Gearing up for LOST: Ranking the men of Lost
As for TV, I'm down to Lost as the sole show that I watch. Alias was cancelled after last season, and nothing new really piqued my interest this season. But that's okay. Lost can quickly become a full time obsession, what with the DVDs and the interactive internet sites and trying to solve all those mysteries. I'm resigned to the possibility that Lost may go as The X-Files (RIP) did, with nothing satisfactorily explained. But while The X-Files pretty much only had David Duchovny to lust after on a regular basis (sometimes Skinner or Krychek would show up, and I didn't mind looking at Doggett), Lost is just chock full of pretty, pretty men. The women aren't bad either- Sun is so luminious she just fills me with envy.
Which leads me to the point of this post: ranking the men of Lost in order of HOT-ness. I decided to use any male character who ever had a flashback, even if they're not a regular castmember- I had to get Desmond on there somewhere. Of course, that means including Bernard, but he's got a nice sort of sweetness to him, yes?
12. Bernard: As I mentioned above, Bernard is sweet. But he comes off as rather asexual; he's a great guy but not one to start my motor. Still, the triple shock involved in revealing his character was fantastic: not only was Rose's husband alive, he was white, and furthermore, they were newlyweds!
11. Locke: In the first season, Locke probably would have ranked higher on my list. Terry O'Quinn is a great actor (he was on Alias too!), and I love that Locke knows his way around a knife. But his character has gone off the deep end in a big way, and it's not the good kind of crazy.
10. Michael: Much like Locke, I would have put Michael higher before the events of the second season. But since I am one of the few people I know who actually liked Ana Lucia, I'm not going to forgive Michael for killing her. Also, the WALT! got a little tiresome after a while. The island hasn't been kind to his sanity, and it hasn't been kind to him physically either. It isn't Harold Perrineau, since I think he's a pretty good looking guy (I was strangely attracted to his drag queen Mercution in Baz Luhrmann version of Romeo and Juliet, but then again I just love Mercutio), but the jungle living doesn't look as good on him as it does say, Sayid or Sawyer.
9. Hurley: I love Hurley. He's one of the most unambigiously good characters on the island. And Jorge Garcia is a damn good actor (he is also, according to Cynthia Watros on the DVD commentary, a good kisser). Let's face it though, he wasn't hired to be eye candy the way some of the rest of cast was. Still, I bet he'd be nice to hug.
8. Charlie: Let me confess something: I am a Pervy Hobbit Fancier™, so Dominic Monaghan and the other three hobbits have eternal goodwill from me. At the very beginning, Charlie was my absolute number one Lost crush. I loved the little junkie. But again, the island hasn't helped his mental health, and kidnapping Claire's baby and starting that fire was really not cool. I see more redemption on the horizon, though, so perhaps Charlie can reclaim a higher spot on this list.
7. Desmond: Desmond's a bit of an enigma still, so it's hard to define his hotness factor in terms of his character. But his flashback revealed pre-island, pre-crazy Desmond to be a good looking guy. And that accent? Yum.
6. Eko: My parish once had a visiting priest from Nigeria. Let's just say that had he been as good-looking as Eko, going to Mass would have been... awkward. As a character, Eko is great because he seems to truly be reformed from his former life of crime, And considering how he got into that life to begin with, I don't think he was ever as bad at heart as he had to be on the outside.
5. Sayid: Naveen Andrews is very very pretty. I'd rather listen to his real accent than the one he puts on for the show, but hey, beggars can't be choosers. I have to hand it to the creators of this show; they managed to make a former Republican Guard torturor an acceptable TV hero to a huge part of the American viewing audience- and they let him romance the hot blonde. Sayid's man of action attitude may get him in trouble, but then again, these characters don't have anywhere near a realistic level of curiosity about their surroundings, so at least he's doing something.
4. Boone: Numbers 2-5 on this list are pretty arbitrary. Any one of them could occupy any of these slots based on which episode I just got done watching. But Boone's story is pretty much told, since both he and Shannon are dead, so he can't really directly effect his place on this list anymore- he's just getting displace by the others. Boone was pretty much an idiot when first introduced, but he should some real personal growth and wasn't so useless by the time he kicked the buckett, But I miss his eyes.
3. Jin: Daniel Dae Kim is just too good-looking for words at times. I didn't so much like his character at first, since he seemed abusive and mysogynistic. However, further events on the island and his flashbacks have fleshed out the character very well.
2. Jack: Yeah, the ladies just love doctors. Sometimes Jack really does come off as a jackass, but at heart he really just does want to do the right thing. He's the closest thing this show has to a hero, which means he's the one up for the most criticism; but when he looks like Matthew Fox, I can't stay annoyed for long.
1. Sawyer: Sawyer's number one spot on this list is pretty much eternally assured. He's a smart as hell, devilishly handsome, and has a southern accent- how can I resist that? The complexities of Sawyer's character make him just as intriguing as his looks. Josh Holloway does a great job of making Sawyer larger than life and dangerously charismatic without going over the top. I've gotta root for the guy for whom finding reading material is a major concern after being stranded on a deserted island. I love that he'll read anything, too. Looking at him, you wouldn't peg him to read Watership Down or A Wrinkle In Time!
