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Monday, May 24, 2010
Vinnie's Take On: Avatar on DVD
Mood:  caffeinated
Topic: Other Movie Genres

 

Vinnie's Take On:

Avatar On DVD! 

 

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Above: Just One of the Film Posters Used to Promote the Avatar Film! 

At The Top Left: A Toruk that Jake tames during the Film!

At the Bottom Left: Vinnie - Today's Guest Blogger!

 

 

TODAY'S FEATURE - Blog #3144:

Today I'm pleased once again to have as guest blogger, Vinnie, who is writing 'His Take' on the Avatar Film on DVD that we rented this past Saturday night:

[SPOILER ALERT: This whole blog post is a 'Spoiler Alert', but with all the millions of people already seeing it, and talking about it...This is more of a review of the film from a tween's POV.]

AVATAR: 'My Take' On the Film Itself!

The movie is set in the year 2154, on a moon of the planet Polyphemus called Pandora in the Alpha Centauri star system. A company came to this planet to mine a mineral called unobtanium, for it's high value. Pandora's atmosphere, however, is toxic to humans, forcing them to use breathing masks. Pandora is mainly inhabited by a human-like species of blue-skinned, ten-feet-tall creatures, called the Na'vi. They live peacefully with nature, worshipping their goddess, Eywa. The scientists want to learn about the Pandoran people from within, so they create a hybrid of human and Na'vi, which they call avatars, that are controlled by a human through mental link by genetically matching humans.

I like the uniqueness of this movie. It brings many aspects up, that are normally overlooked, such as, the connection between a planet, and the creatures living on it. If one was without the other, the other couldn't survive. Also, the people of the planet need to care for their planet, for if we don't, the planet won't have anything to share with us. I also liked the array of imaginative creatures, like the Toruk, (which is pictured at the top left of this blog), a powerful flying predator that only five Na'vi have tamed, for its design and the creativity to make that animal up. They brought creatures in the movie that we wouldn't see in real life, making it even more so exciting. I enjoyed the vibrant colors that were in everything; plants, animals, just everything. That, I felt made the great movie even better.

 This movie is more suited for adults as there is quite a lot of cursing. There is also a lot of violence which isn't suggested for young children. I wouldn't recommend it unless that person was 10+ but suggested at least 13+. A good movie for a family with older-aged children.     

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That's the end of today's guest blog by Vinnie...My thanks to him for sharing here today what we watched this past weekend!

If YOU liked his review on this Film, you may enjoy reading his reviews on:  Coraline, Ponyo, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Sonic the Hedgehog TPB Vol 1, Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs, just to name a few!   

AND My thanks again to all of YOU reading this blog and our archived blog posts, now over the 3,140 total posts in number!

~ Michael D Hamersky @ ComicBookCollectorsBlog.com

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For those of you that didn't know me before today...I first set up as a 'dealer' at the 1972 San Diego West Coast Comic Con (SDCC) at the El Cortez Hotel. So I've been around comic conventions for a little while, LOL 

My wife Tina and I now have an on-line exhibitor (dealer) table at the first "virtual" comic con titled the "Facebook Comic Con" (FBCC)!

You can view our dealer table and interact with us there on Facebook by clicking this link, which takes you to our table named: 'Facebook Comic Con | Make It So Marketing'. 

So if YOU are a Facebook member, please 'join' our Facebook Comic Con - Make It So Marketing exhibitor table for updates, specials, links to this blog, and other wall comments that we post every day! 
 

 Also, if you are a Facebook member and would like to also join my Facebook Network, feel free to send a 'friend request' to 'Michael D Hamersky'. I am reaching the maximum of 5,000 Facebook Friends soon, and I don't want YOU to be left out!
       
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I've made a special blog post about: "How To Best Submit YOUR Publication For Possible Review!" for those creators / publishers that would like to possibly have their publications mentioned or reviewed. Just click on the link provided in this paragraph!

~Michael @ ComicBookCollectorsBlog.com

 

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Posted by makeitsomarketing at 12:01 AM PDT
Updated: Monday, May 24, 2010 7:17 AM PDT
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Sunday, May 23, 2010
LOST: Thanks for the Memories!
Mood:  caffeinated
Topic: TV Shows

 

LOST:

Thanks For The Memories! 

