Catching up with LOST!

Elmo

So I have the Season 5 DVD at last.

So far on LOST lots of people appear and you know who the are and the other characters all look surprised that they are there.

But I am enjoying it all the same, much better than season 4 so far.

Terry O'Quinn is a very underrated actor and Locke remains the best character.

Elmo

So just finished the 5th season series of Lost.

I did stop watching it as I felt I could be waiting around for the conclusions each week, but I had to wait until now to get it.

I thought it was a good improvement on Season 4 and answered allot of questions such as the lights, the polar bears and the black smoke.

However it was a bit of a pain for the editors and director to think that something major was just revealed when the audience knew it about in previous episodes take for example when Penny meets with Eloise Hawking.

It goes something like this: -

Eloise: I am sorry about your husband, I believe my son is the cause of all this.

Close up of Penny surprised face

Penny: What your Ben's mother

Usual LOST type reaction shot and music as Eloise says

Eloise: No I am Daniel Faraday's mother

And there are many more cases of this right through out the season were the repeat what they have already told the audience in a manner that suit a revelation.

And we are left with even more questions.

Jacob's character seemed rush and his links to each of the character very unimaginative. And then Locke isn't Locke!

Sad Professor

Elmo wrote: »

However it was a bit of a pain for the editors and director to think that something major was just revealed when the audience knew it about in previous episodes take for example when Penny meets with Eloise Hawking.
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And there are many more cases of this right through out the season were the repeat what they have already told the audience in a manner that suit a revelation.

Yeah, the writers have occasionally made the mistake of underestimating the audience and over-prolonging a few revelations. Most people had guessed that Eloise was Faraday's mother in 5x03. But it wasn't really properly confirmed until that moment you described. I reckon most casual viewers wouldn't have copped it.

This isn't necessarily bad thing though. When you are watching week to week and debating things like the Eloise-Faraday connection, there's always a certain amount of scepticism. I think the show has to sometimes throw up a few obvious mysteries for the slower members of the audience to solve. It makes the bigger twists all the more unexpected.

That these revelations are sometimes too many and over-dramatised is a legitimate criticism though. I think some of the blame for this probably falls on Giacchino, whose musical cues have gotten increasingly heavy-handed since the first season. He needs to tone it down a notch.

Jacob's character seemed rush and his links to each of the character very unimaginative. And then Locke isn't Locke!

I don't think we've seen the last of Jacob though. And at this late stage, giving him more than a passing interaction with the characters would have felt overly retconish.

Any theories on Locke?

Elmo

Sad Professor wrote: »

Any theories on Locke?

Locke is the same as Jack's Father and Ben's Daughter. He is the Island? Something that is out to Kill Jacob, which may lead me back to the first scene in the second last episode!!!!!

Tragamin2k2

Favourite part of s5 maybe is:
Locke in the 50s: "Your name is Widmore, Charles Widmore?"
I loved that reveal, i had no idea at the time, when richard said widmore me jaw hit the floor

gustavo

Starting my Lost catch up now Gonna try to get through the 5 series before S06 starts

Series 1 so far is very good Sawyer has some great lines and everybody hates him still

Waiting for Ethan to show up now

cooker3

I just finished season 3 last week. I'm going to play the game next as never did first time round!

General musings
On review. I forgot how good season 1 was. While I knew it was great I kinda thought it would feel a bit slow as they were totally character driven but they were still riveting entertainment. If you look back. Up until Sayid went into the jungle and found Rousseau, nothing much happened bar the plane crash in terms of story. It was all about learning who these people were but it worked so well.

The hatch and the numbers wasn't as overused as I thought. I guess that possibly while watching it first time round it's what you concentrate, discuss and think about the most and that may have made it seem that way. Still overall I think looking back there is case that season 2 and 3 could have being combined together. It would have made it much tighter and I think there is a lot of superfluous stuff such as Ben's surgery could have been done away with.

My biggest complaint is about Walt. I forgot how much time they put into him and the idea that he is special. They have in no way paid that off and I am rather worried that they are not going to achieve this during season 6. I think this would be a huge hole in the overall story if it wasn't adequately explained.

Elmo

cooker3 wrote: »

On review. I forgot how good season 1 was. While I knew it was great I kinda thought it would feel a bit slow as they were totally character driven but they were still riveting entertainment. If you look back.

During all of season one I was saying that the whole thing had nothing to do with the Island and that the back stories (bar Jack's) were the most important part of the show.

My biggest complaint is about Walt. I forgot how much time they put into him and the idea that he is special. They have in no way paid that off and I am rather worried that they are not going to achieve this during season 6. I think this would be a huge hole in the overall story if it wasn't adequately explained.

And claire and her baby, while Arran remains in Lost we forget that the Tarot reader told her to put the child up for adoption. And why?

me-skywalker

Funniest moment when Locke gets the compass from Richard.

RICHARD: Second thing--no, no, pay attention. Next time we see each other, I'm not gonna recognize you. All right? You give me this. All right?

[Richard hands Locke something small, something we've seen before.]

LOCKE: What is this?

RICHARD: It's a compass.

LOCKE: What does it do?

RICHARD: It points north, John.

haha hilarious