Is it just me, or is 'Lost' the most sophisticated con ever perpetuated on the soapie market?
It is just a soapie: there is no plot, nor resolution, each episode is manipulated to create unresolved tension which is then dispensed with in the following episode, which in turn leads nowhere.
The character linkages are boardering on the ridiculously implausible, as are the implied religious and metaphysical undertones... It feels ALMOST as if something deeply seriuos and meaningful is being played out - but it isn't.
The old flashback device is shamelessly manipulated to create the illusion of genuine significance, keeping viewers believing that the relationships mean something. It is JUST A SOAPIE!
It feels like a con perpetrated on the terminally curious!
Entertainment with no nutrious value - chinese takeaway for the mental arteries!
Go on, you lot, get stuck into me :) ...
*Shuts eyes tightly and grimaces*
*Has flashback sequence!*
Are you serious! It's my favourite how! I think it's complex, it has incredible dialogue, so many levels, it makes you think, it doesn't hand answers to you, the acting is fantastic. I love Lost. Oh I can't wait til Guru reads this thread, he'll have your head.
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ReplyDeleteI feel as rejected as John Locke
If you look up the philosophy of the actual philospher John Locke, the character is a perfect embodiment of it. I bet hardly anyone who watches the show knows that John Locke is a real person, not just a character.
ReplyDeleteShame that your not a fan, found you via ludicrousity
ReplyDeleteactually also a fan of lost, only got the 1st series here in the UK, but it is definitely weird + still never seen the monster in it (personally think it is a dinosaur)
Heh heh, your confusion and dismay with the show's style is understandable. The concept of the show was always to have each episode focus on a different character and slowly reveal how they are all connected and brought to the island for a reason. So the flashbacks serve a purpose beyond merely getting out exposition.
ReplyDeleteThe creators behind the show have revealed there is logic behind all the events, but the show demands your acceptance of not having all the answers until they're ready to reveal them. After all Revhead, you'll find the same applies with God's word, am I correct? :P
As Tink touched upon, there is actually very clever philosophy careful weaved into the show's mythology and the key to understanding what the show is requires you to understand that it's a supernatural show. What the island is, what goes on there, is not limited to reality.
I'd go into more detail, but it would take too long. Not to everyone's tastes but a damn fine show...
Awwwlright...
ReplyDeleteI stopped watching lost towards the end of the first season. It just didn't go anywhere which really got on my nerves. There are so many better shows out there at the moment that i've just got no time for lost. But saying that, i've got all the first season and half the second on dvd just sitting in front of my tv ready for when i've got nothing to do other than lay down and die. :)
ReplyDeleteGo peebody!
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry, I don't see great mythology. It's contrived as soapiness. It is SO predictable - and the flashbacks are straight daytime soap minus the island setting.they use the XXfilish music to keep the element of mystery happening - but the show ends up following the rating formla- end in tension, keep shovelling in the twists to make you think something significant is happening but never does.
I can sit there and annoy my kids by guessing what will happen next! I've been banned from talking because I'm usually close to the money!
I guess in that sense it is very post modern... Ultimately it all means nothing, but let's create the illusion of meaning to sustain us...
I'll concede it is very well crafted and entertaining - but I feel ripped off for watching this far!
ARGH!!! NO MORE BLASPHEMY!!! LOST IS AWESOME!!! I don't understand you guys. It's complex and facinating, and yes, can be frustrating at it's lack of answers at times, but I love it! It's great trying to figure out what's going on before it's revealed, and I'm really attatched to the characters.
ReplyDeleteDon't get so heated Tink, it's just tele! I can happliy watch it ... but don't let them foolyou into thinking it's not manipulative ratings TV!
ReplyDeleteDon't get so heated Tink, it's just tele! I can happliy watch it ... but don't let them foolyou into thinking it's not manipulative ratings TV!
ReplyDeleteHehehe, how'd you do that revhead, those comments are 13 minutes apart!
ReplyDeleteBah, nuts to you Revhead. You're like my Dad. When you don't get something or can't appreciate it you pay it out.
ReplyDeleteYou think Lost is Formulatic? Name a bunch of shows you enjoy and I assure you I can prove them to be far more formulatic...
It's TV, it needs a standard formula or it can't get done in time per week...
GO LOST!!
You haven't even really watched it dad, you half watch it over your computer screen.
ReplyDeletePlus, we banned you from talking because you wouldn't be quiet during it; if you guess a hundred times, of course you'll get some right, and nobody will remember all the wrong.