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Comic-Con: The fine line between teasing and spoiling

It's the last time for LOST at Comic-Con

It's the last time for LOST at Comic-Con

Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse, the dynamic producing/writing duo known as “Darlton,” will be appearing at Comic-Con this Saturday, July 25, 2009, from 11:00 am to Noon. This will likely be a bittersweet event, because LOST has presented a panel every year at Comic-Con since 2004, the summer before LOST premiered, and this summer will be the very last time.

In an interview a few days ago, TV Guide asked Darlton if they were going to answer questions about Season 6:

Carlton Cuse: We’ll answer some questions and we’ll be evasive about some things. I mean, again, we want to find the fine line between teasing and spoiling.

Damon Lindelof: Up until Comic-Con, we’ve been answering those questions by saying, “We’re not talking about Season 6 until Comic-Con.” Now we will no longer be able to use that as an excuse so we’ll at the very least have to find a new dodge.

With 6,500 fans packing the hall, you can be sure there will be plenty of live reports going out via Twitter. Good places to check are #lost, #sdcc, #comiccon, and #comic-con.

When the video comes out, I’ll be looking for highlights and funny lines.

Speaking of funny lines, here’s a clip from last year’s event. Damon and Carlton were talking about a special feature on the Season 4 DVD which presented the flash-forwards in linear order, when they themselves suddenly flash-forwarded to the future:

… with my left eye! Ha ha, very good.

Official Comic-Con site

What the heck is Comic-Con?

The Comic-Con logo is via Lostpedia, which has lots of information and clips from Comic-Cons past.

‘Previously on Lost’ band playing tonight (Tuesday, July 21, 2009) in New York City

Dancing statue in the Lost Untangled video

Dancing statue in the Lost Untangled video

Remember the “Previously on Lost” band that played on the Season 5 Finale LOST Untangled video?

They’re going to be in New York tonight, playing at the Mercury Lounge in lower Manhattan, where they will be performing their Season 5 Finale recap song live for the first time. Also appearing are the headline act Malajube — a French-Canadian indie rock band — and two other bands. Only $10! 21+

Here’s a clip of the band in a concert they did last year at the Knitting Factory in NY, singing a catchy recap of The Constant:

And here’s the Season 5 Finale LOST Untangled video:

You can listen to more of Previously on Lost’s songs on their MySpace page.

Concert clip from WeArePOL

Hitler gets angry over LOST Season 5 Finale

This is in spectacularly bad taste. It’s also VERY funny, with many laugh-out-loud moments:

By Shane9999100

Jorge Garcia (Hurley) dancing

Here’s a cute short promo that ABC put out to cross-promote LOST and Dancing With the Stars, featuring Jorge dancing with a rake to a Britney Spears song:

Jorge Garcia (Hurley) on Jimmy Kimmel

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In this clip from earlier this week (the evening before LOST Episode 5×13 aired), Jorge is funny, talking about time travel, buying toilet paper at the grocery store with coupons, not going surfing, and spotting a stranger in his back yard.

For more Jorge, check out his blog.

Screencap of Jorge Garcia from Jimmy Kimmel Live, April 14, 2009 (c) ABC

LOST clip show on April 22, 2009

There’s going to be a clip show and, alas, no new episode on Wednesday, April 22, 2009, in the show’s regular timeslot, 9:00 pm to 10:02 pm.

According to an ABC press release (via Dark UFO), the clip show is called Lost: The Story of the Oceanic 6, and from the description, it sounds as if it’s going to be covering mostly material from Seasons 4 and 5.

My guess is that the clip show may untangle the flash-forwards and follow the storylines of each of the characters, perhaps in a way similar to what was done in the Season 4 DVD special feature Course of the Future: The Definitive Flash-Forwards.

Speaking of which, here’s a very brief clip of Darlton (producers/writers Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse) talking about Course of the Future — and goofing around — at last summer’s Comic Con. These guys crack me up:

Ken Leung (Miles) in ‘The Sopranos’ and ‘Keeping the Faith’

Ken Leung in The Sopranos

Ken Leung in The Sopranos

About eight months ago, I was watching The Sopranos on DVD, and one of the guest stars looked really familiar. I was sure I had seen him in some other role, but couldn’t place him. And then it hit me — maybe it was the freighter guy from LOST, the one who could get in touch with ghosts.

And so it was.

In this episode of The Sopranos (Remember When, originally airing on April 22, 2007), Ken Leung plays a patient in a mental hospital. He latches onto a fellow patient who he greatly admires, the former mob boss Uncle Junior, who had been placed in the hospital after shooting his nephew Tony Soprano. Uncle Junior entertains himself in the hospital by organizing secret poker games for the patients, and Leung’s character, Carter Chong, eagerly assists him.

Chong at first appears quite normal, to the point where you wonder why he is in the hospital at all. And then, in the middle of an ordinary conversation, he suddenly snaps. Leung gives a very interesting performance in this role of a character whose whole demeanor can change on a dime.

After seeing this episode of The Sopranos, LOST producers Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse were so impressed with Leung’s performance that they decided to offer him a role on LOST. Actually, it was even more than that — they created a new role especially for him.

On a lighter note, here is Ken Leung, seven years earlier, in a short and funny clip from the movie Keeping the Faith. Watch the clip past the 1:45 point to see a couple of twists at the end.

Screen cap of Ken Leung as Carter Chong, with Uncle Junior, played by Dominic Chianese, in the background. (c) HBO

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