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I started a Virtual Season Two before S2 started. This was a good year ago. We got five eps in, and I got cold feet and quit.
Was it the right decision?
I have no idea. All I know is that I was burned out, and didn't feel I could continue at all. So I dropped it, alienating many people in the process, and let Alden take it over.
He started it up. By the time he had, I felt ready to give it another stab. Not in a big honcho role, but as a writer. We got 2x01/2x02 done (a few other eps almost done), and then he decided to take a temporal break because we were struggling to really nail 2x03 (an ep which shifted from writer to writer without much success.)
Will it be back? I have no idea.
Why do it in the first place?
I'm going to come out and say that this started as my need to see some of the Lost storylines continued before September 05... then it became a direct 'This show's getting really lame, I need to channel my energies into helping the Virtual Season do a better job.'
The problem is that people who don't like Lost... a minority. The rest of y'all love it apparantly, and this was reflected in some reviews. It's not wrong to compare us to Lost, but we were always taking it in a new direction.
That's the story. In my opinion, and I'm sure there'll be disagreements, so this isn't by any stretch of the imagination complete truth.
As for the real Lost... 2x01 'MOSMOF' was better than 2x01/2x02 'Genesis' (which I consider one giant episode)... but the 2x02 of Alden's one (which we co-wrote) is, in my opinion, Helluva degree better than 2x02 'Adrift'.
As I said before. Feel free to disagree.
On the score of me and Alden's 'original' shows... he's helping out with a soap opera esque show called Pathways, and has a few other neat projects in the pipeline. I'm sticking to one show myself (Jackson Cruise - soon to be in series section here), and when that ends I'm going to take a break and see what I can do about another VS floating in my head.
I don't think it is either meself, but let the guy have his own damn opinion why don't you? I mean come on... not everyone is in love with Lost Season Two.