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Lost is the ultimate TV series to experience in high definition with mind blowing 1080p picture and 5.1 uncompressed sound. Mixing suspense and action with a sci-fi twist, Lost begins 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.
Bonus Feature Include: the genesis of Lost, designing a disaster, before they were Lost cast auditions, welcome to Oahu: The making of the pilot, the art of Matthew Fox, Lost at Comic Con, Lost on location Lost revealed: flashbacks and deleted scenes, bloopers, spoofs, audio commentaries
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By J. Ogden
Many of you already know that this series is excellent; the picture and audio quality is by far the best I have seen on blu-ray; it's simply beautiful- of course being filmed on Hawaii helps!
By Frank Bitterhof (Berlin)
I started watching the second season on LOST on TV a longer time ago but realized soon that in order to keep track and fully appreciate the show, it seemed better to postpone any further LOST watching until Season One and Two became available on Blu-ray (i.e. HD) and watch the show in chronological order (a wise decision as it has turned out to be).
This is a unique, mesmerizing TV show with a special appeal to adult (i.e. mid-life) audiences, which among others draws inspiration from works like MYSTERIOUS ISLAND, SURVIVOR, THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT, THE PRISONER, various works of Stephen King and elements and clues that are reminiscent of better video games.
That LOST's main creators, J.J. Abrams and Damon Lindelof, picked supporting actors from the BABYLON 5 universe, MATRIX:RELOADED and LORD OF THE RINGS, suggested to me on a subconscious level to have faith in this TV show, which has not been disappointed. On the contrary my early expectations in regard to LOST exceeded far beyond what I thought I could possibly expect.
LOST achieves the seemingly impossible task of combining gritty reality with enchanting mystery. Just as in real-life and with friends and people we come to meet, we get to learn more and more about the characters through the means of flashbacks which eventually either turns us away from a character or establishes a bond through sympathy. Sensitive audiences may have difficulties with various scenes, especially during the first two seasons, but I felt it to be obvious that these were not intended to attract audiences hungry for blood and gore but to add to the realism (my wife had a hard time with the graphic, medical surgeries - especially in the pilot episodes - but I told her she should consider it a desensitization attempt of her fears, enabling her to provide first aid after a traffic accident...).
And instead of graphically showing the dangers and 'monsters' of the island of LOST, the creators cleverly opted to address the spectators' own imagination instead (as it usually turns out to be more frightening what we do NOT see).
The characters are three-dimensional, the (final) choice of actors is excellent and dialogues range from very good to simply outstanding. If there was any complaint I were asked to mention, it would be that I felt the romance triangle between Jack, Kate and Sawyer at times to be rather immature and not totally convincing (just my two cents). On the other hand LOST takes a firm stand against racial prejudice, with the Iraqi character of Sayid Jarrah beeing portrayed as one of the most common-sense, repentant survivors of Oceanic Flight 815 (my wife is of Christian Arab origin, she was positively shocked, because that was the last thing she would have expected from an American TV show). Through the Korean couple Sun-Hwa Kwon and her husband Jin-Soo Kwon, LOST also provides us with insights into Asian culture.
While the aforementioned elements contribute to make LOST a unique, interesting and entertaining TV show, I feel the most remarkable and outstanding characteristic is the enormous range and diversity in the way the show explores ethical, philosophical and spiritual issues (with my personal highlight being a witty, verbal punch John - faith - delivers in a short dialogue with Jack - science - in the last episode of Season One).
It seems some audiences have criticized LOST for the amount of 'puzzle pieces' the creators add on a regular basis while still beeing in the process of putting the early 'puzzle pieces' together, thus creating confusion and disorientation. Having now watched Seasons One through Three in a moderate 'marathon', my wife and I can't share this criticism.
On the contrary I hope that J.J. Abrams and Damon Lindelof will resist the urge to put the entire puzzle together because that'll be be like putting a lid on the show which might be counter-productive to LOST becoming a timeless cult classic (in my humble opinion some loose ends will rather contribute to keep audiences busy to continue using their own imagination and interpretation as it is and has been with Patrick McGoohan's THE PRISONER).
However, my wife found those LOST episodes confusing, that entered the realm of THE TWILIGHT ZONE where all of us were invited to deal with different scenarios of what this was all about (Hurley, Desmond and at the end of the third season Naomi, making a stirring claim which didn't seem improbable, given previous events and hints...). Ever since TOTAL RECALL and THE MATRIX, I, on the other hand, have cherished such an occasional "mindf..." and felt these episodes rather to be contributing to the diversity of LOST, than being a distraction.
Looking forward to the second part of the story of LOST (i.e. Season Four through Six), I feel it is safe to suggest that among the "100 things to do before you die" watching this TV show ranks among the top positions. This show is asking important questions - and invites each and everyone of us to answer these questions in regard to our own, individual personal lifes. This not just another TV show, it is a profound experience.
By Jocaju (Massachusetts, USA)
I got nothing to say about the show, it's simply amazing, but this isn't the best blu-ray transfer by any means, but still better than DVD though.
I'm re-watching Lost again, at this moment I'm halfway through season 3 and what I can say is, season 1 and 2 on blu-ray it's identical, but soon as I put the disc 1 of season 3 we can clearly see the difference, the colors were alive. Season 1 & 2 it's beautiful but no where near 3 & 4(picture quality wise).
I would give season 1 & 2 3.5 stars if I could.
