This 'Gilligan’s Island
on Crack’ has become one of the most talked-about, not to mention
over-analysed, prime-time dramas since well, Mulder and Scully ditched
the Cigarette Smoking Man in that grotto. Thing is, it’s pretty
apparent that not even the show’s creators/writers (J.J Abrams, being
one of them) know the direction that they’re heading, so all the
note-taking and trying to guess the mysteries behind the series are as
much a waste of time as sewing back together a ratty T-shirt. Thing
is, and like a drunk uncle that tells incomprehensible stories at
Christmas dinner ever year, the nonsense is undeniably hard to pull
yourself away from. It’s just strangely appealing. Even if you know the
story isn’t going anywhere, you just want to believe that it is. The second season of Lost
isn’t quite as compelling as the first season though, and that’s
largely because the show’s creator/brainchild J.J Abrams went off to do
a film (Mission: Impossible 3)
for the duration of the period. Gone were the scrupulously gripping
storylines of the first season, and in its place were a series of
leisurely histrionic character-arcs that nobody much cared for – well,
not as much as they would’ve of something that Abrams had penned. Sure,
things ramped up a bit towards the end of the season – the stuff with
‘The Others’ was pretty interesting – but for the most part, the season
seemed to be just filling in time until J.J returned. Still, Lost
is still better than a lot of the other rubbish that projects into our
lounge rooms most nights. It’s an imaginative show, albeit a loopy and
explicitly ambitious one, and its ensemble cast are worth the price of
a good pair of rabbit ears any day. EXTRAS
The season 2 set includes a swarm of extras including – oh, and it has
quite a nifty menu design too, featuring the DHARMA initiative videos –
some hilarious bloopers, deleted scenes, numerous featurettes, a mass
of commentaries and interviews with the cast and crew. A really good
offering of supplements actually.
Conclusion:
Movie 70% Extras: 70%
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