I just binged a bunch of Minis, and your trashing of LOST in this one inspired me to create my first profile. I am pretty sure I'm screaming into the abyss (no one else is on this episode thread, after all), and you are certainly not alone in your hatred of LOST, so I'm not attacking you guys in particular (actually, I'm not really attacking anyone), but here is a bit of a Danifesto on the subject (cuz my real name is Dan, so...is this thing on?). I originally put it in my profile page, but I decided to share it here, too. It made me feel better to get this off my chest:
LOST doesn't suck. There, I said it. It wasn't perfect, but it was innovative and exciting, like nothing on TV, before or since. LOST was on the air around the dawn of podcasting, and by the end of the series, I was listening to at least 4 different LOST-related podcasts each week. I couldn't wait to hear people's theories, as well as learn about Easter eggs I may have missed in that week's episode. By the last few seasons, I began having some of my friends over to watch each episode together. I usually MST3K'd my way through it (though not in a disrespectful way--I just like to make jokes during TV shows), but no one seemed to mind. A group of 10 or so of us watched the final episode at my house (after completing a LOST trivia quiz that I put together). The ending came and went...and we all looked at each other and went..."Huh?" It was hard to wrap our brains around what had just happened. The next day, I watched the finale again, knowing what I didn't know when I watched it the first time. SPOILER ALERT: Besides the mythology (some of which was resolved well, some of it not), the show was ultimately about being part of a community, creating a society with the people you were put together with through circumstances (usually beyond your control). I thought about the super-fans I silently bonded with through the podcasts. I thought about the friends that I grew closer to through our LOST-watching parties. And I cried like a baby. If that makes me weird, so be it. Your mileage may vary, but I will not be convinced that LOST was a waste of my time. P.S. They were not dead all along (stupid ABC and their end-credit footage of the plane wreckage!). (/rant)
BTW, I do enjoy the podcast. Keep up the good work!
