Some Lost news

Just read that starting Monday, ABC.com will be playing some Lost webisodes:

The new season of Lost begins Monday! Kinda. ABC has (quietly) announced that it will begin posting its Lost "mobisodes" (originally intended to debut with Verizon Wireless customers) on Monday, Nov. 12, at abc.com. The series of two- to three-minute vignettes — collectively known as "Missing Pieces" — kicks off with "The Watch," focusing on Matthew Fox's character. The micro-stories aren't deleted scenes — they're newly-shot material that fits into the larger Lost saga; it's up to the fans to figure out where they belong. A new Webisode will post each Monday.

The new season will not begin until the strike is over (jesus let's hope it's over before next February!) to avoid interrupting the schedule (like 24, they want to have new episodes each week with no breaks).

Sonofa...

I just read that 24 is postponed indefinitely because of the writers' strike.

This is bad, TV-wise, but perhaps good school-wise? Maybe, since the networks plan on filling the dead airspace with - you guessed it - more lame-ass reality shows.

Crap.

One view of law school

Sadly, there are some things in this video I can relate to. Enjoy!

WGA strike

Dude, I'm down with the strike, but I realize that unless the media conglomerates cave we will either have to endure shorter seasons or show cancellations.

There is a rumor that Heroes could end in December! What does this mean for 24 and Lost next spring?!

I get heart palpitations just thinking about it.

Old School Pic of the Day (5)

This is tooo funny.

Here is Rypinski, who a certain someone once called "pretty lips," in character at a murder mystery party thrown way back on March 24, 2000.

HD filmmaking made easy

By way of Slashdot, I came across a great article about the dropping prices of HD cameras and the number of tools available to budding filmmakers and videographers. One of Peachpit's authors, Stu Maschwitz, even gets a plug.

Below is a short video that was posted along with the article. (Click here to see the video in HD, plus the production specs and more pieces, such as this one by this auteur.) Enjoy!


Time from Fabian Mohr on Vimeo.

Fire on campus

I've been inside the law school for over two hours and was oblivious to the fact that there's a fire on campus not far from where I am (thanks, Internets!). I heard the sirens of the fire trucks but didn't think much about it. Wowsa.

Here's some video footage.

The building that's on fire is the "Memorial Union" - it's like your standard student union on any campus, except recently remodeled and containing an impressive food court - including a Starbucks. Way nicer than Berkeley's, which seemed to always smell of urine. Bummer!

No End in Sight

This documentary released this week on DVD (it's on Netflix) and I strongly recommend it. No End in Sight is heart-wrenching, as most films about Iraq are.

But what sets this one apart is that it tries to walk the audience through each stage of the war to help understand what went wrong (when, how, and why). The filmmaker clearly despises Donald Rumsfeld, but in a way, who doesn't?

Check out the trailer, which the filmmakers made available for embedding on the blogosphere (very cool of them):