Lost to be cut by RTE

Sandals

Can't believe it, thank god for torrrents huh

RuggieBear

:eek:
where you find that out...? Have you a source/linkie???

Mr E

I find it hard to believe... whats your source?

Sandals

TmB wrote:

I find it hard to believe... whats your source?

YEah I cant find it on internet but my cousin from Dalkey just texted me horrified

cregser

So it's gonna be one of those 2am repeat jobs again for RTE?

mad m

Wouldnt surprise me,sure the Live8 is not live on RTE,a couple of artists behind BBC. :rolleyes:

OFDM

"Cut" as in axed or "cut" as in censored?

Sandals

OFDM wrote:

"Cut" as in axed or "cut" as in censored?

axed of course

p~b

its about time they cut it, its a load of crap

Sandals

p~b wrote:

its about time they cut it, its a load of crap

what does your user-name mean?

RuggieBear

p~b wrote:

its about time they cut it, its a load of crap

pray tell me more...?

p~b

i just think its dreadful acting, a crap story and its poorly put together and by the looks of it a lot of people think that too if RTE are gonna cut it.

finally RTE have done something right

Roddy23

was this the most expensive programme they ever payed to bring to RTE.

Sandals

yup

p~b

Roddy23 wrote:

was this the most expensive programme they ever payed to bring to RTE.

what a waste of money, RTE could of got 2 or 3 good shows instead

OFDM

Only source we have so far is somebody's friend's text message - I want evidence...

What were Lost's ratings in the U.S. like?

Sandals

OFDM wrote:

Only source we have so far is somebody's friends text message - I want evidence...

What were Lost's ratings in the US like?

You missed the second apostrophe.

Roddy23

Your sentence is missing a full stop.

Polly19

They cant axe it!!

Its just getting good and I wanna know what the island monster looks like!!!

cregser

It doesn't do too bad in the ratings

Creamy Goodness

lads i've never seen this show in my life but if you are going on one source that is some guy's friend - from Dalkey (which is completely irrelevant) - then i'd say it's as good as safe until there's solid proof.

remember innocent until proven guilty, how about still airing until told otherwise by the shows broadcaster?

Sandals

Cremo wrote:

lads i've never seen this show in my life but if you are going on one source that is some guy's friend - from Dalkey (which is completely irrelevant) - then i'd say it's as good as safe until there's solid proof.

remember innocent until proven guilty, how about still airing until told otherwise by the shows broadcaster?

Hear Hear

tvnutz

This is a load of bull...its is getting 250,000 viewers a week and they still have ads on for each episode. Please lock this BS thread with some git making up lies. Would RTE cut the best show on their crappy little network?...well actually you never know with RTE lol,but thats not the point,the ratings are in the top 10,O2 have paid a lot of advertising rights. This thread is BS.

tvnutz

p~b wrote:

i just think its dreadful acting, a crap story and its poorly put together and by the looks of it a lot of people think that too if RTE are gonna cut it.

finally RTE have done something right

Its in the top 10 ratings every week...it has better acting than most shows on tv,you have no idea what the story is after 7 episode,no idea AT ALL,and,ye,basically its the best thing on tv!

Sandals

tvnutz wrote:

you have no idea what the story is after 7 episode,no idea AT ALL,:D

Oh it must be brilliant then.

p~b

what do you expect from sandals, he seems to be doing quite a bit of lying

Sandals

p~b wrote:

what do you expect from sandals, he seems to be doing quite a bit of lying

Hey what the hell are you talkin about, Robbie williams is gay, that is not a lie

tvnutz

Sandals wrote:

Oh it must be brilliant then.

well I didnt say that,its what i think,but I didnt say that...4 days have passed on the island in 6 eps,compared to the rest of the season,nothing has happened yet. Eps 10 and 11 is where it starts to get going!

is_that_so

Not surprised if it turn out to be true. As I posted elsewhere I thought it was a very poor premise and certainly not worth the money. To be fair there are at least half a dozen other imported programmes that deserve to be canned. My own feeling is that RTE should do as it is meant and actually commission programmes instead of being lazy and buying everything in from the US and UK. They've had a couple of successes of their own of late and they could even make money out of it.

Sarsfield

tvnutz wrote:

Eps 10 and 11 is where it starts to get going!

