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Originally Posted by PJo336
I’m watching Lost again. Interesting timing. It’s more humorous since I think that is one of the only shows I have finished multiple times. Only other ones I can think of are scrubs (not counting season 9), breaking bad and friends. I’m sure there’s more but I can’t think of any.
I read an interview with one of the creators and he was talking about how their plan was to run 4 seasons at like 12 episodes each, and abc demanded they do like 50 more episodes than they intended so it’s hard for me to blame the writers there.
I will go to my grave being a Lost defender. I've seen it all the way through multiple times and think the hate is so overblown, likely due to the fact that it was the first real viral/acclaimed show to gain prominence since the rise of social media.
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but LOST was specifically designed to keep teasing you with promises that there's some amazing payoff for all of the questions they kept creating
Like this implies the drama/twists are contrived out of thin air. I obv take no issue with anyone who doesn't enjoy the show bc enjoyment is subjective, but this seemed like an attack on the writing/storytelling and imo one of the best parts of re-watching Lost is seeing how well crafted the show is and how consistent the characters are throughout most of the run. Very little of what they do is without setup.
Otoh, I watched Prison Break season 1 recently, there's a show where your critique would fit perfectly. Every act ends with a twist/cliffhanger and very often it's just characters doing stuff or say open-ended things that if you use your brain for 2 seconds make very little sense and are only done to keep the audience on edge. Once you figure out their trick the appeal of the show is largely gone.