Just one of the items Conor Knighton looks at in his weekly roundup of the
world of media. Also includes: Miss America, 'Lost' returns, Joe Biden's
knowledge of 'Avatar,' the Pro Bowl, 'Solitary' and Oprah's ass, and naked
financial news.
infoMania is a half-hour satirical news show that airs on Current TV. The show puts a comedic spin on the 24-hour chaos and information overload brought about by the constant bombardment of the media. Hosted by Conor Knighton and co-starring Brett Erlich, Sarah Haskins, Ben Hoffman, Bryan Safi and Sergio Cilli, the show airs on Thursdays at 10 pm Eastern and Pacific Times and can be found online at http://current.com/infomania/ or on Current TV. And make sure to check out our facebook profile for special features at http://infomaniafacebook.com.Just one of the items Conor Knighton looks at in his weekly roundup of the
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infoMania pays tribute to the many people who died on TV this week.
infoMania is a half-hour satirical news show that airs on Current TV. The show puts a comedic spin on the 24-hour chaos and information overload brought about by the constant bombardment of the media. Hosted by Conor Knighton and co-starring Brett Erlich, Sarah Haskins, Ben Hoffman, Bryan Safi and Sergio Cilli, the show airs on Thursdays at 10 pm Eastern and Pacific Times and can be found online at http://current.com/infomania/ or on Current TV. And make sure to check out our facebook profile for special features at http://infomaniafacebook.com.infoMania pays tribute to the many people who died on TV this week.
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The Grammy Awards, Miss America, the final season of 'Lost', National
Geographic's 'Taboo,' and the web's biggest muscles.
infoMania is a half-hour satirical news show that airs on Current TV. The show puts a comedic spin on the 24-hour chaos and information overload brought about by the constant bombardment of the media. Hosted by Conor Knighton and co-starring Brett Erlich, Sarah Haskins, Ben Hoffman, Bryan Safi and Sergio Cilli, the show airs on Thursdays at 10 pm Eastern and Pacific Times and can be found online at http://current.com/infomania/ or on Current TV. And make sure to check out our facebook profile for special features at http://infomaniafacebook.com.The Grammy Awards, Miss America, the final season of 'Lost', National... more
You remember the episode, right? That moment? No, the other one.
Three words: Adam and Eve.
Just in case you forgot, way back in season 1 there was a Sun and Jin-centric episode titled "House of the Rising Sun." This was a pretty memorable episode for several reasons, but one tiny event took place within it's hour-long runtime that has been fodder for LOST speculation ever since. During a walk through the jungle, Charlie accidentally steps on a bee hive, and while rescuing him Kate ducks into a cave and discovers two decomposed bodies. Locke, being a man of faith, dubs them, "our very own Adam and Eve."
Producers Carlton Cuse and Damon Lindelof assured fans in an interview with EW.com's Doc Jensen that the identities of Adam and Eve are significant to not only the story of the island, but the integrity of the entire show:
QUESTION: What is the meaning or significance of the two skeletons that Jack and Kate found in the cave of season 1?
CUSE: The answer to that question goes to the nature of the timeline of the island. We don't want to say too much about it, but there are a couple Easter eggs embedded in "Not in Portland", one of which is an anagram that actually sheds some light on the skeletons and hits at a larger mythological mystery that will start to unfold later in the season.
LINDELOF: There were certain things we knew from the very beginning. Independent of ever knowing when the end was going to be, we knew what it was going to be, and we wanted to start setting it up as early as season 1, or else people would think that we were making it up as we were going along. So the skeletons are the living -- or, I guess, slowly decomposing -- proof of that. When all is said and done, people are going to point to the skeletons and say, "That is proof that from the very beginning, they always knew that they were going to do this."
Flash-forward to season 6, and the LOST fandom is eagerly awaiting answers. Having promised to reveal the identities of Adam and Eve, the LOST producers have given us the opportunity to speculate with real measurable results. So, I've compiled a list of potential candidates. Let's vote on them and see if the Current LOST community picks the right pairing before the reveal.
So, here's the plan. For the first stage of this I'm calling for suggestions to add to this list:
Jack and Kate
Sawyer and Kate
Sun and Jin
Desmond and Penelope
Bernard and Rose
Gerald and Karen DeGroot
Then, vote and comment on each pairing. Only vote up on one pairing, and vote all of the others down. When the reveal is made we'll see how close we were to being right!You remember the episode, right? That moment? No, the other one.
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Last night's season 6 premiere, LA X, cracked the Internet in half. Well, at least for those of you on Twitter. LOST was front and center on both Google Trends and Twitter search trends for the bulk of the evening, and even after the West Coast airing subsided, the chatter continued to push LOST into the top 10 for both trends lists.
So what happened?
