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re: Lost vs. Fringe: Which did you enjoy more?
Posted on 6/17/13 at 6:20 pm to alabamabuckeye
Posted on 6/17/13 at 6:20 pm to alabamabuckeye
lost, with fringe right behind it in an elephant walk
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Posted on 6/17/13 at 6:22 pm to JabarkusRussell
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Lost by a good amount. I dont think I made it through the second season of Fringe.
Do you also want to compare Star Wars to Howard the Duck?
Posted on 6/17/13 at 6:53 pm to alabamabuckeye
As an experience AT THE TIME OF RELEASE, Lost was probably a better experience, but not a better show. There was just so much going on and so much fandom about it, there's no denying it was fun and worthwhile.
Separate Lost from that moment and it's a vacuous, horribly constructed show with nary a consistent plot, and annoying characters outside of the good 3 or 4. It was a good experience, a great experiment and it IS a solid show for being inventive and interactive, to a point.
Fringe is a sublime narrative, with coherent characters. Growth. Change. Relevant climaxes, messages, content, very good writing, and after Season 1, superb acting all around. It's also funnier, more clever, and honestly, has a better overall arc in the "What does it all mean sense?"
JAbrams and his creative team learned a lot of lessons on Lost and stopped throwing crap against a wall to see what sticks, and it shows.
At the time of release, I probably enjoyed Lost more, only because there was always more discussion and interactivity and Lost thrives on that. As a narrative experience though, Fringe is superior and I certainly enjoyed that more and it's not even close. In terms of narrative, Fringe makes Lost look like See Spot Run. Thereofore, in the long run and if I were to watch run right now, Fringe is the better choice.
Take that as you will.
Separate Lost from that moment and it's a vacuous, horribly constructed show with nary a consistent plot, and annoying characters outside of the good 3 or 4. It was a good experience, a great experiment and it IS a solid show for being inventive and interactive, to a point.
Fringe is a sublime narrative, with coherent characters. Growth. Change. Relevant climaxes, messages, content, very good writing, and after Season 1, superb acting all around. It's also funnier, more clever, and honestly, has a better overall arc in the "What does it all mean sense?"
JAbrams and his creative team learned a lot of lessons on Lost and stopped throwing crap against a wall to see what sticks, and it shows.
At the time of release, I probably enjoyed Lost more, only because there was always more discussion and interactivity and Lost thrives on that. As a narrative experience though, Fringe is superior and I certainly enjoyed that more and it's not even close. In terms of narrative, Fringe makes Lost look like See Spot Run. Thereofore, in the long run and if I were to watch run right now, Fringe is the better choice.
Take that as you will.
This post was edited on 6/17/13 at 6:55 pm
Posted on 6/17/13 at 7:58 pm to Fearthehat0307
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had an amazing ending. I give fringe a slight edge
The ending made it better. LOST had it's moments though like The Constant and Through The Looking Glass.
Posted on 6/17/13 at 8:04 pm to Freauxzen
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Fringe is a sublime narrative, with coherent characters. Growth. Change. Relevant climaxes, messages, content, very good writing, and after Season 1, superb acting all around. It's also funnier, more clever, and honestly, has a better overall arc in the "What does it all mean sense?"
quote:
At the time of release, I probably enjoyed Lost more, only because there was always more discussion and interactivity and Lost thrives on that. As a narrative experience though, Fringe is superior and I certainly enjoyed that more and it's not even close. In terms of narrative, Fringe makes Lost look like See Spot Run. Thereofore, in the long run and if I were to watch run right now, Fringe is the better choice.
Posted on 6/17/13 at 8:09 pm to alabamabuckeye
Lost, but still loved Fringe
Posted on 6/27/13 at 1:31 pm to Fearthehat0307
Just going to say this thread got me watching Fringe again.
Posted on 6/27/13 at 1:41 pm to Freauxzen
Just now seeing this thread (missed it last week), but the answer is Lost for me. And that's coming from someone who LOVED Fringe.
I've just never been so invested in any show really like I was with Lost.
My rewatch of Lost only made me love it more (and disagree with Freauxzen more
). I can't wait for my rewatch of Fringe.
I've just never been so invested in any show really like I was with Lost.
My rewatch of Lost only made me love it more (and disagree with Freauxzen more
). I can't wait for my rewatch of Fringe.Posted on 6/27/13 at 2:18 pm to CocomoLSU
I think Andy Greenwald said it best on his last Grantland podcast.
One of the best things about LOST was that so many people in the US were watching LOST at the same time, and it was a great weekly conversation on different theories, etc the day after an episode.
It was a great show, but even better because so many people were experiencing it at the same time.
One of the best things about LOST was that so many people in the US were watching LOST at the same time, and it was a great weekly conversation on different theories, etc the day after an episode.
It was a great show, but even better because so many people were experiencing it at the same time.
Posted on 6/27/13 at 3:27 pm to Jonas
The answer is easily Lost. I mean this is one of the few shows that friends and co-workers couldn't wait to discuss the next episode. Almost like the anticipation of GoT. Fringe, hardly a sniff. I lost interest in Fringe after a few episodes.
4, 8, 15, 16, 23 and 42
4, 8, 15, 16, 23 and 42
Posted on 6/27/13 at 3:45 pm to smash williams
quote:I liked Alias, but I have no idea how anyone could like it over Fringe or Lost. The things the writers did in Alias infuriated me toward the end of the series.
I actually prefer Alias over both. But IMO Lost is better than Fringe.
POSSIBLE SPOILERS:
People dying and then coming back, sometimes more than once. Showing love for your children one minute, then the next trying to kill them. Two Sloanes. And then the most freaking pissed I have ever been in TV history..."My name is not Michael Vaughn." BOOM. Are you kidding me?!?!?!?!
END SPOILERS
I was like...these guys are just mailing it in and have given up. I know the same could be said for Lost, but for some reason the characters were so compelling, I gave the writers a pass. I just couldn't on Alias. But again, I still liked Alias. I just got frustrated with the writing.
Having said that Fringe and Lost are both better, but I would still recommend all of three to anyone.
To the OP's question, Lost was more entertaining in an anticipatory sense. I wanted to see the next episode of Lost WAY more than I did Fringe. But Fringe's story telling was way tighter than either Alias or Lost. It just wasn't as engrossing. I mean we had 100 page thread for every single episode of Lost. There just wasn't much to discuss in Fringe. The story telling was too good to debate much about it. But as far as pure entertainment, Lost wins.
I'll also say this. Lost produced more episodes that could be considered some of the "best single episodes in TV History." Fringe had a few of those, but not near as many as Lost.
This post was edited on 6/27/13 at 3:47 pm
Posted on 6/27/13 at 7:38 pm to tuck
quote:
There just wasn't much to discuss in Fringe. The story telling was too good to debate much about it. But as far as pure entertainment, Lost wins.
Bingo. And I said this during our debates when both were on.
Fringe's problem was being so damn well constructed that debate wasn't necessary. It was just good storytelling that needed no further explanation.
And this is more true on the rewatch. Everything just fits together brilliantly.
This post was edited on 6/27/13 at 8:05 pm
Posted on 6/27/13 at 7:58 pm to alabamabuckeye
THE SHOW DID NOT END BADLY
STOP PERPETUATING THIS LIE
Lost is the greatest of all time.
STOP PERPETUATING THIS LIE
Lost is the greatest of all time.
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