"Lost" News

Hello, fellow Lost and Founders! Those of you who are still checking out the blog during this long drought of no new "Lost" episodes, that is. Two months down, seven months to go. In the meantime, I thought I would update everyone on the latest news (some spoilers!) from the show's producers who appeared this week at Comic-Con, the huge comic book/sci-fi convention in California:

• The Season 3 DVD will be out on December 11. At this time, there are no plans for ABC to rerun any past episodes.
• Michael, last seen driving away on Ben's boat with son Walt in tow at the end of Season 2, will return next season. No word on Walt.
• Flashbacks will lessen in the new season; flashforwards will increase.
• The flashforward with Jack and Kate was not the end of the show.
• Jack and Claire will learn they are related.
• More of Libby's back story should be addressed in the new season.
• At the convention, the producers played a new Dharma Initiative orientation film, hosted by Marvin Candle under an alias. The footage begins with him getting his makeup done and smoothing down his Dharma lab coat. Bunnies! It's about bunnies! Bunny #15, to be specific. Marvin, who calls himself Dr. Edgar Halifax in this film, identifies it as station six, the Orchid. He says the viewer has probably realized by now that he or she is not working at a mere botanical research unit. He apologizes for making him or her lie to friends and family members about the nature of the work. He mentions something that sounds like "Casimir effect" and mentions the "unique properties of the Island." Then there's one of Jacob's subliminal messages. It may have been some variation on "as Jacob loves you." Then there's a bunny riot. One of the station's alarms blares, Dr. Halifax/Marvin panics. There's an intercut clip of someone riding a bicycle. The clip is inserted upside-down, and the rider appears to be in the village green of Otherville...And then, amid the chaos (perhaps this is the Incident?), the filmstrip slides off the reel. Here is the link to a convention goer's camera phone(?) version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZlkVW5XiqU