Questions of ‘Lost’:
So I just finished watching the first season of “Lost” and have three questions for both you and I to ponder…
1) Why does nearly every episode begin with a close up on someone’s eye?
2) How much of the show’s appeal can we attribute to the hyper-connectedness of our world, to the idea that, in 2005 thanks to cell phones the GPS and the Internet, it’s nearly impossible to be physically “lost” and that the nightmare of the 21st century is to be cut loose from that web of connection (question via Dave)?
3) How much of the show’s appeal is a post 9/11 fantasy of a unified society, of a “country” bonded across race, class and gender lines around a common purpose, instead of the red state/blue state mess we find ourselves in now?
Your thoughts are welcome, neigh encouraged.
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Hmm — interesting questions, Kev. Here is my thought on why Lost is so popular: Evangeline Lilly. It’s not quite as erudite or philosophical as an examination of post-911 consciousness or universal technology-related separation anxiety, but hell, the girl is smokin. Matthew Fox isn’t half bad either, nor is the pregnant girl.
Hmm — interesting questions, Kev. Here is my thought on why Lost is so popular: Evangeline Lilly. It’s not quite as erudite or philosophical as an examination of post-911 consciousness or universal technology-related separation anxiety, but hell, the girl is smokin. Matthew Fox isn’t half bad either, nor is the pregnant girl.