For those of you in the rewatch gang.... - Page 5

Phillip · #41 08-18-2012, 01:55 AM

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Originally Posted by cphk91602

I wished that I was around when the series was on TV; all the camaraderie, debate, and discussion that went on was probably as good as the show.

I came to this forum in the last season and this place was crazy busy. Especially on Tuesdays. When the show was on there were so many people on here that weren't regulars. I wish i could watch it again for the first time. It was a fun show. Lindelof is great at leaving you wanting more. I'm about ready for a rewatch. I needed a break but I think it's been enough time.

Here'sLOCKEing at you,Kid · #42 08-18-2012, 12:48 PM

There must be some psychological reason I am the way I am about a re-watch.
I really really want to just watch it straight thru, but honestly, it takes sooo much energy. IDK. When I watch any epi, it's like holding tightly to you someone you dearly love , fearing if you release them they will disappear forever or something...I don't want to breathe, I don't want to blink, I don't want to hear any noise/distraction...
IDK, maybe there's also a sort of sadness. Sadness that we cannot add to or expect more forthcoming.
Rewatch just takes soo much energy and emotion. So much.

LissaMarie · #43 08-19-2012, 12:08 AM

I know exactly what you mean, Lockeing, but I have to be honest and tell you I was pleasantly surprised by how joyful and wonderful rewatching was...for me anyway. I was a bit blue around the point in the story when Ben's character came into the picture (simply because the mystery behind who and what he actually was, was so intense the first time - and I never would've guessed in a million years he would turn out to be an alien) but I so quickly got over it and just loved every second of it. As you said, it was like spending time with people you really love and missed terribly and it did my soul so much good!

(That alien bit was for Chris. HEEHEE!

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stream · #44 09-07-2012, 05:18 PM

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Originally Posted by LissaMarie

(Heehee! I had to search around when I started a thread recently too. Thank God it's not just me!)

I just started a rewatch (and having a ball with it) so my opinions on all of the above may not be as fully formed as others but I still have a few thoughts to share. No, I don't feel anything even close to the same level of excitement as I did when I was watching a new episode for the first time but I am an old woman and my memory isn't what it used to be so I forgot a lot of the minutiae within each episode. It's a constant thump in the head "oh yeah" kind of a feeling for me. For example, and please don't judge me for forgetting so much (Matty, this means you

) I just rewatched the episode in season 1 where they discovered the caves and Adam & Eve's bodies inside. I vaguely recall them addressing Adam & Eve and the black and white stones in the pouch in season 6 but I can't for the life of me remember who they turned out to be. So that will be another slap the head "oh yeah" moment for me when I get to season 6.

I still think Sawyer is delish & Claire is annoying, still like Sun / Jin centric episodes the least and still find myself wondering what each goofy little nuance means in the big picture, I'm just looking at it from the outside in. For example, right before they discovered Adam & Eve, Charlie was stuck standing on top of a bee hive. I found myself wondering what that meant metaphorically. Such a goof!

Anyway, I have to say I am enjoying my re-watch very much. The bit I love the most are all of the not so subtle slaps in the face as to Locke being Smokie that I didn't pay any attention to the first time around. Just in this last episode where they discover the caves and fresh water, Charlie says to Locke, "you look at home here" when they took their first trek to check the area out. How funny is that? Never noticed it before but MIB / Flocke really does end up having a cave home, doesn't he? Pretty cool stuff!

The most interesting part to me about the rewatch is how it is of no interest until you get to a certain place emotionally about the whole thing. I'm not putting that into words very well at all but I completely get the comments from fellow Losties that it's still too soon for them to open up that box of Pandora's. Two years out that comment might seem bizarre to some people but I completely understand. It's just another layer to this wonderful journey we all are a part of that "the others" just wouldn't be able to understand. When you are ready, I hope you enjoy it as much as I am. It's like a warm, fuzzy visit from old friends.

see but I DDDDDDDDDDOOOOOOOOOO know what you mean, and it is still too soon for me to rewatch all in a row, don't really understand why, and little Emily now wants to LOST, keeps asking me about stuff, but it will still have to wait a bit ....

LissaMarie · #45 09-10-2012, 11:31 PM

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Originally Posted by stream

see but I DDDDDDDDDDOOOOOOOOOO know what you mean, and it is still too soon for me to rewatch all in a row, don't really understand why, and little Emily now wants to LOST, keeps asking me about stuff, but it will still have to wait a bit ....

And I completely understand just not being ready yet, Mama! I felt that way all the way up until a few months ago, passionately confident I didn't want to rewatch yet, and then one day..... POOF! I watched The Pilot and I was off and running. It'll happen. Be patient little Emily!

sondez75 · #46 01-14-2013, 05:18 PM

My wife and i watched all the seasons in 2009 leading up to the final season during the pregnancy of our son, so it's only fitting that since we are expecting again, we have started our rewatch of LOST. It's truly sad to know this was a once in a lifetime show. We've only made it to the 3rd episode, but look forward to picking out things we never noticed before.