Merry Christmas!!!

FROM NIKI!
Miss u guys!!! :)

What's your New Year's resolution?

The New Year is upon us in a few weeks and I'd like to ask you all what will be your resolution for 2009?


Mine will be to get some decent internet access and a dvr for all new LOST episodes!


here's Jack, in case you all were wondering!


Thanks!
NIKI

BEN IS A CLONE! deleted scenes from season 4 DVDs!

well fans, it's been awhile since I have been able to blog due to my lack of internet access....BUT I HAD to hunt down a PROPER internet connection to discuss something that I recently saw on the new LOST dvd release for season 4!

BEN IS A CLONE!!!!

If you watch the deleted scene entitled "DESERT STASH" you will see BEN ride a horse into the desert that looks like the one he "jumps" to in time after the wheel incident. HOWEVER, he is checking some rocks for a secret stash of passports and identifications. As he does this, he looks over his shoulder to see HIMSELF lying on the desert floor with the DHARMA PARKA on. Yes, this had me so freaked out that I had to watch it over again about 4 more times!


We all know that there was a BUNNY experiment with rabbit # 8....The "SHIFT" and how that SAME rabbit appeared....So now BEN is just like bunny #8!!!!Could this explain why we see CHARLIE in other places AFTER he has died---at Santa Rosa...OR how Kate sees Claire in Aaron's room one night in the future....And is this the reason that Ben cannot kill Widmore? Because there is MORE THAN ONE WIDMORE????





So I looked up online to see if anyone had anything to say about this...

HERE's what I found....
From BUDDY TV...
from February 2008:
On last week's episode of Lost we learned a lot of interesting things about our friend Ben. The first came courtesy of a group of passports that Sayid found in Ben's secret room, which led us to believe that he may be leaving the island on a regular basis without anyone's knowledge. The other interesting reveal was in the flash forward, where we learned that Ben was not only off the island, but using Sayid (Naveen Andrews) as his hired gun to commit a string of assassinations. The Lost writers would like us to believe that Ben gets around a lot more than previously suspected.

However, what if that's not the case? I have a theory, and it's one that involves the possibility of two Bens. Trust me, it's not as crazy as you might think.


One of the great things about Lost is that, though it's not necessary to explore all of the peripheral content that the creators make for the show, it can provide clues and hints to future events. At the 2007 San Diego Comic-Con, showrunners Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse debuted an unseen DHARMA Initiative orientation video for The Orchid station. The video showed a rabbit unexpectedly producing what appeared to be a clone of itself. When the clone suddenly appears, the scientist screams "Don't let them near each other," as though the two animals are not supposed to be in the same place. Check out the video here:



The piece of information this video seems to provide is the fact that creating a duplicate on the island isn't out of the realm of possibility. If it's not an actual clone, it could be the same rabbit from a different dimension or time that was able to cross into The Orchid Station. As we all know from watching Back to the Future, the same two beings from two different times cannot touch without the entire fabric of the universe coming undone, hence the scientist's warning.

If clones or beings from other times are able to appear on the island, this could easily explain the continued appearance of Christian Shephard, as well as many other Lost mysteries. Is it possible that a doppelganger of Ben (Michael Emerson) appeared in the Orchid Station at some point? Someone he could send out to the "real world" to do his bidding? I wouldn't be all that surprised.

The other piece of evidence that feeds into my theory is the book Bad Twin, which was released as a tie-in novel to the show in 2006. The manuscript was also read by Sawyer (Josh Holloway) in season 2 of the series. While the novel itself has nothing to do with Ben, the fact that the show intentionally introduced the concept of an evil twin is rather telling. As every Lost fan knows, just about everything in the series happens for a reason.

My theory is that Ben has never left the island, but perhaps his clone, or doppelganger, has. In fact, he would have to leave to ensure the safety of the universe by making sure that the two Bens would never come in close contact. It could be the twin who is blackmailing Sayid and having certain people assassinated. After all, how would the real Ben even get off the island without the Others noticing his absence? It seems almost impossible. However, it wouldn't be impossible for the bad twin.

Does this theory hold any weight, or has watching too much Lost finally driven me mad? You be the judge.
____end of article


I think with the BAD TWIN reference, and the "two sides-one is light, one is dark" this theory has more truth to it than any I've heard thus far...

Stay tuned guys! LOST and all our theories and parties will be underway as the NEW SEASON prmieres in JANUARY!

Take care....
Niki
(Jack's Yeti Beard)

Here's a link to a great new screencap site brought to you by RICHARD ALPERT!
Ben in desert

WOOOOOOOOO!!! First Season 5 Trailer

Thanks so much to Jo JOpinionated for the tip off on this trailer



It looks like the date for the return of LOST will be Feb 4th 2009, starting with a 2 hour premiere.

LOST 2.0 coming to G4 SEPTEMBER 15th!

Wanna watch LOST in all it's wonderful glory all over again FROM THE BEGINNING???
Wanna watch it with EVEN better facts and tid-bits than ANY of the ENHANCED versions that ABC had to offer???

Well wait no futher my friends....G4 tv has LOST from SEASON 1 EPISODE 1 until present for you to enjoy!!!

G4 will begin airing LOST 2.0 on SEPTEMBER 15th!

Here's what G4 has to say:
"Now, there's a different way to get LOST. Introducing LOST in 2.0. You'll see every episode from the very beginning, enhanced with on-screen facts and creator commentaries, bringing you inside TV's most captivating series. Don't miss LOST in 2.0, coming to G4 September 15."

Have YOU noticed the "HO" in the NEW Dharam Logo?

by NIKI





















Dharmaholics,
As soon as the new Dharma Logo was revealed on DHARMAWANTSYOU.COM
I noticed that if you look at the WEST and EASTERN portions you will see that the WEST is an "H" and the EAST is an "O"....
This isn't the first time we've seen "HO" in Lost mythology.
HO appeared a few times in "The Beginning of the End." Remember when Charlie appeared to Hurley in the gas station (he was standing next to a rack of Ho Hos)? H and O were present during Jack and Hurley's game of Horse, and the elemental symbol for Ho was a sculpture at the SANTA ROSA.

The big clue to "HO" is the chemical connection to "Holmium" (using the symbol "HO").
Holmium is "the highest magnetic moment of any naturally-occurring element and possesses other unusual magnetic properties."


Those sneaky LOST guys!

Here's your SEASON 5 scoop from EW's Jeff Jensen!...Includes the FIRST EPISODE's TITLE!

From Jeff Jensen at EW.com

'Lost' Season 5 Premiere Scoop! The Episode Title Is...
Doc Jensen takes a break from dodging time-traveling bullets to hit Comic-Con with the ''Lost'' masterminds, talk about ''Watchmen,'' and (wait for it!) reveal the title of season 5's premiere episode
Buzz up!More

UNDER 'LOCKE' AND KEY? No, the Doc has the scoop on the season 5 season premiere title...

We have stuff to discuss.

Yes, even though the premiere of Lost is still more than five months away, I have news for you, including a bit of business that represents one of the first official ''spoilers'' of season 5 — the title that producers Carlton Cuse and Damon Lindelof have given the first episode.

''THE BRIDGE''

Kinda evokes that moment at the end of season 3, when Flash Forward Jack was about to kill himself by leaping from that Los Angeles overpass. It's an important moment to evoke, as it sets up his redemptive quest to return to the Island and rescue those he left behind. Of course, Jack first has to find the Island, which vanished right before our eyes in the season 4 finale. One might wonder if ''The Bridge'' represents the segue from Jack's current position in space/time to the Island's present temporal locale. ''The Bridge'' also has subtext: after all, season 5 will be the bridge season of Lost — the year we must cross in order to get to season 6, the terminus for the series. All to say, ''The Bridge'' would make a fitting title for the first episode of season 5...

Except ''The Bridge'' isn't the title for the first episode of season 5.

I just made that up.

Rest assured, I do have the real title for you, and I do intend to disclose it in this special summertime edition of Doc Jensen...

Right after this:

DOC JENSEN'S COMIC-CON WRAP-UP

Actually, Doc Jensen didn't go to Comic-Con: that kooky theorist had to hide in the backseat of my mind as his alter ego, ''Jeff Jensen, Journalist,'' covered the annual popculturepalooza. I had to moderate three panels in my Clark Kent capacity, beginning with a Friday a.m. presentation devoted to director Zack Snyder's adaptation of the comic book classic Watchmen. My stomach was kinked with anxiety — speaking in front of 6,500 people = not my thing — but I'm grateful to a good friend and fellow Watchmen fanatic who hung with me behind the scenes and helped calm my nerves via geeky conversation and a reminder that the opportunity should be (humbly) enjoyed and appreciated, not dreaded.

After surviving the Watchmen circus, I facilitated my second panel of day, an EW-sponsored event in which we invited a bunch of TV producers whose work we admire and respect to talk about their work and various Big Picture industry issues: Josh Friedman of Fox's Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Bryan Fuller of ABC's Pushing Daisies, Josh Schwartz of NBC's Chuck and The CW's Gossip Girl, and Carlton Cuse and Damon Lindelof of Lost. Some on the panel were big comic book fans, so I asked if comic-book storytelling had influenced their TV storytelling, and Lindelof, a Watchmen devotee, shared how the Alan Moore-Dave Gibbons saga's intricate flashbacks and easter egg construction inspired the way he writes episodes of Lost. There was some time for audience Q&A, and yep, there were a lot of Lost questions, which the non-Lost guys on the panel endured with grace and humor. In fact, Fuller — a professed Lost obsessive — confessed he had a number of questions himself, none bigger than this: Did Jin survive the season finale? (Apparently, he has a sushi dinner riding on the outcome.) Cuse explained that yes, we will be seeing actor Daniel Dae Kim next season — but considering how a growing population of maybe-ghosts walk the Island, that doesn't mean Jin is assured a corporal state.


My public speaking duties done for the day, I relaxed by accepting an invitation from Messrs. Cuse and Lindelof to accompany them to bizarre bazaar that is the Comic-Con floorshow, where thousands of people just like you (albeit often dressed up as superheroes or Star Wars characters) shop and lurk at booths representing scores of comic book publishers and retailers, movie studios and TV networks, videogame and toy companies. And in the thick of it all, there was a small, curious space, managed by an outfit purporting to be the Dharma Initiative.

