Lost - a full synopsis?
Discussion
Morning all,
I'm one of those people who has never seen an episode of Lost, yet am increasingly frustrated by talk of it, the endless adverts on Sky, re-runs etc etc.
Can someone give me a summary of what the hell has happened so far?
I'm talking about that whispy smoke, something to do with time travel? What the hatch/others etc are all about, why some people left the island, then came back? All very confusing.
Or i could just wait and re-ask this question once the next season has finished, as i hear it will finish then...
I'm one of those people who has never seen an episode of Lost, yet am increasingly frustrated by talk of it, the endless adverts on Sky, re-runs etc etc.
Can someone give me a summary of what the hell has happened so far?
I'm talking about that whispy smoke, something to do with time travel? What the hatch/others etc are all about, why some people left the island, then came back? All very confusing.
Or i could just wait and re-ask this question once the next season has finished, as i hear it will finish then...
Raify said:
Some pretty people, and one fatty crash land on a tropical island.
There was a polar bear.
That's about it.
People live.There was a polar bear.
That's about it.
Lots of confusion.
People die.
People appear to come back to life.
More confusion.
People start jumping around time.
Queue LOTS more confusion.
Note that the confusion is primarily on the side of the viewers.
CraigW said:
honestly, its just impossible to sum it up, too much has happened, too many characters come and gone, too many intertwined stories, flashbacks, flashforwards, time travel. Just give up now!
This man speaks the truth.A full synopsis without seeing an episode would be just as confusing as starting to watch now....
I've just finished 4 series' of Prison Break, i just don't have the willpower to attack 5 series' of Lost!!!
Plus i'm watching the new series of Heroes and Smallville, there are only so many hours in a day!
I may just wait until the very last episode. Sky One will undoubtedly have a 'Previously on Lost' episode beforehand, summarising the last million episodes...
Plus i'm watching the new series of Heroes and Smallville, there are only so many hours in a day!
I may just wait until the very last episode. Sky One will undoubtedly have a 'Previously on Lost' episode beforehand, summarising the last million episodes...
clonmult said:
Raify said:
Some pretty people, and one fatty crash land on a tropical island.
There was a polar bear.
That's about it.
People live.There was a polar bear.
That's about it.
Lots of confusion.
People die.
People appear to come back to life.
More confusion.
+ lots of people running around a lot
People start jumping around time.
Queue LOTS more confusion.
Note that the confusion is primarily on the side of the viewers.
By my calculations it will take you over three days of solid viewing to catch up (with no sleep).
The sleep deprivation may help because even fully sober and fresh of mind it is an incomprehensible, confusing mess of one act of story telling idiocy after another. I got sick and tired of the jumbled stupidity half way through the last season and gave up.
The writers say there is a definite ending, but to me it seems like they are scrabbling around in random storyline hell until they have that (non existant) eureka moment and manage to work out how to end it.
I fear it will be one of two endings: it was all a dream / coma, or that they are in another dimension (or something as equally weak and scientifically spurious). There is no way they are going to end it so the viewers face-palm with a satisfied 'of course!'.
You only need to look at that tripe 'Fringe' to see the writers are happy to plunge to new lows in storytelling to resolve an already terrible narrative.
The sleep deprivation may help because even fully sober and fresh of mind it is an incomprehensible, confusing mess of one act of story telling idiocy after another. I got sick and tired of the jumbled stupidity half way through the last season and gave up.
The writers say there is a definite ending, but to me it seems like they are scrabbling around in random storyline hell until they have that (non existant) eureka moment and manage to work out how to end it.
I fear it will be one of two endings: it was all a dream / coma, or that they are in another dimension (or something as equally weak and scientifically spurious). There is no way they are going to end it so the viewers face-palm with a satisfied 'of course!'.
You only need to look at that tripe 'Fringe' to see the writers are happy to plunge to new lows in storytelling to resolve an already terrible narrative.
spandexx said:
By my calculations it will take you over three days of solid viewing to catch up (with no sleep).
The sleep deprivation may help because even fully sober and fresh of mind it is an incomprehensible, confusing mess of one act of story telling idiocy after another. I got sick and tired of the jumbled stupidity half way through the last season and gave up.
The writers say there is a definite ending, but to me it seems like they are scrabbling around in random storyline hell until they have that (non existant) eureka moment and manage to work out how to end it.
I fear it will be one of two endings: it was all a dream / coma, or that they are in another dimension (or something as equally weak and scientifically spurious). There is no way they are going to end it so the viewers face-palm with a satisfied 'of course!'.
You only need to look at that tripe 'Fringe' to see the writers are happy to plunge to new lows in storytelling to resolve an already terrible narrative.
You need to lighten up a little. And it is a work of fiction, so its not exactly surprising tha tsomething scientifically spurious will pop up regularly.The sleep deprivation may help because even fully sober and fresh of mind it is an incomprehensible, confusing mess of one act of story telling idiocy after another. I got sick and tired of the jumbled stupidity half way through the last season and gave up.
The writers say there is a definite ending, but to me it seems like they are scrabbling around in random storyline hell until they have that (non existant) eureka moment and manage to work out how to end it.
