The Lost Room

[jampony]

I wasn't sure where to put this. Is it a tv show? A movie? A special? Perhaps we need a new category for mini-series and/or specials. Whatever. If it's in the wrong place, maybe one of our lovely moderators can move it.

So, anyone else watching The Lost Room on SciFi? I'm totally into it. It's pretty cool. I actually wish it was a series, but with my luck, it would air on Fox and they'd cancel it after three episodes.

Totally off-topic, but since I started the thread I can pretty much do whatever the hell I want in it, right? It looks like Fox is working on two new shows with a major scifi twist. I wonder how long they'll last?

Spielberg Does TV Time Travel

Steven Spielberg is developing as as-yet-unnamed time-travel television series for Fox ... The time-travel drama has a romantic storyline at its core and will revolve around two young American physicists in World War II who discover a way to travel to the future. They wind up hopping between 2007 and the 1940s in order to aid the war effort, but in the process begin to upset the space-time continuum. Along the way, one of the physicists enlists a woman in 2007 to help him adjust to culture shock, and the two develop a relationship.

Fox Orders Immortal Cop Show

The Fox TV network has ordered a pilot tentatively titled New Amsterdam, about a New York homicide detective who is secretly centuries old, Variety reported.

[lbs30]

So, anyone else watching The Lost Room on SciFi? I'm totally into it. It's pretty cool. I actually wish it was a series, but with my luck, it would air on Fox and they'd cancel it after three episodes.

I think it's great. I actually watched part 2 live last night instead of on the DVR.
I read an article about it (maybe TV Guide?) and I think they said something about making it into a series.

[jampony]

Thanks for not leaving me hanging there. I guess we're the only two freaks watching this madness, huh? I'm thinking it's pretty awesome and that everyone else is gonna be sad they didn't see it.

I really hope they make a series out of it. With 100 objects to find, they could have some really good adventures.

And how cute is Elle Fanning? So much like her big sister at first I thought this mini-series was produced five years ago.

[t-bag]

I saw an advertisement for this and it caught my eye, but I've been too busy to watch it. Is there any chance of a marathon of some sorts on an upcoming weekend? Keep me posted.

[jampony]

I saw an advertisement for this and it caught my eye, but I've been too busy to watch it. Is there any chance of a marathon of some sorts on an upcoming weekend? Keep me posted.

Seriously? You have to ask? It's the SciFi channel... they're almost as bad as MTV or Bravo!

PS: Sunday, December 17 starting at 4. Be there or be square.

[t-bag]

Damn! I have four papers due the day after that, and I know I won't start any of them until Sunday morning. I'll be going home later that week once finals are over, at which point I get to enjoy my parents' huge, plasma HDTV. So maybe I'll just have my parents record it so I can enjoy it in true style.

[jampony]

WTF!!!!!! I'm watching the last half hour of the three-day mini-series and a commercial mentioned a Lost Room Quest. What the hell is that? I haven't seen one commercial about it in the five and half hours I've been watching and now it's a big thing? I want to play, too!

[ronibuni]

What a GREAT show! An amazing premise with good acting and production values...I hope they do make it a series...or make the world end..either way!

Riddle me this: how can a channel with this sort of Quality mini/series manage to make some of the most HORRID movies for TV EVER!?? Tis a puzzlement...

[brilliantmistake]

Riddle me this: how can a channel with this sort of Quality mini/series manage to make some of the most HORRID movies for TV EVER!?? Tis a puzzlement...

I was pondering the same thing as I watched the last installment. This was well acted, plotted, everything. Their miniseries division must exist in a dimension separate from the one that came up with "Mansquito."

I've heard they are thinking of turning it into a regular series, and although I thought the miniseries was incredible, I'd rather it be stand alone. It seems like it would get cheesy very fast as a series.

[may1]

So, I record all three installments - but haven't watched them as yet.
Should I marathon it, or one a day?

Jampony, the other shows you mention really sound good. Looks like Heroes being a major success has made other networks look into making the same type of genre.

[brilliantmistake]

So, I record all three installments - but haven't watched them as yet.
Should I marathon it, or one a day?


That's up to you, of course, but I'm guessing you'll wind up marathoning. If I'd had them all recorded, I wouldn't have been able to wait a day for the next episode.

