Pop Culture Hijabi: In the world of Lost
January 23rd, 2010
I’m beyond excited that Lost is back next month for its final season.
I started watching the show when the first episode aired. I remember ABC promoting the show like crazy and thinking that it looked pretty stupid. I guess at the time it seemed like a dramatized version of Gilligan’s Islan.
But, the day the first episode aired, nothing else was on TV, and I was bored. So I watched the premiere, and I was hooked.
Not that many people I knew watched the first season. But the buzz from the show was huge, and pretty much everyone
I know was watching when the second season premiered.
It was great when that happened because I had people to talk to about theories and discuss the crazy things that happened. I still spend a substantial amount of my time the day after a Lost episode airs reading blogs and theories about the show. That, along with discussing episodes with friends, is also a good way to catch all those things you may have missed while watching.
I equate the show to reading Harry Potter. If you’re a fan of the books then you know half the fun of reading them was the anticipation of the next installment and running through theories with your friends.
It’s a bit bittersweet that this is the last season of Lost, but I can’t wait to see how things end.
For those who haven’t watched the show or who have fallen behind, I’d highly recommend getting the DVD’s for the first five seasons and catching up. You’ll be hooked.
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Pop Culture Hijabi is a weekly column by Nadia Malik. Malik is a former newspaper reporter based in Chicago who’s now making her way as a freelancer. She spends entirely too much time watching TV and reading pop culture, fashion and TV blogs. She also occasionally consumes serious books and news. No, really. You can reach her at info@hijabtrendz.com with “pop culture hijabi” in the subject line, follow her at www.twitter.com/nadiamalik or simply leave a comment below.
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yeah! I love lost, I can’t wait for it to be back. I had a hard time watching it when it first came out, because we lived in Chicago then and it came on the same time as bed time for the kids, but now I’m in the EST zone I always catch it. My kids know that LOST night is an early bedtime haha.
We tried to get hooked. Rented the first two seasons and sat with a big tub of popcorn to “catch up”… it didn’t work. The first 3 episodes were really exciting, but then it got all weird! My hubby and I don’t really like “fantasy” and this was just a little too out there for us. So, we settled back into our Friends/Sienfeld reruns. Well, at least we tried, right?!
YAY! I love Lost! I can’t wait for season 6 to start but don’t want it to end at the same time. I have a Lost blog, http://lostshowblog.blogspot.com/ that’s besides my regular blog. Happy watching!
I enjoy the show too! Sundays here all of the past seasons are played on the television a few episodes at a time so it gives me a chance to play catch-up! I can’t wait to find out what truly is the main mystery of the island and everything surrounding it. I was hooked from day one but waffled out from season to season afterward!
I’d love to get the DVD’s also!
i (heart heart heart) LOST!
my hubby wasnt a fan before we got married, he pretty much didnt know what it was about. But I am proud to say that he is bigger fan that I am now..lol.. This past summer we bought all the dvds/blue rays of all the past seasons and woudl watch it everyday…sometimes stay up the whole night to watch several eposides.
we cant wait when it starts again!
this was the one show that my husband and I both loved and discussed when we were engaged… past few season he got very angry at the show, and hated the fact that they were making stuff up as they went along, and that its going no where! so next week i told him hes going to his mom’s house so he wont make any negative comments!!!! I CANT WAIT!
I started watching it when it first came out, but then got caught up with work and getting married so I forgot about it. And I have this thing, once I miss an episode I can’t watch it until I’m caught up lol. So yeah now it’s a few years later and I still have to catch up. Maybe I should get the DVDs
Kelly, that’s hilarious that your kids know it’s lights out when Lost is on.
I know how you feel; I feel like I can’t watch anything new on a show until I’ve seen all of it.
Jazmine, I know a lot of people are turned off by the sci-fi aspects. It’s one of those you love it or hate it things.
Mona, I’m definitely going to have to check out your blog after the season premiere.
Jodi, my big hope is that they’re able to answer all the questions! The big ones, at least.
Afshi, my brother and sister were re-watching all five seasons, too, and it’s crazy to see how far the show has come along. I’ve forgotten so many things! ]
Safia, so many of my friends say the same stuff. But I still love it! I feel like they know where they’re going. At least I hope so.
Mariam, feel free to borrow them whenever you’d like.