LOST – The Complete Sixth Season/The Final Season (2009 – 2010/ABC/Disney Blu-ray)
Picture:
B- Sound: B- Extras: C Episodes: C-
They used
to say that all good things come to an end, but more often lately, it has more
akin to doing some to death until it is played out beyond belief and stretched
out beyond recognition. Whether it is to
squeeze out maximum profits is besides the point, but the conclusion of a hit
series does not have to be this way if the makers respect their audience, but LOST was a show that started out with
some promise and energy before going down hill and becoming the unintentionally
funny version of Gillian’s Island
when all was said and done. Without the
actors being as good as they are, this would have been a total disaster.
Those
familiar with the series don’t need a five-season recap and that would be
telling for those who have not seen the show.
However, the basic arc of the story is that a plane crash lands on an
island, supposedly by accident. Then
wild, deadly things start to happen and this slowly (and later in the series,
we would say very slowly) culminates
into a soap opera instead of the suspenseful action drama it started out
as. The weekly TV grind got to the show
by the fourth season and this Complete Sixth
Season set shows that they should have quit a few years ago. We get 16 hours here and enough is enough.
The 1080p
1.78 X 1 digital High Definition image on all the shows can have some great
moments of detail and even depth, yet darker scenes do not look as good as they
should and the result is disappointing and not up to the best of some older
season Blu-rays. The DTS-HD MA (Master
Audio) 16/48 5.1 mix on each show is not bad, but dialogue has sonic limits
that should not be there, including being too much in the center channel. This affects the soundfield and also
disappoints.
Extras
are a great stills section Blu-ray exclusive BD Live interactive features, as
well as bloopers, audio commentaries, deleted scenes, the silly LOST in 8:15 –
A Crash Course (see the show sped up!?!), and featurettes The New Man In Charge, A
Hero’s Journey, See You In Another
Life, Bro and THE END: Crafting A Final Season.
- Nicholas Sheffo
