Lost

In class on Wednesday, I was excited to hear that we would be watching the Pilot episode of Lost on Netflix. One may ask: what does Lost, the TV show, have anything to do with a writing class? But it does in fact have a lot to do with writing.

We took notes during the viewing of the show. We were guided to pay attention to potential categories for the TV show and what kind of show we thought it was. This has everything to do with the writing that went into the script before the show was directed. I would think that the script was written in a suspenseful way that makes the show very serious and intense. The show began with a plane crash in which resulted in the passengers being stranded on an island. In my opinion, it also as aspects of mystery to it pertaining to a creature they created that is killing people off. The creature is a mystery to the viewers within the first episode.

I have been taking trips on airplanes since I was very young and have continued to do so at least once a year for family vacations. With that in consideration, my next sentence may make absolutely no sense. I still have such a great fear every time it comes time for me to step onto that airplane. There is just something about how something could go wrong in a matter of seconds and it could cause the plane to go down. This may sound ridiculous to people who do not even bat an eye while stepping onto an airplane. I realize this, but this show seemed to heighten that fear for me. The plane crash is very similar to what I could imagine happening. The viewing of this show came at a not so convenient time for me and my fear considering my mom is getting on a plane today. She is doing this the day after watching this show. She is heading to California. There, she will have a great time visiting my cousins who just had baby #2 which is super exciting yet; I cannot help but to have this show in the back of my mind. Yes, I know it is a made up story for the sake of a suspenseful TV show, but I suppose that is just how my brain works.

I have not watched this show before the class viewing although, I do see it having a great story line with the potential to form into a great show. I can tell the writers did a wonderful job of making sure this is a show that viewers will want to binge watch for the desire of wanting to find out what happens next.