LOST -the iconic TV series- Legacy, etc (1 Viewer)

[boutte]

Hulu. Freezee has it too if you you don't have Hulu.

 

[boutte]

Where are you watching it?

Did you find it? Hulu took it down except for the last season.

 

[Semper]

Did you find it? Hulu took it down except for the last season.

I haven’t been home to even try man

 

[bigdaddysaints]

I haven’t been home to even try man

i think it's on Freevee, if you don't mind commercials

 

[Semper]

I am watching for the first time. I am on the final season with about 5 episodes left.

Something about me, I can’t start a series (for the most part) without watching all the way through.

So far this has been the biggest waste of time ever. The show is all over the place. I am finishing because I have to (just the way I am wired) but I am not liking it at all.

 

[Semper]

As a heads up I dispose shows that have so much flashback into the past. This may be my issue. I like things in order. Beginning to end.

 

[guidomerkinsrules]

As a heads up I dispose shows that have so much flashback into the past. This may be my issue. I like things in order. Beginning to end.

Well this was probably the 2nd to last show you should have watched
Please avoid Dark

 

[longtime lurker]

Their website “thefuselage” was awesome….that was the place to be to discuss theories on just what was going on. It’s a shame that site is gone now. It would be fun to go back and read all the ideas again.

 

[guidomerkinsrules]

Their website “thefuselage” was awesome….that was the place to be to discuss theories on just what was going on. It’s a shame that site is gone now. It would be fun to go back and read all the ideas again.

I was a big Lostpedia head

 

[DCSaints_Fan]

Network shows always felt kinda cheap after watching quality cable productions such as Soptanos and Breaking Bad

For some reason I could just never get into Lost. Felt a bit soap operay and “group conflict” as a central theme that was becoming typical of shows of that era. That and “generating mystery for the sake of mystery” and not to drive any larger plot arc.

 

[Consigliere]

As a heads up I dispose shows that have so much flashback into the past. This may be my issue. I like things in order. Beginning to end.

Please do not dispose Memento or Reservoir Dogs.

Personally, I dispose shows that promise a big payoff and do not deliver. Lost is the poster child of that genre. I dispose the hell out of it.

Except, Evangeline Lilly ca. 2004 wearing shorts - I do not dispose that.

 

[guidomerkinsrules]

Please do not dispose Memento or Reservoir Dogs.

Personally, I dispose shows that promise a big payoff and do not deliver. Lost is the poster child of that genre. I dispose the hell out of it.

Except, Evangeline Lilly ca. 2004 wearing shorts - I do not dispose that.

For whatever reason I usually feel honor bound to contextualize this narrative
The show’s creators envisioned something like a 60 episode story
It was ABC that kept pushing more shows (and this was at a time where going against a network was career suicide)
Creators finally put their foot down saying s6 was it
So writers strike + padding/adding a lot of story + Mr Eko leaving forcing writers to give his intended arc to Locke they just had to figure out how to land the plane ()

That being said - GoT is the prime example of an all time great show crashing to earth
Lost was an alltime great show that limped over the finish line
121 episodes - only a handful of those are tedious
That’s an incredible hit rate.
Because of its popularity and that it was one of the first internet discussion shows, Lost gets a lot of the ‘narrative’ hot takes that’s a staple of so much current content (disney umbrella shows in particular)

 

[Optimus Prime]

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again

Season One of Lost is one of the greatest TV seasons of all time

And Benjamin Linus was a great character

But the show definitely lost (ha!) its way. Last couple seasons were rough and that finale

 

[guidomerkinsrules]

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again

Season One of Lost is one of the greatest TV seasons of all time

And Benjamin Linus was a great character

But the show definitely lost (ha!) its way. Last couple seasons were rough and that finale

Like the worst of GoT is like an average Witcher episode, a bad Lost episode would be premium TWD
A bad episode of a great show is very seldom a bad episode of TV

 

[Consigliere]

For whatever reason I usually feel honor bound to contextualize this narrative
The show’s creators envisioned something like a 60 episode story
It was ABC that kept pushing more shows (and this was at a time where going against a network was career suicide)
Creators finally put their foot down saying s6 was it
So writers strike + padding/adding a lot of story + Mr Eko leaving forcing writers to give his intended arc to Locke they just had to figure out how to land the plane ()

That being said - GoT is the prime example of an all time great show crashing to earth
Lost was an alltime great show that limped over the finish line
121 episodes - only a handful of those are tedious
That’s an incredible hit rate.
Because of its popularity and that it was one of the first internet discussion shows, Lost gets a lot of the ‘narrative’ hot takes that’s a staple of so much current content (disney umbrella shows in particular)

The only worthwhile "arcs" in that show were on Evangeline Lilly and that Korean lady.

As to episodes, I agree the first 60 or so were good, but only because they built suspense.
The latter 60 were painfully bad as they exposed there would be no payoff resolution.

If we want to blame it on the network and give the writers a pass, that's fine. But somebody should have gone to jail.