tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post7733223642098944719..comments2024-03-28T09:13:28.499-04:00Comments on Doux Reviews: Lost: We're So Screwed, Part 2Billie Douxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17141769005175631213noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-38109965111158663522023-07-22T20:09:12.059-04:002023-07-22T20:09:12.059-04:00I'm on my second rewatch now, together with a ...I'm on my second rewatch now, together with a friend of mine who has never seen the show. She was instantly hooked. The Pilot really holds up well, you really can't tell it's almost 20 years old. It still looks fantastic, especially on Blu-Ray. What a ride, it was really cool watching it again after all these years.<br /><br />For anyone curious: Regarding the math equation of 17294531 (for a 30 second recording, as Sayid says in the episode) equaling 16 years and 5 months, this is the calculation that Sayid has to do to get his result:<br /><br />Since it's 30 seconds long, you have to first multiply the iteration number with 30 (17294531 * 30) to get the number of seconds the message has been playing in total.<br /><br />Then you have to divide the result by 60 (because a minute consists of 60 seconds) to get the number of minutes it has been playing.<br /><br />Then you have to divide the result by 60 again (because an hour consists of 60 minutes) to get the number of hours it has been playing.<br /><br />Then you have to divide the result by 24 (because a day consists of 24 hours) to get the number of days it has been playing.<br /><br />And finally, you have to divide the result by 364 (because that's how many days a year usually has) to get the number of years it has been playing.....aaaand you actually get exactly 16.5, so good job, Sayid! The fact that he was able to calculate that in his head might be the most unbelievable thing that happened in this episode!Chrisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-44877290290445234722016-05-21T12:14:52.133-04:002016-05-21T12:14:52.133-04:00"Where are we?" Not a question,but the q..."Where are we?" Not a question,but the question. The pilote in my opinion captures the audience. <br />The amazing Hawaii'scenery,the great score of Giacchino,the curiosity about beautiful character,the flashback,the sense of mistery...the pilot got me right from the start. alexandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14982676672286591686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-42995217996423272442014-05-18T22:47:57.216-04:002014-05-18T22:47:57.216-04:00Josie--
It's hard to remember exactly what I ...Josie--<br /><br />It's hard to remember exactly what I found so underwhelming about the pilot. As I say in my comment above, it all seemed a bit "been there" to me.<br /><br />To be fair, I'm sure that other shows that "borrowed" ideas and concepts from <i>Lost</i> probably wowed me at the time.<br /><br />Finally, however, the great thing about anything we see or read is that it will speak to different people in different ways. It's one of the reasons I love hanging out on this site.ChrisBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10843864158239536750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-82662207618874853312014-05-18T15:45:27.712-04:002014-05-18T15:45:27.712-04:00Chris, I'm thinking again about how this pilot...Chris, I'm thinking again about how this pilot didn't wow you. It definitely wowed me the first time I saw it, but at that point in my TV-viewing history, I had quite TV for years and then marathoned <i>Buffy</i> and <i>Angel</i>. So <i>Lost</i> was just the third TV show I watched in any serious way since the <i>X-Files</i> many years before.<br /><br />But you're coming at it from such a different perspective, and with all the great TV made since <i>Lost</i> in between. I wonder if that's part of the un-wow factor for you: what seemed shocking and new to a lot of us now seems sort of standard. (Although I still love this pilot.)<br /><br />What do you think?Josie Kafkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17892717530356699008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-24528312894811409172012-06-21T18:28:05.928-04:002012-06-21T18:28:05.928-04:00It was the one after "Walkabout" that ho...It was the one after "Walkabout" that hooked me: "White Rabbit."Josie Kafkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17892717530356699008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-71234349667807162092012-06-21T18:23:52.031-04:002012-06-21T18:23:52.031-04:00Yes, I was going to tell you to hang until 'Wa...Yes, I was going to tell you to hang until 'Walkabout.' I remember being wowed by the pilot but not being completely hooked. The next episode didn't really take things to the next level, but by the end of 'Walkabout' I was all in.Jess Lyndehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14165015932507376656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-44007793132714733502012-06-21T18:07:30.704-04:002012-06-21T18:07:30.704-04:00Chris, you are so perceptive! Without spoiling yo...Chris, you are so perceptive! Without spoiling you, I can say, (1) yes, the numbers do mean something; (2) the show was filmed entirely in Hawaii, all six seasons, including flashbacks to other places; and (3) the fourth episode, "Walkabout," was the one that hooked me.Billie Douxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17141769005175631213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-39189944436654002952012-06-21T16:54:13.326-04:002012-06-21T16:54:13.326-04:00When Lost first aired, I never really got into it....When <i>Lost</i> first aired, I never really got into it. I had friends who were fanatical about it and who would discuss it at length, but I was never that intrigued by it. Then, I started hanging out on this site where it seems to be the one show that absolutely everybody has not only seen but continually refers back to. I decided I should give it a chance.<br /><br />The two hour pilot is good, but I am not convinced by it yet. As Billie points out, the characters all appear to be stereotypical types that we have seen over and over again. Because there are so many of them, it is hard to invest too heavily in any of them.<br /><br />One of the problems I had was that, especially during the first hour, I kept thinking of the characters as the ones I watch now or have seen in the past; Jorge Garcia as Doc, Matthew Fox as Charlie, Daniel Dae Kim as Chin (he plays a nice guy there!), Terry O'Quinn as everything.<br /><br />There are some wonderful moments. The reveal of the air marshal at the end; Sun quietly unbuttoning the top button of her sweater; Hurley fainting were all well done and subtle character development. But, there already appears to be flashing arrows to some story lines already. I can see a real Boone/Shannon showdown and a Jack/Kate/Sawyer triangle down the road. Not to mention that Locke is going to prove to be odd beyond the telling of it.<br /><br />I love the scenery. Wherever the show is filmed is simply stunning. The beach is one from a fantasy and the jungle is appropriately creepy (polar bears and all).<br /><br />Finally, I know that this show has a lot of symbolism, so I'm sure I'm looking for it in places where it isn't, but... What is with the number sixteen? It jumped out at me (sixteen is my birth date and my lucky number) several times -- sixteen hours since the plane went down, Jack's former patient was sixteen years old, Claire is eight months pregnant (half of sixteen), there are forty-eight survivors (three times sixteen). Guess I'll just have to keep watching.ChrisBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10843864158239536750noreply@blogger.com