Good point. Heroes reads more like an adventure to me, and Lost a mystery.
Mal: Zoe, why do I have a wife? Jayne: You got a wife? All I got is that dumbass stick sounds like its raining. How come you got a wife?
'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
Lost 2: Tied to a Tree in a Jungle of Mystery
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§ ita § - Feb 02, 2007 8:35:25 am PST #2725 of 5968
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Daisy Jane - Feb 02, 2007 8:50:42 am PST #2726 of 5968
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
The main difference I see between the two is how much the question prompted by the premise of the shows, in Lost's case "Why did the plane crash and what's up with the island?" in Heroes, "How did these people get powers?", needs to be answered for the plot of an episode to move forward.
I don't think it needs to be answered much at all for Heroes. It's much more interesting watching the smaller qestions get answered. With Lost, it seems that if we don't learn anything more about what caused the crash, then what's the point of the whole thing?
Frankenbuddha - Feb 02, 2007 8:55:59 am PST #2727 of 5968
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I don't think it needs to be answered much at all for Heroes. It's much more interesting watching the smaller qestions get answered. With Lost, it seems that if we don't learn anything more about what caused the crash, then what's the point of the whole thing?
I'd go further to say that if HEROES never answered the question, I wouldn't care (and prefer that to a lame answer) whereas lame answer or not, if LOST never answers the question (or doesn't start answering some things in ways that don't JUST lead to more questions), I'll have felt pretty strung along. Well, I mostly do already, but I still enjoy the ride because I like most of the actors and their characters. I'll probably stick with it unless (until?) they pull a genie out of their butt or something like that.
Daisy Jane - Feb 02, 2007 9:07:59 am PST #2728 of 5968
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
I'd go further to say that if HEROES never answered the question, I wouldn't care
Agreed. I mean, is being bitten by a radioactive spider the most interesting thing about Peter Parker?
SailAweigh - Feb 02, 2007 10:26:36 am PST #2729 of 5968
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
I'll probably stick with it unless (until?) they pull a genie out of their butt or something like that.
I've never given up on a show before 5 seasons, so I'll probably stick with it, too. But I'm at the point where I'm watching it to mock, not to flail.
Vonnie K - Feb 02, 2007 10:33:53 am PST #2730 of 5968
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
I'll probably stick with it unless (until?) they pull a genie out of their butt or something like that.
OMG I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU INVOKED THE BUTT GENIE. Take it back! Take it back!
t /still traumatized after several years
Steph L. - Feb 02, 2007 11:46:36 am PST #2731 of 5968
I look more rad than Lutheranism
OMG I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU INVOKED THE BUTT GENIE. Take it back! Take it back!
I love the butt genie! It's just such a pure example of WTF?!?!? that I can't help loving it.
It almost makes Superboy-Prime PUNCHING A HOLE IN REALITY AND RAISING JASON TODD FROM THE DEAD look reasonable.
Frankenbuddha - Feb 03, 2007 3:11:08 am PST #2732 of 5968
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I love the butt genie! It's just such a pure example of WTF?!?!? that I can't help loving it.
As far as I'm concerned, "Jumping the Shark" has been replaced by "Pulling a genie out of their butt" as a term for a show going off the rails. Anything that makes a Jesus banana slug look benign by comparison has some primo WTF?!?!??! going for it.
Fay - Feb 04, 2007 10:31:32 pm PST #2733 of 5968
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
....um, what show featured someone pulling a genie out of their butt? Because...because you sound like you're talking about an actual occurance, rather than a metaphor.
::is worried::
Sean K - Feb 04, 2007 11:04:49 pm PST #2734 of 5968
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
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