Absolutely baffling. It was longer and shaggier before, but now it's short. WTF? We can only pray that S3 will reveal that mystery. ;)

Funny..this post kinda sums me up. I didn't have a DVR yet when LOST started in Sept. 2004. As I didn't watch many shows then, I missed out on the start of the series. (Didn't look good from the previews and I somehow missed any pre-pilot buzz.) After people at work started talking about it, and I heard it was a "clues to what is really going on" thing, I caught up with the show during their many repeats during the regular season.

Coming to this Forum made me like it even more as I'd see things I missed and such.

So...maybe it'd be more enjoyable if ya had some friends or strangers to bounce theories off of as it was going on. (As it was for me.)

Wow you are a medical miracle!

Most people couldn't type coherently or find the initiative to watch a DVD after having a complete frontal lobotomy. Your lack of interest in the show though is certainly a side effect of the procedure.

Perhaps Big Chief will come along and smother you with a pillow late tonight before he flees the cookoos nest.

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Responding to what the OP is saying, I have to say I'm quite the opposite of him. I watched the first season of "24" on DVD. I was hooked pretty much for every episode up until the final one. Sure, there were a lot of preposterous situations along the way but I usually don't try to overanalyze everything. But, I was totally disappointed with the Season 1 finale of "24." And now, I'm done with that series.

With "LOST," I like the intricate storytelling and I don't feel like I need a cliffhanger every week. I don't mind an episode which doesn't further the big story arc, but rather tells something new about a character. I liked the Season 1 finale.

Well, I guess what I'm trying to say is that perhaps "Lost" and "24" are two very different types of shows. I'm not sure how the OP figured that they were similar.

IMHO, the first season of 24 is the worst.

I think if you feel mildly compelled to keep watching, watch until the end of the season. If at that point you have no interest, go watch something else.

That's great to hear. I hate the mantra of "This season's not as good as the last season!" Well, I might borrow "24: Season 2" from my friend someday.

Yeah, you should definitely continue. The second season is way better overall.

Im kind of in the same boat. I watched the entire first season in the last 4 days or so. Towards the end I was really getting sick of some things.

I LOVE the mystery of the island, the creatures, strange discoveries, weird inhabitants--all of that. I LOVE seeing them cope with their environment and depict a realistic situation of surviving.

I HATE the soap opera elements. Most of the characters dont seem very realistic either (a lot of cliche). They are already well defined and I dont need to see how the hobbits music career spiraled out of control for example.

I wish it was more like 80% strange discoveries and genuine survival stories and exploration/coping with the environment and 20% flashbacks.

Does the backstory get a lot more involved in the second season? Would it hurt too much if I skipped the flashbacks?

I think some of them become more relavent to what's happening on the island. And in some eps they are left out altogether, or kind of do them in a different way.

that sounds better. At some point they will have the backstory REALLY well covered and we wont have to keep going back... hopefully.

Yeah...things change enough by the end of S2 that it will keep it pretty interesting, I think, going forward.

PLEASE, if you decide to keep watching and catch up to watch Season 3 as it airs, and you still don't like it much... spare us all and don't complain about every single episode. :)

Season two starts off GREAT, and has some heavy plot development going on midway through the season. I'll admit that there was one episode that I felt was rather boring, but now I realize it was an important "flashback" that we needed to see.

Charlies story seems to be the one that matters the least. Rock & Roll and drugs have no place on the island. . He gets to suffer and learns to become a better person in his battle with Heroin. Just like every drug recovery story we see on TV. But geez how many episodes can they devote to that?

Ask Scott Weiland. Again you have to consider only 2 months have passed for Charlie.

Well I finished S1 Sat night.

Its a solid show and I will give everyone that. However it still doesn't draw me in so much that I would hate to miss an episode. The season finale was pretty good but it was "semi-flat". The raft stuff was totally CRAZY but the "hatch" part should have gone just a tad further ... ie -- blow the hatch and everyone look in and the shot closes with everyone being wide-eyed. No clue what's there (I guess that would be too copycat though ... huh??). Oh well just my thoughts.

I am going to stick with it though as I do enjoy watching the show. My main reason for that is that the character interaction is very very good and I think thats key. I guess I was/am more of the "cliffhanger, all out action" type of guy though.

To respond to some comments:

-- frontal lobotomy huh ... gee thanks

-- complaining about every episode ... won't do that as that's not my thing. I am simply speaking in generalities.

-- 24 and LOST the same .... never said that and never thought that. I did however expect LOST to compell me to watch like 24 does. I would hate to miss an ep of 24 and when watching it on DVD I just can't stop watching (ie I keep pressing play). LOST does NOT do that .. I can put it down. I can stop and go do other things. That's not a knock on the show its just different. As I said I am still watching and I do not feel its time wasted at all. I guess based on all the hype I was looking for another "rollercoaster type" ride much like 24 and well ... its not. That's fine, too many like shows will sour the taste.

In conclusion I think the show is worth continuing with and will do so once S2 hits the shelves. My mother-in-law is hooked for sure so we'll be sharing info and the DVDs.

Thanks all.

Greg

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The first few minutes of the second season are great. The way the season starts is just very cool. Can't wait for the DVD to come out so I can see it again.