Lost!

[Eliza Hodgkins 1812]

Lost is kinda losing me.

I'm not digging the Island storyline these days, and isn't that the whole friggin' point? I don't love that our merry band is breaking up into factions. I realized last night that I *hate* that John Locke is dead and this Smoke Monster Locke is all that's left of him. Because he's a little lame.

I always liked that our Lost folk were trapped in between these warring parties, and I guess I was kind of hoping that our beloved characters would band together and say, "You know what, **** this! We aren't your pawns and this isn't our war. And the war is lame to begin with!" So the fact that they seem to be splitting up our beloved characters into two factions, and that we may really be in for a sort of GOOD vs EVIL battle just leaves me a bit sad and bored.

And, I know, I know. I suppose the writers/producers were generally headed in this direction and I shouldn't have assumed otherwise, but it all seem so heavy, stupidly handled. Like once upon a time they were inspired by Slaughterhouse 5 and now they're inspired by bad adventure serials, and not in a good way. (Indian Jones, for example, was a good way.)

All these little rules (the Japanese man being the only thing - for some unexplained reason - keeping out the Smoke Monster) seem so tossed in and pointless.

And I continue to be more interested (and this does shock me) in the alternate storyline. Sayid's storyline was awesome. Sayid on the Island? Evil Mirrorverse Sayid? It just make me feel embarrassed for him for some reason.

Of course I'm in for the ride. I've loved the show and I want to see how it all turns out. But the sci-fi elements of the show, which I love (parallel universes, becoming displaced in time, etc.), are now taking a serious back seat to the stuff i care less about (overly Christian good vs evil symbolism and characters, etc.). I feel like I'm reliving my Battlestar Gallactica experience right now, and that final season left me very, very soured on that entire series.

There were moments last night where I felt like I was watching The Land of the Lost. Seriously. LAND OF THE LOST! And the music is bugging the **** out of me lately. I have always loved the score for the show and now it all sounds like the Indiana Jones ride music at Disneyland. Seriously. THE INDIANA JONES RIDE! So disappointing.

Holding out hope, but not loving it at all right now.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by Eliza Hodgkins 1812

So the fact that they seem to be splitting up our beloved characters into two factions, and that we may really be in for a sort of GOOD vs EVIL battle just leaves me a bit sad and bored.

The shows been all about splitting the losties up into factions. Beach vs. cave. Push the button vs. don't push the button. Follow Locke vs. follow Jack. It's more literal and divisive this season, but it's been a running theme through the entire series.

[Eliza Hodgkins 1812]

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

The shows been all about splitting the losties up into factions. Beach vs. cave. Push the button vs. don't push the button. Follow Locke vs. follow Jack. It's more literal and divisive this season, but it's been a running theme through the entire series.

I'm aware of that. At this point I'm only referring to the group that's currently whittled down. At this point I have little to no interest watching Sayid, Sawyer, Claire, etc. following Smoke Monster Locke and the rest following whomever...Jack? I know it's been about one group vs another, but previously it all seemed very well thought out, and what motivated characters to choose one side or the other was interesting. Sawyer's reasoning? That makes sense to me. That bores me less. Evil Claire / Evil Sayid? That just seems like a tossed stupid salad. The writing just seems bad this season.