> 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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> Steven D. Litvintchouk
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