Lost
So most people know about my obsession with Lost, the TV show. I have this unnecessarily high level of concern for the survivors of Oceanic Flight 815. Now, I don’t know if this means that I am a TV junkie, unable to differentiate from real life and fiction, or just shows that I have a high concern for the well being of others, fictional or not. Maybe its all 3.
All I know is when the writer’s strike ended all I could think of was “Thank God, I can see the whole season of Lost.” Honest.
I care about John Locke and his crazy ideas, I want Kate to be happy, and I want Jack to shave his beard and become sane and hot again. Either way, I need to know if the “Other Others” kill Ben, or if he actually has the knowledge he claims to have to save everyone. You just can’t trust Ben. Or is that what they want you to think? How are they getting off the island, and when they do, should the show change its name from “Lost” to “Found”? Then again, are we ever really Found? Or are we all just wanderers in this world, living in our own version of Oceanic Flight 815, trying to find our way back to something familiar?
Considering that the show is now doing flash forwards instead of flashbacks has changed the whole dynamic. We are no longer wondering “what will happen”, we are wondering “how did that happen”? This is just as effective in making me lose my mind and wishing I could sit with Season 4 on DVD and watch it in one or two days. Its been done, with seasons 1, 2 and 3 and I will do it again.
Charlie is haunting Hugo in the mental ward, but is he really there? Is Hugo really insane? And…. whatever happened to Libby?! Yes, she is dead, but she and Hugo once knew eachother. Claire and Jack are siblings. When is this going to come out? The writers of Lost truly amaze me and I can only hope to have that kind of intelligence some day. I just can’t wait for the rest of the season, I need answers. Maybe the theorizing is the best part, though.
on February 29, 2008 on 7:57 pm
I had a close run in with Lost and almost found myself getting pulled into the craze. Alas, it turned out to be a mere fling so now I only see the odd commercial and ponder what’s going on on that island.
on March 5, 2008 on 4:25 pm
I am a huge LOST fan and I ask those same questions. At the end of every single episode I am blown away by the things that the writers come up with. There have been so many predictions to what the actual island is. Is it a purgatory? Are these people actually alive? The storyline is so intertwined with twists and turns that I can’t stop watching adn guessing what is actually going on. I love it.
on March 14, 2008 on 5:22 pm
I had stopped watching Lost regularly last season, but after catching up, this season is amazing! It’s good to see your unrealistic connection to the Oceanic survivors. I’m not alone in my obsession anymore.