L o s t (SPOILERS!)
 

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Okay, this is a show that I am really into.

With season 5 really getting into the whole time travel thing, and the amount of character storylines makes this a good show to share theories and ideas. To let you know how big a fan I am, I watch them when they air, then online, and then I buy the dvd and watch it probably 2 more times. It seems like I always miss something.

Before I go onto a 5 page report, I would like to see how many people are interested in it, how much of the show you know, and maybe even your favorite characters or moments.

I actually never saw this show before in my life..then around November I borrowed all the seasons from someone and watched them all over the period of about 3 months. It's now one of my favorite shows. Sure, the plot devices are kind of farfetched, and there are plot holes here and there.. but I think they do a pretty good job of tying most of it up..and they never fail to introduce new plot points to keep you watching....those damn cliffhangers!

Yeah this show is the diggity dank, yo! :lol:

This is my first season watching it on TV and it's agonizing!

I borrowed Seasons 1 & 2 from a friend, which got the ball rolling. I watched both seasons in under 3 weeks. Then I Netflixed Season 3 and that was done in another 2 weeks. Then I downloaded Season 4 (not out on DVD yet) and actually finished that in under a week.

So... first four seasons in less than 2 months. :o

Then I had to wait like 5 months for Season 5, and it is killing me to have to watch commercials and wait another week in between each one, but this show is worth it.

While the show is still enjoyable season 5 is the first one with bad acting and bad dialogue. I have faith in the writers but some of the time travel stuff is also pretty hard to swallow.

Meh, I thought it just finally got interesting again, but I'm a sci-fi fan so....yeah.

Season 1 had some pretty corny dialogue too in parts...I think the time travel thing is a little farfetched too, but I don't take this show as being grounded in reality...maybe a loose version of reality.

The thing that keeps me watching is episodes like the last one, where they introduce like 5 different questions then leave you hanging...

Yeah, the last episode must have set a new record in the unanswered question section.

I loved the first two seasons, then got progressively more cold on the series. I still watch every episode, but I've found myself very disconnected from it since the sh*tty 4th season.

I personally think that season 4 was on par with season 1. I don't see anything wrong with it.

Lost's probably my current favourite show on TV. I'm a big fan of shows that exist primarily to f*** with your head.

I didn't like that there was a ton of off island stuff. I enjoyed the show more when it was about people with conflicting personalities trying to survive on an island with an immense amount of mystery surrounding them. The whole "lost on a mystical island" thing pretty much dissipated for me in season 4, and that's what I enjoyed about the show.

It just doesn't feel the same anymore.

I thought the first couple of episodes of season five were lame but the recent ones have been a lot more interesting. I do hope they'll be really careful with the time travel elements though; I already feel like a lot of the show's mysticism has been explained away by sci-fi babble and I'd hate to see this trend continue.

What off island stuff? You mean the flash-forewards? You do realize that if they still did flashbacks, they would be off the island, right? I think season 4 was probably the best since season 1. The flash-forewards were a breath of fresh air and seriously, is there a better episode of Lost then The Constant? For me the first 3 episodes of this season were pretty damn good. Then the next two were kind of dragging but this week's episode was amazing. I feel like the story to this season is really getting started and the previous 5 episodes were like one long prolouge. I'm kind of hoping all the time travel is a one season thing. I liked the time travel they did with Desmond, but they went over board with it in the first 5 episodes this season.

I don't mean physically off island, because obviously the first 3 seasons had flashbacks. I mean that there was so much influence on the island by off island forces. It made it seem less secluded to me, which is one of the things I loved about Lost. I should note that I didn't like the fact the Others had means of contacting the outside world, either. The fact that there was any connection to the normal world available on the island has always been a source of annoyance.

Okay, that makes sense. This particular issue is getting worse in the new season, too.

My problem with the show is that I could never understand their motivation. Locke was right. Why in the hell do they want to leave so badly? They all came from their own variable hells in the real world, and now they're dropped on a magical tropical island with all the modern amenities (Cable TV) and endless beauty, yet all they want to do is leave. Makes for a good plot, but sure beats the hell out of me. I always feel like Ricardo Montalbán is just about to jump out from behind a tree in the white pimp suit and slap them upside the head.

