Lost - The Complete First Season (DVD, 2005, 7-Disc Set)

Season one of Lost belongs in any argument about the all-time great genre shows. While the mysteries of the island, the numbers, Locke, and more pull in displaced X-Files fans like me, the show is at its best when it focuses on the characters and their back stories before coming to the island. Lost teeters dangerously on the edge of absurd, but somehow manages to keep you bought into a place where polar bears roam and most the castaways keep looking like supermodels (So how does Hurley not lose weight on the island?)

I've seen all the episodes so the value of the DVD comes down to the special features. The seventh disk is a treat, filled with solid documentaries about the creation and production of the show. You'll get to see audition tapes of the cast (and learn that many of the actors were up for other parts or had characters written specifically for them based on the audition). You'll also see how a plane can be purchased, torn apart, shipped over seas, and made into a crash set in a matter of weeks.

This is definitely worth getting for newbies wanting to catch up for season 2 and true believers for the special features disk.

'Lost' was able to accomplish what Twin Peaks could not - constant momentum on a belief that nothing is what it seems. This is readily apparent on this sprawling seven DVD set that lets the viewer fully control TV's most addicting show.

Case design itself is suitable though to take even numbered discs out requires removing an odd-numbered one. DVD presentation is great - the menus are well thought out and the sound and picture are simply phenomenal. Great extras as well with casting tapes (Matthew Fox reading for Sawyer is awesome) as well as the requisite commentaries and 'Making Of' extras. Deleted scenes are somewhat scant and the bloopers are pretty run of the mill but the sheer quantity of stuff to behold makes up for it.

Gripes? Well, no huge ones really stand out. Some episodes lack the dramatic punch of others but that's to be expected. The greatest treasure, in my opinion, is picking out all the red herrings and 'McGuffins' that the creators pack into each episode (and trust me, there's a lot). You really get a feel for how well-written and delibrately paced the series is when watching the DVD's from start to finish. My favories are anything involving John Locke, the one person on the island whose motivations are still abundantly unclear.

If you are a fan of the TV show, this is a must have in your collection. It makes a great gift as well as an introduction to season two which just started. Join the millions of us who get 'Lost' every Wednesday!

You know a TV show or Movie is good when you purchase it to watch it whenever you wanted. I was to the point that I did not bother watching TV...it just wasn't good anymore. I watched the first episode of LOST when it aired and I was hooked. It was like an addiction, I found myself telling everyone to watch it.

If you have been to a movie lately you will notice that the theaters run at least a half hour of what I thought was upcoming movies. LOST was one of them, I turned to my husband and said that this is a must see. NOT, it was an upcoming TV show, I said to my husband "why are we here ... TV shows are better than most of movies out now days...plus it's free!"

That was over a year ago and since it aired I am HOOKED. If you want to watch good TV, this is it. It is action packed and grabs your attention constantly. It does not focus on one person it moves around to everyone on the show.

I hope you enjoy it as much as I am enjoying it.

This show has it all. A huge budget, an incredible sense of involvement. The way the show flows is incredible. It begins with a crash, but as time goes on the show begins to flashback and show you clues as to why people are on the island and how they got there. At that point you become involved with them. You are curious about Locke and crew. The discs starts flowing like fine wine. Soon you've watched 4 episodes in 3 hours and you are feasting for more. Make sure to just buy the discs so you dont have to be fiending for more at 2am knowing you've got a full bottle of wine, but no discs to watch.

Call your mother cause you are going away for awhile to watch this show.

There's a reason why it won the Emmy!!! It was the best show on TV last year (with 24 being a very close second). This DVD is excellent for those people that missed an episode here and there (I don't know why you would have though).

I will keep this short and sweet. The first season was awesome, and the season finale left everyone begging for the next season to start as soon as possible.

The second season has only created more questions instead of answering them, but that is what makes this show so great. If you are looking for a TV show that has great acting and more importantly, great writing, this is it.

Go out and watch this season!! You won't be disappointed!!!

I have felt from the first episode, that this is the best series on television at this time, and after watching the episodes again on this great DVD set, I have confirmed this. Every episode is so cleverly written, deftly acted and presented in such a cinematic way, that it really does seem like you are watching a (very) extended movie.

Everything is here, from the 24 episodes of the first season, to a great selection of featurettes, deleted scenes, bloopers and much more. If you are a fan of the show, do NOT miss out on purchasing this set. If you have never watched the series, then now is the time!

