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[SpeedingUptoStop]

One day, I will have HD capabilities and I shall bask in that glory just the same

 

[Angry Fork]

So I got a new TV right to replace like my old, much loved, perfect black level having CRT HDTV and FINALLY have my blu ray player hooked up via HDMI and...um...guys?

LOST IS THE BEST. IT'S EVEN BETTER THAN IT WAS BEFORE.

Like, with no overscan (YUCK!!) and all this detail and color? Holy fucking moly!!! It looks like it's from the future!!

(omg jin and sun's subtitles just came on and it's like as clear as a fucking computer monitor or something guys do you think this is legal for me to watch the show like this? at such levels of perfection i'm a little scared guys, halp, did you just hear that i think it might be coming from

The blu ray for this show is gorgeous. Everything looks so good.

 

[Fry]

I wish so bad another show could come around and captivate gaf the way Lost did. I mean there's even better shows like Breaking Bad, Mad Men etc. but they're just not the same. Lost was special and it was hilarious seeing everyone freak out after every twist or crazy thing that happened.

I agree with this, Lost was always above every other show for me, even though I knew the quality wasn't the same.

But shows like 24, Breaking Bad etc, all had the Lost effect on me at some point.

 

[oatmeal]

I love this thread.

NEVER DIE.

BTW, I'm enjoying Alcatraz. It's definitely more procedural, but they're dropping hints at a good pace.

 

[gdt]

One day, I will have HD capabilities and I shall bask in that glory just the same

Edit: Jack's flecks of grey in his beard are amaaaaazing in HD.

 

[gdt]

lol holy shit you found it
the best avatar ever

Thanks! Got in the mood for some FNL, took out the dvd cases. Gonna do a full watch sooner than later. Figured I'd change up the avatar to accommodate.

 

[C.Dark.DN]

Waiting for a new HDTV to rewatch it.

I have a 50" 720p RPTV but it has always been meh and now it was a yellow tint on white colors in the center.

Don't really even want to watch anything. Alcatraz is sitting on my DVR among other things.

 

[gdt]

Thanks! Got in the mood for some FNL, took out the dvd cases. Gonna do a full watch sooner than later. Figured I'd change up the avatar to accommodate.

WAIT! Its available in HD on netflix? Fuck me sideways.

I had no clue. Back on the shelf you go, dvds.

 

[C.Dark.DN]

WAIT! Its available in HD on netflix? Fuck me sideways.

I had no clue. Back on the shelf you go, dvds.

lol

1- the second to last season has been on it for a long time. Quite a while before the final season started airing on DTV. They finally got the final season up a while after the series ended on NBC or whatever.

 

[hoverboarder]

I finished the show almost a year ago now and I still have Lost dreams all the time.

 

[Dany]

I always yell at my brother "why do you find it so hard to believe?!?!"

he never fails to retort back

 

[gdt]

Texting with an ex-gf of mine, she was telling me about an assignment of hers. She told me she finished 5 out of 9 pages.

I replied "everything after is just...progress".

I get a real kick out of fitting (even if only barely) Lost quotes into real life, dunno why. She got it, and was able to recall that Jacob said that in the S5 finale.

 

[dc89]

My GF bought me Lost Series 1 & 2 on Blu-ray for my birthday.

Man this is glorious, this is how Lost is meant to be watched!

 

[mocolostrocolos]

Yesterday I watched Orientation with my gf.

Oh yeah John Motherfucker Locke.

 

[strafer]

Watched the pilot last night.

Weird watching it now that you know most of what's going on.

Still one of the best pilots (no pun intended).

 

[bigboss370]

i really, really want the complete blu ray set:

and its on sale now too! too bad i still can't afford to get it

 

[mocolostrocolos]

Watched the pilot last night.

Weird watching it now that you know most of what's going on.

Still one of the best pilots (no pun intended).

Something similar happened to me.

Watching that Marvin Candle video reminded me of all the shit that happened and we had no idea about was going to come in 2005.

 

[TheContact]

Watching it for the second time. I'm marathoning it this time so not waiting for commercials and new episodes is awesome. On season 5 now

 

[dc89]

This SeasonPlay thing is pretty awesome! You create a profile, and it saves where you are up to, even mid episode, even if you take the disc out and not come back to it for a while!

 

[Ape Gone Insane]

I'm just re-watching the whole thing and I'm currently up to Season 4. It has to be said: 'The Constant' is hands down the best episode from the show. It hits all the right notes. Through the Looking Glass was also a fantastic episode, and couple that with the 'remembering' scenes in the last season and how the writers manage to build upon the mythology and mystery (even if they don't quite pull it off in the end) - you have the essence of why this show is so good.

 

[RPGamer92]

My personal favorite episode is still The Man from Tallahassee.

