The Lost Room (2006)

[Johnno]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lost_Room

Saw the last episode of this 2006 miniseries whilst on holidays. Fascinating. A New Mexico hotel room (number 10) disappears during an "event" in the 60's and all the items that were in the room take on otherworldly powers.

A detective loses his daughter around the hotel in New Mexico and discovers some strange individuals and groups of people who are either retrieving "the artifacts" from the hotel for power, religious, benign or personal reasons. The key from room 10 the hotel mysteriously fit any pin type door and can take you anywhere in the world.

Good sci-fi that stretches the concept of reality and those who seek to have a hand in it. I'm going to chase down the full series.

 

[Ivecky]

I recently saw parts of this series too and had put it on my list of things I'd like to see. I have a growing distaste for Movies and TV these days but always am on the lookout for the ones that stretch the imagination like this series.

 

[melatonin]

I bought this from Amazon and really enjoyed it.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Lost-Room-DVD-Julianna-Margulies/dp/B000RWDY6I/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1298901889&sr=8-1

 

[Iconoclast]

thanks for the recommendation, Johnno!

i enjoyed it, but the show seemed to suffer a little bit from what i call "sliders syndrome" - great base material but only a small budget and C-level talent to make it.
still entertaining!

 

[Johnno]

thanks for the recommendation, Johnno!

i enjoyed it, but the show seemed to suffer a little bit from what i call "sliders syndrome" - great base material but only a small budget and C-level talent to make it.
still entertaining!

Heh, I'd call it Dr. Who syndrome, which was always great despite the wobbling sets.

 

[Z...]

thanks for the heads up,
I saw this show while ago and it had me glued in front of telly right until the end. Which was slightly anti-climactic, but I guess they had to leave the door (or the room key) open for the new series.
In my opinion it was delivered quite ok - very far cry from Dr.Who with garbage cans used as robots

 

[Tigersoap]

I saw this too.
I found it very entertaining despite the slow down of the turns and twist of the story at the end.
Much more interesting than many long winded and boring series I have seen so far.

 

[Bluestar]

Saw this mini series a few years ago. Enjoyed it and like Herr Eisenheim, felt the end to be anti-climactic. I did enjoy how the artifacts from the room had these special powers. The comb could make you invisible, the bus ticket took you to the motel from anywhere you were. Nice concept. Sort of like SyFy networks "Warehouse 13".