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Litt ny info om sesong 3 DVDen:
The good news is you can now Pre Order Lost Season Three from Amazon, the bad news is you won't get it until December 11th!
The set is subtitled 'The Unexplored Edition.' So far only a few details have been released concerning the disk. Keep an eye on Amazon's LOST - The Unexplored Edition page for updates on what the set will entail.
http://www.thetailsection.com/lost-news/good-news-and-bad-news-on-lost.php
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Everyone is on break now, getting some much deserved rest, but that doesn't stop the rumor mill from cranking. Here are some tidbits that came our way over the Memorial Day weekend. Apologies to those of you who kvetched that I wasn't updating enough.
Also within the next day or so I'll be rolling out some design changes targeted at making the ads a little less obtrusive, while keeping the advertisers happy.
* Season Four's flash forward sequences are essentially a season-within-a-season. Don't freak out, its not another mini-pod thing-a-ma-jig. The particulars have not been planned but apparently they are looking at a mix of flash backs and flash words, with a larger number of flash forwards.
* The flash forwards tell a linear story, but will be presented in non-linear format from the vantage point of different characters. (This kills the 'only Kate and Jack' got off the island theory.) The big kicker is the Flash Forwards will be shot, according to the source, in Los Angeles.
* Production will begin in mid-August and complete in March. That means that roughly 11-13 episodes will be completed by the time LOST airs. With spoiler-gate 2007 behind us, what are the odds that LOST will be locking its production down tighter than ever?
* Kristin Veatch reports that Harold Perrineau has been offered his job back as 'series regular.' Rumors were circulating to this effect MONTHS ago, however. It was also reported at that time that the creators had a plan to deal with Walt's aging. Hmm... Flash forwards + Plan to deal with Walt's aging = Perrineau returning as regular in the future portion of next season. I supposed we will also see Walt going all Zen on us, learning to project himself into the past.
http://www.thetailsection.com/lost-news/scant-season-four-details.php#more
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Intervju med Lindelof:
How about a harmless little game of False, True or Hell No, I Won't Tell You?
Let’s do it...
Lost returns in February.
True.
Lost stays on Wednesday nights.
Is there an I Don't Know category?
The finale's twist, the flash forward, is something that you'd planned all along, from the very beginning.
Oh, absolutely.
The show will flash forward and flash back from this point onward.
Hell no, I won't tell you.
You are shooting in Hawaii next season.
Yes. Mostly.
Kate is pregnant.
Hell no, I won't tell you.
The role of Jacob has been cast.
False.
False? Okay, interesting. People were having all sorts of interpretations of what he looked like.
You do see a guy, but...I'm still sticking to my false.
The monster can reanimate the dead.
Hell no, I won't tell you.
The Others are in danger of extinction.
True.
The island's mysteries can be explained strictly by science.
Strictly by science?
Strictly.
Hell no, I won't tell you.
The love triangle will eventually be resolved in an unambiguous manner.
True.
Michael is still out in the ocean somewhere.
Hell no, I won't tell you.
Tom is gay.
I'll leave that open to interpretation.
Ben is a good father.
True. [Laughs] These are just my opinions, by the way.
Alex is actually Ben's biological daughter.
False.
The big set for season four is called the Ruins.
False.
You're a bastard for killing Charlie.
True.
http://www.eonline.com/gossip/kristin/detail/index.jsp?uuid=9c9aafc1-e118-4d0c-9686-6b982fbd4e87Redigert av SiestaZ 28 May, 2007 21:59:38
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Tror han dessverre er død og ute av serien. Tror det er mer eller mindre bekreftet. Men det er ikke umulig han er med i sesongstarten av sesong 4. At han blir brakt til overflaten for å bli begravd. Hadde vært kjipt hvis den personene i lost som faktisk ofret seg selv ikke får en ordentlig begravelse...
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Hvis transcriptet Ocki postet er riktig ang hva som sto på lappen Jack leste, så er det vel John Lantham som ligger i kista, ikke Locke.