Not only does this new TV drama have a cult following, it's also got some of the most attractive actors and actresses on television. Filled with intrigue and great character development-you will want to watch this over and over again to see what you might have missed along the way. The tale of 40 airplane crash survivors who come to discover that the island they have been marooned on may not be all that it appears. Filled with flashbacks to help character development, mysterious creatures and happenings in the thick jungle surrounding the beach they've come to call home will thrill and mystify...is this real? Is this a dream? Are they alone on the island? Only the island knows...and it's not talking!

I agree that this is the best show of 2005 and possibly one of the best TV dramas of all time! (Firefly is my first choice) If you've never seen the show, you're lucky that you're getting all of it at once and not having to deal with the agony of waiting a week (or more) for the next episode! Get it, you won't be sorry. -Holly =]

I missed most of the first season of this show the first time around for a couple reasons. First, it was on at the same time as Smallville (another favorite of mine, which I have been watching from the beginning) and, second, I didn't learn about LOST until the middle of its first season. I did manage to catch a couple eps of repeats, which hooked me to the show immediately. Being a fantasy/paranormal writer, the intrigue of this show and the depth of character was awe-inspiring.

I didn't get to see the whole first season until the DVDs came out. I was hoping to make the DVDs last until Season Two started (thank God they moved both LOST and Smallville to different nights and times), so I could go right from Season One to Season Two, but I was so intrigued by Season One, I watched the whole thing in record time!

It should first be noted that I watch a lot of T.V. This means I watch a lot of good T.V., a good amount of fair T.V. and, yes, on occasion I have been known to sit through some horrible television.
When news began to leak out that J.J. Abrams was working on a pilot about a plane crash, my initial thought was: Cool, but it will never see the light of day, I figured some network honcho would corner J.J. wih, "It's good, but is it a series?"
Yes, it is a series. A well-written, well-acted, cinematic series with plot twists, high production values, and cliffhangers that keep you coming back every week.
I am telling you, even if you have never seen this, this is the one and only T.V. DVD that I would say it's okay to buy sight-unseen. It's that awesome.

Right off the bat, with the opening scene, one can sense that this is something reaching the extraordinary. A devastating frame: the catastrophic wreckage of a plane ripped apart and smoking- the hellish nightmare of chaos wracked upon a shore of sublime beauty, where stunned survivors clamor about trying to get a grip- the bright sands, the deeper shades of the jungle slightly inland, and the rocky heights of the cliffs against the backdrop of vast ocean and sky, conjures the feeling that the medium projecting all this can't possibly be merely a TV screen.

Needless to say, I was hooked from then on. I'd not only made up my mind to watch the rest of the Season One episodes (4 episodes to each of the first 6 DVD's, and then the 7th for special features), but had also made sure that I would acquire them, as I knew I'd certainly not be the only one of my acquaintance to needs get hooked on something such as this.

Each episode focuses on one of the 14 main characters in the form of flashbacks while the storyline moves forward on the island (there were some 48 survivors in all, but only a few- the "take action", plaintively elite of the bunch - who are the focus.) Among them are Jack (Matthew Fox), a doctor; Kate (Evangeline Lilly), a fugitive from the law; Locke (Terry O'Quinn), a salesman at a box company; Charlie (Dom Monaghan), a British has-been rock star; Sayid (Naveen Andrews) an Iraqi soldier; and Michael (Harold Perrineau) an unemployed artist & construction worker who had just recently reclaimed his estranged 10-year-old son, Walt (Malcolm David Kelley) after the boy's mother's death. Add to the mix, with piquant dashes of blessed good chemistry, a rough-necked Texan con artist, a self-centered young woman and her brother, a young Korean couple, an unmarried Australian woman about to give birth, and a young man who'd won the lottery under weird circumstances, and you have here a show that raises the bar for all of network TV entertainment.

What makes this series additionally so appealing is its atmosphere, which contains somewhat of an undeniable supernatural factor. Indeed, it's almost as if the island itself were alive: an entity possessed of a soul all its own.

It started out kinda half sci-fi, half drama but all mystery-suspense. What a combo! Lost has captured an audience and has never let them go. It contains a cast that everyone can relate to in some way, as though you could be that person.
Every episode keeps you on the edge and wanting more. Lost is not lost at all, it is just what America needs.

