Lost in the 50s

Someone commented last week that all you would really need to watch is the 30 second “previously on Lost” clip at the beginning of each show. Really that sums it up perfectly without the extra 59 minutes of filling. I think I may start doing that. Oh ya, tonite was another classic with your standard jungle walks, gun pointing, going on wild goose chases, and people turning down obvious opportunites to advance the story. I guess the true fans will be saying stuff like OMG! OMG! OMG! WIDMORE IS AN OTHER! or something like that. Personally I was just hoping the H-bomb hanging by a thin rope would drop and put an end to our misery.

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Comment by Jakolman
2009-01-29 00:42:06

My God, it’s only the third episode and it’s a filler already. I guess nothing really needs to happen with regards to anything remotely resembling advancing the plot in between the season premiere and the finale.

Comment by lazarus 2.0
2009-01-29 12:58:09

Trying again…

Found this recap for Seasons 1-4. Good for a laugh or to remind you of all the stuff you’re supposed to remember:

open.salon.com/content.php?cid=88802

 
 
Comment by Eric
2009-01-29 00:44:20

While it’s not plot advancement, Widmore being an other is significant. just another little view into his motivations.
i’m betting the h-bomb is the end of the whole series.

Comment by Lmeister
2009-01-29 09:58:53

If only they would drop it on the writers…..

Comment by Boagorn
2009-01-29 22:49:24

why don’t you go cry about it

Comment by Lmeister
2009-01-30 14:16:15

If only they would drop it on Boagorn

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Comment by uncleM
2009-01-30 17:10:30

LOL!

 
 
 
 
Comment by Prometheus
2009-02-02 02:52:45

What I liked most is the H-Bomb actually looked like a bomb, fins and all. Why was that? Nearly every test in the pacific was a set piece, a device intended to be detonated in place, not dropped from a plane. So unless that one was stolen, the writers made it look like a bomb to help their fans who would’ve been confused otherwise. Nice job, guys! You deserve a medal!

 
 
Comment by mr monkey
2009-01-29 01:22:40

I didn’t pay much attention to the show this week because I just can’t give it my full attention anymore, but I caught most of it. Some of my thoughts regarding the bits which I saw -

- why would they hang an h-bomb by a rope with the warhead pointed down? The others knew it was a bomb, so why do that? Oh wait it’s because the writers wanted to make more suspense out of nothing. The mystery of the island isn’t anything about time travel or anything similar, but rather it’s more along the lines of the island makes people do stupid, and illogical things.

- One thing we always bring up about the show is how the characters don’t talk to each other. Tonight Locke and Sawyer are about to get caught up on what’s been going on and Juliet decides to jump in and say that they should exchange stories later. I guess the characters will never know what each other are up to, even though they spend so much time together. Oh and did i tell you how much i hate Juliet’s character?

- The trekking through the jungle is so pointless now. The only reason they seem to put the trekking in is so they can give the upper hand to a different set of characters. You know someone is going to ambush someone else every time they go in there.

- Farraday is probably going to be this season’s Ben i.e. he always has a handle on the situation and always knows what to do. Farraday and Ben are two of the worst things to happen to this show. Ben isn’t some great villain, he’s just plain annoying.

- Once again the writers hook the fans by tying characters together because of their past to fuel more “theories” which lost fans love to sit around and create. Oh wow Widmore was once on the island…. if it was still second season I probably would have been intrigued by that but not anymore.

- another pointless birth scene.

I guess the best part of this episode was we didn’t have to see Jack, Kate or Ben. How sad when the show’s main characters are the ones you hate seeing.

Comment by Tyler
2009-01-29 11:58:05

All excellent points, mr monkey. I had the same exact thoughts, especially the Juliet scene. I mean if you were on an island and this shit was going down, wouldn’t you want to hear what everyone else knew about the situation?

Comment by LOSTard
2009-01-29 17:54:14

Another annoying plot development was that Juliet knew Richard was an Other leader in the 50s but hadn’t ever told anyone about this oddity before. Also, why did we never hear present-Others speak Latin before?

Comment by LOSTard
2009-01-29 18:04:17

EDIT: Didn’t it just piss you off that Juliet STILL refuses to reveal anything?

“How old is Richard?”
“Old.”

I still do like Sawyer’s remarks however.

It was moderatly interesting that John suggested Alpert to visit him in the near future, which he did, if you remember the ep in which he was born.

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Comment by TheOneandOnly
2009-01-29 01:25:41

Previously on Lost:

“What’s going on?”
“I’ll explain”
“We don’t have time for this, we have to get moving and of course we can’t walk and talk.”

59 minutes of pointless scenes including:
14 commercials
3 flashbacks/flashforwards
1 time travel during the middle of an “important” conversation
2 stare contests
1 reveal with a minute to go
1 last pointless scene.

LOST
credits and reveal of scenes from this season including:
explaining that all the noises and voices in the jungle were the “time travelers” seeing images of their past selves a la Back to the Future pt 2.
BAD ROBOT

Comment by Boagorn
2009-01-29 23:05:37

you cant handle some suspense can you? You’re angry because the time switched during an important scene? Sorry that the writers want to make you go “AWW COME ON NO!!” and get a reaction out of you. If you can’t handle that, then its pretty sad. You guys look for ANYTHING to complain about…

Comment by Lost My Interest
2009-01-30 17:05:46

The writers do get a reaction out of me:

“AWW COME ON…YOU GOTTA BE KIDDING ME!”

 
Comment by uncleM
2009-01-30 17:13:47

jeez Boagorn, are you for real?

YOU get the biggest whiner award for this board!

Hey, you’re not Evangeline Lilly incognito are you?

Comment by mr monkey
2009-01-31 01:32:35

nah it sounds more like Matthew Fox!

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Comment by Lost My Interest
2009-01-29 02:07:45

Thanks guys.

I haven’t seen the episode yet but reading the comments will make it worth watching.

It’s like an MST3K warm up.

To mr monkey:

“- why would they hang an h-bomb by a rope with the warhead pointed down?”

I have a better question: Why the f*ck is there even an H-Bomb on the island?! Seriously. It doesn’t make any sense! Does it?

I think the writers probably challenged themselves this season to see how many times they could make the show jump the shark this season.

Comment by I Hate Kate
2009-01-29 14:24:25

Please watch the show before you comment.

In the 1950s, the U.S. military was going to use the island to detonate the H-bomb. Before they were able, the others captured them and the bomb, and eventually killed the soldiers who wouldn’t surrender.

Sure, the storyline is a bit weird…how could the U.S. military get captured by a buch of natives, but that is how the show is explained, and that is how the bomb got to the island.

Make sense?

Comment by Lost My Interest
2009-01-29 16:19:38

I still haven’t watched it. I’m waiting until tonight.

The comments here are going to make it actually enjoyable to watch it. I’ll probably be laughing my ass of the whole time.

So that’s how they explain the presence of the H-bomb on the island?

“how could the U.S. military get captured by a bunch of natives…”

Exactly. H-bomb tests in the Pacific were conducted with the presence of a US Navy fleet and large numbers of well armed well trained fleet Marines ready for a problem like someone trying to steal one of the bombs.

Oh wait…this is a show for really, really smart people and you need to think really deep about it to see how good it is. The problem is the deeper I think about the show…the more silly and inane it becomes.

Comment by I Hate Kate
2009-01-29 19:21:46

Holy shit dude, I wasn’t defending the storyline. I get it. Lost is extremely unrealistic. But you didn’t watch the show so I was telling you how and why the bomb got on the island. It was terrible when I witnessed a bunch of barely-armed others ambush the U.S. Marine-trained mercenaries and suffer no casualties at the end of Season 4. It is still terrible the others have somehow got their hands on an H-bomb. But the show does tell us the backstory.

I think we both agree the show has become silly at times, but please watch the episode before criticizing it.

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Comment by JT
2009-01-29 19:38:57

Word to this guy. I’m not entirely sure why we’re trying to critique the realism of a show that features a GIANT FUCKING MONSTER MADE OF SMOKE.