I fear it will be one of two endings: it was all a dream / coma, or that they are in another dimension (or something as equally weak and scientifically spurious). There is no way they are going to end it so the viewers face-palm with a satisfied 'of course!'.
You only need to look at that tripe 'Fringe' to see the writers are happy to plunge to new lows in storytelling to resolve an already terrible narrative.
Sure, it can be confusing, but persist with it and actually watch/try to understand, and it becomes considerably more cohesive.
I'm prefering Fringe at the moment though - the odd episode doesn't do anything to progress the overall story arc, but its definitely an entertaining and "dark" series.
Don't bother. It's one of those programs that starts out intriguing then gets increasingly s
t as it becomes apparent that the writers didn't have any good ideas after all. I'm going to watch the last series in case they manage to somehow pull off a good ending but I'm not that hopeful.
t as it becomes apparent that the writers didn't have any good ideas after all. I'm going to watch the last series in case they manage to somehow pull off a good ending but I'm not that hopeful.Technonotice said:
I started to watch the first season, missed a few episodes and never caught up. Its huge success just made the writers drag out the show with evermore confusing story lines.
They announced at the very start the number of seasons it would run for. That's why we know that the next one is the last one. You may not like the story, but to say they have drawn it out due to it's success is bks.Personally, I enjoy it. I like the confusing element involved in it. I think that if it was going to run indefinitely I would have given up, but having a known point where it ends means that they can get away with answering questions with questions as eventually the questions will run out and all will be revealed. Maybe. Hopefully. Possibly.
clonmult said:
spandexx said:
By my calculations it will take you over three days of solid viewing to catch up (with no sleep).
The sleep deprivation may help because even fully sober and fresh of mind it is an incomprehensible, confusing mess of one act of story telling idiocy after another. I got sick and tired of the jumbled stupidity half way through the last season and gave up.
The writers say there is a definite ending, but to me it seems like they are scrabbling around in random storyline hell until they have that (non existant) eureka moment and manage to work out how to end it.
I fear it will be one of two endings: it was all a dream / coma, or that they are in another dimension (or something as equally weak and scientifically spurious). There is no way they are going to end it so the viewers face-palm with a satisfied 'of course!'.
You only need to look at that tripe 'Fringe' to see the writers are happy to plunge to new lows in storytelling to resolve an already terrible narrative.
You need to lighten up a little. And it is a work of fiction, so its not exactly surprising tha tsomething scientifically spurious will pop up regularly.The sleep deprivation may help because even fully sober and fresh of mind it is an incomprehensible, confusing mess of one act of story telling idiocy after another. I got sick and tired of the jumbled stupidity half way through the last season and gave up.
The writers say there is a definite ending, but to me it seems like they are scrabbling around in random storyline hell until they have that (non existant) eureka moment and manage to work out how to end it.
I fear it will be one of two endings: it was all a dream / coma, or that they are in another dimension (or something as equally weak and scientifically spurious). There is no way they are going to end it so the viewers face-palm with a satisfied 'of course!'.
You only need to look at that tripe 'Fringe' to see the writers are happy to plunge to new lows in storytelling to resolve an already terrible narrative.
Sure, it can be confusing, but persist with it and actually watch/try to understand, and it becomes considerably more cohesive.
I'm prefering Fringe at the moment though - the odd episode doesn't do anything to progress the overall story arc, but its definitely an entertaining and "dark" series.
There are too many 'questions' to be answered. I just don't see it happening in a satisfying way.
When I say 'spurious science' I mean the type of pseudo-science cop out b
ks Star Trek TNG and Voyager used to tie up difficult or impossible plot dead-ends. With Lost I foresee a massive disappointment and / or the sort of anticlimax that will force to writers to go into Salman Rushdie(sp?) style hiding to avoid the 'fan' backlash.
Fringe 'dark'? Pull the other one. It is terrible, trashy s
te. It was impossible to take seriously the moment that crazy old goon was allowed on the screen - what a laughable moron. The premise of that show is that they are on the 'fringe' of science (geddit?). That could have been a great format with a huge plethora of material to plunder for interesting stories, but they immediately delve deep into a mire of cringe-worthy b
ks. I am afraid that is just cheap, lazy storytelling. It is like the X files but without any of the charm or atmosphere.s
te.Raify said:
Dare2Fail said:
They announced at the very start the number of seasons it would run for.
Did they? Really? I wouldn't have bothered watching it if I'd known it was a 10 season thing (or whatever they're up to).I thought they were making it up as they went along.
I guess not everybody has the attention span to watch a couple of dozen episodes a year.........
To the OP: Seriously, don't bother diving in at the end without watching series 1-5. Its like reading the last chapter of a book....it will lack any kind of dramatic impact for you and you will have no understanding of the characters. Lost is all about mystery and finding out all the great 'mysteries' like 'what's in the hatch?' and 'who are the others?' will just ruin it for you and you will not enjoy watching it.
Do yourself a favour...if you like teenage fare like Smallville and the terrible-after-season-one Heroes then Lost will seem like the greatest thing ever!!
...but if you insist on spoiling it here's an official video recap of seasons 1-3 to get you started http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIuXZ37GQIs
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