December 31, 2005

Lost - The First 8 Episodes

Over the last couple of weeks I've watched the first 8 episodes of Lost on dvd. I'd never seen an episode, but figured I should check it out given the praise it's received and simply to be a bit more culturally aware. So having seen the first eight episodes I have one question to ask people who've stayed with the series and watch it at least semi-regularly. Does it get markedly better over time? Because what I've seen so far is atrocious nonsense. The improbablities are simply too much to overlook (everybody just happens to stand aside for a long time while a young woman suffocates? there just happens to be a former Iraqi torturer from TIKRIT among the survivors? I could go on - but please, c'mon), they've taken to ending the episodes in sugary montages, the episodes are filled with one lame-ass, dull backstory after another. I'll grant you that it's got great production values, a few good actors and as I noted yesterday, Ian Somerhalder is really, really handsome. But the writing manages to be a tedious combination of absurd, ridiculous and completely predictable. I suppose that's some kind of special feat in itself - but not something that would make me want to keep watching the show.

Posted by armand at December 31, 2005 01:30 PM | TrackBack | Posted to Media


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