<![CDATA[io9: michael]]> http://tags.lifehacker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/io9.com.png <![CDATA[io9: michael]]> http://io9.com/tag/michael http://io9.com/tag/michael <![CDATA[Learn Who Not To Expect In Lost's Final Season]]> According to co-creator Damon Lindelof, you shouldn't expect everything to be explained in the final season of ABC's Lost. In fact, some mysterious characters may be missing entirely from the last set of episodes. Spoilers!

Talking to Comic Book Resources during an appearance at LA's Earth-2 Comics, Lindelof said,

I don't think it would be 'Lost' if we answered every question to every viewer's satisfaction. I mean, there are some people who are still asking us 'What's the story with Kate's toy plane?' and there is nothing more to say about it; we've definitively answered that question to the best of our ability on the show, so you won't be hearing anymore about the toy plane. That being said, there are other sort of meta questions, like, what do the numbers mean, that we will be addressing more directly in the final season. But some people will feel like, 'Wow, they answered more than I thought they ever would about that question,' and some people will say 'What a hose job, I am so unsatisfied!' Our goal is to land in the middle of the 'hose jobers' and the 'too much informationers,' because you can't make everybody happy... Most of the questions that we get asked [now] are 'Is so-and-so coming back?' or 'Are we going to see more of so-and-so?' and I feel like that if I know the answer to that question, the fans sort of deserve a 'Yes, that is something you should be looking forward to,' or 'Don't get your hopes up for that because it's not going to happen.' I don't want you to tune in waiting for the Great American Libby story, because it's not coming.

Libby's not the only character who'll remain a mystery, it seems; we've already told you that Michael won't be appearing in the final season despite rumors to the contrary, and now Entertainment Weekly's Michael Ausiello is saying that Rosseau won't make an appearance in the final episodes, either, due to a scheduling issues for Mira Furlan, the actress who plays the show's favorite crazy French woman. We could live without Malcolm and Libby, but no Rosseau? That could be a dealbreaker.

Damon Lindelof Is Still "Lost" [Comic Book Resources]

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<![CDATA[THIS IS A DISASTER: ASSAULT ON SAN DIEGO]]> Hello all. It's been a while. After traveling, family visits, technical difficulties, and paid work I am finally glad to bring you a new video, and this ain't no trailer.

I took my camera down to San Diego, came back, and ran it through the Disaster computer and this is what came out. Sure, you've read the news, seen the panels, watched the TRON Trailer, but did anyone make you feel like you were there?

And yes, it's long (for the internet). It's supposed to be long, it's supposed to be watched when you can relax and enjoy it like humans used to do with television. So go to the link for HD, and kick your feet up for a few minutes and relax. But don't worry, it's still geared for people with an unhealthy attention span. And gents, you'll be rewarded for sticking with it. But, if you only have minute to kill might I suggest this video.

And on a personal note, I just want to thank Kid Robot for handling their own Disaster like pros and I can't wait to get my Wood Labbit.

This is Garrison Dean saying SOMEONE PLEASE GIVE ME A FLYNN'S ARCADE SHIRT!!!

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<![CDATA[Bay Swaps Robots For Angst-Ridden Aliens In Number Four]]> With Transformers fast on its way to becoming almost as big as The Dark Knight, Michael Bay and Dreamworks have already announced their next project together... and it doesn't involve robots, in disguise or otherwise.

Bay and Dreamworks have pre-emptively picked up the movie rights to unpublished novel I Am Number Four for an undisclosed sum "somewhere in the high six figures," according to the Hollywood Reporter. The book, the first of a six part series rumored to be co-written by controversial author James Frey (the identity of the authors is being kept secret at present), deals with nine teenaged aliens hiding in human society following the destruction of their home planet, only to find that the being responsible for the destruction has followed them to Earth.

The rights were offered to studios Thursday afternoon before being quickly snapped up by Bay and the studio; as with Transformers, Dreamworks exec Steven Spielberg is expected to act as co-producer on the movie.

