Lost

Razgriz · Feb 18, 2006, 09:02 AM

Been watching season one since friday, 3 hours left. Personally, i think it's the best thing since sliced bread. Ranks up near 24 on my list. What are your views for those that have seen it?

P.S. - No spoilers please, for the sake of others who havent seen the show

mkk · Feb 18, 2006, 10:57 AM

What's to spoil when nothing really happens?

I'm kidding but that's the lasting impression I get from the show, being made up of fragmented events that with few exceptions lead nowhere. Though I'm not much for series in general I feelt like Prison Break held it together a bit better.

Zardon · Feb 18, 2006, 12:43 PM

Well i have to say I loved the first series and was really looking forward to the second series. Overall its been mildy entertaining but a total let down basically.... ill not say anything about it of course but there is very little I could say to ruin tbh. Kate is still nice eye candy though.

Some shows im watching atm

24 series 5 (day 5 - better than I thought it would be).
desperate housewives (still funny as hell).
Sopranos (catching up - awesome).
Battlestar gallatica (yawns).
Smallville (switch brain off, watch, forget, repeat).
Sea of Souls (just started - not bad).
Curb your enthusiasm (just finishing that up, hilarious).
supernatural. (corny but entertaining)
invasion. (slow, slow, slow but still watchable)
Lost Series 2 (any chance of something happening?).

Mort_Cinder · Feb 18, 2006, 12:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Zardon

Some shows im watching atm

24 series 5 (day 5 - better than I thought it would be).
desperate housewives (still funny as hell).
Sopranos (catching up - awesome).
Battlestar gallatica (yawns).
Smallville (switch brain off, watch, forget, repeat).
Sea of Souls (just started - not bad).
Curb your enthusiasm (just finishing that up, hilarious).
supernatural. (corny but entertaining)
invasion. (slow, slow, slow but still watchable)
Lost Series 2 (any chance of something happening?).

nice choices there. im getting bored with lost and smallville, but i like invasion. always loved 24, and i started watching supernatural and i really like it. curb your enthusiasm is so funny, i love it.

i watched the first season of lost and i enjoyed it, although as people say not much happens. but ive heard things that happen in season 2 and to be honest doesnt sound too good.

BWX · Feb 18, 2006, 01:13 PM

I am watching House, Invasion, Desperate crazy whor- I mean Housewives.. And that's about it.

Yeah Invasion is painfully slow, but it's pretty good if you watch every single one and I think I have. I guess I just like those kind if sci-fi shows if they are even half way decent and watchable.

I am still watching episodes of Star Trek Enterprise, but I am not sure if they are old or if they canceled that and are only showing re-runs or what.

I heard 24 is really good, and that Lost is pretty good, but I never watched one episode. For years I never watched any shows like that at all. I used to watch Everybody Loves Raymond once in a while, that was pretty funny sometimes.

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I forgot- I have HBO and skin-a-max now.. I have them on demand too- on all three cable boxes. I can watch every episode of the Sopranos from the very beginning I believe. Would that be worth it? (the time I mean)

~~Sanafabich~~ · Feb 18, 2006, 01:20 PM

I like SCRUBS better. I mean... it kicks ass!

BWX · Feb 18, 2006, 01:26 PM

Yeah I watched Scrubs quite a few times.. some shows are hilarious. I never make a point to watch it though..

YAYitsAndrew · Feb 18, 2006, 02:07 PM

I'm getting tired of Lost answering one question and creating seven more. I'm at my breaking point for not having anything solved and if they don't sit down and start dropping answers soon I'm just gonna wait and watch it when the season dvds come out so that I don't feel tortured every week.

Zardon · Feb 18, 2006, 02:26 PM

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Originally Posted by BWX

I can watch every episode of the Sopranos from the very beginning I believe. Would that be worth it? (the time I mean)

I think its one of the best tv shows ever so yes I would say its worth it. I like scrubs too but the sopranos is something special, the cast are just Grade A. great dialogue and storyboards.

**dj_stick** · Feb 18, 2006, 02:30 PM

I don't watch all that much tv, just re-runs of 4 series of star trek on sunday nights, and random movies on the movie channels

Zardon · Feb 18, 2006, 02:34 PM

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Originally Posted by dj_stick

I don't watch all that much tv, just re-runs of 4 series of star trek on sunday nights, and random movies on the movie channels

Well I cant say I watch TV shows live when its on. I tend to save stuff for when im free and play it via my pc to the dell 37 inch LCD (normally between midnight and 2am ... i watch stuff before bed). I love the american channel HBO, they seem to do the best damn TV shows in the world. I cant get the station in Ireland but most of the shows I get (and love) seem to be aired on that channel. Just tv shows and sports, I actually watch very few movies.

BWX · Feb 18, 2006, 03:12 PM

Maybe I will watch the Sopranos.. I have heard good things about it. plus it's basically free for me now. Something to have on in the background while I am on the PC.

I am checking now.. I can watch season 4 and 5 on demand.. and there are a bunch of previews for next season that are a few min. each. Then it has these "mob minutes" that basically gets you up to speed on all the episodes so you know whats going on for next season. Damn they really want people to watch this!

Well if there is nothing on TV (happens a lot) I will be watching the Sopranos.. cool.

Zardon · Feb 18, 2006, 03:59 PM

I dont think you should jump in at season 4, the whole thing works better if you watch it from the very start of season 1 and work forward...... its a huge storyline.

LeanWolf · Feb 18, 2006, 04:09 PM

you guys watch waaay too much TV! I have a hard time with series, for me they're all pretty stupid one way or another.
I watched the first season of 24 and thought it was pretty good for television, but some parts irritated me as they were so totally unrealistic. The more you know the less hollywood crap you can swallow, after all it is aimed at the general ignorant public. I got fed up somtime early in the second season.
Never watched Smallville but it strikes me as just another teen soap opera. My gf likes Desperate Housewives, and from what I've heard while at the keyboard it seems genuinely funny. I've heard the Sopranos is good, but I never got into it and I'm not about to throw away the time. That's the story for the rest of them as well. I feel that the more time spent watching series is just more time wasted. You get nothing from this time, just older.
I caught the premier of Lost and was very impressed (didn't know what it was, just randomly surfing), heard later it had cost a fortune! Being curious I downloaded all the episodes that had already aired in the states. This is of course how you get hooked... Despite the occasional lame episode and events that are sometimes pretty hard to swallow, I find it to be the best TV series I've seen. My favourite type of story is the one where you haven't a clue what's going on until the end, like the first Matrix, mostly because I have the uncanny ability to guess what's going on and ruin it for myself! Of course though, being a TV series they're dragging it out as long as possible, but so far I'm still entertained, and clueless, although I have my suspicions.

~~Sanafabich~~ · Feb 18, 2006, 04:09 PM

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Originally Posted by BWX

Yeah I watched Scrubs quite a few times.. some shows are hilarious. I never make a point to watch it though..

you should. One of the strongest points in Scrubs are its characters, and the way the evolve throughout the show.

BWX · Feb 18, 2006, 04:56 PM

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Originally Posted by LeanWolf

you guys watch waaay too much TV! I have a hard time with series, for me they're all pretty stupid one way or another.
I watched the first season of 24 and thought it was pretty good for television, but some parts irritated me as they were so totally unrealistic. The more you know the less hollywood crap you can swallow, after all it is aimed at the general ignorant public. I got fed up somtime early in the second season.
Never watched Smallville but it strikes me as just another teen soap opera. My gf likes Desperate Housewives, and from what I've heard while at the keyboard it seems genuinely funny. I've heard the Sopranos is good, but I never got into it and I'm not about to throw away the time. That's the story for the rest of them as well. I feel that the more time spent watching series is just more time wasted. You get nothing from this time, just older.
I caught the premier of Lost and was very impressed (didn't know what it was, just randomly surfing), heard later it had cost a fortune! Being curious I downloaded all the episodes that had already aired in the states. This is of course how you get hooked... Despite the occasional lame episode and events that are sometimes pretty hard to swallow, I find it to be the best TV series I've seen. My favourite type of story is the one where you haven't a clue what's going on until the end, like the first Matrix, mostly because I have the uncanny ability to guess what's going on and ruin it for myself! Of course though, being a TV series they're dragging it out as long as possible, but so far I'm still entertained, and clueless, although I have my suspicions.

Funny thing is I am always sitting at my PC- I have a 27 inch TV a few feet away. Rarely do I sit on the couch and do nothing but watch TV, unless I am too tired or in too much pain to sit up in a chair.. in that case I might be out in the living-room, but mostly I will just go to sleep in that case.

I hear you, TV is dumb most of the time, but it can be a good way to relax and unwind. Hey, if you can laugh, or be entertained for a while.. nothing wrong with that.

LeanWolf · Feb 18, 2006, 05:17 PM

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Originally Posted by BWX

I hear you, TV is dumb most of the time, but it can be a good way to relax and unwind. Hey, if you can laugh, or be entertained for a while.. nothing wrong with that.

Agreed, I enjoy the Simpsons and Scrubs, but I don't care if I miss them. I also like more educational shows like they show on the BBC and Discovery. If you're going to veg, at least learn something!

Falstaff · Feb 18, 2006, 06:05 PM

I wonder perhaps if Enterprise will be as sustainable as the previous series...I am a trekkie at heart although I dont use trekkie phrases in formal conversation...I had to give it up when I began to identifie personality traits in my co-workers as Spock Like or Mr. Data like or even Kirk like...I knew then it was time to give up..
But enterprises has such a hottie for a Vulcan character, I sport wood everytime I see her lovely rump and breests....(begin fantasy sequence)...
The show has potentiol really...I will try to watch as much as I can.

riles9262 · Feb 18, 2006, 06:16 PM

I've never tried watching lost before. The only drama I watch is House, which I find has refreshing, interesting characters.

Mort_Cinder · Feb 18, 2006, 06:18 PM

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Originally Posted by riles9262

I've never tried watching lost before. The only drama I watch is House, which I find has refreshing, interesting characters.

i watch House too, i think its one of the best shows around at the moment.

BWX · Feb 18, 2006, 08:54 PM

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Originally Posted by LeanWolf

Agreed, I enjoy the Simpsons and Scrubs, but I don't care if I miss them. I also like more educational shows like they show on the BBC and Discovery. If you're going to veg, at least learn something!

Yeah I have all the discovery channels.. the history channels, etc.. I watch that stuff all the time, since it has been in existence actually. They aren't really "shows", but yeah... you can learn quite a bit if you pay attention.

Lowfat · Feb 19, 2006, 05:41 AM

Haven't watched Lost yet, but I plan to after I catch up on 24. I started watching it about a week ago, and am half way though season 3 so far

And that is with watching the other 15 1hr long shows i watch a week. I watch WAY too much TV.

Mort_Cinder · Feb 19, 2006, 12:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Lowfat

I watch WAY too much TV.

ive been told the same

LeanWolf · Feb 19, 2006, 04:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Mort_Cinder

ive been told the same

by me in Post #14!

~~Sanafabich~~ · Feb 19, 2006, 04:54 PM

My favorite character: Dr. Kelso, followed by Rowdy

Jitter · Feb 19, 2006, 05:02 PM

My 2 Fav shows are Lost and 24, although Lost is definitely at the top. I also watch House and Invasion. If you didnt see season 1 of Lost then you are missing alot. The char development in Lost is amazing and there are so many subtle things you almost have to rewatch every episode a few times to catch them all. I do not goto that extreme, but have checked out websites pointing out things and such and its pretty impressive.
24 is also very good, but seems to be getting stale. Its the same stuff every year although this season started out w/ quite a bang.

Zardon · Feb 19, 2006, 05:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Jitter

24 is also very good, but seems to be getting stale.

Do you really think so? I thought 24 series 5 was actually really really good. Its series 2 of Lost that seems stale to me.

Razgriz · Feb 19, 2006, 08:26 PM

just got done watching the last two episodes of Lost last night. Intense!!!. Like somebody said, they answer one question, 7 more arise. So i like a little bit of speculation and mystery and having me be like "wtf?!?!" after every episode.

SFOSOK · Feb 19, 2006, 09:41 PM

I'm a pretty big 24 fan I just don't know when its on and don't watch TV really. I was thinkin bout picking up a DVD set when ever it comes out.

Lowfat · Feb 20, 2006, 12:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Green Death Flavor

I'm a pretty big 24 fan I just don't know when its on and don't watch TV really. I was thinkin bout picking up a DVD set when ever it comes out.

Season 1 through 4 are already released. And its on Monday nights on Fox.

Feb 18, 2006, 01:13 PM	#5
BWX unplugged Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: USNY Posts: 19,665 Rep Power: 109 System Specs	I am watching House, Invasion, Desperate crazy whor- I mean Housewives.. And that's about it. Yeah Invasion is painfully slow, but it's pretty good if you watch every single one and I think I have. I guess I just like those kind if sci-fi shows if they are even half way decent and watchable. I am still watching episodes of Star Trek Enterprise, but I am not sure if they are old or if they canceled that and are only showing re-runs or what. I heard 24 is really good, and that Lost is pretty good, but I never watched one episode. For years I never watched any shows like that at all. I used to watch Everybody Loves Raymond once in a while, that was pretty funny sometimes. EDIT_ I forgot- I have HBO and skin-a-max now.. I have them on demand too- on all three cable boxes. I can watch every episode of the Sopranos from the very beginning I believe. Would that be worth it? (the time I mean) __________________ Last edited by BWX; Feb 18, 2006 at 01:18 PM.

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Feb 18, 2006, 03:12 PM	#12
BWX unplugged Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: USNY Posts: 19,665 Rep Power: 109 System Specs	Maybe I will watch the Sopranos.. I have heard good things about it. plus it's basically free for me now. Something to have on in the background while I am on the PC. I am checking now.. I can watch season 4 and 5 on demand.. and there are a bunch of previews for next season that are a few min. each. Then it has these "mob minutes" that basically gets you up to speed on all the episodes so you know whats going on for next season. Damn they really want people to watch this! Well if there is nothing on TV (happens a lot) I will be watching the Sopranos.. cool. __________________

Feb 18, 2006, 06:05 PM	#18
Falstaff Old Codger Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: USAFA Posts: 19,047 Rep Power: 206	I wonder perhaps if Enterprise will be as sustainable as the previous series...I am a trekkie at heart although I dont use trekkie phrases in formal conversation...I had to give it up when I began to identifie personality traits in my co-workers as Spock Like or Mr. Data like or even Kirk like...I knew then it was time to give up.. But enterprises has such a hottie for a Vulcan character, I sport wood everytime I see her lovely rump and breests....(begin fantasy sequence)... The show has potentiol really...I will try to watch as much as I can. __________________ "Inspiration is always a surprising visitor."

Feb 18, 2006, 09:02 AM	#1
Razgriz Intelligence? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: On the edge of insanity Posts: 1,183 Rep Power: 53	Lost Been watching season one since friday, 3 hours left. Personally, i think it's the best thing since sliced bread. Ranks up near 24 on my list. What are your views for those that have seen it? P.S. - No spoilers please, for the sake of others who havent seen the show

Feb 18, 2006, 10:57 AM	#2
mkk Cthulhu/Dagon 2012 Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Gefle, Sweden Posts: 4,383 Rep Power: 120 System Specs	What's to spoil when nothing really happens? I'm kidding but that's the lasting impression I get from the show, being made up of fragmented events that with few exceptions lead nowhere. Though I'm not much for series in general I feelt like Prison Break held it together a bit better.

Feb 18, 2006, 12:43 PM	#3
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 177	Well i have to say I loved the first series and was really looking forward to the second series. Overall its been mildy entertaining but a total let down basically.... ill not say anything about it of course but there is very little I could say to ruin tbh. Kate is still nice eye candy though. Some shows im watching atm 24 series 5 (day 5 - better than I thought it would be). desperate housewives (still funny as hell). Sopranos (catching up - awesome). Battlestar gallatica (yawns). Smallville (switch brain off, watch, forget, repeat). Sea of Souls (just started - not bad). Curb your enthusiasm (just finishing that up, hilarious). supernatural. (corny but entertaining) invasion. (slow, slow, slow but still watchable) Lost Series 2 (any chance of something happening?).

Feb 18, 2006, 01:20 PM	#6
~~Sanafabich~~ BANNED Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 511 Rep Power: 0	I like SCRUBS better. I mean... it kicks ass!

Feb 18, 2006, 03:59 PM	#13
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 177	I dont think you should jump in at season 4, the whole thing works better if you watch it from the very start of season 1 and work forward...... its a huge storyline.

Feb 18, 2006, 04:09 PM	#14
LeanWolf alpha male Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Skyrim Posts: 5,702 Rep Power: 80 System Specs	you guys watch waaay too much TV! I have a hard time with series, for me they're all pretty stupid one way or another. I watched the first season of 24 and thought it was pretty good for television, but some parts irritated me as they were so totally unrealistic. The more you know the less hollywood crap you can swallow, after all it is aimed at the general ignorant public. I got fed up somtime early in the second season. Never watched Smallville but it strikes me as just another teen soap opera. My gf likes Desperate Housewives, and from what I've heard while at the keyboard it seems genuinely funny. I've heard the Sopranos is good, but I never got into it and I'm not about to throw away the time. That's the story for the rest of them as well. I feel that the more time spent watching series is just more time wasted. You get nothing from this time, just older. I caught the premier of Lost and was very impressed (didn't know what it was, just randomly surfing), heard later it had cost a fortune! Being curious I downloaded all the episodes that had already aired in the states. This is of course how you get hooked... Despite the occasional lame episode and events that are sometimes pretty hard to swallow, I find it to be the best TV series I've seen. My favourite type of story is the one where you haven't a clue what's going on until the end, like the first Matrix, mostly because I have the uncanny ability to guess what's going on and ruin it for myself! Of course though, being a TV series they're dragging it out as long as possible, but so far I'm still entertained, and clueless, although I have my suspicions. __________________

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Lowfat Xtreme Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Grande Prairie, AB, Can Posts: 4,251 Rep Power: 99	Haven't watched Lost yet, but I plan to after I catch up on 24. I started watching it about a week ago, and am half way though season 3 so far And that is with watching the other 15 1hr long shows i watch a week. I watch WAY too much TV. __________________ 27" iMac: i5 750 * 80GB X25-M G1 * 4GB DDR3 * HD4850 Stacker: 2600k * P8P67 Pro * 4GB DDR3 * 80GB ioXtreme * 30GB X25-E * (2) HD6950 * Asus D2 * Enermax Revo85+ HWD: (2) Xeon E5649 * EVGA SR-2 * 6GB DDR3 * 8800GTS * 1000W Antec FT01BW: (2) Xeon E5645 * EVGA SR-2 * 6GB DDR3 * GTS210 * Gigabyte 800W Odin GT Storage: (2) Sans Digital TR8M-B * 29TB

Feb 19, 2006, 04:54 PM	#25
~~Sanafabich~~ BANNED Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 511 Rep Power: 0	My favorite character: Dr. Kelso, followed by Rowdy

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Jitter HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 533 Rep Power: 0	My 2 Fav shows are Lost and 24, although Lost is definitely at the top. I also watch House and Invasion. If you didnt see season 1 of Lost then you are missing alot. The char development in Lost is amazing and there are so many subtle things you almost have to rewatch every episode a few times to catch them all. I do not goto that extreme, but have checked out websites pointing out things and such and its pretty impressive. 24 is also very good, but seems to be getting stale. Its the same stuff every year although this season started out w/ quite a bang. __________________ Sony Vaio PCV-RX670 P4 1.8ghz XP Pro SP2 1 GB PC2100 RAM ATI All in Wonder 9700 pro Audigy 2 ZS Aquamark ~29,500 3dMark03 ~ 5,000

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Razgriz Intelligence? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: On the edge of insanity Posts: 1,183 Rep Power: 53	just got done watching the last two episodes of Lost last night. Intense!!!. Like somebody said, they answer one question, 7 more arise. So i like a little bit of speculation and mystery and having me be like "wtf?!?!" after every episode.

Feb 19, 2006, 09:41 PM	#29
SFOSOK 939 Goin Strong Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Ontario Posts: 7,033 Rep Power: 89 System Specs	I'm a pretty big 24 fan I just don't know when its on and don't watch TV really. I was thinkin bout picking up a DVD set when ever it comes out. __________________ Warning - Explicit Content Preceeding METAL!!