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May. 12th, 2010 10:25 pmSo a few weeks back, Hubs got me S1 of Lost as a pressie, and I've finally got around to rewatching the start of the pilot.
And it starts so very well. That is a seriously phenomenal opening set-piece. And not just because for the first five minutes Jack doesn't say anything, so we're under the impression for a short time that our protagonist isn't the biggest douchebag who ever douched.
It's a very nostalgic experience - spent most of it going 'oh yes, Jin used to be a massive dickhead who controlled his wife and screamed in Korean at everyone else' and 'oh yes, Sawyer used to be an arsehole in those days... and he smoked!'
Also:
Vincent was actually pretty creepy in the pilot. I swear there was a scene where jack and Kate walked past and there was a pan across to some bushes, behind which Vincent was watching them in the fashion of a Slasher Movie Stalker.
Michael's very first line is 'WAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLT!'. LOL.
Speaking of which, Walt was so tiny! How did he get so massive between now and S4? He's about 5 in S1, by the last time we saw him, he was surely over 20.
I complain about Kate and her same backstory every flashback/forwards/aside, and Love Quadrangle of Doom being a world of Dullsville NOW, but by jimminy, she was fucking awful back then. Did nothing but run around screaming & wailing... oh, and saying 'I'm going with you' to any plan. Some things never change.
Sayid's accent was crazy back then!
Oh yeah - Locke did nothing but sit and stare for about four episodes, didn't he? I remember thinking on the first watch that he was a bit Special Needs to begin with - especially after that Orange Peel bit. 'Bad. Def'nitely bad.'
I love, in hindsight, that they introduced Smokey, the ultimate Big Bad, right at the very start - albeit as a Lord Of The Flies-esque unseen menace in the jungle - only to put him/it on the backburner once the menace of The Others had been established.
Bit emotional watching the first one right now, though. God, only about four of those guys are still going now. And a little voice in the back of my mind does keep going 'hhhhWhere is Ben?' - Even though I'm fully aware that at the time he'd be in his bungalow bitching about Stephen King and scheming, [Belle Voice] but we won't discover that it's him til series threeeee [/Belle Voice].
And it starts so very well. That is a seriously phenomenal opening set-piece. And not just because for the first five minutes Jack doesn't say anything, so we're under the impression for a short time that our protagonist isn't the biggest douchebag who ever douched.
It's a very nostalgic experience - spent most of it going 'oh yes, Jin used to be a massive dickhead who controlled his wife and screamed in Korean at everyone else' and 'oh yes, Sawyer used to be an arsehole in those days... and he smoked!'
Also:
Vincent was actually pretty creepy in the pilot. I swear there was a scene where jack and Kate walked past and there was a pan across to some bushes, behind which Vincent was watching them in the fashion of a Slasher Movie Stalker.
Michael's very first line is 'WAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLT!'. LOL.
Speaking of which, Walt was so tiny! How did he get so massive between now and S4? He's about 5 in S1, by the last time we saw him, he was surely over 20.
I complain about Kate and her same backstory every flashback/forwards/aside, and Love Quadrangle of Doom being a world of Dullsville NOW, but by jimminy, she was fucking awful back then. Did nothing but run around screaming & wailing... oh, and saying 'I'm going with you' to any plan. Some things never change.
Sayid's accent was crazy back then!
Oh yeah - Locke did nothing but sit and stare for about four episodes, didn't he? I remember thinking on the first watch that he was a bit Special Needs to begin with - especially after that Orange Peel bit. 'Bad. Def'nitely bad.'
I love, in hindsight, that they introduced Smokey, the ultimate Big Bad, right at the very start - albeit as a Lord Of The Flies-esque unseen menace in the jungle - only to put him/it on the backburner once the menace of The Others had been established.
Bit emotional watching the first one right now, though. God, only about four of those guys are still going now. And a little voice in the back of my mind does keep going 'hhhhWhere is Ben?' - Even though I'm fully aware that at the time he'd be in his bungalow bitching about Stephen King and scheming, [Belle Voice] but we won't discover that it's him til series threeeee [/Belle Voice].
