I had the noblest of intentions. I really did. I truly considered doing a weekly review of the final season of Lost, just I’ve done for Glee and just as I am now planning on doing for Caprica, but the fact of the matter is, I don’t think I can. I am a Lost fan and have been since the night the first episode premiered six years ago. I find the show brilliant, challenging, frustrating, and often breathtaking. I am also, however, not the sort of fan who rewatches the episodes multitudes of times or delves through all of the on-line extra material, trying to piece together the mysteries.
I’ve always been of the opinion that it would be best to wait until the entire series was done airing and only then do a complete rewatch of it all, to see how the saga functions as a whole, and so, for the most part, when Lost is gone for breaks, I put it out of my mind. When it returns, I always plunge back into its maddening world with both feet, and happily so, but since I’ve only seen most of the episodes once and with enormous gaps between them, I am simply not as qualified to analyze the series as those true Lost-philes who can watch any given episode and instantly identify every crucial easter egg and plot connection. When the series is over, I might be able to review it as a complete work, but for now, I feel like anything I might say would simply be grasping at straws. As ever, I have no clue where the show is going and probably understand less than half of what I see.
That doesn’t mean I didn’t gasp with awe, delight, and shock numerous times throughout this two-hour premiere, nor that I didn’t have a fantastic time trying to guess what the hell is going on, nor that I’m not completely psyched by this season’s surprising format. However, it’s hard enough to try to judge the artistic merit of any incomplete story (as I often do for television series), let alone one that is deliberately trying to baffle its audience. But that is what I willingly signed on for when I decided to stick with Lost, and so, until the end of May, I’m going to just enjoy the end of this wild ride, the wind in my hair, a confused expression on my face, and most importantly, review-free.
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Lost: The Complete First Season DVD
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Lost: The Complete First Season Blu-Ray
Lost: The Complete Second Season Blu-Ray
Lost: The Complete Third Season Blu-Ray
Lost: The Complete Fourth Season Blu-Ray
Lost: The Complete Fifth Season Blu-Ray
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Point well taken, Rob. This is, by the by, most of the reason I haven’t even watched Lost yet. Following the series enough to really “get” it has always seemed like more of a time investment than learning how to play Bridge. When you get to the end of this last season and tell me that I’ll be able to enjoy the whole thing watching it as itself without playing any marketing games and ARG silliness, then I’ll make a decision whether or not to invest.
Really? Review free? Can you do that? It’s going to be difficult. I, personally, am completely and utterly cluelessly addicted. I tried to understand for awhile and even wrote an article for Lost Studies about The Bad Twin tie-in novel. Now I just follow along in confused rapture as Damon and Carlton drop the bread crumbs along the trail…