Good to see the Ultimate Drew abuse keeping up"
"It's cool," Abrams says, "that the 'Lost' writers' building is right across the way from the 'Alias' one. I'll be looking for Fury, and Fury will be in Bell's office, talking about an episode of 'Lost' or 'Alias.' I'll go over and be at 'Lost,' and Drew Goddard wrote an episode of 'Lost,' so Drew will be over there -- crying, I think."
"He's a very weepy man," Bell says.
"He's tall and weepy," Abrams says.
"Evidently," Bell says, "it's not easy being tall and handsome. There's a lot of weeping going on."
"I would know," Abrams says, "being as tall as I am and good-looking."
I love the idea of Abrams poaching Mutant Enemy for talent as soon as the axe fell. "Hey little boy, would you like a piece of candystorywriting responsibility on an angsty genre-crossing drama airing on network TV? With an obsessed internet-savvy fanbase?"
The lost storyline I mourn most is the robotic Watchers that led to Wes shooting "Dad." Who were they? What were they doing? How is Wes' Dad involved?
Curse you, WB. Curse you.
OK, I'm rewatching "To Shanshu in L.A." (it's been a loooong while since I watched it last) because I was talking about it earlier elsewhere, and Wesley looks absolutely *scrumptious* in it. He's all angsted out about the prophecy, with furrowed brows and 5 o'clock shadows and hair sticking up and looking damn near S3-worthy
scruffy.
I had no idea. Yumm.
Yes, he was yummy. It just serves to point out how good an actor he is with clumsy, geeky S1 Wesley. You'd think he was made for an interminable run in The Importance of Being Earnest. And then he comes on with the scruff and the shadow and the angst and the rrrowrrr.
Why do I have the feeling that AD is probably closer to geek-Wesley?
I love the idea of Abrams poaching Mutant Enemy for talent as soon as the axe fell.
He probably just had to say, "Hey, you want to continue to write for the HoYayest show on TV? Come on over to Lost!"
He probably just had to say, "Hey, you want to continue to write for the HoYayest show on TV? Come on over to Lost!"
Last episode was a worthy effort on multiple fronts, but I don't think Smallville has to worry about serious challenges to its title as yet. I suspect Abrams tempted them with twisty-turny plots and the prospect of a high body count.
Smallville's
under siege from OC. Not from Lost, not yet.
Smallville's under siege from OC.
Now
there
is a crossover stunt waiting to happen...
