A peek into the creative Geniuses behind Lost

Craig says:

There once was this highly artistic, extremely popular ABC show where for the first season watching it was like peeling an onion. Layer after layer of texture and subplots and backstories all intricately woven together to form a majestic tapestry.

Then the second season came.

It made no sense. The writers violated internal consistency all over the place. Characters were back-written to have done things that had already been clearly eliminated as possibilities. The viewers became annoyed at the writers’ inability to keep up with their own story, and eventually ratings dropped.

That show was Twin Peaks, and I was among its stalwart fans until the writers threw in the towel and underestimated their audience.

Twin Peaks is why I don’t watch Lost.

I knew that Lost would suffer the same kind of storyline bloat, and that Hollywood writers just weren’t up to the task to maintain the same level of intricacy over time. I’m glad I didn’t bother.

julie says:

chris…haven’t heard from your blog in a while….has the black lung been occupying too much of your time?