Ahhh, nothing like camping out in front of the TV for basically an entire weekend. But there was a plan to my slothfulness, consisting as it did of a marathon of Lost. While a couple of other people were set to join me at one point, other plans and sickness intervened. So, it was just me and the cats in my darkened apartment, with the volume of the sound system cranked and junk food on hand. The benefit of not having guests partake is that I could set my own pace, which turned out to be relatively leisurely — began Friday night, watched until I got tired in the evenings, started up again after some sleeping in, and fitting in some hockey (of the NHL 2K6 on X-Box and watching the Canadiens beat the Leafs on Saturday night variety).
It could also be more appropriately described as Lost Marathon: Extended Edition. Besides the complete first season on six DVDs, I also watched the seventh discs of bonuses, the three episodes that have aired so far this season, and even an episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm which featured Jorge Garcia. Dude. It was mentioned in one of the features that this episode had aired the night before Jorge went in for his casting audition, and I knew it was sitting unwatched on my hard drive somewhere. As things tend to go when involving Lost, it wasn’t the first time this particular episode of CYE had crossed my path. It is the very one involved in my post from September 12th of last year.
As much as I loved Lost over the past year, it stands up superbly to repeat viewings and it is ideal for watching back-to-back-to-back-etc. It has ousted Gilmore Girls as my favorite show on TV, and watching it unfold from the beginning once again to appreciate the genius of it all secures its position. It has also soothed any doubts I had about the second season; after of summer of being preoccupied with the thought “what the hell is down the hatch?”, the urgency of the action and other storylines was kind of overshadowed. This was a good reminder that they’ve only been stranded for a month and a half, and there a number of other unanswered questions.
It was also good to hear in interviews that there is long-term planning and not everything is made up as they’re going along. While being developed, they quickly thought out the concept for 4-5 seasons at least, and with the success they’ve had so far hopefully they get to see that through. Shows with a strong mythology element don’t have the best track records, so I’d hate for Lost to suffer from Twin Peaks burnout or X-Files decline into irrelevance.
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4 8 15 16 23 42 …. are you Lost? …. push the button!
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