By Tina LoSasso

 

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Above:  We met Mirelly Taylor Who Played Richard / Ricardo's wife on LOST at Wizard World Anaheim Comic Con! 

At The Top Left: Mirelly Taylor as Isabella in a Scene on 'Lost'!

At the Bottom Left: The 2010 Wizard World Anaheim Comic Con Logo.

 

 

TODAY'S FEATURE - Blog #3143:

Today I'm pleased once again to have as guest blogger, my wife, Tina LoSasso, who mixes in a little bit of a comic convention we were at in April, with her thoughts of the upcoming Series Finale episode of 'LOST' tonight:

[SPOILER ALERT: None - as Tina has NOT seen the Series Finale as of this blog posting!]

LOST: Thanks for the Memories!

Like most fans, I'm drowning in a sea of mixed emotions right now.   Incredibly excited to see what happens tonight and, at the same time, I'm dreading my tv life without LOST.

After last week's 'What They Died For', I'm confident that 'The End' will make all these years of watching pay off big. From the moment that poor sap got sucked into the plane engine in the pilot, I was hooked. I like my shows to surprise me... show me something I didn't see coming during the opening credits.

I fell in love with LOST and its castaways when we got a glimpse into their lives off-island via those Season One flashbacks.  Finding out what they were like, why they were on the plane, What Did Kate Do, that Sun studied English so she could leave Jin (!) - this was rich stuff indeed. 

After last season, it seemed we'd had flashbacks on everyone - Rose and Bernard, even Ana Lucia, Nikki and Paolo (ugh). Everyone except the Man Who Never Ages, Richard Alpert. Where did he come from? How does he stay so calm? Where did he get the guyliner? What wrinkle cream does he use? At San Diego Comic Con, "Darlton" promised answers.  When they asked us if we wanted a Richard flashback, the crowd went wild.  The beautiful, answers-filled, emotion-packed "Ab Aeterno" was the result.

Michael and I had the pleasure of meeting Mirelly Taylor, (pictured above), who played Isabella, Richard’s wife. Her illness and death propels Richard to the Island. This wonderful episode showcased Nestor Carbonal’s talent. But, what an amazing job Mirelly did coming into the series at this late date, in a one-shot, and making us believe in her character. Her final scene speaking to Richard via Hurley had Michael and I both in tears.  (And we never cry over the same scenes in anything!)

What will I miss most about LOST? Besides the anticipation of what the # are they going to do to us this week, I’ll miss connecting with other fans over the show. My favorite times at SD Comic Con have been at LOST panels – and hanging out in line for hours and hours beforehand! This past year’s event was perhaps the best of all – at least since the first – probably because we knew it was the last. Fans out-did themselves in crazy costumes. One woman even dressed as a representation of The Island – I loved the little plane hanging from her hat!

I’ll never forget the two Hurleys in Dharma jumpsuits. When they caught sight of each other and started running towards the other, it was Desmond and Penny all over again!  (If you haven’t seen them, check out the YouTube video of the panel; they both talked to the real Hurley during the Q&A.

In the real world, it’s been fun discovering that someone is a LOST fan.  Once you know, it doesn’t take much to get them going and you discover a whole new side to them that you never knew.  How very LOST!

I hope everyone enjoys tonight’s finale. Michael and I will be hunkered down for the duration 7-11:30 and taping Jimmy Kimmel.  Here’s hoping we can all sleep tonight so we can get up and go to work in the morning and talk about LOST one last time…

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That's the end of today's guest blog by Tina...My thanks to Tina LoSasso, and Mirelly Taylor who spent time with us at the Wizard World Anaheim Comic Con talking about her role in LOST!

You can find out more about Mirelly Taylor at her websites:

Mirelly Taylor's Facebook Fan Page 

Mirelly Taylor's IDMb Page

MirellyTaylor.com  

AND My thanks again to all of YOU reading this blog and our archived blog posts, now over the 3,140 total posts in number!