 
Comment by Lost My Interest
2009-01-29 20:00:11

“GIANT FUCKING MONSTER MADE OF SMOKE. ”

Yeah. They never explained that either.

It seems they wrote it out of the plot at some point too. I wonder why.

 
Comment by Boagorn
2009-01-29 22:48:31

ummm, or not. They didn’t write it out of their plot. That is one of their biggest mysteries. it really pisses me off the losers like you have to look for stuff to complain about. Just get over it. If you can’t handle it because its to confusing for you, then you don’t need to go crying about it.

 
Comment by winginit
2009-01-29 23:08:21

The real losers are the people that complain about people that complain. How much of loser are they? They are so fucking shallow that they can’t see the mirror in front of their face…. Now THAT is stupid.

 
 
Comment by Lost My Interest
2009-01-29 19:53:54

I wasn’t trying to knock you ‘I Hate Kate’. I agree with you.

I was just riffing about the plot. I was pointing my finger at the show. Not you.

It’s all good.

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Comment by Timioso
2009-01-29 16:45:59

And the government just wrote off an h-bomb and a bunch of soldiers? No wait, someone turned the wheel and the island disappeared and they just couldn’t find it. Oh God, please make it stop!

 
Comment by Prometheus
2009-02-02 02:56:12

Makes sense if you explain why the bomb, intended to be detonated on the island, had fins, which would be for an air drop? Or really is the bomb just another ABC prop?

 
 
Comment by Boagorn
2009-01-29 22:53:35

way to fit it… *rolls eyes* You watch the show, yet rip on it..nice…

You think it makes no sense to have an H-bomb on an island? Its not like they won’t explain it, is it really that difficult to wait it out? Your question will be answered.

And way to be redundant. Also, they didn’t jump the shark. The show has turned into Sci-fi, and thats not nessecarily a bad thing. Sci-fi can be great, especially with a show like LOST.

It’s like nothing is good enough for you people. Now that they have time travel, they have perfect ways to answer most of your questions about the show. It will all work out.

Comment by Lost My Interest
2009-01-30 00:42:30

I don’t think anyone here is angry. Except for the actual Lost fans.

 
Comment by Jakolman
2009-01-30 00:43:30

Wait it out? I for one did, last season when they were supposed to answer some big questions. All that build up, for nothing yet again. At the current snail’s pace they’re going, if they ever have any plans at all in addressing all the mystery/loose ends that have accumulated, S6 is setting up to be one hell of a non-stop roller coaster.

Will it all eventually work out? Boy, I hope so. I’d hate to see Carlton Cuse and the boys handing out pamphlets explaining how Lost ends outside of ABC’s headquarters because it got canned.

 
Comment by Lost My Interest
2009-01-30 00:46:24

“Sci-fi can be great”.
True.

“especially with a show like LOST. ”
False.

As I said in a previous post, good Sci-fi excludes such nonsense as telepathy, ghosts, and the supernatural. If Lost is Sci-fi then it’s really, really bad Sci-fi.

“It’s like nothing is good enough for you people.”

What do you mean by you people?

Comment by mr monkey
2009-01-30 00:56:23

agreed about the sci-fi.

The writers should realize that being in the genre of sci-fi doesn’t mean that you start doing all sorts of stupid stuff and fall back on the sci-fi excuse when anyone brings up criticisms.

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Comment by Terrell
2009-01-30 10:46:19

What do YOU mean by YOU people?

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Comment by Lost My Interest
2009-01-30 13:18:18

Ha!

I’m glad somebody picked up on that.

 
 
Comment by Michelle
2009-01-30 15:30:55

I disagree with your definition of “good” science fiction. But it’s all a matter of opinion…. I see what you’re saying, though, about calling Lost science fiction. Right now it seems to fit somewhere within the realm of fantasy, maybe bordering on sci-fi, but I’m not going to quite discount it as science fiction yet… who knows what rationalizations the show will eventually make? It seems to me that they’re coming back around to the original plot, explaining some things but not all things, of course… gotta keep the show going somehow.

I wasn’t thrilled with the latest episode, but the first 2 were exceptional and were the best episodes I had seen since season 3 (or was it 2?) Anyway, I feel like the writers finally deserve a little credit for veering their way back toward the path… I’m optimistic that they’ll get back to the original storyline. One thing that concerns me a little is that I have a feeling this season will be about as long as last year’s, and that kind of pisses me off. Three months does not a full season make. It really seems lazy and selfish that the writers went on strike last year and now that they won the contract and are getting PAID they want to keep the same schedule they had when they were on strike. It strikes me as an unappreciative way to treat the people who watch the show and keep their pockets full.

To some of you who still are unhappy with Lost: I can’t think of many things that are more of a waste of time and energy than watching a show you’re determined to hate and posting your comments about how much it sucks on some website constantly. Doesn’t make much sense… if you continue to watch it the writers continue to get paid… they could care less if you’re happy with the show or not because, apparently, you’ll watch it anyway. How petty is that? The masses…. sheesh. Go watch a documentary or something.

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Comment by iHateTheTViHateThePresident
2009-01-30 23:57:57

It didn’t turn into sci-fi, it turned into bad post-modernism, and I think they stole that idea from me.

 
Comment by I Killed Locke
2009-02-02 03:12:46

Boagorn,

i think you have the wrong website here buddy, from the looks of it i believe you meant to go to “why lost is totally fucking SWEET” instead of this. if you did come here on purpose why are you acting so surprised? the whole point of this website (the name should be a hint) is to make fun of the show…and ppl like you i suppose

the only way you could possibly put up with the show is if you believe everything will eventually be explained, which most of us no longer do

 
 
 
Comment by I Killed Locke
2009-01-29 02:21:14

there’s a lot to complain about with this show but I mean how can they so blatantly go back on the whole, “if it didn’t happen it can’t happen” theory? this show has been a pioneer of stupidity for a while now but how smart do you have be to recognize that during the writing process? stuff like back to the future where the whole movie is about time travel is fine but other crap like lost that just fall back on it pisses me off.

Comment by iHateTheTViHateThePresident
2009-01-31 00:07:59

Oddly enough this one is so bananas that it must be intentional, like, Farraday just said that because he has a trick or two up his sleeve and didn’t want anybody to screw it up.

Or it might just be the blunder icing on a big blunder cake.

 
 
Comment by Scott Claremon
2009-01-29 02:39:45

Just found this site and this is my first post.

This isn’t just a Lost problem but its got to be just a little harder to break someone’s neck by twisting it for half a second as you are literally running by them. Like I said, not just a Lost issue, happens in lots of movies too, but I feel like they took it to a new level with the run-by neck break move. Anyway, another bad cliche down, many more to go.

 
Comment by LOST RULES
2009-01-29 02:44:33

ALL OF YOU SUCK. Maybe if you all tried to figure out all the little things in lost and actually just put some thought into it then you’d get it. I admit if i had no brain and i was watching lost it would suck but when you look at it and think about what really happens in all the episodes its an amazing show. and for all of you who hate lost what show do you losers like and then look at the top 100 TV shows of all times and almost every single list has lost on it. so even if you guys don’t like lost i think you guys are a minority and ‘m pretty sure that if minorities don’t like something we fucking deport their ass. maybe you should all take a hint and go to England a watch shitty BBC. and if you hate it don’t watch it we don’t care what you think.

Comment by Jakolman
2009-01-29 03:01:24

Hi, JJ Abrams.

Comment by Lost My Interest
2009-01-29 03:36:32

Ha!

 
 
Comment by Lost My Interest
2009-01-29 03:24:53

Trying again.

Sorry. The post didn’t work the first time.

Popular? Check out the ratings. Lost comes in LAST (Nielsen ratings Jan 19-25):

1. (1) “American Idol” (Wednesday), Fox, 25.9 million viewers.

2. (2) “American Idol” (Tuesday), Fox, 22.77 million viewers.

3. (3) “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation,” CBS, 17.57 million viewers.

