Lost Revisited Thoughts and Suggestions

[Hollywood Heidi]

***02/07/15 Note: This is the thread that launched the idea so I'm converting it to the Thoughts and Suggestions thread***

Hi all!  I've been toying with the idea of having a Lost Viewing Party!  A rewatch or first time viewing event on the forum.  It wouldn't start until after the Fall TV season ends so just about summer time.  In order to make it the easiest on everyone's schedule, we'd put it at one episode a week, probably opening the discussion on a new ep every Friday as weekends may be easiest to find an hour to sit down and watch.  It's up to you guys if you want to make it two eps a week or more or just keep it at one.

If at least two of you are interested, I may just go ahead with this.  We'll all decide on an exact starting date and I'll start advertising it.  It will most definitely cater to those watching for the first time as well as those rewatching.  I'm thinking two sub-boards, one for those rewatching and one for people viewing the first time.  Rewatchers can post in the First Time thread but have to post as if they're watching for the first time.  No spoilers and as the other first watchers, can discuss the theories they had had at that point without mentioning if they were right or wrong.  I was thinking of having just one and using the SPOILER function but that would be too hard to keep track of and would suck if someone accidentally forgot to hide something.  Either that or we create a kind of Points of Discussion form with a rewatch category that is required to be hidden.

The show is jam packed with fun easter eggs so hardcore Losties such as myself can list them for each ep.  (i.e. That guy that Hurley bought the electric wheelchair off at at the airport?  That was the priest Charlie confessed to!  Did you notice Sayid on the television in the background behind Kate?)

I'm not holding my breath but I'm kind of hoping this is something that could be huge.  I immensely love this show.  If it does end up being a hit, maybe we can host other TV show or movie viewing parties in future.

[The Jester Of Tortuga]

I'm in like flynn.

[Hollywood Heidi]

Anybody else interested? I want to be sure that the process and schedule formed is best for the current members here who want to participate.

This year, Lost celebrates its 10th anniversary so this event and its timing just became even more officially awesome.

Just to get the ball rolling, I did a little research on the number of episodes and brainstorming how many episodes, how often, and when the start date for a new batch would be. I was thinking every Friday would be the start of a new batch (start of the weekend so more of a chance for a majority of people to watch TV) and each week would spotlight three episodes, counting Part 1 and Part 2 episodes as separate episodes. Three episodes a week would have this event lasting almost a year.

I did the figuring a few days ago and with a limited amount of time so there's a chance I'm off. I'm hoping to work on this more during the weekend but wanted to get everyone's input on the thought of 3 episodes per week and Friday as our start of the week of new eps date.

The sooner we work out the details, the sooner I can get word out and hopefully it will once again spark the passion we Losties had for the show when it was airing.

[Storyteller]

I don't think Kevin and I can commit at the moment. We have several shows that we are in the middle of watching on DVD (that we've been trying to get through for over a year), so I think we need to finish those first.

[Medieval Kevin]

I didn't know you where putting it off till round summertime... I'll say this, I will give it a shot at one episode a week. I know I could do that, as if it was still airing. Can't make any guarantees but I will try it out (Please don't kill me! lol)

[Hollywood Heidi]

Yup, summertime or around the time the fall season ends. Summertime doesn't offer as much to watch so I figured it's a good time to start.

Counting a part 1 and part 2 as separate eps and a two-hour ep as two eps, there are 121 eps. One ep a week would take two years and roughly 4 months (17 weeks). If we did 3 eps a week, it would take roughly 10 months (41 weeks). 2 eps a weeks would take a year and roughly 2 months (8.5 weeks). Or we can try to figure it into taking exactly a year so some weeks would be 2 eps, some 3. I could try to base it around season premieres and finales.

Of course, depending on how many people are interested, we could always have two groups; the year group and the ep a week group. The great thing about the ep a week group is that people who stumble across us a little late will be able to catch up more easily but really, all the discussions for all the eps are always open for more discussion. The ep or eps of the week can always be stickied so they don't get lost in the shuffle and people can continue to create new threads or open new discussions in an ep that was already spotlighted.

So here's another question for you guys. The pilot was a part 1 and part 2. Every finale was either two hours or a two parter that was 3 hours. Would you count a two-part episode as one episode? (Also keep in mind that without commercials, an hour episode is averaged at 42 min.)

The fall TV season ends in May so we can start this beginning of June. What do you guys think of the idea of Fridays being the starting point for a new ep or batch of eps?

I'm going to start working on a schedule of eps that will span one year just to see how it would pan out.

[The Jester Of Tortuga]

I am easy, I managed to watch all of season 5 in one day so think I could manage either.

I would class two parters as two episodes but overall I am easy in regards to most things so ya know whatevs.

[Hollywood Heidi]

Possible viewing schedule that will take us from June 5, 2015 to July 8, 2016.  (I just revised it after taking another look and found two places I could change a 3-ep week to a 2-ep week so it added two weeks).  Little over a year but there's only a couple batches of 3-eps in a week.  The others with three listed are the 3-hour season finales.  Thoughts?  Suggestions?

[Hollywood Heidi]

Just did a little revision to the schedule. If nobody has any objections or suggestions, let me know! I wanted to get word out right away.