THE NEW LOST ARG: DHARMA WANTS YOU!

Comic-Con served as the starting line for a new Lost alternate reality game, akin to ''The Lost Experience'' prior to season 3 and ''Find 815'' prior to season 4. ARGs are going to be ATG (all the rage) this season: look for Heroes, Fringe, and Dollhouse to engage with reality-blurring transmedia entertainments this fall. My policy on ARGs: Argh! Conceptually fascinating, experientially frustrating. I don't play them, but I do like watching other people play them via fansites that track their development. (I recommend Lostpedia.org's ARG page, which compiles clues by date. It's a great way to keep track if you're not playing or for catching up if you're joining late.)

Lost teased the ARG during its season finale back in May with a faux commercial for Octagon Global Recruiting, a firm hired by a reconstituted Dharma Initiative. Apparently, the secretive scientific concern is looking for new embittered button-pushing suckers and doomed polar bear food — um, I mean, world-saving, humanity-expanding volunteers to challenge the unknown! And since Comic-Con is the kind of place teeming with Right Stuff humanity, Dharma decided to begin head-hunting there. Interested participants were brought inside a phone booth-sized space and given their choice of several screening exams administered via video monitor. The dozen-plus questions veered from ethical to personal to non sequitur. What would you do if you found a tortoise lying upside down on a beach and couldn't get back on its feet? Describe your first kiss. What does pride sound like? The alternately amusing and unsettling inquiries were open-ended and required verbal responses, which were recorded on video. (However, the online version, currently available at dharmawantsyou.com, is multiple choice and, of course, click oriented.) I passed — ''barely'' — and was told I would be contacted via email with further instructions.

The impish intrigue intensified the next day at the annual Lost panel, in which Lindelof and Cuse held court in their typically hilarious, hijinxy fashion. Dharma sponsored the event, and Initiative rep Hans Van Eeghen was permitted a few minutes to present a video featuring highlights from the on-site testing — or should I say ''lowlights,'' as Hans made it clear he was very disappointed with the overall quality of potential recruits. I was tickled and mildly humiliated to see that my response to the request to characterize my first kiss was included in the clip reel, although for the record, my full answer was ''Awkward and wet,'' not the abbreviated ''wet'' reported by the video. (Now I know what it feels like to be edited.) But the most provocative moment of the panel came when a panicked recruit named Dan Bronsen — one of four privileged souls chosen by Hans to immediately begin their Dharma orientation — stormed back onto the stage during the producers' audience Q&A to share a video he had just (secretly) shot during his Initiative processing. It seems Bronsen and his three friends were allowed to watch a mysterious video communiqué from our old friend, Dr. Marvin Candle, the cryptic emcee from those Dharma orientation tapes. The highlights:

1. Dr. Candle claims his true name is Dr. Pierre Chang.
2. Chang claims to be broadcasting from the past — 30 years in the past, so circa 1978 — and sending the signal through some kind of temporal pinhole.
3. Chang claims to know information about his future/our present — that our president is George Bush; that we use the Internet; that Dharma is doomed to be destroyed via ''the purge'' — and that he knows this information from a ''credible'' source.
4. A crying baby can be heard off-camera, and at one point, Candle/Chang asks someone to shush him. Could the child be someone we know — perhaps, say, ghost-whispering hustler Miles Straume?
5. Chang's urgent message for the present: The Dharma Initiative must be reconstituted in order to prevent some kind of calamitous future event.
6. The video ends with the man operating the camera despairing over the futility of the endeavor — a man who sounds a lot like time-traveling scientist Daniel Faraday.

This newest scrap of Lost mythology, which you can watch at abc.com deserves a whole column unto itself, and I promise a full dissection within the month. But my word count grows long, and we have other things to discuss, like...

''NO TIME LIKE THE PRESENT''

Not a bad title for the season premiere of Lost. Certainly seems suitable given the time-travel shenanigans of season 4 and Candle/Change's assertion in the Comic-Con video that ''time isn't just of the essence... it IS the essence.'' The title pokes at the speculation that the Island isn't just missing in geographical space but also history, and it also winks at what Lindelof and Cuse suggested looms as a major new development in Lost's storytelling: episodes that have no ''present,'' but toggle between time frames — a show that is figuratively lost in time. All to say, ''No Place Like The Present'' would be a fitting title for the first episode of season 5...

Except it isn't the title for the first episode of season 5.

THE LOST BOOK CLUB!

Team Lost has devised an online book club, with a reading list comprised of the more than 40 books referenced and name-checked over the course of four seasons. Check it out over at the Lost page at abc.com. You'll find the selections organized by season, with brief comments describing how each book was dropped into the story. How it works: pick a book; read the book; head to a message board at abc.com to discuss. (That said, every couple of weeks, one book is singled out as a rallying point; currently, that book is Stephen King's Carrie.) Say the producers in an introductory statement: ''Pick up any of them and experience the richness of storytelling, character, and theme, and then allow your imagination to connect all that back into our show.... We can't promise you any of these books will lead you to answers about Lost, but we can promise you'll be enriched for having read them.''

''THE SACRIFICE''

What do you think of that for the title of season 5, episode one? I kinda like it. It evokes the price paid by Michael and Jin to help save their friends — and the price paid by Ben to save the Island. And it might suggest some kind of thematic context for the death of John Locke/Jeremy Bentham. I also like ''The Sacrifice'' because it links to a Russian film about death and survival set against the backdrop of apocalypse, directed by Andrei Tarkovsky, who also directed an adaptation of Stanislaw Lem's Solaris, long suspected of being a Lost source text, despite not being part of the current Lost Book Club. All to say, ''The Sacrifice'' would make for fitting title for the first episode of season 5...

Except it isn't the title of the first episode of season 5. The REAL title for the first episode of season 5 is...immediately following this important announcement:

CANCER SUCKS!

Longtime readers of this column know that about 18 months ago, cancer touched my family in a profound way. (Update: Amy is doing great, and thank you for all the warm wishes you continue to email. They do mean a lot to us.) It has also profoundly touched many people behind the scenes of Lost, which is why they've become big supporters of ''Stand Up 2 Cancer,'' a very cool, very smart, very strategic, very genuine, and very ambitious grassroots initiative designed to raise funds for cancer research. The campaign includes a primetime TV special that will air simultaneously on ABC, NBC, and CBS at 8 PM on Sept. 5. But there are many ways you can help in your everyday walk of life; check out standup2cancer.org for more info.

The producers and cast of Lost are contributing to this effort by conducting a fundraiser through liveautographs.com — zip over there when you have a moment and consider taking advantage of the cool opportunity they're offering fans. Times are tight; it's hard to part with cash; and there are so many urgent causes worthy of your resources. So I'll ask for nothing more, but I will thank you for the consideration...

...and I will, finally, give you this, the real-deal title of the Lost season 5 premiere, tentatively scheduled for a late January debut:

''BECAUSE YOU LEFT''

Reminds me of what Jack told Ben that Locke-as-Bentham told him before kicking the bucket. You remember, right? If you do, I want to hear your informed analysis. Send it to JeffJensenEW@aol.com.

And I'll be back next month with your reactions — and more analysis of that mysterious new Candle/Chang video!

Namaste!

Doc Jensen

DON'T forget the EMMYS! LOST is nominated!

Hey Dharmaholics! Niki here after a VERY busy summer....Things are winding down a bit, so I will post some LOST news for you guys! THANKS to TONI for keeping the blog updated while I was busy with WORK!

OK...THE EMMY AWARDS....
LOST is nominated for Outstanding Dramatic Series
AND
Michael Emerson is nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Dramatic Series!

Don't FORGET to tune in to ABC on SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 21st at 8pm EASTERN USA TIME!
GO LOST!!!!

Comic con Lost Panel Videos

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Part 4

Damon and Carlton @ Comic con

Lost bosses Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse pop in from the future to appear on the season four DVDs.

Lost Panel Q & A

Lost show runners Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse are here to take your fan questions here and, apparently, give out relevant prizes, and it'll all be liveblogged here!

Q's and A's are paraphrased. This will be updated frequently, so check back often. Vids of key moments coming soon.

Q: When the hatch imploded and the sky turned purple? Did the Island move then?
A: No. But something happened. Prize: Oceanic water bottle.

Q: What is the fate of Jin and Locke?
A: Jin will still be on the show in some form. You've not seen the last of either of those characters. Prize: Jin panda bear.

Q: Best episode and best season, in your opinion?
Carlton: "The Constant" is my favorite episode, and season one.
Damon: "Exodus" and the raft launch before the show disintegrated into utter despair. I also like season four. Prize: Apollo bar and Apollo bar T-shirt.

Q: What's up with the reflection in the season four promos where the city was in the reflection in the water?
A: That was all about the Oceanic Six getting off the Island. Prize: Heroes DVD

Q: Will there be a Rousseau flashback?
A: We will see Rousseau's story, to use the word flashback might be disingenious. Damon: We're steering away from the flashes. Prize: I Am Lost luggage tags.

Q: What's up with the actors strike?
A: We're supposed to start in three weeks at least until further notice changes that plan. Prize: Photo of Nikki & Paolo.

Q: Any special guests this year?
A: No actors. Sorry. Prize: Actor-signed DVD box set.

Q: What happened to Vincent?
A: What about what happened the Island and Sawyer and Juliet? Vincent's OK and will appear in season five. Safe to say: Vincent's gonna make it to the end. Prize: Little polar bear.

Q: Are Jack and Kate your show's one true pariring?
A: Carlton: Personally I like those two, professionally I'm going to take the Fifth. Prize: Jack action figure.

Ah, we've been had again. MATTHEW FOX is so totally here. Photos coming soon!

Q: Will Kate ever see Sawyer again?
DL: Not if Jack has anything to say about it. CC: Yes. Kate will see Sawyer again. Prize: Signed poster.

