The End is in Sight

So, ABC and the producers of Lost have announced their plans to end the series. Very interesting.

Not sure how I feel about it so far except to say that I'm concerned that corporate interests are outweighing artistic merit, even in this instance, wherein the suits were most likely loathe to commit to an end date. It seems like a compromise in which no one wins.

See, here's what bugs me: Why three 16-episode seasons?

Those short seasons are going to kill the creative momentum of the show. You'll get four months of island-y goodness, followed by EIGHT MONTHS of nothing.

I'm sure someone somewhere is thinking of The Sopranos and how that show has managed to navigate short seasons and remain popular, but I'm unconvinced. To me the whole thing smells of stretching the show to its sixth season by hook or by crook.

Recent Lost Commentary...

• My Lost Theory (02/16/10)
• Lost: I Knew It (05/23/07)
• Lost: Penultimate (05/16/07)
• Lost: Say WHAT? (05/09/07)
• The End is in Sight (05/07/07)

Lost Archive

Just one man's opinion, of course. Still, it's good to see that the end date has been set. The producers have been telling us for a while now that the lack of an end date was responsible for the season two and three padding. Let's see them put their money where their mouths are: season four should kick off with absolutely no padding and be balls-to-the-wall movement from the get-go.

Right? 

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Finally!
By: Jo on Tue May 08, 2007, 23:16:41

*Throws handful of confetti in air*
With Lost coming to a close AND the summer blockbusters emerging...it's like Christmas early!
Okay. Now go see Spiderman 3 and let us know what you think.

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Re: The End is in Sight
By: Barry on Wed May 09, 2007, 12:06:13

Welcome, Jo!

I would comment on Spidey 3, but honestly...I don't have anything particularly compelling to say about it. I saw the midnight showing on Thursday (it's a tradition with a buddy of mine from high school) and it was...OK. Great effects, some terrific scenes and moments, but not Great Cinema by any stretch of the imagination.

If I had something radical or unique to say about it, I'd blather on. But I don't, and so -- in a rare move -- I'll just keep my trap shut.

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Now Dig on This
By: jo_whittemore on Wed May 09, 2007, 13:31:59

Oh, come now...you weren't mesmerized by that fabulous jazz club scene? And the rakish way he let his hair fall into his eyes to indicate his Dark Side?

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Re: The End is in Sight
By: Barry on Wed May 09, 2007, 14:01:33

Um, not so much, no. :)