Comments on: Is Lost a Science Fiction Show?

By: A.E.S.

A.E.S. — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 01:47:47 +0000

I didnt realize the irony in using that next to last word until I reread the comment…

By: A.E.S.

A.E.S. — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 01:46:55 +0000

Good point Achalli…I think people are more apt to continue watching NOT having a clue as to what is happening, as opposed to being bombarded with science terms and flashing lights…

By: Achalli

Achalli — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 01:40:29 +0000

Locked, for myself Lost didn’t really settle into SF until Desmond started to time travel with his consciousness, but there were some hints before that.

By: Achalli

Achalli — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 01:36:51 +0000

AES, Lost, like the reimagined Battlestar Galactica, shows how good SF can be. Both shows focus on the characters and the SF elements are just a given. Although BSG was obviously SF it did not act like a SF show. Both show are showing that a good SF story can be told without getting bogged down in technobabble.

By: Achalli

Achalli — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 01:27:42 +0000

Shepard’s Flocke, for the premier of Mania they could only afford one limo so they kept sending it around the block to bring the actors to the red carpet.

I was lucky to see MST3K during it’s first run from season 3 onwards. If you haven’t, check out The Creeping Terror, Monster A Go Go, Teenage Crimewave, the Sinister Urge, and the Day the Earth Froze. Also, do a search on YouTube for MST3K KTMA. Those are the original episodes when it was just a local show.

By: locked

locked — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 22:27:27 +0000

For me it is a sci-fi ever since we found Locke was on a wheel chair before the crash.

By: A.E.S.

A.E.S. — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 18:43:29 +0000

Great post Achalli…

Of course its a science fiction show.
Anyone can deny up until about the point where the island disappears and begins to travel through time. Up until then…many of the things that occur could be explained through other logic and even other fictitious devices…but not Lost…

Although attacking other angles on an almost by episode basis, time travel is now what makes the show tick…without it, we lose the main plot at this point.

I do think we will roam into the alchemy side, as dabsi has alluded to now. And I think that we will also get back to a more spiritual reasoning behind some things…but question if they are going to take it to a level of actually explaining spiritual type miracles through science…thats fun…

Good post, and I LOVE your line…

“The true genius of the writers and producers is that they have crafted a fantastic and compelling SF story and presented it in a way that people who would never normally watch a SF story are following one without even knowing that they are watching a SF story.”

Funny…many did realize…and they abandoned ship at the mere thought…if those poor close-minded, one window people had any idea about what they were missing…

Great post again Achalli…I know you love your sci fi, and Lost has given you a steady dose…

By: shephards_flocke

shephards_flocke — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 23:29:03 +0000

Achalli,
I love Manos!!

I watched a documentary about the making of that film on Hulu recently, you should watch it if you haven’t, alot of the cast had miserable ends, the guy who played Torgo commited suicide a few months after the film was released.
Funnily enough, he was known to get stoned constantly on set, explains alot!

I was gonna mention Rifftrax, but i see you already know, have you heard the one they did for the Lost pilot episode?
BTW, the original cast and creator (Joel Hodgson) have there own thing they’ve started ‘cinematic titanic’, where its still old b-movies and you can see the silhouettes at the bottom of the screen much like mst3k! Check some out.

MST3k only started in the UK from like season 8 on sci-fi, i remember catching it one saturday afternoon and being like ‘woah, what the hell is this? This is hilarious!’, and then when i realised they had riffed a whole movie, i was blown away. i was always intriuged by how homemade and improvised it seemed, really brilliant, and along with the Simpsons shaped my sense of humour. I only found out there was a whole 7 seasons of stuff i hadn’t seen like 3 years ago, and have been watching them regularly ever since.
Sorry to go off on a tangent, but funnily enough, other than lost, MST3k is the only other TV show where i’m a member of a forum about it. I’m such a geek.

KEEP CIRCULATING THE TAPES!

By: Achalli

Achalli — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 04:18:22 +0000

Andre7, I always got ticked of when they would start a thread and then we don’t get any follow up until a few seasons later. For example, introducing the statue at the end of season one and not seeing it again till season 5.

By: Achalli

Achalli — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 04:14:18 +0000

Shepard’s Flocke, I am a huge MST3K fan. I didn’t realize anyone over in the UK has seen it. I also have friends that absolutely hated the show and yet they thought Beavis and Butthead was the greatest thing on TV. Anyways, I find it fascinating that it started out as a cheap cable access show on a small local television station. So, have you seen Manos, the Hands of Fate. That one became their benchmark for comparing all other movies. You should check out rifftrax.com on the web. Mike Nelson, Kevin Murphy’s (the voice of Tom Servo), and Bill Corbett (the voice of Crow in seasons 8-10) do MLS commentaries for movies that they sell. What you do is then rent whatever movie you bought the commentary for and sync it up. They’ve done a lot of recent releases.