Thread: 'Lost" finale

Does anyone her watch "Lost"? I'm interested in what you thought of the finale. Personally, I thought it was the most disappointing and unimaginative end imaginable. It was like a listening to a long joke with not punchline.

I thought it was amazing, because it made me realize, I've been watching the wrong show. I thought it was about the mystery of the island, and the crazy monster and stuff...but it was really about the people. And realizing that, I understood that what was best about the show WAS the people.

Loved it.

But what was the joke you refer to?

I agree, the people were the best part of the show. But which people? Sawyer the con man or Sawyer the cop? Locke the wise, survivor who could suddenly walk, then turned killer, then died or Locke the substitute teacher in the wheelchair? Ben the diabolical cult leader or Ben the concerned and dediated high school teacher? My objection to the finale was that they totally disregarded the other lives these characters seemed to be living elsewhere after the bomb restored (or destroyed?) the timeline.

Originally Posted by leadduck

I agree, the people were the best part of the show. But which people? Sawyer the con man or Sawyer the cop? Locke the wise, survivor who could suddenly walk, then turned killer, then died or Locke the substitute teacher in the wheelchair? Ben the diabolical cult leader or Ben the concerned and dediated high school teacher? My objection to the finale was that they totally disregarded the other lives these characters seemed to be living elsewhere after the bomb restored (or destroyed?) the timeline.

Ahhh...I think I see the problem.

The bomb never went off. That other timeline was them after they eventually died. They made this kind of...limbo. It was a place where they could resolve all of the little problems they needed to come to terms with before moving on. Each of them would die, and they would all be together and they would come to terms with their lives, and then move on to whatever comes next.

Those lives were all...imaginary, for want of a better word. The Island was real, and it was the most important point in their lives.

I kinda got bored with it around season 4, but I did read up on the finale. Found this humorous image today titled How Lost should have ended:

I lol'd...

Originally Posted by commiecat

Fantastic!!!


At first, I was really satisfied, then a few days later was annoyed at how anticlimactic it was, and then I went back to being satisfied. It wasn't a huge roller coaster ending. It was the last episode of a series. It was closure. I can now live my life free from the clutches of Lost!

Originally Posted by JimR

I thought it was amazing, because it made me realize, I've been watching the wrong show. I thought it was about the mystery of the island, and the crazy monster and stuff...but it was really about the people. And realizing that, I understood that what was best about the show WAS the people.

Loved it.

What he said.

In the episodes leading up to the finale, I thought a lot about what would be a satisfactory ending...and there weren't many to choose from. Aliens? Horrible. All a dream? A complete rip off. They all died in the plane crash and the entire series was in the afterlife? Not impressed.

It seems to me that rather than picking an explanation that might not satisfy people, they just skipped the explaining part. What's the island? Figure it out! As for the parts of their lives that were actually set in purgatory, I thought it was an interesting way to reveal how the characters really felt about themselves. Some were living how they wished they could have been, and others were living how they feared they might have become. Both were very interesting to me.

That all said, I'm fascinated with character, so my enjoyment might not translate to those more interested in plot.

Originally Posted by leadduck

Does anyone her watch "Lost"? I'm interested in what you thought of the finale. Personally, I thought it was the most disappointing and unimaginative end imaginable. It was like a listening to a long joke with not punchline.

I found it the most frustrating thing, the story allways promised to lead somewheres but just never got there. Some other movies have been like that. You wait all through the movie for it to happen and it doesn't. I watched on the net once a whole years worth of lost synopsis and still could not fiqure it out, consequently I did not bother watching it again. Pity because I do enjoy a good scifi

cheers