Watch the Channel 4 Promo for 'Lost'

Basq

Watch here! (click 'Play Ad')
OR Download it here

Very weird... to say the least!

Not sure if i like it... gives out the wrong message of what the show is actually about. Hopefully future promos will show more action - such as footage from the plane crash etc.

Oh... and did the ad remind anyone else of an advert for some sort of new Calvin Klein fragrance?!

Mimikyu

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mad m

Holy crap.Looks like a bunch of Trinity heads going home after a Trinity ball or a few debs students calling it a night on Killiney beach.

That was very weird.

tvnutz

Apparantly it is in British cinemas with War of the Worlds,ive never heard of a tv show being advertised in the cinemas...C4 must be pushing it in a big way! lets hope they make better promos for feck sake! lol it kind of makes it looks like some sort of dancing musical...although I have seen some wierd ads for deadwood where no actuall footage is shown...it goes to each cast member and has a voice over. its a lot better than that lsot one anyway.

go to http://www.hbo.com/deadwood/video/index.shtml#
in the bottom scroll down menu...click on season 2 launch trailer.

steveland?

Well that was crap... Locke in a ringleaders outfit? All that dancing?

Channel 4 put off the release of the season (apparently) so they could get some exclusive promo footage... if this is what they delayed it for I'm going to be very... very angry...

jellie

steveland? wrote:

Well that was crap... Locke in a ringleaders outfit? All that dancing?

Channel 4 put off the release of the season (apparently) so they could get some exclusive promo footage... if this is what they delayed it for I'm going to be very... very angry...

why would you be angry? you can see it on rte2.. whats the loss?

mad m

@tvnutz

Yeah I actually liked that trailer for Deadwood.Even though I've never looked at an episode.

OFDM

Can't believe they showed that in America.

steveland?

sar84 wrote:

why would you be angry? you can see it on rte2.. whats the loss?

"Jack just sent me a photo of the island he's on... jammy beggar"

That explain it?

jellie

steveland? wrote:

"Jack just sent me a photo of the island he's on... jammy beggar"

That explain it?

lol yeah i guess that explains it a bit alright

steveland?

I actually specifically stay away from RTE showings of Lost because of those ads... as I said in another thread though I think I overdosed on Lost when it was only new :eek:

Waltons

Ok, that was a bit strange. I have to say I kind of enjoyed it though...

Mr E

It was strange, but nowhere near as bad as I thought it was going to be after reading Stevelands post. I think it was pretty well done, actually......

RuggieBear

WT ****ing F!

Frankieboy

Just watched the ad.

Has it been aired yet? The ad? I really hope there is someone from Channel 4 on boards. That ad gives no preview of what happens in Lost. The promo from RTE is what made me watch and it was after watching I got hooked. And I thought RTE were bad, well they are!

RobertFoster

steveland? wrote:

Locke in a ringleaders outfit?

The way I saw it, he's dressed a conductor, and he's controlling the way they all dance/move.

Very strange ad alright.

tvnutz

mad m wrote:

@tvnutz

Yeah I actually liked that trailer for Deadwood.Even though I've never looked at an episode.

ye at least their was no dancing in the deadwood ad! lol (and deadwood is very good by the way!)

I also presume C4 will show clearer and better promos as the time approaches?

Scruff

basquille wrote:

Watch here! (click 'Play Ad')
OR Download it here

linkies no workies

Matthewthebig

Yeah they do

tvnutz

Ye there is something wrong with the links now...:p they were working 10 mins ago.

beanyb

It worked for me just now...

Anyway, that ad is weird!! It doesnt show what Lost is like at all, definitely wouldnt make me want to watch it.

But, what made me watch Lost was what I heard about it from other people who'd seen it and were raving about how great it was, not RTE's ads or anything.

Baldie

I told ye Lost was a musical....
And ye thought it was about a plane crash....
tut tut.... :rolleyes:

Stench Blossoms

Oh My God that is bloody awful

s8n

I liked it.

Scruff

/puts on nerd hat
You see the dance symbolises the relationship dynamic between the group. Note how Kate was dancing with the 2 lads etc. And then we had those on the periphery, blah blah blah

i thought it was good. Intruiging if you hadnt been watching it already, a bit of WTF that could make you tune in.

s8n

could'nt have put it better myself scruff

jor el

Did anyone listen to what's being said in it? "One of us is a cop" and "one of us is a martyr".

Who's the cop? Maybe one of the other people that haven't featured in this series I guess or was it the FBI guy escorting Kate maybe? What about the martyr?

