Lost!

Cadaverous Pallor · 05-24-2010, 10:12 AM

Any pics of the party? If not, I want to hear more.

Costumes?

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Originally Posted by iSm

I both enjoyed it and get to be smug about it. I'm a happy ex-Lostian.

Hehe, I can dig that.

Pirate Bill · 05-24-2010, 10:51 AM

Am I the only one that was really annoyed by what seemed like extra commercial breaks? And yet when I do the math it had the typical amount of commercials (Actual running time: 105 minutes. A typical 1 hour show has a 42 min runtime. So 105 minutes would be right for a 2-1/2 hour block.) But boy, all the commercials were ruining the experience for me.

Maybe it's because a 1 hour show has a 7 act structure (with 5 breaks) while movies with no breaks have a 3 act structure. This was movie length with more breaks than I bothered to count. Structure? It was painful. I need to watch it again without all the breaks.

Other than that it was pretty satisfying. It seems like most of the mysteries have been left unsolved. Not that I need to have them all solved, but I mean, we still don't know MIB's name. But I seem to be okay with that.

The sideways world seemed a little bit too much like a reunion show. Lots of "good to see you again," and "you did great," and "I've missed you so much." It just seemed too meta. The flashes where they remembered their previous life were touching though.

I want to see the Hurley and Ben spin-off series.

Cadaverous Pallor · 05-24-2010, 11:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Pirate Bill

Am I the only one that was really annoyed by what seemed like extra commercial breaks?

DVR.

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Originally Posted by Pirate Bill

I want to see the Hurley and Ben spin-off series.

"Hurley! Did you eat all the mangoes again?"
"Guess I have to fess up, dude. There's no one else here."
"Huuurleeeeeeey!!"
*wumpwoe music cue*

It writes itself. And yeah, absolutely must be animated. Think Beetlejuice, or Clerks.

That, and James Ford, Detective. Gritty but always ends with James patting Miles on the back, saying with a grin, "Son of a BITCH!"

Pirate Bill · 05-24-2010, 12:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

DVR.

I do, and I did. But a break to skip past the the commercials is still a break. And while less annoying than a 4 minute wait, it's an interruption to the flow.

The Target commercials caught our attention and I did back up to watch those. Hilarious!

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Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket

So after Jack shoved the stone carrot into the hole, the only way for him to get out was by climbing the rope or did he do a water flume out?

I think there's a way out downstream. He got flushed just like MIB's body.

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Pirate Bill Quality since 1973 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Right here Posts: 473	Am I the only one that was really annoyed by what seemed like extra commercial breaks? And yet when I do the math it had the typical amount of commercials (Actual running time: 105 minutes. A typical 1 hour show has a 42 min runtime. So 105 minutes would be right for a 2-1/2 hour block.) But boy, all the commercials were ruining the experience for me. Maybe it's because a 1 hour show has a 7 act structure (with 5 breaks) while movies with no breaks have a 3 act structure. This was movie length with more breaks than I bothered to count. Structure? It was painful. I need to watch it again without all the breaks. Other than that it was pretty satisfying. It seems like most of the mysteries have been left unsolved. Not that I need to have them all solved, but I mean, we still don't know MIB's name. But I seem to be okay with that. The sideways world seemed a little bit too much like a reunion show. Lots of "good to see you again," and "you did great," and "I've missed you so much." It just seemed too meta. The flashes where they remembered their previous life were touching though. I want to see the Hurley and Ben spin-off series.
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