tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post5729790140362226939..comments2024-03-28T14:49:36.133-04:00Comments on John Kenneth Muir's Reflections on Cult Movies and Classic TV: CULT TV FLASHBACK #59: Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (2008)John Kenneth Muirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15629979615332893780noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post-53449752601949423332008-10-22T20:45:00.000-04:002008-10-22T20:45:00.000-04:00Thank you for the reply. You have some good points...Thank you for the reply. You have some good points. I suppose my love of the show blinds me as I have no real arguments against your points.<BR/><BR/>I suppose it is subjective as to whether or not season 4 has found explanations for all that, but it is most certainly a different show. With the end date agreed upon with ABC, the writers seem to finally have a confirmed destination which they are taking the show to. There's nothing in season 4 that is as aggravating as the six episodes in season three spent with Jack, Kate, and Sawyer in the Others' cages. As a matter of fact, it often moves so fast it's hard to believe it's actually "Lost". <BR/><BR/>If I understood correctly you seem to think the writers decided NOT to go the sci-fi route. Let's just say, to keep this from being spoilery, that season 4 has definitely confirmed that there will be much sci-fi at play in the remaining stages of the series.<BR/><BR/>Cheers!ametaphysicalsharkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09185993548340999585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post-81105040983810649512008-10-17T06:42:00.000-04:002008-10-17T06:42:00.000-04:00Hey Adnanz!Thanks for the comment on the review of...Hey Adnanz!<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the comment on the review of Sarah Connor! I appreciate your remarks. <BR/><BR/>Regarding Lost: I indeed felt that the series got back on track, to a large degree, in the third season, especially after a somewhat adrift second season. I can't comment on the fourth season, because I've lost track of the show, unfortunately.<BR/><BR/>I do think that -- unless something has changed dramatically in the fourth season -- Lost still isn't honestly dealing with itself. <BR/><BR/>What I mean by this is that in Season Two, the mysterious Others could appear and disappear at will, taking Islanders(plane survivors...) with them in a flash -- making them disappear in an instant. Characters would be talking to other characters; then they'd turn around and --- poof! Nobody there.<BR/><BR/>The other group we've now met doesn't seem to boast that power...so what's the deal?<BR/><BR/>Also, I will continue to complain about the fact that the islanders walk around freely some 60 - 100 days after the plane crash -- without fear -- when the first night there an invisible monster rattled the trees; and on the first day, the invisible monster killed the pilot, throwing him around like a rag doll. Even pregnant women walk around unprotected on the island.<BR/><BR/>So there's a disconnect in what "was" and what "is" on Lost, in my opinion. I don't think the show plays fair. At some point after the first several shows, the creators decided it wasn't going to be a "sci-fi" show with monsters, and changed the premise mid-stream.<BR/><BR/>If the fourth season has found explanations for all this, then I humbly apologize for being behind and complaining about something that has been fixed. I need to Netflix the recent seasons. (I'm slowly catching up on TV like Sarah Connor after the birth of my young son and acclimating to sleepless nights...).<BR/><BR/>Overall, I enjoyed Lost very much, but found it frustrating that it seems to to be inconsistent.John Kenneth Muirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15629979615332893780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post-66393272689010554262008-10-16T14:20:00.000-04:002008-10-16T14:20:00.000-04:00Agree with the previous poster. Had no intention o...Agree with the previous poster. Had no intention of watching it before this.<BR/><BR/>Just a quick question re: Lost... I know you expressed disappointment in either the second or third season a while ago. Do you think the show has gotten back on track since mid season 3 or later? Are you still watching.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, cheers for this excellent review.ametaphysicalsharkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09185993548340999585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post-34458110012199532242008-10-13T22:16:00.000-04:002008-10-13T22:16:00.000-04:00wow, you actually made me want to watch that!wow, you actually made me want to watch that!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com