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The story concerns the survivors of a terrible plane crash, who find themselves stranded on a tropical island with seemingly little chance of a rescue. Medical doctor Jack takes a position of leadership, helping to rally the survivors and prepare them for a period of difficulty as they learn how to survive on the paradisiacal island. But everything is not as it seems, as the island offers potential danger in the form of a large, mysterious creature, and evidence is found that the plane crash may not have been an accident. As they struggle to survive, each of the characters forms alliances and makes enemies, all while dealing with the unresolved issues of the lives they've left behind. (official distributor synopsis)
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For me an outrageously well thought out series almost to a fault. The interplay of the past with the present keeps you in suspense. 1st season: I definitely rate the first season as the best. It's interesting to watch people bond, argue, and do things they might never do in the "normal world". 100% 2nd season: In the second season, I was worried about original lineup getting disrupted by the second group. In the end, it was a nice diversion. And that's especially thanks to my favorite Ana Lucia (Michelle Rodriguez). 99% 3rd season: A slightly weaker season. We do get into The Others, but some of the stories are a bit boring. 90% 4th season: The journey home is within reach. I don't like that the original group is splitting up, but the homecoming is nice. 98% 5th season: Some things are explained well enough. Still, I'm getting pretty confused and want to get back to the beach (!!!). I really liked the last two episodes, though. 85% 6th season: Surprisingly, I'm pretty happy with the ending. The alternate future was developing quite interestingly. I'm tearing up and sad to see it end. 85% Favorite characters: Sawyer, Benjamin, Kate
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No other TV show has captivated me as much as Lost. However, I believe that offering something like this to the average Czech audience is a waste of time. A typical Czech family watching TV: mum knitting and nagging the kids, who are munching chips and misbehaving, while daddy is napping in the armchair; or they are all taking and laughing. And then a show that demands attention and hides a lot of important details is considered “utterly stupid”. If I were to watch for instance episode 3x20 without knowing any of the previous events, I would say it’s bullshit. Season 1: 5* – great atmosphere, getting to know the characters and the original flashbacks. Watched on Nova with Czech dubbing. Best episodes: Exodus II, Deus Ex Machina, Solitary. Season 2: 4-5* – excellent beginning and ending, but the middle is just filler. Watched on DVD over a weekend (AXN dubbing). Best episodes: Live Together Die Alone, Man of Science Man of Faith, Lockdown Season 3: 5* – I have no reservations about this season. Interesting twists, two great new characters (Ben and Juliet) and a great ending. Watched in original language. Best episodes: Through the Looking Glass, The Man Behind the Curtain, A Tale of Two Cities. Season 4: 4* – Perhaps the weakest season. It has some excellent episodes, but it wasn’t impressive as a whole. The plot on the island is quite lifeless, the characters are always travelling, without solving anything important. Things are considerably better outside, but Lost should be about the Island. Best episodes: The Constant, There's No Place Like Home II, The Shape of Things to Come. Season 5: 5* – For me the best season of the show. Many people will not be happy with the events that unfold from the first episode, but those who come to terms with it are in for a great reward. We gradually get answers to many questions (though often only in hints), the plot is unpredictable and the finale is awesome. We finally get to know what is really happening on the Island – and the previous seasons suddenly feel like nothing. Best episodes: The Incident, The Variable, Dead is Dead. Season 6: 4* – One big farewell to the show. If you don’t want to be too disappointed, you should accept the fact that the most important questions were answered in the previous season (though not nearly all of them) and that the show doesn’t have much left to offer. We say good-bye to the characters and watch how the whole story ends. Some people will be very satisfied, others less so. I’m not complaining, I will remember this show fondly. Best episodes: The End, The Candidate, Everybody Loves Hugo. A brief take on the show as a whole: Nothing will change the fact that I spent with Lost probably the best years of my life and that’s reason enough for me to love it. It works perfectly if we take it as the story of Jack that begins with the plane crash on the island. The show is often surprising, generates mystery; we know only what the characters themselves know – and that’s good. The problems begin when we look at those events as they happened chronologically, i.e. starting somewhere in antiquity and ending with the plane crash. In that case, many things don’t make sense, and not only minor details, but also the core conflict – what the show should actually be about.
