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Closed AccountAug 2, 2010
His tweet back:
lul wut u mad?
salinungathaAug 2, 2010
Not a classy move at all. Some of those individual tweeters may have been rude but the message he is sending is that the frustration that many devoted Lost fans felt is just a matter of mirth to him, that he is ungrateful to have such fans.
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wicket146Aug 2, 2010
U dumb, I already got a wris****ch, u dumb.
kvachonAug 2, 2010
Classless comments beget classless reactions
mathsciteachAug 2, 2010
This is still my favorite ending:
http://digg.com/television/How_LOST_should_have_ended
1jaxstate1Aug 2, 2010
LOL, the polar bear at the end is classic!
deathsquadxAug 2, 2010
Oh, you mean I read the top five hate tweets...
bigdorkaramaAug 2, 2010
I thought you did it really well, too.
wolfingAug 2, 2010
I liked the ending. I guess some people wanted every single little thing explained. Get real.
pastedinalloveragainAug 2, 2010
I'd venture to guess that most fans are upset, not because "every single little thing" wasn't explained, but because the conclusion offered no connection to the varied story lines that were introduced in the five prior seasons. Viewers were instead given a last-minute solution to a McGuffin that felt like closure but had nothing to do with the multitude of plot lines that came before it.
shawn4168Aug 2, 2010
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teeker95Aug 2, 2010
Well they *did* spend 6 years feeding the audience mysteries, and they *did* repeatedly promise they'd wrap up the whole storyline by the time the series ended. They could have at least resolved a few of the big stand-outs. I didn't need everything explained, but I would have been a lot happier with a little more than we got.
chocksterAug 2, 2010
I didn't expect to have every little thing explained, just *something* from the first five seasons. The last season was almost entirely self-contained- the whole 'guardian of the light at the centre of the island' had next to nothing to do with the show I'd watched, so it was disappointing to see that the finale was so centered around it.
I didn't hate it, but I was disappointed.
Closed AccountAug 2, 2010
The ending of Lost could be the ending to ANY TV show. "Everyone went to heaven (eventually), the end."
voidtemplarAug 2, 2010
I liked the finale.
I think most of the people who didn't like it just didn't understand it, tbh.
Closed AccountAug 2, 2010
Agreed, there still seems to be a lot of people who still think that ending meant the whole 6 seasons were purgatory. At first the ending bothered me a little bit too, but the more I thought about it the more it made sense. I'm not sure what they could have changed that would have made it any better.
hollismbAug 2, 2010
No, I just think the entire 'sideways' timeline for the whole last season was a completely worthless waste of time, that didn't add anything at all to the show. They could have just omitted it all together, and the only thing you would have lost would be some imaginary reunion show they all made up in order to hang out one last time. Stupid.
falconearAug 2, 2010
I really think a lot of it was ABC's fault because of that stupid scene over the credits showing the wreckage. A lot of people got the impression that it meant that nobody survived the crash. Of course I'm not letting those idiots off the hook considering that Christian explained it directly that they didn't!
nagels08Aug 2, 2010
I got the ending, it just sucked.
Every character died as a broken person or as a sucide bomber for nothing. I wanted to see success, triumph, and answers for these people during their lives. Everyone died as a failure, loser, and with unanswered questions.
The fact they go to heaven and can download a kid if they never had kids is lame. You can make your own world after you're dead from your flawed pathatic life is a horrible closure for the series.
I thought for six years this was all heading somewhere with a cosmic reason. However all we get is everyone dies randomly but gets a heaven consolation prize.
theparaibaAug 2, 2010
That's it. This is my main gripe with the ending. Thanks for putting it so beautifully.
Closed AccountAug 2, 2010
I wouldn't call them failures, they died protecting the island from the dude wearing black. The island itself has always been a focal point of the show. The main castaways all had a part in figuring it out and getting themselves in a position to stop the man in black from destroying and leaving the island.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
neocortexAug 2, 2010
Charlie came to the island as a drugged-out fading rock star. He died clean and sacrificed himself to save someone he loved.
Sayid redeemed himself and died saving other people.
