Tuesday, May 30, 2006

What All the Fuss Is About

Last night, I watched the first five episodes of Lost, and was pleasantly, but inconveniently surprised by how much I enjoyed it. Inconveniently, that is, because I will now have to go and watch every episode of it and may have to make sure I have working TV reception to watch new episodes. Dammit.

The show is very much character driven, which is always something I enjoy when done well, and there is a good balance of characters you can't help but like, characters you can't help but hate, and characters you can't help but feel ambivalent towards. Especially noteworthy among the cast are a lovable fat white guy who calls everyone "dude," a black guy who has just (a few days before the first episode) met his estranged son (whom he calls "man"), an sexy Iraqi technology expert*, and an older bald guy who reminds me of FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper after all the stress and pies have caught up with him.

The first five episodes exposited the situation and principle cast well. The writing deals with issues like sexual and racial tension with a downright incredible amount of grace for a mainstream show.

*For a couple minutes in the first episode, I, with shameful amounts of wrongness, pegged him for Hispanic, but felt redeemed for recognizing that he distinctly wasn't Iraqi either, but rather of South Asian descent.

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Anonymous Jac Mustice said...

Mike, your ethnodar needs calibration.

3:04 PM  

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