Re: saying hello and why I'm not posting

himiko@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 wrote:
> I've stopped posting although I haven't stopped watching exactly.
> Neil Harrington posted a comment on the reason why in the "He's not
> even related to you" thread which I'd like to comment on:
> 
> On May 3, 5:58 am, "Neil Harrington" <n...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> 
>><yng...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
> 
> 
>>One of the major problems with this series is the amount of information
>>that's kept secret from the audience. The characters know too many
things we
>>don't, for far too long, which is unnatural in any work of fiction.
> 
> 
> And not really effective., at least, not for me.  I need to be able to
> engage and theorize.  I think this is especially the case in the age
> of the Internet when we all expect to do this on forums.  But all I
> can do with Lost is try to second guess the writers.  That's not fun
> for me.  I want to theorize on the story, within the story.  A few
> mysteries are great, but when it's all so up in the air that the
> creators can do almost anything, it stops being fun.

That is why I've never liked fiction, the writers can come up with some 
unrealistic twist at the last second and they will say how brilliant 
they are.
I expect this from the two clowns that "created" the show.

> 
> Are we even sure that the flashforwards we're seeing are all related?
> There could be any number of alternate timelines and we could be
> seeing different ones that don't necessarily relate to each other.
> 
> Anyway, I won't grouse on at length.  Mostly just wanted to explain
> why I'm no longer posting much and say hello because I rather miss
> this group.
> 
> himiko