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RE:Lost
« Reply #150 on: February 28, 2007, 10:17:08 PM »
The last episode was quite good, and the car was more symbolic, it is was meant to show that Hurley's curse may have been broken. It was a small event in terms of what happened, but the impact it had on the characters was life changing, especially for Hurley and Charlie. This episode is what Lost is about, the people and their lives, not the secrets of the island, that is more of a side story. This episode showed me why I care much for Hurley, Charlie, and Sawyer (Got to love the Skeletor commment). Not only that but the episode was more light hearted (Got to love Roger's head falling off) than it has been and things could get much darker now.

Not sure about the nitpicks about how the dog got the arm, it is quite obvious the island does things in order to get the characters into a particular situation, it isn't "Another" secret especially if you've been watching it. How that guy died is not important, it is what came of his death and how that connects to the characters. Personally I would rather people not watch it if they wish to change the focus from the characters to the "answers".  
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« Reply #151 on: February 28, 2007, 10:18:54 PM »
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Did Lost come bursting back to justify the 14/15-week gap? No.


Obviously you didn't see Flashes Before Your Eyes or Not in Portland which were both brilliant episodes. These last two have been more to help set up the characters for the prison break to occur.
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« Reply #152 on: February 28, 2007, 11:06:21 PM »
Its not so much about the "answers", but its the fact that they keep raising so many question as to what is going on and they never seem to answer any of them. There is a reason their rating have dropped significantly from season to season, and it because people stop trying to caring about whats going on, cause no one even knows whats really going on.

I like Hurley's character along with Sawyer's, but Charlie could pass and I wouldn't care. I don't mind chracter defining episodes with specific plot enhacing flashbacks, but move the freakin story along at a slightly quicker pace, and quit posing so many new questions getting to the answers of the old ones.

The thing with the dog was me nit-picking but its only cause they give me nothing else to focus on other than the little insignificant things going on cause nothing else is really happening. Its great that Hurley found hope and Charlie learned to just live and not worry about death. but it would have been better if we knew they had some other use for the car, or some better motivation to get a car running than to prove some curse of the numbers doesn't exist and that death isn't surrounding him.

I'm not sure what my real problem with the show is other than I'm just starting to not care anymore. They focused too much on the Others when I wanted to see what was happening with the original survivors mixed with the exceptionally long winter break between episodes and them killing off characters because of non-show related incedents all seem to have something to do with it. I wish they didn't kill off Eko, he could've quested on his own like the french chick & I wish they killed Charlie cause he annoys me

I'm not gonna say that Lost should be like Heroes, but they could definately learn a little something from the last episode that aired. We got all the background information that we need through flashbacks and all the while moving the story along(mostly cause the flashbacks were relevant to the story at hand and not some unconnected incedent that is similar to what is going on now).

Lost focuses so much on Character development that they forget most of us are still waiting to find out about the Island and whats actually going on there. The Island itself is a character and there is not enough focus on that character. I jsut realized that this went from a two sentece reply on to a multi paragraph ramble, so I'll just end it here.

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RE:Lost
« Reply #153 on: February 28, 2007, 11:39:44 PM »
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Did Lost come bursting back to justify the 14/15-week gap? No.


Obviously you didn't see Flashes Before Your Eyes or Not in Portland which were both brilliant episodes. These last two have been more to help set up the characters for the prison break to occur.


I've seen them both, but not the hurley one yet. They were good episodes, but not earth-shattering enough. If you've been off the air for such a substantial period of time, then you have to come back all guns blazing to re-ignite people's interest. Family Guy, arguably, did that after it's long absence. Lost didn't.

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« Reply #154 on: March 01, 2007, 03:34:36 AM »
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Did Lost come bursting back to justify the 14/15-week gap? No.


Obviously you didn't see Flashes Before Your Eyes or Not in Portland which were both brilliant episodes. These last two have been more to help set up the characters for the prison break to occur.


I've seen them both, but not the hurley one yet. They were good episodes, but not earth-shattering enough. If you've been off the air for such a substantial period of time, then you have to come back all guns blazing to re-ignite people's interest. Family Guy, arguably, did that after it's long absence. Lost didn't.


Well that definately is your opinion, it is common consensus that both the premier after the break, and the Desmond episode were some of the best Lost episodes in quite some time. Not only that but common consensus is that the Hurley one may have been more filler, but also a light hearted episode that was well done and engaging. I would not be surprised though if the car comes into play later on.

In regards to Lost being like Heroes, they are two different shows with different focuses. Heroes is a great show for what it is, but it is also a show that has way too many characters to know what to do with and so many plotlines to deal with, it can afford to give alot of answers, because it is such an expansive show.  
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RE: Lost
« Reply #155 on: March 01, 2007, 04:30:17 AM »
I just started watching Lost and I seem to enjoy any episode that doesn't have Freckles and the doctor in it as the main foci.  (AKA the less dramatic ones.)
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« Reply #156 on: March 01, 2007, 09:26:52 AM »
I'll go far to say that the Stargate Atlantis season finale was better than the way how Lost returned. The producers said the first 6 episodes were meant to be like a mini-season. Ep 5 with jack refusing to fix ben was big, but after that it whimpered along. I blame ABC, and to a point Sky One  

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Re: Lost
« Reply #157 on: May 14, 2009, 08:47:03 PM »
i watch star gate and I watch lost, Star Gate in no way even compares to lost. My dad watches that show like everyday and all i can think about is how low budget crap it is, and how unimportant each episode, and character, seem.

