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Post by Josh on Apr 9, 2009 18:05:37 GMT -8
WARNING!!!! THIS THREAD CONTAINS SPOILERS RELATED TO THE TV SHOW "LOST" WARNING!!! SPOILERS ON THIS THREAD Ok, so Rose and I have watched Lost this season a couple times. Frankly, I'm a little lost  and still trying to decide if I even think it's a good show. Frankly, it's a bit predictable in it's unpredicatable shock-value-twist-and-turns. Kinda gives me that annoyed feeling I remember having toward the end of X-Files, like I'm being asked to remember way too much minutae. Still, there is SOMETHING kinda compelling about it. I don't recall any of you fans telling me that there was a C.S. Lewis inspired character? Had I known that I might actually have started watching earlier when things might possibly have made a bit more sense. |
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Post by michelle on Apr 9, 2009 18:55:30 GMT -8
Well, if I knew ANYTHING about C.S. Lewis books, I would have told you who the C.S. Lewis inspired character is. Who is it?
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Post by Josh on Apr 9, 2009 19:06:53 GMT -8
Charlotte Staples Lewis...  (C.S. Lewis) She died, though, right? I saw that episode. So, I'm curious what about that character was Lewis-like? Brian? Schlaef? |
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Post by schlaef on Apr 9, 2009 21:22:51 GMT -8
Well, I'm going to go ahead and rebuke you for wanting an explanation like this without doing your due dilligence and watching the show. Lost has a lot of Christian themes, imagery and allusions: Charlotte Staple Lewis was a not so subtle hint; one of the episodes was entitled 316, and one of the places visited by the characters on the show is known as the Lamppost. However, these are only winking references that refer to a much larger biblical metanarrative. Doc Jensen at ew.com does a Lost blog that explored the Christian mythology of the show quite extensively a few weeks ago. He does a much better job than I ever could.
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Post by michelle on Apr 10, 2009 8:29:55 GMT -8
Not to mention the shows ever present theme of faith -v- science.
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Post by sarah on Apr 11, 2009 9:33:59 GMT -8
Ok, Josh,
I know it's intimidating, but you must start at the begining before you will really have any idea about all the little things! If you like, Brian and I were given several seasons worth of DVD's you can borrow them to help you catch up! ps, Charlotte may yet live again!
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Post by Margot on Apr 12, 2009 21:35:10 GMT -8
Lost is a lot like a bad car accident--you don't want to look, but you gotta.
I've been on and off and on the drug. Currently I'm on, and BOY am I confused! I started watching again, because my daughter and her tribe at college are now hooked on it and I gotta keep up with the youngsters. I would agree with Sarah that you gotta do the work to reap the benefits. Start watching from the beginning, buddy. If you figure out how everyone ended up in different decades and different parts of the island, let me know...
---Oh, and I'd agree with Sarah again that Charlotte may still have a couple of lives left in her. No one really dies in IslandLand, and if you think they do, just wait a season or two. Personally, I felt Charlotte was kind of a whiner and didn't see any spiritual connection--then again, Paul gave me a dirty look when I shared that with him(!)
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Post by Josh on Apr 13, 2009 14:46:03 GMT -8
So true. Okay, I'm considering taking Sarah up on her offer to start from the beginning. Can we say "group rebuke"   |
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Post by b on Apr 14, 2009 14:29:24 GMT -8
Josh,
Sarah and I would be very happy to loan you our box sets. Lost is the only show that we have watched every episode of, since the pilot in 2004.
It is true, however, that if you miss even one episode you will not understand what is happening. You just have to watch from the beginning. ( they are currently on episode 89 or so )
There are of course many forums to post theories and thoughts, the greatest of these is Lostpedia.
The show does consistently contain Christian themes, Christian characters, and a lot of philosophy. It even has characters named after scientists and philosophers such as John Locke, Rousseau, Jeremy Bentham, and Daniel Faraday.
I feel that the best episodes have a lot of depth and weight, and this season they are answering many of the questions raised in season 1.
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Post by Margot on Apr 14, 2009 17:53:43 GMT -8
Well put, Brian.
I say: watch early, watch often...
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Post by Josh on Apr 15, 2009 20:09:21 GMT -8
LOST or Lovecraft? So little time, such a hard choice. So, I want to do it, but 89 episodes? I just don't know, man. |
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Post by michelle on Apr 17, 2009 21:51:42 GMT -8
Josh, the good thing about Lost is that you know that there is an end. Next season is the last season. So at least you know it's not going to drag out over 10 years or something.
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Post by rose on Apr 27, 2009 20:47:59 GMT -8
Ok, it's official...Josh and I are going to begin the long and winding road of Lost episodes tonight! We have seasons 1, 2, and 3 from Brian & Sarah (thanks guys!) and we aren't coming out of our room until all 72 episodes have been watched. The kiddos are going...hmmm...where are they going - oh well, that doesn't really matter because we MUST get caught up on (and be) LOST!
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Post by sarah on Apr 28, 2009 6:47:14 GMT -8
glad to see you have finally gotten your priorities straight!
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Post by Josh on Apr 29, 2009 17:18:19 GMT -8
We're on episode 5. I must say season 1 rocks!!!
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Post by Josh on May 2, 2009 12:59:45 GMT -8
Just finished episode 12 last night. Some observations so far- One thing I really like about Lost is the interweaving of individuals past stories with the present communal situation. There are, of course, ripe spiritual parallels there (each character is seeking or experiencing redemption, each character is finding his or her gifts and how they are to be used in the community, etc..) But beyond this, but the aspect I appreciate most is how Lost conveys that the moments of our lives are costly, momentous, consequential-- even the seemingly mundane moments. On Lost, life is viewed as a mystery, as an adventure, as a journey, very much along the lines of what I was getting at on my A Satisfying Adventure thread. Favorite characters: Hurley, but of course Jack Charlie (can't help but thinking that it's Merry from LOTR, just slightly taller)* * on the last episode we watched, Charlie was abducted and was dropping clues through the jungle for his rescuers- just like he did when Merry was abducted by the Uruk-hai and dropped the Elven brooch for Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli. I thought that was hilarious.   Literary references so far that have caused me to smile: Watership Down (one of my favorite books) Jean Jacques Rousseau, with particular emphasis on the shortcomings of his noble savage musings. |
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Post by sarah on May 4, 2009 17:34:27 GMT -8
let me know when you watch episode 18!
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and still trying to decide if I even think it's a good show. Frankly, it's a bit predictable in it's unpredicatable shock-value-twist-and-turns. Kinda gives me that annoyed feeling I remember having toward the end of X-Files, like I'm being asked to remember way too much minutae. 
