L o s t (SPOILERS!)

[Peanut]

Originally Posted by Barkworm

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

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.

[Mecha Cow]

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.

[Tabularasa]

Originally Posted by Peanut

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.

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.

[Peanut]

Originally Posted by Tabularasa

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.

[Barkworm]

Originally Posted by Peanut

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.

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

[ThirdMarioBro]

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.

[Vivi]

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?)

[Ninjinister]

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....

[ThirdMarioBro]

Originally Posted by The Ninjinister

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.

[Peanut]

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.

Originally Posted by TMB

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

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.