[Firecat]

This miniseries event thingy was frackin' awesome!

*Spoilers below*



However, there really wasn't any explanation. I thought the date on the picture read "1969" and the event or other crap started in 1961...so I was thinking that maybe the guy was from the future, and that's why his wife didn't remember him...because they weren't married yet. I dunno.

*Edit*...I just read some theory about him maybe being from a parallel universe. Maybe that makes more sense.

[jampony]

This miniseries event thingy was frackin' awesome!
I agree wholeheartedly so I'm totally going to approve this message!

However, there really wasn't any explanation.
I didn't even notice they didn't explain a lot. Which must mean I was pretty into it, to have not noticed stuff like that.

[lbs30]

WTF!!!!!! I'm watching the last half hour of the three-day mini-series and a commercial mentioned a Lost Room Quest. What the hell is that? I haven't seen one commercial about it in the five and half hours I've been watching and now it's a big thing? I want to play, too!

I saw the commercial on Tuesday night - I checked it out on the site and there were 2 contests. They had started in November! One was kinda "Goldrushy" and the other you had 1 chance to put 7 of 20 objects in the correct order that would be drawn on Wed (part 3) last 1/2 hour. Needless to say I did not win the $5 million.

This miniseries event thingy was frackin' awesome!

*Spoilers below*



However, there really wasn't any explanation. I thought the date on the picture read "1969" and the event or other crap started in 1961...so I was thinking that maybe the guy was from the future, and that's why his wife didn't remember him...because they weren't married yet. I dunno.

I thought the date was 1959. When the stuff happened in 1961 he was erased and that was why his wife didn't remember him. At least that was my take.

[t-bag]

I'm getting caught up. I've watched the first two installments and I have the third ready to watch, but it's far too late to do that until tomorrow. So unfortunately I can't read anything you guys have said yet, for fear of spoilers. But I'm totally hooked. This is great.

[jampony]

I'm getting caught up. I've watched the first two installments and I have the third ready to watch, but it's far too late to do that until tomorrow. So unfortunately I can't read anything you guys have said yet, for fear of spoilers. But I'm totally hooked. This is great.

Did you finish yet?

[t-bag]

Done! That was awesome. Way better than I imagined. I'm always skeptical about anything on Sci Fi, due to their made-for-TV movies, but this was incredible.

[jampony]

Finally! We can dish, now.

I had tons of questions about this but, out of respect for t-bag, I waited. Now I can remember only one. So room 10 was where The Event happened, right? But it doesn't exist anymore so room 9 is the room where the interesting stuff happens. Why, at the end, was it room 8 that they showed? Was 9 destroyed? Or was the entire hotel affected by The Event?

[t-bag]

Aww, thanks, jampony. "Out of respect for t-bag." Never thought you'd type that one, huh?

I think it must be the entire motel. That's the only explanation I've come up with. Do we know exactly what happened on May 4th? That was never explained. They focused a little too much on the lovey-dovey ending with Mini-Fanning, but left things relatively unexplained. Is that because it might be turned into a series? I'm not sure how I'd feel about a series, because I feel like they wrapped the majority of the mystery up already, and would have to create all this crazy new stuff to try to keep an ongoing plot. Of course, the various cults and unlimited potential for objects that do nutty things would make me tune in every week, no matter how crappy the overall plot is.

[jampony]

With around 100 objects, no explanation for what happened in the room or to the room and no explanation of who the erased guy was (or why he was how he was), not to mention what happens to the dad now that he's also an object, I think they could really have a pretty good series on their hands if they wanted. Or maybe another limited series (I think that's what they're calling it). I'm crossing my fingers!

[t-bag]

I'd totally be a collector of the objects if they existed. I always get into the Pokemon mentality about so many things.

NBC is kind of crazy to put most of their best stuff these days on Sci-Fi. Soon they'll announce that Conan isn't taking over for Jay Leno, but he's actually moving to Sci-Fi.

Anyway, I think the guy that played Wally practically stole the show. He was great. Peter Krause? Eh...

[t-bag]

April 24 on DVD. Buy it.

[lbs30]

I still say they should make it a series.:thumbup1:

[TVqt]

I still say they should make it a series.:thumbup1:

:w00t: Ditto!