Lost (2004)
Stripped of everything, the survivors of a horrific plane crash must work together to stay alive. But the island holds many secrets.
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What critics compared Lost to
…whether he’s trying to unseat Lost in the ratings…
…get moved to primetime to compete with Lost (“We’re gonna be bigger than Lost!” Hansen screams through gritted teeth…
…ratings that that will clobber early aughts mega-hit “Lost,”…
Cuando el programa llega al horario estelar y debe competir directamente con Lost, la presión cambia de escala…
In this case, someone high-profile enough to make his show able to compete with the polar bears on Lost.
Let’s use a traditional broadcast series like ABC’s Lost as an example.
The unnerving tone of the short films in the series successfully established a sense of world building, even if his approach borrowed heavily from Lost and other sci-fi works…
“Backrooms” feels like a mash up of “Identity” (2003) meets “The Shining” (1980) meets “Smile” (2022) meets Mark Z. Danielewski’s 2000 novel, “House of Leaves,” meets “Alice in Wonderland” meets “Lost,”…
…with visuals that hark back to Lost…
For the writers, knowing your show is ending and having a clear deadline is often a benefit (see Lost)…
Mercy is given the Lost treatment, as the story jumps to scenes of future events.
A last-minute twist makes for a very black payoff, but it’s not quite enough to put the seal of originality on a familiar castaway scenario that has rather too familiar echoes of Lina Wertmüller’s Swept Away, TV’s Lost and even antique British comedy The Admirable Crichton.
Im dritten und letzten Kapitel wandelt sich der Film zu einem Mix aus Herr der Fliegen und Lost.
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Does “Widow’s Bay” prove to be yet another anomalous mystery set in a place rife with supernatural earmarks that’s detached from the rest of the world like “Lost” or “From”?
However, the elephant in the room of references is, of course, LOST. While not explicitly explored until nearly the end of the first season, there’s no ifs, ands, or buts that one of the most influential TV series of the last 20 years is built into the bones of Widow’s Bay.
I found myself at times reminded of Lost…
That’s why continuous narrative shows like Twin Peaks and Lost were absolute gamechangers; they didn’t give up their secrets over an episode, or even a season, and the point was to arouse curiosity and keep the audience guessing as to what they were actually watching.
Such ongoing confusion certainly helps Severance live up to its billing as a ‘mystery box’ thriller a la Twin Peaks or Lost…
Much like those early seasons of Lost, there’s still so many layers to pull back to not be excited.
Television is still very much indebted to Lost, and two mystery box dramas airing this year have invited parallels to the series: Severance and Yellowjackets.
Or the cast from Lost appearing in an ad for an actual airline?
For what it’s worth, Lost did the bardo thing, too.
Dropping the most meticulously crafted TV mystery since LOST and disappearing for three years…
Scenarist Matthew Robinson (“Dora and the Lost City of Gold”) also borrows elements of “Lost” and “Groundhog Day.”
…it feels like a Lost subplot with a fraction of the budget and commercial appeal…
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Fiennes, bearing a striking resemblance to Lost’s John Locke…
The only insult that I did not take out of my quiver was comparing it to “Lost,” but there is one episode left.