Product Description
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Immerse yourself in the boldest show on television with
every mysterious twist and turn of LOST's addictive Fourth
Season. More than three months after their eful c, the
survivors of Oceanic Flight 815 will discover that the only thing
more dangerous than the island might be the people who have come
to rescue them. Dive deep into this captivating box set, complete
with original flashbacks, mind-bending flash-forwards and an
astonishing world of exclusive bonus features. Experience one of
the most groundbreaking shows in television history and "let LOST
remind you of how spectacular scripted network programming can
be," says USA Today.
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Season four of Lost was a fine return to form for the
series, which polarized its audience the year before with its
focus on The Others and not enough on our original c victims.
That season's finale introduced a new storytelling device--the
flash-forward--that's employed to great effect this time around;
by showing who actually got off the island (known as the Oceanic
Six), the viewer is able to put to bed some longstanding loose
ends. As the finale attests, we see that in the future Jack
(Matthew Fox) is broken, bearded, and not sober, while Kate
(Evangeline Lilly) is estranged from Jack and with another guy
(the identity may surprise you). Four others do make it back to
their homes, but as the flash-forwards show, it's definitely not
the end of their connection to the island. Back in present day,
however, the islanders are visited by the denizens of a so-called
rescue ship, who have agendas of their own. While Jack works with
the newcomers to try to get off the island, Locke (Terry
O'Quinn), with a few followers of his own, forms an uneasy
alliance with Ben (Michael Emerson) against the suspicious gang.
Some episodes featuring the new characters feel like filler, but
the evolution of such characters as Sun and Jin (Yunjin Kim and
Daniel Dae Kim) is this season's strength; plus, the love story
of Desmond (Henry Ian Cu) and Penny (Sonya Walger) provides
some of the show's emotional highlights. As is the custom with
Lost, bullets fly and characters die (while others may or may not
have). Moreover, the e of Michael (Harold Perrineau), last
seen traitorously sailing off to civilization in season two, as
well as the flash-forwards of the Oceanic Six, shows you never
quite leave the island once you've left. There's a force that
pulls them in, and it's a hook that keeps you watching.
Season four was a shorter 13 episodes instead of the usual 22
due to the 2008 writers' strike; nonetheless, the set comes with
two discs of extras. One of the best features is "LOST in 8:15,"
which is a rapid-fire summation of the series thus far in eight
minutes, 15 seconds. Narrated by a hilariously droll female, it
includes lines such as "Jack meets Kate. Kate stitches up Jack.
They bond." and "They see Jack play football with Mr. Friendly.
Mr. Friendly throws like a girl." The featurette "The Right to
Bear Arms" takes a fun look at the prop masters responsible for
supplying the castaways with s--and keeping track of who has
one and who doesn't (best here is Sawyer's (Josh Holloway)
assertion that characters often cock their s just to look
cool), and cast members Lilly, Garcia, Yunjin Kim, and Daniel Dae
Kim provide a few of the commentaries.
The major Blu-ray extra is "The Course of the Future: The
Definitive Interactive Fast-Forwards." After you solve a puzzle
in which you have to arrange the 10 flash-forward segments in
chronological order (don't worry, you get some help), you can
watch all the segments (about 53 minutes total) in a variety of
ways: chronological (that is, the order in which they happened,
not in which they were aired during the season) with an
introduction by executive producers Carlton Cuse and Damon
Lindelof and cast members; chronological with an amusing intro by
Cuse and Lindelof and with pop-up script excerpts that offer
in into the writers' intentions; or chronological following
a specific character (Jack, Kate, Sayid, Hurley, Sun, Aaron,
Ben). The convenient "Season Play" feature helps you keep track
of which episode on which disc you're watching. And with its lush
Hawaiian scenery and uncompressed sound, Lost is simply the
best-looking and -sounding Blu-ray TV show around. --Ellen A.
Kim, with David Horiuchi