2009 Character Cup: Round 1, Matches 5-8

Alright alright! We've got our first batch of victims! The Man in Black couldn't hold onto an early lead in a close bout, Karl got absolutely creamed, Danielle lost by a surprising margin, and Jin Kwon continues to get no love. Here are your winners:

Kate 55% - Man in Black 45%
Daniel 96% - Karl 4%
Frank 70% - Danielle 30%
Charlie 67% - Jin 33%

The first day of competition has already resulted in roughly 2/3 of our bracketeers getting knocked out of contention for the Perfect Bracket prize of $100. Everyone is still eligible for the DVD prize for highest overall score though. Any thing can happen and we've got quite a ways to go.

Now for Day 2 of the madness! Today holds a number of interesting matchups. Our first battle is between characters separated by time. Then there's a brother versus an Other in a Season 1 slugfest. The third match pits an employer against his employee. Lastly, we've got the definition of innocence squaring off against a man who is anything but.

Who will win today? Let's find out!



Match #5- Sun vs. Phil

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Match #6- Boone vs. Ethan

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Match #7- Horace vs. Miles

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Match #8- Aaron vs. Sayid

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Character Cup: Round 1, Matches 1-4

YEEEEEEEEEE HAAAAAAAAA!

Razzle dazzle baby- it's dancin' time! The 2009 Character Cup is upon us and all your friends are here. We've got Sawyer! We've got Jack! We've got Vincent and the Man in Black! Open the curtains and start the show! Grab your crash helmets 'cuz here we go!

We aren't wasting any time this year, we've got some potential bracket busters for you right out of the gate! If you didn't make a bracket, that's fine! It's just a little extra bit of fun to go along with the tourney. Everyone is free to vote in the polls every day, so please do so! I'll be taking the weekends off, so be sure to check in Monday through Friday mornings (US Eastern) for the next Lost-tastic matchup.

So let's get to it! Let's start voting and eliminating some folk!

Today's matchups are all interesting. First up we have one of the new kids on the block taking on one of the original losties. Our second matchup sees an Other taking on one of the Freighter Folk. Match #3 has one of the most intriguing supporting character taking on a supporting player whose stock may be on the rise. Our final matchup of the day sees two lovable characters locking horns.

By now, you know the characters, so bios are pointless. I've done my best to tell their stories though pictures. If you still want to compare their detailed histories to help you make up your mind, hit up Lostpedia for the goods. Thanks are due to Lost-Media for all the pictures I'm using this year. Without them, I'd be lost. :-p


Match #1- Man in Black vs. Kate



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Match #2- Karl vs. Daniel



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Match #3- Danielle vs. Frank



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Match #4- Charlie vs. Jin



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Watch “BAFTA Gets LOST” - A Fantastic Documentary about LOST

As Lost enters its sixth and final series, BAFTA explores the secrets behind the show’s success. Presenter Andrew Collins talks to three of the driving forces behind cult Television series Lost.

Writer Carlton Cuse, Director Jack Bender and writer Damon Lindelof - who created the series with J J Abrams talk about how LOST was made, the shows complicated mythology and the secrets behind its success.

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Cuse: “Season 6 Will Have a Fairly Significant Spiritual Bent”

Carlton Cuse at Bumbershoot (09/07/09)

Kudos to Brooks from popdistillery.com for this report from yesterday’s LOST panel in Seattle:

Today at Seattle’s music and arts festival Bumbershoot, three writer/producers of Lost announced that when the show finishes its sixth and last season next year, not every skull-scratching, mind-blowing, jaw-gaping-mouth-breathing mystery will be answered.

This is a good thing.

As executive producer Carlton Cuse explained, sometimes not knowing the whole story is more interesting and more fulfilling than knowing, and he wisely offered Star Wars’ midi-chlorians as an example. What gives mysteries their power is, well, how mysterious they are, and taking that away can take away the fun. So not everything on Lost will be made clear, but Cuse (along with executive producers Eddy Kitsis and Adam Horowitz) said that the creative team does have a road map of what they think must be explained. My question is, are the things I desperately need explained the things that the writers want to explain? I damn well hope so.

Other tidbits from the panel, some of which may be outright lies, include:

• Many faces from past seasons will appear in season six, including Charlie and possible Cindy (the flight attendant).

• While it normally takes the Lost writing team two weeks to plan an episode, “The Constant” took five. “Time travel is hard. It’s a lot of math!” —Kitsis.

• The boat sailed so well, its chase boat couldn’t keep up with it.

• Season six will have a fairly significant spiritual bent.

• The final shot of the show is already planned.

• While the producers have no personal plans for future incarnations of Lost, Cuse pointed out that it’s a powerful franchise and Disney would be foolish not to capitalize on that. So I think we can expect more Lost of some stripe in the future (or the past, because there’s often time travel involved.)

• Taking up that topic, Kitsis proclaimed that there really, really should be a Saturday morning cartoon show called Locke and the Monster in which Locke and the Smoke Monster teach kids lessons and build things. Coming this fall.

[Via popdistillery.com]

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CBS Makes Dharma-Style “Survivor” Orientation Film

Thanks to Mikey for the heads up.

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