Thursday, August 11, 2005

That thing in the jungle works for Channel 4.

Last night, Channel 4 launched Lost on UK TV. And to prevent Jen from asking again next year, Evangeline Lilly is Kate the brunette, willowy, lovely and (now-)escaped criminal - well, I assume she's a criminal from the handcuffs - and Maggie Grace is Shannon the model. The spoilt brat of a model. The blonde spoilt brat of a model. The beautiful, slim, hardbodied blonde spoilt brat of a model. Along with Emilie de Ravin, they provide the main eye candy for male viewers. And do so very well... well, anyway, it was very good though the first part of the pilot was overall better than the second (and I know this was the pilot, but the ending could still have been a bit stronger).

What pissed me off about this meeting of minds between overseers of Sydney Bristow and Jordan Cavanaugh (co-creator Damon Lindelof used to write for Crossing Jordan), apart from C4's snipping of the scene where Jack, Kate and Charlie flee from the plane and later find the pilot's body, was the way they decided to show it in two parts with Big Brother in the middle. Big Cunting Brother. Big Social Experiment Cum Excuse At Laughing At Idiots And Getting Glamour Model Softporn On TV Brother. Even with the sound off I was convinced that these are not people I wanted to spend any amount of time watching. As if holding it back for the summer wasn't enough.

Ah well, it'll soon be over. And Lost continues on Sunday. And Wednesday. And hopefully sans cuts. But I'm not holding my breath.

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