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DVD Shopping Bag: Lost Season 5 on Blu-ray
Special Features and LOST University By
Robert T. Trate
December 08, 2009
Lost Season 5 now on Blu-ray and DVD
© Paramount/Robert Trate
On May 13th of 2009 Lost fans let out a collective groan as we saw Lost’s return date, February 2010. Well February isn’t all that far off now and the perfect Lost fix has arrived. Today Lost: The Complete Fifth Season on Blu-ray and DVD has arrived.If you haven’t made the plunge into Blu-ray then Lost is the perfect excuse. Not only do you get added bonus features not present on the DVD but you witness the beautiful landscape of Hawaii in full 1080p (see Lost season 1 and 2 column). Outside of the landscape the characters look sweaty and grimy in such a way that you’ll never watch Lost again on anything but Blu-ray and HD TV.
Season 5 of Lost is packed with tons of special features that take you behind the scenes, examine the 100th episode and just how the cast and crew dealt with all the time travel. The time travel segment, “Making Up for Lost Time”, is hosted by producers/ writers Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse. Here they confess that they love the idea of the characters changing their own future. Can they hit the erase button and get a do over? Lindelof, as well as a few others, also admit to the appeal of going back to the beginning and explaining how the Dharma Initiative came from the fans’ need to have answers. Reverse engineering everything became the true challenge and fun in casting people who had only been talked about. Best yet was Cuse admitting that if the non sci-fi fans of the show didn’t understand what was going on they had Sawyer’s (Josh Holloway) shirt off so all their bases were covered.
Now there are many fans of the show that participate in the online Lost experience. People who Google search names, numbers and clues. The producers, to their credit, supply enough answers to keep the mythos in full swing yet don’t ruin anything for the non-fanatical fan like myself. I really enjoy the show but don’t research a series of numbers mentioned on the show to see if they have some deeper meaning. Plus anything that is released on the web will be featured in its entirety on the DVDs and Blu-rays. Oddly enough the one special feature on the Blu-ray that really had me excited was “LOST University”. Part of the BD Live experience, one is able to have the chance to enroll and participate in that very same interactive experience I had long shied away from. In a collegiate atmosphere I could explore themes, stories and secrets of the show. Unfortunately it goes live today and was unavailable at my deadline. Check out the experience (Blu-ray or not) at Lost University.
What I was able to watch from the online Lost experience was “Mysteries of the Universe: The Dharma Initiative”. A half hour show in the style of In Search of that asks the question, what is the Dharma Initiative? Completely captivated I found myself writing down the names Alvar Hanso and Gerald DeGroot (links supplied) to see how they are connected to the whole mythos. Will these be characters we see in the final season? The show itself is a great collection of stock footage that fills up the time. The narrator talks about how puzzling the Dharma Initiative is and then we see a man putting a puzzle together on screen. It is complete with close ups of the pieces not fitting together. Though personally I loved the “who is the master puppeteer behind all this?” and we see a marionette dancing on the screen. Outside of spoofing In Search of there are some interesting facts that are brought up. The Dharma Initiative’s hiring process and questionnaire complete with “Who is your constant?” being a question. A list of supplies including 1.4 tons of seeds, M1 Carbine ammunition and submarine fuel found in a church. Could the island be one of the 169 islands on Tonga? What do all those broken lines in the Dharma logo really mean? It is a Bhagwa symbol meaning protection but why is it tied to astronomy, astrology, geography and anatomy? There was way too much food for thought, and this was one thirty minute show, so hopefully when Lost University goes live all these answers will have some questions.
For the true die hard Lost fan Lost: The Complete Fifth Season Dharma Initiative Orientation Kit is also available.Hanso and I were talking about this a few weeks ago and perhaps it may be better to wait and see what a complete series special edition has to offer. Hopefully there will a work suit, a mini Volkswagen van and a Dharma Initiative hat for starters.
ACTION / ADVENTURE / KUNG FU/ THRILLERS / WESTERNS
Dog Eat Dog ~ Oscar Borda, Marlon Moreno, Blas Jaramillo, and Alvaro RodrÃguez
Drawn in Blood ~ Tim Williams, Dan van Husen, Tomas Spencer, and Anna Fin
Ghosted ~ Inga Busch, Ting-Ting Hu, and Ke Huan-Ru
Hiding Victoria ~ Anita Gillette
Lightning: Fire from the Sky ~ Stacy Keach, John Schneider, and Jesse Eisenberg
Lost Treasure of the Maya ~ Michael Madsen, Protasio, Heather Storm, and Richard Tyson
Partners ~ Christopher Iengo, Adam Piacente, and Vinny Vella
Public Enemies [Blu-ray] ~ Johnny Depp, Christian Bale, John Michael Bolger, and Jason Clarke
Public Enemies (Single-Disc Edition)
Public Enemies (Two-Disc Special Edition)
Runaway ~ Terry Kinney, Melissa Leo, Robin Tunney, and Michael Gaston
Run Bitch Run ~ Peter Tahoe, Christina DeRosa, and Cheryl Lyone
