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| Lost | | Date Created: Sep 19, 2005, 09:57 PM |
 I didn't watch a single episode of the first season of Lost when it aired on TV. I usually pick just one TV show to watch. This year it was 24. Well, truth be told, it's been 24 every year since I saw the first season.
Last Friday I bought the DVD set of Lost. I watched all 24 episodes over the weekend, some nights staying up until . . . well, let's just say into the AM. I remember doing the same thing with the first season of 24. I didn't get to see it on TV, but when I got the DVD set I couldn't stop watching it. For one thing, it's so very nice not to have to watch those idiotic commercials.
Anyway, Lost is good, really good. I was pleasantly surprised. It's a movie quality production that's not constrained by the artificial 2-hour limitations of standard flicks. The characer development is great. But the coolest thing is that it's creepy without being cheezy. I've not yet read anything about the making of Lost or it's writers and producers. I haven't even had a chance to watch anything in that extra bonus DVD, the one with all the inverviews and whatnot. I generally don't like that stuff. So I don't know if I'm right or not, but the story has a Stephen King flavor to it.
Now, when Stephen King is good, he's real good. Some of his stuff, of course, is not very inspired. After all, he writes for a living and has to make a buck, even if he doesn't have a great story. But he does know how to write. His book On Writing is actually quite interesting and helpful. Anyway, the Lost story often has this SK feel to it. I'm not sure I can put my finger on what that means, but I can sense it. The way things progress in the plot - the back and forth from flashback to present - it just feels like one is reading a SK novel.
This past Sunday Jamison Galt mentioned that SK has written a review or editorial on the Lost series. I'll have to go find that, if I can. Speaking of Jamison, he will be giving a lecture on Lost for the Francis Shaeffer Institute at Kaldi's Coffee Shop in Kirkwood, MO next Friday, September 30. If you are in the St. Louis area, you may want to stop in and hear him.
I wish I had something really deep and theologically sophisticated to say about Lost. But I don't. I just liked it. It was quite entertaining. If it has any deeper significance, I'll have to watch it again and think about it more carefully. We'll see.
Looks like I have a new TV show to watch every week on Wednesdays. But I may have to get a DVD recorder since I'm in a softball league that plays every Wednesday night.
Hey, now that I'm ready to look into Lost a bit deeper does anyone have any helpful websites or reviews to recommend? |
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