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How Will Jack Bauer Spend His Vacation Until The '24' Movie?

Posted 5/25/10 1:45 pm EST by in Commentary, Humor, Photos, TV

Jack Bauer is gone, but hopefully not for long. Although "24" is off the airwaves, Jack will come back through a big screen adaptation that producer Howard Gordon hopes to bring to theaters "sooner rather than later." Of course, there's that eternally pesky matter of the "now" to deal with. With his days on television behind him, what's a former counter-terrorist operative to do while he waits for his cinematic debut?

Luckily, the photoshop wizards here at MTV News have a few truly brilliant ideas for how Jack can bide his time before preventing terrorist threats in theaters. After the jump, our recommendations for how Jack should spend his vacation before the "24" movie! Read More...

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'24' Series Finale Recap: Day 8 Comes To A Close

Posted 5/25/10 7:24 am EST by in Commentary, Reviews, TV

Well, that was tremendously unsatisfying.

In the end, President Allison Taylor doesn't sign the peace agreement with the Islamic Republic that she worked so hard -- and broke several laws -- to create. She's overwhelmed with guilt about the conspiracy she helped cover up against President Hassan. Dalia Hassan found out about the Russians' involvement, and that President Taylor subsequently knew about it. Furious, she had threatened to pull out of the agreement, but President Taylor threatened her with a nuclear strike if she exposed the truth.

After all the lies and former President Charles Logan's plans (he shoots himself, by the way, and for some reason the show didn't entirely kill him off, leaving him ripe for more Jack Bauer torture in a "24" movie), President Taylor can't go through with the treaty under these circumstances. She pulls out. Read More...

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After 'Lost': TV Can Still Entertain You, With These Five Dramatic Series'

Posted 5/24/10 3:03 pm EST by in Commentary, TV

For "Lost" fans, today is the day. The last time to gather 'round the water cooler and discuss the previous night's episode and the story's deeper implications. While the dialogue surrounding the latter will surely continue for some time, last night marked the final episode of "Lost." There will be no more.

Whatever you think of the show's quality, there's no denying that it was a powerful work of television, something that for whatever reason lodged itself in the public's consciousness. It was more than just a story-- it was a sensation. Now that it's over, you might be tempted to just turn the TV off and go outside.

Don't do it. There's still good television to be had. A lot of it is off the air now, or soon will be, as we ease into summer schedules. But that's fine. Anything that's already running, you're going to want to catch up on what you've not seen before diving in with any new episodes. Read More...

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Rounding Up Your Winners In 'The Lost Awards'!

Posted 5/24/10 1:20 pm EST by in Poll, TV

All last week and into the weekend, we put up a series of polls asking your readers to share you favorite elements of "Lost" across a number of categories. You responded with your votes and I'm here now to reveal the winners. Who was the most devious island-dweller? Which love story stuck with you the most? What was your favorite season? Episode? I've got answers to all of those after the jump. And stay tuned to MTV Movies Blog later today; we'll be announcing a fun contest for you "Lost" readers, with a cool reward for the most creative entrants.

More on that later though. For now, on to The Lost Awards! Read More...

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'Lost' Series Finale And The Golden Glowing Silliness: An Assessment

Posted 5/24/10 12:42 pm EST by in Commentary, TV

'Lost'I've watched with increasing disappointment as "Lost" lowered its sci-fi, time-traveling, Numbers-obsessed freak flag and turned its attention toward the mystical Heavens. That's just the type of "Lost"-phile I always was.

And so my grievance about Sunday night's series finale is not that we didn't get enough answers to the show's pressing questions, but that we got the wrong answers. You think I'll not feel cheated when you take away my Hatch and give me a golden glowing whirlpool? You want to trade me Daniel Faraday's equation-crunching geekery for a hippy-dippy theory about the nature of good and evil? And in place of explanations about the motives and machinations of the Dharma Initiative and the Others, you slide in a season's worth of Purgatory phantoms struggling to join the gobsmacking Afterlife? Read More...

