"It's not like CSI [...] where you can miss a few episodes and when you get it, you'll always know everything. Lost In things are different. is a series that must be addressed as a book and read chapter after chapter [...] because otherwise you do not understand anything. JJ and I have tried to replicate the model of comic narrative with which we have grown from boys' [1] . The one with the comics is a relationship that every American writer (even more so if the audiovisual) have well-rooted in their DNA, given the prevalence of this medium, often against the most intelligent, 40s then in the United States. The same Damon Lindelof, though starting as a television writer, in 2006 he
When Damon Lindelof said in an interview that "Watchmen (1986-1987) is the greatest work of fiction ever produced" [2] probably believed to have been unclear and shortly afterwards indicated that they considered "the best book I ever read and will be forever. I can not think of anyone else who has written something like this or it will never do, " [3] . A thought probably shared by many, if Time in 2005 has included in its list of 100 best novels in English from 1923 to today [4] and the aforementioned Brian K. Vaughan has admitted to having taken the main inspiration to start writing [5] . It is obvious that with such conditions, the end result Lost have several features in common with the famous graphic novel written by Alan Moore and illustrated by Dave Gibbons, just think of the fact that both works are serial ( Watchmen was released as a miniseries of 12 rolls) and choral, with chapters / episodes exploration of the individual characters through the appropriate use of flashbacks . In addition, both Watchmen Lost that are known for meticulous attention to detail, scene after scene, table after table there is some very important element hidden at first sight as well as cultural references dished out in large quantities. If these elements are common only from structural point of view, from the narrative there are certainly similarities: for example in the Watchmen Comedian is thrown off a building after discovering the plans of the enemy, while in Lost the same happens to Locke when it threatens to reveal the father's fraudulent projects. Or the island hidden from the eyes of the world on which Ozymandias send scientists to do research (like DHARMA), or the history of the Black Freighter (as the mysterious Black Rock of Lost ) and even precognitive powers dr. Manhattan and Desmond. And the authors of Lost be great lovers of the work of Moore, are also thought to mention the gagging of those who travel in time, as Silk Spectre when he arrives on Mars and how Ben and Locke when they occur in the desert Tunisia after moving to the island in space-time.
Andrea Belcastro
[1] Damon Lindelof interviewed by Marco Spagnoli for www.fantascienza.com (13/06/2006).
[2] interview Jeff Jensen Watchmen: An Oral History . Entertainment Weekly (05/25/2007).
[3] interview Mike Cotton for THE WIZARD Q & A ; A: WATCHMEN . (07/21/2007).
[4] "ALL-TIME 100 Novels" . TIME, (2005).
[5] See interview with Jon Lachonis for www.buddytv.com (09/22/2007).
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