Tuesday, April 03, 2007
Behind My White Picket Fence
I watched the entire first season of Lost over the weekend. What did I think? I'm still not sure. But I will say this again, if I had to watch this on a weekly basis, I wouldn't be, it moves slow.
My favorite part of Lost is that opening graphic. I love how it starts off out of focus, as it gets closer is zooms in on the "O", or at least that's the part that catches my eye. Like alot of things with Lost, I find it reminds me of something else. Any Supertramp fans out there? Remember the video with the tumbling bars and as it gets closer in the final frames you see it tumble one last time with someone stuck inside trying to get out? I wish they had done that with their graphic, have the person they are featuring that week inside of the "O".
I have no idea where they are. Is it reality? Is it a game? Each one of them has issues, some of them have more than one issue. My friend tells me so much more is explained in season 2 (which he insists I watch even though he knows I've struggled through season 1). I have my own issues, which instead of confronting, I've just let slide away, but they are still there. Maybe they are all dead, the impact of the crash killing them, but they have one last chance to see if things were different, would they change? It's not making me want to confront my issues, but maybe that's it's intent?
I think it's a thing about optimism, the writers believe that if given a chance, everyone would do the right thing, but I don't think that's the way things are in life. Strange how this show seems to bring out the pessimistic side of me, maybe that's why I'm having a hard time watching it, because I don't like how and what it makes me think about.
The thing I'm finding about Lost, is how it's been marketed as a show about a group crashed on an island, yet I'm finding their being on the island is the last thing that seems to be dealt with. To me, it's more a show about their individual issues and how their lives are being crossed together.
I've promised my friend to watch season two, he's going to fill me in on season three and then I'm going to listen to his theory and what he's figured out. I haven't told him what I think, I'm reserving my judgment until the end of season two.
My favorite part of Lost is that opening graphic. I love how it starts off out of focus, as it gets closer is zooms in on the "O", or at least that's the part that catches my eye. Like alot of things with Lost, I find it reminds me of something else. Any Supertramp fans out there? Remember the video with the tumbling bars and as it gets closer in the final frames you see it tumble one last time with someone stuck inside trying to get out? I wish they had done that with their graphic, have the person they are featuring that week inside of the "O".
I have no idea where they are. Is it reality? Is it a game? Each one of them has issues, some of them have more than one issue. My friend tells me so much more is explained in season 2 (which he insists I watch even though he knows I've struggled through season 1). I have my own issues, which instead of confronting, I've just let slide away, but they are still there. Maybe they are all dead, the impact of the crash killing them, but they have one last chance to see if things were different, would they change? It's not making me want to confront my issues, but maybe that's it's intent?
I think it's a thing about optimism, the writers believe that if given a chance, everyone would do the right thing, but I don't think that's the way things are in life. Strange how this show seems to bring out the pessimistic side of me, maybe that's why I'm having a hard time watching it, because I don't like how and what it makes me think about.
The thing I'm finding about Lost, is how it's been marketed as a show about a group crashed on an island, yet I'm finding their being on the island is the last thing that seems to be dealt with. To me, it's more a show about their individual issues and how their lives are being crossed together.
I've promised my friend to watch season two, he's going to fill me in on season three and then I'm going to listen to his theory and what he's figured out. I haven't told him what I think, I'm reserving my judgment until the end of season two.
# posted by Better Safe Than Sorry @ 5:26 AM 
