Anyone see Nightline last night? It was basically a commercial for Lost.
I know that the show has sorta steered away from the typical hard news that Ted Koppel used to do in almost every single episode, but this was rather odd. They were talking about the Lost phenomenon as if it was brand new and some cultural force they had to talk about. But it wasn't even that serious, it was really just a fluff piece on the show, the theories, and the web world it has spawned. An informerical for another show on the ABC network (and conveniently timed for a day before tonight's episode airs).
Not that it wasn't interesting to Lost fans. The three producers they had talking about the show (J.J. Abrams, Carleton Cuse, and Damon Lindelof) had some cool tidbits, but I don't think that at this point they're going to add any new fans. And I thought it was odd that an ABC news show would take an entire half hour to talk about their own sci-fi drama.
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10-18-2006 @ 1:22PM
gottacook said...
Even the Koppel-era Nightline did this sort of thing at least once. A Nightline Town Meeting at the University of Minnesota focused on the issues allegedly raised by the ABC miniseries Amerika that had just aired (starring Kris Kristofferson, about a takeover of the USA by the USSR). A waste of one of their usually worthwhile town meetings; I saw it.
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10-18-2006 @ 1:33PM
Susan said...
It wasn't the whole half hour. It was just in the second, and shorter, segment. Was at the most maybe 10 minutes.
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10-18-2006 @ 5:40PM
Maurice Tift said...
I know there was something else besides LOST on Nightline, but I can't remember what it was.....
They did try to tie it to world events, but that was a bit of a stretch. I don't think terrorists are just misunderstood "others."
I think LOST is a phenomenon because there is a sense of mystery that comes with watching the show. It's like a certain type of emotion and it's a good one. "The Prisoner" was a phenomenon and I think there is a similarity between the two shows. There should have been a fan panel on the show. That would have been fun! Hmmmm... why weren't we invited?? :)
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10-18-2006 @ 6:46PM
Susan said...
Most of Nightline was about a doctor with advanced cancer who teaches other doctors how to talk to cancer patients and their families.
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