I'll probably recieve this as a gift. I'm excited to see season 3. Haven't watched since season 2.

napalm68 wrote: Never before seen flashbacks. Oh my god, even more? Please make it stop...

Honest question: If you hate the flashbacks, then how can you like the show?

Will get the R2 release as I can't wait until December, according to amazon & HMV the R2 release is set for 22nd October 2007.

Never before seen flashbacks. Oh my god, even more? Please make it stop...

"Jacob Loves You"---WTF?

Spoiler: Eko is an incredible character and Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje is a fine actor. It really was such a shame that he decided to leave the show. (I don't buy into those rumors that the creators / studio wanted Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje off the show. He stated publicly that he did not want to continue for creative and professional reasons.) Eko was an extremely different character when compared to the rest of the islanders, and could have become a much more prophetic figure than the short story that his death forced. If you listen to the commentry for the "23rd psalm" in season 2, it's clear that the producers had grand intentions with Eko's story. Such a shame.

I don't understand why they even bothered putting Mr. Eko's mug on the cover art.....

Inaccurate... Kyle Mertes wrote: I can't seem to find the article I mentioned.  I know what site I found it on, but the search function is anything but accurate and I have no idea what point in time I read it, so that makes browsing the archives too time-consuming.

From what I remember, it was only supposed to last for the summer and be neatly tied up in a simple fashion.  ABC saw the ratings and pushed to renew if for a second season.  The creators very reluctantly continued and contracted the actors for more than one season.  I guess they go through a lot of writers, so this series is a major mass compilation.  

This is so COMPLETELY INACCURATE I don't know where to begin. Lost was NOT supposed to last for a summer especially since the pilot episodes debuted in SEPTEMBER, not the summer. It was however leaked online as one long episode in the summer which caused buzz to start building.

There was never any reluctance on the creators to renew the contracts, etc on the actors. From the beginning, this was understood to be a show that would run for a longer period of time. There was a lot of speculation at the time where people wondered how the creators could push the concept of being lost on an island past one season, but the creators had always made it clear that it was a longer running serial show.

By the end of season one, they were also clearly stating that they had FIVE SEASONS planned out for the show and no idea where they'd go if they had to go past that. Before the show even aired, JJ Abrams and Damon Lindelof spoke about a Lost "bible" which was a written booklet that has the entire mythology of LOST laid out and all the key events.

I've been following this series from before it aired (I downloaded the pilot episode off the net that summer). They also DON'T go through a lot  of writers or anything. Several writers came from ALIAS and have stayed. Carlton Cuse and Damon Lindelof continually write many of the episodes of each season however.

I've never understood people griping about the series not knowing where it was going. If anyone saw up to midway through Season 2, they'd know very, very clearly that the creators know EXACTLY what they're doing. For certain events to happen on Season 2, they had to be set up in Season 1 which they were (ie: Boone finding the plane in S1 and when he says he's from Oceanic Flight 815 he hears what he thinks is an echo...we find out that is not the case midway through S2 in "The Other 48 Days"...also, many other storylines throughout S1 get set up very early on if you rewatch the episodes like the fourth ep S1 setting up the Rose/Bernard thing that culminates in a mid-S2 finish to that storyline!). And especially if you've watched up to Season 3, I would be astonished at anyone who still thought the writers don't know where the show is going. Especially when we now know that the show will have an end date in three sixteen-episode seasons (equivalent to two full seasons which brings the total episodes of LOST to five FULL seasons (three full, 3 shortened 16 ep seasons)

Third season is probably my favorite season so far, followed by one, then two. But all of them are very strong. I'd say Season 1 was the season where they allowed us to get to know the characters, Season 2 was the season where we got all the darker mystery elements, and Season 3 was the adventurous season (where we still got a LOT of answers in the second half). I can't wait to pick this up.

For anyone who has heard bad word about S3 - ignore it. The first couple episodes were a little disappointing as a mini-season, it's true, but once you get to episode 7 and beyond, it starts to pick up steam. Nearly all of the last 12 episodes are stellar.

i don't recognise the dharma symbol on the spine...

i like the jacob thing too.

Not horrible, but not great. I dig the "Jacob loves you" on the tree.

There's some artwork posted by a customer on Amazon. It looks like the real artwork and even has "the unexplored experience" on it. Here's the link: http://www.amazon.com/Lost-Complete-Season-Matt...

I watched Season 1 & 2 religiously.  Tivo'ed the first couple of episodes of Season 3 and I heard it was horrible.  I'll catch it on DVD since I bought s1 & 2.

For me this show had potential but I always found the flashbacks became more of a deterant - they always felt too long - I assume they are not as bad in the 3rd season?

Season 3 is clearly the best one yet. Great storylines, great secrets and - at last - great answers. And the last three minutes of the finale are mind-blowing.

Lost unfortunately lost the plot with its third season, and even the last very good episodes of the season are not enough to counter that.
Shame, Loved the first two seasons.

Best. Season Finale. Ever (Not series finale, mind you, that would be Six Feet Under)

However I won't be getting this set because I know they're gonna release the whole thing in some super-fancy (and hopefully extra-filled) repackaging after the series ends...

I can't seem to find the article I mentioned.  I know what site I found it on, but the search function is anything but accurate and I have no idea what point in time I read it, so that makes browsing the archives too time-consuming.

From what I remember, it was only supposed to last for the summer and be neatly tied up in a simple fashion.  ABC saw the ratings and pushed to renew if for a second season.  The creators very reluctantly continued and contracted the actors for more than one season.  I guess they go through a lot of writers, so this series is a major mass compilation.  

I tried to like this show and watched about the first half of the first season but just totally lost interest in it.

I too had heard that the writers were getting a bit lost in their own story threads and that the "we're definitely finishing this in X years" issue was because they were losing lots of viewers due to the fact that the storylines just kept seeming to loop around themselves and not actually seem to be heading in a specific direction. The studio felt that if they announced a definite end date - eg: The end will happen at the end of the 3rd season from now - then it would keep people watching.

And can anybody tell me what the hell the polar bear was all about?!?

No cover??? DECEMBER??? I am extremely pissed off now.

I'm waiting for a complete series set.

Since the other ABC shows have those stupid edition titles, what do you think this one will be?

I think the "Found" Edition, or "Other" Edition, or "LOST" Edition. That last one is so hideously contrived I think they may just use it...

Great show. Can't wait for next season but damn, December is a long way off.

The 3rd season was absolutely amazing. Not to mention the season finale. Yon can't praise it enough it was that good:-)

December ?!? damn, that`s a long wait...

it usually came out in early novemeber why December this time???

What's the point in releasing Season 3 but not 1 or 2 on HD?

First it's announced for both BD and DVD, now an official press release stating no BD... I think Disney needs to get their act together and release the show on Blu-ray. If any Disney property (outside the realm of animation and their catalogue titles) could sell on BD, Lost would be at the top of the list. Let's hope the execs pull their heads from wherever they are and get the BD release on the calendar.

the show returns in january/february....thats why the dvd is being released in december....financially its a smart move but as a fan it IS annoying..lol

Lost is a great show! cant wait for this!