Lost on ABC’s Nightline on February 2, 2010
Posted in News, VideosABC’s Nightline News talked about the final season of Lost on February 2, 2010. Interviews include Damon Lindelof, Carlton Cuse, Terry O’Quinn, Jorge Garcia, Matthew Fox.
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What did they cover on “Finding Lost” on Nightline ABC?
Nightline takes a set tour of Lost. Terry O’Quinn shows them the graveyard set where Nikki & Paulo are buried and where Eko’s unfinished church is built. They also stroll across the beach that the plane crashed on in the pilot episode.
The world is divided into two groups: those who know what Terry O’Quinn is talking about and would recognize his face in their sleep and those who do not have a clue.
Lost has broken a tv rule… it has taken itself off the air on purpose and is taking an entire season to do it. Ending on purpose is another thing that makes Lost like no other show that has aired on network television.
They show the crew filming a later episode in season 6. The set is inside a large wooden box.
Director Jack Bender takes a stroll through the set and passes by a dolly of “special electronic… gizmos”.
Jack Bender explains that every scene in the show is filmed in Hawaii, even Iraq, Paris, and Los Angeles scenes. Jack Bender also said that they feel like they are ready to stop, that they have told the story they want to tell.
What makes this show different?
Characters
There are all kinds of nationalities of characters, which makes the show untypically American.
Everyone is strong. Everyone lies.
Matthew Fox says Lost is full of surprises, its like a really big puzzle. People really enjoy something that challenges them.
Story
There’s a lot of relationships. But… polar bears pop up. A column of smoke kills people. A wheel makes the island relocate.
Lost isn’t a storyline, its a story tangle. Not a plot, its a maze.
Jorge Garcia says that at the point that they started the time travel part of the story, the actors were like “now where are we headed with this?”.
They recap Hurley & the numbers (which are still unresolved).
Jorge Garcia takes Nightline on a tour of Lost’s prop room (which was very cool!) They show a virgin mary statue, a big Mr. Cluck’s Chicken head, the golf course flag made from a Hawaiian shirt, Mr Eko’s Jesus Stick, the toy airplane, the Lottery Ticket.
Fans (that’s us!)
They show a bunch of screencaps of many of my favorite Lost Blogs (Dark UFO, The Transmission)
You can go to places in Hawaii that were film sets (like the island’s golf course).
Damon Lindelof & Carlton Cuse discuss fan forums, podcasts, & blogs.
In Season 3, people believed that the show’s story was going nowhere. This is when they decided that Lost needed an end date. This is what saved the show from fading into irrelevancy.
*Special note about the Lost props – when the show ends, they will be auctioned off for charity (gimmie, gimmie!!)
