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Product Description: Follows the lives of survivors after their plane crashes on an island thousands of miles off its original course.
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Media Type: DVD
Artist: LOST
Title: SEASON 1
Street Release Date: 09/06/2005
Domestic
Genre: TELEVISIONAmazon.com: Along with Desperate Housewives, Lost was one of the two breakout shows in the fall of 2004. Mixing suspense and action with a sci-fi twist, it began with a thrilling pilot episode in which a jetliner traveling from Australia to Los Angeles crashes, leaving 48 survivors on an unidentified island with no sign of civilization or hope of imminent rescue. That may sound like Gilligan's Island meets Survivor, but Lost kept viewers tuning in every Wednesday night--and spending the rest of the week speculating on Web sites--with some irresistible hooks (not to mention the beautiful women). First, there's a huge ensemble cast of no fewer than 14 regular characters, and each episode fills in some of the back story on one of them. There's a doctor; an Iraqi soldier; a has-been rock star; a fugitive from justice; a self-absorbed young woman and her brother; a lottery winner; a father and son; a Korean couple; a pregnant woman; and others. Second, there's a host of unanswered questions: What is the mysterious beast that lurks in the jungle? Why do polar bears and wild boars live there? Why has a woman been transmitting an SOS message in French from somewhere on the island for the last 16 years? Why do impossible wishes seem to come true? Are they really on a physical island, or somewhere else? What is the significance of the recurring set of numbers? And will Kate ever give up her bad-boy fixation and hook up with Jack? Lost did have some hiccups during the first season. Some plot threads were left dangling for weeks, and the "oh, it didn't really happen" card was played too often. But the strong writing and topnotch cast kept the show a cut above most network TV. The best-known actor at the time of the show's debut was Dominic Monaghan, fresh off his stint as Merry the Hobbit in Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings films. The rest of the cast is either unknowns or "where I have I seen that face before" supporting players, including Matthew Fox and Evangeline Lilly, who are the closest thing to leads. Other standouts include Naveen Andrews, Terry O'Quinn (who's made a nice career out of conspiracy-themed TV shows), Josh Holloway, Jorge Garcia, Yunjin Kim, Maggie Grace, and Emilie de Ravin, but there's really not a weak link in the cast. Co-created by J.J. Abrams (Alias), Lost left enough unanswered questions after its first season to keep viewers riveted for a second season. --David Horiuchi Where Have I Seen These Castaways? (click images to find out) 
Locke
(Terry O'Quinn) | 
Sawyer
(Josh Holloway) | 
Charlie
(Dominic Monaghan) | 
Boone
(Ian Somerhalder) | 
Jin
(Daniel Dae Kim) | 
Michael
(Harold Perrineau) | 
Sayid
(Naveen Andrews) | 
Jack
(Matthew Fox) | 
Hurley
(Jorge Garcia) | 
Kate
(Evangeline Lilly) | 
Claire
(Emilie de Ravin) | 
Sun
(Yunjin Kim) | 
Shannon
(Maggie Grace) | 
Walt
(Malcolm David Kelley) |
Stills from Lost (click for larger image) 
Sawyer in action | 
Claire and Charlie | 
Jin and Michael | 
Brawl | 
Shannon | 
Claire and Hurley |
DVD features
Even if you saw every episode of Lost on TV--or perhaps especially if you saw every episode--the DVD set is a must-own. The episodes are presented in widescreen format, just as they were broadcast on high-definition channels. (Conventional ABC-TV broadcasts were reduced to 1.33 full-screen format.) Four of the episodes have commentary tracks by the producing team and the actors who were featured on certain episodes (Terry O'Quinn, Dominic Monaghan, and Maggie Grace and Ian Sommerhalder). The last disc has over three hours of bonus material sensibly broken into three categories. "Departure" discusses the initial creation of the series, the making of the pilot, and the cast (some characters were created to fit the actors, and Evangeline Lilly's Kate was the hardest to cast). It also includes the cast's audition tapes and photographs by Matthew Fox. "Tales from the Island" provides background material on seven of the episodes plus the boars used in filming, Jimmy Kimmel's appearance on the set, and the genesis of the Driveshaft song ("You all everybody..."). Finally, "Lost Revealed" includes two scenes cut from the season finale, 13 other deleted scenes (not identified by episode, unfortunately), a blooper reel, and the cast and crew's giddy appearance at the Museum of Television & Radio. --David Horiuchi Customer Reviews: Rating: 
Date: 2008-07-04
Kinda, well, boring!!
I think there was a compilation of like 6 episodes out of 24 that kept my interest. I tried to like it, but the more I watched, the more painful it got to sit through an entire snooze-fest episode. I actually found myself fast forwarding so that I could see when something interesting would happen.