4. (4) “Two and a Half Men,” CBS, 16.09 million viewers.

5. (8) “House,” Fox, 15.03 million viewers.

6. (6) “CSI: Miami,” CBS, 14.58 million viewers.

7. (5) “Grey’s Anatomy,” ABC, 14.43 million viewers.

8. (7) “60 Minutes,” CBS, 14.21 million viewers.

9. (9) “Criminal Minds,” CBS, 13.82 million viewers.

10. (10) “Cold Case,” CBS, 13.26 million viewers.

11. (X) “Neighborhood Ball,” ABC, 12.57 million viewers.

12. (15) “Lie to Me,” Fox, 12.37 million viewers.

13. (13) “Eleventh Hour,” CBS, 12.31 million viewers.

14. (17) “24,” Fox, 12.1 million viewers.

15. (17) “Fringe,” Fox, 11.96 million viewers.

16. (11) “Hallmark Hall Of Fame: Loving Leah,” CBS, 11.74 million viewers.

17. (15) “NCIS,” CBS, 11.73 million viewers.

18. (20) “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition,” ABC, 11.59 million viewers.

19. (14) “CSI: NY,” CBS, 11.58 million viewers.

20. (23) “Lost,” ABC, 11.35 million viewers.

Comment by Luves2bitch
2009-01-29 03:46:41

Nielson ratings are one thing, but don’t forget that it still is the most pirated show. that has to count for something.

Comment by Lost My Interest
2009-01-29 03:52:56

For sure.

That does count for something…but it doesn’t count for Ad revenue.

Lost got punked by Extreme Makeover for Pete’s sake!

I wonder if anyone pirates Extreme Makeover. Wait. I don’t want to know actually.

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Comment by lazarus 2.0
2009-01-29 13:14:42

Did anybody else see the ABC promos for this week’s episode? They were saying that the Lost premiere had over 20 million viewers!

Yeah, the only way that happened is if eleven million watched the first episode and then A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT eleven million watched the followup.

The ABC/Disney promo monkeys have really outdone themselves this time.

Comment by the numbers
2009-01-29 13:35:14

Actually, the first ep had 11.3 million and the second had 8.5 million so you would have to add some folks from the hourlong recap at 8:00 to get over 20 million.

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Comment by Timioso
2009-01-29 16:50:59

Lots of shows do that to try to pump up their numbers. The World Wrestling group has a two hour show that they treat like two one hour shows to make it sound like they have twice the audience that they actually do.

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Comment by lazarus 2.0
2009-01-30 11:28:53

I know a lot of other shows do it, and they’re being sleazy too. A lie is still a lie.

 
 
 
Comment by LockeIsaCock
2009-01-29 22:53:38

This is the most damning evidence of them all. This show is so stupid that 10 million people just watch the season premiere and then stop. ZOLTAN!

 
 
Comment by LargeBeer
2009-01-29 12:33:54

If minorities don’t like something we deport them???? To England to watch BBC? WTF! Made no sense. Hey dipshit, try pressing the shift key when you start a sentence. It makes a capital letter!

 
Comment by mr monkey
2009-01-29 12:38:03

“Maybe if you all tried to figure out all the little things in lost and actually just put some thought into it then you’d get it.”

This is an argument which fans of Lost constantly bring up when anyone says something negative about the show. They say that Lost is for people who don’t like mindless entertainment, and for those who like more intelligent tv shows.

The problem is that Lost is nothing more than mindless entertainment masquerading as an intelligent show for thinkers. Just because there are characters named after famous people in history (John Locke, Daniel Faraday etc) and just because they make references to obscure pieces of work, it doesn’t mean that the show is anymore intelligent than Judge Judy. Those references have nothing to do with the show but are just there for making the diehards go on wiki and start looking stuff up.

Comment by a guy
2009-01-29 23:38:20

There is nothing more annoying than the ham-handed philosopher names. When they introduced Desmond David Hume I wanted to throw my TV out the goddamn window.

Comment by Anks
2009-01-30 02:39:33

lol

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Comment by Michelle
2009-01-30 16:25:07

So, LOST RULES (what a cleverly thought out screen name, by the way) you say you “get” the show? Care to share? No? Didn’t think so… It’s my suspicion that there are probably few things you do “get.” One of them is that what’s popular is not always actually “good” (think SUV’s, mini-mansions, Dancing with the Stars, The Bachelor, atkins diet, oil-dependence…) Lost is in no way any great work of art… but I still find it entertaining.

Yeah, I love when someone criticizes another’s intelligence in a post riddled with bad grammar and spelling. Not to mention that LOST RULES needs to check up on its history and current events. People don’t get deported for being a minority who dislikes something… my god, that’s the stupidest thing I heard since Bush last spoke. Also, you obviously don’t watch BBC… not sure what your problem with BBC is… many great, informational, intelligent shows on that channel (but you wouldn’t know intelligence if you saw it, of course. That explains THAT.)

hahaha, why am I even bothering with such a jackass?

*shrugs*

 
 
Comment by LOSTard
2009-01-29 18:02:24

And what did those little bits reveal to you about the island, the smoke monster, Jacob, the Others, time travel, the Asian-American guy’s ability and any of the other things that don’t make sense, oh enlightened dunghead?

Non-comedy shows that I saw in the last 5 years that were way beeter than Lost:

Firefly
Jericho
Dexter
Breaking Bad
Battlestar Galactica (that one’s only slightly better than Lost).

What any sort of “majority” likes is inconsequential to thinking persons.

Comment by JT
2009-01-29 19:40:28

Firefly was way fucking overrated, dude. I hate to say that I agree with you on the others.

Comment by LOSTard
2009-01-29 20:18:45

You mean overrated by me (I do like ot a lot), or overrated in general? Because cancellation after 14 episodes for a show that doesn’t suck absolute balls doesn’t seem like much an overrating to me.

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Comment by JT
2009-01-29 20:29:32

I mean overrated in general. You’re obviously entitled to your tastes, but the show just didn’t connect with me. To me, there are shows that really *were* undeservedly cut down before their prime (i.e. Arrested) and shows that get a lot of underdog hype and don’t live up to it. To me, Firefly belongs in the latter category.

Perhaps overrated was the wrong term.

 
Comment by Anks
2009-01-30 02:44:08

I thought Firefly was unique and mostly enjoyable. But by comparison, imagine if LOST had been cancelled after one season. I cannot think of a show that would come close to being as celebrated. That first season ended in a cliff hanger that was even better than BSG.

 
Comment by LOSTard
2009-01-30 17:45:56

De gustibus non est disputandum. *Wee look at me, I speak like an Other*.

I’ve never seen or heard of Arrested, may check it out.

I used to put Jericho in the category of shows that were undeservedly cut, but then they did the rushed second season, which wasn’t as good but put a nice conclusion to the story.

I saw the first and second season of Lost within a month or two, so I didn’t realize how dragged out the storylines were. As a result I thought season 2 was still awesome.

 
Comment by Michelle
2009-01-30 19:15:56

Oh I know! Arrested Development’s cancellation was awful. That show was completely unappreciated. Jericho was pretty good, too, although it was a little propaganda-ish for me, but still an enjoyable show (I love those apocolyptic-type themes)… I don’t think it should have been canceled. It amazes me what gets canned and what people love… mindless bling!

 
Comment by JT
2009-01-30 19:37:30

LOSTard: You’ve never heard of Arrested Development?

Michelle: Yeah, and it’s too bad Michael Cera is holding up the AD movie. Which will be AWESOME.

 
Comment by LOSTard
2009-02-01 13:06:37

I have actually heard of Arrested Development, but never seen it. I may check it out.

 
 
 
Comment by iHateTheTViHateThePresident
2009-01-31 00:18:52

Yeah, wtf about the asian guy?!? He was either a ghost whisperer or a very good conman but either way an interesting character… And then nothing else about him and his powers?!?

Comment by LOSTard
2009-02-01 13:07:35

And then they are never going to explain why he wanted a specific amount of money from Ben to not hand him over to Keamy.

