Well last night I watched the ‘pilot’ of the hit US TV drama Lost. Although to be honest I don’t think it was a pilot in the normal sense of the word. By this I mean, they didn’t create a realistic airplane wreck with explosions and collapses, and they didn’t go out to a big ol’ jungle type island and film lots of exiting things on the offchance that it’d be taken up by a TV company.
No I think of it as more of a feature length introduction.
That’s not the point, the point is WOW I can see my self getting quickly addicted to this series!
Several times while watching I was think ‘Oh no don’t go cheese on me this is getting good’. Everytime they did NOT go cheese, instead leaving vital factors to the imagination.
What’s that? You need an example?
O.K. right at the end of the first episode you see a vauge reflection in a pool of a dead guy in a tree. The characters see it too and all look up. ‘How does something like that happen?’ Asks one of the characters (or words to that effect I can’t remember exactly).
Do they pan up to cheesy effects?
No they cut, end of episode.
What happens? Indeed what did happen? Immediately you want to know more. Genius!
Almost as genius as me making the point but without giving away any of the plot 🙂
If you thought the “pilot” episode was good in that regards – wait… after watching the series for awhile, the season finale will drive you insane.
SSHHHH!
Shut up guys (particularly you, X!), don’t give anything else away!
I haven’t seen it yet coz I was talking to some chick for about an hour last night (;-P), I’m gonna watch it later on (video recorder still has a use every so often).
I did catch the first half hour of it which was looking damn cool, everyone knows how much I appreciate a good bird-strike!
…to be continued!
Sorry to steal the dramatic thunder, but it was cut from the UK episode.
Aparrently as a nation we’re not as de-sensitized to seeing uglies as our pacifist friends the Americans. *cough*wheeze*
If you want I can tell you.
Cut???!
To be honest I think that kinda made it better. Leaves it up to the imagination which is sure to be more interesting and psychological.
Bit weird that they think we can’t take a disembowled guy in a tree, or whatever had happened to him.
Just makes ya wonder what else they’re going to pull too…?
Ay, true, I remember some of the more extreme cuts of buffy that we got over here making no sense what-so-ever. You’d be thinking, whats happened to that guys eye? Why and how and when.
etc.
Bit weird seeing as it’s on pretty late too. Hopefully it’ll be less cut next week ‘cos it starts at 10 instead of 8:30.
Well if anyone is easy – my sister has all of the episodes that aired in the states on DVD… especially if you don’t want to wait weekly for new episodes…
The danger there being that you can spend a long, long time watching a lot of episodes back to back because you get addicted… Believe me I’ve done it.
Alias, Friends, Teachers, Babylon 5, Family Guy, Spaced… the list goes on!!
Oh also, Welcome to Britain !! 😀
🙂 Thanks Rob – very kind of you. If you were in London I would ask you out for a drink.
Well when I’m more finacially stable I may take you up on that offer, I don’t live that far from London and used to travel in quite often. Unitl I spent all my money on a new computer ;P
😉 I gladly accept the raincheck on drinks…
Fantastic!
And I know the origins of the phrase ‘rain check’ now so I’m happy 🙂