A_Bona
Lifetime Total
1+
IMDb Member
12 years
Reviews
Lost (2004)
Started out great and slowly became ridiculous
(this may contain spoilers so do not read on if you haven't seen it)
I remember the night of the Pilot episode and how amazed I was by this show. It had intense and emotional scenes, great character development and intriguing flashbacks that gave viewers a look into the characters past's and the events that put them on that plane. Unfortunately, however, the charm and mystery this show had only lasted through the first season. (SPOILER ALERT!)- I found the show got much less interesting the minute the hatch was opened and the 'Darma Initiative' came into play. The idea that the island was a home to researchers in the past destroyed a lot of the islands mystery that the first season so meticulously created. The only gripe I had with the first season was the very random and unexplained Polar Bear appearance (END SPOILER!). The second season did very little to bring back the magic of the previous season and the only reason I kept watching was because I was really intrigued by all the flashback scenes. With each season the story became more and more difficult to follow. It was painfully obvious that the writers had absolutely no idea where they wanted the show to go and were pretty much making it up as they went.
(SPOILER ALERT!) The last two seasons featured the worst of the story. I don't know if anyone else had this issue, but I had no idea what was going on when they were showing the 'flashsideways' scenes. I simply thought that they were showing what their lives would have been like had they not crashed on the island. That theory was completely shattered in the series finale when they poorly explained that they were essentially in Limbo trying to find each other to pass on to the after life. This seems like a touching ending but it was executed poorly and there was a ton of stuff left totally unexplained, and what they did explain was barely satisfying. (END SPOILER!)
Overall, I give this show a 5 out of 10. It started off as a truly amazing adventure and ended up as something completely ludicrous. So if you're going to give this a try, be prepared for some awful story telling in the later seasons which lasts from seasons 4 to the finale. Not an awful show, but very far from a great one. it had a lot of potential before the writers destroyed it.
I remember the night of the Pilot episode and how amazed I was by this show. It had intense and emotional scenes, great character development and intriguing flashbacks that gave viewers a look into the characters past's and the events that put them on that plane. Unfortunately, however, the charm and mystery this show had only lasted through the first season. (SPOILER ALERT!)- I found the show got much less interesting the minute the hatch was opened and the 'Darma Initiative' came into play. The idea that the island was a home to researchers in the past destroyed a lot of the islands mystery that the first season so meticulously created. The only gripe I had with the first season was the very random and unexplained Polar Bear appearance (END SPOILER!). The second season did very little to bring back the magic of the previous season and the only reason I kept watching was because I was really intrigued by all the flashback scenes. With each season the story became more and more difficult to follow. It was painfully obvious that the writers had absolutely no idea where they wanted the show to go and were pretty much making it up as they went.
(SPOILER ALERT!) The last two seasons featured the worst of the story. I don't know if anyone else had this issue, but I had no idea what was going on when they were showing the 'flashsideways' scenes. I simply thought that they were showing what their lives would have been like had they not crashed on the island. That theory was completely shattered in the series finale when they poorly explained that they were essentially in Limbo trying to find each other to pass on to the after life. This seems like a touching ending but it was executed poorly and there was a ton of stuff left totally unexplained, and what they did explain was barely satisfying. (END SPOILER!)
Overall, I give this show a 5 out of 10. It started off as a truly amazing adventure and ended up as something completely ludicrous. So if you're going to give this a try, be prepared for some awful story telling in the later seasons which lasts from seasons 4 to the finale. Not an awful show, but very far from a great one. it had a lot of potential before the writers destroyed it.