Sun and Jin finally reconnected on the island and were at peace together when they died.
eugenetabiscoAug 2, 2010
The ending beautifully connected the two storylines. If they don't keep Locke from leaving the island, if the light isn't protected, there wouldn't be a heaven. The island was the pathway. By saving it they are able to move on.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
nagels08Aug 2, 2010
Wrong Charlie's reason for killing himself didn't come to fruition. Claire and Aaron never left on a helicopter.
Sayid died randomly two episodes before the finale because he had to be in the flashsideways storyline. They threw ramdomly in a season six that he was dipped in the evil water so now he's evil, no he's not, yes he is, no he's not, jumps on bomb. Stupid.
Sun and Jin reconnected for twenty minutes where they drowned together, Jin by choice, leaving behind their baby.
chocksterAug 2, 2010
Yeah, if we're discussing character endings and you want to say that they were good, don't choose Sayid. Up until season six, he was a likable badass. Then he died, came back to life, was evil(!), then decided he wasn't evil and blew himself up. Made no sense whatsoever.
fallout22Aug 3, 2010
Any character resolution that actually happened came from trials (mostly) introduced in the last season. If the last season had been a different show, with only those episodes and that ending...sure, I can understand why people "liked" it.
However, the people who feel "cheated" (big word, I'm just disappointed) are the ones who take all the other seasons, all the cliff-hangers, all the characters and the slight connexions of the previous seasons into account.
In my opinion, season 1 of Lost still remains an AMAZING moment in TV history. For me, it truly showed me that TV shows can be great, over-arching stories with high-budget movie quality (both in production, acting and writing). Before that, I had really no interest in the over-used police dramas with a storyline that fits on a napkin.
Not saying it was the first in history to do that...just did it for me.
dgc2002Aug 3, 2010
Who ever said it was heaven? Jack wasn't in heaven when he was with his kid -.-
As far as i remember most of the people died as a result of seeing something as worth more than their own life or being committed to a cause.
The show was a bout the characters.... it was always about the characters. Not some great meaning to life.
eugenetabiscoAug 6, 2010
@Nagels08 — The reason Claire and Aaron didn't get on a helicopter, as foretold by Desmond, was because Jack wasn't supposed to leave the island. Course corrected, Claire goes home to be with Aaron.
The Sayid stuff I was a bit put off by, not so obvious. And I don't think this was the strongest season by far — however, if you look back at "Flashes Before Your Eyes" and "The Constant" you see how the flash sideways was being set up.
@Dgc2002 — The light represented birth, death, and re-birth. Without it, they all couldn't connect in the flashsideways and "move on" and Christian walks into the light in the back of the church. You can take that to mean what you want, but it seems rather obvious.
amazingsteveAug 2, 2010
"I think most of the people who didn't like it just didn't understand it.."
Welcome to the dumbing down of America where the thought of actually having to connect the dots instead of having everything spoon fed to you is tantamount to the terrorists winning.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
letterqAug 3, 2010
As hard as it is for die-hard fans to accept, the fact is, the show went on longer than the writers had a good story line for it. They had no choice but to bring it into absurd directions that everyone always thought had a deeper meaning. In the end, there was no tidy way to wrap it all up, satisfy everyone, and answer questions that never had an answer.
whitey22Aug 2, 2010
Meh, Lost was just an average TV series anyway. Nowhere the quality of The Wire, The Sopranos, The Shield, etc. More on a par with Heroes and Prison Break.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
dylbrwn2Aug 3, 2010
You're insane.
mossman85Aug 3, 2010
Heroes sucked after season 1. Prison Break sucked after season 1. STFU
whitey22Aug 3, 2010
Lost sucked after season 1 too. It seriously cannot be compared to the HBO shows and The Shield. It was a level below them, which isn't saying anything too bad about it.
dwiebelhausAug 2, 2010
NERD RAGE!
ohmytoddAug 2, 2010
i understood the ending. i was just hoping that the mystery of the island wasn't some cone shaped rock that Jack had to move. PLUS, I'm a man of science. So a Purgatory life or bulls**t sideways is meh to me. I would have preferred the final season use it's sideways for something much cooler than what they did. Everyone who died, died in vain.
