LOST has lost it

Smoggy

Lost is looisng my patience, I have seen the first episode of series 3 and its still going knowhere, its more like a soap than anything else.

Im getting close to giving up on it.

KdjaCL

Episode 2 shoud finish the job for you.


kdjac

Creamy Goodness

simple then, don't watch it.

what do you think they should do? want questions answered?

well tbh they want to run the show for as long as possible and answering questions without making new ones is the way they are going about it.

Smoggy

Just watched ep2 - LOST is binned for me. If they answered some questions I would be happy , but ALL you ever get are more questions and that isnt enough for me anymore.

If they want to run the show for as long as possible they better start answering some questions , as im sure that many people like me will start switching off. I think they should answer some of the older questions , but open up new ones. By giving the viewer nothing but insides into the characters in the show and a few external trivial island shows that dont go anywhere, they will start to lose viewers.

Lost is going down, as the biggest lead on in TV.

tvnutz

How many more of these threads will we get? Its the same rabblings again and again since mid way through season 1. You don't like it,don't watch it...end of story.

monkeyfudge

I do so enjoy watching people get fustrated when storylines don't hand everything to them on a plate.

The whole appeal of this show is supposed to be the mystery... I feel that they are back on form this season actually... last season felt very directionless overall untill they brought Ben's character in to start to pull things back on track.

DS

Yea I became frustrated with it once it lost the pace and tension of the first season, but it's a lot to expect of a TV show to maintain that kind of atmosphere over a few seasons. The nature of the plot means it has to be dragged out, not like a cop show where there's a new story every week. So you have to accept that you're going to be spoonfed the plot, and meanwhile you can concentrate on the good acting, high production values, and in general a higher quality of entertainment than 99% of the stuff on TV these days.

godtabh

DS wrote:

Yea I became frustrated with it once it lost the pace and tension of the first season, but it's a lot to expect of a TV show to maintain that kind of atmosphere over a few seasons. The nature of the plot means it has to be dragged out, not like a cop show where there's a new story every week. So you have to accept that you're going to be spoonfed the plot, and meanwhile you can concentrate on the good acting, high production values, and in general a higher quality of entertainment than 99% of the stuff on TV these days.

Thats why I like this show. It keeps you thinking. Whats gona happen next. What kind of plot changes are we gona have.

Metacortex

I don't understand these complaints, the mystery is what makes the show good.

fightin irish

Smoggy i can understand your frustration, But i gurantee you'll be watching the next episode or if you don't you'll read a review of whatever episode and be going mad to see it.

So did you look at the preview of episode 3 a few threads down? I assume not because

one of the main elements of season 1 seems to be back.

SoSueMe

Metacortex wrote:

I don't understand these complaints, the mystery is what makes the show good.

I completely agree. If people don't like Lost narritive then they should go and watch soaps.

layke

True enough, if anything all your questions will be answered in episode 24.
Exactly the same way they answered it in season one and two.

Well some questions anyway but it all makes sense after seeing it. I suspect in this series we find out who the others are and get a glimpse of the 'real' bad guys.

Smoggy

I have done a massive U-TURN with Lost, after watching ep 3, Im a lost fan again.

ixoy

Perish the thought that someone might criticize the structure of 'Lost'... Do people really need to be so churlish as to then say "go watch soaps" if they think some questions should be answered?

I completely agree that they should answer some of the older questions instead of piling on new ones. It's frustrating casual viewers (I hear increasing complaints about it from people around me) and, for me, makes me suspect ever more strongly that they don't have the answers to give.

The way certain elements are dropped and brought back weeks later, for example (not often with good reason) lends towards the idea that maybe the writers put them on a back burner until they've worked out where they're meant to be. The way characters refuse to address the situation and analyze it seems unrealistic but, more to the point, a tool to ensure the writers don't have to address.

I'll put it another way: Do all the hardcore 'Lost can do no wrong' people here seriously believe that the writers have all these plot elements coherently worked out? Do they believe that the dropping of certain elements is well planned? Do they believed shudden shifts/unexplained events are clever plotting and not merely a tool to give writers breathing room while they work out what the hell to do next?

I'm all for long-arcs and slowly unfolding stories: For example, 'The Wire' is, in many respects, much slower but there's a real coherent solidity to the storytelling as it builds towards its climaxes. I don't get the same feeling of a Masterplan to this show and more the idea of them constantly shifting the rug from beneath our feet, throwing fireworks into the air, and little snippets in a big effort of misdirection so we don't see the furious typing of infinite monkeys in the corner.

I'll continue to watch the show and generally enjoy it but so far am far from convinced it knows what it wants to be and where it wants to go. Anyone else think there's at least some foundation to these points? Or is there no fault to the vision of Damien and JJ?

Aoife-FM104

I'm with you ixoy. I think it is fairly clear now that the writers have no idea what to do. I heard an interview a while back where they said they only know what's going to happen in the next couple of episodes, i.e. THERE IS NOT MASTERPLAN. So they admitted they are making it up as they go along. To me, this just isn't acceptable. There are now TOO MANY unanswered questions. TOO MANY coincidences which can only be answered by either God or Aliens controlling them. It is not even remotely reasonable to believe these coincidences are coincidences.

For example, where has the smoke monster gone? How the **** can you have a smoke monster unless it is some kind of actual monster or alien?

It makes no sense.

Yes, like ixoy I will watch it (I don't have much else to do!) but I am not impressed.

doonothing

episode 2 was much much better than one or three i thought..
lost has lost the run of itself a bit, the mystery is good and all bt the quality has dropped immensely since season one, which was excellent tv. what happened lads