TheWatcher17

I didn't know what to expect with this show. I'm a huge fan of From on MGM+, so decided to give this show a try since it's from the same network. I was worried it was just going to be a cringe knock-off of Lost, but thankfully it's not. The production quality and sets could be better, the acting from the lead characters are good, but the secondary characters could use some better directing. I agree with the other review that there should be more Spanish in the show given where it takes place, and I agree with the other review that bringing in stereotypical politics randomly like that is unnecessary, but we'll see what they do with all the characters to fully judge that. I do find the pacing of the show (at least the first episode) kinda rushed as well. I love the mystery aspect of the show, it's sort of a whodunnit thriller, with there being 10 people who crashed, but there's only 9 are in the morgue. So, I'm guessing throughout the season we have to try to find out who the 10th actually is? Excited to see where this story goes.

Being a HUGE fan of the original series on Netflix, I knew it was going to bad news when Disney announced this series, given their reputation with their Marvel content. First of all, I'm super glad to get the cast and characters back on screen. But that's about it. It was really difficult to watch. The editing is all over the place with lots of fast cuts, and using way too much low-quality CGI for even small fight scenes or even swinging around, when before they used to have talented stunt work and beautiful cinematography and intense fight choreography that was often shot in one take. Also, now the camera quality seems lower quality, the lighting is way too bright for night scenes, and the set designs look like low budget stages instead of stunning on-location shots like they used to do. The dialog seems very choppy and rushed as well, like the cuts are very obvious, whereas before it was more paced and realistic. Pretty much everything I loved about the original series is gone, the only saving grace is the wonderful original cast. I'll keep watching and hoping it gets better, but honestly with Disney+'s reputation with their Marvel shows, I'm not getting my hopes up.

I enjoyed most of the documentary, it was very well produced, it was wonderful to see a lot of the cast and crew reminisce on their time on the show, their views, and lots of behind the scene footage and how scenes were made and explanations of certain decisions throughout the show. What I didn't enjoy was that the majority of the documentary was people who didn't even work on the show - podcasters, bloggers, fans, etc. And a lot of it was unnecessary, dragged on, annoying opinions and self-gloating. These people should have only been one small segment, but instead they gave them time throughout the whole documentary, giving them the majority of the screen time. They should have focused more on the cast and crew and the many amazing people of Hawaii who worked on the show. The short Hawaii segment was beautiful and uplifting, but it was so short and unfair compared to the amount of time those egomaniac random people got. There were also a lot of cast and crew who were not in the documentary or cut out, and they really should have taken the time to include them as well (if they wanted to be included of course). Overall, it was great to watch that got me really missing the show and how there hasn't been any other show like it ever since (maybe "From" is the closest we'll get to it). That's all for now, and I now want to re-watch LOST again for the millionth time lol.