Even though I'm a big fan of Lost, I can't even comprehend why someone who watches the show would talk to someone who doesn't about it for longer than 60 seconds. If the person asked "what is that show even about?" then I could see you taking more time, but even then you should keep it pretty brief. The only fun I ever have talking about the show is with other fans. I can't imagine that I'm actually more considerate than everyone else. I just think it would be boring if the person has no idea what you're talking about.

That being said, this was a great video.

As a Lost fan, this video was hilarious. But the funny thing is, my talking about Lost a lot has single-handedly gotten like eight other people obsessed with the show. My mom, my sister, my girlfriend (who typically hates sci-fi), two college roommates, an old high school friend, and two or three other people from college. It may be my proudest accomplishment.

If the bomb really kills everyone, then technically it would have killed Jack which means that He would never land on the Island, and then would never get off the island, and then never return to the island to throw the bomb down the hole, and then.. oh shit **HEAD EXPLOSION**

I love Lost, 2 weeks and counting..

You should check out Chuck Klosterman's essay about time travel. He basically goes over why ever story about time travel is flawed, and that's one of the reasons that he mentions. Actually, I'm sure there are tons of people who have written stuff about time travel, but Chuck Klosterman is entertaining so that's why I'm recommending him.

Hey, I got a question. Not that I hate lost, but why is it ALWAYS on /Film? Isn't this a filmblog?

TV is also considered "film"

I mean, it's pretty simple. Lots of people who like the kind of movies they cover here at /Film also like Lost. And since they do keep writing about it, I'm sure their Lost posts also bring in pretty good traffic. Besides, it's not the only TV show; they had a 24 post the other day.

True, but LOST is definitely more cinematic in scope than your typical network drama. They don't always succeed (the cg work occasionally will yank me out of an episode, i.e. nearly any shot of the sub in motion), but they strive for a feeling of epic highs...just listen to any of the orchestral work from the show and tell me LOST wouldn't be phenomenal in the best of theaters...

"Lost" has become an American institution. /film would be silly to ignore it. And it's already good for conversation. And as loooooong as I can remember, /film has blogged about TV shows.

OK, thanks.

""Lost" has become an American institution. "

No wonder the world hates us...

haha it's amazing how some of you people can seem to stand to watch a full movie (enough to come on a site devoted to film) but most of you turned a show off (and judged it solely) on what? five minutes of one episode you saw? what a joke

i tuned in once for the hatch episode when they were going to reveal what was in it. but then they kept flashing back to some other thing in some other guy's life and eh i just got bored. hell i just got bored typing that last sentence. i actually tuned in to the season finale of the last season, about that tunnel that sucks things down, or something. man, people actually like this stuf? i've seen less cheese on my pizza.

At least accept that it's just not the type of thing you want to watch. The show's obviously not for everyone. But don't say that it's invalid just because you don't want to dedicate the time to it.

I cannot believe how stupid jack's comment was.

So you've tuned into random episodes seasons apart and than carry on about how boring it is?

As with most things, the "Anti-fans" are ten times douchier than the fans.

I never watched Lost, it wasn't that it looked bad it just didn't interest me.

None of my friends watch it either which is strange because quiet a few of them are television fanatics.

I jumped ship on Lost after the first season.
Wow, inside that underground hatch is...an underground tunnel!

No shit.

Yeah, a lot of people didn't want to deal with a plot that was continuously getting more complicated. And, as a response to everyone else who responded to this, telling TeddyKGB what was actually under the hatch is probably not going to somehow make him go "oh, true, what what I thinking, my comment was so dumb." Just saying. You guys are just confirming all of the annoying fan stereotypes that this article is even about. But I guess I appreciate how brief you were about it, which is more than I can say for other fans I know.

I'd like to break down your comment if I may. You imply that you wanted to know what was in the hatch, and were disappointed when you only saw Jack and Locke peering into the "tunnel." Well, that was the very end of Season 1. They actually reveal what was in the hatch in the very first scene of Season 2. But...you didn't stick around for that. Congratulations on not figuring out how "cliffhangers" work, genius.

That was NOT a cliffhanger, because everyone knows there's going to be something under a hatch. If they'd showed even a hint of what it was, THAT would've been a cliffhanger.

Way to be the annoying Lost fan in the thread about annoying Lost fans, "genius".

