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Different topic – also finally began watching The Lost Room, after hearing about it for years. I’ve only seen the pilot, but I’d like to keep going, because so far the show is something like X-Files meets E. Nesbitt/C. S. Lewis (but just The Magician’s Nephew)/Edward Eager.
It’s about a homicide cop who stumbles into a subculture of people who ruthlessly collect Objects (things that all look like ordinary mid-20th-century items, but which have magical powers); he’s also a single father*, and although it’s not specified, I wonder if his young daughter is a fantasy reader, because not only is she completely unfazed by a key that turns any door into a portal to a motel room which is this show’s Wood Between the Worlds, she very quicly figures out a property of the Room that her Dad missed. This property also leads to her disappearance during an incident later in the pilot, and his quest to get her back is the show’s hook (it was canceleld quickly, so I don’t know if he ever does).
The Objects’ powers are said to vary wildly – the Key’s is pretty obvious, but we hear about the Wristwatch, which hard-boils eggs, and the Umbrella, which makes people think they recognize the bearer from somewhere. The Bus Ticket teleports others to a specific yet seemingly-randomly-chosen stretch of highway in New Mexico, which makes it good for getting rid of attackers or just people who annoy you, but not for much else. IIRC the show’s creator said in an interview somewhere that many of the show’s ideas come from a game he used to play with his friends, in which they tried to come up with the most minor or narrowly-defined superpowers that could still be useful.
*There’s a subplot about her mother suddenly suing for custody three years after walking out on her father. I’m curious to see if this gets explored further or if it was just for extra drama. The protagonist certainly appears to be a perfectly adequate parent, and without having met his ex-wife it’s difficult for me to guess at her possible motives.
It’s about a homicide cop who stumbles into a subculture of people who ruthlessly collect Objects (things that all look like ordinary mid-20th-century items, but which have magical powers); he’s also a single father*, and although it’s not specified, I wonder if his young daughter is a fantasy reader, because not only is she completely unfazed by a key that turns any door into a portal to a motel room which is this show’s Wood Between the Worlds, she very quicly figures out a property of the Room that her Dad missed. This property also leads to her disappearance during an incident later in the pilot, and his quest to get her back is the show’s hook (it was canceleld quickly, so I don’t know if he ever does).
The Objects’ powers are said to vary wildly – the Key’s is pretty obvious, but we hear about the Wristwatch, which hard-boils eggs, and the Umbrella, which makes people think they recognize the bearer from somewhere. The Bus Ticket teleports others to a specific yet seemingly-randomly-chosen stretch of highway in New Mexico, which makes it good for getting rid of attackers or just people who annoy you, but not for much else. IIRC the show’s creator said in an interview somewhere that many of the show’s ideas come from a game he used to play with his friends, in which they tried to come up with the most minor or narrowly-defined superpowers that could still be useful.
*There’s a subplot about her mother suddenly suing for custody three years after walking out on her father. I’m curious to see if this gets explored further or if it was just for extra drama. The protagonist certainly appears to be a perfectly adequate parent, and without having met his ex-wife it’s difficult for me to guess at her possible motives.
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Date: 2018-01-03 11:02 pm (UTC)From:I like that. I assume the Objects were all inside the Room at one time?
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Date: 2018-01-04 12:55 am (UTC)From: