Anyone re-watched LOST on Netflix?

[NoleRob]

We started going back through LOST from season one episode one a week or two back, and wow - what a great show it was! We're watching 2-3 episodes at a time and we're now almost done with season 2. It makes so much more sense when you can put them all together and follow the various story lines. Anyone else been back through it?

 

[kc78]

No, I hated the ending so bad and realizing that there really was no grand storyline, but the writers were simply making it up as they went killed all of my love of the show.

 

[csklad]

No, I hated the ending so bad and realizing that there really was no grand storyline, but the writers were simply making it up as they went killed all of my love of the show.

Yup. No way I could watch it again knowing how it ends.

 

[LesClaypool]

Was a great show, but once was enough.

I can foresee a day that I go back to episode 1 of Game of Thrones though. That, IMO, (pending a disastrous ending, which isn't likely) is the best show ever made.

 

[Spearchucker87]

We started going back through LOST from season one episode one a week or two back, and wow - what a great show it was! We're watching 2-3 episodes at a time and we're now almost done with season 2. It makes so much more sense when you can put them all together and follow the various story lines. Anyone else been back through it?

I missed a lot of it when it was on TV (including the ending, which I see was maybe not satisfactory). But the parts I saw intrigued me to no end. I really enjoyed the episodes I caught and I've been planning to just buy the entire DVD set at some point, but wanted a better deal than I saw last year. I did notice the season 1 DVD completely intact while taking a quick walk through Goodwill, and bought that last year for $5.99. But I've been kind of "saving it up" to watch when I have the entire set on hand.

 

[GwinnettNole]

Great show and would watch it again. The ending was ok in my opinion. I would highly recommend anyone watch it.

 

[cmanole]

I missed a lot of it when it was on regular tv and lost interest when it got to the rambling stage and quit watching it altogether so I never saw the ending. Recently though, my kids have been watching it for the first time and curiosity got the best of me and I watched the final episode. Wow. I thought it was really, really good but then again I liked the final episode and seasons of Dexter too which pretty much goes against the LR grain...

 

[NoleRob]

See, knowing about how it ends, and what the island is all about actually makes things make a lot more sense - at least for me - as we re-watch it. It seems that there are hints about where it's going and what things mean from the very beginning that I didn't pick up when it was originally on. It was so chopped up in how they rolled out the episodes originally, at least from what I remember, and DVRs either weren't popular in wide use, so being able to follow the story closely was harder. Being able to binge watch them has actually made things make more sense.

 

[939913Nole]

See, knowing about how it ends, and what the island is all about actually makes things make a lot more sense - at least for me - as we re-watch it. It seems that there are hints about where it's going and what things mean from the very beginning that I didn't pick up when it was originally on. It was so chopped up in how they rolled out the episodes originally, at least from what I remember, and DVRs either weren't popular in wide use, so being able to follow the story closely was harder. Being able to binge watch them has actually made things make more sense.

Just started rewatching it from the beginning last week.

 

[Sawyer55]

I'm rewatching it now. Love the show

 

[ericram]

What a great show until they ruined it. Didn't have a clear story arc. The ending sucked donkey balls.

 

[FSUSarah]

I've been thinking about re watching it. ABC made it so difficult to keep up with. I loved the show. The ending was ok.

 

[EveryoneBleedsGarnet]

Was a great show, but once was enough.

I can foresee a day that I go back to episode 1 of Game of Thrones though. That, IMO, (pending a disastrous ending, which isn't likely) is the best show ever made.

I've already done that. I watched the first 4 seasons again in preparation for season 5

 

[EveryoneBleedsGarnet]

Screw lost. I watched every episode and wish I could get that time back. It was only intriguing because I wanted to know how the heck they would explain everything... Which of course they could not do. The writers wrote themselves into a corner and sold out for huge ratings.

 

[ELONOLE]

After watching all the shows, & then it ending the way it did, Lost can stay lost as far as I'm concerned.

 

[cmanole]

Screw lost. I watched every episode and wish I could get that time back. It was only intriguing because I wanted to know how the heck they would explain everything... Which of course they could not do. The writers wrote themselves into a corner and sold out for huge ratings.

See, I don't get that at all. The premise is clear from the very first episode if you really think about it...

 

[nolejam99]

I rewatched it about a year ago and still enjoyed it. I can handle the mediocre ending because the rest was so good. Rewatching it in binge fashion also helped understand a lot that I missed

 

[EveryoneBleedsGarnet]

See, I don't get that at all. The premise is clear from the very first episode if you really think about it...

And what premise is that? The viewers will be as "lost" as the plane crash survivors?

 

[dero316]

I think it had more to do with the uncertain length of the show run and the writers/producers constant denial of the correct assumptions people had about the story.

The show itself was great. The "easter eggs" had people glued to their screens and investigating every part of each show which I found fun(and posted a weekly thread about it).

 

[-OB1-]

I've only caught bits & pieces, but I'm going to have to move on to the next Netflix binge soon. I've already went through...
-The Walking Dead
-Breaking Bad
-Game of Thrones
-Magic City (Halfway through, highly recommend)

Keep looking at Lost & saying hmmmmmm.... So maybe I will.

