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Los Angeles!! Want To Meet The Creators Of THE LOST ROOM Wednesday??
I am – Hercules!!
One of the SciFi Channel’s biggest lost opportunities was not turning its superb 2006 miniseries “The Lost Room” into something bigger.
If you agree and want to tell somebody in person, the series’ writer-creators, Laura Harkcom and Chris Leone, will be signing their new sci-fi funnybook, “We Kill Monsters,” 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday at Hollywood’s famed Golden Apple funnybook store (7018 Melrose Ave.).
Laura’s super cute and they’ll be handing out free donuts!
Ain’t It Cool News says of “We Kill Monsters”:
… this is one that shouldn’t be missed. It’s got a quirky EVIL DEAD meets SHAUN OF THE DEAD feel and [the debut] issue in particular has a FROM DUSK TILL DAWN story 180 degree turn that leaves you spinning. Can’t wait to see more of this series …
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I liked that show!
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compared to most of the shit they air
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just watched it last month. gave taken a run for its money.
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I agree....toook the chance, bought the dvd-i DUG IT! The concept can SEEM lame, but I think not! I love the idea, and love that there's many "objects" still undiscovered, and the origin of the "incident" was never unearthed.THE ONLY THING I ahted was the nerdy guy (from "IT")...but it was fairly good stuff there.
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Was it production costs vs> rating for the "mini-series"? if so, thats sad, espeically since they churn out some awful fucking shit on sci-fi
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...and was bemoaning the fact that this wasn't turned into a series! I even looked up the writers on the net because I was again so impressed with what a great setup and story this was. I don't know who's in charge at "SyFy" but this and not picking up Firefly are the two biggest blunders this network has ever made.
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lol, sorry, nobody else had done it yet. But boy do I love a thread with so little interest that nobody says "first".
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that that didn't happen. I always try to foil those douchebags when i can!
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A great mini-series and one of the most original stories I've ever come across. I've watched it a few times and it is still fascinating.
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I heard it got canceled... is it worth bothering with?
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and I think it was cut into 5 episodes? Or it might have been 3 episodes but 2 'items' in each one, and only 1 in the last one. Not sure.
Anyway, all I remember was that the concept, casting, and first few eps were good, but the ending (and as said above) all the stuff with that guy from IT being a prophet was just hokey and lame. The bus tciket that made you appear in the middle of nowhere was cool though. -
its certainly gotten better in the last couple weeks, but its clearly an attempt to cash in on a similar premise... retro tech, old fashioned items and artifacts have powers, and from last weeks episode, a frozen in time hotel room...
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it was always cut in to those four ( i think) parts ...
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This is the second time in a month.
Lost Room was great. Since SyFy didn't give them a greenlight for more projects I'd say they must have not passed the political personal litmus test that pervades this cable outlet. Certain producers get more work no matter how much their crap sucks. People like Laura and Chris are forgotten. Since I'm sure Laura and Chris will be very professional and not bash on SyFy, I'll do it for them: You are assholes, SyFy executives. -
Would have been a fabulous series. Peter Krause needs the work. He's a big SNAG, but I like him anyway. (Sensitive new-age guy).
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Sky showed it over here a while back, and I loved it. It had such an unusual premise and a feel that was part Silent Hill, part Being John Malkovitch, and part WTF. Of course, like many other indefinable and interesting shows, that probably doomed it :/
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and the golden apple hasnt been the same since they moved to the other side of la brea
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Well, now that W13 is out there, SyFy isn't going to greenlight a LR series no matter what. But one wonders why they went with W13. LR was much lower budget. They may have had to recast, since the LR cast might have been more expensive than they wanted to pay for.
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Way more clever than "Warehouse 13". It's probably just as well "Lost Room" didn't get made into a series. Syfy would have just crapped it up they way they did "Eureka".
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Me and my wife watched it on Sci-Fi. Rewatched twice on Netflix. Turn it into a series Sci-Fi!!!
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The latest episode of "Hung" featured "Josie" from "Beakman's World" in the buff. The mind... it boggles!
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It's on that network. That's why I don't know it. Same reason I've never seen a single minute of the new BG. That channel sucks alien balls.
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Anyone who calls a comic book a 'funnybook' is either a.)retarded or b.)living in the 50's. It's kinda degrading to comic fans jack ass!!
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She IS super cute...in a nice tits sorta way.
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I'm really starting to like that show - it's a little different. Not sure I want the love interest thing to happen with the one customer. But I suppose if it happens that it could add a SERIOUS level of tension. Anyway, was she the Spanish woman whose hoo-haws were out for like, a minute?
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Bless you, sir, for ensuring none of the dicks got to chime in with their tired little 'First!' and 'Second!'s.
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this is a great bunch of guys who collect the Objects from The Lost Room....these guys know more about The Lost Room than anyone out there !!
http://www.runboard.com/bthecollectors
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Do something with it later down the line, make it like the daughter grown up, looking for her Dad, etc. The Lost Room was a nice surprise, but I think an occasional mini-series is the way to go in the future, to keep it quality and attract quality talent.
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I really, really enjoyed this when it aired - one of the best things Sci Fi has ever released. Very original, very intriguing concept, acted and executed perfectly. Sci Fi really fucked up by not doing anything more with it, but at least the story can stand on its own. Had Sci Fi actually ran with it as a series, they'd have probably dropped it in the middle of the season with a cliffhanger or some shit...oh well, at least we have brilliance like Boa vs. Python and Mansquito in it's place...
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The HercVault talkback is broken - testing this one.
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I cannot beileve that sci-fi was so stupid to leave this and not make it in to a regular series. it really was fantastic and if you haven't seen it watch it.
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Lost Room was great.
SciFi should have turned it into a series of mini-series or 6 episodes seasons.
Each series could have dealt with different characters and objects. No need to reuse the original characters. There were plenty of groups hunting objects at they wouldn't have run out of characters.
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Lost Room had a clever brilliance about it. It obviously would have been cheaper than Warehouse minus-13. Warehouse -13 is a clumsy dumb imitation. Syfy is devolving into another dumb cable channel. First episode of W-13 I thought 'merchandising". Is it for certain Lost Room will never return? The premise is so open it could go in any direction with any characters?
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And the cast was outstanding. Krause, Marguiles, Jacobson, Bauer, Dennis, Cho, Pollak, Fanning the Younger and on and on presented a diverse and interesting ensemble.
Although it was a neat premise I thought it collapsed under its own weight as it reached its conclusion. It did not require a big FX budget but I felt their reach could not exceed their grasp when coming up with objects and their affects.
Warehouse 13 is like Eureka, that is it is mostly harmless. They both have a goofy charm about them which keeps me interested. But The Lost Room had the potential for being compelling speculative fiction. What a missed opportunity. -
Had to watch the entire series again.
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I am very glad that they renamed it to SyFy because there isn't really any science fiction left.
But The Lost Room was one of the best things they did.
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