Maybe that's one of the reasons I'm enjoying this season more than season four, because their line of thought is now in alignment with mine. They want to go back.

I usually have no idea what's going on in this show or what is going to happen, ever. It is appropriately titled, yet I just love it :) The stranger it gets, the more it sucks me in. I've got the DVDs for the same reason-you miss so much stuff (do you ever visit the Lost Ninja?)

Not going to spoil anything in case someone hasn't seen it yet, but tonight's episode TOTALLY cemented why Benjamin Linus is the craziest, meanest, most unpredictable SOB in television history....

Yeah, I'll have to agree with that. That was one of the great mindfu*ks of 21st Century television.

I've never both hated and loved a character as much as Ben Linus. Enjoyed the episode a lot tonight, but as usual, lots of questions springing up and very few being answered.

Dude, you gotta tell me where you went to school for hyperbole. I've never seen it done better, and on such a regular basis. You should work for Fox News.

You take that back. :cry:

this show is getting fantastically convoluted, in true Lost form the only answers we got have just lead to a dozen more questions!

ROFL! I was just jokin', brotha.

I like the fact that the big OMFG moment last night wasn't reliant on something mystical or scientific or anything like that, but a genuine human moment. The sci-fi/mystical stuff is interesting and provides its own entertainment and waves of mindscrews, but the show's heart is in the people's lives and their interactions.

Also: Counted three Jackfaces in that episode :lol:

I can't believe I've never heard of that before! :lol:

Nothing so far this season has topped when FLAMING ARROWS RAINED DOWN FROM THE SKY IN A BLOODY CACOPHONY OF DEATH.

I'd still like some follow up on that, please.

MORE BURNING.

Why are their clothes so clean in that picture?

The most recent episode-

I love this show, been a die-hard fan since the epic first episode!

Honestly, I've never EVER been bored or disappointed with this show...not once. For me, it's always been pretty epic. It's my favorite show on tv.

Okay, so we saw the statue again. I still want to know WHO SHOT THE FLAMING ARROWS?

Prehistoric "Others?"

Did they build the four-toed statue?

Is Richard prehistoric, or one of those "Island" Dead folks like Christian?

I love that in the 5th season out of 6 we are still asking more questions than are getting answered.

With the latest episode the show has reinvented itself once again and I guess it's safe to assume that we're finally going to learn more about the Dharma initiative.
Also, it's good that the time flashes are over for now, that stuff was getting old pretty fast.

I wasn't home on Wednesday, so I just got around to watching the latest episode, and...

I don't think I've ever seen a kid get shot on TV before. That was kinda surprising to me. I mean, I've seen Battle Royale, but I expect something like that from Japan. Not from the US, though.

Either way, I have no idea where this show is even going anymore. I hope something gets explained soon, or I'm going to lose interest and have to catch up later on when the show gets good again.

It was Ben. I think the PTA can make an exception.

My co-workers and I were discussing this yesterday. It really was something groundbreaking for US TV, at least on basic cable.

I actually think it's the best it's been since season 1.

Sayid is totally f*cking awesome. I want his baby.

...Just one?

I'm so glad they killed a kid on screen. That was probably the most shocking LOST moment for me...never expected that.

The first half of this season really sucked but now that they're all back on the island in the past I'm really digging it. It's a cool way of answering questions about Dharma and the Others. The time travel bit really redeemed it's self in the end, I think.

The time travel thing still irks me a little, because I keep feeling like every difference made in the past would effect some portion of the future. But it doesn't seem like this "past" is part of the same "future" as we know it. It just really complicates things more than it needs to. I've felt like this ever since it was introduced in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. I'll never forgive that sh*t, either.

Still enjoying the show more now than the past two seasons, though. I'd agree with saying it's probably as good now as it's been since the first season. And yes, Sayid has always been totally awesome.

Anyone else kinda tired of Sawyer, though? I feel like his character has worn out his welcome, and since he made the turn from asshole to ultimate good guy, he's been really really boring to me.

Edit: Also, considering the fact we don't seem to use spoiler warnings in this thread, maybe someone should mark the thread title as such?

It has been done.

Jin is still my favorite character, man. Love that guy.

I love that they just kind of transitioned to the fact that he speaks English much, much more fluently after living with Dharma for three years, and didn't make a huge point regarding it. It felt more natural.