Lost Room

[LightPhoenix]

The mini-series was also about the mystery of the room and the objects, which was not resolved. I appreciated the resolution with his daughter, but was mildly disappointed by the lack of resolution about the room, said lack being exclusively about leaving the story open to a series. If no series emerges, the lack of resolution on that topic will be even more of a disappointment.

I wasn't even fond of the resolution with the daughter, because there were many threads tied to him truly getting her back that were unresolved. He's still wanted for murder and kidnapping, he still has his ex-wife's custody battle (which they thought he'd lose anyway), and he's still on the run with her, and people will want leverage on him even more.

If they were going to go for the happy ending regarding his daughter, they needed to do it all the way. That didn't happen at all, hence a non-ending.

Besides, the room/Objects were much more interesting than him and his daughter, IMO.

 

[Crothian]

He's still wanted for murder and kidnapping,

The prophet guy admited to the female cop he is the killer

he still has his ex-wife's custody battle (which they thought he'd lose anyway), and he's still on the run with her, and people will want leverage on him even more.

This was kind of minor. It barely mattered in the mini series

If they were going to go for the happy ending regarding his daughter, they needed to do it all the way. That didn't happen at all, hence a non-ending.

Ya, life goes on. But he has his dughter. I don't think they were going for the fairy tale happy ending you seem to want.

 

[LightPhoenix]

Ya, life goes on. But he has his dughter. I don't think they were going for the fairy tale happy ending you seem to want.

I would have taken any sort of ending other than this ambiguousness.

I was reading an article on... I think it was Syfyportal, and they summed it up nicely. To paraphrase, they said that the last hour of the mini was a "backdoor to a pilot" in case the mini did well in the ratings. If they wanted to make a pilot, make a pilot. There was no need to sacrifce the end of the mini to squeeze it in. To be fair, I don't know if this was the writers, or Scifi, or even actors that wanted it like that. It doesn't particularly matter though, because apparently it didn't do well enough to even warrant a series, according to numerous articles on the show. So instead of a good solid miniseries, it's a mostly-good solid miniseries with a crappy ending.

 

[jcfiala]

My guess would be continuity error.

Here's another question: When we first meet the guy who's got the comb, he stops time and grabs money out of the till while time is stopped. However, when he's showing how the comb works to Joe, he demonstrates how everything else is unmoving when time is stopped. Anyone have an idea how both of these can be true?

 

[Crothian]

Here's another question: When we first meet the guy who's got the comb, he stops time and grabs money out of the till while time is stopped. However, when he's showing how the comb works to Joe, he demonstrates how everything else is unmoving when time is stopped. Anyone have an idea how both of these can be true?

Stop me if you heard this before:

My guess would be continuity error.

 

[Fast Learner]

That one's particularly egregious. Though I didn't notice it at the time.

 

[DonTadow]

Yeah, I didnt notice it either, though it seems that the continuity errors are well placed. For instance, the artifact location things were in two different episodes about 3 hours apart and this error was possibly an hour apart.

 

[mmu1]

Here's another question: When we first meet the guy who's got the comb, he stops time and grabs money out of the till while time is stopped. However, when he's showing how the comb works to Joe, he demonstrates how everything else is unmoving when time is stopped. Anyone have an idea how both of these can be true?

He's got a lot of practice at using the comb - so he stops time, gets in perfect position to grab the money, does it (ending up with a messy wad of money clutched in his fist) then stops time again and steps back. Just like what he does when hitting people over the head, except easier and quicker.

Or it could be a continuity error, but it seems like a rather big one for a show that was pretty consistent, otherwise.

 

[DonTadow]

He's got a lot of practice at using the comb - so he stops time, gets in perfect position to grab the money, does it (ending up with a messy wad of money clutched in his fist) then stops time again and steps back. Just like what he does when hitting people over the head, except easier and quicker.

Or it could be a continuity error, but it seems like a rather big one for a show that was pretty consistent, otherwise.

I tried to invision this but it seems awful impossible. The money was in a drawer that contained multiple trays and the camera showed he took all the money in one swoop. He'd need to have multiple hands.

 

[FunkBGR]

Didn't think of D20 Modern - I thought of Unknown Armies: http://www.unknown-armies.com

Factions, magic items, backstabbing, disappearing people - it's all there. Check it out sometime. It's got this whole Occult Underground setup that really gives the feel that Lost Room gave me.

Also - check out books by Tim Powers. He's good for that kind of stuff too.