By John A. Zapetis (Tampa, FL USA)
I have watched all the seasons of LOST. When season 1 was broadcast it wasn't in HD. When I found out this realease was, I was so excited. This Blu-Ray version is even better than when it was on TV. Crisp images are superb! And no commercials, so you can immense yourself deep into the labyrinth of LOST's stories. Season play is great on my PS3. I wasn't sure how it worked at first, but now I can't watch without it. You can resume within episodes! Bravo! Season 1 is my favorite! I will watch over and over!
By Alexander M. Walker (Chicago, IL USA)
The best shows on television live outside themselves; when the credits roll, the fans don't just call it a night. They theorize. They scrounge. They rewind. LOST inspired the fans. With just one episode aired, the show's online presence spawned a conspiracy theory fervor that remains to this day. The success of LOST doesn't stem from any one particular place, but one factor does work as a spine off which everything else drapes: the mystery. The island poses question after question and each one is allowed to hang there to taunt the audience. The characters, whose lives are revealed by flashback one at a time, resonate as some of the most developed on network television - each has their own motives and, making it better, more often than not the motives aren't without a certain degree of deception. It's all too easy to imagine a series based on a plane wreck and having it become a simple and ordinary drama of survival - but J.J. Abrams, Jeffrey Lieber and Damon Lindelof fashioned a story with depth and intrigue that captivates instead of strands.
Oceanic Flight 815 began its flight from Australia only to veer off-course, break into pieces and crash into the water nearby an unknown island. In the chaos of the landing, survivors stumble about deafened by the ringing in their ears and disoriented by the bone-jarring impact they've just experienced. One by one specific characters begin to define themselves amongst the 48 survivors: Jack (Matthew Fox), a surgeon escorting his deceased father's body back to the United States; Kate (Evangeline Lilly), a woman with a checkered past of crime; an egocentric maverick named Sawyer (Josh Holloway); Hurley (Jorge Garcia) a cheerful and obese multi-millionaire; Sayid (Naveen Andrews) an ex-soldier of the Iraqi army; and John Locke (Terry O'Quinn), a survival-trained paraplegic whose legs mysteriously heal in the crash. This represents the leadership of the surviving members, though plenty more personalities shine through thanks to the outstanding ensemble cast. With the dead tallied and the remaining passengers of Oceanic Flight 815 appraised of their circumstances, the real stories begin to unfold.
To this day, with season four at an end, there are points from the first season yet to be answered. However, to leave the mystery intact, we'll give a cursory examination of the season's plot points: an expectant mother (Emilie de Ravin), a radio tower, a heroin addict (Dominic Monaghan), a gigantic smoke monster living within the island, a tribe of people known as "the Others", a Korean couple (Yunjin Kim and Daniel Dae Kim) whose marriage continues to deteriorate and the personal struggles of each character as they search for meaning in their presence on the cryptic island. I'm really trying my best to not give away anything but rather outline enough that you can begin to understand how recursive LOST is as a series. Every storyline wraps within itself numerous times over only to reveal, with surprisingly few contradictions, that what you've believed about a character all along was a lie.
LOST's cast defies all odds as they existed pre-LOST. Typically a cast had one or two stand-out members while the rest were just sort of "there". In LOST, everyone matters; and accordingly, the cast features familiar faces that the dedicated cinephiles and television-lovers will recognize a few faces here or there, but those you don't recognize will quickly endear themselves. The six characters mentioned above really carry the weight for the majority of the season, even as the rest of the cast slowly grow into their personalities. The cast starts huge with a focus on a select few, yet by the end of the first season everyone involved has an integral role in the first season.
Filming the entire show in Oahu, Hawaii allows for numerous shifts in environs. The dense junglescapes have incredibly vivid greens in the high-definition, and every shot on the beach reflects brilliantly with the contrast of the water at their fronts and the thick foliage at their backs. LOST looks beautiful in HD. The one complaint is the CG used for the smoke monster - the show's budget is huge thanks to its location and cast, so it's understandable they'd try to save some money on the smoke monster. Unfortunately it shows in HD - but it's such a minor detractor, buy it anyways. The audio is rich and, if you should be so lucky, will rock your world in surround sound.
Blu-ray Extra Features:
Before we start on the content of the extra features (of which there is plenty), I just want to note that the menus for LOST could be better. It's not the lack of animation which bothers me, but the odd way in which they function as you navigate with the arrow buttons - it's not quite as intuitive. Where the menus do excel is with the "SeasonPlay" option which allows for continuous play with the credits eschewed in favor of an uninterrupted experience.
The bonus features are what you'd expect from any major television series. First you have J.J. Abrams, Damon Lindelof and Jeffrey Lieber talk about the growth of LOST from a mere "plane crash" scenario to a twisted tale about an island and characters with mysterious agendas. Even if you're not a fan by the end of the season (impossible), the interviews and the story of the show's creation entertain. One of the coolest featurettes is "Welcome to Oahu: The Making of the Pilot" where you see the creation of the plane crash. The best part? Buying a plane, deconstructing it, transporting it and turning it into one of the most epic sets for a television pilot to date. This featurette bleeds into another about set design and the locations which stays interesting, but the two could really have just been lumped into one.
After that, the extras fall into the more generic territory with commentaries from cast and crew, deleted scenes and a gag reel. Of all these, the one which interests LOST fans the most is the addition of previously unseen Flashbacks for certain characters. They show nothing too essential, but when viewed with the knowledge of the following seasons in mind, you might do well to ignore this part and not indulge until you've caught up - then come back and watch them, just to be safe.
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