 

[Urban Cryer]

I still don't even know what the end is really about, but it did suck

 

[EveryoneBleedsGarnet]

I think it had more to do with the uncertain length of the show run and the writers/producers constant denial of the correct assumptions people had about the story.

The show itself was great. The "easter eggs" had people glued to their screens and investigating every part of each show which I found fun(and posted a weekly thread about it).

Reminded me of True Detective. TONS of easter eggs that had everyone speculating, but in the end never amounted to anything.

 

[EveryoneBleedsGarnet]

I think that both the Sopranos and even Dexter had better series finales than Lost.

 

[-OB1-]

Reminded me of True Detective. TONS of easter eggs that had everyone speculating, but in the end never amounted to anything.

So true!

 

[conehead433]

It wasn't just the finale that didn't work. IMO the show became discombobulated during season 4 and it was apparent the writers had no clear path to an ending for the series and it was downhill from there till the end. That said I still think it did more for television series than any show ever has. The character centric methodology from show to show was pure genius. I'll watch it again some day.

 

[Ward17]

What was wrong with the ending? Made perfect sense. I loved how the show went from a simple island mystery to...something a whole lot bigger.

 

[cmanole]

And what premise is that? The viewers will be as "lost" as the plane crash survivors?

Seriously? Not sure if I can post a spoiler or not???

 

[EveryoneBleedsGarnet]

Seriously? Not sure if I can post a spoiler or not???

I'm actually curious as to what you mean... Are you implying that they are dead and in purgatory? This theory always made sense but the creators denied it to no end. And I think we are well past the spoiler courtesy window for Lost. Haha

 

[cmanole]

I'm actually curious as to what you mean... Are you implying that they are dead and in purgatory? This theory always made sense but the creators denied it to no end. And I think we are well past the spoiler courtesy window for Lost. Haha

Ok then, and yes that's what I mean. I never read or heard what the creators/writers said so I don't know where they are coming from or going to but nobody survives a plane crash like that. They were dead all along. The stories didn't make sense because they were like dreams from different character's perspectives.

Think about it. Charlie was the drug addict and found the heroin. The chick was on the run from the law and we was like a fugitive. Jack struggling with the issues with his father. Sawyer, I forget his deal. Anna Lucile being a cop. Etc. It goes on and on.

I thought the last episode was great and tied it all together. None of the 'others' or any of the people that weren't in the core group were in the episode so to me that says that the later seasons were just a money grab for lack of a better term...

 

[ericram]

The whole purgatory ending was such a BS cop out. The whole time the producers and writers said no they are not in purgatory.. Then they pulled that crap. Felt duped.

 

[cmanole]

The whole purgatory ending was such a BS cop out. The whole time the producers and writers said no they are not in purgatory.. Then they pulled that crap. Felt duped.

I can see why you would say that for sure. I didn't follow it originally though,so I never got that. I just quit watching when it starting rambling and wasn't interesting anymore...

 

[BelemNole]

No, there is a purgatory/limbo in the final season but it was only covering the "flash sideways" from the final season. That's where everyone from the island met up before going on to heaven or wherever after they died. But everything on the island happened in "real life". Jack died saving the world and Hurley becomes the new protector.

 

[Nole Daddy]

Here are some answers to Lost. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/...-10-years-on-all-the-mysteries-explained.html

 

[Random_John]

Sawyer's deal was with his dad, scamming that chick who popped up later in the series and meeting up with Jack's dad.

The problem I had was with Walt. I really didn't like how they finished out his character in the extras on the DVD.

 

[BelemNole]

Walt went back to the island.

 

[Random_John]

The problem I had with it was he was a complete non-character.

Also, Mr. Eko was a pretty huge part of the show for a time and they couldn't get him back for the finale. I was disappointed in that.

 

[Rhino_nole]

The problem I had with it was he was a complete non-character.

Also, Mr. Eko was a pretty huge part of the show for a time and they couldn't get him back for the finale. I was disappointed in that.

These were directly tied to external non show issues. Walt went from a kid to a 6'1" teenager who didn't fit the narrative they were creating and Mr. Eko wanted a pay raise the show didn't want to give him, so he bolted for GI Joe movies. There was also a lot of bad blood b/w the show and him so there was no way he was coming back, that's why they killed him off and had to rewrite the character and show as to why he wouldn't come back.

 

[Nole Daddy]

Basically they did not die in the original crash.

 

[Rhino_nole]

Basically they did not die in the original crash.

What I learned from reading this thread is that people weren't paying attention to Lost and just sh!t on it b/c they were forced to pay attention.

I won't argue that maybe when the writers first started the show that the entire thing was purgatory but once people started guessing that, that maybe maybe they changed the direction of the show.

But, they didn't die on the island (not all of them), they weren't in purgatory or limbo while they were on the island. All the island stuff was real - Jacob trying to manipulate things to find a successor, the physics of the island causing time displacement/time travel, immortal beings etc. etc.

 

[GwinnettNole]

Season 4 and season 5 was some of the best TV imo.
The last season was annoying-- too much walking around the island where MiB (Locke) was trying to get recruits. Still, the overall series ranks just behind Breaking Bad as one of my favorites.