# what do you think of LOST ? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 23, 2006, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-lost/357893 "2006-05-23T13:43:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Minotaurus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee59a6/32.png) [@Minotaurus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Minotaurus)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2006, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-lost/357893/1 "2006-05-23T13:43:22Z")
LOST: the promising tv-series that i thought was a mini-series i got tired after season 1 and only saw the 3-4 first episodes in seasons 2 this series irritated me more and more and i find it pathetic that so many are fascinated by this fraud :mad: the producers are just speculating how to keep the viewers hungry and curious and how to present yet another silly mystery to them I can’t stand this tv-series :mad: :mad: how about you? ---
**Author:** ![Menocchio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de053/32.png) [@Menocchio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Menocchio)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2006, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-lost/357893/2 "2006-05-23T13:59:03Z")
I love it. The characters and plot is still as strong as ever. I admit that it’s dipped a fair bit in quality in teh first season, but it’s still strong appointment television. The only thing I don’t understand is why people feel compelled to waste time talking about things they don’t enjoy. ---
**Author:** ![Menocchio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de053/32.png) [@Menocchio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Menocchio)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2006, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-lost/357893/3 "2006-05-23T14:49:38Z")
By the way, how could a TV show be a “fraud”? As long as its actually, you know, a show, as opposed to a test pattern interrupted by commercials or something, it seems that it’s delivering exactly as adverstised. ---
**Author:** ![Trion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@Trion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trion)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2006, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-lost/357893/4 "2006-05-23T15:00:34Z")
Generally speaking, I only use that many angry smilies when talking about serial killers and pedophiles. I just can’t get that worked up about forms of entertaimnent that other people like and I don’t. I like “Lost” a lot. Consider me pathetic if you must. ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2006, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-lost/357893/5 "2006-05-23T15:52:34Z")
> [@Minotaurus](#): > > I can’t stand this tv-series Then don’t watch it. There, that was easy. Now, go do some laundry. ---
**Author:** ![UncleRojelio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unclerojelio/32/3160_2.png) [@UncleRojelio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleRojelio)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2006, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-lost/357893/6 "2006-05-23T16:00:49Z")
> [@Minotaurus](#): > > I can’t stand this tv-series You don’t need the hyphen between tv and series. ---
**Author:** ![stpauler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@stpauler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpauler)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2006, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-lost/357893/7 "2006-05-23T16:08:29Z")
OP reminds me of that Dane Cook quote: > [@DC](#): > > Who doesn’t like movies? Who has ever said, “Hey, you wanna go see a movie?” > > “F **k that and f** k you, movies! The whole idea of it… it’s just wrong and fake and no.” As for LOST, I like it. It’s always got the soap opera dangling carrot which, once you accept, you can sit back and enjoy the ride. LOST is a shaggy dog tale with polar bears, and pirates, and smoky clouds, and backstories, and human drama. The ever-shifting focus only makes me want the story to get back on target and reveal the mysteries behind the curtains, but I’m sure it’s not going to be ever as good as this coaster’s hills. ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2006, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-lost/357893/8 "2006-05-23T16:20:29Z")
I hate Lost. Specifically, what I hate about it is that the second season won’t be available on DVD until October. Seriously, I’m (obviously) crazy about this series. The characters are fascinating, the mystery is engaging, and the continuing storylines are full of suspense. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2006, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-lost/357893/9 "2006-05-23T16:33:41Z")
> [@cmkeller](#): > > I hate Lost. > > Specifically, what I hate about it is that the second season won’t be available on DVD until October. October?!? ☹ ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2006, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-lost/357893/10 "2006-05-23T16:46:21Z")
[Afraid so.](http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=5595) ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2006, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-lost/357893/11 "2006-05-23T16:51:48Z")
The show has a lot of unexplained things, plot holes, and does still seem a bit like they’re making it up as they go along. But there’s nothing else like it on TV, and I mean that in a good way. ---
**Author:** ![well\_he\_s\_back](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3ab097/32.png) [@well\_he\_s\_back](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/well_he_s_back)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2006, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-lost/357893/12 "2006-05-23T16:55:14Z")
I also really enjoy “Lost”. It will inevitably go downhill in quality - I think all open ended TV series do. But in the meantime I’m enjoying the clever writing, origninal (for TV) situations, interesting characters and and actors. I guess I like my TV escapist, but well done, and “Lost” fits the bill. ---
**Author:** ![tremorviolet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47774/32.png) [@tremorviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tremorviolet)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2006, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-lost/357893/13 "2006-05-23T17:14:52Z")
I used to like Lost a lot but I’ve lost confidence that the writers really know where they’re headed and aren’t just making it up as they go along. ---
