Brian was the only father Walt had ever known and he walked away from Walt days after his mother had died. He was way worse than Susan, at least she loved Walt. The real villain of Lost!
In Raised by Another, at the adoption meeting, Claire talks about how she wants the adoptive parents to sing Catch A Falling Star to the baby. In Whatever Happened, Happened, we see Kate singing this song to Aaron. Did we ever see Claire singing this to Aaron or is the connection a direct callback to Raised by Another to remind us Aaron wasn’t supposed to be raised by anyone but Claire?
To be clear, I’m not asking if it would have been a better show, we know it wouldn’t have been so that’s not the question.
However, if the show had gone down the original vision, Survivor as a drama series, with the same talented show runners and writing team, actors and characters, in depth back stories and arcs, same storylines but with a psychological explanation rather than supernatural, would the Lost fandom have got behind it and could it have been as successful?
Obviously there’s no straightforward transition for events from S4 onwards and storylines would have had to change but could they have made it work initially?
TLDR If JJ, Damon and Carlton had gone with the original network idea of making Lord of the Flies rather than Lord of the Rings, would it have been a success and adopted by current fandom?
Rewatching for the first time since my original watch when it first aired and I’m at Season 2. My question is to do with the way that vampires are portrayed as completely losing their humanity in S2. In Tell Me Lies, Buffy tells her old school friend that becoming a vampire means a demon takes over your body (paraphrasing). The Judge scans Angelus and concludes there is no humanity within him. Buffy says that Angel is gone and Angel himself says your boyfriend is dead.
Counter this with Spike in later seasons. Bear in mind it’s a long time since I watched this but from my memory, Spike (without a soul) is shown to care deeply about Buffy, want to protect Dawn and seek out a soul so that he can be a man for Buffy. I’m not saying Spike is good at this point (I know what he does to Buffy) but surely this implies there is a level of humanity within him before he gets his soul that he wants to be a better man? What do you think about these contrary points of view?
Have started a rewatch for the first time since watching as it aired and wondered if there was any good episode by episode podcasts that anyone would recommend?