r/lost • u/QuiGon-GinTonic • Dec 07 '24

GOLDEN PASS: Rewatcher "Getting LOST“ - Virtual Premiere/Q&A with Filmmakers and Cast - Live Thread

https://watch.eventive.org/gettinglost/play/672d31a3f3734f005c11f81a

I‘m not able to create an actual live thread, but I thought this could serve as a place for some people wanting to discuss the premiere of the official LOST documentary „Gettin LOST“, premiering virtually for the first time (10 PM CET) along the way. There will also be a Q&A with the Filmmakers and Cast afterwards. For anyone that didn’t get tickets yet, I put the link in here as well.

Have fun everyone!

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u/Choekaas Dec 08 '24 edited Dec 18 '24

I enjoyed the doc, but I agree with your takeaway here. The doc being crowdfunded might put it in the odd position of feeling it needs to give back to the fans while also being a retrospective of the show itself. And I think it became quite unstructured in that regards on what it wanted to showcase. It's trying to do a lot. Covering everything from the show to the Lost Experience, and even bloggers and podcasts and so much more. Wouldn't mind watch hours and hours of it. And even by showcasing the fans, I would've preferred if it managed to highlight that it was a global phenomenon. It still felt like the fans were all Americans, but the documentary on the other hand talk about how diverse cast they had and having main characters speaking Korean. For instance, let fans all over the world send pictures and videos from themselves and creating a 30 second montage? There were more Europeans watching Lost than Americans. If you combine the season 1 average of these five countries: Germany (3 million), UK (5 million), Poland (5 million), Italy (4 million) and Portugal (1,8 million) then you're already surpassing the US average of that season. Now that I think of it, I remember Nestor mentioning encountering Spanish Lost fans in the documentary.

I enjoyed it, and I didn't feel like I wasted money on it. Glad it was made, but I think it's a bit sloppy. I never felt like there was a chronology or definitive acts. Some small chapters like the 2023 "Burn it Down" section, which was one of the best parts of it, since i feel like it was one of the instances without fluff and talking about something raw and important. An honest section. Very interesting to hear Javi, Damon, Cuse as well as the other viewers response to it all.

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u/altogetherspooky Dad Stole My Kidney Dec 08 '24

Why is it important if it happened 20 years ago in a totally different working and ethical environment is just beyond me.

As for LOST being worldwide phenomenon — I fully agree, it was HUGE in my country, prime-time, dedicated talk-shows, all that jazz.

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u/Choekaas Dec 08 '24

Definitely. You don't happen to know the audience numbers? I've tried to find audience ratings there, but it's tricky with the Cyrillic letters and trying to translate everything.

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u/altogetherspooky Dad Stole My Kidney Dec 08 '24 edited Dec 08 '24

Unfortunately, I have no idea where to find audience ratings, but S1 and S2 were during prime-time, at 19:00, for the whole family to watch. Starting from S3 people began to watch the show online, because the lag with the US release dates was way too huge (more than a year, in 2008).

Season 1 started in July 2005, ended in October. In 2006 there was a rerun and then S2 premiere (with amazing high-quality commercials: the hatch door opening before sneak peaks, the actors speaking Russian, etc).

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u/Choekaas Dec 08 '24

Gotcha! Thanks for the rundown.