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Comment by iHateTheTViHateThePresident
2009-01-31 00:11:13

“so even if you guys don’t like lost i think you guys are a minority and ‘m pretty sure that if minorities don’t like something we fucking deport their ass.”

Ahahah no way did he actually type this.,

Comment by Lost My Interest
2009-01-31 02:26:24

Oh yes he did!

 
 
Comment by I Killed Locke
2009-02-02 03:15:51

please refer to my post directed to boagorn above

 
 
Comment by LogCarryingGuy
2009-01-29 03:42:10

Why is it that only extras get bolwn up on this show? Why cant they just blow up the asian guy instead. One thing I’ll say for this episode was watching the two red shirts fly through the air clearly just for the lols.

Comment by LargeBeer
2009-01-29 12:39:56

Remember Star Trek when Kirk, Bones, Spock, Scotty and two dudes in the red shirts were transported to the surface. The red shirts always got whacked, usually within a minute or two. This was a “red shirt” moment.

Comment by Anks
2009-01-30 02:45:36

and it was stupid, and it’s getting old.

 
 
Comment by Michelle
2009-02-20 19:22:21

But the asian guy is hot so he should stay. I’m all for getting rid of most any of the other characters though. Hell, they can all go! Just keep him and Desmond and I’m good!

 
 
Comment by Whythisblogsucks
2009-01-29 09:01:38

I really don’t get it. O.K. I agree, LOST SUCKS!
BUT, who cares? The only thing that is more stupid, than watching Lost these days (beyond Season I and II which were really entertaining IMHO), is creating a blog containing detailed descriptions WHY it sucks.
Why do you watch the show? Maybe each episode even several times, only to report what specifically sucked? I think this blog sucks even more than the show itself.

Cheers.

Comment by Lazarus 2.0
2009-01-29 11:08:42

The only thing more stupid than hating a blog that hates a show is to GO TO A BLOG THAT YOU HATE AND POST ON IT JUST TO LET OTHERS KNOW THAT YOU HATE IT.

Epic fail, Whythisblogsucks.

Comment by Lost My Interest
2009-01-30 00:48:09

Word!

 
 
Comment by iHateTheTViHateThePresident
2009-01-31 00:41:23

If you must know, this whole site really just started as a singular blog entry by Tyler, that’s it. However, the post received so many views and so many comments, not to mention the actual post as well as the comments were extremely hilarious and insightful, that it quickly turned into a bona-fide site. Nobody intentionally set out to make a lost sucks website and poured their heart and soul into it, it just organically happened.

I defy you, unless you’re a HARDcore Lost apologist, to read the original entry as well as some of the other early ones and not be thoroughly entertained. The entertainment isn’t in the what, which is just bashing a TV show, but in the how, in that it’s much more often than not very skillfully done.

The other thing to realize is that it’s not about simply bashing a bad tv show, it’s about being thoroughly disappointed by watching a potentially amazing piece of art turn into absolute shit. How do you think I discovered this site, and why do you think it has 12 gazillion views? Because people are specifically googling the phrase “lost sucks” quite a bit. You don’t see that with your run of the mill bad show.

I guess it’s also worth noting that, for me personally, one of the fascinating things about Lost, why I consider myself a ‘regular’ of this site and why i’ll still watch the show, is that it’s a cultural phenomenon and almost definitive proof that great art can’t be created through the medium of television, at least american television. I have doubts as to whether the writers had it in them to see the thing out from the beginning, but it’s practically a moot point as the pure content can never seen when ad revenue and viewer numbers are the primary focus. If the show is popular it will be milked til it’s rotten, and if not it will be canned, but the industry will never allow (it seems) to just let a television writer tell a story, for good or bad. And it’s a concept that never really occurred in the history of any medium. The closest thing would be when magazines publish a story a chapter at a time, and even then the story will only be pulled when enough people complain that it’s offensive and inappropriate, not because they simply don’t care for it.

So yeah, that’s the short explanation of why we’re here.

 
 
Comment by Joe Kellogg
2009-01-29 10:13:08

Desmond and Locke are charged with saving the people and the Island, well maybe the people, whatever. Desmond is in a big gay tither trying to keep something “bad” from happening. Yet it was clearly explained with Charlie (Driveshaft-Bendover) that no matter how hard one tries nothing can be changed…except maybe your underwear.

The new skinny female soldier from 1952 can hold her gun on me anytime. I WILL be you prisoner honey. Can I rub your feet?

 
Comment by raptusregaliter
2009-01-29 10:58:50

Paraphrasing from Leonard Nimoy after he looked at a season 3 Star Trek script: “We apparently liked this story so much in season 1 that we’re going to do it again.”

That is Lost. Tonight’s episode: The Lostaways tramp through the jungle and are set upon by yet another group of Others.

How many fucking Others are we supposed to keep track of? The whole thing is stupid and pointless.

And now the Others speak Latin? Are you fucking kidding me!? I’d really like to know if this has any point other than to titillate the hard-core fans. Oh yeah, it’s Lost. The only reason anything happens anymore (since casual viewers gave up long ago) is to titillate the hard-core fans.

Next week: We find out that all the Others are really a part of Opus Dei. And they know what happened to Judge Crater. And they always enter a building with their left foot first.

Comment by Lost My Interest
2009-01-29 16:08:00

“Next week: We find out that all the Others are really a part of Opus Dei. And they know what happened to Judge Crater. And they always enter a building with their left foot first. ”

Ha!

 
Comment by JT
2009-01-29 19:36:19

Raptus, homeskillet! I’m pretty sure the implication behind the speaking Latin thing was that the Others have been on the island for, say, a couple thousand years or so, when Latin was being used as a spoken dialect. Or it could indeed be something to make people like me shit their pants in glee.

Comment by raptusregaliter
2009-01-30 11:27:24

JT! I actually have a grudging respect for this explanation (the thousands of years stuff; not the shitting in your pants stuff), but it’s still pretty farfetched to assume that the Islanders would still be speaking Latin after all this time since language evolves (heck, we don’t use it anymore). More importantly, I doubt that the writers would go for such a simple explanation. They would rather come up with a more convoluted, unbelievable reason, or, more likely, they will just let the matter quietly drop and speak no more of it (like the numbers, Adam & Eve in the cave, the Black Rock, the four-toed statue, etc.)

Comment by JT
2009-01-30 15:03:05

The only possible explanation I can think of is that the Islanders are using Latin as a way of communicating with each other while they’re under duress. I do have an actual theory about how they went from Latin to English (one neatly ties in existence of the statue that you mentioned, actually) but seriously, I’m not deluded enough to think anyone here will care.

That said, dude, the Lost writers have been known to fuck shit up before. See your post about the wood scaffolding below–I’m a pretty diehard fan and I’m having trouble defending that move.

I have actually enjoyed this exchange, but am sure we will go back to intensely hating each other soon.

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Comment by Jakolman
2009-01-30 00:16:53

Juliet says that Latin is the language of the enlightened. Oh, get off your high horse

Comment by Lost My Interest
2009-01-30 17:09:34

“Juliet says that Latin is the language of the enlightened.”

Yeah, like Nero and Caligula.

 
 
Comment by John L.
2009-01-30 17:01:57

Not to mention that they mutilate the noble latina lingua with that specific English pronunciation that makes my Rome loving heart break and boil at the same time. Grr! If LOTR actors could learn how to pronunciate elvish language properly, why can’t LOST actors do the same with Latin?

Comment by JT
2009-01-30 17:05:40

Methinks it’s because neither elves nor their language exist.

Comment by John L.
2009-01-30 17:13:19

In my view there is no significant difference. Both languages have specific pronunciation rules that differ from those of English.

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Comment by Amanda
2009-01-29 12:04:22

I just found this website yesterday. You guys are funny! I mean, why are you watching the show? Do you love to hate it?

If so, I may be joining your ranks after last night’s episode. It’s time for the show to pull out all the stops or just get cancelled.

