'Lost' vs Patrick O'Brien

[watervole]

Shall I record another episode of 'Lost', with its increasingly predictable storylines, morally-uplifting plots, impossibly pretty people and total lack of understanding of the real problems of living on a desert island, or shall I go and read another chapter of 'Master and Commander' by a writer who truely understands how to show and not tell, who has a fantastic grasp of period detail and who writes novels where I can't predict where the next turn of the page will take me. And with complex, detailed characters who don't feel contrived.

Gosh, that's an easy decision, isn't it? It'll leave more space on Tivo's hard drive for Buffy.

Comments

[cdybedahl.livejournal.com]

Just out of curiosity, who do you think they kill on Lost?

[watervole.livejournal.com]

Sawyer? They've been trying to build sympathy for him?

Or else the Korean guy and the black guy will get into a fight and the Korean will die.

Do I care?

Nope.

[kalypso-v.livejournal.com]

Someone whose contract they don't want to renew?

[lonemagpie.livejournal.com]

shall I go and read another chapter of 'Master and Commander' by a writer who truely understands how to show and not tell,

And those words tell me you haven't reached the end yet. When you've finished, come back and say you still think that!

[peaceful-fox.livejournal.com]

I so want to read O'Brien. I have a reading list a mile long, however.

[sugoll.livejournal.com]

Still quite enjoying it myself, although I thought the inhaler one was the weakest. No spoilers for those who haven't seen it yet (and care), but I thought there was an obvious first step to follow that made most of the episode redundant. Reminiscent of all the Shakespearean mistaken identities that tortuously avoid asking obvious questions.

[exalted-mugwump.livejournal.com]

Someone in AB22 watches it loyally and I got quite wrong footed to see the latest episode had the actress who plays delen. An episode based on the Israelly and her caused a brief watch.

There has been a comunal paying of a TV licence, I will use it less but am paying equal to avoid animosity

[watervole.livejournal.com]

That was the last episode I bothered with and it disconcerted me as well.

Make sense on the TV licence. I'd do the same in your place.

Oddly enough, I'm watchin less TV in general at present. SF is less fun without company. I'm doing a lot of reading instead - it works better as a solo activity. Doing some gaming with Richard as well.