Lost TV series Discussion

[tonyvdb]

NOTE: This thread will have spoilers for sure so if your going to start watching it from the beginning on DVD I suggest not reading these posts.


Anybody here Lost when watching Lost? I have been watching it from the beginning and the plot has gotten very complex. I give it to ABC as they have really done there homework keeping the shows linked together although going a bit to far with the time shifting.

This is one series that you either love or hate if you have not followed it from the beginning it simply wont make sense.

I am curious as to what other think?

[Eric D]

I'm trying to stick with it, but my wife gave up.

I'd actually just decided to stop because I saw it falling into what I always call X-File-itis (they're going to jerk you around and not resolve anything as long as the series doesn't get cancelled). (And on top of it, when they do cancel those new shows with a plot line, it's rare that you get the "resolution.")

But right then, they agreed to the plan to move the plot forward. I'm still admittedly when a character says "I can't (or won't) tell you why," obviously because they don't want to reveal a plot point at a point in the story when it otherwise would make total sense. But I'll probably stick it out.

enjoy,

P.S. LOL for Charlotte's third language this week.

[Wayde]

I watched the first season and part of the next. It became a train-wreck IMHO. Like a lot of these shows with the X-Files-itis syndrome.

It's sad really because they could be such great stories. Sadly in an effort to make money a potentially great story grows into a forgotten seed at the root of what becomes a monster plant that just keeps spewing limbs.

[tonyvdb]

Eric D wrote:

P.S. LOL for Charlotte's third language this week.

No Kidding

The plot is a bit far fetched but its got me guessing as to how they plan on wrapping this all up.
Moving the island went a bit far.

[tonyvdb]

Wayde wrote:

Sadly in an effort to make money a potentially great story grows into a forgotten seed at the root of what becomes a monster plant that just keeps spewing limbs.

Well, the smoke monster was back again and thats still got me curious as to what in the world it is and how it came about. The effect is well done IMOP.

[Bob_99]

Wayde wrote:

I watched the first season and part of the next. It became a train-wreck IMHO. Like a lot of these shows with the X-Files-itis syndrome.

It's sad really because they could be such great stories. Sadly in an effort to make money a potentially great story grows into a forgotten seed at the root of what becomes a monster plant that just keeps spewing limbs.

I have to agree with Wayde. I also watched it the first year and maybe three quarters of the next although it was hard to tell because it seemed like it was on and off schedule so many times (or maybe that was the third year).

In any case, I think Babylon 5 got it right. A beginning, a middle and an end in five years, although the last year almost didn't make it because of the network. I think more shows should try to get a good story in a reasonable amount of years rather than convoluting the plot trying to keep it going ad nauseum.
Bob

[Eric D]

Bob_99 wrote:

...In any case, I think Babylon 5 got it right. A beginning, a middle and an end in five years, although the last year almost didn't make it because of the network. I think more shows should try to get a good story in a reasonable amount of years rather than convoluting the plot trying to keep it going ad nauseum.
Bob

Word.

I like it when you reveal plot points when they come up. If you put up a puzzle, the solution should tell us something. The solution to most Lost puzzles was another puzzle, the perfect example of which was the hatch, which became the countdown....

I also think actors would like series of a known duration because it would keep them from being stereotyped.

enjoy,

[Sonnie]

I hung in there with it all the way through, but it was not without pains and frustration and them seriously dragging out much about nothing. The last season was where I drew the line with it. I got really bored. When and if you get there, you will probably understand, but it really gets stupid IMO. Well actually... it got stupid a long time ago, but I am a sucker I suppose.

[tonyvdb]

I guess for myself its more just a curiosity as to where this will end up. I fully agree that they really push the limits. The last few shows have had some promising ideas but it looks like its going to get al bit silly in the next episode or so.
I'll hang in there just because Im one of these people that will be driven crazy if I dont find out what is up with the island.
I missed the series finales of Quantum leap and Sliders and to this day I still wonder what happened.

[thewire]

I don't mind watching the show and in my opinion it's alright, but I'm so glad I rent them. I don't think that I would ever want to look back at previous episodes of people arguing over the most tiny things, and leaning one detail about a character which will in fact end up taking over a a week in front of the screen to appreciate them for their flaws, personalities etc. I liked it better when they used to feature a character or two in each episode, and there was an enteresting end that had you ready to see the next show. Now it seems at the end of each show I'm left wondering what the show was even about, or what I was suppossed to thinking about. Yes, there are still questions about the story that need answering at the end of each show, but they just don't seem to matter as much anymore with respect to the big picture. I could just be missing something, but for an individual such as me that appreciates a complex story with twist and turns, the order of events seems rather choppy as of late. I have heard there are some critical parts of the story comming up.