AICN reports that ABC will finally be airing the Lost minisodes online Monday.  They're not deleted scenes or anything -- they were shot expressly for these mini/mobisodes (geez, haven't they been talking about these things since the end of season 2?).  They also report that the producers are trying to convince the network to hold off on airing the show until after the strike, so all the episodes will be lumped together.  Which is what I'd prefer, personally.  I've already waited 6/8 months....what's a couple extra?  (Hey, maybe it'll even close the gap between seasons 4 and 5.)

Speaking of AICN, I stumbled over the dastardly Moriarty's blog "My Life is a Film Festival."  Aside from writing for AICN, he happens to be a professional screenwriter and  member of the WGA and I've found his coverage of the WGA strike (among other things) pretty insightful.  Even the post where he tears apart John Ridley.

The John Ridley thing really annoys me.  Not only because I like some of the stuff he's written, and not just because he seems to perpetuating the stereotype of a wealthy screenwriter who can wait out the strike and the picketing while boozing it up in a Vegas casino (although, yeah, it doesn't help), but because the bastard is a professional writer and spends less than 20 hours a week honing his craft. 

This sucks -- an AICN reviewer panned FF2 after seeing it at a trade screening.  When 20th Century Fox figured out the reviewer was also the projectionist at the trade-screening, they talked to his boss and his company and got him fired.

The weird thing to me about this is that 20th Century Fox is currently running a promotion on AICN for the Die Hard by doing a series of Q&As with Bruce Willis.  It's also not unheard of for AICN writers to get invited to sets and do write-ups to build-up hype on the internet.

Anyway, I wish the guy the best and hope he gets to keep writing reviews for AICN (and that next time, it doesn't cost him his job).