LOST
Apparently my teenage son's girl 'friend' is already on Season 3 and he needs to catch up. Cue Dad's BD box set and some serious family binging. I think the most I've ever binged a show previously is about 2 or 3 episodes, but we've hit 5 in one day a couple times already during his Christmas break. And it's been a treat.
Here's what I've rediscovered revisiting this series: Get over any pouting disappointments about the resolution of this series (no spoilers here). Any good show, like life itself, is essentially about the journey and not the destination. Understand that this show was primarily an ANTHOLOGY show, with a mythology tacked on (the mythology episodes in The X-Files were also always the least interesting to me).
The true value of LOST comes from the character stories within each episode, which were always terrific in a O'Henry twist sort of way. The acting, writing and directing and the beautiful cinematography are all top notch. There are a lot of filler episodes, and there is no doubt in my mind that, besides the initial concept, premise and probably resolution, the writers were basically making it up as they went along. How can you do otherwise when you have 25 episodes a season to produce? But enjoy each episode as it's own jewel of characters you don't mind spending time with. And for us, during the break, some serious binging.
On a side note, I ran into a woman at the pharmacy who said she and her husband were binging Breaking Bad and had seen as many as 6 episodes in one day. I know this is a common occurrence for viewers who were catching up with the show, but that show is so expertly tense and suspenseful, I can't imagine my nerves holding out for that many episodes in a day. I hope she was picking up some Xanax.
So what are you binging, and what has it revealed to you about the show?
Apparently my teenage son's girl 'friend' is already on Season 3 and he needs to catch up. Cue Dad's BD box set and some serious family binging. I think the most I've ever binged a show previously is about 2 or 3 episodes, but we've hit 5 in one day a couple times already during his Christmas break. And it's been a treat.
Here's what I've rediscovered revisiting this series: Get over any pouting disappointments about the resolution of this series (no spoilers here). Any good show, like life itself, is essentially about the journey and not the destination. Understand that this show was primarily an ANTHOLOGY show, with a mythology tacked on (the mythology episodes in The X-Files were also always the least interesting to me).
The true value of LOST comes from the character stories within each episode, which were always terrific in a O'Henry twist sort of way. The acting, writing and directing and the beautiful cinematography are all top notch. There are a lot of filler episodes, and there is no doubt in my mind that, besides the initial concept, premise and probably resolution, the writers were basically making it up as they went along. How can you do otherwise when you have 25 episodes a season to produce? But enjoy each episode as it's own jewel of characters you don't mind spending time with. And for us, during the break, some serious binging.
On a side note, I ran into a woman at the pharmacy who said she and her husband were binging Breaking Bad and had seen as many as 6 episodes in one day. I know this is a common occurrence for viewers who were catching up with the show, but that show is so expertly tense and suspenseful, I can't imagine my nerves holding out for that many episodes in a day. I hope she was picking up some Xanax.
So what are you binging, and what has it revealed to you about the show?