Strange ad though, very Calvin Kline.

herobear

the cop=the marshall wo died in episode 3

the ad just gets a big wtf from me...although i thought locke's position as conductor was interesting

bambam

Lost! the new fragrance from jean paul gaultier :rolleyes:

Basq

Looks like C4 / E4 have finally decided on a launch date...

Lost-Media.com wrote:

Channel 4 has finally set a date for the premiere of Lost in the UK.

The cult show, which has already wrapped its first season in the States, will occupy the Desperate Housewives timeslot - Wednesdays at 10pm - from August 10.

Also akin to Desperate Housewives, new episodes of Lost will premiere on E4 immediately after the Channel 4 episode ends.

Channel 4 has already kickstarted its promotional campaign in cinema theatres and intends to launch TV teaser commercials shortly.

doh.ie

Cheers for the promo links, Basquille. Heard about this earlier in the week, but hadn't had a chance to see it.

mad m wrote:

Holy crap.Looks like a bunch of Trinity heads going home after a Trinity ball or a few debs students calling it a night on Killiney beach. That was very weird.

LOL! Weird is not the word... I quite enjoyed seeing the cast dancing like fools for no reason, but then most of us here know the show and can see the funny side.

However, as a promo for a show that has never aired in the UK before, this is a complete dud... What were the marketing people at Channel 4 on?! This is hopefully just a teaser trailer and there will be a proper one, complete with actual pilot shots, in the run-up to August 10th.

I'd heard C4/E4 had filmed those Channel 4 montage promos with various celebs telling us what they hate/love/want to be remembered for/age they were when they lost their virginity/etc which would be reworked to include the Lost cast around the time of the show's launch. Likewise, there were supposed to be those where the cast spoke to the audience (stuff like "Watch Lost, on Channel 4...") a bit like how Pro7 do their logos with the cast.

But as for this promo... perfume ad indeed! Eau d'Lost. Best laugh in a while, though!

tvnutz wrote:

Apparantly it is in British cinemas with War of the Worlds,ive never heard of a tv show being advertised in the cinemas...C4 must be pushing it in a big way!

Only one I've ever seen trailered in a cinema was Dark Skies, but that was in the US, not here. They do promote TV shows in the US in cinemas much more than here or in the UK, though.

OFDM

doh.ie wrote:

However, as a promo for a show that has never aired in the UK before, this is a complete dud... What were the marketing people at Channel 4 on?!

This teaser trailer was shown in america first though? I can't believe Channel4 had it especially filmed for them.

doh.ie

OFDM wrote:

This teaser trailer was shown in america first though? I can't believe Channel4 had it especially filmed for them.

Nope, this was never shown in the US in promotion or marketing of Lost. This is something Channel 4 filmed/had filmed especially for them for use during the run-up to Lost's UK launch. But really, if this is how the rest of the promotion goes, they shouldn't have bothered.

Basq

Also love the fact that when you go to the website displayed at the end of the teaser (channel4.com/lost), you get a 'Page Not Found!'

How informative Channel4 are!!

MicraBoy

Have to say as someone who has never seen an episode of Lost, this trailer tweaked my interest more than the RTE trailers. This was swiftly followed by the horrible realisation that I am in fact a pretentious prat! :rolleyes:

tvnutz

basquille wrote:

Also love the fact that when you go to the website displayed at the end of the teaser (channel4.com/lost), you get a 'Page Not Found!'

How informative Channel4 are!!

LOL ye i noticed that

doh.ie

basquille wrote:

Also love the fact that when you go to the website displayed at the end of the teaser (channel4.com/lost), you get a 'Page Not Found!'

How informative Channel4 are!!

That is odd, considering the promo is supposed to be in cinemas NOW... But I expect the site will have appeared by the time this promo first appears on TV.

Basq

Channel 4 site for 'Lost' now online

.. not exactly full of content but it IS online!

GrumPy

hmm.... it hasnt bben aired in the UK yet and RTE get it first? what episode are RTE up to at this stage?

Basq

Irish GrumPy wrote:

hmm.... it hasnt bben aired in the UK yet and RTE get it first? what episode are RTE up to at this stage?

Currently just after airing Episode 9..

RTE do get most shows before the UK.. typical examples being 'Scrubs', 'Friends' and 'Joey'

beanyb

I saw it on the tv today. Except it didnt have the voiceover, so it was even more random. It makes sense if you've seen it but I really dont think it's great for a promo of a brand new show.

tvnutz

ye i saw it too...i thought the one with the dialogue was interesting,but wouldnt do much to get people to watch it,the one on tv has no voice over at all,meaning people will be thinking...wtf?? dancing people with a burning plane in the background.