Comment by Lmeister
2009-01-29 14:28:05

Read some of the archived posts. We are funny AND brilliant. Welcome, soon to be convert!

 
Comment by jonas
2009-01-30 09:18:56

hey

LOST is like a jigsaw puzzle that looked interesting and well crafted..

Turns out half the pieces are missing in the box, and the other half is full of mistakes and badly cut pieces.. It drives me mad but I still want to see the image

Comment by iHateTheTViHateThePresident
2009-01-31 00:46:05

Ha, now that was well said.

 
 
 
Comment by lazarus 2.0
2009-01-29 13:55:45

The early overnights are in and Lost again loses to Lie to Me and sheds about 2.5% of its viewers from last week. The downward spiral has begun…

Comment by uncleM
2009-01-29 14:45:37

Well, they are starting off with pretty much the minimum they need to hold. They don’t have a whole lot of excess fans to shed without garnering unwanted attention from the network execs.

The fact that they could not win their timeslot two weeks in a row is more bad news.

Comment by lazarus 2.0
2009-01-30 11:34:04

The only bright spot is that they beat Lie to Me in the 18-49 demo. This goes a long way to keeping the suits happy.

 
 
 
Comment by Darlton
2009-01-29 15:06:53

US Army sent back to Skull Island to capture Mrs. King Kong by luring her out of jungle with giant dildo swinging in a cage. Faraday scrapes crust off end of it.

Come’on you Lost prop guys. That nuke looked a lot like one of those inflatable zepellin thingies that tire stores use for promotion. Nothing close to the nukes made in ‘54. Geez, fake, fake, cheap, cheap… another one of those do nothing stall for time episodes.

Comment by Lost My Interest
2009-01-29 16:28:16

Reminds me of the line from ‘This Is Spinal Tap’ where the prop crew screwed up the dimension conversion for the Stone Henge model and made it really small.

So the band manager brought in dwarfs to dance around it so it would look bigger.

“”It was in danger of being trodden on by dwarfs!”

Comment by Darlton
2009-01-29 19:43:35

The economic slowdown has hit here with a vengence. Next episode will have Locke and gang sitting around the camp fire doing sock puppets. They might rattle a few shots off into the jungle with the “M1 Garand carbines” to inject some mystery and tension.

Why did they even mention M1 “Garand” rifles anyway? WOOOA!! M1… time travel, 50’s, M1… WOOOA!!

After all the major hype online that this episode was to be their best ever, action packed, a “game changer” no less, it was painful to watch and see how much hot vapor it really all was.

The Desmond goose chase from London to L.A. with baby Chaz and pissed wife is a WTF why even bother time waster?

Comment by mr monkey
2009-01-29 21:00:18

lol @ the part about the M1! I wonder how many hits the wikipedia page for that gun got last night.

and then there was:

Sawyer: Why didn’t you shoot him?!
*brief pause followed by a zoom in on Locke’s crusty face*
Locke: “Because he’s one of my people”

talk about overly dramatic

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Comment by Darlton
2009-01-30 00:03:18

The old guy Locke is slowing down. I think his being shot in the leg was written in to hide the fact that he’s getting long in the tooth.

 
Comment by I Killed Locke
2009-02-02 03:31:39

yeah no kidding wasn’t it just last week he knifed one “his people” in the back

 
 
 
 
Comment by mr monkey
2009-01-30 01:02:22

The talk of cheap props and effects reminded me of the ‘Magical World of Disney’ style special effects in last season’s finale when Ben turned the great frozen donkey wheel. Not to mention all the other poorly done 80s style special fx.

 
 
Comment by Turkey Originis
2009-01-29 16:26:10

Aimless treks through the jungle, fundamental communication gaps, man boobs, more unanswered questions and now latin. Welcome back, folks. I agree with raptusregaliter; come on?!! I still watch for penance though, to expunge my sins, as it were. I see that most of the old guard has abandoned this blog. What up? I suppose it’s just not much fun crapping on a show that has virtually nothing left to redeem it.

 
Comment by Magpie
2009-01-29 18:36:46

Heh, this place is cool. I was going to blog about the fifth season of lost, and then decided to surf for other bloggers and read their stuff instead of exerting myself. You’ve said it all, really. I watched the first two seasons, and I already decided I hated it from the middle of the first season. I kept watching because my boyfriend wanted to watch to see what would happen. We were both quite disappointed actually, because nothing ever happened.

Anyway, I skipped season 3 and 4, but was bored enough to actually bother with season 5. The funny thing is, nothing has changed. I have no idea what happened in season 3 and 4, but it doesn’t matter, because they haven’t explained anything, the characters are all interchangeable, and the plot is all recycled. And I thought introducing time travel would be fun. They’re the only show in the world that’s made time travel actually seem tedious.

In conclusion to my rant: This show isn’t for smart people. It’s for stupid people who like to feel smart when they see how everything fits together (which it doesn’t).

*happysigh*
Glad that’s off my chest.
Keep up the rants. I’m going to keep checking back here for fun stuff.

Comment by Lost My Interest
2009-01-29 19:23:22

LOL!

“They’re the only show in the world that’s made time travel actually seem tedious.”

Somehow they have also made the premise of being stranded on a magical, tropical island seem tedious. I wouldn’t have thought that possible.

 
Comment by uncleM
2009-01-29 19:27:52

I also turned it off in the first season and have barely been back. The episode where Charlie plugs the first bad guy (name?) in the chest as he was fighting with Jack.

Beyond stupid. This mouse of a guy has the balls and the ability to miraculously become a marksman? and kill off the bad dude on the island? from 20 feet away? Completely inane. and to think I thought the show was good up until that point. I still remember that night. I must have laughed for 5 minutes after that episode.

I ended up watching a couple more episodes later that season, only because one the minor actors lobbied me to do so, because they were going to be in it. When I did tune in, I realized what a waste the show had become. The episodes were abysmal and I got mad at myself for killing a good Wednesday night to watch that crap.

 
 
Comment by nwo
2009-01-29 18:50:51

test

 
Comment by nWo
2009-01-29 18:55:12

WE WARNED YOU: We asked many of you to conver to our way of thinking. We are going to dominate this board (we will release the names of those that secretly joined us soon). Those of you that refused will be exposed! We have conclusive proof that many of you on this board live double lives. We will start first with the biggest douches on here: JT and STICKMAN. Click on the link below to see a special encounter between the two. (p.s. we heard LAURENT ran the camera). JOIN US OUR BE DESTROYED!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBUUuIGJ5L8&feature=related

Comment by JT
2009-01-29 19:31:08

Everyone who’s curious about what that link leads to, it’s some dude massaging another dude. That is some funny motherfucking shit, y’all! Also, you misspelled the word “are” in your post, probably because you were distracted by that giant cock in your mouth.

I know that’s lowbrow by my standards, but I think the only way I can get this dude to understand my posts is by mentioning penises.

Look forward to more of your posts! Hugs!

 
Comment by Jerome
2009-01-30 14:47:29

fuck off NWO… how many hours of your life do you spend searching for gay videos to jack off to? don’t go throwing your sexuality in our faces, while many here are accepting, we don’t want to look through a window to your world

Comment by nWo
2009-01-30 16:14:19

Jerome, Jerome, Jerome…I was really hoping that I wouldn’t have to do this: One of my members came across an “art” film that you made a few years back. I was going to hold off on posting it, but after reading your above post it is very obvious that you have some serious sexual denial. Why attack me over a gay video of JT?? I think its because you have a man crush on him and you are displacing your bent up anger/love. Click on the link below to see Jerome at his finest.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qf2EVDI-JJw&feature=related

P.S. Later tonight I will post a list of all of those board regulars that have joined my group. I think you will be astonished

Comment by freddy
2009-01-30 19:18:54

thanks bigjim

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Comment by nWo
2009-01-30 20:12:09

BigJim is a bitch, we contacted him about joining our group, and he refused. I think he may want to have sex with Tyler or something

 
Comment by Preevyet
2009-02-02 13:35:10

nWo:”blah, blah, blah, look at the gay stuff I surf for daily, blah, blah, blah.”

