i am LOST

The hit series from the american abc tv "LOST" came to Indian shores last week on Star Movies last staurday. I missed the pilot episode - a transformer blew up near my house and knocked out electricity in the area. Luckily there was a repeat show this friday night.

In Lost, after Oceanic Air flight 815 breaks apart in mid-air and crashes on a mysterious Pacific island, a band of 48 friends, enemies and strangers are forced to work together in order to survive. Shot exclusively in Hawaii and filmed like a big screen spectacle, Lost is almost a movie in multiple episodes rather than a TV show.The survivors are beset by giant polar bears, villainous people, a frightening wraithlike creature, and, worst of all, their own personal demons.

The pilot was something like 2 hours and man it was really cool. The production budget for the two-hour pilot was $12 million, far greater than the cost of most television shows.This led to Disney firing ABC Entertainment Chairman Lloyd Braun for greenlighting the show, which went on to became ABC's biggest hit in years. more "LOST" trivia

Never seen anything like this on a tv show, it's a good thing that nobody made a movie out of this. All the fun would have been compressed into 2 hours. The first season depicts the first 40 days on the island.

You have to admit the story is anything but realistic, but the execution is awesome. Its supposed to be a Sci-fi ...the entire plot is avaiable on the net but i have managed to keep myself from spoiling the suspense. I will just have to make sure that i don't miss any of the episodes.

LOST reminds me of the pc game FARCRY- an offering from a then-relativly-unknown developer CRYTEK Studios. Farcry was a smashing hit, radically different from contemporary shooters. Both Farcry and LOST share the same visual setup-beautiful mysterious islands and an gripping gameplay/storyline that keeps you glued to the PC and TV respectively.

Wish my company sends me on an overseas junket and the plane crashlands on a beautiful Hawaii island.