# 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:** 3
**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, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-lost/357893/41 "2006-05-23T22:39:08Z")
let’s face it Lost is lost ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2006, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-lost/357893/42 "2006-05-23T22:43:46Z")
It’s a stupid show. I don’t know how anyone can watch it. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I need to work on my OP for episode 2.23. ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2006, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-lost/357893/43 "2006-05-23T23:03:57Z")
[QUOTE=Hogwash] As to all you ‘Why don’t you just stop watching it?’ folks I’ll say to you: I don’t hate the show. I used to love it. Now I just really like it. I want the finale to put me on the upbounce back to love again. [/QUOTE] For the record, the ‘Why don’t you just stop watching it?’ folks are not saying this to you, or to others whose feelings for the show have gone from love to like. Those of us who are avid fans of the show still nitpick and gripe plenty at some of the same things you mentioned (some episodes that feel like nothing happened, the lack of communication between the Losties, etc). However, the ‘Why don’t you stop watching?’ sentiment (or, more accurately, “Don’t like it? Don’t watch! But why get upset because I like it?”) is instead being expressed in response to folks like this: [QUOTE=Minotaurus] this series irritated me more and more and i find it pathetic that so many are fascinated by this fraud :mad: … I can’t stand this tv-series :mad: :mad: [/QUOTE] ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2006, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-lost/357893/44 "2006-05-23T23:06:17Z")
[QUOTE=Trion] Dinosaurs? When did we get dinosaurs? [/QUOTE] You mean you didn’t spot them? They were behind the penguins… ---
**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, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-lost/357893/45 "2006-05-23T23:12:26Z")
[QUOTE=Gozu] Which is fine for many people. That’s why Smallville and the O.C are popular. Some people want to watch a fantasy world as opposed to something like “The Wire” and have no problem suspending their disbelief for as long as it takes. I think some of us just have lower tolerance for that. That’s why I stopped liking 24 halfway through the second season yet the show is still a hit and is sure to continue airing for years to come.. [/QUOTE] I don’t like 24 any longer either. I was kinds sick of it after season 2 (the one with the nuke in the US desert). This was the first and only season I bother to watch of the series. Mostly because i got exhausted and tired of the concept + that I can’t stand seeing the face of Bauer again ---
**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, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-lost/357893/46 "2006-05-23T23:18:22Z")
the producers of Lost is laughing behind your back (while they get the fame and cash the money 😃 ) ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2006, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-lost/357893/47 "2006-05-23T23:22:21Z")
[QUOTE=Minotaurus] I don’t like 24 any longer either. I was kinds sick of it after season 2 (the one with the nuke in the US desert). This was the first and only season I bother to watch of the series. Mostly because i got exhausted and tired of the concept + that I can’t stand seeing the face of Bauer again [/QUOTE] Out of curiosity – what shows do you actually like? ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2006, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-lost/357893/48 "2006-05-23T23:33:48Z")
[QUOTE=Minotaurus] the producers of Lost is laughing behind your back (while they get the fame and cash the money 😃 ) [/QUOTE] This is getting tedious. You seem to be implying that those of us who like “Lost” have been hoodwinked in some way. I really don’t think anyone is chained to a recliner with his eyelids propped open, being forced to watch. If we like it, we watch it. If we stop liking it, we stop watching. Why you are so all-fired annoyed that some of us do enjoy this show? ---
**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, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-lost/357893/49 "2006-05-23T23:40:19Z")
[QUOTE=Hogwash] Other episodes have been frustrating in that they raise even more questions instead of attempting to solve at least some of the plethora of mysteries raised thus far. . [/QUOTE] exactly ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2006, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-lost/357893/50 "2006-05-23T23:42:55Z")
I gave up on “Lost” a few episodes into this season. I just didn’t care any more. I had been watching it basically for my husband, and he’s still watching it. ---
**Author:** ![Roadfood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9fc348/32.png) [@Roadfood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roadfood)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2006, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-lost/357893/51 "2006-05-23T23:46:28Z")
[QUOTE=Gozu] I’m with Minautorus on this one. I really liked the premise of the show and watched the entire first season with growing disbelief as the plot holes grew bigger and it became obvious the writers were just making shit up as they went along. It didn’t help that most of said shit is generic crap that neither arouses my interest nor challenges my brain in the slightest. [/QUOTE] I’m with you two, uh, too. I started out with really high hopes for the show. I really enjoyed the first few episodes. I watched the entire first season, my enjoyment of it going down pretty much with each episode. It became completely obvious that the writers/producers have no clue where it’s going, they’re just making it up as they go along (and I later read an interview with some of them that basically admitted as much; no, I don’t remember where it was so don’t bother asking for a cite). I watched the first two episodes of the second season, and I just couldn’t stand it. It was so dumb, dumb, excruciatingly DUMB. I stopped watching and I’ve never had the slightest inkling of a desire to go back. Give me **Flight 29 Down** any day; interesting, capable characters who work to survive, have their personal differences, but handle them in a rational, mature way. As opposed to **Lost** where the characters are totally unrealistic, and handle all their differences like cartoon characters. ---
**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, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-lost/357893/52 "2006-05-23T23:47:40Z")
[QUOTE=Monstre] Out of curiosity – what shows do you actually like? [/QUOTE] Cheers, Seinfeldt, MASH, Magnum I used to watch CSI Vegas, but i’ve gotten tired of it. I watch Cold Cases now and then ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2006, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-lost/357893/53 "2006-05-23T23:53:23Z")
[QUOTE=Minotaurus] the producers of Lost is laughing behind your back (while they get the fame and cash the money 😃 ) [/QUOTE] Whereas with a good tv show, it’d be the _audience_ who gets the fame and cashes the money! ---