~ Michael D Hamersky @ ComicBookCollectorsBlog.com

Note: Our online comic book store carries many different genres of comics, magazines, and graphic novels, including HoRRoR, Sci-Fi, and MoNSTer Comics at:

http://www.comicbookscircus.com/

 


 

 

Now Celebrating the 11th Year On The Web!

 "Hammering Out the Web For You Since May 12th, 1998!"

 

 

Click Here add This ComicBookCollectorsBlog.com to Your list of NetworkedBlogs! 

Note: If you are breaking into, or already work in the comic book industry or other pop culture productions, you are welcome to email us press releases, news items, and updates that you feel would be of interest to our blog readers. Including YOUR own works!

To mail printed items to us for possible review, send to:

 

 

Click Here to see our Facebook Comic Con Dealer Table!

Make It So Marketing Inc.
PO Box 130653
Carlsbad, CA 92013

Site Meter

 

 

 

   

Click here to see the NEWLY LISTED items we have in our online store for sale!

My thanks to those of YOU that have read today's blog post! I do appreciate that!

For those of you that didn't know me before today...I first set up as a 'dealer' at the 1972 San Diego West Coast Comic Con (SDCC) at the El Cortez Hotel. So I've been around comic conventions for a little while, LOL 

My wife Tina and I now have an on-line exhibitor (dealer) table at the first "virtual" comic con titled the "Facebook Comic Con" (FBCC)!

You can view our dealer table and interact with us there on Facebook by clicking this link, which takes you to our table named: 'Facebook Comic Con | Make It So Marketing'. 

So if YOU are a Facebook member, please 'join' our Facebook Comic Con - Make It So Marketing exhibitor table for updates, specials, links to this blog, and other wall comments that we post every day! 
 

 Also, if you are a Facebook member and would like to also join my Facebook Network, feel free to send a 'friend request' to 'Michael D Hamersky'. I am reaching the maximum of 5,000 Facebook Friends soon, and I don't want YOU to be left out!
       
-------------------

Talking about comics: if YOU are a comics creator, (writer, penciler, inker, colorist, letterer, etc.), OR even a Comics / Magazine Publisher, feel free to contact me regarding YOUR works for a possible mention / review!

I've made a special blog post about: "How To Best Submit YOUR Publication For Possible Review!" for those creators / publishers that would like to possibly have their publications mentioned or reviewed. Just click on the link provided in this paragraph!

~Michael @ ComicBookCollectorsBlog.com

 

WEB PAGE NOTE:  This blog post is written for the IE Browser standards. Chrome, Safarai, Netscape, Firefox and the others serve the page up differently, sorry about that!
 
The screen display resolution is best seen at the setting of 1024 x 768.
NOTE: All images and characters within this blog post are copyright and trademark their respective owners.
is blog post is written for the IE Browser standards. Chrome, Safarai, Netscape, Firefox and the others serve the page up differently. The screen display resolution is best seen at the setting of 1024 x 768.
NOTE: All images and characters within this blog post are copyright and trademark their respective owners.

 

 


Posted by makeitsomarketing at 12:01 AM PDT
Updated: Sunday, May 23, 2010 5:23 AM PDT
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Saturday, May 22, 2010
My Take On: Super Siblings #2 From Banshee Comics!
Mood:  caffeinated
Topic: Comic Books - New

 

'My Take' On:

Super Siblings #2

From Banshee Comics!

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Above Photo: Creator of Super Siblings, Patrick Scullin at the 2010 Wizard World Anaheim Comic Con! 

At The Top Left: The Front Cover to Super Siblings #2 from Banshee Comics!

At the Bottom Left: The 2010 Wizard World Anaheim Comic Con Logo.

 

 

TODAY'S FEATURE - Blog #3142:

Yes, this was another publication given to me at the recent 2010 Wizard World Anaheim Comic Con in Artists Alley for possible review in this blog!  As You can tell from earlier posts, I met a lot of comics creators in the Artists Alley!