Then why didn't they condense the first 9 episodes into 30 minutes? I think it's been a big disappointment so far. Don't know why I'm still watching it.

tvnutz

is_that_so wrote:

Not surprised if it turn out to be true. As I posted elsewhere I thought it was a very poor premise and certainly not worth the money. To be fair there are at least half a dozen other imported programmes that deserve to be canned. My own feeling is that RTE should do as it is meant and actually commission programmes instead of being lazy and buying everything in from the US and UK. They've had a couple of successes of their own of late and they could even make money out of it.

Kind of poor statement there...its getting 1/4 million viewers,O2 payed a crap load of advertising,seems like they are making money to me...and this thread is just some guy making it up, FYI

tvnutz

Sarsfield wrote:

Then why didn't they condense the first 9 episodes into 30 minutes? I think it's been a big disappointment so far. Don't know why I'm still watching it.

If you dont like it,sod off then ffs! they are introducing the characters and the mystery of the island first,you cant just have them all bond on the first day...id rather you stop watching than come in bitching about it...

is_that_so

tvnutz wrote:

Kind of poor statement there...its getting 1/4 million viewers,O2 payed a crap load of advertising,seems like they are making money to me...and this thread is just some guy making it up, FYI

I think you'll find my comments, though a little off topic are to do with RTE's raison d'etre - programme making. This programme is merely symptomatic of the laziness that pervades RTE. I am indifferent to whether it comes or goes, but if it does go, would happily dispatch a few more as well.

PS I'm with the poster who suggested condensing it. It would have been great as a two part mini-series .

Sandals

Yeah they should condense it.
(BTW I saw all 25 episode, its ok but not great.)

tvnutz

is_that_so wrote:

I think you'll find my comments, though a little off topic are to do with RTE's raison d'etre - programme making. This programme is merely symptomatic of the laziness that pervades RTE. I am indifferent to whether it comes or goes, but if it does go, would happily dispatch a few more as well.

PS I'm with the poster who suggested condensing it. It would have been great as a two part mini-series .

I keep saying it...you havnt seen what this show is about,whats about to come,you coudl never fit into a 2 part mini-series.

Im also kind of drunk at the mo,so forgive my bitchiness

tvnutz

Sandals wrote:

Yeah they should condense it.
(BTW I saw all 25 episode, its ok but not great.)

I guess thats all a matter of opinion...because I would say it was damn brilliant,better than much of the crap you find on tv.

whiskeyman

cregser wrote:

It doesn't do too bad in the ratings

Actually, thats woeful ratings for what is (and was hyped to be) RTE2s big season show.... especially given the huge amount they paid for it.
It's definately nowhere near the success of Friends or ER, and the ad buying agencies are losing confidence over it.


It may have actually been a smarter policy to wait until just before it was being shown in the UK... just hold off a week or two in advance. That way, RTE would have gained from "spill-over" media hype that would have captured a greater audience. (Havent 5 bought it? Surprised no one bigger bought it if so... perhaps they thought it wouldnt go down well....)
For example, Desperate Housewives pulled in between around 350 to 400k a week. Everyone I know watched it on RTE and the hype created by the program was amazing.

Personally, I think the first two eps put a lot of people off (me included) and it just never recovered.

I never hear anyone in my workplace or in pubs talking about it.
Looks like the planners at RTE screwed up royaly.
Time to invest our licence money elsewhere! Bring on more home talent quick!!

is_that_so

tvnutz wrote:

I keep saying it...you havnt seen what this show is about,whats about to come,you coudl never fit into a 2 part mini-series.

Im also kind of drunk at the mo,so forgive my bitchiness

No worries, I'll leave you to it. As I said I posted a while back on the merits of the show. Let's just say I passed on it.

Agree with this, similar to my position on it.

whiskeyman wrote:

Personally, I think the first two eps put a lot of people off (me included) and it just never recovered.

Sandals

tvnutz wrote:

I guess thats all a matter of opinion...because I would say it was damn brilliant,better than much of the crap you find on tv.

DId you see Veronica Mars?

tvnutz

Sandals wrote:

DId you see Veronica Mars?

That hasnt been on tv yet...so no.

Draupnir

whiskeyman wrote:

Actually, thats woeful ratings for what is (and was hyped to be) RTE2s big season show.... especially given the huge amount they paid for it.
It's definately nowhere near the success of Friends or ER, and the ad buying agencies are losing confidence over it.


It may have actually been a smarter policy to wait until it was being shown in the UK... just hold off a week or two in advance. That way, RTE would have gained from "spill-over" media hype that would have captured a greater audience.
For example, Desperate Housewives pulled in between around 350 to 400k a week. Everyone I know watched it on RTE and the hype created by the program was amazing.

