I'm Lost 1.1 The Pilot
Tonight I start an occasional series of posts about Lost, the new show on ABC. But in keeping with the spirit of the show, I will be cryptic and discuss only a very specific topic in each episode, ignoring a lot of stuff.
A guy wakes up the middle of Hollywood. He's well dressed, but we don't know why. Maybe he's the president, no he's too young. Maybe he's going to a wedding. We don't know. We just know he's overdressed. Oh, and there's a dog.
Producing a TV show is definitely a group effort. Scores of people work dilligently and get no credit, although to be honest, few people actually read the credits anyway, and so everyone's hard work is overlooked. With this in mind, I'll ignore the other producers and co-creators and focus on J.J. Abrams.
He runs into the fray. Ideas are being pitched left and right. Some of them are good, some are bad. Some of each group make it into production. The success of Survivor has been a mixed bag. Yeah it's led to stuff that's cheap for the networks to make, but it leaves us hollow. It's ephemeral. But it was hot, and it was on a desert island. "It's time for a scripted show on an island. Oh, but they don't leave by getting voted off...."
I can't say that I've seen any of his first TV show Felicity, but I remember someone I knew liked it, and so maybe I'll give it the benefit of the doubt.
The network is in deep trouble. They need help, stat. Luckily someone who knows what he's doing shows up. He can save the day. If he could only crossover event with Housewives. It seems unlikely, and ergo all the more probable.
But this is the guy who made Alias. Well, there is no Jennifer Garner on the island, and she's who kills Alias. (No Garner yet anyway. Did we ever figure out where her lost years went? The show just started, and so we haven't met everyone yet.), and so maybe it can work after all.
We will be deadly series on the microscale. We will be lol absurd on the macroscale. This can work, I know it. But why doesn't it?
He co-wrote the screenplay for Armaggedon. But that was (mis)directed by Michael Bay, (or something tells me he would prefer *M*I*C*H*E*A*L* *B*A*Y*!!!!) and maybe it's not a good thing to judge him by.
But yet I like the show. It takes me away from it all. Well, no not from it all-- I've got problems with the show. But it makes me want to watch it, not every show can do that.
A guy wakes up the middle of Hollywood. He's well dressed, but we don't know why. Maybe he's the president, no he's too young. Maybe he's going to a wedding. We don't know. We just know he's overdressed. Oh, and there's a dog.
Producing a TV show is definitely a group effort. Scores of people work dilligently and get no credit, although to be honest, few people actually read the credits anyway, and so everyone's hard work is overlooked. With this in mind, I'll ignore the other producers and co-creators and focus on J.J. Abrams.
He runs into the fray. Ideas are being pitched left and right. Some of them are good, some are bad. Some of each group make it into production. The success of Survivor has been a mixed bag. Yeah it's led to stuff that's cheap for the networks to make, but it leaves us hollow. It's ephemeral. But it was hot, and it was on a desert island. "It's time for a scripted show on an island. Oh, but they don't leave by getting voted off...."
I can't say that I've seen any of his first TV show Felicity, but I remember someone I knew liked it, and so maybe I'll give it the benefit of the doubt.
The network is in deep trouble. They need help, stat. Luckily someone who knows what he's doing shows up. He can save the day. If he could only crossover event with Housewives. It seems unlikely, and ergo all the more probable.
But this is the guy who made Alias. Well, there is no Jennifer Garner on the island, and she's who kills Alias. (No Garner yet anyway. Did we ever figure out where her lost years went? The show just started, and so we haven't met everyone yet.), and so maybe it can work after all.
We will be deadly series on the microscale. We will be lol absurd on the macroscale. This can work, I know it. But why doesn't it?
He co-wrote the screenplay for Armaggedon. But that was (mis)directed by Michael Bay, (or something tells me he would prefer *M*I*C*H*E*A*L* *B*A*Y*!!!!) and maybe it's not a good thing to judge him by.
But yet I like the show. It takes me away from it all. Well, no not from it all-- I've got problems with the show. But it makes me want to watch it, not every show can do that.
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