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Carnivale compared to LOST


I followed LOST through it's entire run and I loved every second of it. A couple of weeks ago I decided to give Carnivale a shot without even knowing anything about it at all.

First I have to say, WOW. What an amazing and excellent show! How could they cancel it after just two seasons?!?!?! My guess is that the show came out before people were crazy for TV like the are now. I bet if this show came out now, it would go at least 6 seasons.

As for it's connections to LOST... I have to say, I lost a little respect for LOST. They took a LOT from Carnivale. Management's trailer is basically Jacob's cabin... both with "invisible" leaders inside. Killing the "devil" character with a special knife. .. .. there were several other things that I can't remember right now but it really stuck me as odd that LOST took so much from them!


I still love LOST, and now I love Carnivale... but I just found it so shocking that LOST borrowed so much!

and don't even get me started on the the last season of Heroes... which literally stole the entire plot of Carnivale.


http://youtu.be/9nWjNgV_6yc?t=3m40s

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I was not a big fan of LOST, I liked some of the ideas but overall I got pretty bored of it and felt like I was forcing myself to continue to watch.

Carnivale though was the opposite, the show just took me by surprise and I could not stop watching, everything about it was perfect for me. While Lost had some great aspects, there was also a bunch of aspects I didnt like. Also I found Carnivale to have much better writing and more consistent acting.

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I don't think Lost copied Carnivale but yeah there are definite similarities between Jacob/Man in Black and Management/Scudder.

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I don't think LOST "borrowed" a lot so much as they both pulled from common sources and existing mythologies, specifically Judeo-christian mysticism.

Life just isn't like the movies, is it?

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I
don't
really
see the
similarity.
I loved Lost.
Always will. But
I'm sure Carnivale
has been Influential.

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Draco, is there a reason why all your posts look like they were written by a retarded poet with ocd?






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Draco, is there a reason why all your posts look like they were written by a retarded poet with ocd?


Drat. My
secrets out.





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It's cause he's a retarded poet with ocd.

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Lost sucked.




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