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I was thinking about Lost. Now the guy that created it said the reason he's killing off one of the main characters is because it 'doesn't make sense' that they'd be facing all these dangers and yet the 14 of them survive. Er...hello? It also doesn't make sense that numbers are cursed, there are other people living on the island who kidnap eternally pregnant people who didn't go into labor during the tramutic crash; that a guy who couldn't walk suddenly can; that...oh you know what I mean. It doesn't have to make sense. It's television We want to see the 14 people survive*. That's why we tune in.

Television people rarely give the audience enough credit. Notable exceptions would be the Buffy people and the Xena/Hercules people. Their risks didn't always pan out but they at least gave us interesting storylines. (Okay, Xena died a lot. But she came back. That's the main thing.) Most television people will wind up 'jumping the shark' not because they've run out of ideas, but because they've decided we're too stupid to stick to a formula we've already accepted and enjoy, and that we need to have Rachel have a baby, or Whatshername on the OC to have a lesbian fling, or whatever.

When you watch a genre show like Lost, you expect a certain suspension of disbelief. That's why we watch those shows.

*Well, Boone I could live without. But if they kill Hurley, I'll be pissed.

on 2005-03-07 04:37 am (UTC)
Posted by [identity profile] cactus-wren.livejournal.com
*Well, Boone I could live without. But if they kill Hurley, I'll be pissed.

I totally agree - Boone is annoying. Could live without Jin, too. But Hurley, killing him would be a real disappointment.

on 2005-03-07 12:16 pm (UTC)
Posted by [identity profile] fourthage.livejournal.com
Word. What I'd really like to see is, rather than someone die, someone become like Ethan so we have another crazy out there. Crazy French Lady doesn't count since she never sought out the other survivors and especially since she had her Not-Crazy!Bonding Moment with Hurley.

on 2005-03-07 04:22 pm (UTC)
Posted by [identity profile] crossbow1.livejournal.com
because it 'doesn't make sense' that they'd be facing all these dangers and yet the 14 of them survive.

Doesn't make sense? Doesn't make sense??? Good lord, if they were giong for "sense," they missed that boat with the pilot episode.

on 2005-03-07 04:29 pm (UTC)
Posted by [identity profile] zakkati.livejournal.com
Thanks to [livejournal.com profile] anaidrabbit I have finally managed to see this show that you've all been talking about- I love it!

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