LOST (reassuringly spoiler-free)

[caddyman]

Bearing in mind that I'm one week ahead of those of you who watch on C4, and a half season behind those of you who hit the torrents (I've decided not to as I can get it on TV) or live the other side of the Pond, but I am getting completely baffled by LOST. More so than I ever was.

As the back stories unravel, they are rapidly becoming more interesting than life on the island, which wanders aimlessly between the banal and the surreal.

Last week we got Hurley's back story. Poor sod.

This week we got more of Locke's. Poor sod.

I am losing patience with the semi mystical nature of life on the island; the 'clues' and 'leads' keep piling up intriguingly, but do not lead anywhere. I detect the beginnings of mid series staleness, which, considering we are on season 1, is not encouraging. The tantalising almost-revelations about what may or may not be happening on the island are starting to feel like Mulder and Scully's never-ending attempts to break the conspiracy in the X-Files. It started out fun, but just dragged on and on with no sign of a payoff. That's where we seem to be going with LOST. I am willing to stick with it for now, but it's the characters' back stories that are keeping me interested, not the island mumbo jumbo.

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[pax-draconis.livejournal.com]

but it's the characters' back stories that are keeping me interested, not the island mumbo jumbo.


I am increasingly convinced they are one and the same. Keep watching, it's all jam from here.

[binidj.livejournal.com]

Just watched the Hurley episode ... I think the series is getting more and more intriguing with each passing episode. For me it is more common than not to gasp audibly at the end of an episode now ... I r hooked.

Very much looking forward to next week now ... Locke is teh sex.

[caddyman.livejournal.com]

Very much looking forward to next week now ... Locke is teh sex

You may change your mind when you see what they did to make Terry O'Quinn look 10 or so years younger...

[agentinfinity.livejournal.com]

Speaking of Scully, have you been watching Bleak House? She is brilliant in that. The BBC, finally doing something sensible and getting Dickens to write their soap operas.

[caddyman.livejournal.com]

I started off watching it, but I've missed too many. Whaty I saw I thoroughly enjoyed, so I may invest in the inevitable DVD in due course.

[pauln.livejournal.com]

Missed the first one, caught the next couple and it's now a "don't miss". Anderson is good, Charles Dance is absolutely superb and the rest of the cast support them well.