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Ben Linus plays mindgames with Quint! LOST's Michael Emerson speaks!

everyone says i look like him by soup74	Apr 29th, 2008 02:38:43 AM
i dont know if i should take that as a compliment. but i am a lost fan.
The Ben Linus Show by Lashlarue	Apr 29th, 2008 02:46:57 AM
Tune next week at 8pm. Or is Ben lying?
John Locke will pay a price? by Lashlarue	Apr 29th, 2008 02:53:58 AM
He's dead.
Ben doesn't by PirateEmery	Apr 29th, 2008 03:07:58 AM

DAMN, DAMN TALKBACK! by PirateEmery	Apr 29th, 2008 03:08:15 AM

Ben doesn't center in the secret scene: by PirateEmery	Apr 29th, 2008 03:08:42 AM
Sawyer does. Ben's just a factor.
great actor, great show by kwisatzhaderach	Apr 29th, 2008 04:57:54 AM

Honestly by manicart1	Apr 29th, 2008 05:39:21 AM
They could do a show which is just about Ben and Sayid assasinating people and trying to take down Widmore and it would probably be as great as Lost is right now.
exactly manicart1 by TimMighty	Apr 29th, 2008 06:29:51 AM
exactly. But on the other side...im kinda sad that this alex girl is gone. Girl was kinda hot. Jus´sayin. But hey..there is always Kate.
ditto...great actor, great character by The Selecter	Apr 29th, 2008 06:40:58 AM
I don't think Lost would have been nearly as good if not for the emergence of Ben as a primary character. The fact that much of the original cast has become somewhat complementary (or gone) has been a good thing.
Good interview by Dazzler69	Apr 29th, 2008 06:46:02 AM
And you snuck in a new show ad at the same time. There is a price to pay after all. Lost rulz! I love it when Ben heard the compound was getting invaded he took a shotgun out of his seat to give to Sawyer, what a look on his face.
"on my signal run to the tree line" by TimMighty	Apr 29th, 2008 06:59:14 AM
"like..directly to the people with guns ?" short dramatic silence "..oh you dont want to be where they are" Gold.
John Locke vs. Jacob in CABIN FEVER ep? by Pizza The Hut	Apr 29th, 2008 07:10:32 AM
Hmmmm. I wonder.
alex was the cutest girl in the show by ironic_name	Apr 29th, 2008 08:17:33 AM

