# Lost Girl TV Series Has A "War For The Oaks" Feel **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 24, 2012, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-girl-tv-series-has-a-war-for-the-oaks-feel/610482 "2012-01-24T06:17:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2012, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-girl-tv-series-has-a-war-for-the-oaks-feel/610482/1 "2012-01-24T06:17:30Z")
I read about a third of War for the Oaks by Emma Bull a few years ago, gave it up because I the story kinda dragged and the protagonist didn’t particularly grab me. But I find that “Lost Girl” has a very “War for the Oaks” feel … protagonist raised among humans is drawn into a war between two elements of the Fae, who live undetected among humankind. Nice contrast between mundane world and fairy world. Definite urban mythology feel to it. I found the ep I watched fairly … watchable. It was not horrible, which is saying a lot about a SyFy Channel original series. I’ll probably watch more, see how it goes. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2012, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-girl-tv-series-has-a-war-for-the-oaks-feel/610482/2 "2012-01-24T06:40:07Z")
I saw the pilot, and was interested enough to set up a series recording. The two chicks were hot (and looked great in tall leather boots), the other characters were funky enough, and the overall feel was otherworldy enough to keep me engaged. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2012, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-girl-tv-series-has-a-war-for-the-oaks-feel/610482/3 "2012-01-24T06:45:42Z")
We love “Lost Girl” - interesting characters, mostly believable writing, superpowers (basically - yeah, I know, they’re fae, not superheroes), good-looking guys and girls - what’s not to like? ---
**Author:** ![charmstr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/53a042/32.png) [@charmstr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/charmstr)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2012, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-girl-tv-series-has-a-war-for-the-oaks-feel/610482/4 "2012-01-24T18:39:38Z")
It’s not really a Syfy original series. It’s a Canadian show that is wrapping up its second season about the same time that SyFy started showing it. It has been an entertaining, sometimes VERY entertaining, program. This, along with [Todd and the Book of Pure Evil](http://www.tvrage.com/shows/id-26726) may be ushering in a new age of Canadian fantasy television. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2012, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-girl-tv-series-has-a-war-for-the-oaks-feel/610482/5 "2012-01-24T18:41:26Z")
We watch both those shows religiously, **charmstr**. What they lack in production values and special effects they make up for in being funny and not Hollywood over-processed pap. ---
**Author:** ![Moonlitherial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@Moonlitherial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonlitherial)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2012, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-girl-tv-series-has-a-war-for-the-oaks-feel/610482/6 "2012-01-24T19:17:23Z")
Ohhh, I hadn’t even heard of Todd, I’ll have to look that one up. Lost Girl is one of my the few tv shows that my husband and I watch together. It’s entertaining and hey, it’s in Toronto 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2012, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-girl-tv-series-has-a-war-for-the-oaks-feel/610482/7 "2012-01-24T19:23:28Z")
> [@charmstr](#): > > It’s not really a Syfy original series. That could explain the otherwise inexplicable watchability! ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2012, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-girl-tv-series-has-a-war-for-the-oaks-feel/610482/8 "2012-01-24T19:55:26Z")
> [@charmstr](#): > > It’s not really a Syfy original series. > [@Evil\_Captor](#): > > That could explain the otherwise inexplicable watchability! SyFy has a good track record with their original series. The movies, on the other hand… ---
**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2012, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-girl-tv-series-has-a-war-for-the-oaks-feel/610482/9 "2012-01-24T20:08:39Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > SyFy has a good track record with their original series. The movies, on the other hand… What, not a fan of _Sharktopus_? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![FordPrefect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e99b99/32.png) [@FordPrefect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FordPrefect)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2012, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-girl-tv-series-has-a-war-for-the-oaks-feel/610482/10 "2012-01-24T20:19:16Z")
> [@charmstr](#): > > It’s not really a Syfy original series. It’s a Canadian show that is wrapping up its second season about the same time that SyFy started showing it. It has been an entertaining, sometimes VERY entertaining, program. This, along with [Todd and the Book of Pure Evil](http://www.tvrage.com/shows/id-26726) may be ushering in a new age of Canadian fantasy television. Todd and Lost Girl are my and my wife’s favorite shows… Whatever Lost Girl lacks in believability it makes up for in pure Frenzy! Todd… I am still singing the chorus from the climax number in the last musical episode, “Being horny makes me horny!” I am too old to gyrate like Todd, but I am pretending I have the hips of a heavy metal frontman 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![charmstr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/53a042/32.png) [@charmstr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/charmstr)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2012, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-girl-tv-series-has-a-war-for-the-oaks-feel/610482/11 "2012-01-25T04:02:08Z")
