Lost in Lost
After two seasons of resistence, I have given in and let myself get sucked in by Lost (thank you very much Thomas J. for being the final nudge towards this addiction). I started not long after we moved, when I found Lost: The Complete First Season at the local library. Of course this tells you I was already thinking about LETTING myself get sucked in, because I don't normally browse videos unless there is something specific I am looking for. And I found it.
Now it's a pain because the third season has started, and I haven't even finished watching the first season. Theoretically, I could check out the whole season's worth of DVDs at once, but at this library videos are due in a week, and unlike the library in F_, they cannot be renewed (what is with that??). And I only have so much time available for video watching in a week. So two discs at a time is all I've managed, except for the first part only had one disc in it. Basically I've watched (I think) twelve episodes, and if each disc does indeed have four episodes each, then I still have 16 to go. Meanwhile, I don't want to wait until I've gotten through all of Season 1 and Season 2 (which I just noticed the library NOW has, didn't last time I checked, woohoo!) to start Season 3, because it may be half over by the time I get there, even taking reruns into consideration. And by the time Season 3 comes out on video, Season 4 will have started, and I'd still be behind.
What this means is that I'm watching Season 3 while I'm catching up on Season 1. This can be confusing, especially when they start doing flashbacks, and sometimes as I'm watching the DVD and putting things together, I think about a flashback and wonder, was that in an earlier first season episode? Or season 3? Or was that just in the review of seasons 1 and 2 that they showed the week before season 3 began? (because of that, I know a lot more than I probably should while I'm watching season 1!)
It was a shock when I saw the first couple season 3 episodes and realized Sun could speak English so WELL, and wondered if she'd just managed to learn it, and then a few episodes of season 1 later I realized she knew it all along and hid it for a while.
I'm still figuring out other characters, and I love that they are not flat and predictable. Locke is one of my favorites, just going by my gut for the moment. I've seen the flashback where he was involved in growing marijuana, but from everything I've seen on the island, he seems to be a guy to rely on.
Sawyer...so far I can't stand him, but he seems to be a little more likeable in season 3. I think it's partly the dimples, but I'm sure it's also just written into the script, since there seems to be some chemistry between him and Kate. I guess, like her, we're supposed to be torn between whether she should end up with Sawyer or Jack. Jack is the obvious "good guy", which means my bet is on Sawyer. Jack is too obvious. Of course, I'm still missing over a season and a half, so I could be wrong...perhaps she will get together with Jack first? (DON'T TELL ME or I will spam your blog with hate comments!).
I hit a new snag a few days ago...I MISSED an episode of the current season! I have gospel choir practice Wednesday evenings (I may post more about that later), but I'm usually home with plenty of time to catch it at 9:00. This week I just spaced it. A few days later I remembered reading somewhere that ABC was posting recent episodes of its most popular shows on its website. I wondered if it could possibly be free, and to my great surprise and joy, it IS!
However, getting it to work has been spotty. The first night I tried to watch it, I only got through a few minutes. I'm mostly trying to watch on the laptop upstairs, but for some reason the wireless connection is still not great up here. We think the router may need repositioning. In the meantime, I've been trying to watch over the past couple of days. I'll watch, get disconnected, reconnect, try to remember how many minutes in I was, lose the signal again, etc. Also annoying...the price of "free" means there are commercials...limited, yes (only three 30-second ones per episode), but each episode is divided into three segments. If I lose the signal in the middle of a segment, once I manage to reconnect (which could take numerous tries), I have to watch the commercial preceding that segment before I can then even click on the point where I got disconnected last time. I had a bit of time tonight and managed to get through all but the last half or so of segment three...and then lost the connection and just haven't been able to get it back and keep it. NOW the darn thing is telling me THE COMMERCIALS ARE NOT AVAILABLE so I can't watch at the moment, try again later, thanks for playing! Arggghhhh....
The other annoying thing about the library DVDs...not only can't I renew them, I also can't reserve them! So if I look online and see that the disc I need is on the shelf, I can't put it on hold, and even IF I could jump into the car and run across town (Ha!), there's still no guarantee it will be there when I get there.
Tonight I'm watching the third (I think) Harry Potter movie on ABC, which is good because I haven't seen it yet...but darned if I won't be checking my connection and abc.com to see if I can finish watching last week's episode of Lost!
