InsaneNutter
Resident Nutter
It doesn’t seem like it however exactly 10 years ago today Lost premiered on American TV. I think Lost changed how a lot of people consumed media, ill explain. Lost premiered almost a year later in the UK, in August 2005. This was when I first heard of it, as once a week everyone I worked with would start talking about Lost. I honestly had no idea what Lost was, I had never heard of it until then as I never really watched much TV back then. Lost did sound really good from what I had been told about it, however I had no way of watching the previous episodes I had missed. Just by chance I thought I wonder if you can download it, I remember typing “Lost” in to ISOHunt and been amazed that I could download all of series 1 and a couple of episodes of series 2.
I had never downloaded a TV show before, I release a lot of people would probably not approve of that, however back then we had no TV catch up services, no iTunes to purchase episodes from or anything else like that. If you had missed a few episodes of something you pretty much had no way of legally watching that episode again anytime soon.
After downloading all of series 1 which took a good day, I then FTP’ed the episodes across to my Xbox which was modded and had XBMC on it, then started watching Lost. I was hooked, I used to watch an episode a night after work and within a month had watched all of series 1 and had caught up with where series 2 was in America. After that I downloaded the episode each week the day after it had aired in America. I remember telling a couple of friends about this and they ended up doing the same.
The added benefit of this was I was able to read Lost fan sides on the internet knowing I had seen the same episode as everyone in America so I wouldn’t read any spoilers.
In the UK after series 2 Sky purchased the rights to Lost, so it was not shown on free to air TV anymore, then later on Virgin Media lost the rights to show Sky channels, meaning even fewer people could watch Lost here in the UK. I believe a lot of the Lost following in the UK started downloading it after that from what i read on the internet at the time. I remember been on a bus and hearing a old woman who must have been in her 60’s talking saying she was not impressed she couldn’t watch Lost anymore, then I remember her friend saying her grandson had set her up with something called Bittorrent and she downloads the new episodes each week. I remember been quite surprised hearing that at the time.
After I caught up on Lost I then remember reading about Prison Break and got in to that also, again thanks to torrents as the show had never been shown in the UK when I started watching it. So thanks to Lost and Torrents I basically got in to TV shows, even though I never really watch much “Live TV”. Even today i would argue downloading TV though non legal methods give you a far better experience than anything legal out there, however a least legal services such as Netflix are finally offering a good viable alternative for older content, and now new original content.
Since then I have enjoyed a fair few more TV series, I still think Lost is honestly the best TV show I have seen, (Prison Break, 24 and House are close seconds!)
Tonight I’ve just watched the first two episodes of Lost again after 9 years and I’m instantly hooked. This time having Lost on Blu-ray it looks absolutely stunning in 1080p!
I really don’t think TV shows like Lost are made these days sadly. Few shows have ever hooked me as much.
Has anyone since re-watched Lost, or is planning to if you haven’t seen the first series for 9-10 years? I’m thinking it will all make much more sense this time not having to wait weeks / months for a new episode.
Here are some interesting Lost articles I’ve read today, as the internet seems to have a bit of a buzz with Lost at the moment:
TLDR version: Anyone else re-watching Lost again from series one?
I had never downloaded a TV show before, I release a lot of people would probably not approve of that, however back then we had no TV catch up services, no iTunes to purchase episodes from or anything else like that. If you had missed a few episodes of something you pretty much had no way of legally watching that episode again anytime soon.
After downloading all of series 1 which took a good day, I then FTP’ed the episodes across to my Xbox which was modded and had XBMC on it, then started watching Lost. I was hooked, I used to watch an episode a night after work and within a month had watched all of series 1 and had caught up with where series 2 was in America. After that I downloaded the episode each week the day after it had aired in America. I remember telling a couple of friends about this and they ended up doing the same.
The added benefit of this was I was able to read Lost fan sides on the internet knowing I had seen the same episode as everyone in America so I wouldn’t read any spoilers.
In the UK after series 2 Sky purchased the rights to Lost, so it was not shown on free to air TV anymore, then later on Virgin Media lost the rights to show Sky channels, meaning even fewer people could watch Lost here in the UK. I believe a lot of the Lost following in the UK started downloading it after that from what i read on the internet at the time. I remember been on a bus and hearing a old woman who must have been in her 60’s talking saying she was not impressed she couldn’t watch Lost anymore, then I remember her friend saying her grandson had set her up with something called Bittorrent and she downloads the new episodes each week. I remember been quite surprised hearing that at the time.
After I caught up on Lost I then remember reading about Prison Break and got in to that also, again thanks to torrents as the show had never been shown in the UK when I started watching it. So thanks to Lost and Torrents I basically got in to TV shows, even though I never really watch much “Live TV”. Even today i would argue downloading TV though non legal methods give you a far better experience than anything legal out there, however a least legal services such as Netflix are finally offering a good viable alternative for older content, and now new original content.
Since then I have enjoyed a fair few more TV series, I still think Lost is honestly the best TV show I have seen, (Prison Break, 24 and House are close seconds!)
Tonight I’ve just watched the first two episodes of Lost again after 9 years and I’m instantly hooked. This time having Lost on Blu-ray it looks absolutely stunning in 1080p!
I really don’t think TV shows like Lost are made these days sadly. Few shows have ever hooked me as much.
Has anyone since re-watched Lost, or is planning to if you haven’t seen the first series for 9-10 years? I’m thinking it will all make much more sense this time not having to wait weeks / months for a new episode.
Here are some interesting Lost articles I’ve read today, as the internet seems to have a bit of a buzz with Lost at the moment:
- How “Lost” changed the way the world watches TV
- Lost - 10 years on: all the mysteries explained
- Ten Years Later, 'Lost' Shows Us Why We Need New Pilot Mandates
- 10 Years After Lost Premiered, Damon Lindelof Reveals Why He "Broke Down Sobbing" and Opens Up About Show's Legacy
- In Celebration of Lost's 10-Year Anniversary, Let's Grade the Cast's Post-Island Careers!
TLDR version: Anyone else re-watching Lost again from series one?