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'Lost' Comes To An End, But Was The Island Real?

Posted 5/24/10 11:17 am EST by in Commentary, TV

Whatever else you want to say about it, "Lost" was a TV series that constantly kept its viewers asking questions. Now that it's all over, the biggest question of all has been posed: what the hell just happened?

I'm not here to give you an all-knowing "this is what the end means" explanation. Some, like our own "Lost" expert Josh Wigler, are content to just absorb the finale and leave the theorizing for everyone else. I'm not. Even running on a mere four hours sleep, I'm still raring to explore the complex concept that creators Carlton Cuse and Damon Lindelof dropped on us in the final minutes of their series. That said, spoiler ahead.

A lot of the discussion right now is centered on the nature of the Island. I posited in my show report last night that the events we saw unfold after the series-opening plane crash happened in some sort of pre-afterlife purgatory. As many rightly pointed out, Christian Shepard tells Jack in the final scene that (I'm paraphrasing) the Island was definitely real, as were the players on it. Still, something doesn't sit right. Read More...

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'Lost' Finale: Did The Ending Leave You Satisfied?

Posted 5/24/10 10:29 am EST by in Poll, TV

It hasn't even been 12 hours and theories are already running rampant across the Internet concerning what the series finale of "Lost" means. The larger view among fans seems to be that the show ended satisfyingly on an emotional level but not so much on the functional level of answering many of the questions that were raised over the course of six seasons. Personally, I feel fulfilled. Not only did we get a reasonable explanation of what these characters have been going through, but we also got ample helpings of Vincent the dog and Frank Lapidus. So I'm good.

What do you all think though? The results of our "Lost Awards" will be revealed later today, but for now I'd like to get a more general sense of how the fanbase out there feels about the series finale. Let us know in the attached poll, and in the comments section below.

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A Newcomer's Experience With The 'Lost' Finale

Posted 5/24/10 8:47 am EST by in Commentary, Reviews, TV

by Matt Harper, written last night

Tonight I agreed to participate in a pop culture experiment. I am minutes away from exposing myself to the eagerly anticipated two and a half hour hour series finale of "Lost"… but I when I sit down in front of the TV, I will do so without ever having watched an episode. Why would anyone ever willingly do this to themselves? Why would a reasonable adult immerse himself in what is arguably the most cleverly complex (or excessively convoluted, depending on your outlook) TV shows of all time at the 11th hour? Hell if I have any idea. But I've agreed to it, so let's get this party started! Read More...

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'Lost' Ending Explored In Cast Q&A On 'Jimmy Kimmel Live'

Posted 5/24/10 8:06 am EST by in TV, Video

So "Lost" ended last night. Who saw that coming, right? I can't speak for the assembled masses, but I myself was pretty satisfied by how it all came together in the end. Was it terribly shocking? No. But it was well executed. Nonetheless, questions remain. Questions that members of the cast were more than happy to answer when fans assembled for a Q&A on "Jimmy Kimmel Live." Check it out below.

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The Lost Awards: Which Episode Was The Best?

Posted 5/23/10 11:39 pm EST by in Commentary, Poll, TV

"Lost" ends today (May 23), and MTV Movies Blog has celebrated the show's legacy all week long with The Lost Awards, your opportunity to vote on your favorite moments from the hit series! We've announced new polls every day — the final list includes Most Devious Island Dweller, Who's Your Candidate, Most Epic Death, Coolest Island Location, Greatest Love Story and Favorite Season — that fans can vote on until Monday (May 24). Winners will be announced that afternoon. Good luck, and as the members of the DHARMA Initiative are so fond of saying, namaste!

If you thought picking your favorite season of "Lost" was hard, we've got another doozy: selecting the best episode. After much debate, we've selected ten of the single greatest installments throughout the course of the series' six season run — and while there are certainly many other deserving episodes, we feel these are the ten best of the bunch.

But which one is the best? That's up to you to decide! After the jump, refresh yourself on the nominees, then head to the poll to choose your selection for Best Episode of "Lost!" Read More...

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