 

[threenote]

My personal favorite episode is still The Man from Tallahassee.

One of my absolute favorites as well.

 

[reKon]

I got my roomie into lost. He's on season 4 now with no sign of slowing down. His reaction to shit that happens in the show is very amusing along with his completely off predictions of nearly everything lol.

 

[krameriffic]

I got my roomie into lost. He's on season 4 now with no sign of slowing down. His reaction to shit that happens in the show is very amusing along with his completely off predictions of nearly everything lol.

I find it hard to watch this show with people who haven't watched it before because I just want to explain everything to them as it comes long before they ever get to the real explanations.

 

[Dany]

I got my roomie into lost. He's on season 4 now with no sign of slowing down. His reaction to shit that happens in the show is very amusing along with his completely off predictions of nearly everything lol.

I'd imaging season3 finale was something special.

Lucky bastard doesn't have to wait 8 months between seasons.

 

[Ape Gone Insane]

Well, I finished my re-watch run. Now I'm just looking at other programs with indifference, resentment and mild contempt because I know I won't get the same thing out of them that I did with Lost. True story.

 

[Iceman]

I find it hard to watch this show with people who haven't watched it before because I just want to explain everything to them as it comes long before they ever get to the real explanations.

Not me. I love seeing people's reactions (that alone prevents me from prematurely revealing critical info). That look of amazed realization is such a treat, every time. I would love to take each and every one of my friends through the show just to see the looks on their faces.

I still remember those Wednesday nights, going over to my friends house and having our mouths continuously open for a full hour - just being blind sided by new events/reveals like every ten minutes - then busily theorizing over the commercial breaks. Then talking about it the next day at work...

Man, there hasn't been a show anywhere close to that since.

(I do think Justified is the closest I've seen recently - constantly being surprised by that one - but it doesn't have near the same scale, especially in terms of ramifications and mystery.)

 

[Erigu]

Well, I finished my re-watch run. Now I'm just looking at other programs with indifference, resentment and mild contempt because I know I won't get the same thing out of them that I did with Lost.

Contempt from boneheaded-yet-pretentious showrunners? I guess very few shows are so generous on that front, indeed...

 

[Magnus]

Man, the season 3 finale still ranks in my mind as two of the finest, most thrilling hours I've ever spent with friends in front of my TV. That twist, jesus. Changed everything about the show.

 

[Chopper]

I've started again from the beginning, as my girlfriend has never seen it. Obviously, I didn't say anything, but holy crap this:

Blew my mind.

I love this show. Am very happy to be reliving it.

 

[legacyzero]

I have seriously been considering a re-watching. Love this show so much!

 

[evil solrac v3.0]

Not me. I love seeing people's reactions (that alone prevents me from prematurely revealing critical info). That look of amazed realization is such a treat, every time. I would love to take each and every one of my friends through the show just to see the looks on their faces.

I still remember those Wednesday nights, going over to my friends house and having our mouths continuously open for a full hour - just being blind sided by new events/reveals like every ten minutes - then busily theorizing over the commercial breaks. Then talking about it the next day at work...

Man, there hasn't been a show anywhere close to that since.

(I do think Justified is the closest I've seen recently - constantly being surprised by that one - but it doesn't have near the same scale, especially in terms of ramifications and mystery.)

I used to do the same exact thing. since I would leave work after the show was done, he would tivo it and we'd watch it and pause at every critical junction of the episode and give our opinions on what happened all while munching on doritos. damn no show has even come close to getting em to look forward to it like Lost did.

 

[Erigu]

holy crap this:

Blew my mind.

Amazing how it didn't just foreshadow the endgame of the show, but also those of a gazillion other stories!

 

[Chopper]

Amazing how it didn't just foreshadow the endgame of the show, but also those of a gazillion other stories!

Could you be more specific?

Edit: Oh, sarcasm./outoftheloop

 

[Salmonax]

Amazing how it didn't just foreshadow the endgame of the show, but also those of a gazillion other stories!

Just down to one-liner snipes now? Your powers are weak, old man.

 

[Erigu]

Could you be more specific?

More specific than "two sides, one is light, one is dark"? I don't know that I could! That's surgical precision, right there.

Basically, I'm saying that any kind of conflict opposing two characters or factions (not exactly uncommon in stories like that) would have worked, with that kind of "foreshadowing". So it's actually far from mindblowing.

Just down to one-liner snipes now?

'Twas more than enough, there.

 

[Chopper]

Basically, I'm saying that any kind of conflict opposing two people or factions (not exactly uncommon in stories like that) would have worked, with that kind of "foreshadowing". So it's actually far from mindblowing.

