An Island Full of Nobodies

What you didn't know Mac from "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" guest starred on "Lost"?

Considering that the show has one of the largest ensemble casts ever, it's understandable that you'd forget Rob McElhenney was on the show.

He appears in one episode guarding Karl, Alex's boyfriend. Sawyer makes fun of his name, then Kate rifle-butts him. Exeunt Aldo.

If you like "Lost", do yourself a favor and check out this list on io9.com.

Damaged Goods?...and Lost!

A couple of really great articles over at io9 I happened to stumble upon:

In the post "Which Summer Movies Did the Writers' Strike Hit Hardest?", they go over some of the warm season's biggest releases and if the writer's strike affected them for better, or for worse. They start off by showing how the strike affected many TV shows, for example: Lost survived unscathed, Heroes...well not so much. Star Trek, Terminator and Transformers are just a few of the movies they asses the damage of the strike for.

















The other article was a succinct, great review of the first two episodes of the new season of Lost, without giving away spoilers. Great to hear that my boy Danny Faraday will be getting some more screen time, apparently a few with Sawyer. I can't wait to hear the nicknames Sawyer will come up with in the banter between him and Jeremy Davies' brilliant but skittish physicist.

Boycott What?

Being up at 4:15 in the morning isn't necessarily a good thing, but I was on io9.com, and i found something that made me feel a bit better about being up so late. The article is a great rant about any fans that are planning to boycott Fox in light of the possible delay of Watchmen.

They bring up a pretty good point: what has Fox put out that anyone was really dying to see anyway? Max Payne, The Day the Earth Stood Still, Jumper? These are just a few examples they give.

One movie they have upcoming that is actually anticipated is X-Men Origins: Wolverine which will be released in May. I think the film looks good, but I have to agree with io9 that the movie is starting to look like a way to create a whole new batch of X-Men movie spinoffs by introducing a bunch of secondary characters like Gambit, Emma Frost, and Deadpool.

Hopefully the idea of a boycott will end up being a moot point because Watchmen will be released on time. Only time will tell...

And speaking of time, like three paragraphs down io9 writes in regards to Fox's former flameouts: "These are not just movies you're better off renting. These movies are the reason there's a 4:20 in the morning as well as the afternoon — they probably look pretty good if you're both sleep-deprived and stoned." Both of which i am.

More Watchmen Baby Mama Drama

With everything that has been going on with Zach Snyder's Watchmen, one wonder's how likely it is that we will see the film when it's due to be released on March 6th. According to the Associated Press an attorney for Fox says the studio will seek an order to delay the release of the movie.

There's a story on Cinematical titled "Why We Will See Watchmen on March 6th". I sure hope they are right. They think that Warner Bros. will pay whatever it is they need to get the movie released on time. Clearly a lot of time and money was put into the film, and I do not think Warner's will want to lose it or allow it to be delayed.

On io9 it seems that they think fans probably will not see Watchmen on March 6th. As of right now it is obviously just speculation, but imagine the how outraged the loyal fan base of Watchmen would be if they could not see the movie they have been so anxiously waiting for.

I pray that a settlement can be reached, because I am dying to watch the Comedian burn through Vietnam, Dr. Manhattan travel to Mars, and Rorschach grapple and crawl his way around the city.