I don't know how one of the most well-written shows on television began to suck at storytelling.
I think you're assuming facts not in evidence. :D
I sat through the first season of LOST before bailing out, and nothing I've heard since makes me think it was a bad decision. It seemed clear to me that the writers had no master plan. They were making shit up as they went along, throwing out weird questions and pointless mysteries to convince the rubes that the show was rilly, rilly deep.
But most of those questions were never answered. It appears that there never WERE any answers to many (most?) of them. I've heard people defend the show by saying it was all about the characters and not the mysteries.
Pretty to think so, but character is revealed when characters make meaningful choices. If most of what goes on is meaningless, so are the characters' decisions. So ultimately it had all the meaning of Bobby Ewing stepping out of Pam's shower on DALLAS.
I'm sorry you were disappointed by it. Sorry...but not surprised.
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Date: 2010-05-24 06:18 pm (UTC)I think you're assuming facts not in evidence. :D
I sat through the first season of LOST before bailing out, and nothing I've heard since makes me think it was a bad decision. It seemed clear to me that the writers had no master plan. They were making shit up as they went along, throwing out weird questions and pointless mysteries to convince the rubes that the show was rilly, rilly deep.
But most of those questions were never answered. It appears that there never WERE any answers to many (most?) of them. I've heard people defend the show by saying it was all about the characters and not the mysteries.
Pretty to think so, but character is revealed when characters make meaningful choices. If most of what goes on is meaningless, so are the characters' decisions. So ultimately it had all the meaning of Bobby Ewing stepping out of Pam's shower on DALLAS.
I'm sorry you were disappointed by it. Sorry...but not surprised.