OT - The Lost - Page 2

Mindi · #11 September 27th, 2004, 10:33 AM

Okay a little synopsis of the first episode. It starts out after the crash although later you do get a small flashback of what it was like right before the crash. We meet Jack disoriented in the woods/jungle as he is waking up from the crash. He hears screaming and wanders back to the crash site. He goes around helping some of the passengers including a pregnant woman, a woman who isn't breathing and a guy traped under wreckage that has part of his leg cut off by the wreckage. We learn he is a doctor.

He recruits a passenger named Kate to help him sew up some lacerations he has on his back. They get to talking about finding the front part of the plane. If they can find it maybe they can find the traceiver. She explains how she saw smoke coming from another part of the jungle. During this time the other passengers are doing their best to start a fire, make themselves comfortable, find food, etc. Kate wants to go with Jack to find that front part of the plane tomorrow and just as Jack is starting to argue with her we hear loud noises from the jungle. The trees are shaking the ground is rumbling but eventually whatever it is goes away. All the passengers are visibly shaken by this as they don't have any idea what is on the island with them or what could make all that noise.

The next day Jack and Kate get ready to head out. Another passenger named Charlie invites himself to go with them. Kate feels she has seen him somewhere and we learn that he is a member of a popular band. The sky is darkening suddenly and they are having a rainstorm that comes out of nowhere. Back at the crash site more noises are heard.

The trio find the wreckage and make their way up into the nose of the plane. They discover that one of the pilots are alive. Jack gives him some water and tells him that at least 48 passengers survived and it's been 16 hours since the crash. The pilot tells them that the radio stopped working about 6 hours into the flight and couldn't be seen by anyone. They decided to turn around and land in fiji and by the time they hit the turbulence and went down that they were thousands of miles off course. The rescuers will be looking in the wrong place.

They get the trasceiver and try to get it to work. While up there Charlie disappears and Kate finds him in the bathroom. They hear the noises again and notice shadows outside the plane. They try to look through the windows to catch a glimpse of what is out there. The pilot sticks his head out of the wreckage to take a look and is grabbed and lifted up. We see his legs dangling and struggling and eventually disappears as the fuselage is knocked to the ground (it was sticking up into the air at an angle).

The trio start running back to the beach where they originally crashed and Charlie falls as his leg gets stuck. Jack goes back to help him as Kate is left all alone. A few moments pass and Charlie runs up and Jack is not with him. Kate insists on going back to find him. They stumble upon the pilots wings in a swampy area. Jack is near them and they all look up and see the body of the pilot, blodied and broken sitting in the top of a tree. They wonder what it is that could have done this.

gregebowman · #12 September 28th, 2004, 05:08 PM

Ok, thanks for the review. Hopefully they'll repeat in the future and I can catch it then. I know in the old movie I saw with Lloyd Bridges, it was a boar, and they finally were able to kill it. I guess they had roast pork that night

David E. Gervais · #13 September 28th, 2004, 06:46 PM

hmmm,.. a plane crash, and the survivors are stuck on an island,.. hmmmm. sounds like a modernized Version of something in my memory.. If they were survivors of a shipwreck, and one was a professor instead of a doctor, there does seem to be a 'star' of some sort, and did the 'pilot' (aka captain) survive? hmmmm, yes it all seems familiar,.. but then again they put a 'modern twist' on the idea,.. make it a drama instead of a comedy. My only problem is there are way too many 'dramas' on tv as it is, they should have made this a comedy.

But, then again, I can always switch to 'Deja Vue' channel and have my cake and eat it too.

LOL, Cheers!

TerranC · #14 September 28th, 2004, 06:53 PM

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David E. Gervais said:
My only problem is there are way too many 'dramas' on tv as it is, they should have made this a comedy.

"oh my god, something killed the pilot!"

"You b*****ds!"

*cue canned laughter blares out from somewhere within the island...*

Possum · #15 September 28th, 2004, 09:35 PM

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David E. Gervais said:
hmmm,.. a plane crash, and the survivors are stuck on an island,.. hmmmm. sounds like a modernized Version of something in my memory.. If they were survivors of a shipwreck, and one was a professor instead of a doctor, there does seem to be a 'star' of some sort, and did the 'pilot' (aka captain) survive? hmmmm, yes it all seems familiar

"Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale
a tale of a mighty trip
that started from this tropic port
aboard this tiny ship

The mate was a mighty sailing man
the skipper brave and sure
five passengers set sail that day
for a three hour tour, a three hour tour.."

