Curious about Why the Hit TV Show, Lost, Is Nutso?
Lorne Manly's interview with the creators of Lost appears in today's New York Times. The show has some good characters, but the plot keeps getting in the way. This is its final season. Because I have a daughter who works in the industry, I'll just say they lost me in the second season, but because I have another daughter who is captivated by the show and wants to watch it with me, I've been watching it during its final season. And there's always the chance that Kate might go swimming again in her underwear.
Note: The interview seems to reveal that the creators of the show wanted to be both entertainers and philosophers. Even Plato couldn't pull that off, and Shakespeare knew better than to try. If you're not entertained by the intellect being engaged, it ain't gonna happen for you.
Anybody for Dr. Who?
Lorne Manly's interview with the creators of Lost appears in today's New York Times. The show has some good characters, but the plot keeps getting in the way. This is its final season. Because I have a daughter who works in the industry, I'll just say they lost me in the second season, but because I have another daughter who is captivated by the show and wants to watch it with me, I've been watching it during its final season. And there's always the chance that Kate might go swimming again in her underwear.
Note: The interview seems to reveal that the creators of the show wanted to be both entertainers and philosophers. Even Plato couldn't pull that off, and Shakespeare knew better than to try. If you're not entertained by the intellect being engaged, it ain't gonna happen for you.
Anybody for Dr. Who?
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posted by Jim | 11:19 AM
1 Comments:
I realized while watching last week's episode, "Across the Sea," why the show is sort of awful now - or at least not as gripping as it was the first season.
In the first season, all the characters were keep secrets, so nobody was ever telling the truth or giving the whole story. But the audience would get backstory and truth about the characters from the flashbacks, which consequently created a lot of dramatic tension between what the audience knew the characters didn't know.
So first season was all about what they were NOT saying to each other, and now, its all incredible cliched on the nose exposition for 60 minutes. Boring. No tension.
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