People are asking in the comments.
Go back and read episode 1.01 for the answer.
New episode, “Ubik,” tomorrow.
The wall behind him sparked as the bullet glanced off it, ricocheting across the hallway, where it embedded itself into the wall and smoldered.
Ryan dropped to the ground, his hands shaking. “Don’t shoot!” he screamed. “Damn it, I’m not armed!”
The metal floor under his face was freezing. He was squeezing his eyes shut, unable to look up at the figure, whoever it was. He’d nearly just died, goddamn it, died. He couldn’t think, he could barely breathe, all he knew was that the figure was walking toward him and that ground was cold…
“Who are you?” the figure asked, and Ryan’s thoughts all snapped into one place, focusing on the question.
Who am I? Who am I? Who am I who am I who am I?
“Ryan… Page,” he managed to choke out.
The footsteps stopped, and the figure took a deep breath. “Really?” came the voice, that suddenly sounded familiar. It was someone who he’d seen before. A character that hadn’t really stuck in his memory, but was there nonetheless.
A rustling of leaves to his left broke his concentration.
He leapt to his feet, his hand flying instinctively to his hip, where his holstered knife itched to be unsheathed and thrown. His hand rested on the hilt, and he waited, watching intently.
Ryan fell from the underbrush onto the beach sand, his face covered in a myriad of scratches and cuts. He sprawled on the beach sand, heaving for breath. He’d been running for a while.
“Ryan,” Locke said calmly, removing his hand from his knife but looking into the jungle behind Ryan to make sure he wasn’t being chased. “What’s the matter?”
Ryan gasped, holding a finger up to assure Locke that he intended to reply. He was really out of shape, the kid, and Locke waited with patience for him to speak.
“Ethan…” Ryan gasped out. “Took Kevin.” Read the rest of this entry »
(Read this post before beginning, please.)
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He stepped down into the hatch, his feet racing down the ladder as he pulled the two metal doors down over him. He was blinded by darkness for a minute, but a flickering of light below soon adjusted his eyes.
His feet touched the bottom of the shaft, and he knew something was wrong. It hadn’t sounded right.
His eyes slowly wandered downward to the floor, which was covered in streaks of red plasma. Blood was everywhere; flecked across the walls in tiny specks, pooling on the ground. It was even splattered across the monitors on the far end of the hallway. He felt the sudden urge to vomit, but held it back.
Claire had already done so, though with her pregnancy he could tell that she was used to puking by now. She had turned away from him, but was turning back, wiping her mouth with one of her sleeves.
“What the hell is this place?” she asked, fear obvious in her eyes. “Whose blood is this?”
Sometimes to survive, you’ve got to change the game…
Posted: 22nd August 2010 by Sam McPherson in NewsAfter the success of last week’s much shorter episode, I’ve made an executive decision that will help everyone I think. Shorter episodes more often.
Obviously some of you won’t like this, but it’ll work out better for me, and it should work out better for most of you. Instead of the long episodes that the staff struggled to put out weekly, we’re going to have much shorter episodes delivered to you more often. Like episode 1.08, the episodes will be around three or four pages long, but we’ll be putting them out at a slightly faster rate — I’m thinking two episodes a week. Of course, this naturally means that we’ll be expanding the series greatly — season one should comprise of about 40 episodes, most likely. This will keep the narrative from going stale and keep the writers from becoming too completely overloaded. We’ll be able to have more guest writers with shorter installments.
If, for some reason, the feedback to this new style is overwhelmingly negative, we’ll go back to the old style. But this project will most likely die (or kill the writers) unless we find a new way to manage it. Episode 1.09, which has been retitled “Thinking Clairely,” will be posted shortly. Episode 1.10, “The Great White Hunter,” will hit you in just a few days.
Let me know what you think of the format change, but please keep your criticism constructive (if there’s a need for criticism at all, fingers crossed).
Other notes:
- The podcast has been postponed until further notice. We will let you know when it will start.
- Episodes will be accompanied by my own photography. If it’s good enough you’d like to buy prints, please let me know (long shot).
Hey guys. Hope you’re glad to see that we’re back from the hiatus, and probably going to stay that way. There are two things I want to address based on comments for the episode.
