I'm sure you're all watching this show by now, and since I can't even really focus on the monitor because I'm so tired, I thought I would write eight paragraphs about Lost instead of writing more code for Wish List Live. (Incidentally- If you're looking to suggest gifts for me on Wish List Live, clicking the Feeds link at the top of the page will take you to a newsfeed of gadgets that goes back to May or so. I'm sure you'll find something I'd like in there.)
I'm not sure why I find Entertainment Weekly's article title, Fetus of Doom, so amusing, but I do. And if that wasn't one of the more freaky episodes since the pilot, I don't know which one was. (EW has more Lost info if you're really behind here. Catch up!)
Ok, so whatever happened to the big bad monster that was ripping down trees? In the answer to that question lies the heart of what I think is going on - nothing.
Say you were going to produce a show about a bunch of people crashing onto an island. Yawn. But say there is a bunch of strange Stephen King crap going on there, and everyone seems to be purgatoried here for a reason. That's a show - At least until the writers come clean and explain everything. But that's just it. That's the point I'm making. They're not going to come clean.
I mean, If I was going to assemble a show like this, I would write it like I expected it to run forever. I would keep throwing new weird junk at you viewers until you almost couldn't contain the possibilities, and then I would explain things away in a method that would simultaneously pop hanging conundrums like pins to balloons and inflate new herculean derigibles of madness and quandary.
I would continue applying the Tetris-principal until the very end when the network pulled the plug. The last episode would attempt to loosly tie up most of the major puzzle threads, but leave a lot hanging, probably in a way that would leave an opening for a very enigmatic but "wow, ain't that cool lost-on-an-island stuff" way.
So don't expect to ever get to the end of the mysteries. And don't expect to ever see a giant tree-eating monster, either. But enjoy the speculation - I mean, that's the fun part of the show, right?
I believe that thier (producers/writers) decision to give the back story to each character 1 per-show wasn't exactly the best way to go about it. Especially with each show being about 44 minutes.
One of the things that I thought was a little strange, was that the main or primary character Jack's story was told with someone else's and yet some of these other morons are being told on their own.
Either way, if they can develop the characters enough, they might be able to actually pull off the peril that is no doubt on its way.
I suppose they figure its hard to sympathize for someone that you could care less about, or know nothing about. However, if movie directors can make you love/hate a character in 2 hours, why can't these guys?
I think, before this boring stuff is over, I'll create a list of the characters I'd like to see whiped off the show (aka die) and those I'd like to see live.
I did this for Sopranos (not blogged) and I liked the outcome.
That's another weird thing about this show - my PVR hates it. It's something like 61 minutes long. I have to manually set the time to record or I miss the last couple minutes.
I have faith in J.J. Abrams to write a compelling show. I'm an Alias fan, (When is that starting up again? Sheesh!) so I doubt I'll be disappointed.
As far as character that I wouldn't mind seeing go, I'm not sure. I don't really hate any of them enough to get rid of them. (Trying very hard not to use the phrase "vote them off". Grr.) I find Michael a bit annoying, but that's really all for the survivors. I don't really like the character Danielle. But I don't think she'll be around too long, anyway.