Thoughts on the LOST Premiere
In the beginning, LOST was roughly 90% normal. It was about learning the backstories and twisty interconnectedness of people trying to survive on a remote island. And every once and a while, something really weird would happen, hinting at a terrifying reality lurking on Gilligan’s Island. Polar bear sightings, monsters sucking pilots out of cockpits, that kind of thing.
So here we are at season 6, which we all get to watch with some amount of clinical detachment, thanks to the painfully long hiatus. It was torture, but the drought has made me realize how incredibly weird this show has become. The normal-to-weird ratio has completely flipped. Now we have supernatural shapeshifters parading in public, magical healing fountains inside secret Kung-Fu temples, and colossal three-toed statues lounging casually behind the events unfolding.
I’m relieved that the mysteries are being explained. I have recurring nightmares of LOST ending like Abrams’ other long-running creation Alias. Years of cultivated plot threads, like exquisite little Jennifer Garner-shaped bonsai trees, were all primed to flower in the final season of Alias. And then they all collapsed in on themselves like a bad Dharma Incident.
Fortunately for us long-suffering fans, puzzle pieces seem to be falling into satisfying places. I just wish the show didn’t have to turn into Xena: Warrior Princess to do it.
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As I said to Leigh last night, I believe LOST has finally jumped the shark. Hard to believe it took this long, but the underwater CGI scene was what put them over the top. That and the kung-fu warrior, hippy temple.
That hippie guy sucks. He’s Dennis Hopper without the camera.
I’m glad I am not the only one with issues over last night’s premiere. Juliet’s death, Sayid’s coming back to life, Locke’s overly obvious angry faces, and Kate’s overly dramatic lines during her island scenes all conspired to make the LOST premiere resemble more of a soap opera episode.
I especially have issues with how Juliet went out. That scene totally cheapened what had already been a beautiful, tear-jerking, heart-wrenching goodbye between her and Sawyer at the end of last season.
The temple looked like the Indiana Jones ride at Disneyland.
The hippies and the samurai warrier were too caricature-y and just too much in general. They should have focused on the characters we were already loving and biting our nails over in previous seasons rather than introduce totally new (and slightly ridiculous) ones in the beginning of this season.
I do like the “2 worlds” plot line though.
I’m a devoted fan so I am still keeping the faith for this season!
I know, the Juliet thing was rough. Maybe they’ll have her die one per episode just to mess with us.
I like the Two Worlds device too. So obvious in retrospect; first backwards, then forwards, now sideways! I wonder if the timelines will connect somehow down the road.
I think the “original” Others, who always seem xenophobic to the extreme, are blood thirsty priates from the Black Rock (pirate ship)who crashed on this time shifting island only to meet two sons of Adam who were trapped there as the eternal fighting brothers by ancient Egyptians who were tired of their squabbling. Oh yeah, and the island is a giant Venus fly trap sucking the life and the spirit out of whatever it can.
What else could be the explanation?
You nailed it.
BUT WHAT ABOUT WALT?!?!?! Stupid puberty screwing up all the writers big ideas.
Last night’s episode blew.