on LOST

[fuchs]

Sorry, but in my not very humble opinion LOST is parapsychologic, sappy and pseudo thrilling dumb shit. Utter, utter shit.
Why didn't they make a series about nearly fifty people who stranded on a remote island? (And really, no, they didn't.) Post traumatic stress, struggles of oh so civilised people with nature and their own prejudices against each other could have ensued prettily. Nooo, they needed all this crap from an evil black fog to number magic. Why not pirates? Ninja? Hey, you could run the risk of being *boring*! *sigh*
I mean, come on. Twenty days go by without ANYbody building huts? (Except this pseudo tent which doesn't seem to have a single complete wall.) Building anything at all? Like bamboo lines for water to the beach?
And what about food? One hunter for nearly fifty mouths? Uh-huh, sure. Oh, and sometimes Kate goes in the jungle for, well, six or seven mangoes. And the spy grabs ten coconuts one day.
What do the people do all day who aren't the seven main characters? Watch the waves? Play tic tac toe? It's like the main characters share 4 brains and the rest of the flock don't have any. And by the way, it's not very believable what massive issues every main character has. Responsible for the death of a loved one? Cool, me too!
And sometimes we see some idyllic shots of greenery, and the only thing that carries the suspense of the situation is the music, which is like a five inch cheese crust on a low fat pizza. Way too thickly piled onto everything.
It's not a good sign when we say "Oh, they're going to pray in a few moments..." and they do.
What would oloriel call it? Right. "Scheissendrreck."

Comments

[tiny-and-green.livejournal.com]

I... used to be into LOST, until Battlestar Galactica came along and made me realise just how awesome TV could be and how much LOST paled in comparison.

Really, the character development - the twists and turns involved, as well - is so goddamn shallow most of the time. It never gives off the as much as the illusion of going anywhere natural. Same goes for the storyline of the show, really.

A lot of throwing around of random 'weird stuff' but very little that's actually a) relevant; b) interesting and/or c) contributing to anything.

< /mini-rant >

[fuchs.livejournal.com]

Firefly tainted everything for me. Haven't seen the new Galactica yet, but I think it's the same mechanism. Once you saw the light of What Could Be, you sneer at everything that's just not that good.
It's just... I love the Setting. Stranded on an island. Normal (*coughcough*) people in extreme situations. It could have been so very, very good...

[tiny-and-green.livejournal.com]

I've lost my unrelenting love for Whedon shows over the years, but since Galactica I can only think of Firefly as 'cute and funny, but not the greatest thing ever'. The show's ruined me completely, I fear. Extremely complicated, organic, emotional character arcs! Political intrigue that translates to our current situation in fascinating ways! Consequences! Theology!

But, yeah. It could've been good - had it not been a J.J. Abrams show. He seems to have a knack for teetering on the edge of 'good concept, bad execution' and 'pretty good show on the whole'... usually falling into the former category eventually.