST in any specific time slot. This is no surprise as this has happened every year for the last few seasons, because ABC always waits to see how their new shows fair and then pick a time slot for LOST.

However, it seems like the current options according to E! Online, are the show will air in the Wed 9PM time slot or perhaps move to Tuesday nights at 10PM.

Our good friend DarkUFO received a report that it was going to be moved to Thursdays. At this point I do not think many of the fans care we just want to see the 6th and final season now!

Of course, LOST deserves a little more respect I guess and should be given it's own time slot no matter what, but it always comes down to maximizing the profits, so I think we might have to wait a few more months to see how the Fall shows do.

If there is any additional news we will keep you all updated.

Thanks!

Here is another Michael Emerson Interview this time with The Onion's AV Club.

Thanks to Jon for the heads up.

NOTE: The final question asks Emerson his opinion about Ben's future in season 6 and there is a potential minor spoiler.

The A.V. Club: Darth Vader and the Joker were two of the bigger names that Entertainment Weekly’s readers put higher on the villains list than your character. Do you want to talk any shit about Darth Vader?

Michael Emerson: [Laughs.] He’s a great force of darkness, I guess, but how much acting goes on behind a plastic head? I’m not sure about it. [Laughs.] It seems like his costume does more work for him than mine does for me. I should get handicap points, I think.

AVC: Your character isn’t necessarily a straight-up villain; he’s sometimes portrayed as having the best of intentions. Why do you think Benjamin Linus has been so easily labeled as a villain?

ME: I don’t know. I’m happy to live with it, but I think it’s interesting that I make these best-villain lists when it’s not even clear that I am a bad guy. I think it’s something in the playing of the part. I think it worries people when they can’t get a handle on a character. I tend to play him kind of ambiguously. There is a sinister quality to him, but I think the verdict is still out about what his position is on the scale of good and evil. To a large extent, people’s interest in the character is the mystery of the character.

AVC: Because there are no clear-cut heroes and villains, it’s interesting to watch people discuss the show and say, “Obviously this person is good and this person is evil.” In the end, Hurley will probably wind up being the major villain, because nobody will see it coming.

ME: [Laughs.] Yeah, because that’ll come out of left field. That would be the last thing anyone was expecting. I’m going to make a broad statement here and say that I think people respond to villains because people in general are more villainous than heroic. I think it speaks to the human condition. I think we all secretly understand that we have our sins and our dark thoughts, but we put a face on it for the world. When we see villains played, we sort of perk up. We go, “How’s he doing?” [Laughs.]

AVC: Are you worried about being typecast?

ME: It’s on my mind, and it’s something I will have to deal with. Who’d say no to a role for fear of being so popular that they become typecast? You just do your work and let the chips fall. I really do think that every time you play a role well, you are in danger of being identified with that role until the next big thing comes along. My break on the live stage was playing the character Oscar Wilde in Gross Indecency. So for a while, it looked like all I would ever play was flamboyant Englishmen. But then I get a couple of things on TV where I’m a little bit sinister, and now that’s the thing I’m in danger of being forever. So I’ll have to be a little bit careful about what I pick next, and try to bust out and find another part that is such a good fit that I’m in danger of being pigeonholed.

AVC: You’ve done a lot of theater work, and you were once referred to as a stage actor who also does movies and television. Was it an easy transition from the stage to television and film?

ME: It wasn’t that easy, not so much in acting terms as in social terms. It’s an adjustment, you know, just to find your way around to those studio lots and stuff in L.A. The drill is different. It’s a different kind of working regimen. It just didn’t have all of the old comfortable rituals: the first table-reads, the meet-and-greet, all those things I’m used to; starting out at the table and gradually getting on your feet and having four weeks to rehearse the thing. Suddenly in television and movies, you’re left to be ready on the day. Your rehearsal was auditioning for the part. Now you’re ready to go on. Higher stakes, in a way. But now I really like it. I don’t think it’s a huge acting problem. Anyone with any sense can see that you just have to dial it back a little bit when the camera’s up your nose.

