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David is an occasional blogger, software engineer, Nintendo fanboy, liberal, news magazine addict, voracious TiVo user, and bibliophile. He was born in St. Louis, grew up in southern Indiana, and returned to St. Louis to attend Washington University. He hasn't managed to escape yet. He's a fan of free wine tastings, too many tv shows to name, and eating out. David makes his living developing web applications used internally by his employer. He doesn't blog about work because he's heard too many stories about that causing workplace troubles. There's more on the about page. |
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25 May 2005 - 9:59 pm
Just so we're clear about this: I hate "Lost." It has gone from the most intriguing show on television to the most frustrating and I am now quite confident that J.J. Abrams and the other writers had no idea what the mystery of the island was at the beginning of the series and have been making things up as they go along all season long. J.J. Abrams gave an interview to the NY Times a few months ago wen he admitted that much. But beyond that, I think that even now, after a full season, that the writers just don't know the story they're writing. Every week they add layers upon layers of intrigue, but never once do they make an attempt at resolution. The season finale was a huge cliffhanger. I was expecting a cliffhanger of some kind, but not for them to leave the main mysteries open and add new mysteries.
So now we have
- What is in the hatch?
- Will the people on the boat survive?
- Who are "the others?"
- Will Charlie start doing heroin again?
- What do the numbers mean?
- Why are "the others" taking children?
- What's up with Russo?
- What's the deal with the monster/"security system?"
- How will Jack handle the "Locke problem?"
The comparison with "Veronica Mars" is quite startling. "Lost" and "Veronica" started off the season as my two favorite shows. But as the season went on the writers on "Veronica" gave us some clues to the big mystery that was driving the series (Who killed Lily Kane?). And at the end of the season, they wrapped up that mystery but still left us with some decent cliffhangers to keep our interest piqued. "Lost," on the other hand, didn't resolve a damn thing and just compounded things with added questions as the series progressed. And now, "Veronica Mars" is my favorite show on television and I'm not sure that I'll be tuning in to "Lost" next season.
Posted by on 25 May 2005 at 9:50 PM
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