Q: What happened to non-speaking "beachies" who were ferried over to the blowed-up boat from the season four finale?
A: They dead. Faraday is probably gonna be OK. Prize: Authentic Faraday tie.

Damon Q to Matthew Fox: Do you know the meat-socks/redshirts, i.e. those who died on the boat?
MF: Yep. They're always there and very professional.

Q: Is there a limit to how far the flashes can go back and forth in time?
A: We're going to tell stories in a new and exciting way. This year, when season five starts, you're not going to know when and where you are. CC: There will be storytelling both on and off the Island and in different periods of time. Guy who makes wooshing sound will remain employed. Prize: Hanso Foundation hat.

Q: Just between me and you, how does this show end?
A: It ends well, we hope.
Q: Can I have some Jin?
DL: The alcohol or the character?
Prize: Dharma beer

Q: How old is Richard Alpert and does he have six toes?
A: Not tellin'. We will see Richard Alpert barefoot in the very near future and that's pun intended: the very near future. Prize: "I asked a Richard Alpert question and all I got was this lousy T-shirt" T-shirt

Damon Q to Matthew Fox: How old do you think Richard Alpert is?
MF: 125 years old. DL: Wrong.

Q: Regarding Locke's pseudonym of Jeremy Bentham, and one of his big things was the panopticon, are the people on the Island people being watched and by who?
A: Good question. [Interrupted by new Martin Candle video drama. That video? Coming soon right here!]

That's all for now kiddos. Check back soon for photos and video from the panel and in the not-too-distant future, my exclusive backstage interview with Mr. Matthew Fox himself! In the meantime, post your comments and Q's on the panel below, and we'll work on dragging more answers out of the powers that be in the very near future.

Source: E!Online

Dharma OGR Comic Con Video - Dr. Candle Appears!!

Source: Comic Con Live

Lost Panel @ Comic Con

Finally got the Wifi to work!!!

DVD Special is Flash forwards in the order they take place D&C pure comedy clip!!

12:10 D&C coming out to roars!!

UPDATE : Talk about new autograph site, all the cast members will have signing services for charity.

Q&A almost immediately but some sponsorship: Dharma Initiative

Hans Van Eegan Appears!!

Update : ASR Tests given were abysmal

12:20 They show compilation of Dharma tests!! Fans shown, Damon says he cant live Carlton

Update:

Fans called up to stage for passing.

Four on stage and I think they are actors...not sure.

Fan Questions

Bo from Team ODI

Did the island travel when sky turned purple?

Answer is NO

Fans getting gifts for asking questions!! Bo gets Oceanic water!!

12:25

Not seen the last of Jin or Locke. Dead is a relative "term"

Show will have both of characters.

UPDATE:


Confirmation of 17 episodes in last two seasons/

12:25 Which epi/season best??

Carlton says Constant favorite episode. S1 favorite.

Damon: S1 favorite and S4

Advertisements cast on island - what about reflection in water of city? No additional meaning just O6 getting off.

12:30 Rousseau FB?? WE willsee Rousseau's story this season!!! Staying away from
FB, but doing something!! Rousseau will be in S5!!

Do you guys know how the show will end?? Mentions D&C moms not knowing.

Other writers know most, but not everything


Any guest today!? Hans Van Eegan was guest, but cast is all scattered around the world almost impossible because not together.

Fan gets signed copy of DVD!

12:35 Question about movie LOST Horizon? Yes, but not really going off of. But yes Stephen King, but anything in genre category is what we follow.

What happen to Vincent? Damon jokes that no questions about what happened at end of S4!?

Vincent will appear in S5


Question about Jack and Kate being together at end is shot down, but funny.


Carlton personally prefers Jate paring but pleads the 5th about show. Debate about fan gift. Jack action figure

Matthew Fox Appears!!!!!!!!!!!

Joins Q&A!!

12:40 Kate WILL see Sawyer again!!

Faraday will be ok. Authentic Faraday tie given to fan

Fox says he has built bind with crew and cast, including the minor characters.

when S5 starts you will not know where we are.

Will be on island and off AND different periods of time!!

Bon Stencil asks how show will end?? Jokes about Jin and gets Dharma beer!!


12:45 Question about Tempest and Secondary Protocol.

Faraday knows about it because of his notebook is filled with things that already happened and will play a KEY part in S5.

Damon: Didn't like that story line

Stuart who looks like Hurley gets Dharma Ranch!!!

Next fan does not know name of Fox, Damon or Carlton.

12:50 How old is Alpert and how many toes??

Quite OLD. Learn more about Alperts history in S5. Fox says 125, but is wrong. We will see Alpert barefooted in "NEAR" future.

Bentham and pentopticon prison.

Dan Bronson STOPS panel!!! Says you guys are not telling us shit!!! He has Dharma proof and what happened to him!!

He is going to show his video

Candle appears!!!

Pierre Cheng is his real name/

Astrophysics. Einsten Field equations. He is in the present and says you will get this 30 yers from now.

Colleagues are all dead. Violent purge. Work is valid if you see this video. Imperative DI is reconstituted. TIME IS THE ESSENCE.

Save us. Dan runs out!!

Van Eegan appears again and says canceling sponsorship.

End of panel!!

Hopefully video to follow






Source: Comic con Live and Dark UFO

UPDATE!!!!!!

As you all may know our lovely spoiler devil Croucher has just begun a 12 month round th world trip

Although we were very sad to see him leave, we are so happy that he has the chance to do this. We will miss him MADLY!!

BUT....I have just found a message posted by him on our shotglass myspace chat here it is guys....


an update guys, im in Thialand at the mo... loving it. travelling the Thai islands in the next month or so... Miss you all and hopefully we will cross paths on here soon!! see you all in another life brotha!

Croucher if you get to read this... WE LOVE YOU MADLY HAVE A GREAT TRIP HUNNI, SPEAK TO YOU SOON HOPEFULLY XXXXXX

"Lost" captures 8 Emmy nominations

The fourth season of "Lost," ABC's made-in-Hawaii drama, scored eight Emmy Award nominations this morning, including one for best drama series and a supporting-actor nod for Michael Emerson, who plays the mysterious Ben Linus.

The show was not nominated for writing or directing; the other nominations were for editing, cinematography, sound editing and sound mixing, plus Michael Giacchiano was nominated for musical composition. The eighth nomination was in the category of Special Class -- Short-format Live-action Entertainment Programs, for "Lost: Missing Pieces," mini-episodes posted online at www.abc.com.

Season 4 was viewed as a comeback season for "Lost," which floundered with viewers and critics last year. Emerson's mesmerizing performance as Ben, the brilliant leader of the Others whose motives are always obscure, was one of the primary factors. He was also nominated last year but did not win; Terry O'Quinn took the Emmy for his role as John Locke.

Emerson won an Emmy in 2001 for a guest role as a serial killer on "The Practice."

Also nominated as top dramatic series were "Boston Legal," "Damages," "Dexter," "House," and "Mad Men."

Nominated with Emerson are William Shatner, "Boston Legal"; Ted Danson, "Damages"; Zeljko Ivanek, "Damages"; and John Slattery, "Mad Men."

Source: starbulletin.com

Choose your Dharmaholic 6

We have set up our very own Lost fantasy league...

But where would be the fun in having a standard league like every other LOST site?

No.... we are doing this the shotglass way!!!


You pick a team of 6 LOST characters..(the Dharmaholic 6) You will get points(pints) every episode one of your team has a drink/pours a drink/appears drunk/is seen in a bar... Your team member can only score once per episode and not per drink(I know everyone will just pick Jack and think they can pick up easy points)...not so fast!! Every character is given a numerical value on the likelyhood of him/her downing some Dharmahol,so you could go for the easy option of picking Yeti-Jack etc and build a steady but small haul of points...but who knows what will happen to our Losties in the new season..take a few chances...at the rate Walt is growing he could be chugging a 6-pack the next time we see him..(Aaron flashforward in a bar getting Jack-Faced with Ji-Yeon?..Mega points) There are 6 groups to pick from..(pick one from each...) There will be a chance to substitute 2 drinkers half way through the season,in case one or more of your picks die or are not appearing as much as the other characters!


www.emailmeform.com

And MASSIVE thanks to NOTLOST for this brilliant idea!!

LOST AWARDS!!!!!!!!!!!!

Head on over to the Polls section of The Shotglass and take part in our very own SHOTGLASS STYLE LOST awards.

We have one nomination from each season in each catagory.

When we close the polls we will announce the winners here.

Thanks guys and remember!!!!

DRINK TOGETHER.....BARF ALONE!!

Happy Dance time ARGGGGGGG!!!!!!!

Yes people...its that time again!! HAPPY DANCE TIME!!!!!

In an interview Carlton Cuse has confirmed that New LOST interactive game start at Comic-Con, register to become a member of Dharma Initiative. Depending on how you do on the test you will be a Physicist, Chemist, or even a Workman. (Source DarkUFO

I for one CANNOT WAIT!!!!!!!!!!

So if you haven't already registered, go to octagon global recruiting

All I have to say now is....ARGGGGGGGGG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Plans for the hiatus

As you will know we have a rewatch scheduled during the hiatus. We plan to take it to the middle of December and the end of season 3. The season 4 viewings will come in January once we know the date of the season 5 premiere. We also have other great things planned for the hiatus.... I wont say too much at the moment, but it will be plenty to keep us all amused into the new season.

If any of you guys have any ideas of fun things you would like us to do, PLEASE get in contact with us here at the shotglass.

We will also be bringig a new look to the shotglass pages to make them more user friendly and fun to use.

Again any ideas PLEASE let us know. We are all about the fans at the shotglass.

