I wasn't particularly happy when Tara was killed off, but there were good arguments for the character being killed at that time. Bad Willow was really awesome. So I don't think, for my experience, that is a particularly good analogy.
I'm talking about a basic "is the shit going to make sense" sense of the satisfactory. Things can make sense and I don't like them. Fine. But Kate all the sudden becoming a dis-empowered wilting 1980s female horror movie victim? Not in character, did not make sense.
Heroes, end of Season 1 was bad, but not nearly as bad as Season 2.
Yes, you're right - not the best analogy. I meant in terms of audience demanding certain things from the shows they watch, although there may be better examples of that.
I'm talking about a basic "is the shit going to make sense" sense of the satisfactory. Things can make sense and I don't like them. Fine. But Kate all the sudden becoming a dis-empowered wilting 1980s female horror movie victim? Not in character, did not make sense.
Yes, I mean along those lines, in overarching plot terms. The Girl and I debate endlessly over whether all the spookiness in Lost will be demonstrated to be scientific - in 'real world' terms of technology or politics etc - or fantastical. She's not entirely happy with the "timey-wimey" turn of events in recent seasons, as it's too much of the fantasy for her liking (although that may change before the end). At the same time, she acknowledges that it makes sense within the internal paradigm of the show. I'd probably keep watching if they decided it was all a dream that a feverish polar bear was having, if that was well-written and shown to be consistent with what had gone before. Major plot inconsistencies, especially those that mess with the internal cohesion of the world that's been created over the past five seasons, I find much more annoying. I seem to accept poor cohesion better for characters, such as in Kate's case, than in plot development. Your Kate example involves just as much poor writing, though.
Heroes, end of Season 1 was bad, but not nearly as bad as Season 2.
True, but I still had a sense of plot potential at the end of season one. That made for a bigger let-down!
Yeah, I think I can get equally angry at inconsistent characters (especially if their actions are the source of major plot movement) - Juliet getting all upset over Sawyer and planning to set off a bomb because of it?
Wow. Not cool show. I wanted the bomb to go off though, but not because Juliet was pissed.
FWIW, I really like "Lost" and watching it from beginning to the end of Season 5 over the summer was interesting. I own the Season 1 DVDs, but I am disappointed in what the series became. It is kind of like the feeling I had toward Alias.
There's a bunch more stuff at EW dot com, links are off to the side of the one posted here. This is one you can vote on. Which is the better promo, the one with Willie Nelson's Amazing Grace or the Spanish Cuatro one? [link]
I've posted pictures from the Lost Underground Art Project. There was some really sweet art.
(If that link doesn't work, here's a link to the album.)
Okay, so I stopped watching some time after the bit blow up of the hatch, a few eps after, and then decided to catch up a month ago.
I'm up to the present and looking forward to Feb 2nd.
I also find it amusing that the Lost premiere is on Groundhog Day.
They could get Bill Murray as a guest star.
I'm up to the present and looking forward to Feb 2nd.
We were hoping to have re-watched them all in time for the premier, but we found season two difficult to get through (like treacle) so we're behind.
I did a lot of fast forwarding with my computer. I could have missed things....
Are they going to have one of those recap shows? I'm not likely to have time to do any re-watch.