"Even a hint"? Like...a tunnel leading deep into the earth with a crumbled ladder near the top? It's barely anything, but it does leave you hanging. Frankly it felt as though it left me hanging off a cliff. A cliffhanger, I guess you could say.

yeah there was no tunnel
it was a secret station basically

except that it was a person, dipshit

hahahahha fuck they are already so bad, cant wait till this show is over

Haha! Loved the valenzetti equation reference.

Love LOST!!!!......but love the onion more :)

Classic Onion! Especially loved the comparison of annoying Lost fans to fans of The Wire, another show whose fanbase is completely irritating to outsiders. I brought up The Wire to a friend once and she basically told me to shut up and step back. She'd heard it all before.

Bonus points to Damon and Carlton for participating. Those guys are awesome.

LOST is an amazing show, and you can tell the people who made this video were fans. I actually found it quite funny, especially Darlton. Only two more weeks!

This is fantastic. I don't watch Lost and I usually want to strangle every person who brings it up in general conversation. It's like people who start a sentence with "Guess what I saw on Facebook..." You just KNOW you're about to be really, really bored and uninterested.

All I saw was "bored and uninterested" and I thought you were describing Leno's show. THAT'S RIGHT I TOTALLY MADE THIS ABOUT LENO AND NOT LOST. I'm that guy! : )

Seriously though, I love Lost but it's definitely one of those shows you shouldn't talk about with someone who is not interested in it. I've seen the bored looks on people's faces when I talk about Ben Linus. I'd feel bad about it but I've already gotten the "OH MY GOD DID YOU SEE AMERICAN IDOL LAST NIGHT?" shtick from a few people.

that ben linus remark about him being on another island with other people... what?! if that is true and was a spoiler, i am very upset with /film.com for not posting possible spoilers... real smooth

Oh come on, with how tight-lipped they've been about it, do you really think they leaked something to the ONION of all places? (it was still hilarious btw)

The thing with Ben that he was referring to was in Season 5.

Seriously. I'm not sure what to make of that

there are plenty of people that don't watch lost and don't get it and never will, it's a futile mission to try to turn them onto it, let them stick to their dancing with the stars and jersey shore.

I'm glad my comment got twisted into calling Lost the pinnacle of intellectual television broadcasting, it's clearly what I implied by stating that the show isn't for everyone.

I think it's more the latter part of your comment that makes you come across like a douche. "Yeah, let the primitives stick to their idiot shows, heh."

You know what? It by far has been the catalyst for a broad spectrum of dynamic and analytical thinking for me. I have been exposed to the writings of Joseph Campbell and his musings on mythology; the literature of such varied authors as Flann O'Brian, C.S. Lewis, Richard Adams, Philip K. Dick and many others; the history and ideas behind some of philosophy's greatest thinkers including John Locke, Jeremy Bentham, David Hume, Edmund Burke and so on. LOST has opened up new ideas to me on a massive scale, but only because I had the curiousity to pursue them and the desire to seek out the various metaphysical elements to the narrative.

In short, LOST is as intellectual as you want it to be. The fact is, while it is steeped in intellectualness on nearly every level, most people lack the desire, ability, time or motivation to view it as anything other than a primetime television show, the vast majority of which are produced with the sole purpose of providing the masses with dumbed down entertainment to serve as a respite from meaningless, yet frenzied, work days.

Yes, because "Lost" is the pinnacle of intellectual television broadcasting.

I'm glad my comment got twisted into calling Lost the pinnacle of intellectual television broadcasting, it's clearly what I implied by stating that the show isn't for everyone.

Actually it is the most intellectual tv show on television right now.

@Swarley:

It is the most intellectual tv show. If you don't think lost is, then what is your definition of an intellectual tv show and what would fit your definition?

I wouldn't call a show that has a very extensive and complex plot to be "intellectual." I mean, yeah, it talks about time travel and you do have to take some effort to keep all the story lines straight, but I don't think that requires you to be smart or anything. You just have to be willing to actually pay close attention to the show while you're watching it. But I guess the fact that you have to think at all may be what you mean by "intellectual." It does require your participation as a viewer.

I like Lost and Slatters' comment.

No but it DOES require a bit of thought, and an attention span.

Tell us Slatters, what do you watch while you're writing your dissertation(s) and sipping brandy?

Douchebag

I'd rather stick re-watches of The Sopranos and The Shield than even attempt to watch Lost again.

slatters nailed it

lol Damon and Carlton are hilarious!

Must.....get.....wall poster.....