Take your seats, class: We're starting up week 4 of EW University, as Doc Jensen explores the cultural influences in 'Lost. Read the full post.
Jul 21
2009
05:00 AM ET
'Lost': The cult of 'cult TV' (Part 1)
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More like Schereder in Space and the old Mongolian classic, You Don’t Know Khan. The basic truth of the matter is relative to the view of the TV audience.
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A couple of things that endeared to Space: 1999 (at least the 1st season). First, you got the sense that they weren’t soliders or adventurers, but rather scientists and engineers stuck in a very bad situation. Second, for the most part they RARELY attempted to find a way back to Earth. Rather, they accepted Earth was gone and were constantly looking for a new place to settle before Alpha’s resources gave out. In fact, they even dealt with this question head-on when Commissioner Simmons (the Dr. Smith of Moonbase Alpha) kept arguing for attempting a trip back to Earth and every character bascially laughed at him.
Great call by Doc Jensen citing this as the show Lost might’ve been and thankfuly isn’t.
Some of you obviously don’t get it!
CULT, in this definition means “failure to catch on w/general viewing audience.”
‘Lost in Space’ and ‘X-Files’, are Cult Classics. They have cult-like followings, but were never considered Cult Classics.
However, I do agree that ‘Twin Peaks’ and ‘Gilligan’s Island’ do follow the Cult Classic theory. And the latter specifically for ‘LOST’.
Twin Peaks was a cult show that did not end nicely. Most of the shows he mentioned were able to end on a satisfying note, a very difficult prospect for a challenging show like Lost. People better be prepared.
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A television series from the 70s should be on the list as cult Television. Way ahead of its time for the feeling , and issues that the program tackled. I have always wondered , why it has never shown up in reruns, or offered in DVD as a box set?
I can’t believe anyone mentioned “The Avengers”! I liked the chemistry between Patrick MacNee and Diana Rigg and the fact they were equals as crimefighters. The episodes were puzzling to me as a kid, but now make sense, and are quite complicated and smart. The show preceded “The Prisoner” by six years and was one of the more unique entries in the whole compendium of movies and TV shows during the 1960s spy craze.
Brad, I have to disagree with you about the Twin Peaks ending. I thought it was one of the best series finales ever, a love letter from David Lynch to his true fans, straight from his heart.
Yes, the final episode of Twin Peaks was great, as Lynch wrote and directed it. The final scene is perhaps one of the most chilling ever.
I would add Strange Luck and American Gothic to the cult list.
Oh Doc- you just made my day mentioning Danger Island (and the Banana Splits)!