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Author: Steven L.Steven L. Date: Oct 13, 2006 08:22
Overall, I am disappointed with the general turn of events in Season 3
of "Lost." The producers had said that they were going for a more
straightforward, less mythological, approach this season. But I think
that's removed a lot of the wonder and philosophical speculation that
made Lost so different. And that may have contributed to the erosion in
viewership in the ratings and to the decline in overall "water-cooler buzz."
This season, what do we have? The Others, who have now been revealed to
be middle-class American folks living in a modern suburban town on the
island, have captured Jack and Sawyer and Kate and are forcing them to
do various degrading things, while our heroes try to figure out how to
escape. That reminds me of various mediocre Star Trek episodes: A
bunch of humanoid aliens capture Captain Jack, Lt. Sawyer, and Yeoman
Kate and are making them jump thru hoops while they figure out how to
escape. "Lost" Season 3 could be "The Gamesters of Triskelion" or
"Plato's Stepchildren" or "The Empath". And those aren't even
considered to the the best Star Trek episodes by most Trek fans.
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Author: WQWQ Date: Oct 13, 2006 08:33
Steven L. wrote:
> Overall, I am disappointed with the general turn of events in Season 3
> of "Lost." The producers had said that they were going for a more
> straightforward, less mythological, approach this season. But I think
> that's removed a lot of the wonder and philosophical speculation that
> made Lost so different. And that may have contributed to the erosion in
> viewership in the ratings and to the decline in overall "water-cooler buzz."
>
> This season, what do we have? The Others, who have now been revealed to
> be middle-class American folks living in a modern suburban town on the
> island, have captured Jack and Sawyer and Kate and are forcing them to
> do various degrading things, while our heroes try to figure out how to
> escape. That reminds me of various mediocre...
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Author: Steve M. MannSteve M. Mann Date: Oct 13, 2006 08:37
On 10/13/2006 10:33 AM, WQ pondered briefly and then wrote:
> Steven L. wrote:
>> Overall, I am disappointed with the general turn of events in Season 3
>> of "Lost." The producers had said that they were going for a more
>> straightforward, less mythological...
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Author: Buckaroo BanzaiBuckaroo Banzai Date: Oct 13, 2006 08:52
> Overall, I am disappointed with the general turn of events in Season 3 of
> "Lost." The producers had said that they were going for a more
> straightforward, less mythological, approach this season. But I think
> that's removed a lot of the wonder and philosophical speculation that made
> Lost so different. And that may have contributed to the erosion in
> viewership in the ratings and to the decline in overall "water-cooler
> buzz."
>
> This season, what do we have? The Others, who have now been revealed to
> be middle-class American folks living in a modern suburban town on the
> island, have captured Jack and Sawyer and Kate and are forcing them to do
> various degrading things, while our heroes try to figure out how to
> escape. That reminds me of various mediocre Star Trek episodes: A bunch
> of humanoid aliens capture Captain Jack, Lt. Sawyer, and Yeoman Kate and
> are making them jump thru hoops while they figure out how to escape.
> "Lost" Season 3 could be "The Gamesters of Triskelion" or "Plato's
> Stepchildren" or "The Empath". And those aren't even considered to the
> the best Star Trek episodes by most Trek fans. ...
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Author: PuddinTamePuddinTame Date: Oct 13, 2006 08:58
Steven L. wrote:
> Overall, I am disappointed with the general turn of events in Season 3
> of "Lost."
I think it's a bit too early on to give up hope.
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Author: videonovelsvideonovels Date: Oct 13, 2006 08:58
If the Lost producers are reading this, they're probably thinking, "We
just can't please anyone."
- During Season 2, the viewers were complaining that there were not
enough answers.
- Now in season 3, the viewers are complainiing "too many answers".
- I suspect the viewers don't really know what they want.
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Referring to another serial called Babylon 5, that show, like Lost,
started with a lot of mystery. But eventually the mystery went away
(end-of-season 2), and then B5 focused on the *real* story... defeating
the enemy and restoring peace.
POINT: You can't keep Lost a mystery forever. At some point, you have
to have answers, so the characters can focus on the Real story:
beating-down whatever's trapped them on the island & escaping.
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Author: PuddinTamePuddinTame Date: Oct 13, 2006 09:02
> POINT: You can't keep Lost a mystery forever.
Sure u can.
It's called cancellation.
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Author: Anim8rFSKAnim8rFSK Date: Oct 13, 2006 09:05
> Steven L. wrote:
>> Overall, I am disappointed with the general turn of events in Season 3
>> of "Lost."
>
> I think it's a bit too early on to give up hope.
If it's becoming modern Star Trek, the first episode isn't too soon to
give up.
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Author: Steven L.Steven L. Date: Oct 13, 2006 09:10
WQ wrote:
> Steven L. wrote:
>> Overall, I am disappointed with the general turn of events in Season 3
>> of "Lost." The producers had said that they were going for a more
>> straightforward, less mythological, approach this season. But I think
>> that's removed a lot of the wonder and philosophical speculation that
>> made Lost so different. And that may have contributed to the erosion in
>> viewership in the ratings and to the decline in overall "water-cooler buzz."
>>
>> This season, what do we have? The Others, who have now been revealed to
>> be middle-class American folks living in a modern suburban town on the
>> island, have captured Jack and Sawyer and Kate and are forcing them to
>> do various degrading things, while our heroes try to figure out how to
>> escape. That reminds me of various mediocre Star Trek episodes: A
>> bunch of humanoid aliens capture Captain Jack, Lt. Sawyer, and Yeoman
>> Kate and are making them jump thru hoops while they figure out how to
>> escape. "Lost" Season 3 could be "The Gamesters of Triskelion" or
>> "Plato's Stepchildren" or "The Empath". And those aren't even
>> considered to the the best Star Trek episodes by most Trek fans.
>> ...
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Author: DanoDano Date: Oct 13, 2006 09:46
> Overall, I am disappointed with the general turn of events in Season 3 of
> "Lost." The producers had said that they were going for a more
> straightforward, less mythological, approach this season. But I think
> that's removed a lot of the wonder and philosophical speculation that made
> Lost so different. And that may have contributed to the erosion in
> viewership in the ratings and to the decline in overall "water-cooler
> buzz."
>
> This season, what do we have? The Others, who have now been revealed to
> be middle-class American folks living in a modern suburban town on the
> island, have captured Jack and Sawyer and Kate and are forcing them to do
> various degrading things, while our heroes try to figure out how to
> escape. That reminds me of various mediocre Star Trek episodes: A bunch
> of humanoid aliens capture Captain Jack, Lt. Sawyer, and Yeoman Kate and
> are making them jump thru hoops while they figure out how to escape.
> "Lost" Season 3 could be "The Gamesters of Triskelion" or "Plato's
> Stepchildren" or "The Empath". And those aren't even considered to the
> the best Star Trek episodes by most Trek fans. ...
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