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“Lost,” the title says it all. Since 2004 the cast has been ship wrecked somewhere in the South Pacific closed to Australia and for five straight years they can’t find their way off the island, though this is the twenty-first century, and if they search really hard I bet they could probably find a landline somewhere though they probably won’t find a blackberry unless they find a way to build a canoe and paddle across the ocean to Australia (not that difficult, I imagine, considering the copious amounts of coconut trees). In other words, the storyline is unrealistic and lost like the title suggests since a storyline usually has a beginning , middle, and end (or an exposition, climax, and resolution) but this story goes on and on and on…ad nauseum. If it weren’t for the characters’ flashbacks and time-travelling thanks to the electromagnetic properties of the island, we wouldn’t connect with characters and you wouldn’t care where the heck they are, nor would you worry if they’re going to be killed and barbequed by that mysterious tribe which practices “natural elimination.” So you develop an addiction to watching Lost, though it probably won’t end until the world’s suppose to end in 2012, which makes this one of the best sci-fi shows out there.
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Ande Moore, thanks for commenting, yes it does move. Like Heroes it's a philosophical movie which is why some of the plot seems ludicrous. Some of the characters, in fact, are named after philosophers such as John Locke.
Thanks Kushai.
Even though I too, have never seen a single episode of "Lost", I cannot say I hate it...but your article does remind me of a similar show a very long time ago..."The ship set down on the shores of this, uncharted desert isle...." and they never managed to get of their island either...
Always wondered how if they never got off the island, we still managed to tune in to watch them every week....hmmmm....do I smell a conspiracy? LOL
Ennelle, thanks for commenting. Yes, this is the decade of the recycling old storylines from the 80s and you're probably referring to Gilligans island which actually an episode in the 60s. Lost is much more philosophical, though, than Gilligan's island which is a comedy in comparison to Lost which is actually a drama. Plus, there's more UFOlogy in Lost. The only time UFOlogy existed in Gilligan's island is when Gilligan accidentally blows up a space capsule sent by NASA. Gilligan's island doesn't move, however, and the also don't travel into the future. The basic storyline is similar, sure.
Wow, you sure are up on your TV shows. I'm impressed.
I also appreciate Enelle's parallel.
I started watching LOST when the series first premiered, but as it wandered farther into weirdness, I found other things to do...not that I'm against weirdness, per se, but when the series promoters began to super-hype the show, I really grew tired of being told I MUST watch this - so I didn't.
Thanks for the interesting hub.
Your welcome, RedElf, thank's for commenting. Yeah, I used to watch Gilligan's Island when I was a kid and I have my DVR set to record television shows I miss, but I tend to veer towards specific shows (I have my favs), so I'm not sure if I'm that much of a television connoisseur.
My taste for the bizarre began when I read Kafka books and it's really just a matter of taste. Philosophical stories tend to have outlandish storylines. Plus, I've read ufo accounts/stories and it seems they borrow from them (time travel in particular).
I've never seen lost either, but this is a good article you have written
Thanks Betsy, they'll be more.
Ande Moore says:
8 months ago
I was waiting for the typical "lost" is the best show out there article. I can't stand the show and can proudly say I've never seen one single episode. How can I say I hate it and not have seen it? The hype and reading the reviews. Just like I've never seen an episode of "Prison Break" and know for a fact I hate that show. Didn't the island move or something? How riduculous. Good article and have a great Memorial day!