Now it's a pain because the third season has started, and I haven't even finished watching the first season. Theoretically, I could check out the whole season's worth of DVDs at once, but at this library videos are due in a week, and unlike the library in F_, they cannot be renewed (what is with that??). And I only have so much time available for video watching in a week. So two discs at a time is all I've managed, except for the first part only had one disc in it. Basically I've watched (I think) twelve episodes, and if each disc does indeed have four episodes each, then I still have 16 to go. Meanwhile, I don't want to wait until I've gotten through all of Season 1 and Season 2 (which I just noticed the library NOW has, didn't last time I checked, woohoo!) to start Season 3, because it may be half over by the time I get there, even taking reruns into consideration. And by the time Season 3 comes out on video, Season 4 will have started, and I'd still be behind.
What this means is that I'm watching Season 3 while I'm catching up on Season 1. This can be confusing, especially when they start doing flashbacks, and sometimes as I'm watching the DVD and putting things together, I think about a flashback and wonder, was that in an earlier first season episode? Or season 3? Or was that just in the review of seasons 1 and 2 that they showed the week before season 3 began? (because of that, I know a lot more than I probably should while I'm watching season 1!)
It was a shock when I saw the first couple season 3 episodes and realized Sun could speak English so WELL, and wondered if she'd just managed to learn it, and then a few episodes of season 1 later I realized she knew it all along and hid it for a while.
I'm still figuring out other characters, and I love that they are not flat and predictable. Locke is one of my favorites, just going by my gut for the moment. I've seen the flashback where he was involved in growing marijuana, but from everything I've seen on the island, he seems to be a guy to rely on.
Sawyer...so far I can't stand him, but he seems to be a little more likeable in season 3. I think it's partly the dimples, but I'm sure it's also just written into the script, since there seems to be some chemistry between him and Kate. I guess, like her, we're supposed to be torn between whether she should end up with Sawyer or Jack. Jack is the obvious "good guy", which means my bet is on Sawyer. Jack is too obvious. Of course, I'm still missing over a season and a half, so I could be wrong...perhaps she will get together with Jack first? (DON'T TELL ME or I will spam your blog with hate comments!).
I hit a new snag a few days ago...I MISSED an episode of the current season! I have gospel choir practice Wednesday evenings (I may post more about that later), but I'm usually home with plenty of time to catch it at 9:00. This week I just spaced it. A few days later I remembered reading somewhere that ABC was posting recent episodes of its most popular shows on its website. I wondered if it could possibly be free, and to my great surprise and joy, it IS!
However, getting it to work has been spotty. The first night I tried to watch it, I only got through a few minutes. I'm mostly trying to watch on the laptop upstairs, but for some reason the wireless connection is still not great up here. We think the router may need repositioning. In the meantime, I've been trying to watch over the past couple of days. I'll watch, get disconnected, reconnect, try to remember how many minutes in I was, lose the signal again, etc. Also annoying...the price of "free" means there are commercials...limited, yes (only three 30-second ones per episode), but each episode is divided into three segments. If I lose the signal in the middle of a segment, once I manage to reconnect (which could take numerous tries), I have to watch the commercial preceding that segment before I can then even click on the point where I got disconnected last time. I had a bit of time tonight and managed to get through all but the last half or so of segment three...and then lost the connection and just haven't been able to get it back and keep it. NOW the darn thing is telling me THE COMMERCIALS ARE NOT AVAILABLE so I can't watch at the moment, try again later, thanks for playing! Arggghhhh....
The other annoying thing about the library DVDs...not only can't I renew them, I also can't reserve them! So if I look online and see that the disc I need is on the shelf, I can't put it on hold, and even IF I could jump into the car and run across town (Ha!), there's still no guarantee it will be there when I get there.
Tonight I'm watching the third (I think) Harry Potter movie on ABC, which is good because I haven't seen it yet...but darned if I won't be checking my connection and abc.com to see if I can finish watching last week's episode of Lost!
posted by Andrea | 9:49 PM
4 Comments:
OH! So fun to read all that about LOST when I have been so committed to that show since it started and I can't find anyone who watches it too!
I like Locke too, but he can get on my nerves because what does he know that everyone else doesn't know????
When hubby and I rented the first second third fourth season of Sopranos I pretty much lived on four or five hours sleep for weeks! WE were OBSSESSED.
A gospel choir? I'm envious. I used to sing in a choir that traveled around the west. Sheepish to say that was 20 years ago. But I loved it and miss it.
I'm still only about halfway through season two because someone is slowing me down (*cough* wife *cough*).
And you can call me Thomas J. Brown. My name is pretty much a brand, so get it out there. -)
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