"14d......14d.......14d...." by TimMighty	Apr 29th, 2008 09:13:36 AM
Are Ben and Widmore timetravel "anchors" to eachother ? Like...Desmond is to Faraday. Would explain why they cant kill eachother. I probably have to watch it again. What a nice episode that was.
h aha...and i remember a discussion here last year by TimMighty	Apr 29th, 2008 09:18:45 AM
where some retards seriously debated whats the better show ...heroes or Lost...ha ha.
This was like "Quint Explains Lost to Michael Emerson" by cookylamoo	Apr 29th, 2008 09:22:48 AM
There were parts where Quint came off like Socrates and poor Emerson was one of his students. Anyway, I was floored to find out Emerson was straight.
Good job, Quint! by SkidMarkedUndies	Apr 29th, 2008 10:15:09 AM
Now go swab the deck, you louse! There be sharks to catch!
Nice interview Quint! by Kampbell-Kid	Apr 29th, 2008 11:41:50 AM
Ben is definitely my favorite character on the show now... especially after that last episode.
poor man's kevin spacey by FleshMachine	Apr 29th, 2008 12:36:11 PM
always reminded me of spacey in se7en.
KEVIN SPACEY is the "Poor Man's Kevin Spacey" by Mosquito March	Apr 29th, 2008 02:01:08 PM
The guy's an Oscar-winner and he's been churning out turds for nearly 10 years, playing the same smug "I'm smarter than you are" character in every single film. As entertained as I am by Emerson's work on LOST, I'd say comparing the two is actually an insult to Emerson. I tune in every Thursday night to see what this guy's going to do next, while I couldn't care less about what Spacey has done since L.A. CONFIDENTIAL. I'm sure Emerson will probably be typecast in the same way when LOST is over, but right now, Ben Linus is the best character on the series, and one of the best in television in many, many years. I'd love to see him play The Riddler in a Nolan BATMAN film, but I doubt he'd ever make the leap to the big screen. How many TV actors in iconic roles ever really pull that off?
Agree with Node about Season 2 by Thunderbolt Ross	Apr 29th, 2008 02:25:03 PM
That was the one that won me over completely. They had a great set up in S1 but what they did with it in 2 was so cool, and so well-done ... No, I would say based on the first episode alone it was not treading water.
So Ben's wife played Ben's mommy by Nozoki	Apr 29th, 2008 03:21:52 PM
In an episode of Lost. Ain't that a mother fucker. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm069 6387/
Emerson's Wife by sassyQ10101	Apr 29th, 2008 03:49:01 PM
Michael Emerson is such a wonderful, talented actor!! Its a shame he can't do the stage this summer! I have read number of articles that he and his wife are having problems with there relationship. She refuses to stay in Hawaii with him because she wants a career like his.
Greatest character on television by Sithdan	Apr 29th, 2008 04:04:35 PM
 The Ben Linus character has to be one of the most fascinating characters on television. He's really made the series and restored my faith in the quality of TV.
BraneRobot by Sithdan	Apr 29th, 2008 04:22:27 PM
I think you are in a VAST minority. The Ben character totally steals the show (in a good way).
I remember him stalking women on "the Practice" by cookylamoo	Apr 29th, 2008 04:46:16 PM
of course, someone was always stalking women on "the Practice".
I also think the "Action Hero Figure" of Jack is hysterical. by cookylamoo	Apr 29th, 2008 04:47:52 PM
I mean, what did Jack ever do, action hero style, except beat up on little Ben?
Top-notch interview, Quint. by Zarles	Apr 29th, 2008 05:28:12 PM
Well done. Emerson is far and away my favorite actor on the show, and it was great to get to hear from him. See if you can track down O'Quinn next!
No gotham, Widmore is a pirate by Fish Tank	Apr 29th, 2008 08:25:16 PM
The captain of the Blackrock in fact. He was teleported by Ben through that secret room , can't find his way back and has been looking ever since. Think about it... think about it... Pirate/wealthy man... Pirate/collector of all things BlackRock. Obvioulsy more to it, but you get the baseline idea ;-)
I'm going to kill your daughter. by Lashlarue	Apr 29th, 2008 10:42:23 PM
Just sit and think about that for awhile.
10 bucks says Locke becomes paralyzed again! by J-Dizzle	Apr 29th, 2008 10:57:13 PM
And this time he won't heal.
Nozoki... by Bob Loblaw Law Blog	Apr 30th, 2008 05:35:17 AM
Did you seriously just figure out that Michael Emerson's wife played his character's mother in "Not in Portland"? Or am I being a total jerk assuming that all devoted LOST fans already knew that long ago? I mean, Emerson mentions it on the DVD commentary for that episode, but I think it was well known around the time the episode first aired.
Thank God no one is calling him "Benry" anymore... by tonagan	Apr 30th, 2008 07:26:30 AM
That was the most annoyingly cutesy nickname I've ever had to endure.
if he doesn't get an emmy this year, by ArcadianDS	Apr 30th, 2008 10:09:11 AM
It will be an injustice on par with DeVito and his work on Taxi. This guy is the Cal Ripken Jr of television drama - on the heels of a strike in which the only victims were the public, and which resulted in the public turning its back on episodic television emass, he reinvigorated not just one show, but an entire genre of television entertainment. In fact, they should recast the emmy to be a tiny naked gold statue of Emerson holding a television up on the air. okay, thats a bit over the top - but the point is, this guy has acting chops you dont get to see on 'the small screen' all that often. As for the people saying, zomg he aint gay?' - guess what, the guys an actor. If he wants to play the 'making dinner for the doctor' scene a little feminine and child-like, your surprise today that he's married only validates the calls for an emmy award.
Here's hoping the Actors don't strike like the Writers by the_raftaman	Apr 30th, 2008 10:50:37 AM
Or It might be 2010 before they ration out more episodes of Lost.
Emerson is the shows MVP by King Sweyn Forkbeard	Apr 30th, 2008 11:45:27 AM
They could kill off pretty much anyone else by now and Lost would be pretty much just as good. Hard to imagine that being the case without Benjamin Linus. Fair play to the guy. Taking a three episode guest starring slot and turning it into one of the most compelling characters in TV history takes some doing.
Bob Loblaw Law Blog by Nozoki	Apr 30th, 2008 01:29:41 PM
Yeah, I never knew it. I'm a big fan, but I haven't watched all the dvds, just the original airings.
What'd Locke ever do that was bad? by The Dum Guy	Apr 30th, 2008 03:58:15 PM
He blew-up a 'bad guys' boat and stabbed a 'bad-guy' woman in the back.
We don’t know what Ben paid yet to make the smoke monster come. by tailhook	Apr 30th, 2008 09:55:34 PM
HAHAHHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAH AHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAH AHA... funniest line ever. My guess.. he probably paid in $20's and $100's with a cigarette break after. HAHAHAHHAHAHAAHAAHAHAAHAHA
Ben by BrightEyes	May 1st, 2008 01:57:29 AM
is the MAN!
Node and Thunderbolt... by waitingimpatientlyforingloriousb astards	May 1st, 2008 10:12:07 AM
...are the only people I've ever heard praising the 2nd season. It WAS the worst of the lot so far, although very watchable. They introduced some great characters, but also some terrible characters. Luckily, in the season's best episode they used Michael to take out a few of them.
Season 2 by RevengeOfJobu	May 2nd, 2008 12:53:40 PM
I loved season 2. The intro of Ben, Desmond & Eko, all time great characters on the show. It had some of the best cliffhanger show endings. It still retained that sense of mystery that S1 set up, S3 lost (till the finale) and S4 shows in spurts.
Not getting all the speculation about character's constants by Mundungus	May 3rd, 2008 01:23:37 AM
I'm not getting all the speculation about which character is another character's constant. Ben is not Widmore's constant. The idea of a constant was a device for that episode and will likely not appear again. Even in the Constant episode it was stated the a constant could be anything, rather than anyone, just a touchstone for somebody, sort of a temporal anchor, so it would might very well be The Red Sox for someone like Jack or a guitar for Charlie (rip). Certainly it won't play a pivotal role in in anyone else's storyline, even if Farraday has Desmond's name written in his notebook. That bit is done with.
I hope one of the pricies people pay by Itchy	May 3rd, 2008 07:33:57 AM
is that Claire has to dress Goth and satisfy my every sick desire for 24 hours, as payment for not having any lines or real role on the show.
Very nice interview, love the idea that he'll pay for it.. by couP	May 3rd, 2008 07:45:47 PM
and whether Ben knows that he will pay and did it anyway.
Did Ben pay the price first in this case..? by QuietEnglishGent	May 7th, 2008 06:28:47 PM
Ben loses Alex, realises he gets a free go with Smokey? Just a thought...
Ben Linu is dating someone by Chark	May 7th, 2008 10:25:14 PM
He is my favor! Just saw his profile on interracial dating site called B L A C K W H I T E K I S S .C O M last week. He is writing her blog there.

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