**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, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-lost/357893/54 "2006-05-23T23:56:09Z")
[QUOTE=pinkfreud] This is getting tedious. You seem to be implying that those of us who like “Lost” have been hoodwinked in some way. I really don’t think anyone is chained to a recliner with his eyelids propped open, being forced to watch. If we like it, we watch it. If we stop liking it, we stop watching. Why you are so all-fired annoyed that some of us do enjoy this show? [/QUOTE] well this is a debate forum and i was curious to see how many liked it and disliked it. And the fact that this show seams so popular i USA and Europe and the fact that that i almost get sick every time when i see those commercials of the show that they air several times a day on one of those channel i use to watch It’s like the late 90’s when they aired all those commercials of the sitcom Friends (which I barley saw a whole episode of) But Friends was far worse than Lost 😃 ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2006, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-lost/357893/55 "2006-05-23T23:58:07Z")
I’m not a fan of stock-character island either. This is the sort of show I _ought_ to like, but I just don’t. Last summer, after hearing people praise it to high heavens last season, I decided to give it a second shot. Maybe I didn’t like it since I didn’t tune in orginally until episode 2. Turns out I just didn’t like it. OTOH, I have to thank the show for being Invasion’s lead-in which is probably the only reason it got a full season in. ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2006, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-lost/357893/56 "2006-05-24T00:28:13Z")
[QUOTE=Minotaurus] the producers of Lost is laughing behind your back (while they get the fame and cash the money 😃 ) [/QUOTE] Ah yes, and the producers of movies I like is laughing at me too, getting the fame and money cash… …and my favorite authors is getting rich off me, too, getting my cash fame and the money… …and those bastard villainous musicians is laughing at me for buying them’s CDs, getting my famous money rightful cash… …and I is not getting anything out of it all… Well, unless you count the movies, TV shows, books, and music that I happen to enjoy. But other than that, what’s in it for me? ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2006, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-lost/357893/57 "2006-05-24T00:41:23Z")
Just a suggestion to the OP… If you want to bash “Lost” you might want to open a Pit thread. As much as a lot of people like to gush about “Lost”, you’ll have plenty of company bashing it. Hell, most of us fans find aspects of it maddening. For instance: Why don’t those idiotic people talk to each other!! ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2006, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-lost/357893/58 "2006-05-24T01:28:19Z")
[QUOTE=Waenara] Sure, you could get the general gist of what’s going on, but _Lost_ heavily depends on backstory created in flashbacks, […] [/QUOTE] I disagree with that. I was a big fan originally because of Evangeline in her teeny tiny panties on the beach. It started going seriously downhill halfway through season one, when the dreaded Dean Koontz effect kicked in in full force. I even gave up on it for several episodes early in season 2, but ended up going back to it. I find that taping it, and fast forwarding through _all_ the non-island flashbacks improves the show tremendously. I’ve probably seen 5 episodes’ non-island flahsbacks total this season. And not a single moment of any of them have added anything to the show. I saw that Rose had cancer that the island mysteriously cured. And? Already had that info from Locke. I saw, uh, hmmm, oh yeah, that Ana Lucia nd Jack’s dad, uh, apparently knew each other. And? How does that add anything to anything? What was the point of that? What crucial context did that offer the current-day story? Not a whit. I also saw Hurley in the hospital with his imaginary friend. Whoopty do. I could easily have fast forwarded through that and not missed out on anything of interest. Sure, I’d have missed that Libby was in the hospital with him, but how exactly does that matter? They killed her off before doing anything with it, making it meaningless. The backstories suck and are pointless. The island stuff is increasingly irritating with its implausibility. Not just the ridiculously **stupid** shit like a flying, tree crushing smoke monster. (God damn that’s fucking stupid beyond belief.) But rather the monumentally idiotic behavior of the characters. Not to mention the sausage factory aspect of the show. How many women have ever been main characters? Kate, Claire, Sun, Shannon, Ana Lucia, and Libby. Three of those six have been killed off! What about the guys? Jack, Sawyer, Michael, Jin, Sayyid, Charlie, Locke, Eko, Hurley, Boone…only one of the ten guys has been offed. This show is a season and a half of interesting story boated out by irrelevant flashbacks padding it ad infinitum. And that seaosn and a half worth of story has become increasingly seat of the pants stupid. It’s rapidly turning into a circle jerk of a swordfight. I’ll keep watching, but my hand is ever-poised on the FFWD button. ---
**Author:** ![Stainz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@Stainz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stainz)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2006, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-lost/357893/59 "2006-05-24T01:51:27Z")
I was addicted until last week’s episode when all of a sudden I couldn’t STAND it. I don’t even care anymore what happens to these people. There are too many characters, too many back stories, and I too find it ridiculous that no-one is talking to each other. ---
**Author:** ![BlackKnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eb8c5e/32.png) [@BlackKnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlackKnight)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2006, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-lost/357893/60 "2006-05-24T08:18:06Z")
“Lost” is my guilty pleasure. The characters are unrealistic (for the most part) and some of the actors aren’t very good. However, I’m willing to accept certain flaws because I find the show intriguing. One of the most interesting things about the show isn’t really the show itself, but how the producers are using the Internet to promote it and reveal more information. The interplay between the audience and creators is fascinating. I suspect that more shows in the future will follow this path. They will increasingly become not just passive entertainment, but quasi-interactive using the Internet. Also, I greatly enjoy the fact that John Locke worked in a cardboard box factory. You lawyers and doctors and cops have dozens upon dozens of characters in countless shows that you can look up to. But those of us who work in cardboard box factories just have this one guy. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-lost/357893.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-lost/357893.md?page=4)