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re: Convoluted Plots: Abrams and Modern Film and LOST
Posted on 1/27/14 at 12:33 pm to hashtag
Posted on 1/27/14 at 12:33 pm to hashtag
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Literally, that is the only question that matters. It's entertainment.
Tell Abrams that. I'm sure he thinks it's more than entertainment. Lost took itself far too seriously to "just be entertainment."
But it is a fair point.
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f you can't enjoy it, that's a different story altogether. But, if anyone tells me they didn't enjoy Lost as it was being aired, I'd just call them a liar.
Well that's a terrible way to argue.
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Yes, many characters were weak.
Yes, there were filler episodes.
Yes, some times characters had no purpose other than pushing the story to the audience (aka, no depth in character).
Yes, there were more questions than answers.
Yes, the answers were far from sufficient.
Which is all I argue about Lost. I often say the caveat, "I love Lost, I think it's a fun show, but let's be honest about how GOOD it actually is."
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But, still I have to ask:
We should ask more of art. That's actually the problem.
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Posted on 1/27/14 at 12:54 pm to Freauxzen
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I often say the caveat, "I love Lost, I think it's a fun show, but let's be honest about how GOOD it actually is."
But that's the thing though..."Good" is such an subjective thing.
I thought Lost, start to finish, was great. Not good...great. Sure, there were subplots that went nowhere (or characters even), but I didn't care about that at all, and it didn't take away from my enjoyment of it or the quality.
Obviously it did for you, but that doesn't mean that it isn't a good show....just that you apparently wanted different things out of it than I did.
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We should ask more of art. That's actually the problem.
But that can also create the additional problem of asking too much from art. Sometimes you overthink and overanalyze something and you end up missing what made it so great in the first place.
Also, to sort of piggyback on what slack said...the underlying, most important (but not only important) thing in a TV show should be entertainment. Like I said, that doesn't mean entertainment should be the ONLY facet, but surely the most important in a medium like a primetime network TV show.
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