(Monday, May 22)

LOST: A video game? an MMO? Please say it isn't so.

Here is my prediction. My favorite show on television, LOST, the one new creative show that I have not missed an episode of for the last 2 seasons (there from the beginning), that has one of the most talented writing crews, skilled actors and actresses, and probably the biggest online presence for a TV show known to man, will much to my sincere dismay, jump the shark in between season's 2 finale (Wed night) and the beginning of next season. This sucks. I love this show! Why do I think this? Let me explain, here towards the end of season 2, I have really enjoyed the Lost experience... to a point. I really played around with sublymonal.com a bunch. Then I started reading about how the color coordination and message "Obey" and other small tidbits are because the site are sponsored by Sprite. I know people have to make money, and I know this thing is a cash cow for abc, but incorporating things into the story for money? please... Then comes last weeks letthecompassguideyou.com sponsored by Jeep. At least they are pretty strait forward and are not trying to hide anything with this site, but man it really drags the story down. I held the writers in such high regard. Nods to literary pieces all but forgotten, great spins in the show that keep everyone (sometimes even the actors) in the dark till Wed nights. Man, it was all I could have asked for in creativeness. Then came the sponsored stuff from the Lost Experience. Bleh. Now? A Lost video game (maybe even a MMO to boot). I am a huge MMO fan, I play them constantly and have been since their earliest incarnations (muds, meridian 59, etc) now a Lost MMO? Lame. I am all for episodic content, but a.) who keeps all these stories strait? and b.) why on earth do they need to move into that form on media? Especially something that might get ported to consoles? I am starting to lose faith in Lost. I am still very excited for this season's finale, but I have a feeling that by next season we will be saturated in Lost paraphernalia. Don't get me wrong I know Lucas had tremendous success with that route, but it really is losing it steam with all the commercials. I know, I know ABC wants to licence the shit out of it, and I understand where they are coming from, and it will probably get more people to watch/pay attention to the storyline. It's a buzz kill for me personally though. I also wonder if they are going to spread the ideas surrounding the main storyline to thin. Avg Joe that really likes reading the msg boards and keeping up with the storyline is already OD'ing on info as it is. Get 'Lost'In New Video Game.