This show NEEDS to end this season. It seemed, especially at this point, that the show really doesn’t have that much more to offer, and unfortunately since it’s one of ABC’s FOUR shows that get any attention and viewers, ABC’s gonna want it to go on forever, and all the writers can come up with is useless filler and digging the mystery hole even deeper.
I mean, it started out great, and even into season 2 was developing well. Season 1 helped get a grip on things, season 2 offered the “other” side of the island and even bigger look at what’s going on, and season 3 would be perfect for wrapping things up.
At this point, I haven’t given up, but I can’t watch it live anymore, not just for the constant commercials, but because I now fast forward every single flashback and moment that Charlie or Jack are on screen and then jump on here and TWoP to see if there’s anything important that I missed. When it takes 10 minutes to watch an episode, it doesn’t feel like I’m wasting my time.
The show became “Lost” to me when I read an AP interview with the producers who said, in essence, “ABC owns the show. If they want it to go on without us, we don’t have a choice. They’ll milk it as long as viewers keep turning in.”
This told me a) they have no plan for how this will end, and b) they have no control over when it will end. So what’s the point of watching?
Relevant to my last post, I found the article with the quote.
First, it wasn’t the Associated Press, it was a story by Kate O’Hare of Zap2it.com. It was published in January 2006:
Serialized television is a curious thing. The writers control where a story begins, but networks usually say when it ends. That’s especially true with a show that’s a hit, whether it’s “The X-Files” or “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” or “Lost .” Networks want hit shows to stay on as long as possible, even when the original story
arcs should have long since come to natural conclusions.
“The reality is,” [series co-creator Damon ] Lindelof says, "that Carlton [executive producer Carlton Cuse], myself, J.J. (co-creator J.J. Abrams), the creative brains behind the 'Lost ’ universe, we could all band together and say, ‘We’re ending the show after three seasons because that’s the arc. They get off the island, and we reveal all the things we want to reveal.’
“And the network would say, ‘No, you won’t.’ They will hire somebody and do ‘Lost ,’ with or without you.”
. . . And was it just me or did that island not look much more than 1/2 to 3/4 of a mile away? Not an extremely difficult swim for a healthy adult (which Sawyer is.) I guess there would be sharks, and there could be strong currents, but it didn’t look impossible to me at all.
The original Ironman triathlon starts with a 2.4 mile swim between two islands and lots of people do that every year, and believe me - they’re not all Ironmen. Plenty of people don’t finish.
Four sharks with eight dorsal fins, fifteen feet away from Sawyer with sixteen rows of teeth and twenty-three really nasty thoughts going through their heads about biting into him forty-two times.
Actually, they would be sharks with Dharma logos on them. And yes, I was thinking “I could swim that” when I saw the Island. Of course, my heart rate would go above 140, too (or whatever the limit was). Sawyer still can’t be sure he doesn’t have that pacemaker at this point.
My wife and I made a lot of jokes around them when we were really into the show (season 1.)
I’m glad that they admitted they were pulling his leg about the pacemaker. That was just way too contrived and over-the-top. My eyes almost rolled out of my head.
Like I said earlier, by far my biggest concern right now is who are the Others and what is their motivation? Why are they torturing the Losties, contradicting themselves about being peaceful goodguys, withholding info, etc.?
If that doesn’t get explained real soon, I’m finding my way off of this island.
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Four sharks with eight dorsal fins, fifteen feet away from Sawyer with sixteen rows of teeth and twenty-three really nasty thoughts going through their heads about biting into him forty-two times.
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Or the dogs, or the bees, or the dogs with bees in their mouths and when they bark they shoot bees at you!
That’s what you think There is no way off the island.
Actually, I see why people are getting bored with the show. I never watched X-Files or Twin Peaks, so I haven’t been burned before. Maybe I’ll get there, too, but I’m still digging it. Hey, I watch *24 *even though that show leaves so many open ends and has so many eye rolling moments that I need to see my optometrist every Tuesday.
I never watched X-Files or Twin Peaks, either. In fact, I’ve exactly 1 episode of X-Files and I liked it, but I did not realize until this thread that it was a continuing story. I thought each episode was self-contained.
Speaking of no way off the island, I agree with you. I don’t think we’ve seen the last of Michael and Walt.
Many “X-Files” episodes were self-contained. The better ones, some would argue. But there was a UFO story that continued throughout the whole series run and ended, poorly, most would agree, in the last episodes.
My wife and I made a lot of jokes around them when we were really into the show (season 1.)