As I was browsing for possible Christmas gifts, I remembered a quality show from the past six years of my life. Lost. Although the show wrapped up last spring, I still find myself asking questions about what really happened. Why did that giant statue of a leg only have four toes? What makes the others feel like they need to converse in Latin? Why was Ben transported to the middle of the Sahara Desert after turning a wheel completely surrounded by ice? Plus about a thousand more. All these questions got me thinking, I really need to rewatch that show.
Now don't get me wrong. I don't want to be a crazy Lost encyclopedia that can tell you about a framed British 20 Pound on the wall in a season episode with a picture of the famous physicist Michael Faraday, somehow signaling Daniel Faraday will later become a character. That would just be creepy. But if I need any of that information, I may as well just look here.
But I do want the DVD collection, seeing as I'm not quite advanced enough yet to have a Blu-Ray. So I googled "Lost the complete collection", which led me to this Amazon result. And for the low price of $139.99 you can buy the entire series. AND the creators also feel like they need to get a little carried away with the extras. Does it really need to come in a giant case with a island replica on top that clearly isn't going to fit in my DVD cabinet? Although the Senet game seen in season six is cool, how will I even know how to play? And yeah, having Jacob's ankh is great and all, but why? And oh yeah, there's a black light torch to uncover secret clues hidden within the box set. The set also comes with 37 discs. 37! And one hidden disc.
This new level of DVD experience isn't just happening with Lost. Now you can buy Harry Potter Ultimate Edition's that come with some pretty sweet bonus item's of their own. I, for one, would really like a Minerva McGonagall trading card.
So even though this Lost collection sounds a little absurd, I think I'm going to go for it. I could use these collectibles, I guess... Maybe someday I'll be so good at that weird board game that I could even beat Jacob. And I'm optimistic that even these bonus features won't be able to cloud the real excellence the Lost series had to begin with.
my comment just disappeared and it upsets me. :( buuut anyway. soo i'm sitting in ap lang. and i'm sitting next to amanda's backpack because she's mysteriously disappeared. and we just watched that crazy lost video and i'm freakin out. i feel like if you get it for christmas you should definitely let me touch it sometime or something. amanda's back! ok bye.
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