LOST REWATCH

As promised here is the rest of the schedule for the Shotglass LOST reawtch

Season 1

Pilot Pt 1 18/06/08
Pilot Pt 2
21/06/08
Tabula Rasa
21/06/08
Walkabout
21/06/08
House of The Rising Sun
25/06/08
The Moth
02/07/08
Confidence Man
05/07/08
Solitary
05/07/080
Raised by Another
05/07/08
All the Best Cowboys Have Daddy Issues
09/07/08
Whatever The Case May Be
16/07/08
Hearts and Minds
19/07/08
Special
19/07/08
Homecoming
19/07/07
Outlaws
23/07/08
…In Translation
30/07/08
Numbers
02/08/08
Deus Ex Machina
02/08/ 08
Do No Harm
02/08/08
The Greater Good
06/08/08
Born To Run
13/08/08
Exodus Pt 1
16/08/08
Exodus Pt 2
16/08/08


Season 2

Man of Science Man of Faith
16/08/08
Adrift
20/08/08
Orientation
Everybody Hates Hugo
27/08/08
…And found
30/08/08
Abandoned
30/08/08
The Other 48 Days
30/08/08
Collision
03/09/08
What Kate Did
10/09/08
The 23rd Psalm
13/08/08
The Hunting Party
13/09/08
Fire + Water
13/09/08
The Long Con
17/09/08
One of Them
24/09/08
Maternity Leave
27/09/08
The Whole Truth
27/09/08
Lockdown
27/09/08
Dave
1/10/08
S.O.S
8/10/08
Two For The Road
11/10/08
?
11/10/08
Three Minutes
11/10/08
Live Together, Die Alone
15/10/08


Season 3

A Tale Of Two Cities
22/10/08
The Glass Ballerina
25/10/08
Further Instructions
25/10/08
Every Man For Himself
25/10/08
The Cost Of Living
29/10/08
I Do
5/11/08
Not In Portland
8/11/08
Flashes Before Your Eyes
8/11/08
Stranger In A Strange Land
8/11/08
Tricia Tanaka Is Dead
12/11/08
Enter 77
19/11/08
Par Avion
22/11/08
The Man From Tallahassee
22/11/08
Expose
22/11/08
Left Behind
26/11/08
One Of Us
3/12/08
Catch 22
6/12/08
D.O.C
6/12/08
The Brig
6/12/08
The Man Behind The Curtain
10/12/08
Greatest Hits
17/12/08
Through The Looking Glass
20/12/08


Season 4

The Beginning Of The End
TBA Jan 09
Confirmed Dead
TBA Jan 09
The Economist
TBA Jan 09
Eggtown
TBA Jan 09
The Constant
TBA Jan 09
The Other Woman
TBA Jan 09
Ji Yeon
TBA Jan 09
Meet Kevin Johnson
TBA Jan 09
The Shape Of Things To Come
TBA Jan 09
Something Nice Back Home
TBA Jan 09
Cabin Fever
TBA Jan 09
There’s No Place Like Home Pt1
TBA Jan 09
There’s No Place Like Home Pt 2
TBA Jan 09

We will be starting to watch the show at 9pm UK time.

As wehave mentioned we will be in live chat whilst watching LOST
Join us HERE
Most of us will be streaming the show, if you dont fancy taht and you have the dvd's, use them instead....either way I hope we get as many viewers if not more than this week..

Thanks guys.....

LOST season 4 Finale!!

Last season's finale of "Lost" (ABC, 9 p.m.) gave the first glimpse of life off the island for what turned out to be a half-dozen survivors of Oceanic Flight 815.

It was quite a jolt at the time, if for no other reason than the show that was practically created on flashbacks flashed forward for the first time.

Much of this season, moving forward and back, has been spent telling how the group that has become known as the Oceanic 6 actually made it off the island.

In tonight's season finale, that moment in the future when they get off the island gets even closer, though it seems inevitable there will be a battle first — with the freighter people, whose mission was not to save them, and even with Locke, who seems adamant about staying.


It has been a pretty satisfying season, all told, given its brevity. Beautifully shot and well acted, "Lost" is one of the few network shows that require a lot of thought and reward close viewing. Savor the 2-hour farewell for a show that won't be back until 2009.

Source: www.courant.com

SPOILERS ON THE INTERNET!!!

You will all know that every episode certain spoilers are leaked onto the internet concerning LOST. I for one DO NOT read spoilers, in face I dont even watch the promos for the next episode. It has been revealed that DARKUFO has posted a MASSIVE spoiler for the season 4 finale on his spoilers site. I am not against spoilers as such, but when such a huge spoiler is posted it brings out the idiots.... I have already happened across spoilers form the next episode through no fault of my own. I entered the main DARKUFO chatroom, where it is stated that spoilers aren't allowed and LOSTFAN108 (or an impersonator)had posted posted spoilers for ALL to see. I am ANGRY that I have been partly spoiled because someone has let this information leak. I also find it DISRESPECTFUL to all those people who put in a lot of work to make sure LOST is full of twist and turns and things that keep us guessing!! WHAT IS THE POINT WHEN PEOLE RUIN IT LIKE THIS!

HERE IS THE FULL STORY FROM LOSTPEDIA!

What do you think of spoilers?
by Santa at 3:45:00 PM

New Spoilers Restart Controversy

Note: No spoilers in this article. No spoilers in comments please (Comments thread will be moderated).

In the wake of a major scene-by-scene spoiler of the Season 4 finale by the Lost fansite DarkUFO, I must say I'm disappointed (again) but not surprised. Apparently he has received very specific spoilers for the season finale, and has posted the synopsis of the first hour of three, apparently a very detailed scene-by-scene reveal. A new controversy is brewing, and we want to hear your opinions.

Andy, the proprietor of DarkUFO, says he received the information from a source claiming to call himself Lostfan108. If you don't remember, Lostfan108 was the person who gave Dark the spoiler for the finale of Season 3, perhaps one of the biggest mindfucks in television history. I'm glad I wasn't spoiled for that one. Dark of course released the information and started a huge controversy, causing Darlton to sulk into radio silence. If this is indeed the same Lostfan108, the content is real.

This time, DarkUFO has taken some care, including posting warnings, guidelines on behaviors such as disseminating spoilers responsibly, and posting the spoiler as a flash slideshow that can't be easily copy-pasted in its current form. Of course we all know a text summary will be posted soon, somewhere, by somebody. If there is a huge twist at the end of this season, it too will be accidentally spoiled for many fans as the site promises to release spoilers for the final two parts of the finale. Is it worth it, Andy?

For the rest of you, be careful on "teh Internetz" for the next few weeks. It's a dangerous world out there.

I AM NOT posting this as a hate campaign towards DARKUFO, I am posting this as a warning to all those who wish to stay clean for the season finale! PLEASE BE VERY CAREFUL PEOPLE. Spoiler fools are EVERYWHERE. I have found this out first hand :(

GOOD NEWS!!

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - ABC has found more hours for the final two seasons of Lost. The 2009 and 2010 editions of the hit drama will be 17 hours each -- not 16, as previously planned.

ABC has added two hours to the show's production plan because the Writers Guild of America strike knocked three hours out of the current season. To partly compensate, the network recently added an additional hour to Part 2 of the season finale that airs May 29.

All told, the changes will wrap up the show with the same number of episodes that producers and ABC negotiated last year.


"We were supposed to do 16-16-16," Lost co-creator Damon Lindelof said. "But we ended up doing 14 this season, so we owe two."

Lindelof, however, ruled out the idea that the show might extend beyond the remaining 34-episode order.

"(Executive producer) Carlton Cuse and I worked so hard to get the show to end that I think to suddenly say, 'Oh, I think we've got another season in us' would be a betrayal to everybody involved in the show -- but most of all the audience," he said. "It's better to retire your number at the top of your game."

For the upcoming season finale, Lindelof promised a more action-driven cliffhanger instead of the mind-bending flash-forward time shift that stunned fans last season.

"The finale this year will not be as tricky as last year," he said. "Hopefully, this year it's a little bit more of a straightforward action-adventure narrative. But the ending of the episode will hopefully engage and intrigue people looking forward to the next season of the show."

Lindelof declined to say whether the flash-forwards will continue, but he did leave open the possibility of the show's main story line on the island catching up with the flash-forwards that have taken place on the mainland this season.

"It's very exciting that the audience is going to be wondering when is the present going to be (next season)," he said. "We've moved backward in time, now we've moved forward in time. The present of the show has always been on the island -- that may not necessarily be the case in the future."

When it comes time to air the series finale in 2010, Lindelof said he and Cuse plan to "go into hiding for many, many months" at an "undisclosed location."

"David Chase set a great example when he went off to Paris after The Sopranos ending, which is great because all these people are going to be asking, 'What does it mean? What is it?"' he said. "The fact that there's no one really around to answer that question, it forces people to come up with what they think it means. We can guarantee our show will not end with a cut to black, it will be more clear than that. But whenever anything you love ends ... there's a certain disappointment."

Lost: Something Nice "LESSONS LEARNED" from E! online

This is woefully delayed, due to the plague that swept through E! Online last week, but we checked in with Lost coexecutive producer Eddy Kitsis about last week's ep of Lost, "Something Nice Back Home," and got his awesome insights on:


♦ What exactly drove Jack to kick-start that pesky clonazepam addiction
♦ When we might see the Oceanic Six next
♦ Why some characters are going crazy while others are finally turning sane...

Lesson No. 1, Motherhood Beats Paxil Any Day of the Week:
I don't know about you guys, but to me, future Kate is stunningly even-keeled, especially when compared with the girl we've seen before and on the Island. What's up?

According to Eddie: "You could say motherhood suits her. In the flash-forwards of this season, and even of last season, when she meets Jack and she's annoyed with him, there's a sense of purpose to her, there's some clarity to her. There's so much devotion to that child, and she appears to be such a great mother—that's maybe what you're picking up on...I think when you have a child, they come first. Even though it's not hers, just the fact of taking care of Aaron may have helped her put away some other issues. Or not. It is Lost." But still...progress!


Lesson No. 2, Happiness Is Hot Coffee and a Warm Girlfriend:
According to Eddie: "Like anything with Lost, you're just seeing a small amount of time in what is going to be a much larger picture, but I think 'Something Nice Back Home' was interesting because you saw a time, maybe brief, where Jack was happy. For that brief time, Jack decided after the trial at some point to pursue his relationship with Kate, to go see Aaron, and if you see that first scene, when he steps on the Millennium Falcon and he was making coffee, that was a Jack who was content." So where'd it all go wrong?