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Re: Lost
« Reply #158 on: February 02, 2010, 02:15:46 PM »
I gotta go clear off my DVR because I don't plan on watching this one right away. I think I will purposely be several weeks behind so that I can watch multiple hours of this in a row and not torture myself by spreading it out.

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Re: Lost
« Reply #159 on: February 02, 2010, 03:57:52 PM »
It's premiere day people, time to fire this thread up like a 12 year old Dharma van.

Top five Lost characters:
1. Sawyer
2. Sayid
3. Ben Linus
4. Desmond
5. Vincent the Dog

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Re: Lost
« Reply #160 on: February 02, 2010, 04:02:58 PM »
I gotta go clear off my DVR because I don't plan on watching this one right away. I think I will purposely be several weeks behind so that I can watch multiple hours of this in a row and not torture myself by spreading it out.

I'm really tempted to do the same thing as well, since I just had my DVR installed a few days ago.  I'm in the middle of rewatching Reboot and I have a fairly extensive anime backlog to work through, and Lost really works better as a marathon show anyway.
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Re: Lost
« Reply #161 on: February 02, 2010, 04:08:38 PM »
IMA WAITIN FOR THE DVD

BTW, this should go without saying, but be sure to use spoiler tags!
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Re: Lost
« Reply #162 on: February 02, 2010, 04:24:55 PM »
This is the first time I'm watching a season of Lost on TV instead of DVD or Hulu.

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« Reply #163 on: February 02, 2010, 04:38:07 PM »
This is the first time I'm watching a season of Lost on TV instead of DVD or Hulu.

Same here.  And it looks like I'll have to watch at least tonight's episode.  For some reason, my DVR can't ID ABC or its schedule so I'll have to record this one manually.
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Re: Lost
« Reply #164 on: February 02, 2010, 04:39:47 PM »
The show would drive me crazy if I had to watch it on regular TV.  I generally finish a season in about a week or two.  Spreading it out over several months would just kill the flow.
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Re: Lost
« Reply #165 on: February 02, 2010, 04:44:44 PM »
Vudu, what are spoiler tags? LOL
 
Ah, the return of Lost. I may well stack a few episodes up on my DVR as well, though I didn't have a problem last season watching week-to-week. As long as I can fast-forward through the commercials, I'm cool.
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Re: Lost
« Reply #166 on: February 02, 2010, 04:47:52 PM »
I'm starting to think I'm the only person in the world without a DVR.
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« Reply #167 on: February 02, 2010, 04:57:57 PM »
I don't have a DVR. I rarely watch TV shows in real time because you can catch almost anything through Hulu or iTunes or DVD

I'm watching it in real time so I can participate in the discussion and speculation as it goes along.

Low five Lost characters:
1. Keamy
2. Claire
3. Michael
4. Fake Locke WTF DID I JUST SAY
5. Charlotte
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« Reply #168 on: February 02, 2010, 05:01:45 PM »
I don't know who 2 of those characters are.  Who the hell are Keamy and Charlotte?
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« Reply #169 on: February 02, 2010, 05:14:06 PM »
Oh for Pete's sake. I thought the general rule of thumb was no spoilers for the current season but previous seasons were fair game. You've had time to catch up vudu. Those unknown characters are from season four. This is season six.

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Re: Lost
« Reply #170 on: February 02, 2010, 05:23:11 PM »
He just asked a question. you are over reacting.
I don't know who those 2 characters are either.

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« Reply #171 on: February 02, 2010, 05:24:29 PM »
He edited my previous post with capitals.

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« Reply #172 on: February 02, 2010, 05:26:57 PM »
I know who Fake Locke is, but it's a pretty big spoiler so it seems like general courtesy to use spoiler tags.  I'd feel bad if someone who's just getting into Lost sees this thread and says gee wiz, I think I'll pop in there and bond with everyone and make some friends and then sees some of this stuff from last season.

But I haven't a clue who the other two are.  I'm bad with names.  Is Charlotte the cute red head who dies via time travel in season 5?
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« Reply #173 on: February 02, 2010, 05:34:59 PM »
If that is the case Kirby Killer's first post spoils a surprise for someone just starting season one. [spoilers]Ana Lucia is more than a person at the airport bar, she is a major player in season 2[/spoiler]

Keamy is the head merc from the freighter who turns extra evil
Charlotte is the annoying red head who dies of time travel
Jack is a doctor who becomes the leader of the Oceanic Flight 815 survivors[/spoilers]

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Re: Lost
« Reply #174 on: February 02, 2010, 06:03:41 PM »
All the good lookin' girls die on this show. First the girl who Hurley fell in love with, then the merc girl, then the redhead. All we've got left is the Asian chick (THANKS, NO) and Kate (too much of a "sporty" body). Meanwhile, on the guy side of things, we've got Sawyer and Jack, both of whom I'd happily sleep with.

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