Mimikyu

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Syd_Vicious

The promo trailer isn't really great for introducing people to a new series but for those of us who watch RTE and know about Lost there are a few interesting tidbits in there (even if it is only a promo and probably means nothing)

Kate dancing with both Jack and Sawyer

Locke acting as a conductor

Which people are dancing with which and who aren't dancing at all which might mean that the ones not dancing are only bit players in the story (just a guess)

Claire doesn't appear to be pregnant

If small things such as times, numbers, dates, music, names etc mean something to the story then why not do the same thing for the promo too eh

OFDM

Maybe the whole idea is to make people go wtf? Then hit them with more usual promos nearer show time.

PiE

Just saw it on C4 and I think it's a really good advert. It'll make people sit up and say "wtf?" which means that they'll at least tune in for the first episode; which is what it's meant to do. I'd say it's absolutely buried in hidden meanings... I just can't be arsed figuring out what they are.

Basq

A variation on the 'Lost' promo posted in the original post... except the ad features no dialogue and a cool piece of music from Portishead!

Download here! (11MB)

Essentially the same sorta idea (dancing on a beach) but much longer and with a couple of new scenes - most notably Charlie doing a strange sorta dance. It's a minute and a half long (!!) which is quite long... and the fact that E4 will be whoring it with ads on every ad-break they take, people will quickly tire of these strange ads!

Although saying that.. i am starting to like these ads more and more! Very bizarre but interesting enough for all us 'Lost' fans to see the characters in a new light!

JBoyle4eva

Quite Frankly, i think the new ad on E4 is really good.

I';m watching on C4/E4 as my exams last month made me stop watching lost. These ads are making it out to be people suffering dementia/isolation etc. so I hope that the ads ae going to get btter soon.

Bawpsherep

Hello! New to the boards, long time Lost fan. Ecstatic to see that there's an Irish lost community!

Only happened to find the boards because I was looking for a place to download the Channel 4 promo. Personally, I loved it. It's so very different than the initial promos RTE ran and really grab your interest. And as has been mentioned previously, the promo is layered with a lot of meaning, which those who have seen season one can spot. Still havent gotten a download of it yet, so I'm only goin on what I've seen on tv. Here's my interpretation of some of it:

- Sun and Jin are dancing together, obviously because they are husband and wife, but during the dance, Jin passes Sun off to Micheal. He has a slightly suprised look on his face but is forthcoming none-the-less. What can be derived from this? Well, as those of us who have seen season one in its entirety know, the marriage of Jin and Sun does eventually break down, which could be represented by how the couple are split up in their dance. Micheal gets involved too as there is that hint of a possible romance between him and Sun.

- Sawyer dances with Kate and Jack interrupts. Quite straight forward really. It's the most obvious love triangle in the series. There is a shot of her dancing alone at the end of the promo, perhaps emphasising that she'd prefer to be by herself?

- Locke conducts the dance. Again, not very deep in meaning. Locke has a huge influence over the group and it's only understandable that he'd be guiding them through this surreal dance. The clever part is that Walt is mimicing Locke as he conducts, a nod to how Walt looks up to him (although this theme does slightly fade out about mid-season, it's still relevent).

- Claire is alone and not exactly participating. She has been a bit of an outsider and its really only Charlie who has taken her under his wing.

- Boone and Shannon dance together. Quite understandable also. But brothers and sisters dont dance together like that, do they? Hmmm

If anyone can think of other such interpretations I'd be happy to hear them

sephirosis

i had a look at most of what bawpsherep said and agree with it in general (didnt look at your first point it looked like it was going to reveal just a bit too much). anyway i had a look at the clip, but my connexion is awful so i only looked at it in low quality, so excuase any mistakes i might make
just a few questions:
-is claire not dancing with boone, while shannon dances with saeed?
-hurleys in there alright, though seems to do little
- amyone have any ideas on the bit where we see michael, carrying a briefcase, and he looks wrecked and kind of staggers backwards? also charlies odd dance.

anyway on the whole i have to say i liked the ad. it was strange alright, but oddly dramatic to see them slow dance around the flaming wreckage. it gives just as good an indication to what the series is about as rte's ads i think. they just showed people running, explosions etc, but its just as much a character driven story than action.

*as an afterthought, after its said "one of us is a murderer" and before "all of us are lost", many voices say all of us are...." but i cant make out the word. waht is it?*

madrab

sephirosis wrote:

also charlies odd dance.

probably due to

charlies heroin addiction/cold turkey