In my opinion, the writers strike has left a trace of garbage amongst the new episodes of some of my favorite shows. Specifically, the serial dramas stuffed with symbolism and mystery.
Since when did the writers of Lost think it was a good idea to drop in an A-Team episode? The only difference between the shootout with the Losties and an episode in which B.A. drinks milk to get on a plane is that some anonymous 815 people got whacked. I think we need to keep a death toll somewhere to make sure they don’t exceed the manifest.
Elsewhere, in BSG land, this season is off to a thud of a start. There are virtually no characters left to like. I like complex flawed characters, but some of the suspense is gone if you quit caring if any of the characters make it. And the religous attack scene in Friday’s Escape Velocity had some of the worst acting I’ve seen on the show. The attackers looked as authentic as barbarians on the original Star Trek (the show was great, but you can’t brag about the costumes).
So there, I said it. Step up your game writers. Or else the world will continue to revolve around American Idol and 24.
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I was originally into Lost because I believed that the writers had the end game of the show plotted out from the onset. That’s what they said anyway. Now I’m calling bullshit. But let’s say this was their idea from the beginning. To make a show where the first season has a unified ensemble cast and lots of mystery and every season after that they replace large portions of that cast with rotating characters about whom nobody gives a shit. Great idea.
Another reason I liked it was because the writers said that the show was based in reality. I started to question it when we saw the smoke monster but I still thought it could be explained by some type of nanotechnology or something. Now we’re traveling in time and seeing ghosts. Fonzie, break out the water skis.