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Skriven 2007-05-08 02:14:01 av Amy Guskin (538.babylon5)
     Kommentar till en text av rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated
Ärende: Re: Injustice or just ignorance?
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>> On Mon, 7 May 2007 13:08:13 -0400, Adam H. Kerman wrote
(in article <Pine.LNX.4.64.0705071145200.11743@qbbshf.puvarg.pbz>):

> At 9:11am -0700, 05/07/07, Joseph DeMartino <jdemarti@bellsouth.net> wrote:
>> On May 7, 8:10 am, "Adam H. Kerman" <a...@chinet.com> wrote:
> 
>>> jms regularly advanced the story in "Babylon 5". It was always clear that
>>> the plot was going somewhere. "Lost" isn't the same genre.
> 
>> JMS had a five year plan from the outset.  ABC put the "Lost"
>> producers in the difficult position of wanting both a pre-planned
>> story and the usual open-ended number of seasons in order squeeze
>> every last drop out of the ratings (regardless of the effect on
>> quality and with the option to drop the show like a live grenade in
>> mid-arc if the ratings tanked.)
> 
> That's an excuse. Last season, nearly nothing advanced the arc till the 
> final episode. The only reason I watch the show is that there are a group of 
> us who compare notes on how bad it is, which is great fun. <<

Y'oughta visit the thread called The Bitterness Fiesta on 
televisionwithoutpity.com's "Lost" section.  It's one of my very favorite 
snarky places to hang out.  There's plenty of Lost bitterness going on there!

>>> "Filler" episodes like the one you're complaining about (which I found
>> an interesting and welcome departure from the usual formula) were a
>> necessary evil as things stood before.
> 
> I'm glad you found it interesting, but I found it badly written. <<

I wouldn't have minded the Paolo and Nikki story so much if we hadn't been 
waiting so long for answers to other, long-established (and apparently 
long-forgotten) mysteries already.  And if I hadn't already been hugely 
bitter from the episode a few weeks' previous, all about the riveting subject 
of...JACK'S TATTOOS!!!!  Augh.  Kill me now!

>>I don't 
> mind some of the filler episodes. They came up with interesting back stories 
> for several of the characters. I liked Hugo's, for instance. The worst one 
> has been the Korean couple. <<

Oh, I have to disagree.  In general, I think that Sun and Jin's flashbacks 
have been among the most watchable, and actually seem to add to what we know 
about the characters.  As for Hurley, he was a much better character when his 
arc was something other than "Hurley is fat."  Which seems to be all they can 
write for him, now.  First season Hurley was just another character, and his 
physicality wasn't a major character trait.  Now we have him hoarding food, 
and feeling guilty because he broke the porch in his flashback and 
hurt/killed friends, etc. etc.  On The Bitterness Fiesta, they like to talk 
about the things we know that TPTB keep drumming into us, like "Jack likes to 
fix people," "Kate runs," "Sawyer cons," "Hurley is fat," and "They all have 
daddy issues."  It's quite the hilarious place.

Lost has become a real disappointment to me, and after such great promise in 
the first season!  A real shame.

Amy
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