Lost

Well Hello There!

Long time no see. A whole two months. That's scary. Either I have been really busy or really not into the blogness. You decide. I swear I haven't been lost. Well, I have been watching Lost. So I guess this entry has a bit of a double meaning. The lost one has returned to review Lost. Hahaha. I make me laugh.

Anyways...

Lost is the greatest show ever. Ok, maybe I exaggerate, but is my new favorite show ... of all time. Let me tell you first how I discovered Lost. I really wanted to watch it in Season 1, but I was apparently more addicted to American Idol. Sad. So everyone who told me about the show, told me I would love it. So, when it came out on DVD, I bought it. That's right purchased the set. I had a super weekend long Lost marathon. I was instantly addicted. Now, I am afraid the addiction is bordering on obsession.

Season two is proving to be just a compelling and weird as season one. There's action. There's comedy. There's drama. There's weird black clouds that pull wacky former paralyzed guys down a hole. There's "backwards drippy Walt" (go read EW.com's summary for ep 3 of season two). There's a reluctant hero, a couple of murderers, a former Iraqi Republican Guard, cursed lottery winner, a crazy French lady, "tailies" (see the first Big TV Guide for that one), Tom Cruise's cousin (ok, Other Man ... nee Ethan Rom is no longer with us), and a hobbit ... I mean has been rock star. Among others. Oh yeah and The Others are apparently there too.

C'mon. Really. How can you not find something to love? The creators of the show have, for the most part, tossed formula out the window. They seem to be obsessed with details. Proving that obsession just breeds more obsession. They answer questions at just the right moment (guy named Desmond an ancient computer and a whole heap of food in the hatch) just to raise more questions (what the heck is with this Dharma thingy??).

And speaking of obsession, ABC/Disney/Touchstone Television have no qualms about feeding the fire. There's a myriad of sites that the obsessed (ahem, yours truly) peruse with frightening frequency. Case in point:

http://www.oceanicflight815.com/ The Official Lost Site. It has lots of clips and tid bits and behind the scenes things ... if you know how to get them

http://www.oceanic-air.com/ The "Official" Oceanic Website. There are ALL kinds of neat secrets and things on this site. Including messages from passengers!!!! Don't believe me? Go to the page and look at the source code. It is there. Here are some of the tidbits:

If anyone should find this message, please get word I'm alive and stranded on an island somewhere in the South Pacific. Please send help soon. Things are bad. And they're getting worse... Sally

And another:

I survived a horrific plane crash and am stranded on an island somewhere Northeast of Australia and Southwest of Hawaii. In the event that I am never found, please forward word of my fate to my parents...Robert

Yet Another:

If you are reading this note PLEASE get word to my wife that her husband survived the crash of Oceanic Flight #815 along with 47 others. Darling, I miss you so much and dream of the day I can see your face again. The very thought of that day is all that keeps me going here. Please donÂ’t forget me!

OK, just one more!:

I would like to inform my financial institutions that I will be late making my September mortgage payment as I am STRANDED ON A FRIGGIN' ISLAND IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE! Please have the Government send a search team immediately. OR don't. Shouldn't all the taxes I pay cover an expense like that?

http://www.thehansofoundation.org/ The "Official" site of the Hanso Foundation ... aka financial backers of the Dharma Initiative thing. If you look hard enough, you can find that orientation film that Desmond had Locke and Jack watch.

Last Words: OK, so I am obsessed. You should be too. Get lost in Lost.