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    Is anyone watching Manifest on Netflix? I'm only 3 episodes in and I can't make up my mind if I like it or not. I don't think that I will in the end, but I'll keep watching and find out.
    I watched about half of the first season during its network run, and it lost me. Too juju and boring, but not captivating like "Lost". Great premise fucked up by bad writing and lack of narrative direction.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Circuits View Post
    I watched about half of the first season during its network run, and it lost me. Too juju and boring, but not captivating like "Lost". Great premise fucked up by bad writing and lack of narrative direction.
    Sounds about right. Would Lost be better to dedicate time to?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Irving View Post
    Sounds about right. Would Lost be better to dedicate time to?
    It might. But anyone who hasn't figured out how the series finishes, by the end of the first season, slept through it. It may take some up to end of S2 to get it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Irving View Post
    Sounds about right. Would Lost be better to dedicate time to?
    Lost captivated for a solid two seasons, then ran down for the rest of its run, but it was fresh (for the time ca. 2004-2010), and still had some knuckle biters from time to time if you were invested in the characters by then.

    Evangeline Lilly quite enjoyable eye candy, and the whole Sawyer/Kate/Jack love triangle spiced things up a bit. Some solid performances. Way above average for network fare.

    Don't get me wrong, you'll feel let down at the end, but invested and hopeful until then if you don't know the spoilers.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Circuits View Post
    Lost captivated for a solid two seasons, then ran down for the rest of its run, but it was fresh (for the time ca. 2004-2010), and still had some knuckle biters from time to time if you were invested in the characters by then.

    Evangeline Lilly quite enjoyable eye candy, and the whole Sawyer/Kate/Jack love triangle spiced things up a bit. Some solid performances. Way above average for network fare.

    Don't get me wrong, you'll feel let down at the end, but invested and hopeful until then if you don't know the spoilers.
    Agree it had a strong start and a lackluster finish. Evidently JJ Abrams poached the writing staff to shore up the storytelling on Alias.

    Also, JJ Abrams is a one trick pony. Once you know about his "mystery box" formula for story telling, everything he does just seems boring and overly complex simply to string you along.
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