Jeg tror at denne John Lantham er en vi møter senere i serien, som har gjort noe for Jack og de overlevende.
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Så den siste Pirates filmen i går på kino, i en fullstappa kinosal med dårlig lufting. Så det er mulig at det satt en demper over filmopplevelsen. Men jeg synes uansett at filmen var veldig rotete og veldig usammenhengende. Jeg synes også at de ble for mange karaktere å holde styr på. Det var nesten en ny person i hver scene som man skulle forholde seg til. Filmen var også rett og slett for lang. Nesten tre timer varer den og store deler av filmen var kjedelig.
Men for å gå over til det positive så var det noen morsomme scener som fikk meg til å små le og spesialeffektene er veldig detaljerte og gode.
Slutten slutter på en måte som gjør at det er åpent for en ny film, noe som det faktisk er rykter om.
Jeg gir dermed PotC 3 terningkast tre og konkluderer med at dette er den dårligste i triologien.
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Preview av GTA4
Nettstedet gamespot.com fikk sjansen til å se skaperne presentere en tidelig demo av spillet og her er sammendraget:
You'd be hard-pressed to find a more anticipated, or scrutinized, game than Rockstar's upcoming Grand Theft Auto IV. The release of the game's trailer in March saw the 50-odd seconds of teaser footage poured over like evidence in a CSI episode, with fans (ourselves included) rabidly dissecting it frame by frame. To further stoke the fires of anticipation, Rockstar Games recently hit town and did the previously unthinkable: They gave us a look at a work-in-progress version of the Xbox 360 game. Whereas years past have seen us getting access to GTA games when they were much further along in development, Rockstar, confident in how development is going, raised the drape and let us get a look at GTAIV months before it hits. Our guided demo showed off a tiny bit of the city and gave us a taste of what Rockstar is cooking up for what is arguably the most anticipated game of 2007.
The demo opened up with the game's Russian hero, Niko Bellic, standing in a building--the offices of the taxi service, to be exact. As our demoer guided him around the interior, we were given a rundown of his story. The Eastern European immigrant will come to Liberty City at the request of his cousin, Roman. The trip seems like a smart move for Niko, who's had a rather rough life so far.
The picture of life in Liberty City painted by his cousin is that of opulence and easy money. Upon arriving, Niko gets a reality check. Roman is living around the poverty line and drives a cab. Once that recognition hits, Niko realizes he's got to find a way to eke out a living, which is where the story begins. Given what was shown and implied in the trailer, we expect Niko's career search to take some interesting, and probably violent, turns. Rockstar reps noted that Niko's path through the game isn't going to tell a stereotypical "rags to riches" story; instead, it will offer a grittier tale that's about survival, "rags to slightly better rags" to be exact.
Once we got the rundown of the story, our demoer took Niko out for a stroll in the city. As the tour started, we got another quick primer on the city. The Liberty City in GTAIV is a modern-day metropolis that's a bit different than the one we know.
The city is based on New York, though there's no version of Staten Island in the game. For fans at home already working on their maps, the borough of Broker is based on Brooklyn, Dukes is based on Queens, Bohan is based on the Bronx, Algonquin is based on Manhattan, and Alderney is based on New Jersey. Our tour took us on a run-through of some of the neighborhoods in Broker, underneath the Algonquin bridge overpass, and eventually out to the docks to look out on the city proper.
The environment had a lived-in look that featured pedestrians, homeless, trash, steaming manholes, traffic, and an impressive array of little touches used to set the scene. But, while we expected all that, the demo showed off a new wrinkle to the densely packed environments: height. Though "verticality" has turned into one of the catchiest buzz words for new games, it's still an interesting feature to see. From the sound of it, GTAIV is going to let you go up or down buildings in the game as needed.