Lesson No. 3, Sometimes You Should Just Talk to Your White-Shoed Dead Father:
Unlike Hurley, who doesn't take his pills so he's able talk to Charlie, Jack takes pills so he can avoid seeing his dead dad—even though the ever-wise Hurley says Christian will be coming by specifically to talk to Jack. Why the differing approach to communing with ghosts?

Says Eddie: "Jack has always been a man of science. He's always been a man of science, and there has to be something logical. The scene where Jack is starring at the bench where Hurley sits when Charlie visits him, I think in that moment he's thinking, my life right now is pretty good, I don't want to end up here."

Awww, come on, Doc, sitting under a banyan tree hanging with your BFF? That's awesome—who cares if the guy is dead?!


Lesson No. 4, Jacket Is Down, But Not Out:
Don't assume Juliet's self-sacrificing speech to Kate in the medical tent is the last we'll ever see of Jacket. Says Eddie: "Is that the end of Jack and Juliet? That is a definitive question that I can't answer, because...I can't. Because I work on Lost, and Damon and Carlton are parked outside my house, listening." Translation? It looks to me like a Jacket romance is unlikely at this point, but not altogether off the table.

Lesson No. 5, There Are Many Off-Island, O-Six Stories Yet to Come:
Don't think that season four is the only season of Oceanic Six stories. According to Eddie: "I think that through the next two seasons, you will see bits and pieces of all the time off the Island, be it when they come back or a year later after they return. There are many interesting stories left to be had for all of the Oceanic Six."

Lesson No. 6, Eddie Is One of Us:
Last but not least, even if you do think your flu is West Nile virus, don't try and tell Eddie Kitsis that you're the most worst hypochondriac in the world. Says Eddie, "You haven't met me and [writing partner] Adam [Horowitz], because we don't touch doorknobs. I am known for being able to actually leave a bathroom, go into the kitchen, grab water, come into the writers' room and never touch anything. It is a skill I am known for on the show." Awww...Now that's my kind of guy!

Lost REDUX: TSOTTC hilarious recap from Kristen at E!

Benjamin Linus and Charles Widmore Are Ex-Lovers!
OK, so that's probably a bit of a stretch, but among the 4,815 reveals in the final scene of the evening—in which Ben breaks into Charles' penthouse to deliver the news he's going to kill Penny—it seems perfectly clear that:

These two have known each other a very long time. (Ben to Charles: "Since when do you sleep with a bottle of Scotch next to the bed?")
They've had some sort of major falling-out that has led to all-out, daughter-slaying war. (Charles to Ben: "Everything you have you took from me.")
In the divorce, maybe Charles got the money and Ben got the Island? Or were they roommates—an Odd Couple gone madly awry after too many quarrels over spilled milk?

Ben Is Hunting Penelope, and Charles Is Hunting the Island:
Awe. Some. What do you wanna bet that the series finale will be Ben and Charles and Penny and Des all meeting up on Lost Island for the ultimate showdown? Booyah!


Ben Says He "Can't" Kill Charles Widmore:
Perhaps this is a "rule" set up by Jacob/the man behind the curtain. Or perhaps...Chuckie-boy physically cannot be killed, just as with Michael.

LOL Moment of the Night:
Sawyer screaming at everyone to "Get inside!" as every non-series-regular in sight was immediately shot down, rapid fire. Turns out employment contracts are better than bullet-proof vests or invisibility cloaks. Yay!


Claire Is Alive!
So, the blast leveled Claire's house but left her looking totally unscathed without so much as her wig off-kilter?! Awesome! Somebody's looking out for our little Claire-bear.


Alex Is Dead:
Wow. Wow. Wow. Was anyone anticipating Widmore's thug would actually pull the trigger and shoot our little Scrappy in the head? Clearly, Ben was not. Alex was so sweet and beautiful and full of future-storyline potential, you'd think the "Island" would protect her à la Michael and make the trigger jam or the bullet a dud! But alas, Alex is indeed dead, as confirmed by future Ben's future words with Charles. Sigh.


Ben Does Have a Heart:
Who knew?! I pictured his innards all hollow and moldy, like a bachelor fridge. But those were real tears he shed over Alex, and they came when no one was looking. Henry Gale is the Tin Man, after all!

Let's Get Our Geography On!
First, you should know that La Brea and Santa Monica Boulevard, where Nadia's assassin was spotted via traffic-light cam, is an actual place with an actual traffic cam. I know this because I personally have received a red-light ticket from that very camera. (I also got pulled over while leaving the Lost set two weeks ago, but that's another story for another time.) We learned tonight that Nadia was killed three blocks from La Brea and Santa Monica, which just so happens to be the very area in which Joss Whedon was shooting Dollhouse today! Coinkydink? You bet!


The Liar, the Which and the Wardrobe:
Where the bejeezus did Ben go when he holed himself up in the wardrobe closet and conjured up the smoke monster? Given that he entered the closet squeaky clean and returned all covered in soot, can we assume he had to get the monster's engine started by shoveling coal into Smoky? Also, is it possible that there does indeed exist a whole underground web of tunnels that connect the hatches? Carlton Cuse did (jokingly?) tease to us last year, "There's a vast subterranean culture that we haven't revealed." Hmmmm!


Easter Egg Hunt:
If you're into the TiVo moments of this show, and draft out the floor plans of the Dharma stations in your spare time, you're gonna wanna check out Doc Arzt's awesome Easter Egg slide show for this ep, which includes a look at the Orchid Station letterman's jacket, the Black Rock above Widmore's bed, the hieroglyphics on the way to the monster pen (paging Lost's Egyptologist fans) and the ever-morphing mystery woman on Ben's wall.

"Australia's the Key to the Whole Game":
So sayeth Hurley during tonight's game of Risk, and I sayeth we listen! Flight 815 originated in Sydney, por supuesto, as did Aaron and Claire, who are supposedly integral to what Lost is all about...Not to mention Charles Widmore's obvious Aussie accent! (OK, that might be unintentional, since Alan Dale is from the Land Down Under in real life, but still.)

Also... Ben was doing his cute little Ben thing and bold-faced lying to Sayid about how he got off Lost island. Desmond's boat? As if! He rode the Dharma polar bear express to the Sahara, rode a pony from there into Tunisia and then it's totally unclear how he got to Iraq. See below for a little geography lesson brought to you by our fun pink crayon...

LOST SEASON 4 DVD release DATE and INFO

Lost: The Complete Fourth Season - The Expanded Experience
Some of the Island's darkest secrets are revealed in the mind-blowing Lost: The Complete Fourth Season - The Expanded Experience, a five-disc compilation of all 14 one-hour episodes coming to DVD and Blu-ray Disc on December 9, 2008. With mesmerizing bonus features unavailable anywhere else, Lost: The Complete Fourth Season - The Expanded Experience teems with the kind of astounding discoveries and staggering events that have made Lost television's most compelling adventure.

More than three months after their fateful crash, the survivors of Oceanic Flight 815 learn the only thing more dangerous than the Island might be the people who have come to save them from it. Every twist and turn, and all the secrets and clues of the boldest show on network television come together in one place, taking fans deeper than ever into the mysteries at its heart. Shocking revelations and subtle clues about The Oceanic 6, The Others, the Black Rock, the Dharma Initiative and much more make Season Four a must own DVD and Blu-ray for any fan.

Lost: The Complete 4th Season stars Matthew Fox, Evangeline Lilly, Josh Holloway, Terry O'Quinn, Michael Emerson, Jorge Garcia, Dominic Monaghan, Daniel Dae Kim, Henry Ian Cusick, Emilie de Ravin, Elizabeth Mitchell, Naveen Andrews, Yunjin Kim and Harold Perrineau as a group of castaways thrown together by fate. Produced by ABC Studios.

In its first three seasons, the series earned seven Emmy Awards and 20 more nominations, plus a Golden Globe and five more nominations.

BONUS FEATURES - LOST: THE COMPLETE FOURTH SEASON*

* Lost Bloopers
* Audio Commentaries
* Deleted Scenes
* Lost on Location - Go on location with the cast and crew of Lost for a behind-the-scenes look at the making of some of Season Four's hottest episodes.
* Freighter Folk (working title) - Where did the folks on the freighter come from? Get to know them and find out what the show runners looked for in new cast members.
* Transforming Hawaii (working title) - From the deserted beach to urban Los Angeles, Hawaii serves as a global backdrop for the excitement and intrigue of Lost. Join the small army of technicians that transforms Hawaii to the Island as they go about their duties.
* Gun Tracking(working title) - Lost features a formidable array of firearms Get real life gun profiles and find out what it's like working with so much firepower.
* The Music of Lost (working title) - The Honolulu Symphony performs Michael Giacchino's award-winning score live for the first time ever. Witness the power of the show's many musical themes as well as its innovative use of instruments-and learn how music affects the production, from writing to directing.

*(Bonus info subject to change)

Lost: The Complete Fourth Season on DVD is priced $59.99 (SRP) for U.S.; $79.99 (SRP) Canada, from Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment.

STREET DATE: December 9, 2008
DVD Suggested retail price: $59.99 SRP U.S., $79.99 SRP Canada
Blu-ray(R) Disc Suggest retail price: $96.99 SRP U.S., $109.99 SRP Canada
Feature run time: TBD
Rated: TV-14

Technical specifications may only apply to feature
DVD Specifications Aspect ratio: 1.78:1 Widescreen (Enhanced for 16x9 Televisions)
Sound: 5.1 Dolby Digital Surround Sound
Languages: English, French

Blu-ray(R) Disc Specifications
Aspect ratio: 1.78:1 Widescreen (Enhanced for 16x9 Televisions)
Sound: 5.1 Uncompressed (48kHz/16-bit)
Languages: English, French

YAAAAAAY!!!!! We are almost there!!!!!

Well done to everyone for making it through the last 5 weeks. I know it's been hard at times but we are ALMOST there!!!


Locke's camp comes under attack, and Jack tries to discover the identity of a body that has washed ashore, on "Lost," THURSDAY, APRIL 24 (10:01-11:00 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network.