Closed AccountAug 2, 2010
LOST had the same ending as BSG. "God did it all, there's Heaven. Good people get to go there and be with their BFFs."
themadoneAug 3, 2010
*spoilers*
wrong, battlestar's only let down was keira was some form of angel, and heras all important function was to walk into a room at the right time. the idea of the religion feeding back into the plot was building up from the beginning, not thrown in at the last second like lost did it. plus it was our earth all along, how could that not have blown your mind?
metaliqAug 3, 2010
don't use spoilers unless you tell people, watermelon. kind of an assh**e thing to do.
Closed AccountAug 4, 2010
Spoilers? BSG ended over a year ago.
falldogAug 2, 2010
How did anyone who died, die in vain? Or maybe you're making a remark at life in general. Because at the end, everyone was dead.
ohmytoddAug 2, 2010
I was sort of under the impression that they were dying for some higher purpose. Which they could have done a lot better. The stakes were so high in this show for them to turn out to be a light in a cave that could turn you into a smoke monster if you wanted to find the truth about your real life and parents.
They gave us an impression of good vs. evil. BUT always blurred the lines between the two. I really enjoyed their way of story telling, and never felt gypped by the show, until the last 10 minutes. They said the show was about the relationships of those on the island and them finding each other in the afterlife. SCREW THAT. If I wanted that I would have watched Daytime Soap Opera bulls**t. The show was about the Island and the mysteries it held. People were expendable in the name of those mysteries.
To each their own, but I'm a little upset about the potential they had set up for themselves to create something really amazing and turned it into something not so great.
BE SURE TO DRINK YOUR OVALTINE!
sklassenAug 3, 2010
Your reply alone was digg-worthy. The Ovaltine reference was icing on the cake. Thanks.
ohmytoddAug 4, 2010
thank you..
and the more I think about it, the more it makes me want to punch lindelof in the face for being an ass. though I am a creator myself and understand the pressure of trying to make everyone happy.
cheers!
hastynamechoiceAug 3, 2010
point was that death is the ultimate mystery box: http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/j_j_abrams_mystery_box.html
ohmytoddAug 3, 2010
YES.. i'm aware of the Mystery Box. Which is fine and dandy but If I was J.J. Abrams.. I would have opened the damn box... what if there was a kitten inside.
mccartybaAug 2, 2010
I'm with those that enjoyed the ending. I can admit it was a bit of a cop-out, but I've seen much worse.
magnesAug 2, 2010
Name one. Even BSG had better.
chocksterAug 2, 2010
I don't know. I was annoyed that the Lost ending was basically only related to the final season, but the BSG finale came out of absolutely nowhere at all.
Closed AccountAug 2, 2010
Bulls**t. BSG's ending was a 2 hour "GOD DID IT."
attn2riskyAug 2, 2010
Stupid. A real fan of lost would've had the sense to rewatch the episode then chew him out. Every finale in that season, and almost every episode, had people pulling their hair out at the end getting pissed at the writers. It was only until after rewatching the episode a few times that you realize they did make sense. Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
greyballoonAug 2, 2010
haha wow...people really made that show their lives..
Closed AccountAug 2, 2010
It was 6 years of their lives. I was a teenager when I started watching LOST, I'm in my mid-20s now. LOST was a big part of my life.
unitthreeAug 3, 2010
i watched it all through the years, but i'm not a cry baby like alot of these people. so you didnt like the ending? Waaaaa cry me a river.
Burns don't it? Bury me to feel better :)
thecoffeeAug 3, 2010
Star Wars 1-3...
theabsinthehareAug 2, 2010
I don't think it was possible for Lost to have a good ending. The show was built on anticipation, questions, information deprivation, etc. Not knowing the answers was what made the show good; that is why we watched the show, because we wanted to know. So, of course, any sort of answers just completely ruins it. It was very much like a magic show, in that while we were watching, we really wanted to know the secrets, and that want kept it exciting. But afterward, we watched one of those Masked Magician specials, and learned all the tricks so we're angry because the magic is gone.
karatemediaAug 2, 2010
The problem for me is that pretty much any writers' room could come up with crazy non sequiturs and out-of-nowhere twists and mind-benders. The sign of quality writing would be the ability to tie it all together in the end.