Let's eschew a more formal review and go for a "what we learned" recap instead. After all, the need to discuss the events in the 2-hour premiere compelled several coworkers to stop me on my way in this morning to discuss. BTW -- This is one of many reasons to become a fan of the show. The levels of research, speculation, and metaphysical discussion percolates nicely to form a brew steeped in mythology, spiritual mysticism, and downright noodle-cooking scientific theory. Can you tell I need a cup of coffee?
There are two pushes of the discussion that prevail this morning. The first comes from the opening moments of LA X. Juliet cracks on Jughead with a rock, an explosive sound emerges, the screen blooms to white, and we pull out from clouds into the cabin of Oceanic Flight 815 to find Jack...only it's not quite the same Jack. I'm dubbing this sequence, and all other sequences tied this timeline, Bizarro LOST -- it appears to be a world where things we've come to know about our favorite Losties are off kilter ever so slightly.
You could nitpick each scene taking note of several discrepancies from the original pilot scene:
Charlie doesn't rush by Jack before the turbulence of the Swan Station event hits
Cindy (the flight attendant) gives Jack one, not two, bottles of vodka
Jack's hair is longer than it was in the pilot
Each one of these inconsistencies is 100% intentional, but why? We get the feeling that Jack recalls aspects of his time before the Jughead explosion, and certain words, phrases, and people trigger a look of awareness in his eyes. But the Oceanic Flight he is supposedly on takes place BEFORE any of the events on the island. Just when you start to dissect that, something else gets thrown into the mix to ruffle more feathers.
For example, Desmond appears at one point in a "What the hell are you doing here?" moment, mutters the word "brother," and triggers a moment of recognition for Jack. The question here being, is Jack recognizing Desmond from the island? Or is Jack recognizing Desmond from the track while training for his race around the world?
LOST question #23: "What is the smoke monster?" -- ANSWERED
Well, sort of anyway. Can you answer this resolutely if you don't really know the identity of the person Smokie is revealed to be? We've called him the Man in Black, but something tells me this season will give way to a new nickname for Jacob's mysterious rival -- Faux-Locke.
In arguably one of the best moments of the episode, Ben witnesses the wrath of the smoke monster when a group of the Ajira passengers (read: mercenaries of Jacob) decide to enter the tomb beneath the Tawaret against orders. Faux-Locke disappears, and Smokie billows in, delivering hurt in a way we've never seen before. The ring of powder obviously protects from Smokie, but it's not a perfect solution. After Smokie disappears, Faux-Locke re-emerges to deliver the line of the evening, "Sorry you had to see me like that."
You could hear the sound of LOST fans' collective brains popping in the silence following this line. Needless to say, Terry O'Quinn is well on his way to an award-winning performance this season. I'm just saying. As Faux-Locke his eye popping stare, cold indifference with which he speaks of life of the real John Locke, and sinister delivery is equally perplexing as it is captivating. Is Faux-Locke Esau? Why is he so disappointed in Richard and the other Ajira passengers? Were they mislead? (look up Biblical references to Jacob for more on that).
Socially speaking...
Prior to last night's episode, pleas of mercy to keep social media sites free of spoilers littered the social media space. They had little impact on general chatter, however. At the time of publication, LOST remains a trending topic in both Google Trends and Twitter Search, and this growing trend of social popularity mixed with fan behavior has certainly raised some concerns.
For example, this humble author even went so far as to issue a statement of principles regarding my use of Twitter while liveblogging the new season. Something tells me that Tuesday nights will continue to be heavy with LOST discussion until that final episode rolls credits.
What did you think of the episode? Should social media discussion be quieted to prevent spoilers? Where there more important moments from the show you'd like to discuss? Add them in the comments and let's crack this open.
Last night's season 6 premiere, LA X, cracked the Internet in half.... more
Boone! Claire! Charlie! Rose! Bernard! Australian stewardess homegirl!
It was a throwback evening for Lost – and it was great to see familiar faces – but what the hell happened to Boone’s homegirl? The one played by Maggie Grace?
Anyway, it was great to see the old gang tonight. It was also great to see that they introduced a whole new mythological setting for us to chew on: a Mayan-like temple that features an Asian guy in charge who “hates the taste of English on his tongue.”
Way to keep it real bro.
I am not even going to attempt to analyze this episode but I will list things that stood out to me...(follow the link to read!)
I never understood why people love watching television. When someone would tell me about the previous night’s Law & Order, I’d wonder why they wasted so much time with television. Wouldn’t they rather do something creative instead?
In college that thought became “Why would you waste your time in front of a television, when you could waste your time in front of a beer bong, getting wasted?”
My mind has been inundated with 75 years of academic scholarship, which attempted to convince me that popular culture’s only purpose is to hegemonize the proletariat. It was easy for me to believe, because I’d never been a TV fan.