"Lost" stars Naveen Andrews as Sayid, Henry Ian Cusick as Desmond, Emilie de Ravin as Claire, Michael Emerson as Ben, Matthew Fox as Jack, Jorge Garcia as Hurley, Josh Holloway as Sawyer, Daniel Dae Kim as Jin, Yunjin Kim as Sun, Evangeline Lilly as Kate, Elizabeth Mitchell as Juliet, Terry O'Quinn as Locke and Harold Perrineau as Michael.

Guest starring are Ken Leung as Miles, Jeremy Davies as Daniel Faraday, Rebecca Mader as Charlotte, Sam Anderson as Bernard, Tania Raymonde as Alex, Alan Dale as Charles Widmore, Marc Vann as doctor, Kevin Durand as Keamy, Yetide Badaki as desk clerk, Kaveh Kardan as merchant, Faran Tahir as Ishmael Bakir and Sean Douglas Hoban as Doug.
Click here to find out more!

"The Shape of Things to Come" was written by Brian K. Vaughan & Drew Goddard and directed by Jack Bender.

HEY GUYS! CHECK THIS FUN GAME OUT!

Check out the LOSTscape NEW at abc.com! SEE IF YOU CAN FIND ALL 34 ITEMS! I DID!!!! IT's LOTS OF FUN! And a GREAT WAY TO GET US PUMPED UP FOR NEXT WEEK!


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APRIL 18th--LOOK for NEW DARLTON VIDEO POCAST!

This will be the video podcast that Darlton will use to answer fan questions! THIS WILL BE A VIDEO POD SO BE ON THE LOOK OUT ON APRIL 18th!!! Check your itunes and abc.com!

DARLTON reveals hints for LOST episodes in our future!

DARLTON gives us some hints of events that will happen in the near future!!!


I was listening to The Official LOST Podcast from March 19th and the guys gave some great hints of LOST stuff to come!

Here's a list:

There WILL be ANOTHER ELECTROMAGNETIC EVENT HAPPENING THIS YEAR! (PURPLE HAZE SKIES!)
-----This explains the speculations that we have had that Radzinsky probably was exposed to Electromagnetic Radiation on the island..This gave him the "SICKNESS" which made him blow his brains out in the SWAN HATCH! THERE IS ANOTHER ELECTROMAGNETIC LOCATION on the island!!!!


We will see more of THE BLACK ROCK and THE FOUR-TOED STATUE-BUT NOT IN A FLASHBACK!!!

-----Not in a flashback!??? Does this mean that JACK and the gang DO GET BACK TO THE ISLAND? Or is this some sort of time parallel?

AND MY FAVORITE TIDBIT FROM THIER POD....
CONFORMATION ON WHAT THINGS ARE THAT WE CAN'T EXPLAIN...

MONSTER? APPARITION? ANIMAL? HUMAN?

BEN'S MOTHER----APPARITION
WILD BOAR OF SAWYER-ANIMAL
SPIDER THAT BIT NIKKI-MONSTER(;D)
HURLEY BIRD-NO COMMENT(!)
DAVE-FIGMAENT OF IMAGINATION/APPARITION
YEMI-MONSTER
NADIA THE CAT-ANIMAL
WALT-HUMAN/APPARITIONS/MONSTER
BOONE-HUMAN/DREAM
JACK-HUMAN
KATE'S HORSE-UNDEAD(?)

(NOW WHEN THEY SAY MONSTER I BELIEVE THEY MEAN IT'S THE SMOKE MONSTER IN THE FORM OF THIS PERSON.)

This will be posted on our forum if you would like to comment further!
THANKS!
NIKI

NEWS FROM THE SHOTGLASS

Hey guys. We have just made a discussion forum for The Shotglass. We figured this may make it easier for everyone to stay in contact, share thoughts and leave ideas on shows etc. You can find the forum here

LEAVE us LOTS of feedback

HAVE FUN guys

Toni and Niki

The LOST franchise

Darlton talk about the LOST franchise and the possibitlity of a new ARG between seasons 4 and 5.

Maybe they should rename it "Lost, Inc."

It's still a hit TV show, first and foremost. But "Lost" has also spawned mobisodes, videogames, books, viral videos, interactive Internet sites and much more.

For the exec producers who run that enterprise -- Carlton Cuse and Damon Lindelof -- the show's timing couldn't have been more perfect. "Lost" came along right when the ability to create video for multiple platforms exploded. Among primetime series, few shows are better suited than "Lost" to embrace the brave new world.

But there have been a few bumps along the way.

"We've learned some things worked better than others," Cuse says. "We've enjoyed the opportunities 'Lost' has given for us to try to expand the brand on other platforms. (But the) skill set involved in running a TV series does not translate directly to success in other platforms."

Lindelof and Cuse say their experience with ancillary products and platforms has varied depending on whom they've collaborated with.

They loved what Australia-based Hoodlum, for example, came up with for the show's recent "Find 815" interactive campaign. But the duo was less thrilled with some of the products that emerged early in the show's life, including a series of studio-commissioned "Lost"-themed novels that had little to do with the actual show.

"Us realizing we were managing a brand started early in season one," Lindelof says. "ABC business development came to us ... but we said all those conversations will be moot if we don't have a hit show."

A year later, after getting rid of those novelizations, the "Lost" team came up with the idea for "Bad Twin," a book discovered on the show by one of the characters. Created for the show and distributed in bookstores, the novel wasn't about what was happening on the show, but it tied into the world of "Lost."

That's become the mantra for all of "Lost's" extracurricular activities, be it mobisodes or videogames: The other platforms can't be considered canon, or required for "Lost's" TV audience.

"Our criteria is, everything you need to know about 'Lost' is contained in the mother ship," Cuse says. "There are definitely large segments of the audience that want more. And the ancillary media platforms give us opportunities to put out stories that might be interesting to some but not all."

For example, the show's first alternate reality game centered on the Hanso Foundation, the shady "Lost" organization responsible for the show's "Dharma Initiative." Rabid fans -- particularly those on the Internet -- feasted on that more in-depth mythology.

Those off-season interactive experiences also specifically feed into that season's plot points. This year's focus on the mysterious discovery of Oceanic Flight 815 at the bottom of the sea was foreshadowed by the "Find 815" campaign.

Lindelof and Cuse are already busy plotting the off-season interactive campaign for season five of "Lost." But they also employ a brand manager to handle at least 30 different outgrowths of the show, including mobile games and player platform games to more obscure licensing.

"We're very involved in certain things and uninvolved in others," Lindelof says. "Just running the show takes an enormous amount of time."

That's one reason "Lost" won't be producing another batch of mobile episodes in the near future.

The "Lost" producers are proud of the fact that they managed to strike a deal between ABC and the labor guilds in order to produce the short-form segs with "Lost's" top stars, scribes and helmers.

"They came out great," Lindelof says. "But the process of breaking those 13 two-minute stories and editing them was enormously time consuming. In terms of doing them again, creative has to drive it."

Lindelof says he's also aware of the show's saturation point.

"We spend the majority of our time saying 'no' to these things," he says. "There's something about the less of the show that exists, the more valuable it is. It makes it sexier to want to watch it on Thursday night if it isn't everywhere."

Source: www.variety.com

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GREAT NEWS! WE GET MORE LOST FOR THE FINALE!

WHY IS HURLEY JOYFULLY RUNNING WITH HIS MOOBIES AGAIN?
GREAT NEWS, DHARMAHOLICS! Word is that the FINALE is set and we will get...
3 HOURS OF LOST!!!!!!
That's right, our patience for our beloved show has paid off! We will get the FINALE for SEASON 4 in 3 PARTS!

Here's the official word from KRISTEN at E!

"It's official: Sources confirm to me exclusively that Steve McPherson has signed off on Lost's extra-special 14th hour this season, which means Lost is getting a three-hour finale! The first hour airs May 15, the second and third hours will air May 29, beginning at 9 p.m. (ABC will still air the finales of Ugly Betty and Grey's Anatomy on May 22, as expected.)

Word is there are so many big reveals the producers wanted to deliver this season that they felt anything less than a full three-hour finale would have cheated the fans. In fact, I'm hearing that the writers' draft for the second half of the finale was 80 pages long, which led all parties involved to realize these stories had to be told now. Anything else would have felt like a rip-off for the fans..."

SO HERE'S THE SCHEDULE---MARK YOUR CALENDARS!
MAY 15TH--- FINALE PART 1
MAY 22ND---NO LOST
MAY 29TH--FINALE PARTS 2 AND 3!

AND BY THE WAY...YOU CAN HEAR SMOKEY IN THE NEW PROMO!!! YAY! IF YOU WATCH THE PROMOS CHECK OUT ABC.COM AND GO TO THE PROMO ENTITLED "THIER ONLY CHANCE OF SURVIVAL!" IT'S GREAT!

I'M SO HAPPY I THINK I'M GONNA CELEBRATE THIS WEEKEND WITH SOME DHARMAHOL!!!

DRINK TOGETHER-BARF ALONE
NIKI

A SPECTACULAR KISS IS IN OUR FUTURE! Pucker up for this MINOR SPOILER!

MINOR SPOILER!!
MINOR SPOILER!!
MINOR SPOILER!!






Grabbed this article from Kristen at E!....Damon speaks about some spectacular KISS...AND YOU THOUGHT THAT THE TOM KISS WAS SPECIAL!!!!

From Kristen at E!


Have I mentioned in the last week how much Damon Lindelof rocks my world? No? Well, in that case: Damon Lindelof rocks my world.

You guys have been emailing for more info ever since the official Lost magazine published a quote from D.L. promising a "spectacular kiss" in this season's finale, and frankly, I was dying to know myself! So I broke down and went to the man himself, asking:

"Is there still such a kiss in the works, even with the strike-shortened season? And could you give the fans any hints about who might be doin' this spectacular kissing?"

Keep reading for Damon's answer...


(Letter to Kristen from DAMON)

KDS,

It's still in the plan.

It's still spectacular.

It will happen between a boy and a girl.

But it doesn't happen on the island.

Your fan,
DL


Hold. The. Coconut. Phone! It doesn't happen on the Island?!

