My lesser goal for this blog is to simply rant or rave about whatever topic, idea, entity, or issue is for whatever reason on my mind at the time or perhaps just annoying me... These posts might be frequent or very far and in between. It all just depends...
The real topic that I will more often than not be writing about, however, is that of ABC's television drama Lost (undoubtedly the best show on TV...in my opinion of course). All who know me know how much I love this show and will definitely make fun of me if/when they read this. If you're my friend and don't make fun of me but instead choose to willfully ignore this prediction of mine, I thank you.
I will review individual Lost episodes, starting with the premiere episode(s) of Season 5, airing on January 21st at 8/7c, assessing certain aspects to follow in this initial post of each individual episode. Keep in mind I may change the format later, but right now I see myself reviewing individual episodes with attention to the following aspects, assigning each of them a rating from 1-5, 5 being most pleasing and 1 being least pleasing. Then, these categories' totals will be added together and I will take the average of them. This mean score will serve as my overall rating for any given episode. Enough with the babble - here are the criteria with which I will review episodes:
- Story/Narrative - Was this a filler episode or was it pertinent to the show as a whole? Was the episode overwhelming in terms of its overall scale relative to the point we are at in the show? Was this episode a truly engaging experience to me as the viewer? Was the story told well, through all the combined elements of film making?
- Lost Theory/Mythology - Have we learned anything new concerning the core facts and theory behind the show? Did we gain any new insight about an old mystery or question whose explanation has somehow managed to elude us up until this point? (<-- not difficult to fathom, considering Lost's co-producers' seeming enjoyment of torturing its show's viewers...)
- BAMF moments - Pretty self-explanatory. Was ass kicked? Was it brutal? We'll probably be looking a lot at Sayid in evaluating this criteria. ;)
PLEASE feel free to comment on any of my posts but especially those regarding Lost episode reviews, noting anything I may have (and probably did) miss or forget..or perhaps to just congratulate me on such an amazing review. :)
Check back for potential rants and ravings but most definitely for Lost episode reviews!!
Don't be surprised if Charles Widmore turns out to be Danial Faraday's father!
ReplyDeleteI've considered the very real possibility of that being the case.
ReplyDeleteIn the enhanced version of "The Lie," Ms. Hawking's name was revealed to be Eloise. Many people are thinking that the name of the terse Other Ellie in the last episode is a nickname for her real name: Eloise.
If this proves to be true and she does, in fact, prove to be Daniel's father as the show has seemed to suggest up until this point, then Charles Widmore might very likely be her father. How would he have known her exact address, especially if she's currently working with Ben; I can't imagine her and Widmore would be on very good terms in light of that? He referred to her as an "old friend," I believe.