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05-27-2010, 02:56 PM | #5836 |
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Thanks for posting that Deberg. It's right on par with what they've been saying for the last few years. Great read.
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05-27-2010, 06:59 PM | #5837 |
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For those of you who are (were) Lost fans and like to read, this is a list of the books shown/referenced at times during the show's tenure. These books were included because of the clues they provided as well as the way they interacted with the shows themes:
Season 1 * Alice in Wonderland Lewis Carroll * * Heart of Darkness Joseph Conrad * Lord of the Flies William Golding * Watership Down Richard Adams * * A Wrinkle in Time Madeleine LEngle * Season 2 * Are You There God? Its Me, Margaret. Judy Blume * * Bad Twin Gary Troup * * The Brothers Karamazov Fyodor Dostoevsky * * The Epic of Gilgamesh Herbert Mason (tr.) * Island Aldous Huxley * Lancelot Percy Walker * * An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge Ambrose Bierce * * Our Mutual Friend Charles Dickens * * The Third Policeman Flann OBrien * * The Turn of the Screw Henry James * * The Wizard of Oz L Frank Baum * Season 3 * A Brief History of Time Stephen Hawking * * Carrie Stephen King * * Catch-22 Joseph Heller * * Evil Under the Sun Agatha Christie * * The Fountainhead Ayn Rand * * Laughter in the Dark Vladimir Nabokov * * Of Mice and Men John Steinbeck * * On Writing Stephen King * Stranger in a Strange Land Robert Heinlein * A Tale of Two Cities Charles Dickens * Through the Looking Glass Lewis Carroll * To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee Season 4 * VALIS Philip K Dick * * The Invention of Morel Adolfo Bioy Casares * * On the Road Jack Kerouac * Slaughterhouse-Five Kurt Vonnegut * The Chronicles of Narnia CS Lewis * Survivors of the Chancellor Jules Verne * Season 5 * The Little Prince Antoine de Saint-Exupιry * Ulysses James Joyce * * A Separate Reality Carlos Castaneda * * Everything that Rises Must Converge Flannery OConnor * Season 6 * Fear and Trembling Sψren Kierkegaard * * Haroun and the Sea of Stories Salman Rushdie * * Deep River Shusaku Endo * * The Chosen Chaim Potok * * Notes from Underground Fyodor Dostoevsky *
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05-27-2010, 07:54 PM | #5838 |
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Ha! I'm on episode 8 now, myself. Interesting how much season 1 and 6 are alike.
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I've seen all of season 1 now. That was a solid, entertaining season of TV. It was absolutely propelled by the mysteries of the island. All of the numerous character background flashbacks provided necessary information into character motivation but sometimes bog down the pace at which I wanted on-the-island plot.
I am in the minority on this, probably, but I don't like the score. At all. I mean, independent of the show some of the compositions sound very nice, especially the Locke theme. But in the show the score is waaaaay too on-the-nose for me. The score chokes every scene and forcibly manipulates the audience to feel certain emotions. I hope this heavy-handed score gets toned down in the other seasons. Too many characters and I know that it is only going to get worse. I was happy to see that Boone died for multiple reasons: 1.) It took a character away from a cluttered ensemble. 2.) I was agitated by the numerous fake-out deaths so it was good to see a death stick for once. 3.) It gave Shannon something to do. Most of the characters are pretty milquetoast. Jack & Kate are solid but the standout performances come from the characters of Sawyer, Sayid, Micheal, Sun and Locke. Josh Holloway's Sawyer oozes charisma and he is one of the few actors that understands nuance. Also giving a nuanced performance is Harold Perrineau's Micheal. I don't think that the character could ever be a fan-favorite but Micheal is one of the few characters in season 1 that feels like a real person. Also with real-person-ness is Sun, one of the few characters I felt emotional investment in despite her and Jin's background being kind of silly. Naveen Andrews' Sayid is a legit badass performance; everything he does is believable and rounded. Terry O'Quinn is marvelous as John Locke. The character, though, I'm iffy on. Locke knows so much about a lot of things and has a lot of faith and it feels unearned. I imagine that we will get more flashbacks that will alleviate this but all through the first season he came across as wise and knowledgeable in a way that feels artificial and convenient. Smoke Monster lol As far as artistic themes go, this season wasn't too much concerned with any. It was mostly Island mystery + look at all the characters coming together to the same place like the movie Crash. The major theme in all of the flashbacks, which is where this show's themes are going to lie - off the island, is exploring the different ways in which we are responsible to/for our loved ones and the personal cost of acting on those responsibilities. I was pleased to see that the finale's whole flash sideways/learn-to-let-go thing was predicted in the Jack's wedding episode by Christian telling Jack that he's never been good at letting go. I anticipate the idea of letting go to appear throughout the series then. Also, I have a feeling (especially based on the finale) that the dichotomy of Man of Science vs Man of Faith brought up by Locke to Jack is going to be very important and probably predicts Lost's central theme. |
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I can't believe you already watched the finale. Based on your season 1 review, I think you won't really like the next few seasons.
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05-31-2010, 04:49 PM | #5844 |
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I'll just say that at around the end of season 3, this turns from a supernatural show into a sci-fi show.
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I agree with this assessment. I'm re-watching the whole thing. Picking up on a few things that they signpost for later, but there's some stuff that's already a bit wonky from where it ended up.
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I will say I still think Foxy and Evie are the two must underrated actors on ths show. I think they're both brilliant. Especially in S1. And I also slightly disagree with you about Holloway. He's good in S1 (to me) not great. But he gets better. By S5 he surpasses many of his co-stars (IMO). |
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Holloway does a really nice job in S1. Absolutely. But I think Foxy and Lilly are outstanding. Exacly what you're describing about Holloway is what I see in those two consistantly through out the entire series. And If you like Holloway now... boy-howdy... just you wait. Because he's about to take it to a whole other level.
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