Photo: Raymond Shobe

Hammock's movie buffs spend a few minutes every Monday dissecting the films we've seen over the weekend, so I know you're not surprised that several of us have some definite opinions about this weekend's Oscar ceremony. [Ed. note: A few of us remain hopelessly behind, months away from seeing the nominees at our current pace on Netflix, despite the best efforts of our colleagues.]

Since I'm pretty ignorant on this topic, I queried my movie-fanatic coworkers. I'm curious to see how close they come.

I don't share the devotion some of my colleagues have to the TV series 'Lost' (for some reason, I have a problem with TV series that develop complex and interweaving subplotlines that require constant attention, which may explain why 'The A Team' and 'The Three Stooges' were my all-time favorite shows).

But it is almost impossible here to ignore 'Lost' completely, and even I know a bit about it, having never watched an episode. Like Hurley - how come he still looks like he just finished a month of pie eating contests?

Well, now I know:

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