Run, Joe, Run
Sherlock Holmes Double Feature: The Spider Woman/Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror ~ Basil Rathbone
Sherlock Holmes Double Feature: The House of Fear/The Pearl of Death ~ Basil Rathbone
The Skeptic ~ Bruce Altman, Tom Arnold, Tim Daly, and Edward Herrmann
Slam-Bang ~ Roland Gaspar, Malcolm Ferreira, and Shaun Myburg
Torn ~ Chris Clanton
Trappped in Katrina ~ Fayard Lindsey, Anne Arceneaux, and Brian Perry
Turning Point [Blu-ray] ~ Michael Tse
Vicious Circle ~ Paul Rodriguez
Walled In [Blu-ray] ~ Deborah Kara Unger, Mischa Barton, Noam Jenkins, and Cameron Bright
While She Was Out [Blu-ray] ~ Kim Basinger, Lukas Haas, Craig Sheffer, and Jamie Starr
ANIME
Clannad: After Story - Collection 2
Gun-Kyu ~ Hiroyuki Ikeuchi
Monster: Box Set 1
Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit 7 & 8 (2pc) ~ Mabuki Andou
Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit 8 (Ws Dub Sub)
Moribito Designer Box (Empty) ~ Mabuki Andou
Naruto: Shippuden, Vol. 4
School Rumble: The Complete Series (Seasons 1, 2 and OVA) ~ Brandon Potter, Luci Christian, and Caitlin Glass
CARTOONS
Coraline Gift Set [Blu-ray] ~ Keith David, Dawn French, Teri Hatcher, and Ian McShane
Coraline (Widescreen Limited Edition Gift Set) ~ Keith David, Dawn French, Teri Hatcher, and Ian McShane
Davey and Goliath: The Lost Episodes
Davey and Goliath's Snowboard Christmas
Doug Season 3 (3 Disc Set)
Friday: The Complete Animated Series
SpongeBob SquarePants: Season Six, Vol. 1
Zorro: Return to the Future
Criterion Collection
AK 100: 25 Films of Akira Kurosawa (Criterion Collection) ~ Toshirô Mifune, Minoru Chiaki, Tatsuya Nakadai, and Tsutomu Yamazaki
HORROR
The Alphabet Killer [Blu-ray] ~ Eliza Dushku, Cary Elwes, Larry Hankin, and Timothy Hutton
Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon [Blu-ray] ~ Angela Goethals, Zelda Rubinstein, Scott Wilson, and Robert Englund
Cyclops [Blu-ray] ~ Eric Roberts, Kevin Stapleton, Frida Farrell, and Craig Archibald
Gozu (Two Disc Collector's Edition) ~ Shohei Hino, Ryo Ishibashi, Kimika Yoshino, and Sho Aikawa
I Downloaded a Ghost ~ Gary Hudson, Carlos Alazraqui, Ellen Page, and Krista Mitchell
Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer [Blu-ray] ~ David Fox, Daniel Kash, Robert Englund, and Rachel Skarsten
The Lights ~ Joe Estevez
The Lost Treasure of the Grand Canyon [Blu-ray] ~ Shannen Doherty, Duncan Fraser, Alan C. Peterson, and J.R. Bourne
Red Mist [Blu-ray] ~ Stephen Dillane, Andrew Lee Potts, Sarah Carter, and Martin Compston
Screams in the Night (Gritos En La Noche) ~ Vanina Balena
SCIENCE FICTION / FANTASY
60 Minutes - Cameron's Avatar (November 22, 2009)
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Ultimate Edition) [Blu-ray] ~ Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, and Rupert Grint
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Ultimate Edition)
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Ultimate Edition) [Blu-ray]
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Ultimate Edition)
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Blu-ray/DVD Combo + Digital Copy & BD-Live) [Blu-ray] ~ Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, and Jim Broadbent
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Widescreen Edition)
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Two-Disc Limited Special Edition + Digital Copy)
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Full-Screen Edition)
InAlienable ~ Erick Avari, Richard Hatch, Walter Koenig, and Marina Sirtis
Plaguers ~ Chad Nell, David P. Johnson, Jared Michaels, and Steve Railsback
Sands of Oblivion [Blu-ray] ~ Adam Baldwin, Dan Castellaneta, George Kennedy, and Richard Kind
TV LAND
Fugitive: Season Three, Vol. 2 ~ David Janssen, Barry Morse, William Conrad, and Bill Raisch
Get Smart: Season 5 ~ Don Adams, Edward Platt, and Robert Karvelas
Lost: The Complete Fifth Season ~ Matthew Fox, Evangeline Lilly, Naveen Andrews, and Henry Ian Cusick
Lost: The Complete Fifth Season [Blu-ray]
Lost: The Complete Fifth Season Dharma Initiative Orientation Kit [Blu-ray]
Perry Mason: Season Four, Vol. 2 ~ Raymond Burr, William Hooper, William Talman, and Ray Collins
Rescue Me: Season 5, Volume 2 ~ Denis Leary, Mike Lombardi, Steven Pasquale, and Daniel Sunjata
BOX SETS
Asian Action Extreme (Yakuza Graveyard / Hit Man File / Cops vs. Thugs / 3 Seconds Before Explosion) (4D) (WS) (4 Film Collection)
The Brigitte Bardot Classic Collection ~ Brigitte Bardot, Alida Valli, Stephen Boyd, and José Nieto
Harry Potter Years 1-6 Giftset [Blu-ray]
Harry Potter Years 1-6 Giftset (Widescreen Edition) ~ Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, and Rupert Grint
Harry Potter Years 1-6 Giftset (Full-Screen Edition)
Legendary Gangsters: 5-Movie Collection ~ Johnny Depp, Denzel Washington, Robert De Niro, and Al Pacino
Lost: The Complete Seasons 1-5 [Blu-ray] ~ Matthew Fox
Shaolin Vs.: 4 Film Collection ~ Lung Wei Wang
Robert Trate, who does a great impression of “Previously on Lost”, writes two weekly columns for Mania the DVD Shopping Bag and the Toy Maniac. Robert also participates in a pod cast that reviews movies, comics and celebrates all things geek. Check it out at You’ve Got Geek on You.com.
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As much as I love Lost I don't own any of the DVDs. This set sounds pretty sweet, but I will probably wait for the complete series.