tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6555488.post925983241932118480..comments2024-03-28T04:14:30.305-04:00Comments on Thoughts on Stuff: Lost: One More TimePatrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04702965396185870813noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6555488.post-2258767136591988682009-06-07T01:31:43.769-04:002009-06-07T01:31:43.769-04:00I'm really eager to get to those later seasons...I'm really eager to get to those later seasons, though I'm trying to enjoy all the stuff along the way. If you didn't catch it, there's a new post up covering through the start of season 2, <a href="http://thoughtsonstuff.blogspot.com/2009/06/lost-1x13-2x02.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>.Patrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09483689490186954593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6555488.post-77742943225363491402009-06-03T11:01:17.848-04:002009-06-03T11:01:17.848-04:00Thanks Keith, love reading everyone's response...Thanks Keith, love reading everyone's responses here.<br /><br />And I'm even one of those 'weird' people who find something to enjoy in those notorious early episodes of Season 3!<br /><br />Ok, except maybe Paolo and Nikki!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6555488.post-72451845260020435982009-06-02T17:23:38.848-04:002009-06-02T17:23:38.848-04:00I'm one of the people that recommended Patrick giv...I'm one of the people that recommended Patrick give Lost another try. I agree that Season 2 is the season most fraught a drop off during the mid-point, the last couple episodes ramp up the plot quite a bit. Season 3 starts off in a weird place brought on by television politics, but once it's over that hump, it's extremely high quality ending in a complete mindfudge of a finale. However, the Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10139270753246275861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6555488.post-33363834832036585962009-06-02T15:13:49.635-04:002009-06-02T15:13:49.635-04:00I think Lost is deliberately working from a differ...I think Lost is deliberately working from a different dramatic template than Battlestar though.<br /><br /> Lost uses broader, more melodramatic shades to elaborate its story; and for much of the time this suits the type of story it's trying to tell which often veers toward rompish, almost comic-book adventure.<br />It's coming at its themes and plot from a different stylistic perspective than Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6555488.post-23330803084182113442009-06-02T13:44:54.238-04:002009-06-02T13:44:54.238-04:00I recently finished season one, and I had pretty m...I recently finished season one, and I had pretty much the same reaction to it as you. I'm less frustrated by the lack of timely answers than by the flashbacks' frequent ridiculousness and lack of dramatic credibility and some of the more annoyingly contrived, only-on-network-TV characters like Sawyer and Kate, who seem to have been created entirely for the purpose of looking good on Entertainmenttheoldboynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6555488.post-25590323443864518662009-06-01T21:04:34.064-04:002009-06-01T21:04:34.064-04:00Let me know if you make it past season two... that...Let me know if you make it past season two... that is where I stopped as well. The flashbacks were to frequent for me to handle. It ruined the flow... my attention span is to small. I'll keep an eye on your blog to see if I should continue watching :) - JonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6555488.post-41983947810706189552009-06-01T17:33:38.502-04:002009-06-01T17:33:38.502-04:00Hi again! (must set up a google ID)
Despite casual...Hi again! (must set up a google ID)<br />Despite casual viewers and lots of the general public loving season 1 the most of all seasons, and often harping back to its supposed quality I remember my watching it at the time as being a mostly frustrating experience. I agree the flashbacks are often quite crudely constructed then, and the show seems quite timid in embracing its weirdness and/or Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6555488.post-64598186759862795072009-06-01T15:17:43.172-04:002009-06-01T15:17:43.172-04:00I can definitely see the Stephen King similarities...I can definitely see the Stephen King similarities. Knowing that Lindelof and Cuse were talking about doing a Dark Tower adaptation, I saw a ton of The Stand stuff in these first few episodes. The balancing of the large cast is very novelistic. <br /><br />The reason I criticize the idea that the show is all about puzzles is partially because I think, despite the flashbacks, there isn't the focusPatrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09483689490186954593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6555488.post-82583615692504840312009-06-01T13:16:54.485-04:002009-06-01T13:16:54.485-04:00Hi Patrick,
Yeah I think Lost is worth investing t...Hi Patrick,<br />Yeah I think Lost is worth investing time into for the long haul. <br />The characterisation is broader and less precise than a lot of similar 'prestige' shows, such as Battlestar; but it often co-ordinates its increasingly massive cast better than those other ensemble shows, and as it develops it continues to give key characters fun and humane showcases. <br />Lost derives from Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com