So, in thinking this through, there is a sense I get that the writers are trying to make me feel what the islanders are supposed to be feeling, that they are pawns in a game they don’t know the rules to.
There seem to be no rules in this story, so it’s unfair to try to [...]
Archive for the 'story' Category
I am the Story
September 11, 2006
No Known Plot
September 11, 2006
Mentioned before, worth expounding.
What is the plot of Lost? There is no plot; no governing story arc. It’s not a story of survival. It’s not a story of escape. It’s a story of discovery, but not in a true sense, only in a cautiously revealed sense. We don’t discover what [...]
Pudding of Proof
September 11, 2006
Want more proof the story isn’t a story but is actually just about stringing the audience along?
Let’s talk Libby. Elizabeth. She existed for no reason. Her character served no purpose. Sure, we weren’t put through her back story, but we were given a carrot at the end of Hurley’s binge episode. [...]
Seriously… The Hatch now?
September 10, 2006
So the entire season plot about the hatch and the numbers and the button was nothing. the button was real but woo-hoo, 2.23 throws in a key to a fail-safe. The bastard writers actually got away with resolving the entire story with an f-ing fail-safe key? come on.
There is no story but [...]