You wanted attention? Well you got it. Now go the fuck away before I lay some lead downrange on your ass. Come on and get out of the closet, it’s easy, just turn the handle and push it open. There you go!

CPT Preevyet on duty in Baghdad

 
Comment by mr monkey
2009-02-04 00:29:44

you seem to know a lot about how to come out of the closet

 
Comment by JT
2009-02-04 00:30:56

my thoughts exactly

 
Comment by mr monkey
2009-02-04 01:31:47

^ hey that wasn’t me that posted that. Someone trolling again

 
Comment by JT
2009-02-04 07:18:38

I’m sure Preevyet knows that’s BigJim trolling and not actually us.

 
Comment by Preevyet
2009-02-04 13:28:47

I don’t know anything, I’m stuck in Iraq until December. I can’t even get my Lost fix the normal way, I had to watch it with Arabic subtitles. And you know what? It wasn’t bad (only saw season premiere), but still sucks.

CPT Preevyet on duty in Baghdad

 
 
 
 
 
Comment by Lost My Interest
2009-01-30 00:56:42

Craptacular!

I finally saw it tonight.

How bout the country doctor playing cards with his buddies just happened to have his birthing kit with him…including massive, stainless steel forceps?

Penny has become a petty, annoying bitch.

The H-bomb scenario on a Pacific island?! The US Army wouldn’t have even been involved. If they had been (they wouldn’t) but if they had there wouldn’t have been any Brits involved. Or women for that matter.

Nice wood scaffolding!

Bad television? I’m soaking in it.

Comment by raptusregaliter
2009-01-30 11:42:20

Ha! I hadn’t noticed the wood scaffolding! Because, you know, hanging an H-Bomb by a thread isn’t enough—you also want the entire superstructure to be made of a material that can wrack and twist and break and fall over during a tropical storm.

Comment by Lost My Interest
2009-01-30 16:48:38

Yeah. Nice isn’t it?

Some two by sixes, nailed together would hold up a several ton bomb very nicely right? Not!

And how tall is the whole tower? Forty feet? Completely pointless for an H-bomb test. The bomb itself is probably twenty five feet off the ground and when detonated would essentially be the same as a ground blast. It would have made more sense for the military crew to just set it on the ground.

Tower blasts use towers that are about one hundred feet or taller to achieve an air blast detonation.

The rope is not anywhere near strong enough to hold that kind of weight and if you look at the section going to the ground it has slack in it which means it’s not even taught. It has a bow in it meaning the weight of the rope is greater than the weight of the bomb!

One of the worst and dumbest props in the history of television in my opinion.

It’s like the writers don’t care about even minor details.

 
 
Comment by John L.
2009-01-30 17:11:07

When Faraday talks about the bomb with Richard, he mentions radiation burns on the hands of some Other. Yet he approaches the bomb, inspects it, touches it several times, and only after finding the leak he realizes there could be some harmful radiation around and runs like hell. :) If I got that wrong please let me know.

Comment by Lost My Interest
2009-01-30 17:29:03

Yep. You are right on the money.

Exposure to plutonium that causes radiation burns means that the body would absorb enough radiation to cause death from radiation sickness in about a day so the guy who got burned is doomed.

Faraday would also have absorbed enough gama radiation to kill him within hours or a day a most being as close as he was to the “leak”. Hell, walking anywhere near that tower would end up being fatal.

Lucky for him though, he is “special” so “the rules” don’t apply to him. Or maybe he’ll go back in time to before he got dosed.

 
 
Comment by LOSTard
2009-01-30 17:48:00

The Brits and women were Others, not American military personell.

Comment by Lost My Interest
2009-01-30 18:43:52

Ah. Yes. Ok.

I think it was the military fatigues that led me to believe they were part of the H-bomb team.

 
 
Comment by mr monkey
2009-01-31 01:42:18

I bet sometime this season the show will have some cheap moment of suspense where the bomb is about to go off, but luckily the time shifts again thus saving their sorry asses.

 
 
Comment by iHateTheTViHateThePresident
2009-01-30 23:55:52

The worst thing amount the smoke monster is that it started making even less sense right before it just disappeared. Remember how it was scared shitless by Mr. Eko, until… It changed it’s mind and decided to kill him. (Killing off arguably the best and most dynamic character) Smokey McGhee developed an inferiority complex and decided to fight back against his bully?!? At least that would’ve been an explanation.

Not to mention the fact that who Smokey is scared of, and why, seems to be very pivotal to the plot. Remember how it rolled up on Locke in… Holy shit was that the first fucking episode? It rolled up on him, he walked away unscathed… and never mentioned wtf happened. That was like 50 seasons ago!! I remember thinking that the thing possessed him, as he started acting very strange and sinister directly after…

Yo Lost writers, if you’re reading this, that’s an idea to think about! The smoke monster is actually the ghost of a long dead half human/half atomic bomb hybrid, the love child from a torrid relationship between a lonely Locke and a canister of plutonium he found when TRAVELING BACK IN TIME FOR SOME REASON… And then it came back to possess Locke!!

That one’s free of charge, just give me a shout out in the credits.

Anyhow, glad to see the board-blog is stilling going strong. As a devoted mid-schooler it’s nice to see the old school guys come back along with some bright young new schoolers.

Comment by Lost My Interest
2009-01-31 01:28:07

The worst thing is that I screwed up the HTML code when I posted a comment so every comment after that shows up in italics.

Sorry everyone. I’ll be more careful from now on.

As for the smoke monster, it was the most interesting character on the whole show and we haven’t seen it since Ben summoned it to give the Keamy team a light beating. Somehow most of them escaped unscathed. Why?

Mr. Eko! Yeah! Why do the writers kill of the best characters and leave the chaff to carry on a boring story. It’s like they actually want to make a crappy show.

Sorry again for the HTML tag error.

Comment by iHateTheTViHateThePresident
2009-01-31 01:41:50

test

Comment by iHateTheTViHateThePresident
2009-01-31 01:44:58

Lol what’d you know so that /i doesn’t work?

Anyhow, just watching the episode now, the writers must read my mind; they finally had something relevant about the ghost whisperer asian dude’s skill set.

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Comment by Lost My Interest
2009-01-31 02:23:59

“test”?

Is that like a radio check?

You’re coming through loud and clear.

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Comment by iHateTheTViHateThePresident
2009-01-31 02:33:25

I was testing to see if my HTML tag worked, but epic fail.

Anyhow, just got finished with the episode.

And as more often than not, if it were the first of or even the 2nd or 3rd i’d seen, I’d think it was fantastic and would be hooked… Would probably go and start watching the show from the beginning… Then slowly get disillusioned until I found myself at a site called YlostSUX.net or something like that…

Ay, there’s the rub!

 
 
 
Comment by Smeko
2009-02-01 17:47:11

Totally agree, Smokey and Eko, the best things in Lost.

 
 
 
Comment by Markozz
2009-01-31 12:05:19

Why do you watch all the shows to say it’s bad? On EVERY minute of EVERY episode are complaints to the story from you. As if all the episodes are bad. Come on. But back to my question: why do you guys still watch it if you don’t like the story?

Idiots… (Of course you are going to turn this back to me and say I’m an idiot because you can’t think of any better).

Comment by John L.
2009-01-31 12:12:16

You’re an idiot because we can’t think of any better.

Next!

Comment by Markozz
2009-01-31 12:44:39

Yeah I thought so. Got no answer to my question?

Comment by What - Ka
2009-02-01 10:13:04

I have some more answers for you:

1. You are an idiot

2. How exactly did you get here, HMM…let me think, perhaps by typing “LOST SUCKS” in Google.

There in no other way to get here unless you think lost sucks.

Try harder next time.

Next!

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Comment by Markozz
2009-02-01 11:08:46

Yeah, just as there is one way to go to the mall mart, one way to celebrate christmas, and one way to fly huh? That’s the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard. You’re avoiding my question because you don’t have an answer.

