Lost - Your opinion

**Catiline** · 08-15-2005, 16:36

Rubbish B movie nonsense, trying to be a neo con allegory for the US. Lets all rediscover our pioneer spirit. Plus they need to hire a school kid studying GCSE physics to explain what's likely to happen to a plane breaking up at 40000 feet.

**Meneldil** · 08-15-2005, 16:54

Originally Posted by Catiline

Rubbish B movie nonsense, trying to be a neo con allegory for the US.

That's a bit harsh. You can't label it neo con just because the characters learn to live in an island.

**Ianofsmeg16** · 08-15-2005, 19:50

Originally Posted by Catiline

Rubbish B movie nonsense, trying to be a neo con allegory for the US. Lets all rediscover our pioneer spirit. Plus they need to hire a school kid studying GCSE physics to explain what's likely to happen to a plane breaking up at 40000 feet.

Actually my dad works as a planning engineer, and before that he was a technician in the RAF, he said that if strategic nuts and bolts were loose, plus the airframe being stressed (as it gets at 40000ft) the cabin depressuriseses (sp??) and it is eniterly plausable that the back if the aircraft would fall off.
You've got to remember aircraft are fragile little things and if one major thing goes wrong, you are dead and going to a watery grave.
As for "happening to crash into a deserted island" if you just look in a normal atlas at the area of Fiji you will see it is covered in THOUSANDS of tiny islands so it is again plausable that they would crash on a deserted island.
What i do find crap though (a TINY thing, coming from a guy who KNOWS aircraft) the first episode, first scene where the engine explodes, there is no way that engine would've kept running with no feul or starter motor (which needs electricity from the batteries in the nosecone) therefore would not have exploded, a tiny thing, but the only thing i can see to be unplausable

**Catiline** · 08-15-2005, 20:54

It's more the, 'hey this plane's in bits spread over the jungle, having disintegrated miles up, but what do you know, we're pretty much ok'. I'm not denying that planes break up, more the effect it has on a bunch of squashy humans.

**Steppe Merc** · 08-16-2005, 02:37

Catiline, the survivors do reliaze it. Indeed, one or two begin to believe that the island itself has powers (which would explain their being alive).

**_Martyr_** · 08-16-2005, 03:01

I've recently gotten into the series. Great so far! Reminds me a lot of series one of Twin Peaks! Lets hope that it doesnt follow in the footsteps of TP and follow up a brilliant and original first series with a terrible second!!

**Meneldil** · 08-16-2005, 10:05

Originally Posted by Catiline

It's more the, 'hey this plane's in bits spread over the jungle, having disintegrated miles up, but what do you know, we're pretty much ok'. I'm not denying that planes break up, more the effect it has on a bunch of squashy humans.

As SteppeMerc said, the fact they're still alive is a part of the mystery. They don't get out of the plane and say "well, we're lucky", they are like "WTF ? How is it possible that we are still alive ?"

Martyr, there are 2 Twin Peaks series ??

**The Blind King of Bohemia** · 08-26-2005, 19:51

Just got the DVD (thanks Movietyme!) about 11 days early, and I'm in the UK! Up to about Episode 7 now and its getting more and more interesting. I'll be finished this by the time the UK are still on Episode 6. Its the best way to go.

**Meneldil** · 08-30-2005, 13:04

Yeah well, you'd better hold your hopes until season II, because the last episodes are crappy

I mean, what the hell ? We don't learn *one* *single* thing. Sure, each episode is cool, but I seriously hope it's not going to turn into yet another endless serie, a la Alias or The Pretender (I've been told there would be at least 5 seasons)