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One of the few high-quality series that captivates with its pace and cleverly written script. The characters are very interesting, and above all, the flashbacks are a perfect addition. Technically proficient filmmaking, where only a few blatantly computer-generated effects stand out, but they can be endured. Many things are still unclear, but we will see what the second season brings. The most essential fact is that J.J. Abrams can keep the viewer in maximum suspense the whole time, and the weaker moments are truly rare. A hit of unprecedented proportions.
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I'd like to write that Lost is a drug with opposite effects: the more you take, the less you like it. The cleverness of Season 1 and its perfectly paced conclusion (the cliffhanger in the last episode) is replaced by the muddled mush of the first half of Season 2, which you can only enjoy if you have a certain level of tolerance for the acting of the guy in the Michelle Rodriguez skirt and are able to accept that the centre of all the action is pushing a button. Certainly the quality of the individual episodes is also directly proportional to the appeal of the flashbacks, with Sawyer clearly having the best, together with John Locke’s his much-maligned "kidney problem", with Boone and Shannon and Charlie and his desperate DriveShaft at the opposite pole. In the current 3rd season, the so-called "bubblegum effect" (i.e. what could be told in half an hour is stretched to 6 episodes, the 3rd episode "Further Instructions" is an example of a complete screenwriting collapse) comes into play, with very effective, but somewhat stupid crutches to dramatize the plot (Sawyer's "implant"). Plus, the way the showrunners have branched out the plot to an unsuspected breadth and brought in a bunch of other big questions (and haven't answered any of them yet), I kind of feel like they have put themselves into a corner. I'm genuinely curious to see how the whole mystery will be solved; either we're looking at one of the biggest duds in the history of television in a few years, or, on the contrary, we’ll see that the Abrams team has created one of the most interesting series of the last decade. The frantic tweaking of the script over the last winter does not inspire much confidence so far. The reasons why I give it a cautious and very weak 4* are as follows: firstly, despite all my qualms, Lost still retains a kind of compelling mystery and manages to surprise. The second reason is the interesting characters free from the black and white concept – especially the extremely charismatic John Locke, the ambiguous rogue Sawyer, or the mysterious Henry. For now we can only say "we'll see, we'll see", there is still plenty of time for a conclusive assessment.
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The series Lost was preceded by the reputation of something that had not yet been made, a grandiose series for the 21st century, a phenomenal commercial hit, and a great spectacle. I didn't know exactly what it was about, but excited by the reviews, I was expecting some sort of hybrid between Twin Peaks and Dekalog. After watching the pilot, my eyes just rolled and I said to myself that I was a fool. I have seen some things and I know very well how popular culture works, so I can take the enthusiastic applause with a grain of salt. Among all the TV hits of recent years, Lost appealed to me the least. The excellent sci-fi author Frederik Pohl preached that an author can make up whatever they want until they're blue in the face, but they must adhere to basic logic and internal connections of the world they have created. The world of Lost seemed incredibly over-complex and unbelievable to me. An airplane crashes from a height of 10,000 meters, breaks into three pieces, and in its wreckage, fifty passengers survive with just cuts and minor injuries - and one serious injury on a character where the writer apparently needed it. The survivors utter wise words that the writer may consider appropriate, but they didn't even occur to me, not even in a situation when I flew off the road at a speed of sixty kilometers per hour and landed on the wall of a house. I was in greater shock than the characters of the series. Even the choice of actors - their age structure and characterization seemed like an artificial construct of the writers. I understand that the scheme the authors and the crew came up with allows for practically infinite plot games and an incredible amount of "shocking" plot twists, and playing the mystery game can entertain viewers just as much as the artificial world of reality shows, but it's simply not for me. I watched about three more episodes, but the final impression was always the same. Fans of the series can understandably explain to me that I simply didn't understand the series because in episode 85 or 385 everything will be logically and brilliantly explained, but I would still feel that the previous 84 or 384 episodes were va waste of time. Lost did not enrich me in terms of genre. Overall impression: 40%.
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