Anyone who didn't follow Lost planning on watching now its over??
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Is anyone who never watched Lost, or anyone who gave up on Lost during its six year run, planning on watching from the strat now that the series has concluded????
I personally gave up on Lost early on in series 2. I sat down to watch an episode and got bored and never came back to it. I believed they were all dead and were in some sort of purgatory, but then the creative team dismissed this and I was intrigued to see how it all ended but never found the will to get past mid series 2 despite making various attempts! (I have watched series 1 - mid series 2 a number of times in an attempt to get back into it). Alas, I gave up.
Now however, with all the discussion, differences of opinion and different interpretaions being commented about by hard core losties, I am intrigued by it all. It seems that even people who followed closely disagree about what it all really meant!
Is anyone else curious and thinking of watching now Lost has concluded?? Or is anyone who gave up on lost at some point thinking of trying to get back into it??
I personally gave up on Lost early on in series 2. I sat down to watch an episode and got bored and never came back to it. I believed they were all dead and were in some sort of purgatory, but then the creative team dismissed this and I was intrigued to see how it all ended but never found the will to get past mid series 2 despite making various attempts! (I have watched series 1 - mid series 2 a number of times in an attempt to get back into it). Alas, I gave up.
Now however, with all the discussion, differences of opinion and different interpretaions being commented about by hard core losties, I am intrigued by it all. It seems that even people who followed closely disagree about what it all really meant!
Is anyone else curious and thinking of watching now Lost has concluded?? Or is anyone who gave up on lost at some point thinking of trying to get back into it??
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However, I Not sure if I need to spoiler this or not, given that you haven't watched it yet....
Most of the mysteries in your spoiler were answered...but each question answered gives you more questions.
But that's my point, the mysteries were the show, it answered some questions (like what was down the hatch) but in their place created others (why must the the numbers be entered) ad when they were answered it created new ones.
The ethos of the show (when I watched it) didn't seem to be "all about the characters". Yes there were characters in it whose story (past and present...and late future) was interesting but the what, why and how of the island was the main thrust.
Now I know that this apparently changed. It's more of a Grey's Anatomy show than it was originally marketed.
Either because they always intended it to be, or because they created so many questions they didn't have the answer to, it's now apparently a show all about Jack's journey and I don't think I want to give over hours of my life to learn about Jack's journey.
Yeh I know, I almost put all of, but the second is...woolly.
How many episodes had 'character moments' though, most seasons had a beach reunion montage of some sort; an episode like Dave was pretty much just character stuff, and there were lots of eps where 'nothing happened'.
I think depending on your schedule you have time to start now
And if you're taking it slowly download old episodes of jayandjack.com (cool lost podcast) as well as the official Lost podcast with the show creators.
Then don't.
I find it staggerring that you can come to so many conclusions about the show when you havent watched it all, yet going by the opinions of others you compare it to Greys Anatomy,absoloutley laughable.
I've never seen "Lost", but my sister is a big fan and I like the other Abrams shows "Alias" and "Fringe". So it was something I was planning to look at after the series ended.
I've never seen "the Sopranos", "the Wire" or the new BSG either. When my friends used to praise all these shows, I felt like the "I'll get me coat" man from the Fast Show.
hehe still not got into the Wire yet. Abrams had little to do with lost after the pilot, but if you like Alias story structure and themes you'll love Lost.
I do feel that I want to watch the series through again though, even if I do know what is to come.
Anyway I'm glad I brought you some joy in what must be a sad time for you
I missed all of those when they first ran, but funnily enough, those are the last 3 shows I watched. I watched all of the Wire, then all of the new BSG, and now I'm on season 5 of the Sopranos.
:-)!
Me too :yawn: