Characters depicted as pieces on the chessboard of life? That makes for a very cool Lost promo.

Polar bears dropped from the sky and plummeting to their bloody deaths? That makes for a very unusual Lost promo.

But someone at ABC apparently thought this was a good idea, as evidenced below.

In the absence of any real Lost spoilers, or even scenes from season six, fans will have to settle for trailers such as these in the weeks leading up to the show's February 2 premiere. Watch and squirm:

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