The Lost Boys Has a Little Too Much of Everything, and That’s Okay
A show this big has so many metrics for evaluation that it’s possible to find ways to hate it and love it, marvel at it and disdain it at the same time. Ultimately, when this kind of scale manages to bring with it both genuine humor and beauty (Arden and Jen Schriever co-designed the lavish, illusion-fueling lights, and damn but they’re firing on all cylinders), I’m pulled toward enjoyment… Did I, whatever the issues of The Lost Boys, also have a pretty great time? Well. Is a vampire a pain in the neck?
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