Reply #5: Well is this a fantasy/sci fi show or not? [View All]

If it is a fantasy/sci fi show and one accepts that premise of such then the "coincidence" of the flashlight is no more or less acceptable than any of the other occurences on the island. The show no doubt requires suspesion of disbelief. If your quarrel is that a "good" show can't involve fantasy or suspension of disbelief because under that premise anything is possible then that is a fair claim but then I submit you wouldn't consider any show in said genre "good" or quality. If I am wrong please site examples.

It is a completely different animal from the Sopranos so a direct comparison is inaccurate. But the quality of writing on Lost in the context of a fantasy/sci fi show is to me just as good as that on the Sopranos in the context of a gangster/mob show.

If your quibble with Lost were the acting I would not be having this discussion because I think it is the one area that the show is lacking. Although not featuring the worst acting on TV it's also not up to the level of the other shows you mentioned and that is where those shows pull away from this one in terms of quality. Arrested Development/Sopranos, etc. are well written AND well acted. I merely think that Lost is well written.

As a creative writing/journalism major myself I was also taught about things like allegory, metaphor, and analogy, which is why I find the show well written since it employs all of those devices and does so well. Your ONE example of the flashlight was hardly an example because you don't explain WHY that incident is any more or less egregious than say Tony Soprano killing his cousin BEFORE they come to arrest Johnny Sac (or for that matter that they arrest Johnny Sac when Tony just HAPPENS to be over there).

What cancelled or overlooked shows would you regard as better than Lost? I'm not denying that there are some or many but considering the crap that takes up most tv time slots that is pretty much a straw man argument since if you are claiming that dreck like the Apprentice or the 8 millionth version of CSI or Law and Order are MORE deserving of a time slot than Lost is then....well then there's no talking to you.