LOST finale: Thoughts, feelings, emotions?
This is clearly not Richmond-specific news, but as you probably won’t be able to have a conversation today that doesn’t involve *some* reference to LOST’s final episode, we figured we’d open up the conversation.
This is clearly not Richmond-specific news, but as you probably won’t be able to have a conversation today that doesn’t involve *some* reference to LOST’s final episode, we figured we’d open up the conversation.
So, what did you think? Were you satisfied with how it all ended? Disappointed? Still not sure WTF just happened?
WARNING: There are sure to be spoilers here, so if you haven’t watch it yet and plan to, it would probably be best to come back later.
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Valerie Catrow
Valerie Catrow is editor of RVAFamily, mother to a mop-topped first grader, and always really excited to go to bed.
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WTF. All of that to find out what we guessed in season I – they are dead? No. Me. Gusta.
I thought the finale lived up perfectly to the show’s reputation, as one long, drawn-out, cliff-hanger that kept people coming back for more despite a cohesive plot or story line. The finale was one big jumble of nonsense, just like the entire series was. Sure, the characters are enduring but the show was a big hoax, with promises of answers to wild concepts that not even the most genius of physicists can answer. I suppose that it was easy for these writers to swindle idiot masses to keep watching as the plots became more and more absurd. After all, the audience already had so much invested, they couldn’t stop watching. It’s like the financial bubble of television shows that finally burst last night and left everyone empty handed. Or like the wizard of oz, at the end of the day it was all a facade with a little man behind a fancy curtain. I challenge anyone to explain the entire premise, lessons and purpose of the show. It’s impossible, unless done in an overly simplistic way that negates most of the details of the show. It’s utterly mind-numbing and pointless. For anyone with even the slightest of philosophical minds, this show is enough to make one hurl. It was all a bunch of writers, dappling in broad ideas, pontificating on for 6 seasons in a way that convinced audiences that it actually had something to share with the world. No, don’t be fooled, you’re better off reading the works of Locke, Rousseau, Benthum, Bakunin, Thomas Carlyle, Edmund Burke, and Hume, or what of scientist Michael Faraday? Lost turned all of it into a farce and served to stifle any real debate or creativity.
I was really disappointed as well, I thought that was a ridiculous ending. After sleeping on it I’m a little less outraged, but I think they should have tried to wrap up the mythology and mysteries as well as they did they character stories.
nah i liked the ending, it was a more meaningful ending then action packed explosive thrill seeker ending.
They all in the end went beyond this world, the story of “Lost’ was to show many things, destiny, love, friendship and it ties in with faith
Bravo “Lost” creators it was a great story
Ok, this is how I see it, and I may be wrong. My thought is first, the writers are clever, and remember there is marketing involved here, so naturally if all questions were answered, there would be less Bluray sets sold.
With Jack a surgeon and having “unfinished business” before he could move on “after his death”, he materialized all of the characters and the relationships. Havig such a complex career, his imagination put him int a search for meaning and purpose. The final stone in the hole was the surgeon in Jack fixing the broken island. Individuals on the island were the disease. Although all of it seems a bit disapointing, I am actually glad the writers did not go for the storybook ending which can tend to make you naseaus.
My take on it anyways.
Kev
I don’t think they were dead. Jack’s dad said “everything that happened, happened”. My understanding (or guess) is that they lived on the island. The alternate universe, where they all meat at the church was them in some kind of purgatory, but they were alive on the island. I need to re-watch it.
I agree, @oldhick…they were only dead in the “flash sideways,” and therefore the finale only answered that one question, really. I am not disappointed; I would not have expected anything else from this show. But I still have a lot of questions!!!!
I finally understand why Hurley never lost any weight.
I hated it when I first watched it, but after sleeping on it, I kind of love how they ended things. Sure, I have about a million questions still, but I think that’s ok.
I’ll admit, I got a little choked up when Vincent showed up at the end.
I think people that were disappointed are too caught up in the “how” and not concentrating on the “why”.
It started with daddy issues, those daddy issues were resolved, and it ended.
The flash-sideways was a sort of pre-heaven where they all had to find peace. They all died at separate times and in separate ways.
Haters are welcome to submit better endings to me at mattmoment.com
Yeah, I think it’s key to note that they all died at separate times. Jack’s dad said something along the lines of some die before you, some long after. So just because they were all in the same place at the end didn’t mean that something catastrophic happened that killed them all (which I’ve seen people saying/questioning on the twitters).
