reblogged from: i'm a virgin who can't drive
Ok, so, I thought I’d start watching Lost
but I’m watching the first episode and I can’t get past how stupidly annoyingly perfect whoever-the-fuck the main guy is, and how contrived and manipulative everything in the show is and just ugh ugh how do you watch this does it get better?
Lost is super cheesy. Big time contrived. I think the way you get through all of that stuff is simply to laugh at it. Even as someone who, I’m sure you can tell, loves the show, I’m constantly ripping on the ridiculous aspects of the storytelling. So are most of the fans. There are lots of snarky nicknames for the actors, characters and other elements of the show.
But on a whole, I think the mythology is so dense & different, that if you’re the type who loves puzzles and mystery, you’ll have fun despite all the fluff.
And I also think there a number of understated performances and moving moments in the series. But you have to develop a relationship with the characters first. And that’ll take a little time.
I always say, give it 5 episodes including the pilot. If you still feel the way you do after that, walk away.