Michael Bay in 'I Am Number Four' deal [Hollywood Reporter]

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<![CDATA[Mega Shark Vs. Giant Octopus Actress Debbie Gibson Hints At Sequel: Mega Seahorse?]]> Yes, yes that Debbie Gibson, from "Lost in Your Eyes," is teasing us with the possibility of a sequel to Mega Shark Vs. Giant Octopus. "I haven't seen the final edit, but we did do a version that leaves the door open for a potential sequel," Gibson revealed to MTV. "Because God knows what else is in the ocean. I thought maybe a seahorse? Maybe a 500-foot lobster would be good. But yes, there is the potential for a sequel, and I would absolutely love it." [MTV]

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<![CDATA[The Bayhem Has Wrapped On Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen]]> According the Michael Bay's blog Transformers 2 is a wrap. Over at Bay's official blog the news is that "As of this week, principal photography for Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen has ended." Now the hard part, actually making transforming robots and editing out Shia LaBeoufs "no, no no, no, no" stutters, we wish you awesomeness. [Michael Bay]

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<![CDATA[Everything You Need to Know About "Lost: Missing Pieces" Mobisodes]]> Lost finally returns to the airwaves tomorrow night, and ABC has been making the wait even more agonizing by dribbling out some filler material in the form of mobisodes called Lost: Missing Pieces. These 2-3 minute scenes have been running for several weeks now, and they're meant to fill in some of the holes and to investigate unexplored or abandoned storylines. Does Michael ever kiss Sun? Does Walt really have a dislike of birds? Is Jack's father dead? Find out by watching all the mobisodes below so you'll be ready for the Season Four premiere. Needless to say, there be spoilers ahead.

  • "The Watch": This was the kickoff scene for these scenes, and it didn't bode well when there was some hammy acting and dialogue. Basically, Jack's father gives him a watch, which belonged to his father. And no, he hadn't been keeping it in his ass. The moral of the scene is "Don't be a crappy father like I was."


  • "The Adventures of Hurley and Frogurt": Remember Neil, the frozen yogurt salesman from Season One? The producers always promised he'd become "more interesting." Sadly, that doesn't happen in this clip when he tells Hurley to make a move on Libby or he'll step in.


  • "King of the Castle": Ben and Jack play a friendly game of chess, and Ben promises Jack he won't try to stop him from leaving the island... but the island might. He also tells Jack that one day he might look back and regret leaving, and that if he does he hopes that he'll remember this conversation. Ooooooh! This is probably the best acted of all of these, and written by comics scribe Brian K. Vaughan to boot.


  • "The Deal": Juliet visits Michael while he's held captive by the Others, and tells him that he can believe Ben's offer of freedom. She confesses that she's staying there to help save her sister, and wouldn't he do anything to save Walt? Michael sure isn't happy about it.


  • "Operation: Sleeper": Juliet wakes Jack up and tells him she's been working with Ben all along, and that the other survivors have been right not to trust her. Off all the mobisobes, this one felt the rip-offiest.


  • "Room 23": Alarms and panic around the Barracks! Juliet tells Ben they need to let Walt go, but Ben tells her he's special and that Jacob wants him there. She shows him a pile of dead birds around Walt's window and wants to know what's so special about that. Is Walt's power the ability to get birds to commit suicide? We've seen it before, and we'll probaby see it again.


  • "Arzt & Crafts": It's Arzt! He's in his pre-dynamite phase, and he's trying to convince everyone on the beach not to move to the caves. That is until they hear the smoke monster's crazy horn bellow, and he craps his pants.


  • "Buried Secrets": Michael stumbles across Sun burying her fake California driver's license in the woods, and she confesses that she was going to leave Jin. They almost kiss, but then Vincent cockblocks them. That's right, the dog makes 'em stop.


  • "Tropical Depression": Arzt confesses to Michael that he lied about the monsoon season, and that he just wants to get off the island. He also tells him that he'd flown to Sydney to meet a woman he'd been chatting with on the internet, but she left him at the restaurant. Boy, this guy really has a depressing life.


  • "Jack, Meet Ethan. Ethan? Jack.": Jack meets Ethan while looking for medicine, and Ethan whips up a few tears and tells Jack his wife and child died in childbirth. Then he creepily stares at Claire. After he leaves, Jack creepily stares at Ethan, like "Hey... I know something is weird about that dude."


  • "Jin Has a Temper-Tantrum On the Golf Course": Jin has a Happy Gilmore freakout on the golf course after he can't sink a putt. While Hurley and Michael look on, he sinks to his knees and curses the ball. Probably the best scene out of all of them.


  • "The Envelope": Juliet burns her hand on something in the oven, and then almost confesses to Amelia and shows her Ben's x-rays, but someone rings the doorbell. Another exercise in frustration, since this one is really just a deleted scene. Okay, maybe this one was the big ripoff.


  • "So It Begins": There's a POV shot of Vincent running through the forest until Jack's dad stops him and tells him to go wake Jack up on the beach, just moments after the crash. So is Jack's dad alive? This is the only real "What the hell?!" clip in the whole bunch.


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