Okay, so does that mean it happens in the ocean just off the Island? Or in the sky above the Island? Or in a flashback...or back in the real world between two of the Oceanic Six?! Argh! Could it be Sun saying goodbye to Jin? Claire saying goodbye to Aaron? A new coupling in the future we haven't yet seen? (Kate and Sayid? Sun and Hurley?)

As for the opposite-sex info, well, I guess that kills our Juliet-Charlotte makeout dreams. Phewey.

DOC JENSEN from EW GRADES SEASON 4 so far...PLUS...."DHARKA"(?)

By
Jeff Jensen








Week two of Lost's unintended and unwanted spring break. How are you dealing with the withdrawal? Have you got the shakes? Are you so desperate for a hit of cult-pop geekery that you're bingeing on old episodes of Twin Peaks? (You could do worse — but if you're looking for something more current, try Battlestar Galactica, whose new season begins April 4. Totally fraktacular.)

As for me, I feel like Lost has never left — mostly because I just got back from there. As some of you know from reading Adam B. Vary's nifty recap of ''Meet Kevin Johnson,'' I was recently in Hawaii visiting the set of Lost, and in the coming weeks I'll be sharing what I saw. For now, I'll tease you with a word:

Dharka.
That's right. Not a typo.

Dharka.

A Doc Jensen no prize if you can figure it out in advance of Lost's next episode, ''The Shape of Things To Come,'' airing April 24. In the meantime, I promise you weekly Doc Jensen columns from now until the end of the season, beginning with:

THE LOST MIDSEASON REPORT CARD
Grading the first eight episodes of Lost's fourth season.

4.01 ''The Beginning of the End''
Flash-forward Hurley! Ghost Charlie! Oceanic 6! Christian rocking in Jacob's hizzy!
Grade: A

4.02 ''Confirmed Dead''
The best introduction of new characters ever. Miles Straume's ghostbusting scene, the revelation of a Hydra polar bear in Tunisia, and the discovery of Oceanic 815 wreckage at the bottom of the ocean rank among Lost's greatest WTF?! Moments.
Grade: A

4.03 ''The Economist''
Sayid is born again — Jason Bourne'd, that is — as an off-Island assassin for Ben in the flash-forward future. Not since Martha Stewart got out of jail has there been more watercooler discussion about a bracelet.
Grade: A-

4.04 ''Eggtown''
The flash-forward Kate stuff was nifty and the Aaron reveal was buzzworthy. The Island stuff laid an egg for me, but the Miles/Ben/Locke triangle, culminating with the grenade-in-the-mouth bit, was explosive.
Grade: B

4.05 ''The Constant''
Lost lets its geek flag fly — and opens its heart — with Desmond's narratively trippy, deeply romantic time-travel episode. Best Lost episode ever? Debate.
Grade: A+

4.06 ''The Other Woman''
Juliet's third flashback episode. The only true dud of the season, although coming after ''The Constant'' did it no favors.
Grade: C-

4.07 ''Ji Yeon''
The Jin/Sun flashback/flash-forward was loved by some, resented by others for its twisty-or-gimmicky trickery. It worked for me.
Grade: B+

4.08 ''Meet Kevin Johnson''
I'm giving this one a solid, sturdy B. Since I didn't recap (again, big thanks to Doc Vary for his excellent scholarship; he served you well, folks), I owe you a more detailed explanation....


''MEET KEVIN JOHNSON'' AGAIN
Three quibbles; three geek-outs

I missed Lost's trademark time-jumping.
Once Sayid pinned Michael against a turbine in the engine room and made him spill his backstory, Michael's flashback took over the hour, without the usual back-and-forthing between past and present. The straightforward presentation was decently suited for accomplishing the primary mission of the episode: answering the question ''What happened to Michael?'' Still, it was too conventional for me. I've grown to love Lost's time-toggling; it demands that you lean forward into the show, and in doing so, facilitates a deeper, more immersive experience and embellishes the sophistication of the storytelling. ''Meet Kevin Johnson'' had a lot of meat, but not a lot of flavor. I want both from Lost.

Michael's post-Island timeline bugged me.
Michael's mother said he showed up in New York two months after the disappearance of Oceanic 815. That means Michael and Walt were back in New York in late November. Now, the freighter has been offshore since mid-December. I guess it's plausible that in a scant three weeks, Michael could have squeezed in all the hard living suggested by his episode — boating to New York; establishing a new identity; deciding to kill himself; failing to do so; recuperating; hanging with Mr. Friendly; flying to Fiji; playing mole for Ben — but it seems like a stretch to me. That said, I liked Michael's backstory, and recognize that compression is sometimes a necessary storytelling fudge, much in the same way that Jack Bauer only needs five minutes to get from Santa Monica to downtown L.A., which I can tell you is frakking impossible.

The cliffhanger wasn't cliffhangerish enough.
To be fair, the climactic beat — the apparent killings of Karl and Rousseau and Alex's skin-saving betrayal of Ben — was forced to shoulder an unintended dramatic burden: sending us into an unexpected five-week interruption between episodes with a momentum-sustaining bang. (ABC originally planned to air ''Meet Kevin Johnson'' with the remaining five set to air beginning in late April, but then decided against it. Bad move.) Still, I'm not sure Alex, Karl, and (to a lesser extent) the French Lady have the heft to carry the final BONG! moment of any Lost episode. I also didn't bite on the mystery of Karl's unseen assailants. I think Lost wants us to be debating if those are Others lurking in the bushes or freighter mercenaries. But I never read it as an open question; I'm just assuming it is the freighter creeps. Regardless, it didn't work. But now let's talk about some stuff that did...

The Oceanic 815 cover-up is just plain creepy.
According to Mr. Friendly, Charles Widmore planted the Oceanic 815 wreckage in the Sunda Trench to fool the world into thinking that all the passengers are dead. He even went so far as to dig up a cemetery in Thailand to get himself a couple hundred corpses! Like I said: creepy. I also think it's a lie. I totally think Widmore is a bad guy, but I think Ben is hiding the true nature of the billionaire Brit's ambition. I'm betting that the man behind the Oceanic 815 cover-up is, in fact, Ben himself, and that he had Mr. Friendly and some other Others running wreckage-planting missions over a long period of time using the Dharma sub and surplus Dharma Initiative corpses from The Purge.

Michael's suicide immunity has far-reaching implications.
In the tease he gave us for this episode, executive producer Damon Lindelof told us ''Meet Kevin Johnson'' would explain why flash-forward Grizzly Jack couldn't jump from the bridge in last year's season finale. As promised, the episode supplied an answer, though we had to puzzle it out for ourselves. According to Mr. Friendly (whose appearance would rank No. 4 on my Cool Bits list if I went that far), the reason why Michael couldn't kill himself is that the Island wouldn't let him; apparently, Twilight Zone isle has influence beyond itself, too. Similarly, we can surmise that the Island refused to allow Jack to jump by calling him away from the edge with a car crash that required his heroic intervention. Of course, this raises the question ''Why?'' The most likely answer is suggested by the theorizing of Lost fans like J. Wood of powells.com, who for quite some time has advocated the idea that the Island is a place where past, present, and future happen all at once. A slightly different articulation of the same idea would be this: The Island is a place where the future has already happened. Hence, Jack and Michael can't kill themselves because they are needed to fulfill their roles in the Island's future drama — parts that, in a sense, have already been played out. Have I just totally confused you? Then let me clarify with my next cool bit...

The mystery of Walt became 76 percent more intriguing.
I assumed we would learn Michael and his son returned to the Island together. Wrong! And I'm glad I'm wrong, because it makes the whole business of Tall Island Walt even more provocative. If you recall, we saw in last year's finale how an adolescent Walt beckoned left-for-dead Locke out of the Dharma mass grave. Was he a ghost? Was he corporeal? How did he get so big? Here's my prediction: Ultimately, some or all of the Oceanic 6 will try returning to the Island in the flash-forward future, and they're going to bring Walt with them. But when they pass through the electromagnetic anomaly, they're going to arrive at a point in the Island's past, perhaps even prior to the crash of Oceanic 815. Yes, folks, I am suggesting that here in the Island present, while Jack and the castaways are clashing with the freighter folk, flash-forward Jack and company are also on the Island, too. They could be hiding; after all, they can't interact with their past selves, as that could screw up the timeline or create some kind of time-space catastrophe (although Walt would be exempt, as his past self is no longer on the Island). Then again, maybe Island magic precludes them from interacting with their castaway lives. Perhaps they share a separate, parallel existence with their old Island selves. Could this explain The Whispers? Could these voices belong to the flash-forward characters returned to the Island, watching and commenting on past drama? If my theory is correct, then here's my prediction for the season finale: In the last scene, exactly one minute after the Oceanic 6 departs from the Island, the flash-forward Oceanic 6, released from the restrictions of Island magic, will step out of the jungle and greet the remaining castaways. I'll leave it to Hurley to make the inevitable quip:

''Man, I thought they would never leave.''

As for me, I gotta scram. I'll be back next week. In the meantime, you can hit me at JeffJensenEW@aol.com.

Namaste!
Doc J

DRINK PAGE UPDATED!

Our RECIPE page has been updated WITH PICS! I have been getting a lot of great feedback on our DRINKS page. Lots of fans are planning on using our recipes for their LOST parties! I think it's great that everyone is participating!
*****WE ANTICIPATE ANOTHER LEGENDARY SHOTGLASS PARTY ON THE 24TH OF APRIL.....SO GET READY! WE WILL MOST LIKELY CELEBRATE AGAIN ON THE 26TH(THAT SATURDAY!)....JUST TO PROVE HOW DRUNK AND CRAZY WE GET!

So remember to keep checking back for more delicious DHARMAHOL recipes!

You've SURVIVED WEEK 1.....NOW WHAT?

Well, you have survived week 1 without LOST...CONGRATULATIONS! Now, how do you get thru the other couple weeks? Just visit us here. We update our blog DAILY with news, pics, VIDEOS and theories! Just click on the link you want to visit at the top and have FUN!

