Winnipeg Free Press - June 24th
Lost Revised
AFTER having had a month to digest the finale of ABC’s Lost, do you feel a bit cheated or did it deliver exactly what you expected? If you felt ripped off by the way the flash sideways was wrapped up, you probably aren’t alone. The difference is you maybe complained about it with some friends or wrote a few posts on some Lost message boards. Some people took it a lot more seriously.
Looking to remove all traces of the flash sideways storyline in season 6, Lost Revised hopes to boil down the show to the essential elements that were introduced before the cliff hanger in season 5.
“Ultimately, the sideways world was a gimmick. It was a way to give a happy ending to characters who didn’t actually get a happy ending,” writes the unnamed video editor behind Lost Revised. “It was a way to give an emotional sendoff to the series by tugging at our heartstrings, rather than addressing the numerous hanging threads left over by the plot. At this point, I’m content to let those threads hang.
“However, I sincerely believe the show would have been better off without ever introducing the sideways world/afterlife in the first place, and the point of this experiment is to prove that. Or at least try to.”
Four episodes have already been uploaded to the web (with the flash sideways removed) and will give you something to watch during the slow summer TV season.
Delete Your Account
WITH the recent privacy concerns over social-networking sites like Facebook, a lot of users are wondering what happens when they want to shut down their profile and move on to something else. If you are concerned with what happens to your personal info and want to get rid of that outdated Friendster, MySpace or Facebook site, Delete Your Account is a great resource to help you navigate the sometimes tricky process. Now you don’t have to cringe every time you Google yourself and see all those old profiles.
AFTER numerous delays, which originally linked — at various points of development — George Clooney, Jason Lee, Jet Li, Jake Gyllenhaal and Kevin Smith to the film, The Green Hornet is finally going to get to the big screen on Jan. 14, 2011. It will feature a slimmed-down Seth Rogen, Jay Chou and Cameron Diaz, and will be directed by Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind’s Michel Gondry.
Judging by the first trailer, it looks like a stylish, over-the-top film in the same vein as the Iron Man series. Only out for a couple of days, the short clip is already getting backlash from places like Videogum.
“I like Seth Rogen, OK? And I like Michel Gondry, OK? And when this comes out in the theater next January, I will see it, OK? But none of those facts change another fact, which is that we need to cool it with the oddball, sarcastic, knowing, self-referential superheroes,” writes Videogum. “Enough already! Bring back the actual superheroes!”
Republished from the Winnipeg Free Press print edition June 24, 2010 E3
