Lost - The Complete
First Season
Lost TV Series DVDs
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Editorial Reviews
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Along with Desperate Housewives, Lostt was one of the two
breakout shows in the fall of 2004. Mixing suspense and action
with a sci-fi twist, it began 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. That may sound
like Gilligan's Island meets Survivor, but LostLost
did have some hiccups during the first season. Some plot threads
were left dangling for weeks, and the "oh, it didn't really
happen" card was played too often. But the strong writing and
topnotch cast kept the show a cut above most network TV. The
best-known actor at the time of the show's debut was Dominic
Monaghan, fresh off his stint as Merry the Hobbit in Peter
Jackson's Lord of the Rings films. The rest of the cast
is either unknowns or "where I have I seen that face before"
supporting players, including Matthew Fox and Evangeline Lilly,
who are the closest thing to leads. Other standouts include
Naveen Andrews, Terry O'Quinn (who's made a nice career out of
conspiracy-themed TV shows), Josh Holloway, Jorge Garcia, Yunjin
Kim, Maggie Grace, and Emilie de Ravin, but there's really not a
weak link in the cast. Co-created by J.J. Abrams (Alias),
Lost left enough unanswered questions after its first
season to keep viewers riveted for a second season. --David
Horiuchi
DVD features
Even if you saw every episode of Lost on TV--or perhaps
especially if you saw every episode--the DVD set is a must-own.
The episodes are presented in widescreen format, just as they were
broadcast on high-definition channels. (Conventional ABC-TV
broadcasts were reduced to 1.33 full-screen format.) Four of the
episodes have commentary tracks by the producing team and the actors
who were featured on certain episodes (Terry O'Quinn, Dominic
Monaghan, and Maggie Grace and Ian Sommerhalder). The last disc has
over three hours of bonus material sensibly broken into three
categories. "Departure" discusses the initial creation of the
series, the making of the pilot, and the cast (some characters were
created to fit the actors, and Evangeline Lilly's Kate was the
hardest to cast). It also includes the cast's audition tapes and
photographs by Matthew Fox. "Tales from the Island" provides
background material on seven of the episodes plus the boars used in
filming, Jimmy Kimmel's appearance on the set, and the genesis of
the Driveshaft song ("You all everybody..."). Finally, "Lost
Revealed" includes two scenes cut from the season finale, 13 other
deleted scenes (not identified by episode, unfortunately), a blooper
reel, and the cast and crew's giddy appearance at the Museum of
Television & Radio. --David Horiuchi
Product Description
From J.J. Abrams, the creator of Alias, comes the
action-packed adventure that became a worldwide television event.
Stranded on an island that holds many secrets, 48 people must band
together if they hope to get home alive. Now you can experience the
nonstop excitement and mystery of every episode, from the show's
stunning first minute to its spectacular finale, on a seven-disc
set. Presented in a widescreen theatrical format with 5.1 Surround
Sound and bursting with more than eight hours of original bonus
features -- including unaired Lost flashbacks from the final
episode -- Lost is a real find.
