At 2:14am -0000, 05/08/07, Amy Guskin  wrote:
>On Mon, 7 May 2007 13:08:13 -0400, Adam H. Kerman wrote:

>>I don't mind some of the filler episodes [on "Lost"].
They came up with 
>>interesting back stories for several of the characters. I liked Hugo's, 
>>for instance. The worst one has been the Korean couple.

>Oh, I have to disagree.  In general, I think that Sun and Jin's flashbacks 
>have been among the most watchable, and actually seem to add to what we 
>know about the characters.  As for Hurley, he was a much better character 
>when his arc was something other than "Hurley is fat."  Which
seems to be 
>all they can write for him, now.

I liked the craziness of the numbers with the secret meaning, "The Gift of 
the Magi" lottery win, and his institutionalization. They shouldn't have 
killed off that woman who turned out to have been a mental patient; could 
have done something with that story like, I dunno, explain more about the 
number and how they were all chosen to be stranded.

>First season Hurley was just another character, and his physicality wasn't 
>a major character trait.  Now we have him hoarding food, and feeling guilty 
>because he broke the porch in his flashback and hurt/killed friends, etc. 
>etc.

On "Lost", even the filler has filler. They went too far,
although at least 
they kept his backstory consistent, unlike Kate's. But they did have to 
explain why he lost no weight.

>On The Bitterness Fiesta, they like to talk about the things we know that 
>TPTB keep drumming into us, like "Jack likes to fix people,"
"Kate runs," 
>"Sawyer cons," "Hurley is fat," and "They all
have daddy issues."  It's 
>quite the hilarious place.

I'll take a look; thanks.

>Lost has become a real disappointment to me, and after such great promise in 
>the first season!  A real shame.

Perhaps only the first half of the first season. I understand the show was 
initially conceived as a miniseries. That would have worked.
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