I honestly enjoyed about 1/2 to 2/3s of the series, but ultimately felt disappointed at the end. Sure, the writers came up with some crazy stuff, but without really bringing it all together, it just felt like a room full of show-offs trying to one-up each other.
karatemediaAug 2, 2010
Sorry, I was munching on lunch while typing and forgot to include the part where I actually comment on what TAH wrote! :) Basically, answers would not have ruined it for me - not having answers did. And getting the answers is not innately bad or disappointing. *Poorly written* answers are what are disappointing.
Using TAH's analogy, a well-written Lost finale would be more like one of those Penn and Teller performances, where they show you how a trick is done, but in a entertaining way.
nikhilpkAug 3, 2010
See, the mythology of the island was definitely one thing that drew me and kept me hooked on the show. But, the characters were very well thought out and another very good aspect of the show as well. I read somewhere that they had actually written the ending of the show right after the first episode (from the moment that jack touches the coffin). It's clear that they chose to go with a ending that was meant to give closure to the characters rather than the mythology of the island.
kantenAug 3, 2010
Actually, I would think this would be more parallel to a magician bringing out the hat, not pulling the rabbit out and saying "Ta-da" anyway.
emildorbellAug 3, 2010
What was so annoying about the ending was how the entire sideways built up to something grandiose and then just fizzled out. I was expecting there to be some kind of merger between the two universes but the entire sideways plot was just a season-long red herring. The parts on the island were just fine, though. They explained it enough.
davemnAug 2, 2010
To those of you who think everyone "died for nothing", what about saving the world? All of their actions, directly or indirectly, let to the cork being put back in the bottle of evil, and also ensured worthy people were around to safeguard the island going forward.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
nagels08Aug 2, 2010
Where was the cork explained? How can you say they saved the world?
From the crazy mother that lied about everything she said? The mother who seemed to be as confused about protecting the cork as Jacob?
Second of all, the cork is hidden by all except the protecter so it's actually impossible for the smoke monster to pull it out unless brought there by the protecter.
juangatoAug 2, 2010
this isn't meant as a knock on you
"Second of all, the cork is hidden by all except the protecter so it's actually impossible for the smoke monster to pull it out unless brought there by the protecter."
to me this sentence is the epitome of why i never liked lost. remove yourself from the world of lost for a second and read that sentence. its absolute non-sense.
the whole show felt like that to me, i never understood why it was so popular.
but that sentence kinda sums it all up haha
nagels08Aug 2, 2010
No that's fair. I defended this show for 5 years but in the end you are right.
I enjoyed the first five seasons of LOST because even if they didn't get to the mysteries every episode there seemed to be a nice lesson about humanity and brought a good reflection of how to see the world. Eye opening moments.
Season six was slop though. None of that. I was hoping the answers would provide the ultimate lesson of humanity and some well written ending that would make you look at humanity with a new outlook. Something along the way that every person has a destiny or every person has a chance to rise above their situation. But everyone just died beaten to the point where they welcomed death or were snuffed out of the blue. That's my disappointment.
As someone who enjoys a good story.. what can I take away from LOST? What's the veiwer's reward?
revenger543Aug 2, 2010
Ana Lucia and Libby were killed needlessly at the hand of Michael. So did Locke (he could have just pretended to be dead, that would have brought them back just fine).
They also put so much story into Mr. Eko's life (there were at least 3 episodes devoted to him and his family) that his death seemed strange. I know the guy who played him chose to quit acting for the show, but come on, he seemed like such an important character but after he died him (and the church he was building on the island) were barely, if ever, mentioned again for the rest of the series.
Sharon died needlessly too, as did Boon. The explanation for their deaths? "It was a sacrifice to the island," Locke would always say. BS.
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yodaofdarknessAug 3, 2010
At least the producers remembered Shannon's name.
fakeplasticsnowAug 2, 2010
Haters gonna hate
larssonk22Aug 2, 2010
but some of those haters are the same people that defended the show for 6 years
hardrocksheroAug 3, 2010
lovers gonna love...
I don't even want...
none of the above, I want to piss on you!
casualtAug 3, 2010
Better to have haters than nobody
sizzzzlerzAug 2, 2010
"You never knew, you made it all up..."