“We watch LOST because it sucks! Yay, come to the club!”

 
Comment by Idiot
2009-02-01 15:14:01

I think there is really no other way to go to the “Mall Mart”!
You are so right man!

 
Comment by Lostito
2009-02-02 09:22:00

It would be nice to see how many people got here googling “lost sucks”.
I know I did.

 
Comment by Tyler
2009-02-02 20:38:17

Its pretty much true. 99% of the people find this site because it ranks #1 for “lost sucks” on Google.

We’re #1! we’re #1! Maybe I should get one of those big fingers.

 
 
 
 
Comment by Lost My Interest
2009-01-31 12:53:45

Because it’s fun.

Lost is so bad and so pretentious that it’s fun to watch an episode then come here and bag on it and read other people’s comments. I like to wait a day, read the comments here and watch it the next night on DVR. The show was becoming a drag for me but now it’s extremely funny thanks to this blog.

There is some seriously funny commentary here.

That’s it. That’s the secret. That’s why we’re all doing it. Because it’s fun and it’s funny.

And someone really should be doing it anyway because on the fan sites all anyone posts is how BRILLIANT and clever and smart the show is when it is none of those things. We can’t let the writers of the show get away with thinking fooled everyone.

Comment by Markozz
2009-02-01 11:13:27

Well, your opinion BUT it IS pathetic and not realistic to say every second of the show is stupid. Even if you don’t like it, there are the good and smart moments. And each show has its errors (like a silenced gun which clicks when it’s empty).

Then my opinion is that yopu are pretending that you’re thinking the show is stupid.

But now I’m not wasting my time here anymore, I’m letting you li’l children have your “boredom”.

Comment by Why Markozz Sucks
2009-02-01 17:22:48

Markozz,

Please go there ———>
http://www.iamsodamnangryandstupid.com

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Comment by Lost My Interest
2009-02-01 18:55:37

Are you stalking me?

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Comment by I Killed Locke
2009-02-03 02:07:30

haha yes you are right the one fatal flaw in lost is when they mistakenly have a silenced gun click even though it is empty

The people on this site watched the show since it started and were originally fans. The first season was good and seemed to be very intelligent television. This is because it had only been on one year and viewers had no reason to think that the intriguing mysteries would never be solved. After 4+ seasons it is obvious that they will not answer all the questions and the ones that will will be answered in very silly ways. The first season was a very compelling narrative. The story advanced consistently with relatively minimal filler. Now the story has been too far stretched. I mean really, what do you know about anything introduced in season 1 that you learned from last season?

Oh, and you’re an idiot

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Comment by iHateTheTViHateThePresident
2009-01-31 15:27:21

Scroll up and read my long fucking post, it’s a pretty thorough explanation.

 
 
Comment by Bob
2009-01-31 18:32:19

So the big thing on Lost is now time travel. Do writers learn nothing?, time travel does not and will not ever work as a plot device. Why? Simple there’s has never been a writer who could succesfully carry off time travel without some bright spark point out the obvious flaw (the ‘hang on if he did that doesn’t that mean he would cease to exists’ or the ‘if he killed that guy in the past then how would he have ever met him in order to go back on his mission to kill him’). Time travel is the second worst concept out there for TV, the first being the clip show (more commonly know we’ve run out of ideas episode). Even the best writers can’t write this stuff well and lost writers think they’re up to the challenge?

Comment by Lost My Interest
2009-01-31 22:27:16

I read your comment, agreed, and then I remembered a show where the writers used time travel as part of the plot and it worked.

“Quantum Leap”!

It’s the only one I can remember that actually did it right though. The Lost writers don’t seem to have the talent to make it work or even make it interesting.

 
Comment by Markozz
2009-02-01 11:18:15

I agree, but LOST does this right. What happened, happened and you can’t change the future Faraday says. If someone decided tomorrow to travel back in time and kill me as a baby, I was not sitting in this chair right NOW. Again, LOST does this right (till now).

Comment by Markozz
2009-02-01 17:28:20

Just read what i wrote and it’s so STUPID. Sorry everyone for being STUPID.

Comment by I Killed Locke
2009-02-03 02:11:29

glad to see you have come to terms with it

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Comment by Vincent
2009-01-31 23:59:16

I think my neighbor next door is an Other. He said he voted for Nader a few elections ago and watches Oprah and Dr. Phil religiously. All the clues were there… what should I do?

Comment by Lost My Interest
2009-02-01 00:12:47

Watch out for flaming arrows!

 
 
Comment by What - Ka
2009-02-01 10:00:56

Thanks for ruining more characters!

1. Juliet – thanks God she can speak latin! Otherwise it would be impossible to have this conversation in English. Anyway knowing Richard seemed like the only reason for the Others to speak at all, so what the latin is for?! oh i know, for making Juliet look important.

They even ruined Richard!

2. Mysterious Richard who was so good for not talking too much and playing his mysterious role of an ancient creature suddenly speaks like some HR secretary. When did he start speaking like this? Ah, in the 50th, because in the 90th he seemed to be totally clueless waiting for Ben’s orders and than again in the 60th he looked like a perfect hippie when he first met Ben.
I think the writers are traveling in time.
Another great character is down…

3.Well Jack is a long long time dead character, a leader who took them all off the island, the man who never gave up his beliefs turned into a depressed homeless who barks the same old mantra almost every episode “We have to go Baaack”. Why is he so miserable? Nothing that bad has happened to him! Common, you can not change someone’s DNA so dramatically, he is your hero, please do something!

3. The physician and his love story is just not interesting, not touching, not necessary. More characters to ruin in the near future.

4. A HUGE event in Sawyer’s character – he’s got a shirt!

5. Lock is so frustrated from not getting forward with his request that the only place where he can show us some play is during the flash, keep on the good work with the hand!

5. The Chinese guy is fine, at least he is always funny.

The only thing we all can hope for is JACOB – please don’t touch JACOB, and never show him to us again, we just don’t want to know, we love him as he is :)

Comment by Hurom
2009-02-01 11:24:12

I don’t think LOST is a bad show, but that latin part made me throw up. Come on, they never mentioned that before!? I hate that bitch. And indeed, they are acting like the new characters are mains since season 1… The love story is not touching.

 
 
Comment by mr monkey
2009-02-01 13:07:06

a little off topic but what happened to the jumptheshark.com website? It looks like it’s been taken over by tv guide and they’ve gotten rid of all the subsections for each tv show. I hope they are still in the process of fixing the bugs.

Comment by Nico Toscani
2009-02-04 00:28:15

Fuck You!

 
 
Comment by Lost is Brilliant
2009-02-01 13:12:16

I came to this site around two years ago. I, as you all, were frustrated with Lost. But, once the finale of season three happened, that changed everything! I love Lost more than I ever thought I could.

To come back here and see the same old, same old is beyond boring. To still be talking about the smoke monster is just unbelievable … makes me think most of you don’t even watch Lost. You see, with all the great things that have happened in Lost, I could really care less about the smoke monster. There’s so much more going on that I know the smoke monster and polar bear will all fit in.

You all come here to rant about Lost, yet you have no idea what you’re talking about. At least make an attempt to watch the show instead of sitting there writing everything possible that you don’t understand about it and then slamming it.

If you’ve been watching a show for more than a year after dissing it … that’s beyond insane. You’re just wanting to complain about something.

And to those who have no idea what it is to be on the top 20 Nielsen ratings, wow! There are hundreds of shows. To be on the top 20 is excellent! That’s why they show it. Who are you people? To be in the top 40 is still good. Go to thefutoncritic.com and see just how good Lost is doing. It will not lose it’s loyal fan base!

