Trivia / The Lost Room

• Development Hell: The comic book has been put on indefinite hold.
• Playing Against Type: Comedian Kevin Pollak plays a character who is typically stark and humorless and at worst, willing to risk the destruction of the world to achieve his own selfish goals.
• Reality Subtext: The Googie / Streamline 1961 design of the objects, plus its convenient (and affordable) location in the New Mexico desert, evoke associations with both the Atomic Age and golden age of space exploration. However, there is nothing to confirm or deny that the creation of The Room had anything to do with Sufficiently Advanced Aliens or Negative Space Wedgie.
• Screwed by the Network: The miniseries was able to produce all of its intended episodes, but Sci-Fi was apathetic in terms of recognizing its lasting appeal. Aside from the episodes garnering low viewer ratings due to their 9 PM timeslot, president Dave Howe felt that the program was "too difficult to market in one sentence" and that Warehouse 13 was a superior "magical objects"-oriented franchise, which eliminated any need for The Lost Room to continue.

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