Which leads me to the point of this post: ranking the men of Lost in order of HOT-ness. I decided to use any male character who ever had a flashback, even if they're not a regular castmember- I had to get Desmond on there somewhere. Of course, that means including Bernard, but he's got a nice sort of sweetness to him, yes?
12. Bernard: As I mentioned above, Bernard is sweet. But he comes off as rather asexual; he's a great guy but not one to start my motor. Still, the triple shock involved in revealing his character was fantastic: not only was Rose's husband alive, he was white, and furthermore, they were newlyweds!
11. Locke: In the first season, Locke probably would have ranked higher on my list. Terry O'Quinn is a great actor (he was on Alias too!), and I love that Locke knows his way around a knife. But his character has gone off the deep end in a big way, and it's not the good kind of crazy.
10. Michael: Much like Locke, I would have put Michael higher before the events of the second season. But since I am one of the few people I know who actually liked Ana Lucia, I'm not going to forgive Michael for killing her. Also, the WALT! got a little tiresome after a while. The island hasn't been kind to his sanity, and it hasn't been kind to him physically either. It isn't Harold Perrineau, since I think he's a pretty good looking guy (I was strangely attracted to his drag queen Mercution in Baz Luhrmann version of Romeo and Juliet, but then again I just love Mercutio), but the jungle living doesn't look as good on him as it does say, Sayid or Sawyer.
9. Hurley: I love Hurley. He's one of the most unambigiously good characters on the island. And Jorge Garcia is a damn good actor (he is also, according to Cynthia Watros on the DVD commentary, a good kisser). Let's face it though, he wasn't hired to be eye candy the way some of the rest of cast was. Still, I bet he'd be nice to hug.
8. Charlie: Let me confess something: I am a Pervy Hobbit Fancier™, so Dominic Monaghan and the other three hobbits have eternal goodwill from me. At the very beginning, Charlie was my absolute number one Lost crush. I loved the little junkie. But again, the island hasn't helped his mental health, and kidnapping Claire's baby and starting that fire was really not cool. I see more redemption on the horizon, though, so perhaps Charlie can reclaim a higher spot on this list.
6. Eko: My parish once had a visiting priest from Nigeria. Let's just say that had he been as good-looking as Eko, going to Mass would have been... awkward. As a character, Eko is great because he seems to truly be reformed from his former life of crime, And considering how he got into that life to begin with, I don't think he was ever as bad at heart as he had to be on the outside.
5. Sayid: Naveen Andrews is very very pretty. I'd rather listen to his real accent than the one he puts on for the show, but hey, beggars can't be choosers. I have to hand it to the creators of this show; they managed to make a former Republican Guard torturor an acceptable TV hero to a huge part of the American viewing audience- and they let him romance the hot blonde. Sayid's man of action attitude may get him in trouble, but then again, these characters don't have anywhere near a realistic level of curiosity about their surroundings, so at least he's doing something.
4. Boone: Numbers 2-5 on this list are pretty arbitrary. Any one of them could occupy any of these slots based on which episode I just got done watching. But Boone's story is pretty much told, since both he and Shannon are dead, so he can't really directly effect his place on this list anymore- he's just getting displace by the others. Boone was pretty much an idiot when first introduced, but he should some real personal growth and wasn't so useless by the time he kicked the buckett, But I miss his eyes.
3. Jin: Daniel Dae Kim is just too good-looking for words at times. I didn't so much like his character at first, since he seemed abusive and mysogynistic. However, further events on the island and his flashbacks have fleshed out the character very well.
2. Jack: Yeah, the ladies just love doctors. Sometimes Jack really does come off as a jackass, but at heart he really just does want to do the right thing. He's the closest thing this show has to a hero, which means he's the one up for the most criticism; but when he looks like Matthew Fox, I can't stay annoyed for long.
1. Sawyer: Sawyer's number one spot on this list is pretty much eternally assured. He's a smart as hell, devilishly handsome, and has a southern accent- how can I resist that? The complexities of Sawyer's character make him just as intriguing as his looks. Josh Holloway does a great job of making Sawyer larger than life and dangerously charismatic without going over the top. I've gotta root for the guy for whom finding reading material is a major concern after being stranded on a deserted island. I love that he'll read anything, too. Looking at him, you wouldn't peg him to read Watership Down or A Wrinkle In Time!
Comments
I just featured Naveen Andrews as this week's "humpday hottie" (a weekly post idea I stole from someone way more clever than me) in honor of tonight's season premiere. That man is smokin' hot.
Prison Break also has a high mancandy factor, and has somehow managed to become even more homorerotic since they busted out of the joint.
Mmn. Robert Patrick. Hot stuff.
And Sawyer. Yum.
Boone - I never fancied him until the episode he died. Then I saw those gorgeous eyes, and phwoar, it hit me, total love.
Sayid - OH. MY. GOD. Total eye-candy, and just love the accent. He can torture me any which way he wants ;)
Desmond is beautiful, and as you say, the accent was pure lust-worthy.
My number 1 would have to be Sawyer, as well. My favourite part in the whole 2 series, was when he stole all the guns back, let off a stream of bullets into the air, and announced 'There's a new sheriff in town!' in that gorgeous Southern drawl. My oh my what I'd give for him not to be married right now...Well, married to me would be nice actually, I love a bad boy.