Once again my friend Lizza brings up a great topic...but in this case I think she has the wrong idea.
On her Blog she posted about how she hates the ABC television show Lost. She said she watched the first season and got sick of the mysteries, bad acting and fat guy. She said she has cuddled up to watch a few partial episodes since then but not much else and still feels strongly that the show should get "lost." I told her exactly how I feel about her rant with some of these words, and then went on my own rant.
Come on now, Lizza, my love. Don't you think you are being harsh? Don't you think judging a 4 year old show off of 1 year of viewing is like judging a 16-year-old girl on the way she looked when she was 12. Not really fair. The show has evolved for sure. Plus, since you gave up, your not really a source of the matter anymore, true?
I didn't like the first season and a half, but I have been pretty entertained since then, and hey, if this baby turns 10 and I don't like it anymore, I can at least say for sure that years 3 and 4 rocked.
And I see where you are coming from with Hugo Hurley and his growth (how does he stay fat with barely any food?), but I actually really like the acting.
You've got to hand it to Lost that it is creative and entertaining to those who follow it AND it is different, which I really admire. What more can you ask in a show? I think it is important to judge a show based on both its relationships to other shows (1) and its relationship to itself (2). So as for Lost here is an evaluation:
1. Relationship to Other TV Shows: Better than a lot of other shows. Interesting. Different. Creative. Has fun media extensions on the Web, which might change the future of the industry. But doesn't have as many episodes as most shows in a season and makes you wait a long time for the next adventure. Sometimes doesn't go very far in an hour episode. Creatively challenges the format of linear storytelling, which is cool, but also challenges the format for actually linear time, which is annoying. Great job at keeping people posted on what has happened in the past will recaps and and pop up video style reruns, which I have not seen anyone else do.
2. Relationship to Itself: Challenging and stretching itself and creating a new format. Totally getting better all the time. Started answering its own questions at the end of the second season. Pretty consistent. Great Season finales. Not afraid to break genre rules and kill people's favorite characters but created its own rules so those people can come back in flashbacks, flash forwards, ghosts, weird island spirits, which is all kind of annoying.
Honestly, if anything, you have to give Lost credit for creative storytelling even if you hate the story itself. They have created a way to engage a multitasking society and generation in a new whole new way, so even with its weaknesses in story, I've got to give Lost props for breaking the mold.
Good call. I have to agree with you on some parts. I do enjoy that they have broken the mold. However, it reminds me of post-modern art which is anything is art if you call it art. When I watch an episode, I feel like I'm watching a rough draft. There is definitely creativity, but it's not polished enough for me. I don't if I'm explaining myself. There's no base, they break their own rules of reality, so I quickly go from being inside of it to "yeah, right, that would never happen" or "that character would never do or say that."
ReplyDeleteI'm interested to know that you liked later seasons better. I've mostly heard from other followers that the first seasons are better. Maybe I should start where I left off and see what I think about the second season.