Evidently, someone unclear on the concept of a fictional story.
sark666Aug 3, 2010
Well, I think what he means is that they had no plan for the ending. And if shows are going to continue with this large story arcs building towards something, it will help to know ultimately where you are going.
znineAug 3, 2010
They had claimed that they knew the ending/direction of the show from the beginning. "Not like Twin Peaks"
hastynamechoiceAug 3, 2010
the someone was jj abrams - the guy who came up with the show.
madbadgerAug 3, 2010
evidently, sizzlerz didn't understand the tweet.
s8m3gAug 2, 2010
Was the ending perfect? Far from it.
But did I love it, and was completely emotionally involved in it? Of course.
If you didn't like the ending, I feel like you missed their point of the show. The ended it on their own terms with the issues THEY found important in the show. Isn't the ending they gave sort of what LOST was really about?
apothekariAug 3, 2010
" Isn't the ending they gave sort of what LOST was really about?"
I strenuously resist that entire statement.
The show was about...THE ISLAND!
Absolutely as much a character as any human on the show and THE most important one.
The Star of the show, reams of dialogue were written about it.
And in the end the writers decided, 'f**k IT, Jack's the only one anyone watches the show for!" and choked us all to death like a bewildered John Locke who clued us all in when his last thought was "I don't understand."
The ending as done just sucks and there's no pleasure in it for me as a John Locke fan.
cglassAug 3, 2010
"I strenuously resist that entire statement."
dylbrwn2Aug 3, 2010
"The show was about...THE ISLAND!"
Which is why every single episode how character specific flashbacks/forwards/sideways.
Face it, the show was always about how the characters would react to the mysteries and what not.
gloria21Aug 3, 2010
"The show was about...THE ISLAND!"
No it wasn't. The creators have said over and over again that Lost was more about the characters than anything else. The mysteries about the Island just gave us more for the characters.
nagels08Aug 3, 2010
LOST was always about the characters.
The flawed characters that instead of overcoming their struggles were emotionally beaten to the point of sucide and foolish deaths. Way to treat your characters!
sindexAug 2, 2010
I never expected "all the answers" and in fact often laughed at people who did. That said, even I expected a little more "Island explanation" than I got.
I was perfectly satisfied with the ending to the "character's story." I in fact thought it was kind of beautiful.
I was/am slightly dissatisfied with the lack of information on the "Island's story." I like that the mythology is built to show this seemingly endless/ageless cycle of struggle, conflict, miracles, etc.. on the Island, but I still would like to know why... is it a test? Is it caused by the Island itself, or is it created by the people on it? Have there been other smoke monsters? If so, why? If not, why not?
But meh.. I enjoyed 6 years of excellent to decent TV in LOST. I don't feel gypped out of anything. I just wish it had coalesced a little better. Knowing exactly the number of episodes left in the series since mid-way through Season 3 it seems that would have been possible. But then again, I don't work in TV.
koickAug 3, 2010
Personally what upset me was that way back at the end of season 1, some folks were guessing that the idea was that our heroes were in some kind of Purgatory. The producers vehemently denied such silliness saying that the whole thing was mapped out that that guess was waaayyyy off base. Well, guess what folks...Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
dylbrwn2Aug 3, 2010
uuuuugggggghhh
THEY WEREN'T IN PURGATORY!
/rage
metaliqAug 3, 2010
but they weren't in some kind of Purgatory. so they didn't lie.
purgatory is only present in the last season. everything else is real.
nagels08Aug 2, 2010
Wrong Charlie's reason for killing himself didn't come to fruition. Claire and Aaron never left on a helicopter.
Sayid died randomly two episodes before the finale because he had to be in the flashsideways storyline. They threw ramdomly in a season six that he was dipped in the evil water so now he's evil, no he's not, yes he is, no he's not, jumps on bomb. Stupid.
Sun and Jin reconnected for twenty minutes where they drowned together, Jin by choice, leaving behind their baby.
davemnAug 2, 2010
I think the focus should be on what they did while they were alive, not how they died. Each of them contributed to the end game in some fashion, and it's really not important HOW any of them died.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
apothekariAug 2, 2010
You're right, and You could go on for another 2 hours with all the abandoned or unanswered plotlines.
