Quote Originally Posted by Levian View Post
People will always find something to complain about (including me, I don't like the monster.), but I think season 3 is just as good as the others. I remember, in season one and two, people complaining about there being flashbacks all the time before and nothing happening. I think there's been fewer flashbacks, and more stuff is happening lately. What really happened in season 1? They found a hatch? I don't think Lost has changed, at least not much. I can't wait for the next episode.
I just recently rewatched most of Season 1, and I gotta say, anyone who says that there's no difference between the first season and the second/third are insane!

Watching Season 1 again, I must say that it was one of the best examples of writing, action, music, cinematography, character development, and story-telling in recent television history. I mean, man. It was just GREAT. Amazing how the whole season flowed and came together.

Lost has not progressed to a better place since Season 1. It's gotten more convoluted, plot lines have been discarded and forgotten, characters are being neglected, the pace is slower and nothing much seems to get accomplished in any of the recent episodes.

And this doesn't really come as a surprise for me. J.J. Abrams, is without a doubt one of the most innovative and compelling story-tellers out there. Almost on par with Joss Whedon. But he has a thing for launching a program and making a success out of it, and then dropping it for another project. The first project suffering for lack of Abrams-love. Abrams got Alias off to an amazing start. The first 2 seasons of Alias will go down as my favorite seasons of television. EVER. But after the second season, Abrams got a new project, Lost. He abandoned Alias and Alias suffered for it immediately. It was heart-breaking how far Alias fell.

After the first season of Lost, Abrams was offered the job as director of Mission Impossible 3. Well, duh. Lost wasn't getting the special Abrams treatment anymore. It suffered. Continues to suffer.

I wish that guy would just STICK to his current projects because obviously he has a talent for making great television. But arrghghg.