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Amen and hallelujah, brother!
It amazes me how angry and frustrated people seem to get when Lost continues to be what it has always been: a serial with a logically bizarre but dramatically effective narrative, revealed in little bits and pieces over the course of a long period of time, punctuated by well-written dialogue and performed as an absolute acting clinic by some of the performers (man oh man, Naveen Andrews is a great actor). I like this sort of show. I like the very slow reveal, the very gradual escalation of tension and uncertainty, the periodic but not episodic payoffs, the weird digressions of plot, and the solid (Fox, Lilly, Garcia, de Ravin) to expert-level (Emerson, Andrews, O’Quinn, Kim & Kim) acting.
I can absolutely understand not enjoying that kind of show, but it’s not like the show is billed as anything other than what it is. The willingness of people to keep wasting time watching something that they fundamentally don’t like is terribly strange to me.
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I’m frustrated with Lost because it’s such a good premise and the mystery is intriguing enough to make me want to keep watching, but for a lot of those things you mentioned I think the exact opposite. The dialogue of a given episode usually has a few clever lines, but the way characters talk to each other is usually boring and predictable. In many of the character moments (i.e. when the focus is on relationships), they often say the absolute most cliche thing you can say in that situation. And the way Jack kept talking about the things they would be doing when they got off the island-- my cliche-meter was just about to explode. It sounded so forced and unnatural.
That’s not even getting into the non-sensical way characters behave. The oft-mentioned ‘decision’ (between going with Jack vs. Locke) scene made me laugh out loud at how absurd it was. There’s no real comparing of notes, no debate, not even a single word about trying a third option (including the most logical one-- a cautious invite-and-observe, with most people safely hidden away). Also, Kate’s decision to go chasing after Naomi on her own, without telling anyone. HAVE YOU LEARNED NOTHING FROM ALL OF THOSE STUPID LACK-OF-COMMUNICATION-CAUSED DISASTERS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEFALLEN YOUR GROUP?!
Everyone is just so god-damned stupid, and in ways that real-life stupid people ain’t.
It also doesn’t help that this episode’s guest actor is one of the co-leads on The Wire, whose dialogue, acting, and plot execution make Lost seem like it was written by a Ritalin-deprived 2nd-grader.
I’ll still keep watching because of the plot, and for the occasional flashes of pure fun (the Nicky and Paolo episode, for example). I’m hooked, and no amount of bad dialogue or ultra-idiocy will keep me from discovering the secrets of the island. Just wish the trip wasn’t so :rolleyes: so often.
