I gave this show a try, but it was too reminiscent of Lost. Same problems with unanswered questions going on too long. And I’ve already been through that. They even gave one of the Lost cast members a lead role.

[–] justaman123@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Supposedly it has an ending planned for the fifth season and I think that would help but every season so far has only deepened the mystery instead of revealing anything. Feels like lost big time

[–] Ilandar@lemmy.today 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Supposedly it has an ending planned for the fifth season and I think that would help

If I could believe that "we have an ending planned" means "we have written the entire thing in advance" then this would be reassuring, but with mystery box shows too often it seems to mean that they just have a very general idea of the premise of the show (including the ending). Like they're not completely making it up as they go along, but actually they kinda are because all the points between A and Z are being written between seasons.

The problem with that is that they overcook some of the points between A and Z because they need to have stories and hooks for each season within the broader story structure. You end up with things that feel very important to viewers because they were so prominent within a season, but are not actually considered important by the writers because they wrote these bits as sort of padding around the basic premise. There's this disconnect there between the writers and their audience that I think is a big reason why these types of shows often have unsatisfying endings filled with plot holes and unanswered questions.

[–] justaman123@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

Yeah, I think the only show that really nailed this was Fringe

[–] FlexibleToast@lemmy.world 10 points 6 days ago

We don't know if it's perfect yet. We need to see how it ends. Lost was great for the first few seasons too.

[–] IWW4@lemmy.zip 3 points 5 days ago

I have been avoiding From as it seemed like a successor to Lost.

Lost = how to gaslight an audience for five seasons.

[–] Cherry@piefed.social 2 points 5 days ago (2 children)

You tried paradise?

[–] limecrackers@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 days ago

This one is good also.

[–] Skavau@piefed.social 2 points 5 days ago

Well I just shared the review, but I will be trying Paradise when I get round to it.

[–] watson387@sopuli.xyz 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I never watched Lost, but I've been watching From since the beginning. I like it.

[–] Crewman@sopuli.xyz 2 points 5 days ago

I felt really frustrated with the ending of the last season. "A new strange person, surely they're not dangerous after everything else we've seen."

[–] thesmokingman@programming.dev 1 points 5 days ago

I watched Lost as it aired. I started watching From last year. It is exactly like Lost. Every episode some crazy fucking plot line spins up. Every episode gets a grab bag of horror mystery trope. Every season ends on a cliffhanger. Every season does absolutely nothing to resolve anything. The world building is pretty neat and keeps expanding with all sorts of crazy detail. By now there are so many open questions it will take several biblical length novels to actually explain anything. Like Lost, I expect it to end with a dog.

Don’t fucking watch it if you want any closure. There will be none. It is Lost.

[–] nightmare786@leminal.space 1 points 6 days ago

haha Lost was before my time so I've just been enjoying From with no comparison