I feel like a new LOST would be so reactionary to the response to the original that it would be boring as hell.
this, lol
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New ABC President wants a LOST reboot. Do you?
- Thread starter The Climaxan
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Just give me a damn show about the Dharma Initiative that ends with the plane crash on the island.
Lost was like going on a date with a gorgeous woman, then little by little as she starts to undress, you see things that just shouldn't be there, until you're presented with Jabba the Hutt spread eagled on your bed...
I started watching it at release, and fell in love. It was amazing. It was a time where my mind was just going crazy with possibilities. The smoke monster, the hatch... oh my god the hatch... the mysteries were incredible...
But little by little, they dropped the ball. Plot lines went nowhere. The mysteries turned out to be basic tripe. Things didn't make sense.
I stuck with it... Through Walt... The Udders... even the cgi sub... I stuck it out to the end... and then...
Ugh that ending... it was a master class in somebody writing down ideas on two boards: "what's good" and "what's utter horse shit", and then sending off the wrong one to be made...
Can a reboot work? Yeah. It can. Maybe. But I would rather they just made a new series that did what the original promised, instead...
I started watching it at release, and fell in love. It was amazing. It was a time where my mind was just going crazy with possibilities. The smoke monster, the hatch... oh my god the hatch... the mysteries were incredible...
But little by little, they dropped the ball. Plot lines went nowhere. The mysteries turned out to be basic tripe. Things didn't make sense.
I stuck with it... Through Walt... The Udders... even the cgi sub... I stuck it out to the end... and then...
Ugh that ending... it was a master class in somebody writing down ideas on two boards: "what's good" and "what's utter horse shit", and then sending off the wrong one to be made...
Can a reboot work? Yeah. It can. Maybe. But I would rather they just made a new series that did what the original promised, instead...
How would it even work, it's just a stupid island that serves no purpose to the characters finding each other in the end. What's the point, you can't retroactively make the island something interesting when that was never the point going by how Lost ended, it was a character journey if you want to take it at face value and not some BS tv show they pulled out their arse in the end.
Why is a discussion about a potential reimagining of an 14-year old show somehow mostly damning the non-existent revision based on their problems with the original
The whole idea is how can we do better!
There was obvious disappointment and, most importantly of all, a severe ratings drop in the final seasons (from a peak of 18 million vewers during season three to 11 million in seasons 5 and 6). You don't think executives at ABC are aware of this?
The whole idea is how can we do better!
There was obvious disappointment and, most importantly of all, a severe ratings drop in the final seasons (from a peak of 18 million vewers during season three to 11 million in seasons 5 and 6). You don't think executives at ABC are aware of this?
A continuation might work if they ignore S6 and pick from Juliet detonating the bomb. New timeline. 815 never crashed and everyone has just been living their lives all these years.
If Lindecuse were down I'd be down. S2/3 of The Leftovers definitely sparked certain feelings I hadn't felt since LOST.
If Lindecuse were down I'd be down. S2/3 of The Leftovers definitely sparked certain feelings I hadn't felt since LOST.
I think many have tried. The 100, Terra Nova, Prison Break, Under the Dome, Flash Forward, etc... did any these scratch that itch?
Maybe they did for some. Prison Break had viewership as high as 9.2 million in the first season. But that show only got a chance because of LOST. I think these shows could never get out of their ancestor's giant shadow. Now, if you want to try to execute a similar kind of premise, using the LOST banner might give you a chance to succeed. Plus it gives you a chance to play with the tropes established by the original and really shock people (which is what LOST was all about - unpredictable tv).
HARD FUCKING PASS.
Used to LOVE the show. Joined a message board dedicated to analyzing the show. Watched every episode more times than I care to admit looking for clues and felt absolutely betrayed by how they ended it.
I can't believe how invested I was in that show. It's pretty embarrassing tbh 😂
Used to LOVE the show. Joined a message board dedicated to analyzing the show. Watched every episode more times than I care to admit looking for clues and felt absolutely betrayed by how they ended it.
I can't believe how invested I was in that show. It's pretty embarrassing tbh 😂
A Lost based around the universe as we know it being a simulation would be great. The old gang were sandboxed by the mist guys, the mist guys being self aware benevolent Sims.
Another new gang get caught up in another universe simulation glitch. Did Faraday die? He'd make a great scientific foil to explain it.
Listen to this episode 10 of this podcast https://www.theendwithjosh.com/
And get hyped.
( That's a better spec than lindoloff will ever produced. Don't let lindoloff near it. Give me the job. )
Another new gang get caught up in another universe simulation glitch. Did Faraday die? He'd make a great scientific foil to explain it.
Listen to this episode 10 of this podcast https://www.theendwithjosh.com/
And get hyped.
( That's a better spec than lindoloff will ever produced. Don't let lindoloff near it. Give me the job. )
I wish I'd watched all of Lost instead of just a season and a half. Now it's been spoiled by Judd Apatow (This is 40).
A reboot? I'd maybe watch it. It'd depend on how it looked.
A reboot? I'd maybe watch it. It'd depend on how it looked.
This is the definition of lighting in a bottle/a very specific moment in time. I don't think they could pull that off twice in the current landscape
If they can give us a better mystery and actually deliver a fulfilling/interesting ending rather then the cheap cop out ending we got in the original? Sure.
However they can NOT just re-hash the basic storyline of the original show, I mean that'd kind of take all the fun out of it if it still follows the overall storyline of that show, it needs to be it's "own" thing with it's own mysteries and conclusions.
Also if they do do it, we need more ARG's like it had, that was one of the best parts was that after each episode you'd have people pouring over it trying to find "clues" and other hidden things and then finding things online for it and piecing bits together to try and make sense of things.
However they can NOT just re-hash the basic storyline of the original show, I mean that'd kind of take all the fun out of it if it still follows the overall storyline of that show, it needs to be it's "own" thing with it's own mysteries and conclusions.
Also if they do do it, we need more ARG's like it had, that was one of the best parts was that after each episode you'd have people pouring over it trying to find "clues" and other hidden things and then finding things online for it and piecing bits together to try and make sense of things.
In case people think I'm bluffing:
Eli Stone
Better off Ted
Happy Endings
Don't Trust the B
Agent Carter
Selfie
Galavant
Cristela
Pushing Daisies
Samantha Who?
Hell, even The Middle (though only for one season. They wrapped things up nicely. Still would be better than a reboot. Revive Sue Sue in the City if you have to).
Eli Stone
Better off Ted
Happy Endings
Don't Trust the B
Agent Carter
Selfie
Galavant
Cristela
Pushing Daisies
Samantha Who?
Hell, even The Middle (though only for one season. They wrapped things up nicely. Still would be better than a reboot. Revive Sue Sue in the City if you have to).
I've been hearing the ad break BWAAAAAP all morning in my head thanks to this thread. Dammit!
only if we get a Miles and Sawyer buddy cop show in purgatory. they have a built-in device for doing some weird meta shit in the genre. 'god Sawyer, don't you think it's weird that no matter how grievously wounded we are we never die?'
We already had all of our questions answered. We don't need to go back.
Just make a new mystery show. BRING BACK THE MIST.
Just make a new mystery show. BRING BACK THE MIST.
Lost was an amazing experience and the way it ended in cliffhangers ever episode was amazing. These days it wouldn't work because entire seasons are available from day 1 usually .
Plus all the suspense has already been done so unless they do entirely different story beats it would t be as amazing .
Plus all the suspense has already been done so unless they do entirely different story beats it would t be as amazing .