So what's this comic book about?  Well, on the back of the comic book itself is the promo blurb as follows:

"Super Siblings is a dynamic, light-hearted and sometimes off-the-wall story of sibling rivalry.  Like every "tween-aged" brother and sister, Conrad and Courtney Clark often don't get along.  They like to argue, bicker and blame one another for common occurences at home.

Although their childhood may sound typical, the Clark children turn it up a notch with the use of super powers. What's more, not only rivals at home, they have unwittingly become archenemies in public.  Conrad a.k.a. Scout, uses his powers for good. Courtney a.k.a. Banshee, uses her powers for bad.  Hidden in plain sight their secret identities remain intact, and they never suspect one another."

And as for this issue #2 in particular:

"Super Siblings #2: Join the Super Siblings as they take on the Elementary Science Fair."

So what's 'My Take' on this B&W interior pages comic book?

Front Cover:  The front cover shows enough to entice a casual browser into picking it up to thumb through.

Inside Front Cover:  Is blank...(blank?)...Yes, blank!

Splash Page: Not used as a 'splash page'. Starts right in with the storyline for this issue.

The Rest of the Pages: The story continues on to the final page that ends at page number 12. This is a full and complete story with NO 'to be continued' ending.

Inside Back Cover:  Blank (Again!).

Back Cover:  The 'Sales Pitch' - Want more? Sign up at supersiblings.com and get a FREE comic strip sent to your email address each week! 

So, as far as I could tell from this comic book, it could be considered a type of 'promotional comic' for the web comic strip.  And No, that's not bad, as that is probably how the creator is monetizing his efforts.

So would I sign up after reading this comic book?

I did, and here's why.  Although the comic book is presented in more of a 'promotional' format, the storyline was an interesting read to me.  It's probably because of the characters, who are very well written!

Plus to see a complete story in just 12 pages...How often do I see that anymore?  Not that often, trust me!

This is a pretty good 'intro' for a new reader to enter this universe.

It's just that the 'packaging' of this publication could have been a little more 'polished' when printed in the 'comic book' presentation. 

I would grade this Issue #2 as a 'Very Fine' (VF) 8.0 out of the 10.0 Grading Scale. The grade is for the 'total package' in this comic book format, not anything found on the web site.

Talking about the web site...there are actually several to choose from:

The Super Sibling Facebook Fan Page

SuperSiblingsComics.com

and the publisher's site: BansheeComics.com !   

My thanks to Patrick Scullin, for submitting this comic book version of his web comic for possible review!

AND My thanks again to all of YOU reading this blog and our archived blog posts, now over the 3,140 total posts in number!

~ Michael D Hamersky @ ComicBookCollectorsBlog.com

Note: Our online comic book store carries many different genres of comics and graphic novels, including Funnybooks and Super-hero Comics at:

http://www.comicbookscircus.com/

 


 

 

Now Celebrating the 11th Year On The Web!

 "Hammering Out the Web For You Since May 12th, 1998!"

 

Click Here add This ComicBookCollectorsBlog.com to Your list of NetworkedBlogs! 

 

Note: If you are breaking into, or already work in the comic book industry or other pop culture productions, you are welcome to email us press releases, news items, and updates that you feel would be of interest to our blog readers. Including YOUR own works!

To mail printed items to us for possible review, send to:

 

 

Click Here to see our Facebook Comic Con Dealer Table!

Make It So Marketing Inc.
PO Box 130653
Carlsbad, CA 92013

 

Site Meter

 

 

 

   

Click here to see the NEWLY LISTED items we have in our online store for sale!

My thanks to those of YOU that have read today's blog post! I do appreciate that!

For those of you that didn't know me before today...I first set up as a 'dealer' at the 1972 San Diego West Coast Comic Con (SDCC) at the El Cortez Hotel. So I've been around comic conventions for a little while, LOL 

My wife Tina and I now have an on-line exhibitor (dealer) table at the first "virtual" comic con titled the "Facebook Comic Con" (FBCC)!

You can view our dealer table and interact with us there on Facebook by clicking this link, which takes you to our table named: 'Facebook Comic Con | Make It So Marketing'. 

So if YOU are a Facebook member, please 'join' our Facebook Comic Con - Make It So Marketing exhibitor table for updates, specials, links to this blog, and other wall comments that we post every day! 
 

