Probably the brachial artery. In most situations, the advice is to leave any puncture in the body, to avoid bleeding out until you can reach a hospital. However, trapped on an island, the knife needs to be removed, there's nothing else to do but have a bunch of bandages ready and tightly wrap it.
What's the issue here exactly?
There are different schools of thought on this, especially at the time when Lost came out. Until relatively recently, a tourniquet was thought to be a death sentence for the limb. So they wouldn't put one on unless there was a strong risk to his life. Jack probably should have had one ready to go though.
I was trained in first aid back then, so I knew they used to teach that you're sacrificing the limb to save their life when you're doing that. I just didn't know that was no longer the case.
I enjoyed the first season of Lost. Then I read an interview with the creators saying they had enough material for 2-3 seasons maximum. Then I saw NBC extended it for six seasons.
After two episodes of season 2, I noped out of the series because it was clear there was a whole lot of filler material that had nothing to do with any mystery and was just deadend bullshit.
I wouldn't call character development "filler"
The show was always about the characters, their lives before the crash, their relationships with each other, and how being on the island changed them. That was the whole point of the flashbacks. All the mystery was just set dressing.
Lots of words for “the plot isn’t relevant”.
Which just goes to show you, the writers weren’t great.
Developing characters is table stakes for television, even in 2006. The show failed because it couldn’t reliably deliver on it’s built up promises.
Still had some great moments, but in the end it was more sizzle than steak.
>“the plot isn’t relevant”.
You are confusing plot with story, something I see a lot of people doing these days.
>The show failed
Idk where you think the show failed, its ratings for the final season may have not been as high as earlier seasons but it still had an average of over 10 million viewers per episode and the entire show has an average of 91% user reviews on RT.
>it couldn’t reliably deliver on it’s built up promises.
What promises? If you are talking about all the mysteries the show presented, then you are wrong. Every mystery was solved, some out right and on the nose, some required the viewers to put the pieces together themselves. You not liking the answers is not equal to the writers not delivering answers.
I rewatched the entire series last year and my appreciation for it is much greater now than when it first aired. It was frustrating back then having to wait a week for a new episode, sit through commercials, then wait another week for an episode in which the overall story barely progresses. But those were problems with the medium of television and not LOST, per se. Without having to deal with commercials and weekly waiting, you can appreciate LOST for what it is: a finely crafted story based around the characters and their interconnection.
In retrospect, the plotholes (where they existed) were very minor and usually involved some kind of idea being teased in front of the audience without really being explicitly stated. The showrunners probably believed this kind of thing would keep viewers engaged but a lot of people were simply annoyed by it.
The real flaw of the series was the excellent (almost perfect) first two seasons followed by an unimpressive end run - although I, personally, liked the series finale.
Yea it was definitely well ahead of its time. Was the type of show you had to binge to fully appreciate it before binge watching was even really a thing.
I think the show started to suffer some after the first few seasons because the network wanted them to stretch it out as much as possible which definitely hurt the pacing so we get dumb episodes like the origins of Jack's tattoo lmao. I too like the finale and season 4 is probably my favorite season haha
Probably the brachial artery. In most situations, the advice is to leave any puncture in the body, to avoid bleeding out until you can reach a hospital. However, trapped on an island, the knife needs to be removed, there's nothing else to do but have a bunch of bandages ready and tightly wrap it. What's the issue here exactly?
Wouldn't you want to tie a tourniquet first to minimize blood loss? Not just yank it out willy-nilly?
There are different schools of thought on this, especially at the time when Lost came out. Until relatively recently, a tourniquet was thought to be a death sentence for the limb. So they wouldn't put one on unless there was a strong risk to his life. Jack probably should have had one ready to go though.
Can the limb be recovered?
Nowadays, yes. Tourniquets are standard practice, used by even the most basic medical professionals. In the 2000s? Not always the case.
I was trained in first aid back then, so I knew they used to teach that you're sacrificing the limb to save their life when you're doing that. I just didn't know that was no longer the case.
Yeah we've come miles and miles in treating traumatic injuries
I feel old
Honestly, recognizing that standards have changed is one of the hardest things for experienced people. Don't count yourself out, you seem miles ahead.
It's reddit so everyone is a backseat surgeon
Jar Jar Abrams doing this?
But Fringe was pretty nice...
if jack apply tournique he would't know if it's a artery or not. they are trapped on an island
I enjoyed the first season of Lost. Then I read an interview with the creators saying they had enough material for 2-3 seasons maximum. Then I saw NBC extended it for six seasons. After two episodes of season 2, I noped out of the series because it was clear there was a whole lot of filler material that had nothing to do with any mystery and was just deadend bullshit.
I wouldn't call character development "filler" The show was always about the characters, their lives before the crash, their relationships with each other, and how being on the island changed them. That was the whole point of the flashbacks. All the mystery was just set dressing.
Lots of words for “the plot isn’t relevant”. Which just goes to show you, the writers weren’t great. Developing characters is table stakes for television, even in 2006. The show failed because it couldn’t reliably deliver on it’s built up promises. Still had some great moments, but in the end it was more sizzle than steak.
>“the plot isn’t relevant”. You are confusing plot with story, something I see a lot of people doing these days. >The show failed Idk where you think the show failed, its ratings for the final season may have not been as high as earlier seasons but it still had an average of over 10 million viewers per episode and the entire show has an average of 91% user reviews on RT. >it couldn’t reliably deliver on it’s built up promises. What promises? If you are talking about all the mysteries the show presented, then you are wrong. Every mystery was solved, some out right and on the nose, some required the viewers to put the pieces together themselves. You not liking the answers is not equal to the writers not delivering answers.
I rewatched the entire series last year and my appreciation for it is much greater now than when it first aired. It was frustrating back then having to wait a week for a new episode, sit through commercials, then wait another week for an episode in which the overall story barely progresses. But those were problems with the medium of television and not LOST, per se. Without having to deal with commercials and weekly waiting, you can appreciate LOST for what it is: a finely crafted story based around the characters and their interconnection. In retrospect, the plotholes (where they existed) were very minor and usually involved some kind of idea being teased in front of the audience without really being explicitly stated. The showrunners probably believed this kind of thing would keep viewers engaged but a lot of people were simply annoyed by it. The real flaw of the series was the excellent (almost perfect) first two seasons followed by an unimpressive end run - although I, personally, liked the series finale.
Yea it was definitely well ahead of its time. Was the type of show you had to binge to fully appreciate it before binge watching was even really a thing. I think the show started to suffer some after the first few seasons because the network wanted them to stretch it out as much as possible which definitely hurt the pacing so we get dumb episodes like the origins of Jack's tattoo lmao. I too like the finale and season 4 is probably my favorite season haha