Jan 31, 2010
Are these the opening moments of LA X, the LOST season 6 premiere?
Or is Darlton playing us like a fiddle?
Quick recap: ABC held a contest called LOST Message in a Bottle in which fans of the show competed to earn a chance to see the first opening minutes of LA X before the rest of the world. The winners received a message in a bottle — a Dharma USB key modeled to look like the one from the Swan station, a congratulatory note, and a more cryptic message comprised of “Nothing’s irreversible” on a piece of paper. On the USB key, the winners found video of the opening sequence, and some have subsequently turned to YouTube in an effort to share with the rest of the LOST community.
But here’s the thing, why would Damon and Carlton agree to this? After months of negotiating with ABC to embargo any and all new footage from appearing in promotional materials, and stating numerous times over that a single frame of new footage would give away what they are doing with Season 6, why would they allow this to happen?
My gut instinct tells me, this is all too easy. Either this footage is a red herring shot and distributed in an effort to throw all of us off, OR it actually is a part of the opening sequence and out of context it’s leading us to believe something that isn’t actually happening.
As always, click over at your own risk as thar be potential spoilers in the tubes of you.