Meh. I'd say the specificity of the two little "stones" and the fact it was Locke imparting the wisdom was pretty profound. Are you suggesting it wasn't intentional?

 

[Erigu]

I'd say the specificity of the two little "stones" and the fact it was Locke imparting the wisdom was pretty profound. Are you suggesting it wasn't intentional?

I'd wager the vagueness was intentional.
What you just said though? The specifics of the "payoff"? That would suppose the writers knew about all that back then, and they clearly didn't.

 

[Chopper]

I'd wager the vagueness was intentional.
What you just said though? The specifics of the "payoff"? That would suppose the writers knew about all that back then, and they clearly didn't.

The themes of dark vs. light and the actual two stones that each man had were conceived though. Not to mention the importance of John Locke, or at least his physical form. None of these would have been apparent to a new viewer to the first series though. It's neat, you see?

 

[Erigu]

The themes of dark vs. light and the actual two stones that each man had were conceived though.

What's "mindblowing" about vaguely hinting at a Manichean conflict and ending on a Manichean conflict (after several other Manichean conflicts along the road, and beside a whole bunch of Manichean conflicts in many, many other stories)?

I'm not sure what you mean by "the stones were conceived" though... Do you believe they knew that "two brothers used to play Senet a long time ago, one became the protector of the island and the other became the monster (and the Adam skeleton)", when they were writing the first season?

Not to mention the importance of John Locke, or at least his physical form. None of these would have been apparent to a new viewer to the first series though.

"Apparent"? It does seem you think there was something, there, as far as the writers were concerned. I find that very naive, sorry.

It's neat, you see?

It would be neat if you could really tell in retrospect that the whole thing was planned from the beginning. But you can't.

 

[Chopper]

What's "mindblowing" about vaguely hinting at a Manichean conflict and ending on a Manichean conflict (after several other Manichean conflicts along the road, and beside a whole bunch of Manichean conflicts in many, many other stories)?

It would be neat if you could really tell in retrospect that the whole thing was planned from the beginning. But you can't.

I take it you're kind of a dick. That's cool man, but you're having your own argument. No, I don't think that everything was planned from the start. That much is obvious.

However, on a repeated viewing, the fact that Locke talks about the greatest game ever made, articulating the theme of light vs. dark using tokens, in a moody, emphatic delivery, basically spelling out the basis of the entire show, is cool.

Edit: If the only reason you've harrassed me is your problem with my use of the word "mindblowing", I apologise, and I concede.

 

[SpeedingUptoStop]

Still need this show on bluray.

And a bluray player.

 

[Erigu]

No, I don't think that everything was planned from the start. That much is obvious.

Oh, cool, then. The "apparent" part kinda threw me off.

If the only reason you've harrassed me is your problem with my use of the word "mindblowing", I apologise, and I concede.

No reason to apologize, really?
And I was merely disagreeing (and answering your questions, in fact), but okay: harassment. Because, as has often been remarked in this topic, I'm like the Smoke Monster (*). And it's cool how Locke was probably hinting at this exchange as well.


(*) I'd make some flashes of light before mysteriously abandoning the discussion and randomly going back to my tree-uprooting routine, but I can't find a way to do so convincingly in text form.

 

[big ander]

Still need this show on bluray.

And a bluray player.

I still haven't done anything with my BD series set. I opened it the once and put it away. However I'm starting to feel the itch again, and I'm thinking summer will be my first rewatch of the complete series. Should be great.

 

[Chopper]

...

So, are you not a fan of the show? Do you spend alot of time in its OT?

 

[SpeedingUptoStop]

So, are you not a fan of the show? Do you spend alot of time in its OT?

Yes, to both. Better to just ignore and move on, he's still concerned with what people think of his undebateable opinion years after the fact. It's very important to him.

 

[Erigu]

So, are you not a fan of the show? Do you spend alot of time in its OT?

I find the show amusingly bad, and its showrunners astoundingly lazy and dishonest.

 

[gdt]

I just finished a Friday Night Lights rewatch, just started a The Wire rewatch, then LOST is up next. My trilogy will be complete.

 

[Salmonax]

And I was merely disagreeing, but okay: harassment.

You must see how it might be disorienting for someone who comes into this thread for the first time with excitement and optimism, only to be immediately descended upon for making anything that resembles a vaguely positive statement about the show. They weren't looking for a fight, but they inadvertently provoked someone constantly ready to start one.

The rest of us are used to it by now, but the poor uninitiated don't yet realize what expressing a simple statement of personal admiration or enjoyment sets them up for in here.

 

[Erigu]

You must see how it might be disorienting for someone who comes into this thread for the first time with excitement and optimism, only to be immediately descended upon for making anything that resembles a vaguely positive statement about the show.

There's a bunch of positive statements above that elicited no reply from me, I believe...