AVC: The show has become huge, and so has your role. But when you were starting out, was it hard to tell whether what you were doing was going to be well-received, as opposed to being onstage, where you can gauge an audience in real-time?

ME: It is a different feedback system. You depend a little bit more on a set of subtle signals from the crew, or from the director of the episode. But in your actor’s heart, you know when you’re playing well. Others may not always agree with you, but I’m always aware of when the scene is cooking or not. You have an instinct about that from years of doing scenes and plays, and I think it stands you in good stead even in the TV world.

AVC: When it comes to what’s going to happen next on the show, the cast is largely kept in the dark, getting scripts just before shooting begins. At what point did you realize that Benjamin Linus was going to be an integral part of the story?

ME: That really dawned on me gradually. As you know, I was originally engaged to be a guest player, to do a few episodes and go away, so I wasn’t thinking in terms of staying in Hawaii. The scenes I was in in the early going, when I was Henry Gale, they had a kind of ambiguity about them. There was a mystery in there, and no one could really figure it out. I remember one day, a director came to me—I had a line, Sayid was waving a gun in my face saying, “Tell us who your leader is,” and I said, “If I tell you, he’ll kill me,” and the director came and said, “That’s good. Let’s take it again, and this time, act as if the leader is the scariest person on Earth.” And I said, “Okay, I can do that, but what if the leader is me?” And he blinked at me a couple of times and said, “I can’t discuss that.” [Laughs.] And that was it. From then on, I thought, “Oh, I see. This could turn into something.” I’m like a slower factor on those kinds of issues; if even I can see that that’s a possibility, then it must be in there somewhere. And as it turns out, it was true. It was a great development.

AVC: Tell the truth, you were getting online and posting anonymously, “Who is this Ben Linus guy? He’s great! They should give him more screen time.”

ME: I wish I had the savvy to do that. I don’t go online much, and of course I don’t even have the sense to have an e-mail name that isn’t my own name, so I can never do any of that stuff anonymously. I’m hopeless.

AVC: About a year from now, you’re going to be done, and people are going to be packing up and leaving the island. Do you fear having a post-Lost depression?

ME: It will be a sad time. You know, your body just lets down. I’ve been ill since we wrapped 10 days ago. When the pressure’s off, that’s just natural. It will be sad to see this amazing chapter… It’s a great show, the show really interests me, and I’ve had so much visibility because of my work on it, it’s a great thing. I’ll never duplicate this experience. But on the other hand, it will be good to move on and embrace the unknown future and see what that holds. I will say that life will be simpler when I don’t spend two-thirds of the year in the middle of the Pacific.

AVC: But is that so bad?

ME: No, no, it’s great. I have a great time there, and the people are so lovely. Not every TV show is as welcoming and warmhearted as the Lost company. Everything’s good about that. It’s just the logistics of being so far from Carrie, my spouse, and loved ones, and the world of theater, and the life of New York City. That’s sort of my life for many years now. But I’ll go back to it.

AVC: Do you have any predictions for Ben in the sixth and final season?

ME: No, I don’t know. I wouldn’t even venture to try and second-guess Damon Lindelof. He’s so brilliant. I’m really curious to where it will go. People say, “What new angles and developments for your character do you long for?” and I say I don’t really long for any. I think Ben has a kind of constancy, that Ben’s mission remains the same. His character is rather set. I’ll be curious to see what sorts of challenges or situations they provide for me. Having said that, they may completely change the character, for all I know. [Laughs.] I don’t think so, though. I’ll be glad to be in it, because I’ll be curious to see how far into the last season I’ll survive. We’re going to have to start losing people next year.

Source: The Onion

Hey All,
Our good friend Congested just sent over a screencap of Jacob working on his banner (tapestry) with the Greek Translation.

Check it out!!

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Source: Audibly LOST

Here is the full set of promotional pictures for last night's LOST Season 5 Finale, that includes promo pics for all the key moments from Jacob's scenes to the battle at the Swan site.

Thanks to our good friend DarkUFo for grabbing the pics for us.

Enjoy!!

Episode 5x16/17 The Incident - Full Set of Promo Pics

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