Our demo showed Niko climbing a power pole and taking a look around at the environment--highlighting the impressive draw distance. But we also noticed that the dense city environment, which is roughly the same size as San Andreas, will be a layered locale with things to see and do at different heights. If it works the way we're hoping, it might offer some additional options when avoiding the police.
But avoiding police, like much of GTAIV's gameplay, is something that Rockstar wasn't going into too much detail on. There was no talk of the upcoming downloadable content or exclusive material for the PlayStation or Xbox 360. What was shared was that the role-playing elements are being dialed back, so Niko won't be morphing into a superman by the end of the game.
Carjacking is being tweaked, so you can now break windows to jack parked cars. You'll be able to call people via cell phone and help move the story along, offering you more control over how the story will progress. Though you won't be able to fly planes, you should be able to fly helicopters. One of our big questions, what kind of online multiplayer the game will offer, was met with a coy assertion that the team wants the multiplayer to rival the single-player experience. Reps did note that it will not be a massively-multiplayer-online-game-style persistent city. Other details, such as the game's heads-up display, are still being ironed out.
We did see a menu system that had all the expected options; we're just curious as to how it will be implemented. The driving force behind the game is its story, according to the team. So, to that end, the gameplay experience must be seamless. We're pleased to see the lengths they're going to for this to happen already.
Moving in and out of buildings is seamless, and you'll have ample places to go in and out of, though not every building in the game is able to be explored.
The visuals in the game come courtesy of Rockstar's proprietary RAGE engine and offer a comfortable complement to the game's new look. The city area we were shown had all the real-world elements that are key to a GTA game's atmosphere: pedestrians, traffic, and a lived-in look.
The key difference, as you can see in the trailer, is the level of detail and the art style. The expected bump in graphics seems to be agreeing with the team's ambitious tendencies, resulting in a dense city with rich lighting and populated by a diverse group of people. The little touches that were wrung out of the last generation of hardware are now fully realized, with proper lighting, particle effects, and shadowing being used to highlight the distressed city streets, old buildings, dusty windows, and vast panoramic views of Liberty City.
As for the residents, our tour of the city gave us a look at a sampling of some work-in-progress models that are set to be used for the non-player characters you'll meet. The models sported a higher level of detail and looked good, albeit nondescript, like any good NPC. Niko is the star of the game, with a character model that reflects his mental baggage.
The detailed model has a decidedly gritty look that makes it pretty clear he's been around the block a few times--maybe even hit by some cars. Animation was early but seemed to be coming along fine. His gait when walking was deliberate and was on its way to adding to his world-weary vibe. Our demo also focused on showcasing a number of subtle touches being worked into GTAIV. The standouts were Niko leaning in a direction as he runs and, most awesomely, his breaking windows on parked cars so he could jack them.
Though we just saw a small slice of what to expect from the game's visuals, we have to say we're impressed by the restraint we're seeing. In a time when so many games on the PS3 and Xbox 360 are going all out with the special effects and a glossy look, GTAIV seems to be drawing on the effects and tech it needs to establish a convincingly rundown look. While it may not bowl you over with blinding use of light blooming and other stereotypical "next-gen" effects, we've seen most of them used in subtle ways.
But the game is focused on its realistic look, and we're pleased by what we're seeing.
The game's audio was far from finished, as Rockstar reps were quick to point out what we heard in the demo was very placeholder, with a fraction of the audio that will be in the final game peppered through it. It seems as though the plan is to expand on the concepts used in the previous games, so you'll hear tons of ambient chatter and city sounds designed to sell you on the game's virtual world. Finer elements such as voice acting and the ever-popular radio stations are still being ironed out.
The team is mulling over the direction of where to go with the radio stations, given the tone of the game. There will be plenty of variety in music, but what those types are remains to be seen. The voice acting in the game is in a similar state of reevaluation. The team is thinking on what would best serve the story in terms of the talent used and the direction. As with the previous entries in the series, Rockstar is competing with the standards set by GTAIV's predecessors, which all featured great voice acting. As it stood, what we heard of the audio was coming along fine, and finished or not, we liked where it was headed.