 Also, if you are a Facebook member and would like to also join my Facebook Network, feel free to send a 'friend request' to 'Michael D Hamersky'. I am reaching the maximum of 5,000 Facebook Friends soon, and I don't want YOU to be left out!
       
-------------------

Talking about comics: if YOU are a comics creator, (writer, penciler, inker, colorist, letterer, etc.), OR even a Comics / Magazine Publisher, feel free to contact me regarding YOUR works for a possible mention / review!

I've made a special blog post about: "How To Best Submit YOUR Publication For Possible Review!" for those creators / publishers that would like to possibly have their publications mentioned or reviewed. Just click on the link provided in this paragraph!

~Michael @ ComicBookCollectorsBlog.com

 

WEB PAGE NOTE:  This blog post is written for the IE Browser standards. Chrome, Safarai, Netscape, Firefox and the others serve the page up differently, sorry about that!

 

The screen display resolution is best seen at the setting of 1024 x 768.

 

NOTE: All images and characters within this blog post are copyright and trademark their respective owners.

 

 


Posted by makeitsomarketing at 12:01 AM PDT
Updated: Saturday, May 22, 2010 5:34 AM PDT
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Friday, May 21, 2010
Spotlight On... Iron Man 2's Natalina Maggio!
Mood:  caffeinated
Topic: Comic Book Movies

 

Spotlight On... Iron Man 2's

Natalina Maggio! 

As Seen At Wizard World Anaheim Comic Con!

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Top: Natalina Maggio Appears In Iron Man 2 As One of the Featured Models at Tony Stark's Birthday Party!
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Above: Natalina Maggio shows the Iron Man Bobblehead to Michael D Hamersky at Her Booth at Wizard World! 

At The Top Left: Just One of the Many Film Posters Issued World-Wide for the Iron Man 2 Film!

At the Bottom Left: The 2010 Wizard World Anaheim Comic Con Logo.

 

 

TODAY'S FEATURE - Blog #3141:

With the success of the Iron Man 2 Film still going strong, I wanted to 'Spotlight' another actress who was in this film...

That would be Natalina Maggio as pictured above!

Tina and I met her during the Wizard World Anaheim Comic Con back on April 18th.

Natalina saw my shirt's embroidered 'Comic Book Collectors Blog.com' title and mentioned that she would be appearing in the then upcoming Iron Man 2 Film!  That's the reason for the Iron Man Bobblehead figure at her booth!

However, Natalina is already an accomplished actress, before her role in this Iron Man 2 Film came out on May 7th!

Indeed, she was on another show, 'Heroes', that Tina and I also watch.  She was a cheerleader on two episodes in 2009, as seen to the left.  The episodes' titles were: Chapter One's: 'Orientation' and 'Jump, Push, Fall'.

There is a long list of credits for Natalina at IMDb.com, as seen by clicking that link.

Here's just a few excerpts of her other accomplishments so far, as seen at Talent LA Casting, as her career just started in 2004:

How Natalina's career started out: "A natural entertainer, she made her television debut in 2004 when she lent her distinctive, childlike voice to two episodes of the hit Japanese cartoon series Gunparade March. That breakthrough role paved the way for a number of other exciting opportunities, and Natalina Maggio was soon invited to provide voice-over narration for programs on the Cartoon Network and Nickelodeon".

"Natalina Maggio finally stepped in front of the camera the following year in 2005 when she found work as a featured background performer in a number of hit shows including The O.C., One on One, Las Vegas, Criminal Minds, CSI: Miami, CSI: NY, What I Like About You, Living with Fran, and Hot Properties."

"Natalina Maggio made her big-screen debut in 2008 in Tic, a pulse-pounding action film about a pair of small-time London criminals who travel to Los Angeles. The movie -- which starred bankable British actors Lennie James and Treva Etienne -- gave Natalina Maggio one of her most substantial roles to date."

"Finally Natalina Maggio screen tested for Iron Man 2 this year and was chosen to be one of the featured models at Tony Stark's birthday party."

All this so far and she is only 28 years old!