The ending was an "tear jerky", total f**king cop-out that managed to completely ruin the entire series for me.
That ending completely contradicts many things we were told or shown over the course of the series, and saying "they're NOT in Purgatory" for years and then doing EXACTLY that and calling it a lame-ass "meeting place" proves my point.
They simply punked the f**k out on the last season, everything up to the Nuke explosion made perfect sense and logically flowed as a narrative just like all the other seasons and then season six arrives and just jerks off lamely.
If they had just stopped and never had a final season the way it would have ended would have been MUCH better than the one we ended up with.
larssonk22Aug 2, 2010
I feel like such a nerd for getting this..
"You suck. Please don't ruin Star Trek by ending it in Klingon purgatory."
Beep111Aug 2, 2010
I'm not surprised, people spent years following through all their bulls**t filler and terrible plot twists. I would be pissed as f**k if I spent that much time watching one show just for it to end like that. Terribly unsatisfying and really quite maddening.....
impressaAug 2, 2010
I think it was the right finale for the series. I will always wait for an explanation about what the Island really is, but I also know I will never have it. Sometimes I even think that Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse don't even know themselves the answers to our questions. I still loved the finale, and I , like many other people, think it was a beautifully crafted conclusion to the masterpiece that is LOST.
digjamAug 2, 2010
Everyone who died..died in vain
Everyone who watched...watched in vain...
Bottomline: It sucked!
dmm219Aug 2, 2010
Best comment award!!
fallout22Aug 3, 2010
I second that comment, and raise you 20 internets!
TyenotAug 2, 2010
I was disappointed that the show ended on a religious note, when religion played almost no part in the series. I always assumed there was a scientific curiosity about the island. But that's just me.
comradetjhAug 2, 2010
It's not just you.
hatmadderAug 2, 2010
Uh...wow. Are you kidding? The entire series was built around the concept of faith vs. science. No, there wasn't a specific religion in it; it was more of a spiritualism than any actual religion. But c'mon. Did you even watch the show?
zachsmindAug 2, 2010
The entire series was built around the concept of faith vs science, but when Locke embraced science and ended up not only dead but replaced by an evil guy, I interpreted that to mean faith is the wrong choice. Try science. Then Jack starts acting like Locke, lets Faraday die, gets Juliet killed, starts following Hurley around like a sick puppy... The series lost its nerve when it refused to make the decision that faith is bad and science is good. Some ppl say season three was the worst season of the series but no. It was season six. The ending sucked because the writers didn't have the balls to follow through to a logical conclusion and tell their audience that the fiction of a tv show is just as fictitious as believing in anything that can't be proven. Religion should be for entertainment purposes only. Otherwise you end up like John Locke: dead and confused.
But I'm not bitter...Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
hatmadderAug 3, 2010
When did Locke embrace science? Everything he did, he did because he believed that he'd been chosen by a higher power to lead the inhabitants of the island. There was no proof of this. Ergo, faith. I'm pretty sure it was just Ben being a villainous jerk that killed Locke.
And, perhaps you missed it, but Jack came around the side of faith, even going so far as to say that he wished he could've told (the real) Locke that he was right. When Jack abandoned his staunch hold on science, needing a reason for everything to happen, that's when he became the true leader of the island.
Also, if you don't recall, it was science that effed up the island in the first place. The whole Dharma Initiative--remember them? They played with the island's mysterious properties and nearly destroyed the world in the process. It was only because of faith of various characters that the island remained safe (Desmond pressing the button, Jacob choosing to blindly believe his "mom", Jack giving his life to return the light).
I'm thinking you just hate religion and want an excuse to bash it all you can, so you ended up seeing and hearing what you wanted to see and hear. What you were actually supposed to get out of it was that science is beneficial, but sometimes you just need to take a leap of faith. AND WHAT PART OF LOST WAS EVER LOGICAL?!
TyenotAug 3, 2010
I recall all that you've pointed out. With the exception of Locke's having faith, all of your examples are from season six. When I referred to the religious ending I was referring to the whole season. Seasons 1-5 had very little to do with religion. Sorry for the confusion.
sizzzzlerzAug 2, 2010
I was disappointed because the body count wasn't even higher than it already was.
