{"id":1829,"date":"2013-01-24T10:00:02","date_gmt":"2013-01-24T18:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/markwatches.net\/reviews\/?p=1829"},"modified":"2013-01-24T10:00:04","modified_gmt":"2013-01-24T18:00:04","slug":"mark-re-watches-lost-pilot-parts-1-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/markwatches.net\/reviews\/2013\/01\/mark-re-watches-lost-pilot-parts-1-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Re-Watches &#8216;Lost&#8217;: Pilot, Parts 1 &amp; 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks to Dee for commission the pilot! I hadn&#8217;t re-watched this in a couple years, and it was a fantastic reminder of how fucking\u00c2\u00a0<em>great<\/em> the opening of\u00c2\u00a0<em>Lost<\/em> was. LET US ALL REMEMBER TOGETHER.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->Videos first:<\/p>\n<p>Part 1<\/p>\n<p>[vimeo 58052759 w=500 h=375]<\/p>\n<p>Part 2<\/p>\n<p>[vimeo 58052758 w=500 h=375]<\/p>\n<p>I did not actually watch the pilot until a few days after I watched &#8220;One of Them.&#8221; The show had a two-week break before &#8220;Maternity Leave&#8221; aired, so I spent that time catching up. I&#8217;M SERIOUS. I watched like 30-some episodes in 13 days.\u00c2\u00a0<em>It was beautiful and I do not regret it<\/em>. So when I finally\u00c2\u00a0<em>did<\/em> see the pilot, I felt like kicking myself. HOLY SHIT, IT WAS SO GOOD, WHY DID I DOUBT WHAT ANYONE SAID?<\/p>\n<p>I know that the show only loosely planned out its mythology, but there are so many moments in this pilot that I adore because they fit so well into the greater story.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 16px\">Look, I am not sorry for flailing during the entire backgammon sequence. JESUS. THAT WAS THE ANSWER THE WHOLE TIME. Well, okay, there was never a single\u00c2\u00a0<span style=\"line-height: 16px\"><em>answer<\/em> to\u00c2\u00a0<span style=\"line-height: 16px\"><em>Lost<\/em>, but that scene honestly hints at what the whole show is about: two sides, one dark, one light. To Jacob and the Man in Black, these people they brought to the island were a game. For better or for worse, I do appreciate how much the characters found their own way to subvert this game and escape, and y&#8217;all, I cannot deal with Hurley being the new protector of the island. It&#8217;s so beautiful. (I&#8217;m commissioned to watch &#8220;The End&#8221; on February 7th, and I can&#8217;t guarantee a dry eye, y&#8217;all.)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li>I never knew until TODAY that the pilot was aired as two parts. I thought it was all aired at once!<\/li>\n<li>I love how so many characters are introduced, the writers prey on our prejudices, and then they flip them. SAYID I LOVE YOU SO MUCH.<\/li>\n<li>I know Kate irritated everyone forever, but I liked her a lot! The same goes with Shannon. She was\u00c2\u00a0<em>supposed<\/em> to annoy us, but I grew to enjoy her. I couldn&#8217;t figure out why we hadn&#8217;t seen her in &#8220;One of Them,&#8221; but that&#8217;s because I didn&#8217;t realize this show killed off so many people.<\/li>\n<li>The pilot feels like a movie. This show really set the bar for cinematography for a television show, y&#8217;all.<\/li>\n<li>CLAIRE OH GOD. I will say that she has the most\u00c2\u00a0<em>confusing<\/em> story in season six, and season six is a hot mess. It&#8217;s the most inconsistent of the entire show&#8217;s run, and half the episodes are totally forgettable.<\/li>\n<li>The Smoke Monster\/the Man In Black is so\u00c2\u00a0<em>loud<\/em> in these earlier episodes. I seriously loved the crack theory that they were all secretly on the Jurassic Park island. COME ON IT TOTALLY SEEMS THAT WAY IN THE PILOT.<\/li>\n<li>Speaking of pilots, hello, Matt Parkman!<\/li>\n<li>Remember when Rousseau&#8217;s story was this huge mystery that was left hanging FOR FIVE YEARS?<\/li>\n<li>Still mad about Alex&#8217;s death. SUPER FUCKED UP.<\/li>\n<li>I&#8217;m not even talking about the pilot episode anymore. Oh god, I just have so much to say about this show!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>DISCUSS.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks to Dee for commission the pilot! I hadn&#8217;t re-watched this in a couple years, and it was a fantastic reminder of how fucking\u00c2\u00a0great the opening of\u00c2\u00a0Lost was. LET US ALL REMEMBER TOGETHER.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[200],"tags":[439,420],"class_list":["post-1829","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mark-does-stuff-2","tag-lost","tag-re-watches"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/markwatches.net\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1829","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/markwatches.net\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/markwatches.net\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/markwatches.net\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/markwatches.net\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1829"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/markwatches.net\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1829\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/markwatches.net\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1829"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/markwatches.net\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1829"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/markwatches.net\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<!-- WP Super Cache is installed but broken. 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