This show has it all. A huge budget, an incredible sense of involvement. The way the show flows is incredible. It begins with a crash, but as time goes on the show begins to flashback and show you clues as to why people are on the island and how they got there. At that point you become involved with them. You are curious about Locke and crew. The discs starts flowing like fine wine. Soon you've watched 4 episodes in 3 hours and you are feasting for more. Make sure to just buy the discs so you dont have to be fiending for more at 2am knowing you've got a full bottle of wine, but no discs to watch.

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Lost is by far and away one of the best shows on television today. It is suspenseful, thrilling, and very dramatic. The one important factor though is that you can't miss a minute of the show!

You can't help but care about the characters and grow to root for them as they go through the trials and tribulations of being "LOST" on an uncharted island. Sure, that sounds very "Gilligan" but it's SO not. Each of these characters, in some way, has encountered the others at various points in their lives prior to the plane crashing. It is an uncanny reminder of just what a small world we live in.

If you have been hearing about Lost and want to see what all the fuss is about, you have to start from the beginning....and the Season 1 DVD's are a fantastic way to get hooked. You will not be able to stop watching them!

If you are looking for a TV series to get hooked to, look not further. This show is a combo of suspense, drama, mystery, comedy, and of coure, action. This show will keep you guessing episode to episode, so it is gret to have the DVD set. You will want to watch the DVDs multiple times to fully capture all the clues about the mysteries behind this show. The extras give you an in depth look at this show, and are very interesting to watch.

Don't Delay, but it today!

Viewers of Twin Peaks, Alias, 24 or X Files will love LOST. And, the DVD box set has lots of special treasures -- commentaries, deleted scenes, bloopers, auditions, etc. For those of you who don't know, the show is the story of 43 passengers of an ill fated Sydney to Los Angeles flight whomiraculous survive, but are marooned on a strange and enchanted island in the pacific. Building off the David Lynch principle from Twin Peaks (or many of his other movies like blue velvet or eraser head), things aren't as they seem; as you peel underneath the surface you discover the strange reality of things.

I wasn't very thrilled when my husband brought home "Lost" Season One but he kept telling me what a great show it is so that very weekend we started watching the series and I was hooked! I think we watched each disc one right after the other. I hope Season two is just as interesting to watch! Well worth it to buy and to watch!

I never saw an episode on TV surprisingly. Decided to rent the DVD and now I'm hooked. I saw the entire season in less than 2 days! Great DVD to have in a collection.

I kept hearing people say I should watch this show when it was coming on TV the first season. I never found the time to sit down then, but when it hit DVD I thought I'd give it a try. WOW!! I must have sat up till two in the morning a few nights in a row just to watch one more episode. I was able to complete the season in about 3 or so days.
Great plot. Excellent character twist. Unexpected story paths. Hands down one great series that I hope last for atleast 4 seasons.
Highly recommend!!!

LOST is the best TV show ever. It has the most interesting story line and characters. The production values are top notch. It does not get any better than this.

Lost is a great show from the 2005 season! An airplane goes down on a deserted island with many people on board. Most parish in the crash but some survive!

This is the tale of those survivors stranded on an island. But something eerie is going on there! There are bizare creatures inhabiting the island and strange going ons.

Each episode recounts the life of one of the castaways in their life before the island. And why they each were on that plane the day it crashed.

With a mixture of characters, and high entertainment this is sure to be as big a hit in season 2 as was season 1! The down fall is it is a very slow moving storyline, and more of a night time soap opera than anything. But still one that keeps me coming back week after week.

As far as newer television series' go, Lost is the cream of the crop. Solid acting, a large-scale ongoing plotline, and a better than normal budget all contribute. That said, it's also got some issues. The first season cued the "it was in the mind!" Deus ex machina far too often, and the "sudden revealing of a very personal secret" every episode grew tedious. I know, I know, it's all furthering the plotline, right? Well, season two won't be able to hold it together I'm afraid, too much hype to live up to.

As for the packaging, pretty standard to me. However, the discs are stored kinda wierd, and they seem to fall out, and you have to take them out more than one at a time to get to some of them.

I was very anxious to see Lost. It seemed so intriguing but I was disappointed. No not disappointed, I was Lost. It is a very indepth series about character development. It left you wondering. But did not hold my attention past the first 6 weeks. I gave up on it as I wanted more from it.

You wouldnt be able to understand as much from the second and third season, so this season is absolutely awesome! But the newer episodes HAVE to flashback and re tell some of the story because they are having trouble keeping people interested. Many of the viewers are getting LOST! I started watching the second season and totally digged it. The show is great even one piece at a time. So I watched the first season and loved it even more.