Why I Don't Like LOST.

[Keith Justice]

Watched a bit of it out of the corner of my eye and wasn't impressed, though I wasn't paying attention due to Lunar Knights demanding my undivided attention.

I think I kinda figured out what I don't like about these shows. Unlike a show like Battlestar Galactica, Firefly and others.... these shows don't have single good episodes. Single good stories that start with a world expanding premise then end with a sewn up resolution.

These shows, it's all about the revelations. And since it's all about the revelations it sometimes feels like they can pretty much just make up whatever they want whenever they want and sometimes feels like they do to just give you that necessary shock per season.

The show's I like give out a good meal. I'm full and satisfied afterwards.

Shows like LOST and HEROES dangle a carrot and eventually give you a nibble and then snags it away from you keeping you running which is why a lot of fans have become dissatified with a "...alright, **** it." Or say... "There's a bunch of food in this room... try and find it." And when you find a piece of food you can't help but feel a stolen sense of accomplisment in that you feel that maaaaaybe they just put that piece of food there a second ago to make sure you keep looking.

I don't mean to step into the thread for the sole purpose of dogging on it. I saw the love of LOST spread like wildfire and I wanted in on what was up. Then I wanted to know why I was the only one that seemed like he wasn't enjoying the show. Now I seem to have figured out why so that I could get feedback on what others thought.

 

[KamenRiderZero]

I tried watching it less than a year ago or so because a girl that I was very much interested in liked it. We both watched it one night while talking on AIM, and I found it to be quite boring.

 

[VengeanceGOD]

Keith, the problem you're having is that you caught a season 3 episode. Lost in season one is the kind of stories you and I both love, with enough resolution to make the carrot dangling worthwhile. Then they stopped caring in Season 2, and decided the carrot was more important. That's why I don't watch now.

I disagree that Heroes is like that. There are mysteries, sure, but the mysteries aren't the central focus of the show, and they solve enough of them regularly to make it ok. For example, the question of why Hiro was going to meet a dinosaur, or who Claire's father was, were both answered an episode after they were asked.

The reason I find Firefly better than both shows AND Battlestar is because it really is a show you can watch one episode and know what's going on.

 

[Ladymercury]

I caught lost around season 2... or was it three... and was confused and thought it was the gayest thing ever. Then again, I thought they were stranded on an island not fighting against.... alien beings or whatever mystery was on that island.

 

[Keith Justice]

Heroes isn't as bad, but I feel a similar frustration with it. It's whole story is to stop the nuke. So, it's a little unsatisfying for me per episode to see them not do it and instead do near everything else.

I realise it's not that kinda show, but yeah...

As for LOST, I saw most of Season 1, but it just didn't keep me.

 

[VengeanceGOD]

The Nuke is the overarching plot, and if they don't all get together and stop it by the end of Season One then we have a problem, and you'll be absolutely right, Keith. But getting these people all together as the team they're meant to be takes time. They've got their own **** to resolve first.

 

[Supernovametalstar]

I actually like the unfolding plot of Lost. I didn't catch season 1 as it happened, but saw season 2, liked it, and watched season 1. I think they slowed the show down when it became a hit and decided it was safe to stretch out the show for as long as it gets renewed. Although it does get a little aggravating that they can't focus on just the core group of people since they keep introducing more characters that you have to give a backstory to. Sometimes it's interesting, but sometimes it's not. There are episodes where I wish they would just focus on island stuff for the entire show and have very little flashbacks. I recall a professor telling me not to have too many flashbacks in a story because your reader will either get confused or aggravated that they're being taken away from the action.

 

[Kain]

Ive watched the show a few times, and everytime I watched it I fell asleep from boredom.

 

[VengeanceGOD]

It's just not as exciting anymore, and it seems everytime there's a cool story or a character's happy, the writers bring in the Grim Reaper.

 

[Z-Unit]

I'm not watching this one.