Comments on: Lost (ABC TV Show) Is Becoming More Like Roadrunner and Star Wars with Every Episode

By: Chet

Chet — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 14:57:00 +0000

You might be interested in a follow-up to this story.

http://buzzdroid.com/lost-tv-show/point-made-lost-is-becoming-more-like-star-wars-with-every-episode/

By: Chet

Chet — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 12:30:51 +0000

Yes, you are making some great points for me. The “I’m everybody’s father” storyline, might be interesting and shocking to a 10 year old, but as and adult I find it tiresome, overdone, and somewhat insulting. I was embarassed for the writers while I was watching Jack’s Father tell Claire he was her father, too. Seriously, what is this? “Days of our Lives?” You don’t need to be the art film type to recognize crap.

After writing this, I spent some time on several of the Lost forums. Most of the conversation seems to be on the level of parsing farts.

By: Tommy

Tommy — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 02:48:34 +0000

I thought “Lost” had jumped the shark after a few episodes this season. That came on the tail end of a summer of wondering “How are they going to drag this out much longer?”

I disagree with you. After this last batch of episodes, I think they’ve saved the show. I think they realized they were jumping the shark and told the Fonz to back off, thus saving everything for at least the rest of this season for me.

Unlike you, I have been on the “Lost” boards and blogs and the speculation has been running rampant for years now. All with no accuracy whatsoever. That is an amazing thing as far as television is concerned.

I, for one, was shocked and dismayed when I was 10 years old and heard for the first time that Darth Vader was Luke’s father. I was nauseated 3 years later when I learned he was also Leia’s father. These things work for the vast majority of us who don’t consider ourselves to be an “art-film guy”.

I agree with you that I actually care very little about the characters at this point, but to me, the most interesting part of “Lost” has become the fact the writers are able to craft such a huge backstory that is so different from the beginning episodes. Don’t think for a minute that they had taken this thing this far when they were pitching it.