Personally, I think the first two eps put a lot of people off (me included) and it just never recovered.

I never hear anyone in my workplace or in pubs talking about it.
Looks like the planners at RTE screwed up royaly.
Time to invest our licence money elsewhere! Bring on more home talent quick!!

It only gets lower ratings than Friends because it is on much later and is less appealing to the wide range of people who are interested in Friends in terms of age/intelligence.

LOST is fantastic, having seen it all, you dont wanna miss out.

tvnutz

whiskeyman wrote:

Actually, thats woeful ratings for what is (and was hyped to be) RTE2s big season show.... especially given the huge amount they paid for it.
It's definately nowhere near the success of Friends or ER, and the ad buying agencies are losing confidence over it.


It may have actually been a smarter policy to wait until it was being shown in the UK... just hold off a week or two in advance. That way, RTE would have gained from "spill-over" media hype that would have captured a greater audience.
For example, Desperate Housewives pulled in between around 350 to 400k a week. Everyone I know watched it on RTE and the hype created by the program was amazing.

Personally, I think the first two eps put a lot of people off (me included) and it just never recovered.

I never hear anyone in my workplace or in pubs talking about it.
Looks like the planners at RTE screwed up royaly.
Time to invest our licence money elsewhere! Bring on more home talent quick!!

DH was always going to be a hit because of the amount of women that tune in,250,000 is good for an RTE show,but I agree they should have waited until E4 started advertising it. The CSI shows are still getting regular slots and are only averaging about 170,000 a week,so this talk of them axing it is a load of bull.

Frankieboy

tvnutz wrote:

Eps 10 and 11 is where it starts to get going!

I would strongly agree with this. I'd even go as far as to say ep 9. Anyone that is getting bored at round ep 6/7 I wouldn't blame u cause they are pretty crap. I strongly suggest u stick it out.

tvnutz

Draupnir wrote:

It only gets lower ratings than Friends because it is on much later and is less appealing to the wide range of people who are interested in Friends in terms of age/intelligence.

LOST is fantastic, having seen it all, you dont wanna miss out.

I like the intelligence remark lol its probably true for a lot of people...like many I have heard say the show is "unrealistic",ummm...If they made it realistic,wouldn't it just be Survivor?...

Sandals

tvnutz wrote:

I like the intelligence remark lol its probably true for a lot of people...like many I have heard say the show is "unrealistic",ummm...If they made it realistic,wouldn't it just be Survivor?...

No the word realistic in that context does not relate to being fictitious or non fictitious they are saying it is blatantly impossible to believe eg. ALl survivors surving(I know that sounds ****ed up its late, who cares,)


(where Is Aristotle gone, he was such good fun!?

tvnutz

Sandals wrote:

No the word realistic in that context does not relate to being fictitious or non fictitious they are saying it is blatantly impossible to believe eg. ALl survivors surving(I know that sounds ****ed up its late, who cares,)


(where Is Aristotle gone, he was such good fun!?

I thought you said you saw the whole season? if you had you would know

they survived with only small cuts for a reason,as Locke has stressed,its fate!

and ye i wouldnt really care much either,except kinda drink and getting annoying waiting for the WHO to come on,all the while knowing RTE probbaly missed it or something!

Frankieboy

Sandals wrote:

ALl survivors surving(I know that sounds ****ed up its late, who cares,)


Did you just say all survivors survived?

Or did you mean all the passengers survived, cause they didn't

Sandals

tvnutz wrote:

I thought you said you saw the whole season? if you had you would know

they survived with only small cuts for a reason,as Locke has stressed,its fate!

and ye i wouldnt really care much either,except kinda drink and getting annoying waiting for the WHO to come on,all the while knowing RTE probbaly missed it or something!

yes I saw the whole season but that is not realistic is what I am saying never mind, I dont want to argue anymore good night,
enjoy the WHo

tvnutz

Sandals wrote:

yes I saw the whole season but that is not realistic is what I am saying never mind, I dont want to argue anymore good night,
enjoy the WHo

lol..ye i think im at the "whatever" stage as well...thanks for posting a thread thats sure to be a load of bull poop

mad m

Sandals wrote:

You missed the second apostrophe.

Only six minutes till edited,good going.

Now as regards to Lost,its a good show.Granted it does take its time to get going but give it a chance.Well unless you have seen all of the first series by now?

Oops just read you have seen all of first series.Well then its just not your cup of tea.

steveland?

Unless you have an actual source for this I'm going to lock it...