Day 419: "Lost" In Translation

Besides 'The OC', Addie and I have another addiction. And that's the TV show 'Lost.' The show was never aired in Korea (well, until this week) but we heard about it from people back home and decided to download it and check it out. Well beginning with its super-traumatic introduction with that plane crash on the beach, we were Hooked, Line, Sinker right from the start.

Well for those of you who don't watch the show, there's a Korean couple on the show. And so naturally this show has been brought to Korea as people here are quite excited about 'their presence' on this American TV show. The funny thing is the 'spin' that the TV network has placed on the show...

Lost is a show that's twisted, complicated, dramatic, and at times quite dark. All of the characters have a story and secrets about their past to hide, and every week we find out a bit about everyone's less-than-rosy history while they try and survive on this strange and dangerous island.

Well the TV channel that is going to be carrying Lost has made up these commercials that show all the survivors running around laughing and dancing and splashing in the waves of this beautiful tropical island. They call it 'Lost: Hawaii' (even though it's set on some unknown remote island in the South Pacific) and make it look like Baywatch or something! Yes, there's certainly fun and happy moments on the show. But also don't forget that the show opens with charred bodies lying scattered among the burning wreckage of an airplane, and that some of the subsequent survivors are later killed by monsters and psychopaths! This isn't spring break in Cancun or anything like that!

They also make it out to look like the Koreans are the main characters of the show! 75% of the clips for the show focus on the Korean couple, when they're not even among the main five characters, I'd say! Too funny! It definitely looks like something was "lost" in translation here, and that the Korean viewers are in for quite a surprise when they tune into the show with completely different expectations from what they're actually about to be delivered with! ;-)