Lost – Mysteries of the Universe: The Dharma Initiative (Updated)

Via JOpinionated. Released at ComicCon, with more Web episodes to come.

UPDATE. Via DarkUFO here’s part two, which gets into the meat of the show.

This format – a fictional TV show about aliens and monsters focuses its attention on the secretive Dharma Initiative – is pretty smart. We get clues about Dharma, but the clues are sketchy, second hand, and probably interspersed with unreliable information so that the mystery isn’t spoiled.

I love the way it’s filmed. “Mysteries of the Universe” has the look and feel of trashy 1970s documentaries about UFOs, Bigfoot, and the Loch Ness Monster down pat. I’m guessing they used Leonard Nimoy’s “In Search Of” as one of their models. Great line from the narrator, after explaining that applicants for the Dharma Initiative must complete many rounds of interviews and undergo psychological exams and ink blot testing: “Why would a veterinarian be profiled in the same manner as a psychotic killer?”