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"LOST is great at getting its zealots to use their minds. I’m sure this was just a perk that wasn’t anticipated, but the affect has made us dust off a few books and not to mention our imaginations."

I wrote that after reading Prey by Michael Crichton. The book had been used as the Bible to the nano-particle theory [which has since been debunked by the writers of the show] and I wanted to see what all of the commotion was about.

This has got to be the greatest show I have ever watched because it gets the audience involved. It gets us using our brains and gives us great literature to scour for more clues. You can't ask any more from a prime time TV show.

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Here's the clue-- Lost stinks.

On one episode, a gallon of ranch is a target for Michael to practice shooting. You know, to learn about guns, by shooting ONCE.

Later, a gallon of ranch hidden by Hurley is blackmail-worthy and doesn't spoil for 7 years? Stupid.

Then Charlie's all upset about being ostracized over the baby deal, but he still believes a plan to fix things from Sawyer that starts with, "Go put this bag over Sun's head... Trust me."

I should have seen this a mile away. "From the Producer of Alias... And the writer of Crossing Jordan..." But I let my loyalty to Matthew Fox get the best of me.

If only BitTorrent didn't exist I'd never get bored and catch up on the show again. No revelation in the world can make up for how poorly the characters are written.

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Are you kidding? If the characters are poorly written that fact must have slipped the minds of the voters for the Emmys, the Golden Globes, the Producers Guild, the Screen Actors Guild, and lets not forget WRITERS GUILD OF AMERICA!

The show is incredibly deep and has so much potential in many areas. Especially it's cast!

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I agree with #1, LOST is like tv's Donnie Darko or Mulholland Drive.

You can appreciate it and remain confused, or you can enjoy it even more by trying to figure it out.

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Getting back to the point...
I bought a copy of Mama Cass singing, "Make Your Own Kind of Music" because it was featured in the opening sequence of Desmond in the Hatch Episode 1 season 2.

I watched that sequence so many times, looking for clues, it got drilled into my head.

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I'm rather embarassed to admit this, but I bought the book and only made it halfway through before getting tired of what seemed to be an unmoving plot. Same thing happened with another Flann O'Brien book I tried to read, so I guess he's just not my thing.

Based on the half I did read, I really don't know what the connection is. The part I got bogged down in had to do with men who ride bicycles for many years becoming part bicycle themselves. So yeah, surreal.

Hopefully someone else can actually be helpful in this regard. I'll check back...

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#2, while I don't completely agree with you, your points are not completely off-base. We often make this show out to be more than it is. It has great potential, true, but the execution is often lacking. Most recently, the X-Ray snafu.

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Personally I'd organise a peoples collective and break the docs leg so he can't rush off and get his highly trained ass killed. I might need that clown to fix me, can't be having him dangling off ropes and chasing psychopaths through the jungle.

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