I think I'm one of only five people in the country who has never watched a second of Lost (yeah, I know... even I'm surprised I got a job here). No complicated reason; I just wasn't interested at the time. By the time I got interested, I was so far behind that I knew I wasn't going to understand one bit of the show. It's quite a predicament, to be sure. What's a TV fan to do?Well, Paul Scheer, of VH1's Best Week Ever, is here to help. He has provided a "Lost for Dummies" guide at Paper Magazine's web site.
Now, knowing Paul from BWE and from his stint at the UCB Theatre in New York, I thought that this article would poke fun at either Lost or those who are obsessed with it. But it's actually a fairly straightforward summarization of the first season-and-a-half of the show, although some of his "ready-made" Lost conversation starters are pretty good, such as "Why don't the dudes' beards grow past perfect stubble?"
Does it persuade me to start watching new episodes? Not really. But, the next time I'm at Blockbuster, I may pick up the Season One DVD and start in on it. Or I may pick up Season One of Gimme A Break! Chances of either are about even.
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11-29-2005 @ 3:26AM
Belgand said...
After reading it this is a terrible guide to Lost. It very, very briefly and in a scattered fashion covers a few small bits of the show and tiny bits of the plot. It's basically just all over the map and in many cases just plain wrong (the hatch does not contain a "state-of-the-art science facility" it's more of a self-contained bunker that was obviously assembled some time in 1970s and is quite dated... down to the film projector, turntable, and lava lamp).
The first season was actually very good. I highly suggest that anyone interested in the show watch the first season on DVD and tries to tolerate the first few episodes of the current season. Quite frankly not much has even happened in the current season so brushing up on what's happened in it so far is largely a non-issue.
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