I am not crazy about the ending, but then I did not expect to be- there was no way that all questions would be answered. Purgatory it is then, despite early denials. But I enjoyed the journey and I expect to see a lot more what if’s develop still.
Yes. They all died at separate times. Also evidenced when Hurley tells Ben he was a good number 2. Who knows how long they protected the island together. ..
I didn’t like it at first either but the more I thought about it today the more it made sense.
It is a comment on religion. Religion is man’s attempt to explain the unexplained. There are many religions and many explanations. None of them satisfying to everyone.
Same goes for what happens in the show. The island has mysterious powers. People have come to the island and tried to understand it for thousands of years. There is certainly some powerful force that has certain metaphysical properties. But it cannot be fully explained.
I also believe they certainly ended up in the flashsideways/Limbo because of their exposure to the island. The alternate universe may have been created when Juliette set off the bomb, but I’m not sure of that. It could be something that happens to anyone who comes to the island.
Whatever the case, there is room left for debate on that and the many other open ended questions. Just like religion.
And my favorite thing to think about is that Desmond had the ability to travel back and forth to the afterlife. He is a Bodhisattva.
I think that the LOST series was great but the final episode left me “LOST”. I believe that i wouldn’t have expected so much if the commercials didn’t say that all questions would be solved and laid to rest. Not to mention that people have speculated that they were dead and the writers dismissed the idea. I’m game for creating different interpretations but not when I’m told that those interpretations will either prove fact or fiction by the end of the show. They spent six seasons creating this elaborate story line to only answer maybe 5 of the 20 big questions on everyone’s mind. i just needed more. and because i am a lost fan i would have sat at my television for hours to figure it all out! lol!
The characters each had to find their own worth and meaning in life during the course of the show and I think perhaps the writers intended that viewers do the same. While the smoke monster, polar bear, Others, and the island itself were interesting asides, it was the journey of self-discovery that the characters undertook that really solidified the show for me. Like “Lost”, we’ll never discover answers to the questions we have about life and the universe in which we exist but in the end maybe Jack’s father is right… our memories and learning to let go are really all that matter.
the island is a place where they come together and are sent there to meet one another. i beleive that they were all going to die anyways and they needed to all be together in the afterlife for some reason. So they were all placed on the island to meet each other. The island is real and they people on it are also real. Once they have proved that they are worthy of moving on to Heaven, they die and are placed in purgatory(the church) where they await the arrival of all of their other friends to prove themselves. Once everyone is there, they move on through the gates and into heaven to spend their afterlife together
I agree with alot of what Alfonso says. The light on the island is a metaphor for the mystery of life, why we all exist. People will try to understand through science or religion, try to harness it’s power, but you can never fully comprehend the unknowable.
The sideways world or purgatory is where the characters must let go of their worldly problems before moving on. It’s a little bit Buddhist actually.
I think Jack’s son was really his inner child. Through his inner child he resolved his problems with his father.
Sayid’s love for Nadia was never fulfilled. He had to accept that it would never happen. Shannon already loved him so he moved on with her.
The Kwon’s had issues with Sun’s father, and also had to accept that they would never see their daughter grow up.
Sawyer had to accept that he would never get his revenge on the man who ruined his family. He was a cop in purgatory to try and become a better man.
Kate had to accept that though she had reason, she did commit murder. She wasn’t running from the law, she was running from her guilt.
All these issues really suck, but the point is that hanging on to them won’t help you. You have to accept your flawed history, embrace the love from people around you and move on. That’s the most important thing, and the point of the show I think.
i was shocked but i kinda guessed thay where dead but my mom thought it was all a dream but i dont get it really there is still a whole bunch of unanswered qustions and the writers thought that if thay killed off everyone at one time that that would stop us from wondering
If you didn’t get the ending, you did not pay attention durring the series. Although some of the mysteries were left unanswered (most fitting), the majority were. LOST was based on mystery and the unexplained,thus thats how it ended. The end was based on MANY religious themes, though totally not a religious ending. It left the viewer to find there own answer to what comes after.
some great resources on LOST commentary:
http://lostdogs20.tumblr.com/post/635198503/extended-explanation-of-lost-from-bad-robot-jjs
And a response to the story of the show in relationship to the Christian story: http://cinemagogue.com/2010/05/26/getting-lost-our-hero-shepherd/
WHAT WERE THE NUMBERS???? Also @oldhick, what is Meat Church?