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Are You Reading THE LEFTOVERS Blog?

by Jef Dinsmore
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TheLeftovers_titleDamon Lindelof’s THE LEFTOVERS, which airs Sunday night at 10:00pm, is leaving everyone talking. Some like it, some don’t and many find it confusing. Where do you fit on the topic? Surely, by now, being five episodes in, you can say whether you like  it or not. But, for those just confused maybe there is help – via a website.

HBO has been running a blog site entitled www.watchingtheleftovers.com and this writer for one has been checking it out. This post not only provides you the link but now gives a brief rundown of some of the articles posted there. Check it out for yourselves.

The first post was up a few days before the show’s premiere. On 06.25 it all started with “Fight or Flight? The Leftovers Cast Weighs In” which offered quotes from cast on what they think of the series. For example, when asked if the world depicted here was a reality would you want to leave or stay Tom Perrotta (producer & author) answered – “It would suck to be left behind, but that’s where I belong.”

Leftovers_partialCastCo-creator Damon Lindelof is also quoted on the site. He offers a great quote in the “Close Encounters Connection” piece written by Tanner Stransky from Entertainment Weekly.

“We don’t want to tell people how to watch this show. What would be very exciting for us is for there to be a wide-range of reactions in terms of what they’re supposed to be looking for. It’s not our place to tell you how to watch it. That’s the great thing about any kind of writing: It doesn’t come with a set of instructions, it just is.”

 

[Close Encounters of the Third Kind]  “has a big mystery: Where the aliens come from, why the aliens are behaving the way they behave and what they want. Those are questions the movie never answers. They just want to make contact and drop off some people they’ve abducted over the years. It’s our investment in Richard Dreyfus and his family that powers that movie. I think we’ve tried to do something similar here.”Leftovers_lauragarvey

 For his part, Perrotta adds:

 “I just hope that people want to live in the world. It will be a show that people need to acclimate themselves to. To be open to trying to find their way into the world would be better than coming to it with some agenda.”

There are a number of cool topics worth a look on the site that just might raise your level of interest in the show. There is discussion about Jamison’s Newsletter and the crazy update of the Spin The Bottle game. Plus, there is speculation on the animals in Mapleton and talk of penguins and bagels.

Leftovers_conflictedThere is also talk of each episode and even chats with the music composer, Max Richter, and a dream analyst discussing Rev. Matt’s dream. There is even one where Tom Perrotta explains why the date October 14 was chosen. They all vary in length, but each article gives viewers a bit more insight and some clarity about the series as it goes forward.

I suggest if you like this additional content and editorials that you keep an eye out for upcoming blogs for other HBO shows. TRUE DETECTIVE had one. TRUE BLOOD has two of them. They are TrueToTheEnd.com and Jessica’s Blog. More shows might get the same treatment down the line. So, go check out watchtheleftovers.com  and be enlightened because you don’t want to be left out, do you?

 

 

 

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4 comments

Drew Douglas July 27, 2014 - 2:56 pm

Show is keeping me interested. I’m a big fan of Lindelof – something a lot of others are not so maybe that’s part of the reason I dig it so much.

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Jef Dinsmore July 27, 2014 - 3:07 pm

I don’t know if I “dig it”, but I keep watching it. I find I do have to be in the right mood for it because I find it acquires all of my attention to watch it and to analyze afterwards.

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John Bucher July 23, 2014 - 11:03 am

Thanks for mentioning the blog! Check out my posts around spirituality and religion on the site. (Matt Jamison vs. Job, A Living Nativity, etc.)

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Jef Dinsmore July 23, 2014 - 7:02 pm

You are welcome. John and we equally thank you for stopping by HBOWatch. Any insight into this series is a bonus.

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