Umm, yeah, used to come home in the afternoons and watch reruns of Gilligans Island and the old original Star Trek.

woof, you can tell I'll never see 40 again, can't you?

gregebowman · #16 September 29th, 2004, 06:11 PM

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Possum said:

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David E. Gervais said:
hmmm,.. a plane crash, and the survivors are stuck on an island,.. hmmmm. sounds like a modernized Version of something in my memory.. If they were survivors of a shipwreck, and one was a professor instead of a doctor, there does seem to be a 'star' of some sort, and did the 'pilot' (aka captain) survive? hmmmm, yes it all seems familiar

"Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale
a tale of a mighty trip
that started from this tropic port
aboard this tiny ship

The mate was a mighty sailing man
the skipper brave and sure
five passengers set sail that day
for a three hour tour, a three hour tour.."

Umm, yeah, used to come home in the afternoons and watch reruns of Gilligans Island and the old original Star Trek.

woof, you can tell I'll never see 40 again, can't you?

Same here. I used to live to watch Star Trek after school. Gilligan's Island, Beverly Hillbillies, Green Acres, etc. My wife watches TV Land almost every evening, when she isn't watching Soapnet. Unfortunately, since I get to watch my son in the evenings, I don't get much chance to watch those old shows. I'm hoping my son will get interested in those shows eventually, because I'm getting tired of the stuff on Disney Channel.

Mindi · #17 September 29th, 2004, 07:23 PM

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David E. Gervais said:
hmmmm, yes it all seems familiar,.. but then again they put a 'modern twist' on the idea,.. make it a drama instead of a comedy. My only problem is there are way too many 'dramas' on tv as it is, they should have made this a comedy.

I tend to agree with you for the most part, we need more good comedies. But I have to admit, I do love a good drama more than any comedy-emphasis on GOOD. Richard and I are anxiously waiting for "24" to start!

Taz-in-Space · #18 September 29th, 2004, 11:47 PM

Taz just got done with watching the second episode of The Lost...

Now Taz is all in favor of suspending disbelief in the interest of entertainment - BUT - Polar Bears in the Tropics???? LIVE POLAR BEARS IN THE TROPICS???

Now that must have been one record setting swim!

That will take a little explaining - even to TAZ!!

OK! OK! They did intercept an emergancy transmission.
A 16 year old transmission repeating...

So you may say that the bear was part of some hidden lab...

Except - 1) SIXTEEN years have passed. What did the bear find to eat for SIXTEEN Years?...
2) How did a polar bear survive in the HOT tropics that long? He sure can't take off his fur!!!
3) How long does a Polar Bear live anyway? 16 years should make him a fairly OLD bear I would think...

Taz hopes that there is a logical (or at least semi-logical) explaination... He just can't think of any!

David E. Gervais · #19 September 30th, 2004, 09:02 AM

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Mindi said:
I tend to agree with you for the most part, we need more good comedies. But I have to admit, I do love a good drama more than any comedy-emphasis on GOOD. Richard and I are anxiously waiting for "24" to start!

Now there is a Great! show. '24' is one of the few 'new' ideas in a TV drama to hit the screen in a long time. very well written and excellent cast.

I was a big fan of west wing, but when Aaron Sorkin left the writing team and Rob Lowe left the show, the quality seems to have dropped. And what's up with the new style of having the camera follow the actors all over the place, way too much movement, they should go back to the old style.

..and, I didn't say I didn't like dramas, just that there were way too many saturating the TV right now.

Cheers!

gregebowman · #20 September 30th, 2004, 12:16 PM

As far as drama, I love 24. Hope the new one (which won't start until January) meets the expectations of the past shows. But with a new president, unless this "day" happens before the current prez ends his term, I hope the chemistry isn't change too much. But I didn't really like the republican candidate. He was too scheming. We'll see. That's about the only drama show I make an effort to watch. I did watch one episode of Hawaii, and it seemed pretty good. Almost like a modern Version of Hawaii 5-0. Never have watched West Wing, and I don't plan to. maybe it's good, but with Martin Sheen's known political leanings, I don't want to watch it. And what the heck is NBC doing? Every time I turn around, there's another Law and Order show being made. It maybe a good show, but come on, how many spin-offs can you make out of a show? I think only Happy Days is about the only other show that had so many spinoffs associated with it (Mork & Mindy, Laverne & Shirly, Chachi & Joanie). I'm surprised Fonzi didn't get his own show after Happy Days was canceled.