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Post by silvermorgan on Sept 28, 2005 21:44:17 GMT -5
Okay, so I just finished watching this week's episode of Lost. Who are those creepy savages??!! I told my hubby that they were probably survivors of the last plane crash left to populate the island with their savagry.
And what is with those freakin' numbers! Anybody here good at those dumb crypto games from the newspapers?
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Post by mummifiedstalin on Sept 29, 2005 1:43:12 GMT -5
Did they reference a book called The Third Policeman? There was a small bit on NPR about how the publisher of that GREAT book was going to have to print a bunch of extra copies. It really is amazing...as is anything by Flann O'Brien...and by "anything," I mean the only couple other books he wrote.
But, seriously, what was it about?
And I've never watched the show. Is there something supernatural going on or what? Or is this going to be another X-Files where mysteries just pile up and nothing ever gets explained?
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Post by Melting Manos on Sept 29, 2005 9:40:30 GMT -5
And I've never watched the show. Is there something supernatural going on or what? Or is this going to be another X-Files where mysteries just pile up and nothing ever gets explained? Yes, there is definitely something supernatural going on. No one knows exactly what it is just yet, but I can tell this season is going to answer quite a few of the questions that were posed in the first season. As far as your opinion on The X-Files, I'm going to post what Mr. Atari posted on page one of this thread. I had not read this, but I can believe the creators said this. They seem to know exactly what they're doing here. "I think the X-Files ruined their mythology and never satisfied the fans. Interestingly, the producers of LOST have shared the same opinion. So I think it'll all be explained."
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Post by Mr. Atari on Oct 5, 2005 23:46:18 GMT -5
Another great episode tonight.
SPOILERS
I like how they explained the backstory of the hatch and Desmond. I also like how they dropped so many hints about the B.F. Skinner-influenced experiment.
I think the "others" that Michael, Jin, and Sawyer meet are really all of the tail section survivors. (Notice the clothes and look of the people who carry them in the nets to the hole).
I LOVED the way they had Jin speak at the end of the "Next week on LOST" trailer.
Any thoughts?
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Post by mummifiedstalin on Oct 5, 2005 23:53:27 GMT -5
Seriously.
Can anyone summarize the show for me so I can't talk to the rest of the world without having to watch it?
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Post by Mr. Atari on Oct 6, 2005 0:05:41 GMT -5
Seriously. Can anyone summarize the show for me so I can't talk to the rest of the world without having to watch it? A plane crashed. Some people survived on an island. They have adventures. It kinda goes from there. Or did you want more detail?
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Post by blookazoo on Oct 6, 2005 15:36:23 GMT -5
I think LOST sucks. Pardon my language.
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Post by Phantom Engineer on Oct 6, 2005 17:44:37 GMT -5
I think LOST sucks. Pardon my language. Then the best advice I can give you is, don't watch it. That's what I do with shows that I think suck. It works great!
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Post by blookazoo on Oct 6, 2005 17:51:16 GMT -5
I think LOST sucks. Pardon my language. Then the best advice I can give you is, don't watch it. That's what I do with shows that I think suck. It works great! Great advice! (Even though I usually do that with crap shows) I watched about 8 episodes and then it became very boring and not very suspenseful.
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Post by donmac on Oct 9, 2005 11:18:36 GMT -5
I love LOST - the best show on TV now (IMO). I haven't looked forward to the next episode of a major Network show like this since the Seasons 1-6 "heydays" of The X-Files.
BTW, Stephen King had a good article on LOST in his monthly column for "Entertainment Weekly" last month. He basically said the show is great, but warned the producers to not run it into the ground without any payoffs, as happened with The X-Files. He used the analogy of the old Western TV show Wagon Train in which they were always "wagon training" and never getting anywhere. So he asks the makers of LOST to wrap the show up after a few seasons and not to try to keep on "wagon training".
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Post by Shep on Oct 9, 2005 12:13:06 GMT -5
BTW, Stephen King had a good article on LOST in his monthly column for "Entertainment Weekly" last month. He basically said the show is great, but warned the producers to not run it into the ground without any payoffs, as happened with The X-Files. He used the analogy of the old Western TV show Wagon Train in which they were always "wagon training" and never getting anywhere. So he asks the makers of LOST to wrap the show up after a few seasons and not to try to keep on "wagon training". I think that's pretty good advice. (King has good taste in TV. "The Fugitive" is his fav show of all-time and it's one of mine, too.) If they can keep this level of quality up for 3 seaons, that'd be very impressive.
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Post by Phantom Engineer on Oct 9, 2005 17:17:41 GMT -5
True. Three would seem abut right but they usually want at least four to have enough episodes for syndication. But I hope it goes no further than three.
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Post by donmac on Oct 10, 2005 8:18:32 GMT -5
True. Three would seem abut right but they usually want at least four to have enough episodes for syndication. But I hope it goes no further than three. Supposedly, the makers of LOST have 5 seasons mapped out. By that, I don't mean actual scripts, but just a general story arc. I think they could go that far with the show, but they would need to end it then, and not try to stretch it out any further.
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Post by Shep on Oct 10, 2005 9:47:17 GMT -5
We'll know the show's officially jumped the shark if they do a flashback of Terry O'Quinn in high school and he's playing himself with a full head of hair. LOL
Won't happen.
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Post by donmac on Oct 10, 2005 10:16:54 GMT -5
I think one big problem on the show is the timespan of events vs. actor's actual aging. Season 1 covered a total of 44 days on the island, but the actors all aged a year (most noticable in the young boy, Walt). If each season is only going to be set over a timespan of a few weeks, as the seasons go on, the aging of the actors will stand out more and more.
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