Lost: 3rd Season Premiere, 10/4/06
Wednesday 10.11.2006
alice ttlg || 10:37 AM
I got all excited after the first five minutes of Lost, thinking, wow, finally some information! Something new about who, what, where, how on this island! Then I realized that's probably the last bit of new info we'll get all season. And then I realized that five minutes should have been at the end of the season finale last May! So we could savor it and relish it and want more but still enjoy having that tiny bit of knowledge about the island.
See, when Abrams did Alias, I loved how he did it, all season long, the questions would build up and up and we get all excited and drawn in, trying to find answers along with Sydney. Then in May, the finale would come along and answer most of the questions - but it also planted new questions, the hook to draw us back for the next season. But in the meantime, we got answers and I really enjoyed having those answers, not being left totally in the dark all summer. That's it should work, build it up all season, then give us the ending, along with more or new stuff so we do come back but we're not just left totally on hold all summer.
But with Lost, Abrams isn't doing that, I feel like we've been left with no answers each May, just more questions. And I'm getting tired of it. I need a payoff, something for all my time all season paying attention, a reward. That first five minutes could have been a perfect last five minutes, just the right amount of info, but also giving us new questions to ponder all summer. Damn shame he didn't do that. And now I'm rather discouraged, realizing that small piece of info is likely most of what we'll get this season. I look back on what we've learned in two seasons and it's a paltrey amount. I feel like I've been give that fish thing and the dry cat food instead of a meal.
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