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List Price: $39.99 | | Label: Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Salesrank: 930
Released: September 5, 2006 |
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Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
4, 8, 15, 16, 23, 42. Push the button and prepare to be blown away by the groundbreaking television event USA Today calls "TV's best series." The multiple Emmy® Award-winning drama reaches new heights in its spectacular second season as the survivors of Oceanic Flight 815 discover they are not alone in their battle against "the Others," and a contested decision to open the hatch reveals a new realm of mystery and intrigue. Prepare yourself for the DVD experience of Season Two, complete with over 8 hours of original bonus material you can't see anywhere else -- including unaired original flashbacks -- and you'll discover for yourself why "everything happens for a reason."
Description of Lost - The Complete Second Season:
What was in the Hatch? The cliffhanger from season one of Lost was answered in its opening sequences, only to launch into more questions as the season progressed. That's right: Just when you say "Ohhhhh," there comes another "What?" Thankfully, the show's producers sprinkle answers like tasty morsels throughout the season, ending with a whopper: What caused Oceanic Air Flight 815 to crash in the first place? As the show digs into more revelations about its inhabitant's pasts, it also devotes a good chunk to new characters (Hey, it's an island; you never know who you're going to run into.) First, there are the "Tailies," passengers from the back end of the plane who crashed on the other side of the island. Among them are the wise, God-fearing ex-drug lord Mr. Eko (standout Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje); devoted husband Bernard (Sam Anderson); psychiatrist Libby (Cynthia Watros, whose character has more than one hidden link to the other islanders); and ex-cop Ana Lucia (Michelle Rodriguez), by far the most infuriating character on the show, despite how much the writers tried to incur sympathy with her flashback. Then there are the Others, first introduced when they kidnapped Walt (Malcolm David Kelley) at the end of season one. Brutal and calculating, their agenda only became more complex when one of them (played creepily by Michael Emerson) was held hostage in the hatch and, quite handily, plays mind games on everyone's already frayed nerves. The original cast continues to battle their own skeletons, most notably Locke (Terry O'Quinn), Sun (Yunjin Kim) and Michael (Harold Perrineau), whose obsession with finding Walt takes a dangerous turn. The love triangle between Jack (Matthew Fox), Kate (Evangeline Lilly) and Sawyer (Josh Holloway), which had stalled with Sawyer's departure, heats up again in the second half. Despite the bloating cast size (knocked down by a few by season's end) Lost still does what it does best: explores the psyche of people, about whom "my life is an open book" never applies, and cracks into the social dynamics of strangers thrust into Lord of the Flies-esque situations. Is it all a science experiment? A dream? A supernatural pocket in the universe? Likely, any theory will wind up on shaky ground by the season's conclusion. But hey, that's the fun of it. This show was made for DVD, and you can pause and slow-frame to your heart's content. Just try and keep that head-spinning to a minimum.
On the DVD
Commentaries by various cast members and producers reveal little other than the occasional easter egg (the Dharma logo on the shark fin, Walt's mumbling translating to "Don't push the button; the button is bad" backwards). But disc seven opens with an eerie Hanso Foundation instructional video, leading you to eight hours of bonus features, including cast members' own theories, deleted scenes, and featurettes on specific episodes. It's all well and good for Lost fanatics, but if you want the cream of the crop, check out: "Lost Connections," an interactive feature that reveals how all the islanders are actually linked (for instance, one of the officers who captured Sayid during the Gulf War is Kate's father); a Channel UK promo for the show directed by David LaChappelle in which cast members suck in their cheeks and, dressed in evening wear, tango in slow motion as if in a Calvin Klein ad (it has to be a joke, right?); and "The World According to Sawyer," which strings together each of the un-PC nicknames and pop culture references spewed by Holloway's character. Favorites include "Chewie" for Jin and "Ponce de Leon" for Ana Lucia. It's by far the cherry on top of a sweet dessert. --Ellen A. Kim
Lost - The Complete Second Season Reviews:
It was a late Birthday gift 
2009-10-24 - I ordered this product two weeks before my friends birthday and it didn't come until the end of the next month. Not only did it not arrive until after the late deliver by date, but it was even a week after that. Not sure what happened, but being a late birthday gift is not appreciated.
Lost 2 
2009-10-15 - Love this show. Found the rest of this season in stores and could never find season 2. Come to amason and found it right away. Got it for a good price and was shipped out in one day, was at house less than a week.
Good 2nd season!!!
2009-09-17 - The first season drew me in. The crash, the mysterious surroundings of the Island, The black mist that seems to go after the survivors, the mysterious others, and then that mysterious hatch that just got it's lid blown off. We find out what that bright light came from, we discover that the hatch has a big surprise for those who want to venture in it.
The season begins slowly and drags on before things start to come into play. The character Desomond gets played out fully and tells them about the numbers that need to be punched in or something "bad" will occur. What gets me though is if this guy has been doing this for over three years, punching in the same numbers so many times a day, why isn't he suffering from loss of sleep? hmm....
We found out about the "Tallies" in which brings some more spice to the season. Michelle Rodriguez plays a great role trying to lead this band of survivors even though the deck was stacked against them a little more then the orginal cast. (she gets killed off too soon IMHO) The character that you will grow to hate quick is Michael. All of these elements keeps the show interesting. A stunning appearance also appears to viewers over the leader of the others.
The ending just screams for people to get the 3rd season. It dosn't quite has the cliff-hanger of the 1st season, but it does pave the way.
This show is addictive!
2009-09-13 - The first time I started watching season 1 of Lost, I couldn't get interested so I only watched part of the first episode. Later, after seeing some of the staff of Lost on Top Chef, I decided to try again. I only had season one, but halfway through, I was hooked! I quickly ordered seasons 2, 3 and 4 and now I'm just waiting for season five to come out in December. What a great show to lose yourself in, but don't start watching if you don't have time to spare because it is addictive!
present for my Mom
2009-08-24 - My mother and my older daughter were anxiously waiting for all the seasons of Lost and were delighted with this DVD. The package arrived on time and all was great with the show.
