''This is crazy!'' I must have heard that assessment from a dozen different people at last week's opening of the ''Lost Underground Art Project'' at Gallery 1988 in Los Angeles. Hundreds of Lost fans showed up. The line began forming in the wee hours of the morning. (At least they had Golden Apple Comics — one of my fave places on the planet — right next door to keep them plied with time-killing entertainment during the wait.) Attendees were treated to a complimentary print and a visit from exec producers Carlton Cuse and Damon Lindelof, who were promptly mobbed. They spent more than 90 minutes signing autographs and taking photos with fans. Also there: Members of the Lost writing staff (including previous ''Totally Lost'' guests Gregg Nations, Eddie Kitsis, and Adam Horowitz) and all around Bad Robot dude Bryan Burk. Fans also got a peek at the 16th and final poster in the LUAP campaign, which we explicated in detail last week. I'm told artist Tyler Stout's work contains two teasers for season 6, though I am bound by oath to not reveal what the teases are specifically, so you'll have to do your best to decipher the poster on your own.
''Totally Lost'' co-host Dan Snierson and I decided to check out the scene with Flipcams in hand. Here's our report, complete with interviews with Damon and CC and ''Lost Underground Art Project'' mastermind Jensen Karp of Gallery 1988.
MOUSETRAP MUSINGS AND OTHER CHEESY FUN AND GAMES
Jason Grieves of St. Louis writes:
''Everyone has always talked about 'Lost' as a game, usually as chess or backgammon. I've got another idea. In his second flashback episode, ''Deus Ex Machina,'' Locke explains to a little boy about his favorite game, ''Mouse Trap.'' The kid asks how to play and Locke replies, ''You start with all these parts off the board, and then, one by one, you build the trap. Shoe, bucket, tub. Piece by piece, it all comes together. And then you wait until your opponent lands here on the old cheese wheel...and if you set it up just right, you spring the trap.'' To me, that could fit perfectly as the game that Jacob and the Man in Black are playing. Which character is setting the trap is up to debate (maybe both), but the fact that the description came from Locke can't just be a coincidence, can it?''
Mouse-standing work, Jason! (I know: I groaned, too.) In fact, I think the ''Mouse Trap'' thing could have been an even more dynamic clue than any of us realized, considering the other meanings of the word. Consider...
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