Lost Ends

Unless you live in a hatch somewhere, you are probably aware that Lost has ended. If you want a simple, clear explanation of exactly how the series resolved, Lost Untangled will do nothing to clarify things for you. For everyone else, I provide this discussion thread for you to complain/revel in the most spoiler-laden manner you desire.

Comments

Re:Was Not Impressed at All

[nomorecwrd]

In this case, "life is a journey not a destination" holds true.
In the end, for me at last, it didn't mattered how the series ended, it gave me several hours of fine and smart entertainment and I'm thankful for that.

I will be there standing in line waiting to see more and more smart series like this one.

Fucking haters

[Enderandrew]

For six years I've heard people bitch incessantly about how this show will never reveal answers. They said you wouldn't see the monster for six-seven years. Then you see the monster in season 1.

The show provided answer after answer after answer.

Still people bitched and said they hated the show. But for some crazy reason they continued to watch for years.

Lost had the most perfect finale I've ever seen for a show (topping ST:TNG). This was a rare case in which they did have a clear idea for a story from the beginning. So many concepts hinted at early had massive reveals later. They told the story they wanted to tell. If you truly hated it, then no one forced you to watch it for six years. Not a soul.

So why did you watch it? I suspect deep down you did really love it. And if you think you were cheated, then you're not really thinking clearly. What more did you want? Did you want "midichlorian" explanations?

"Across The Sea" demonstrated how simply spoon-feeding you answers isn't particularly entertaining. If you didn't enjoy the show, you should have stopped watching. But personally, I thoroughly enjoyed the fuck out of it. It was the most intelligent and in depth story I've ever seen told. The problem with so many other complex stories of this scope is that they fall off the deep end and don't end well (Dark Tower, Neon Genesis Evangelion, The Prisoner). Lost broke the mold is actually giving you coherent answers and a great finale. Seriously, name another story on this scale that was told better.

Re:Was Not Impressed at All

[linzeal]

At least we knew what a fucking replicant was. That is good storytelling, explanation to go along with the exploration of the human condition. Wrapping up everything with a Christian allegory is pandering for DVD sales to people who worship feel good ignorance over cold hard substance.

Re:Fucking FINALLY

[linzeal]

There was a fucking butt plug holding in the immortality of heaven. It should of been shaped like baby Jesus. That was the explanation of 120 hours of storytelling, sorry if I think that is a cop out. Especially since the room they filmed it in looked like the set of the 1960's version of the Journey to the Center of the Earth.