Also, whoever is saying that Lost is not sci-fi, is a joke! Of course it’s sci-fi, you can’t put it anywhere else. Quite often sci-fi and fantasy are looped together. The sci-fi channel has even been running repeats of Lost. Lost is sci-fi, period! And to have a bunch of idiots saying all these things about a show that is going to have all this crazy stuff going on, the supernatual, the conspiracies, the time shift, etc., is just stupid! Why? Because obviously you don’t like sci-fi, yet you watch it and complain about what it is exactly about!! So why watch? From the first episode of Lost, to now, that’s all it’s been.

If you’re going to complain about Lost, don’t complain about things like, “Oh there’s no way that could happen,” “There’s no way he could time travel,” etc., because there is a way. It’s called sci-fi! Ever watch “The Twilight Zone”? Let’s see if you (10 people) can come back here next time after truly watching Lost and have some real constructive criticism … with nothing to do about the sci-fi angle and see if you might learn something. You may have nothing to say and will have to admit that you are not a sci-fi fan and maybe it’s time you moved on.

Comment by Lost My Interest
2009-02-01 19:08:34

What you’re really saying is that we should stop having fun making fun of a TV show because you like the show. Right?

Why do you care? I’ll tell you why you care. You care because your faith in the show is weak and reading the comments here makes you doubt your own dedication to the show.

The comments here strike a nerve so you lash out at the posters and try to convince/bully/insult us into not making anymore negative comments about the show.

You know you’re not going to convince anyone so why do it? Why even come to the site? I’ll tell you why you do it. You aren’t here to convince us that Lost is brilliant…you are trying to convince yourself. Like a religious person who rants religious nonsense at other people in order make themselves feel more secure about their beliefs.

You know it’s true.

 
Comment by I Killed Locke
2009-02-03 02:22:38

You don’t even care about the smoke monster? Congrats you are the stereotypical who proves all of us right. Many questions were asked early in the show. These are the ones that matter to me and probably most of the people on this site. The writers don’t answer these questions, however. They just ask more and then have the preview/movie trailer narrator guy tell you that you, the viewer, care about these new questions. Some examples: WHO WAS IN THE COFFIN??? WHO ARE THE OCEANIC SIX??? Who cares? The sad answer: anyone who still likes lost.

 
Comment by Dave
2009-02-18 21:58:32

Yes of course is sci-fi but there is good sci-fi and there is bad sci-fi and lost is the definition of a nonsense sci-fi series!

 
 
Comment by Constructive Idiot
2009-02-01 15:24:37

I think here is an example of “some real constructive criticism”:

*** There’s so much more going on that I know the smoke monster and polar bear will all fit in.**** very constructive

*** Also, whoever is saying that Lost is not sci-fi, is a joke! Of course it’s sci-fi, you can’t put it anywhere else**** constructive +

*** The sci-fi channel has even been running repeats of Lost*** more than constructive!

see if you might learn something

Comment by I Killed Locke
2009-02-03 02:25:05

those aren’t criticisms. they are excuses.

what the hell are you even talking about anyways?

Comment by Lost My Interest
2009-02-03 02:54:31

I think ‘Constructive Idiot’ is mocking the Lost fanatic.

Comment by I Killed Locke
2009-02-04 03:42:37

yea i wasn’t sure, that’s why i asked

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Comment by L. Ron Cupboard
2009-02-01 21:56:07

Lost is like Scientology; a huge psychological build-up with a crap sci-fi ending.

Comment by Joe Kellogg
2009-02-01 22:41:50

Kirk will have to fly the Black Rock directly towards the sun. The gravitational pull will cause them to fly faster than the speed of time. At its peak speed they will throw Hurley overboard. This shift will cause the ship to immediatly fly backwards in time. Kirk and the entire crew of the Enterprise will find themselves in 1969 and exactly ten minutes prior to the plane crash that caused the whole event. No one will have any memory of the five preceding years except millions of fatigued TV viewers. Luke will marry Laura. Spock will turn into a toad frog and Ricardo Montalban will have an unnatural relationship with a midget. Then “Lost” will end and I will be so much richer and wiser for the experience.

Comment by Lost My Interest
2009-02-01 23:53:23

LOL!

That sounds like a pretty entertaining plot actually.

I hope the Lost writers steal your idea.

 
Comment by Vincent
2009-02-02 21:58:38

Someone actually dared to compare Bill Shatner’s brilliant work against Lost?

Double shame on you. Bill in his worst full ham mode is velvety Shakespeare compared to the circle jerk improv puppet show playing out on Lost.

Comment by Lost My Interest
2009-02-03 02:56:01

Can you imagine?!

Shatner in his prime as the Jack character?

It would have been brilliant.

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Comment by Joe Kellogg
2009-02-03 21:13:40

Actually I was speculating about how “Lost” would finally end. I was remembering a Star Trek episode in which Kirk and company had screwed up the time/space continuum and had to correct it. Their solution was to fly the Enterprise or whatever ship they were on directly at the sun and use it as a slingshot effect to make them travel faster than the speed of time or some such. The end effect was that they went back in time to several minutes before the event that got everything all out of whack to start with. LOST will probably end in the same fashion. Someone will travel to the event that skewed everything and the entire previous five years will not have happened.

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Comment by JT
2009-02-04 00:34:31

Just had an idea: does anyone want to throw some kind of whylostsucks.com party? we could set something up in LA or NYC or, shit anywhere else for that matter. I just would like to get to know you all better. I would like to know some of you on a much more personal level
Throw some idea at me
[JT

Comment by mr monkey
2009-02-04 00:35:47

count me in! (ill bring the lube)

Comment by JT
2009-02-04 00:36:30

bring whatever you want, as long as you bring your fat monkey

Comment by Turkey Analis
2009-02-04 00:38:07

ill let you all blasted it all over me (just as long as the meisters arent there-they have herpes)

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Comment by raptusregaliter
2009-02-04 00:42:40

can i wear a sock, im kinda embarassed about my size

 
Comment by JT
2009-02-04 10:58:57

a sock is fine. my penis is actually inverted (it goes up inside me) and only the tiny tip of the acorn peeks out, so I know I always have the smallest penis in the room.

 
 
 
Comment by Lost My Interest
2009-02-04 01:59:15

I like it!

Mike Nelson, Joel Hodgson, Crowe T. Robot and Tom Servo need to be there.

 
 
Comment by uncleM
2009-02-04 00:55:57

This really does sound it would be a hoot. We should do it here in Hawaii, where the stupid thing is shot. Tell the local media about the meeting. Heh heh

That would ruffle some feathers.

 
Comment by mr monkey
2009-02-04 01:35:32

^once again someone else trolling by using other members’ names.

Anyway back on topic it would be hilarious to have a whylostsucks meetup in hawaii. Matthew Fox and Evangeline Lily would probably show up and make some pouty dramatic faces to tell us how wrong we are. You all know the faces i’m talking about!

 
Comment by Tyler
2009-02-04 22:51:02

Its not possible because none of us actually exist in real life We are all just internet personas :)

 
 
Comment by Stickman
2009-02-04 03:26:22

Nico brought this idea up way back when to have a series finale party together…of course this was back when we were all actually watching the show and cared a little bit and before all the douchebags infiltrated the board.

Here in Hawaii would be brilliant…my wife works with some folks who are good friends of both desmond and ben…we can shamelessly solicit cast members to show up and then roast them. As stupid as everyone here has been in the past about Lost (although the buzz has died down the last couple seasons), we can practically guarantee front-page below-the-fold coverage in the Honolulu Advertiser.

Comment by RU Serious
2009-02-04 13:12:49

Ah yes, those golden early days before the douchbags got here, the time when it was just me, The Miesters and a bunch of diseased faggots like Stickman. You know why is called “Stickman” don’t you? It is from his penchant for inserting objects into his rectum…

Comment by RU Serious
2009-02-04 14:24:27

i make homosexual refrences becaue i love cock in my ass. “more please!” is what i alwys yell at my father and my uncles when they use my hoel as a cum dump

Comment by Stickman
2009-02-04 18:49:31

Can you do me after “Lost” goes off tonight? Bring plenty o vaseline…

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Comment by Stickman
2009-02-04 18:51:27

hoel ?

 
 
 
 
 
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