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#1
08-31-2009, 01:23 PM
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'Lost: The Complete Second Season' - High-Def Digest Review
Josh has reviewed 'Lost: The Complete Second Season.' He says the second season is arguably the series' weakest, but it's still 'Lost(!)' and a critical part of the series' mythology. This Blu-ray set is stunning, with fantabulous video and audio, and a hearty collection of extras. Highly recommended.
Full review here: http://bluray.highdefdigest.com/2192/lost_s2.html 
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#2
08-31-2009, 02:07 PM
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I am definitely going to pick this up on Blu-Ray. I was forced to watch Season 1+2 on DVD  Cannot wait to go back and watch this whole series again once it is over.
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#3
08-31-2009, 02:40 PM
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regarding the extended experience label...
that's because some episodes were in fact a little longer. they ended 10mins later than usual but that was with commercials. this review says they all seemed normal length so maybe all they did was add 1 or 2 mins and just a crapload extra commercials. lol but the year this season aired, many shows were doing this...NBC even labeled theirs as "super-sized" episodes.
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#4
08-31-2009, 02:41 PM
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You know, Josh, you're the reason I'm addicted to this damn show. Normally, I don't care for television, but after your season one review, I had to watch and my god, this series is insane!
I love it and can't wait for Season 5 in Dec and the 6th season finale. But now, come November, I have to watch the pilot episode of "V" with Elizabeth Mitchell. I use to love the original series and want to see how this holds up.
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#5
08-31-2009, 04:26 PM
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You could really get the feeling during the 2nd season that they didn't know if the show would be continuously going and going with no end in sight, or if there was an end goal. It just dragged on and on with the Tallies and their stories.
But once Ben was introduced, things REALLY got good.
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#6
08-31-2009, 04:32 PM
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No doubt.. I just knew that there was something about that guy when they first introduced him... It was in his eyes... The actor that plays Ben (Michael Emerson) is an excellent actor. I hope to see more of him in the future in Hollywood.
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#7
08-31-2009, 06:28 PM
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What I'm really digging best of the whole series, which you can see slowly developing in Season Two but not coming into fruition until about midway of Season Three, is how lightly the show treads along certain schools of thought in philosophy with the tension between John and Jack.
John Locke, of course, displays many of the attributes of Locke's philosophies with a bit of Hobbes thrown in and some elements of de Spinoza and Leibniz. Well, he's pretty much representative of 17th Century wisdom altogether. Jack, in sharp contrast, shows characteristics of Enlightenment thinking, particularly Hume and Paine with Rousseau and Voltaire thrown into the mix. Did I mention that I love this show. Thanks a bunch, Josh. 
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#8
08-31-2009, 08:47 PM
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At least in the Season 4 "Expanded Experience", there was 30 seconds of new content added to one episode.
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#9
09-01-2009, 12:05 PM
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The main problem was that Season 2 introduced a bunch of new interesting characters and then they all got killed off quickly without developing them enough. I liked Ana Lucia, I thought she was much more fascinating than Kate.
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09-01-2009, 12:26 PM
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09-01-2009, 01:59 PM
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Of course that has "nothing" to do with the DUI charges...  I still think Libby's story needs more explaining and more of a conclusion, and i doubt well see it...
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#12
09-01-2009, 02:16 PM
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In one of the commentaries, either the writers or producers (I forget which) state that:
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#13
09-01-2009, 02:46 PM
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Libby though... Spoiler:
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#14
09-01-2009, 03:51 PM
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Season 2 really redeemed itself in the last half. Some great moments and twists in it. And the acting always makes it worth watching.
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#15
09-02-2009, 09:37 PM
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Anyhow, any viewer considerations sure make for a bad show. I think the first season was a bit too like "Survivor" * anyways. The show only got me after 2 started, (the first season friends forced on me really, under constant and great bitching on my part) but I can see how others react opposite to the turn of the plot. *I'm pretty sure the plot was not all that well defined in season one actually, no mater what "proof" some feel they may have otherwise.
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