Ultimately, our demo of the game was a pretty controlled experience and was more about showing off the world and the possibilities of what could be done inside it than showing off specific gameplay features. That said, even this modest look at a fraction of the city shows a whole lot of potential.
The nuanced story; greater interactivity with the world; densely packed, vertical environment; ambitious scope; and increased freedom all seem like the right ingredients to have in play for such an anticipated sequel. Factor in the mysterious online multiplayer and downloadable content, and you have about as fully loaded a sequel as you could ask for. Grand Theft Auto IV is currently slated to ship this October for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. Look for more on the game in the coming months.
Redigert av SiestaZ 25 May, 2007 18:19:54
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Da er sesongavslutningen sett og jeg er virkelig satt ut! Men episoden var virkelig knall og sesongens beste episode, og viser at Lost er og vil forbli den beste dramaserien i all framtid.
Denne episoden satt mange følelser i sving, både sinne og og sorg.
Jeg ble skikkelig trist når jeg innså at Charlie kom til å dø. Dette var uten tvil den døden i Lost som har gjort størst inntrykk på meg. Og det er vel den mest heroiske død jeg noen gang har sett, i alle fall på en stund. Scenen når rommet han er i er i ferd med å bli fylt med vann, var både hjerteskjærende, men allikevel gjort veldig rettferdig. Han har jo lurt døden mange ganger. Men uansett så har Lost mistet en av de kuleste karakterene og synd er det! Damn you Patchy! Han er seigliva!
Kjipt at Tom tok kvelden også, han var jo den opprinnelige Other! Damn you Sawyer!
Jeg ble fylt med litt sinne når Jack og Co får kontakt med båten, selvom Ben sier at det vil bli dere undergang.
Det største sjokket i kveldens episode var at tilbakeblikkene til Jack egentlig ikke var det, men "flashforward". Og når Kate kommer å møter Jack på flyplassen, var jeg helt satt ut.
Men det første som slo meg da, var at dette var en alternativ virkelighet som The Others viser til Jack og Co, like etter at Jack får kontakt med Naomis folk. Tempelet som Alpert nevner, har evnen til å viser evt framtider. Grunnen til at de viser denne alternative virkeligheten for hvem det nå måte være, Jack eller alle, er for å få de til å skifte mening å bli på øya og leve lykkelig, istedenfor å dra tilbake til den triste hverdagen på fastlandet...
Grunnen til at jeg ikke tror at dette var virkelige framtidsblikk, er for at Jack nevner faren sin. Og hvis det skal være sånn at folk som ER stein døde skal opp å gå igjen, blir det jo Zombie season dilux!
Hvis dette ikke er tilfellet, tro jeg at en annen teori kan være at neste sesong kommet til å forsette rett etter slutten i sesong tre og forsette derfra. Og istedenfor å ha flashback, har de framtidsblikk.. Dette tror jeg da er gamechangeren.
Men alt i alt en sykt bra episode, som kommer til å få meg til å klø meg i hodet fram til neste år og ventetiden kommer til å være grusom!
Redigert av SiestaZ 25 May, 2007 16:06:43
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Lurer på om det bare blir den ene episode av de to i sesongfinalen, som kommer til å handle om Jack. Den andre kommer til å handle kun om øya.
Eller at de kommer til å fordele tilbakeblikkene hans jevnt igjennom dobbeltepisoden, så de ikke blir så alt for stappe med tilbakeblikk... er ikke sikker jeg.
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Kan ikke tro at det er over allerede, snufs snufs...  Og det blir lenge å vente til at sesong 4 skal komme igjen neste år!
Men uansett så gleder jeg meg stort til i morgen og håper det blir bra...
Men vi kan jo etterhvert kose oss med sesong 3 DVDboksen
Redigert av SiestaZ 23 May, 2007 20:25:57
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