**Author:** ![Waenara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@Waenara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waenara)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2006, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-lost/357893/14 "2006-05-23T17:35:20Z")
> [@Minotaurus](#): > > i got tired after season 1 and only saw the 3-4 first episodes in seasons 2 > > this series irritated me more and more… Well, no wonder you’re irritated by it. _Lost_ is the kind of show where it’s very difficult to only see a couple episodes and then be ableto fully enjoy watching it. Sure, you could get the general gist of what’s going on, but _Lost_ heavily depends on backstory created in flashbacks, and smaller plot points that aren’t followed up on until many episodes later. I don’t have a TV right now, so I’m having my brother record the episodes for me. I got behind the last few weeks, so even though I could have watched the last episode live, I waited until I had time to catch up on the last few weeks first. ---
**Author:** ![Minotaurus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee59a6/32.png) [@Minotaurus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Minotaurus)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2006, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-lost/357893/15 "2006-05-23T18:18:57Z")
> [@tremorviolet](#): > > I used to like Lost a lot but I’ve lost confidence that the writers really know where they’re headed and aren’t just making it up as they go along. off course they don’t this isn’t a mini-series but a soap opera at it’s worst they don’t know where they are going, they are just speculating how to squeeze it to it’s maximum ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2006, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-lost/357893/16 "2006-05-23T18:19:14Z")
What do I think of _Lost?_ I think this says it all: I’ve encouraged my best friend to check it out from the beginning, but he never looked into it because based on its promotion he figured it was just another “pretty people on the beach” series. Finally, a month or so ago, an offhanded comparison to _The Prisoner_ managed to intrigue him enough that he decided he wanted to see it – but didn’t want to jump in in the middle. So I mailed him out every episode that had been broadcast so far (up to _Two for the Road_.) Three days after he received the discs, I talked to him about _Lost_ again, and he said (verbatim) “For me, the show is all about Locke, the hatch, and **Mr. Eko**.” _Three days!_ You know the series has hooks. It was fun to hash out all the subtle little stuff with him, too: “Did you notice such-and-such?” “Go back and look at hoo-de-hah frame-by-frame.” And, of course, the show being what it is, he noticed plenty of stuff that went past _me_. The pilot episode of _I Dream of Jeannie_ is quoted verbatim in _S.O.S._ fer instance… That went past me… I love it. A baroque tapestry woven out of elements as disparate as 17th century political philosophy, esoteric buddhism, the poppiest of pop-culture, capital-L Literature, etc… somehow made perfectly compatible with the network television staple of pretty people and their relationship dramas. It can be enjoyed as light fluff or as something to be obsessively analysed like Joyce’s _Ulysses_. Or both. Attacking a show that is the practical definition of a critical _and_ popular success seems as quixotic as, say, advancing a comically and anachronistically chauvinistic argument that women are more suited to menial work than men are. ---
**Author:** ![Minotaurus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee59a6/32.png) [@Minotaurus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Minotaurus)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2006, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-lost/357893/17 "2006-05-23T18:20:23Z")
> [@Waenara](#): > > Well, no wonder you’re irritated by it. _Lost_ is the kind of show where it’s very difficult to only see a couple episodes and then be ableto fully enjoy watching it. > > Sure, you could get the general gist of what’s going on, but _Lost_ heavily depends on backstory created in flashbacks, and smaller plot points that aren’t followed up on until many episodes later. I don’t have a TV right now, so I’m having my brother record the episodes for me. I got behind the last few weeks, so even though I could have watched the last episode live, I waited until I had time to catch up on the last few weeks first. those flashbacks was about the worst in the series and I i’m not the only one that thinks that ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2006, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-lost/357893/18 "2006-05-23T18:25:04Z")
> [@Minotaurus](#): > > this series irritated me more and more and i find it pathetic that so many are fascinated by this fraud :mad: > > the producers are just speculating how to keep the viewers hungry and curious and how to present yet another silly mystery to them > > I can’t stand this tv-series :mad: :mad: > > how about you? I find it pathetic that other’s taste in TV shows causes you such ire. I can’t stand daytime TV or any faux-reality show so much that I would rather watch a test pattern. People who enjoy such shows aren’t, however, pathetic. They just have different tastes than me. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2006, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-lost/357893/19 "2006-05-23T18:25:58Z")
My wife started watching during the first season. I figured I’d join. We were watching one episode and I asked if they were going to resolve the minor mystery being set up or are they just going to tease us. She said “Tease us, of course.” I haven’t watched since. ---
**Author:** ![Menocchio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de053/32.png) [@Menocchio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Menocchio)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2006, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-lost/357893/20 "2006-05-23T18:26:55Z")
I’m actually pretty sure they know where they’re headed. That is, the writers already know the secrets behind the Dharma Project, the smoke monster, the island, etc. What they don’t know is how to get there without ending the show. So it’s the stuff in between, the character work mostly, that they’re making up as they go along. Which is how every show ever has been produced so I don’t really see the problem here. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-lost/357893.md?page=2)