Today we have a pile of new posters we’ve been collecting throughout the week from a variety of sources.

These include the final poster for The Spirit, the first posters for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, and new posters for Underworld: Rise of the Lycans, Lost: Season 5, Red Sonja, and Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs.

That’s a lot of posters!

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J.J. Abrams, Lost executive producer, recently sat down with MTV news, discussing (among other things) the hit show’s eventual demise. Perhaps learning from the mistakes of previous genre hits such as The X-Files and Star Trek: The Next Generation, the series co-creator talks about not overstaying the show’s welcome:

The new 2008 Fall TV season is almost upon us, with the first new show of the season premiering on September 1st. Screen Rant has put together an extensive list of new and returning programs along with their premiere dates, along with descriptions and recommendations.

So what’s up this fall? What are we anticipating, what are we, well… not anticipating?

The Lost panel opened with a number of video clips that were not from the show. The first was a documentary style report about the survivors of the crash, talking about them and asking whether the situation was what it seemed, or if there was some sort of conspiracy.

Then there was what seemed like a DVD extra feature showing some of the cast members on the set, specifically the new additions from the freighter.

Executive producers Carlton Cuse and David Lindelof were in attendance.

Oh, I can’t stand the suspense! This week, the 34th annual Saturn Awards handed out their usual fare of achievement recognizing statues.

In the event you aren’t aware of what they are, the Saturn Awards are the honors handed out by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films. The Academy has been delivering their awards for over thirty years and they look to recognize cinematic achievement.

It’s a recognized validation of the genre we so fervently appreciate.

Some of the more noteworthy recipients of the awards:

Walt Disney Studios picked up three awards, ABC’s Lost snagged four awards, and 300 picked up 2 awards.

[UPDATE: Click here for the new full Iron Man movie trailer!]

It seems there was confusion yesterday that no doubt caused a spike in ratings for ABC’s Lost.

Marvel.com put out a story stating that a brand new Iron Man trailer would premiere during last night’s episode. SuperHeroHype picked it up (they’ve since removed the post), and then scads of other websites picked it up an posted it as well. Considering that the source was Marvel itself, that’s understandable.

However the whole thing turned out to be off by one week.

Lost has finally returned, and this episode was an odd mix of satisfaction and, at the end, frustration.

It satisfied because there was actually some sense of forward movement in the story. It felt like something was actually happening. The “rescuers” will soon be coming, there are actual conversations with someone on the freighter via the uber-satellite phone, the castaways learn that Charlie has died and that the rescuers may actually have some nefarious purpose related to the island.

All right… now THIS is the way to watch ABC’s Lost.

Over at the official website for the show they’re running an eight minute clip before the trailer for the Lost season 4 premiere that summarizes all the major plot points of the last three years.

While the trailer for season 4 does look interesting and cool, I am not looking forward to the teaspoon-sized portions of plot development every episode that we are no doubt going to be getting. If the show was going to conclude in season 4 I’d be really excited about it, but the prospect of this being dragged out for another three years is really annoying.

My personal opinions have me on the side of the writers in regards to the current WGA writers’ strike situation. The studios have got to be kidding when they cry “we can’t afford it” when it comes to compensating the folks that are the foundation of the TV and movie entertainment business. Yes, the bulk of the issue is “new” digital media includes the streaming of TV shows on the web where perhaps it’s so new that the studios don’t have the economics of the whole thing worked out, but writers should get residuals from this as they do from any other media as far as I’m concerned.

There is no doubt that the current WGA writers’ strike is going to have a big impact on the 2007/2008 televsion season, maybe even bigger than was originally anticipated. Many popular TV series and talk shows have already stopped production, and there are rumors that some series that are supposed to start in January like Lost and 24 may end up getting their premiere dates pushed way back due to this whole thing. 24 may not begin until the strike is over and Lost may end up getting pushed back to 2009.

As has been mentioned here, this also affects movie production since most movies have ongoing script tweaking going on during the process of shooting a film, so there are movies going into production that could end up being that much worse when they’re released.

Which leads me to this thought: Although I support the writers’ side in this conflict, I don’t support all of them.

It has been revealed that Ken Leung is set to join the cast of Lost for the show’s upcoming fourth season, presumably beginning with the February 2008 season premiere. Pop culture fans may recognise Leung as Kid Omega from last year’s wonderfully solid X-Men: The Last Stand or as mentally unstable Carter Chong on an episode of The Sopranos.

The report from TV Guide suggests the actor - who apparently “turned heads” in his role on the HBO series - will play the role of “a brilliant mathematician who is capable of great insights and has a tremendous knowledge across various scientific fields.”