Feb 07 2009
Matthew Fox and Evangeline Lilly (Jack and Kate) talk about the show
My favorite part of this video interview is when Evangeline Lilly tells those of us who love the character stories that we just have to be patient. She promises that the show will get there. They have to do a lot of set-up during the first half of Season 5, she says, but then they’ll get back into the stories of the people.
And for those of you who do love the time travel element, Matthew Fox is on your side, and he hastens to assure you that the science-fiction aspects will continue to be a very necessary part of the whole world that is LOST.
I like trying to figure out the puzzles that the show presents, and I like the time-travel stuff, but only up to a point. Most of the season so far, except for the wonderfully Hurley-centric episode The Lie, has been too much, for my taste, about the vertigo-inducing time jumps, and not enough about the characters, and their connections, interactions, and struggles to redeem themselves from whatever haunts them from the past.
I had been worried that the show might be permanently spinning off in a direction that was less interesting to me than what they had done in previous seasons. So I was relieved to hear Lilly say that the stuff I like the most will be coming back!
What’s your favorite part of the show? The character development? The science-fiction aspects? Or do you like them both equally?
Screenshot and video (c) Entertainment Weekly
Thanks!
I also think that we need both the character development and the mystery. Without the character development we wouldn’t be as interested in what is happening to the people or how the mysteries are affecting them. Without the mysteries/sci fi, there wouldn’t be much of a story to tell.
Oh - I voted in the poll.
I love the mysteries — but sometimes, I like the questions more than the answers. It was great to see a polar bear on a tropical island in Season 1. But learning that he (probably) came through a hole in the time-space fabric (or whatever) is a bit of a let down.
Some of the answers to the mysteries have paid off, though. The suspense about what was in the (first) hatch was intense — and then seeing the first hatch surpassed even my expectations. Not a let down at all — just the opposite.
I just don’t want them to get too far away from the character-centered episodes, where everything focuses on a single character and gives a member of this very talented cast a chance to shine and take their acting to another level. So far this season, we’ve had one of those episodes out of four, which is not enough for my taste.
I’m just so glad that they have Jack and Kate - THE FACES AND OTP OF LOST - doing this amazing interview and article. Love ‘em or hate ‘em, they are IT!