Has there ever been a TV program with so many killed by such a wide variety of means? Poison gas. Shooting. Explosions (dynamite and nuclear). Shooting. Drownings. Shooting. Smoke monsters. Not to mention run-of-the-mill shootings.
skippydoorknobAug 2, 2010
Don't forget: buried alive by people who thought you were already dead and flaming arrow to the chest.
sizzzzlerzAug 2, 2010
Good point. I also forgot being sucked through a jet engine, falling off a cliff in a plane, hangings, and assorted stabbings.
fallout22Aug 3, 2010
Don't forget watching a TV show for 6 years and then realizing the ending is actually some sort of visual enema.
That had to be the worst death in the show.
michelsonmorleyAug 2, 2010
I disliked the ending because it didn't make sense according to their own rules. For example,
Jacob brings people to the island to replace him, but he can only die if someone brought to the island kills him. Or, Jacob brings people to the island so the island won't blow up, but the island can only blow up because he brought Desmond... to the island. Jacob can leave the island any time he wants and he can prevent people from coming to the island. Other than figuring out a way to kill the smoke monster that can't even kill Jacob, Jacob is responsible for everyone's death since he could have prevented their deaths - deaths that there really was no point to.
Now, don't get me started on everyone else.
hollismbAug 2, 2010
How about....
MIB: 'Hey, Ben, follow me and kill these people for me, and I'll give you control of the island when I leave....'
Ben: 'Okay, sure, I'm on board... where are we going?'
MIB: 'I'm going to get Desmond, and use him to destroy the island'.
Ben: 'Okay!'
Um, what?
protodonAug 2, 2010
If you watched the show for 6 seasons and you were entertained, then the show served its purpose. That is not negated because you weren't down with the ending. If all you want is meaningful endings, go read a proverb or some s**t. Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
porkchoppowerAug 2, 2010
I am a Man of Faith and believe that at least something question will be answered on the Season 6 dvd set.......except why did I spend money on the dvd set knowing the show would crush my hopes again. Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
vilodryerAug 2, 2010
Lost - Opportunity. The battle over good vs. evil aka "black vs. white" I thought was the hole theme of the show. The last season changed all that and made it something about an afterlife? I think it was all a matter of perspective. If one is good or evil, it is a matter of perspective. We were led to believe that the survivors of 815 were the good people. Then we see from the point of view of the others and see that they are good. I think that good and evil is nothing more than a matter of perspective. The show started to play this out and just droped the ball last season.
tearlockAug 2, 2010
The ending of Lost answered one question: Is Lost fantasy or sci-fi? The answer was fantasy.
While there were various sci-fi elements thrown in as details for the setting throughout the course of the series, the ending was rooted in mysticism and never sought to clearly explain where the island or it's power came from. Any explanations were vague and/or nonsensical. The people who are pissed off were hoping for a sci-fi ending which they did not get. Fantasy stories take the mystical aspects of their story for granted without explanation which is exactly what Lost did. Those who like fantasy enjoyed the ending. Those who don't or set themselves up for a different ending hated it. In their defense, it was a prickish move for the show's creators to lead sci-fi fans on for so long without telling them they were barking up the wrong tree, but obviously they were more concerned about ratings than in being straightforward.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
metaliqAug 3, 2010
i disagree with you.
grindelwaldAug 2, 2010
They made their ending controversial so that we, the fans, will debate about it forever. Marketing win.
dmm219Aug 2, 2010
not really. this is an old technique and has been done to death in the past. It just generally goes down in history as a crappy show and kills DVD sales
(no one else, besides blinded LOST fanboys would spend $$ on a DVD of the show now...and after hearing that nothing gets answered...no new fans will bother to watch it now...)
Its generally a marketing fail...
gordigorAug 2, 2010
They should have never brought in the sideflash story line. The ending would have been fairly good with the last scene with Jack and Vincent. Christian was easily explained away as the smoke monster.
trueeyesAug 2, 2010
I've read fan-written theories about the show that were a lot better than what the final season of the show actually gave us.
Disappointed.
duneadxAug 3, 2010
What questions weren't answered?....besides the whole Walt thing.