First of all, you guys were split on my decision to change format for the episode. Some of you thought it was interesting, while others thought it didn’t quite succeed. And I’ll agree, it wasn’t as good as it could have been. However, I’m going to continue challenging myself stylistically. You guys were right in assuming I drew my inspiration from Stephen King’s works, and I’ll be drawing in inspirations from other places as well. I want KL to not only be a fun read, but a challenging one (not too challenging, of course).
Secondly, some of you have suggested that I take the project on single-handedly. While I appreciate that, that’s not always going to be an option. Of course, delays are caused by the greater number of writers. However, I’ll certainly be less expansive with the staff in the future; there are only three or four people who will be writing occasional episodes in the future. I’ll be covering the majority of them, though.
One more thing: I won’t accept anyone trashing Jon as unreliable or anything like that for not having the time to write his episode. His schedule was tight and he had much more pressing family matters to attend to. He is no longer considered part of the staff, but I don’t bear any ill will toward him and neither should you.
That’s all I’ve got for now. Next week’s episode, “Hall of Mirrors,” will hit Sunday.
Yes, this episode is a little short. However, it seemed to work best as a very visceral, short episode. with a very fast pace. Next week’s episode should make up for this lack of length.
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Footsteps clamoring down the ladder to the Pearl jerked Ryan from his sleep, and he jumped up from the chair, spinning around to see Kevin leaping past the bottom rungs of the ladder, landing in a crouch before pushing himself up.
“Ryan,” he said, staring at him with desperate, bloodshot eyes. “He’s gone.”
Ryan sprinted toward Kevin, stopping a couple feet away. “How?” he asked, shocked.
“How do you think?” Kevin replied darkly. “He’s River freaking Tam.”
Ryan stared at him for a moment. “Is now really the time for a Firefly reference? I mean, I don’t even understand how–”
“He hit me in the head and ran,” Kevin interrupted. “Lighting fast.”
“Ran?” Ryan asked incredulously. “But he’s–”
“Not anymore,” Kevin grunted, gritting his teeth.
Ryan slapped the wall in helplessness. “I’ve gotta go get Claire,” he said quietly.
Kevin nodded. “Bring her here if you have to.”
Ryan didn’t even glance back as he scaled the ladder and leapt out of the hatch, running frantically toward the beach. Read the rest of this entry »
UPDATE: THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW FOR THE ORIGINAL PAINTING “COURSE CORRECTION” — THAT MEANS THE ORIGINAL CANVAS AND PAINT. VALUE: PRICELESS.
While we get things settled on the writing front, we’re going to be having several contests over the hiatus. Let’s just say that there are some really awesome contests coming down the pipe. (In a seemingly unrelated note, I hear that they’re coming out with a Lost Encyclopedia. I bet that’s gonna be cool. It’d be cooler if it was autographed. Yeah. I’d definitely be wanting one of those.)
The first contest will focus on the art of drMikey. drMikey’s been swamped by a recent move, and so he’s been unable to churn out any great Knowing LOST artwork for us — though he certainly will be taking advantage of this hiatus to catch up. But for now, how about this — would you like to win a copy of some Knowing LOST artwork?
“Course Correction” was the first piece of art that drMikey put out for the project, and it’s probably my favorite. You can see it to the right, obviously, and it’s an absolutely crazy flurry of colors depicting Seth Norris being dragged into the jungle by Smokey. It corresponds with the events of episode 1.03, “Do You Want to Know a Secret?”
You can win an 18×24 print of the work, and usually sells for $30. One lucky winner, however, will get a free print of the painting.
Here’s what you’ve got to do to win, outlined in the steps below:
- Head on over to the new Knowing Lost forums.
- Register on the site, using an email address that will be used to contact you if you win.
- Make 10 posts on the forum in any discussion threads. Start your own threads. As long as they’re not off-topic or spam, they count.
- That’s it. You’ve got until Monday, August 9. Go for it, and we’ll let you know who the winners are soon (as well as the next contest).
I have not received the episode, so I’m inducing a hiatus on this show for a brief period of time until we can get this all sorted out. I’m sorry for the inconvenience. I know I told you this episode would be up Sunday, but I was under the impression that I would have it by then. Please know that I did not intend to dupe you in any way, but this is simply how the chips fell and I can see no other way around it. We will be back, so keep checking in. But for now, unfortunately, we’re taking a break.
Sorry,
Sam
UPDATE: Don’t worry — the hiatus will last no more than two weeks.