I'm looking forward to seeing and her in more roles in the future.  Hopefully some more comic book movies so I can blog about her here again!  Until then, you can see what she is doing next at her web site NatalinaMaggio.com, as I don't see a Facebook Fan Page for her as of yet...

Talking about comic book movies, don't forget to take a look at my review blog on Iron Man 2 here!

And from a Woman's POV, take a look at Tina's review blog here!

My thanks to Natalina for taking the time to talk with us and pose for this blog at the Wizard World Anaheim Comic Con!

AND My thanks again to all of YOU reading this blog and our archived blog posts, now over the 3,139 total posts in number!

~ Michael D Hamersky @ ComicBookCollectorsBlog.com

UPDATE:  February 2nd of 2011!  Here is just the latest feature on Natalina... This one in 'Sharp' - Canada's Magazine for Men!

Note: Our online comic book store carries many different titles of Marvel Superhero comics, inclusing of course Iron Man, Spider-man, Fantastic Four, Silver Surfer, The Mighty Thor, and much more at:

http://www.comicbookscircus.com/

 


 

 

Now Celebrating the 11th Year On The Web!

 "Hammering Out the Web For You Since May 12th, 1998!"

 

 

Click Here add This ComicBookCollectorsBlog.com to Your list of NetworkedBlogs! 

Note: If you are breaking into, or already work in the comic book industry or other pop culture productions, you are welcome to email us press releases, news items, and updates that you feel would be of interest to our blog readers. Including YOUR own works!

To mail printed items to us for possible review, send to:

 

 

Click Here to see our Facebook Comic Con Dealer Table!

Make It So Marketing Inc.
PO Box 130653
Carlsbad, CA 92013

 

Site Meter

 

 

 

   

Click here to see the NEWLY LISTED items we have in our online store for sale!

My thanks to those of YOU that have read today's blog post! I do appreciate that!

For those of you that didn't know me before today...I first set up as a 'dealer' at the 1972 San Diego West Coast Comic Con (SDCC) at the El Cortez Hotel. So I've been around comic conventions for a little while, LOL 

My wife Tina and I now have an on-line exhibitor (dealer) table at the first "virtual" comic con titled the "Facebook Comic Con" (FBCC)!

You can view our dealer table and interact with us there on Facebook by clicking this link, which takes you to our table named: 'Facebook Comic Con | Make It So Marketing'. 

So if YOU are a Facebook member, please 'join' our Facebook Comic Con - Make It So Marketing exhibitor table for updates, specials, links to this blog, and other wall comments that we post every day! 
 

 Also, if you are a Facebook member and would like to also join my Facebook Network, feel free to send a 'friend request' to 'Michael D Hamersky'. I am reaching the maximum of 5,000 Facebook Friends soon, and I don't want YOU to be left out!
       
-------------------

Talking about comics: if YOU are a comics creator, (writer, penciler, inker, colorist, letterer, etc.), OR even a Comics / Magazine Publisher, feel free to contact me regarding YOUR works for a possible mention / review!

I've made a special blog post about: "How To Best Submit YOUR Publication For Possible Review!" for those creators / publishers that would like to possibly have their publications mentioned or reviewed. Just click on the link provided in this paragraph!

~Michael @ ComicBookCollectorsBlog.com

 

WEB PAGE NOTE:  This blog post is written for the IE Browser standards. Chrome, Safarai, Netscape, Firefox and the others serve the page up differently.
The screen display resolution is best seen at the setting of 1024 x 768.
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Posted by makeitsomarketing at 12:01 AM PDT
Updated: Wednesday, February 2, 2011 12:00 PM PST
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Thursday, May 20, 2010
LOST: “What They Died For” Or What I Call It, Ben: Back With a Vengeance!
Mood:  caffeinated
Topic: TV Shows

 

LOST: “What They Died For”

Or what I call it, 'Ben: Back with a Vengeance'! 

By Tina LoSasso

 

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Top:The LOST Supper. For a television show that has inspired endless theories, blogs, books, podcasts and college courses, we could use Dan Brown to decifer it all!
 