How can people find this show amazing. There's an episode about playing golf, an episode about building a raft, taking a shower, picking fruit, and even drinking water. COME ON! I hardly consider this entertainment. It wasnt horrible, but I dont think I'll be watching the second season. If I were you, I would watch the first and last episode. Everthing else is boring filler. Rating: 
Date: 2008-06-18
Unbelievable!
If you enjoy a good weekly series type of movie, you HAVE to see this one. Totally incredible - just when you think you have it figured out, you find out you were dead wrong. The acting is superb. And although it is mostly filmed in the tropics, you never get tired of the scenery. Characters are very believable and the story line keeps your interest like no other. The best thing about buying a whole season like this is that you don't have to wait week-to-week to see the next episode. This is a gotta-have! Rating:
Date: 2008-06-11
Introducing The Characters
Before I begin my review of this show's actual content, let me make one thing perfectly clear: LOST is the greatest sci-fi/drama show I have ever watched. Now, this is saying something, as I am also a huge fan of Star Trek and The X-Files. From the first episode, however, LOST hooked me in with its mysterious plots, emotional drama, and flash-back storytelling method.
In a nutshell, LOST tells the story of a group of people who survived a plane crash and now find themselves on a deserted island, with little chance for rescue. Yet, this show is NOT a dramatic version of Survivor. Producer J.J. Abrams makes this clear right from the get-go, as on the first night on the island a dinosaur-sounding monster invades the group's camp and adds a mysteriousness to the entire situation. From there, the survivors come into contact with a polar bear, a French woman who has been broadcasting an SOS on the island for many years, and a metal hatch buried deep in the ground. Obviously, the island is not as "innocent" as it would seem.
Besides the X-Files-like plot twists (but LOST actually executes its plot better than the X-Files because it always follows up on all key plot elements), the stories of a selected group of the plane crash survivors add the emotional drama to the show. By flashing-back to their lives before the clash, it is revealed how certain characters wound up on the plane to begin with. Also, the undercurrent beneath every flash-back implies that each "Lostie" is somehow connected to each other, and perhaps they are even "brought" to their mysterious island for a particular reason. I would go into more details about some of the survivors' flashbacks, but too many spoilers would abound if I did. Suffice it to say that you WILL be emotionally "hooked" by each and every one of their stories, and your emotion will be compounded by the surprise endings (almost Twilight Zone-esque) of most of the flashbacks.
To conclude, LOST is the perfect blend of emotional drama, intense action, and mind-bending mystery. This first season primarily serves to introduce the important characters (through the ingenious flash-back method) and scratch the surface of the mysteries the island has to offer. If you purchase this produce, I recommend buying the second season right now as well, as you WILL NOT want to wait after this season's cliffhanger ending. Rating:
Date: 2008-06-09
Great Show
The first season of Lost had me hooked the first time I watched it. I saw the trailer before the show even started and was intruiged. I did not watch the pilot episodes or the three following episodes. That is a testiment to how good this series is. You don't even have to know exactly what is going on to be reeled in by it. One thing that I think really helped hook me in was the beautiful scenery. But, on the other hand, how could extremely goegeous Hawaiian scenery hurt?
Another thing that hooked me to the show was the fact that you learn something about the characters every epeisode. The flashbacks are the thing that make this show truly unique.
The pilot episode is probably the single greatest episode I have ever seen of any television show. The first ten minutes are truly mesmerizing. I didn't even watch the pilot episode until I was about halfway through the third season. After watching it, I was shocked at the great camera work and storytelling. After watching it , I began to think, "What the hell is going on?" I love being not knowing what is going to happen next, and that is what this show constantly does.It keeps hitting you again and again. Rating: 
Date: 2008-05-29
D-O-P-EY , shallow...and LOST
I'm not much of a fan for completely unrealistic 'stories' featuring mostly too-beautiful twenty-somethings, but thought I'd check out the first couple episodes of season 1 since this series is apparently still so popular. A JOKE. Why is everyone ignoring the dead bodies on the plane? No burials? No a-r-o-m-a? It's to laugh when the POLAR bear is killed and nobody thinks of it as FOOD to feed the 40+ crash survivors. Yikes! I was instantly apprehensive when the first character we see in episode 1, scene 1,(the doctor)wakes up, COMPLETELY UNINJURED, literally hundreds of yards from the crash site--some kind of 'soft landing' involved there? I had to bail shortly thereafter from this ridiculous mess of a story. YAWN...everyone just waiting around for the next stupid surreal event to get all excited over. These actors are, for the most part, ALL unsympathetic characters thrown together having no clue how to cooperate for long-term survival on a jungle island. Too much pointless dialogue, too much pointless everything, with multiple contrived sub-plots meandering aimlessly. Programming CLEARLY aimed at a youth market able to grasp little more a than connect-the-dots, Jurassic Park-meets-dumb-paranormal-event storylines. It's a sobering thought that this shallow timewaster can have so many adoring fans. This is decidedly NOT a thinking person's notion of stimulating entertainment. "LOST" indeed!
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