Watched it before the game today. Surprisingly, I didn't care much for it. The beginning was fairly intriguing, but once Fox, the hottie and the hobbit went looking for the cockpit, it just lost me.

I'll stick with it a little longer though...

WTF? I check the listings for tonight to confirm that Lost is going to be on like people were saying here and instead it's Extreme Makeover: Home Edition and Lost isn't on til Tuesday and it will only be the second half.

THIS SUCKS!

They're only showing the full 2 hours next Saturday.

Yup, October 2nd. I think that the date was mentioned earlier in this thread.

Just watched it here - Interested enough to want to keep watching (for now). The "monster" .. hmm, it sounded like metal to me when it first appeared, so I'm going with a secret government "killer rpbot" project that got dumped on the island when the government lost control of it. Hey, that's as plausible as giant apes!

im at a delema, i have the first episode on tape, should i watch it now, or wait till after the second episode airs.

In my experience, it's always best to watch things out of order. This is what made "Undeclared" such a huge hit! So watch the second episode first.

Same logic applies to Firefly.

I finally got around to actually watching the version that aired on wednesday (I saw the full 2hour pilot over the summer).

I have to say that I liked Michael Giacchino's score much better than the music tracked in from James Horner's Aliens on the internet leaked version.

Also I thought the "creature" made much better sound effects on the final version.

Did anybody think that maybe the creature that they heard and saw moviing trees could be unrelated to whatever dragged the pilot out of the cockpit and plopped him on the tree tops?

There could be a whole family of them.

Finally watched this on my ReplayTV, so I'm a little late to this thread. A few thoughts... The dog clearly belongs to the father/son. The kid looked depressed/sad then brightened and said "Maybe it's Vincent?" when he heard the strange sounds. The dog is named Vincent and belongs to them. It has been traumatized and freaked out. It will probably come out of hiding soon if it doesn't get killed.

As to what might sound familiar to the lady from the Bronx, I know this sounds crazy but maybe a garbage truck? To me, the thing has a distinct metallic/mechanical sound to it when moving. Perhaps it is some kind of robotic monster with arms. I know one thing, it isn't any normal ape, tiger, or whatever other animal some have suggested. They don't generally make the earth shake and put bodies in very tall trees. The thing, whatever it is, is huge. It really doesn't make a lot of sense (other than purely for the contrived drama) that no one saw it. Of course, maybe it's invisible.

did i miss anything important. I missed it due to work . Hope i did not miss anything important and will they be showing this 2nd epsoide again like maybe a sunday faternoon or something

ABC is showing the entire 2-hour Pilot (i.e. first two episodes) Saturday (tomorrow) night at 7pm Central time.

saw this on saturday...

so, we know it is not a dinosaur, but as for where they are, anyone else think it is

Big Boy Laroux,

As already stated, they aren't even in the right ocean for that.

ah, i just saw someone mention that in the other thread... (didn't know there was a second thread).

guess i wasn't paying enough attention early on when they said where they were flying.

I heard someone else suggest that maybe the island had ice age animals that somehow survived and evolved (like giant turtles on the Galapogos Islands). Whatever creature(s) survivored made it through the ice age and prospered. I like that theory.

Maybe a mastodon or wooly mammoth?

Doesn't have to be "THE" bermuda triangle....could be the same anomaly elsewhere.

finally watching season 1
Locke had to do TPS reports at work

Yeah, good idea bumping a year old thread instead of posting in the Lost General thread.

I was afraid if I posted in there I'd come across a spoiler for a later episode

I'd say this is the safer bet. There are always untagged spoilers in the other threads. Good luck reading through them all if you attempt it. I think it will take you less time to watch the whole season than to attempt that.

You should be ashamed of yourself for saying that. You saw Jurassic Park III in theaters?

Its weird watching the pilot episode now and reading all the guesses and speculation in this thread.

Also strange remembering just how good those first episodes were.

Well at least we were reminded of why Sawyer said "There's a new sheriff in town." He has a damned badge!