Bottom: Michael Emerson (Benjamin Linus) delights the San Diego Comic Con 2009 crowd with a ironic reading of the "script" for the LOST finale - "Heroes"-style! 

At The Top Left: Tina with Sterling Beaumon who played "Young Ben" on ABC's LOST! As Seen at the 2010 Wizard World Anaheim Comic-Con!

At the Bottom Left: The 2010 Wizard World Anaheim Comic Con Logo.

 

 

TODAY'S FEATURE - Blog #3140:

Today I'm pleased to have as guest blogger, my wife, Tina LoSasso, who mixes in a little bit of a comic convention we were at in April with the latest episode of 'LOST':

LOST: “What They Died For” or what I call it, Ben: Back with a Vengeance!

[SPOILER ALERT: If you’re not caught up through “What They Died For” what in the world are you waiting for? The show’s over on Sunday. Stop reading this, go watch, then come back!]

Wow, did 'Darlton' ever win me back after last week’s indulgent and mythology-fest that was ‘Across the Sea’!

How? With the emotional storyline – and the righteous return of the villain we LOVE to hate: Benjamin Linus! 

(For the uninitiated think: Simon Cowell on American Idol. Like Simon, Ben has the best lines. Just as the AI crowd waits to hear what Simons says, LOSTIES can’t wait to see what Ben will say and do- read who he’ll kill next.)

Until now Ben’s been weak and ineffectual all season – begging for forgiveness, lost and aimless.  Yes, he’s been getting beat up pretty regularly – and who doesn’t enjoy a good Ben face-smashing– but please, it’s like his core has been hollowed out. No Ben bark, no bite, and no evil intrigues has made for some pretty boring episodes. Weak and fearful is NOT the evil Ben we love to hate.

So, I shouted with glee (which we taped – wouldn’t Michael Emerson be dynamite as the new school principal or rival choir director?) as Ben finally exacted his revenge for Alex’s death by shooting Charles Whitmore. “He doesn’t get to save his daughter.” Most chilling Ben line ever.

I got a big kick out the writers bow to LOSTIES who want answers. While Ben following notLocke through the jungle, Ben asks one of fandoms more wacky questions: if you can turn yourself into Smoke whenever you want, why do you walk around? (Answer: I like to feel connected to the ground; it reminds me of when I had a body.)

Long before he was evil-Ben, Benjamin Linus was just a gawky young kid with a psychologically abusive Dad who drank too much Dharma beer. Playing that young boy was the wonderful Sterling Beaumon.

Michael and I had the pleasure of meeting Sterling and his Mom at Anaheim Comic Con in April. What a delightful and gracious young man!  He seemed to really enjoy his time on LOST and take the intensity of the fan base in stride.

Since being shot by Sayid, Sterling has launched a music career. You can check out some songs from his latest, ‘Step Back to Reality’ here: myspace.com/SterlingBeaumonMusic

Sterling will be watching Sunday night just like the rest of us wondering how it will all end.  And, end it will. After ‘What They Died For’ I feel a little less anxious about whether I’ll like the ending. It’s an emotional show. That’s what pulled us in at the beginning – all those flashbacks got us invested in the characters. The producers – and some of the cast – have said that the finale will give us an emotionally satisfying ending.

What more can we ask for?  How about something to fill the void? LOST has already left its mark on television inspiring new shows with complex storylines, ensemble casts and even time travel – think: Heroes and Flash Forward. Why, even the creator of Desperate Housewives successfully rebooted the show by fast forwarding it several years. What we’ll look for is what we’ve loved about LOST: intelligent writing that surprises and intrigues us, complex characters we care about, well-placed humor, and beautiful, dramatic visuals.

LOST – we’ll be as sad as Hurley at the bottom of a jar of peanut butter without you!

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My thanks to Tina LoSasso for guest blogging today!

PLUS Special Thanks to Sterling Beaumon, and Mrs. Beaumon who spent time with us at the Wizard World Anaheim Comic Con talking about LOST, and the other shows that Sterling has been on, and will be soon enough, but not spoilers here!

AND My thanks again to all of YOU reading this blog and our archived blog posts, now over the 3,137 total posts in number!

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