I think _Lost Girl_ is the best of the Canadian fantasy shows I’ve watched, far superior to _Forever Knight_ and _Blood Ties_ (Maybe outsource your vampire actors? I’m just saying…), better than _Friday the 13th the Series_ and the first season of _The Listener_. The second season of the _The Listener_ was utterly disappointing, btw. My wife walked in while I was watching _Todd and the Book of Pure Evil_, looked at it disbelievingly and asked me what the hell it was. I explained that it was like _Buffy_ if it had been written by stoned 8th graders. I love it. Speaking of the musical episode, it struck me as odd that they used a first season episode as a framework for it, but it was still a highlight. Also I was quite surprised how good Atticus’ singing voice was in that episode. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2012, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-girl-tv-series-has-a-war-for-the-oaks-feel/610482/12 "2012-01-25T05:10:57Z")
> [@FordPrefect](#): > > Todd and Lost Girl are my and my wife’s favorite shows… Whatever Lost Girl lacks in believability it makes up for in pure Frenzy! And Kenzi! > [@](#): > > Todd… I am still singing the chorus from the climax number in the last musical episode, “Being horny makes me horny!” I am too old to gyrate like Todd, but I am pretending I have the hips of a heavy metal frontman 🙂 My husband bought the “Todd…” soundtrack, and walks around singing, “Our love is awesome, the way love should be, free from pain, and beeee-steee-ALLL-i-TEEEEE” all the time now. (From the “Phantom of Crowley High” musical episode. Yes, they have done more than one musical episode. 🙂 ) ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2012, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-girl-tv-series-has-a-war-for-the-oaks-feel/610482/13 "2012-01-25T07:15:15Z")
I have named the one dude Detective Coldplay because he looks sort of like Chris Martin to me. ---
**Author:** ![Dread\_Pirate\_Jimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dread_pirate_jimbo/32/3897_2.png) [@Dread\_Pirate\_Jimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dread_Pirate_Jimbo)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2012, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-girl-tv-series-has-a-war-for-the-oaks-feel/610482/14 "2012-01-25T14:59:09Z")
> [@Snooooopy](#): > > I have named the one dude Detective Coldplay because he looks sort of like Chris Martin to me. Now that you mention it, I can definitely see the resemblance. Of course, Chris Martin and Kris Holden-Reid would never be mistaken for each other with their shirts off, though – one is a musician; the other is a former world-class pentathelete. 🙂 I quite enjoy Lost Girl for doing a really solid job of integrating a fantasy universe into the modern world. My biggest issue with the show is that there’s always a warning about nudity at the start of every episode (and the end of every commerical break), but there’s never any nudity. False advertising, I say! :mad: And really, shouldn’t the succubus be totally doing it, like, all the time? The fans demand a lot more gratuitous nudity and sex! We have an autographed photo from occasional Todd (and Lost Girl) director [David Winning](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Winning), which we got at the Calgary Expo last year, where he was giving a talk about his experiences as a director on the Todd set in Winnipeg. Very cool! ---
**Author:** ![FordPrefect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e99b99/32.png) [@FordPrefect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FordPrefect)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2012, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-girl-tv-series-has-a-war-for-the-oaks-feel/610482/15 "2012-01-26T14:37:54Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > And Kenzi! 🙂 We refer to Kenzi as Frenzy ever since her threat to Lorne about breaking Bo’s heart. Quoting as close as I can remember, “If you hurt her anthropologists in the future will find your skeleton with your head bashed in by some awesome chick whose name rhymes with frenzy.” Speaking of Lorne and Bo, they have some of the sexiest sex scenes I have ever seen on a TV show… ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2012, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-girl-tv-series-has-a-war-for-the-oaks-feel/610482/16 "2012-01-26T16:53:02Z")
You had me confused there for a minute - who the heck is Lorne? Ah, _Lauren_! 🙂 (Yeah, those are some steamy scenes!) ---
**Author:** ![Dread\_Pirate\_Jimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dread_pirate_jimbo/32/3897_2.png) [@Dread\_Pirate\_Jimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dread_Pirate_Jimbo)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2012, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-girl-tv-series-has-a-war-for-the-oaks-feel/610482/17 "2012-01-26T17:35:08Z")
> [@cat whisperer](#): > > you had me confused there for a minute - who the heck is lorne? Ah, _lauren_! 🙂 (yeah, those are some steamy scenes!) More Nudity!!! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![FordPrefect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e99b99/32.png) [@FordPrefect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FordPrefect)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2012, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-girl-tv-series-has-a-war-for-the-oaks-feel/610482/18 "2012-01-26T17:55:46Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > You had me confused there for a minute - who the heck is Lorne? Ah, _Lauren_! 🙂 (Yeah, those are some steamy scenes!) Lauren? ha! I have always heard it as Lorne 🙂 ETA: my wife has probably been looking at me funny for pronouncing her name wrong and laughing in her glass at me 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Dread\_Pirate\_Jimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dread_pirate_jimbo/32/3897_2.png) [@Dread\_Pirate\_Jimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dread_Pirate_Jimbo)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2012, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-girl-tv-series-has-a-war-for-the-oaks-feel/610482/19 "2012-01-26T20:07:54Z")
[Link](http://www.showcase.ca/lostgirl/default.aspx)to the Lost Girl website, with all the info you could ever want about the show, including Lauren’s name. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2012, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-girl-tv-series-has-a-war-for-the-oaks-feel/610482/20 "2012-01-26T20:12:31Z")
Hey, I just remembered - you can download the full theme song from that link, with the “Video Killed the Fae-dio” Contest! I’m really enjoying the song. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-girl-tv-series-has-a-war-for-the-oaks-feel/610482.md?page=2)