I wish JJ Abrams had done more to make it different from Lost. He's using the same DP, the same music creator, and some of the same actors, and likely other staff.
As soon as I heard a music cue right out of Lost, I was irritated. Then I didn't hear another one for a while, and I was ok. By the end, I was irritated again -- there were several through out that could have been lifted right from Lost.
The overhead shot of the chase scene at the storage unit right after we saw a bunch of lab rats in cages -- too much. Overkill.
The untraditional lower thirds -- the location indicators. I'm undecided. I like that they're different, but don't know if I like them, all big and everything.
The first time anyone visited John in the hospital room they were fully decked out head-to-toe in protective, anti-infective gear. But no one really talked to each other. Conveniently, when Olivia went in with Dr Bishop and his son, and they were all talkey-talkey, no one had head gear on, even though John was in worse condition.
For a room that was being used as storage, it sure became a fully functional lab pretty fast.
Joshua Jackson has matured quite nicely. Hotly, really. I used to see him at Rockreation, the rock climbing gym in LA. But he was much heavier back then. He's got a Liev Schreiber thang going on, minus the smarminess.
Ugh. Nothing worse than a character who amounts to no more than a device -- Olivia's assistant. She was almost an afterthought. She was only there so Dr Bishop had someone to talk to while Olivia was in the tank.
When the FBI went to the bad guy's apartment, Olivia was wearing a gas mask / ventilator. She comes running out to chase him, not wearing it. When did she take it off? She was just standing in his basement laboratory. Would she really have taken it off in there, not knowing if he had set up an infectious release?
John was brought into the lab in a protective bubble. Yet he's lying on his hospital bed, in this dirty 100 year-old basement, translucent skin and all.
Another music note - after John died I totally heard in my head the song "Love Hurts" originally recorded by the Everly Brothers, but more like the Joan Jett or Heart version.
Will I watch again? Definitely.
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I confess, I watched it too. Was hopeful in the beginning and mostly annoyed throughout. Yet I watched to the bitter end. I found it very X-Files 2.0 – secret government agency, unlimited resources, agents who work virtually unchecked... and yes, I'll tune in next week as well.
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