***UPDATE FOR TODAY***
I've added more VIDEOS to the Shotglass Videos section of our BLOG. They are GREAT and they help pass the time waiting for LOST to come back on...IF YOU HAVE ANY VIDEOS THAT U WOULD LIKE TO ADD PLEASE EMAIL US AT the_shotglass@hotmail.com .

Same goes for THEORIES! If u have a theory that you would like us to post here, EMAIL IT TO US!

WE LOVE feedback!

Thanks to all the new members! We love your pics and comments over at our MYSPACE page!!! That page is http://www.myspace.com/the_shotglass .
WE HAVE A LINK UP TOP IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO CHECK OUT WHO'S BEEN STOPPING BY THE MYSPACE PAGE!

HANG IN THERE GUYS! WE ARE HERE FOR YOU....

DRINK TOGETHER-BARF ALONE

Niki

What to do with ourselves in the next 5 weeks?

OK so its here, 5 weeks until the next episode of Lost. What are we to do with all this spare time we have?

Here at the shotglass, we don't see the hiatus as a time to mourn the temporary loss of Lost, but a time to look back at the good times. We will be keeping you all updated of any news on our Losties, we will be working on new theories for everyone to mull over and I'm sure new crazy pics will be posted on the fan pics page.

We will still all be visiting the chat regularly so stop by at The Shotglass and say hi. Keep sending in new theories, pictures, questions. And if things get too bad, visit our new recipe page to get some ideas for a self-induced coma to get you through the next 5 weeks.

Have fun and remember..... Drink together, barf alone!

LOST MIND GAMES book!

Anne Dawson Books announces the publication of LOST Mind Games. The book is a wonderfully fun way for fans of the hit TV show Lost to discover just how much they know about the show. Fans explore their existing Lost knowledge base and utilize their brain power and “out of the box” thinking to solve the mind games.

“Any fan of the TV show Lost knows that the creators and writers of the show have absolutely perfected their ability to play games with their viewers’ minds. They are also famous for consistently leading fans to form both logical and illogical conclusions. This book takes both of those concepts a step further," said Anne Dawson, the author. Dawson described the book as “Loaded with over two hundred entertaining trivia quizzes, original brain teasers and unique word puzzles. LOST Mind Games gives fans of the show a chance to entertain themselves while digging up Lost facts that they hadn’t even realized they had stored away for future reference.”

LOST Mind Games has been cleverly designed and presented to tease, intrigue and challenge all Lost fans on a level playing field, from the most casual of viewers to the most diehard of fans. The book is divided into six chapters each covering a different type of challenge.

Lost fans who eagerly await each new episode will be delighted to spend their hours exploring this book.

LOST Mind Games is currently available on Amazon.com

LOST needs your VOTE! VOTE BEFORE MARCH 23rd!

LOST NEEDS YOU! You still have time to vote for LOST to receive the IVY AWARD! There are many categories that contain LOST and CAST votes! SO VOTE NOW!!! The voting CLOSES on SATURDAY MARCH 23rd at 12 a.m.!


COPY AND PASTE THIS LINK!

http://blog.tviv.org/2008/03/11/ivy-awards-4/#more-34

Hottie of the Month for March!

Congratulations to Terry.... this months Hatch Hottie. Extra points for the Shotglass t-shirt

BROADCASTING FROM THE ISLAND....AND more problems.

First I would like to thank EVERYONE that visited the LIVE chat on TALKSHOE on March 9th. I MUST apologize for the POOR audio quality. IT WAS A TEST RUN and from what I could hear it sounded like I WAS ACTUALLY broadcasting from the island. I WANT to THANK those of you that remained with us till the end. A SPECIAL thanks to WES for calling in with some great feedback! I am working on the audio problem and will let you all know when the LIVE CHATS will be back on! ---NIKI

A little bit of fun for the Ladies of the Shotglass

Despite enemies, infighting and the occasional smoke monster, the castaways on ABC's "Lost" have it pretty good. The electromagnetically wonky mystery location hosts a conveniently skilled and disproportionately attractive group prepared for any survival needs. And thanks to dude-centric storylines, it's the island's menfolk who take care of the "save the day" scenarios.

So, on the off chance those of us somewhat-adept and average-looking individuals ever found ourselves in need of an ideal fellow castaway, which of the "Lost" men would we want by our sides? Survival skills are great, but without leadership, a ragtag band of castaways wouldn't make it long. And just how handy would the habitually shirtless island eye candy be if we couldn't count on him come crunch time?


Jack Shephard
Pros: Shortly after Flight 815 crashed, Jack played one-man triage machine to all the survivors. Then, when thrust into the leadership role, he rose to the occasion. For all his faults, Jack seems to genuinely care about everyone in his charge and wants to maintain a cohesive group. Sure, he has his pet (Hi, Kate!), but he'll play the hero to all.

Cons: Jack rules with a "because I said so" style that's downright annoying. Maybe it's just the requisite doctor's god complex, but he's always certain he knows best. When the rest of the Losties protested Juliet joining their beachfront tent town, Jack held his ground without providing any argument against the pervading "Hey, she's an Other!" logic.

Then there's the problem with his hair. Shallow? Yes. But while the island buzz cut causes no offense (though it does beg the question: Where does he plug in the clippers?), the past and the future show a man in constant style crisis. His flashback 'do in season two was bad enough, but a glimpse into his future shows a beard unworthy of Tom's old hillbilly costume.

Co-castaway potential: Hirsute hang-ups and god complexes aside, having a doctor on call 24/7 wouldn't hurt.


James ‘Sawyer’ Ford
Pros: He may be the island's answer to emo, but the angsty rebel packs a six-pack and he's not afraid show it — over and over again. But looking good sans shirt isn't his only skill; there's also his artful plundering routine. When everyone else was shopping through the recently deceased, Sawyer already had a rich stash of booze, medicine and his own little lending library. And recently, he manages to keep a loaded gun on him most of the time. Handy!

Cons: Baggage. Sawyer has loads of it. Everyone on the island has a fair share of daddy issues, but Sawyer's so scarred by his parental past, he's just big ol' mess of cynicism. He also sports a "look out for No. 1" outlook, though he might make exceptions for the right person (Hi, Kate!).

Co-castaway potential: Easy on the eyes, but Sawyer's actual survival skills are negligible.

John Locke
Pros: After a quick dose of island healing, Locke emerged as a survivalist powerhouse. Boar killing, tracking and an impressive knowledge of the local flora and fauna made up his early virtues. In time, he took the whole "communing with nature" thing up a notch by actually developing a relationship with the island itself. Then again, that potentially useful proficiency may belong below.

Cons: Locke may have mad island skills, but he also has a tendency toward the self-serving survivalist lifestyle. Then there's that wildly fluctuating moral code of his. If ever a man earned a swift dose of patricide, it was Locke's pop, Anthony Cooper. But when the chance to snuff out the kidney-stealing, window-pushing bad dad surfaced, Locke passed the task to an emotionally fragile Sawyer. Days later (in island time), the ghostly visage of tall-Walt gave Locke the lowdown on the freighter folk and, without missing a beat, the man plunged his knife in Naomi's back. Brutally inconsistent!

Co-castaway potential: He'll keep you in food and shelter, but only as long as it serves his purpose.

Jin-Soo Kwon
Pros: Fish, anyone? Jin assumed the role of second-generation fisherman just a day after Oceanic's fiery touchdown. Already a faithful partner to Sun and with a potentially doomed baby on the way, he has more passion than ever before to keep his side safe. And bonus points for being easy on the eyes.

Cons: Sun's corporate-crime-boss father groomed Jin to be his right-hand man. It took a while for cutthroat Jin to call it a day. He also tested out his first iffy harvest of sea urchins on a very pregnant Claire. But with a redemption arch fully behind him now, it's hard to hold any of that against Jin. The only current minus in Jin's column is that despite his shady past, he can't handle a gun. When the gang cooked up a scheme to wipe out a group of kidnap-happy Others, Jin was the only shot to miss the mark.

Co-castaway potential: If sniper skills aren't terribly important, he's a good catch.

Hugo ‘Hurley’ Reyes
Pros: Sweet, friendly and funny, Hurley's easily the nicest guy on the island. His friendship with Charlie showed off his dude-loyalty and, as Libby almost had the chance to prove, despite the plethora of hard bodies in the mix, Hugo's makes for the best of the boyfriend material. As far as keeping his peeps safe, there was that one time he plowed down the bad guys with a hippie van.

Cons: A general lack of badassness is the only thing anyone could hold against Hurley. Other than that precipitous van-as-weapon moment, the big guy's just not much one for taking charge.

Co-castaway potential: For a good time, call Hurley.


Benjamin Linus
Pros: Forget Jack and Locke, there's not a better leader on the island than Ben. Allegiance aside, he knows how to keep a group going strong. If trouble abounds, he takes care of it — at any cost. Until recently, he kept the Others living in style. That beachfront tent town might be nice, but the air-conditioned bungalow village wins. Plus he has that special relationship with island bigwig Jacob, though that's not quite as exclusive as it once was.

Cons: Is being a cold-blooded killer a con? Yeah, probably. It's particularly bad in Ben's case, given his tendency to take out more of his people than enemies. He killed his father, wiped out the entire Dharma community and even has a nasty habit of killing fellow Others when the mood strikes him. Then there's the fact that, despite his assurances to the contrary, Ben is evil.

Co-castaway potential: If comfortable digs are most important, Ben's your man. If you put more weight on actually surviving your island experience, then not so much.

Sayid Jarrah
Pros: Efficient interrogation skills (i.e., torture), technological prowess and a sure-shot in a pinch, is there anything Sayid can't do? OK, he's never displayed hunting prowess or a proclivity to the leadership role, but it's a safe bet he'd rise to the occasion if needed. Aside from fixing various forms of communications equipment, his most impressive accomplishment to date has to be taking out an Other while fully bound, using only his legs.

Cons: That torture thing could work both ways. While it's helpful when ferreting out a baddie, it's not as useful when you're the subject of it. Then there's his future occupation to consider. Working as flunky assassin to Ben raises some trust issues, but it's a safe bet there's a good reason behind it.

Co-castaway potential: There's no one better.

Source: www.msnbc.msn.com