I’m just saying…

So I’m back here in Maryland for the Turkish Day. Food is good, family is good, all is splendiforous.

Upon my Uncle & Cousin’s recommendation, my father and I watched an episode of Lost. In the car ride racing home in time to see it, their backstory for the show comprised mainly of this:

“They crashes on this island, and they’re split up into two groups: The front end and the back end.”
“Basically, every episode we learn about one of the characters. We see snippets of their history and learn about them.”
“Ok, so Jack is important to know. He’s a doctor.”
“And there’s polar bears. It’s a government experimentational facility.”
“And there’s this chick who’s a murderer.”
“There’s these two black guys, one’s just a regular guy and the other’s a total badass.”
“And there’s this other guy who’s an Iraqi Soldier.”
“He has to keep pushing this button or the world will end. We don’t really think that’s true but you never know.”

And so on. I’m reminded of the portion of the notorious Blank Label Comics Podcast where they were riffing on Lost and I was finally getting what they were talking about.

What did I think?

The show is completely inaccessable to anyone who hasn’t been watching since the beginning.

Rife with painful melodrama, poor acting, shaky cameras, weak premise, weaker plot, and too many goddamned characters. However, while watching it, I could feel myself being sucked in. Now I thought real hard about it, and wondered why I was being convinced into caring about this show. And I figured out not only that, but the entire draw of the show in and of itself.

The thing is, the guys who make this show give you so few details about anything, that you have to put all your focus and attention into it to try and piece some semblance of a story together. They tell you nothing, so you start theorizing and pontificating about what, indeed, the fuck you are watching. It’s like a soap opera where everything is subtext and implied story business.

I’m glad I don’t watch TV much. Because I know I would be all over this show. I know it’s bad, but I would watch it anyway. If it weren’t for the fact that I despise coming into a movie from the middle, and refuse to do so, I would probably be getting into this program.

And my Uncle & Cousin completely agree. It’s preposterous and melodramatic, but they love it.

It’s just one of those things.