re: Convoluted Plots: Abrams and Modern Film and LOST

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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."

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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.

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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.