This changed when I was cold lampin’ around my parent’s house. I’d just returned from a trip to South America when a friend came over with LOST Season 1 DVDs. I was skeptical. I told him I had better things to do. He knew that I didn’t. He turned on the DVD. I watched 25 hours in three days.
LOST won me over.
By the time 815’s survivors from the front of the plane met the survivors from the back, I’d moved back to my old college town. I didn’t have a TV, but a friend gave me his key so I could watch episodes while he was at class. I’d invite people over to have LOST parties in his living room.
Around the time the Others watched 815 crash, I was living in Mexico. I had one fear before moving to Mexico, and it was that I might not be able to watch LOST. To my luck, I was able to buy an iTunes season pass. Watching abroad helped me keep up on gossip with friends in the United States. LOST helped cure homesickness.
I left Mexico before the season ended. I took a trip up the Pacific coast. I watched episodes in Portland and Kelowna. I screeched at the top of my lungs from a motel room in Yreka when I realized the last episode was a flash-forward.
I watched the helicopter crash with friends in North Hollywood. By the time we met Kevin Johnson, I was living in Brooklyn.
I watched the first episode of the fifth season at my parent’s house, after returning from another trip to South America. I watched episodes in San Francisco, Seattle, London, Heidelberg and Lower Manhattan. Season Five ended 2 days before I signed a lease for an apartment in Los Angeles.
I’ve moved around a lot during these past five seasons. I guess you could say that LOST has been my constant. And now, I truly understand what it means to love watching television.
Now I can't get enough television. I love it all, but specifically LOST, infoMania, SuperNews!, Vanguard, and The Rotten Tomatoes Show.
My editor made me add that.
This post is also on the Comedy blog - with all sorts of crazy Easter eggs (read: hyperlinks to LOST-pedia) http://su.pr/978YkTI never understood why people love watching television. When someone would tell me... more
Tonight is the HUGE premiere of the sixth and final season of LOST on ABC. Our gorgeous Matthew Fox is quitting TV. The sexy actor has had his fill of TV acting.
Stars were shining brightly even before it was dark on Waikiki Beach in Hawaii on Friday night, January 30, 2010. For diehard fans of the television hit LOST, it was a dream come true to see the actors and actresses up close and personal.
Here is the Evangeline Lilly set of Season 6 Lost character promos posters to go with the ones I posted earlier in the month that featured six other characters (Sayid, Frank, Richard Alpert, Jin, Miles, and Ilanna).Here is the Evangeline Lilly set of Season 6 Lost character promos posters to go with... more
LOST's Evangeline Lilly is auctioning off three lunches with herself and lingerie from her new clothing line to help raise funds for her charity to help the children of Rwanda.
WHAT: Lunch with Evangeline Lilly from ABC's hit television series LOST
WHERE: Three separate auctions for lunch in Los Angeles, Honolulu & Vancouver
WHEN: Auctions launch January 25, 2010
FOR CHARITY: Supporting the GO Campaign
More details at Greenwala!LOST's Evangeline Lilly is auctioning off three lunches with herself and lingerie... more
I really thought this was a joke. This shows without a doubt how vapid Americans really are. Granted the State of the Union is nothing but a show anyway, but really...I really thought this was a joke. This shows without a doubt how vapid Americans... more
The Onion has a hilarious news piece about just how obsessed Lost fans can get. We'd poke fun too, if we didn't spend every holiday dinner in our "Drive Shaft" T-shirts, trying to explaining the black-and-white Lost symbolism.
“(Manquer) Missing: A Bicycle Love Story” is a visually stunning 4-minute animated short film by Matt Daniels and Sean Pecknold. The stop-motion animation recounts a well-known motion picture trope: awkward fellow falls for the love of his life, who is stolen away by a village lout, then abused and neglected by the hooligan, and finally gallantly rescued from the cruel thug. But this wonderfully charming short transcends that commonplace leitmotif through its mixture of unusual, visually dynamic photography and a captivating narrative voice-over. You’ll find it very hard not to fall under the pleasant spell of this beguiling little love story, with its every surprising twist and turn.
This piece presents a number of color photographs, as well as this fascinating animated short film.
Please visit my website to view the photographs, and to watch this irresistible 4-minute animation.
One of the entertainment industry's leading guilds is singing the praises of 'Glee' and 'Mad Men.' Both series scored multiple nominations on the Director's Guild of America's awards list of telelvision nominees for outstanding directorial achievement. New comedy 'Modern Family' also scores a nomination.
The sixth and final season of “Lost” premieres with a two episode special where the fate of the survivors of the crash of Oceanic Airlines Flight 815 on a mysterious island in the South Pacific will start being revealed on February 2, 2010.
