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It finally occurred to me that the cast picture linked to upthread had comments below it.
My god, there's not a development on TV anywhere that doesn't have someone on the internet bitching about it, and if they're bitching on LJ, there will be icons.
So. True.
Oooooh! I just saw an ad for the S1 DVDs that are coming out.... THIS TUESDAY!!!!1!
It's true!
TV Guide had a mini-disk with some stuff on it including a song from Driveshaft. Sadly, my computer won't play it (too small a brain) and I have zero extra time at work to fool around with this sort of thing. And I can't play the song on my cd players because there is a warning that the mini-disk can ruin a cd or dvd drive that isn't a tray entry sort of drive.
Did anyone watch the mini-disk?
The set was in my Gold box a few weeks ago, and I got a message from Amazon yesterday that it had shipped.
Next week's issue of Entertainment Weekly will have Lost trading cards inserted, apparently in three batches (collect 'em all!). They are ABC promo cards, not to be confused with the Inkworks release.
Cool!
Entertainment Weekly gives the Season 1 boxed set an A:
Okay, we all know this ABC drama rules, so let's just go straight to the EXTRAS. The bonus features are as insanely comprehensive as the show is confusing. Not only do cast and crew contribute five commentary tracks (creator J.J. Abrams explains that Matthew Fox's No. 5 tattoo will become ''a crucial defining character point'' for Jack going forward), but they actually stop the pilot episode occasionally to show behind-the-scenes footage, like a four-ton chunk of flaming airplane engine accidentally falling near actor Dominic Monaghan.
An hour-long series of docs — including a fascinating one on how they bought a plane, destroyed it, and shipped it over to Hawaii — covers nearly every aspect of filming the pilot, while a separate doc goes through the entire season. Locke (Terry O'Quinn) teaches Walt (Malcolm David Kelley) how to spot a liar in one of 13 deleted scenes, and Sayid (Naveen Andrews) goes tie shopping in one of two previously unseen flashbacks. And we could tell you where to find secret audio transmissions from Danielle, as well as an alternate title sequence, but c'mon — what fun would that be?
My DVD set arrived! I've just mainlined the bonus disc, which has oodles of fun stuff. Highlights;
- The filming of the OMGWTF POLAR BEAR scene and Oh GOD the hilarious wrongness of the flying bear puppet (!)
- The casting process and the audition tapes on nearly everybody, which ROCKED. Matthew Fox in particular made a mesmerizing Sawyer.
- MF's photo album set to the tinkly music from Charlie's not!death scene; amateurish but weirdly affecting photographs with MF providing the narration. Fox has a lovely voice, which I hadn't noticed before.
- The deleted flashbacks from "Exodus": I loved the one with Claire with Pilot Weiss. I wish they had the time to include that in the episode.
Matthew Fox in particular made a mesmerizing Sawyer.
Huh. I'm trying to picture that, and I can't.