I just don't get why people expected a point by point breakdown ala Star Trek of what the island was. It's a giant pandora's box. What else do you need to know about it?
thescientist213Aug 3, 2010
Stupid show anyway.
mikeoxbiggAug 3, 2010
I'm still of the opinion that LOST's finale will be hailed as one of the greater disappointments in sci-fi despite it's initial acceptance.
fallout22Aug 3, 2010
Ever had amazing sex and just as you're about to "get there", the other person dies?
The people who liked the ending are the ones who kept going, telling themselves "oh she's just asleep".
The people who are disgruntled stopped, and well...have a serious case of blue balls.
nraphaelAug 3, 2010
That's a fantastic analogy. That actually happened to me once. And I did keep going. So I know how right you are.
fallout22Aug 3, 2010
Thank you, I was starting to feel like those things only happen to me.
bonlebonAug 3, 2010
Like any other big series Lost took the easy way out and played it safe. That's so Raven...
obamabarackAug 3, 2010
I was ok with everything except that Julliette should have died in season 3.
oda1Aug 3, 2010
This is, by far, the most retarded title of the week. Congrats, DiggsUnder!
taylorwilsonAug 3, 2010
I loved the finale. I'm not one who thinks "If you didn't like it, you just didn't get it!", but it was a pretty quality show. Outstanding acting, great writing, fantastic score, beautiful setting. The story got a bit twisted in parts, but on a show with such a massive scope, I really don't mind. After thinking back on some things, I sorta managed to put some answers together on my own. Overall, Lost didn't disappoint me.
metaliqAug 3, 2010
I still enjoyed the ride.
nraphaelAug 3, 2010
The fact that they were in purgatory the whole time just sucked. 6 seasons of nothingness.
djscooterbAug 3, 2010
You didn't understand the show. Everything on the island happened. The island wasn't purgatory, the flash sideways was.
nraphaelAug 3, 2010
If that was true, then why didn't everyone try to kill the Man in Black when he appeared as John Locke outside the church?
Closed AccountAug 3, 2010
1. Q: What was the purpose of all deaths and drama in this show? A: Someone needs to be the keeper of the well, or protector of the Island in order to maintain the balance between good and evil. Everything that happened was a way to determine who that person should be after Jacob Complicating factor was that Jacob had also created the MIB alias smokey and hence the final candidate would have to kill the MIB first. And yes, this means that Jacob had to take the risk that his candidates and everyone around them would screw things up or even kill him. Almost all of the story lines show that the MIB was able to corrupt almost every candidate before they could fulfil there task. But as every religious tradition can tell you, this is a necessary risk of having free will (which Jacob seems to have valued).
2. Q: What was the point of the flash sideways? A: The idea is that we are all linked to a bunch of other people whose fates are intertwined with ours. Consequently we can only move on to the afterlife as a group. It remains unclear if this applies to all of us, or only to those whose lives were involved in saving the world. In any case, sideway world is a kind of purgatory and those who didn't move on presumably had to find their own soulmates and maybe redeem themselves (e.g. Ben has to work something out with Alex and Roussou).
Now does that mean that the end was fully satisfying? Of course not all questions were answered, but that wouldn't have been satisfying anyway (we need some room for our own speculation). For me the main problem was that question 1 and question 2 were not connected. It seems that in the end it doesn't matter whether and how you helped to save the world or not.
themapleboyAug 3, 2010
WHY DID THE ENGLISH GUY NEED THOSE SHOTS?/ WHAT DID THEY DO!?!?
sorry those are the questions that piss me off the most
(btw i already forgot his name as i am storing this show under "forgettable memories" i am aware it starts with a D)
joshsirjoshulesAug 3, 2010
The finale was true to the rest of the show. It weeded out the people who got that Lost was ultimately about the characters from the people who thought that it was just about the mysteries. The latter are always bound to bitch and be disappointed. Great ending to a great show.
Closed AccountAug 3, 2010
Its been months since this crap show ended and somehow I still feel like abusing him on his Twitter account.
opiticaAug 3, 2010
im glad i never watched it cause most of you sound like idiots
desfahanianAug 3, 2010
katers gonna kate http://www.omega-level.net/tag/seriously-f**k-you-kate-from-lost/
moviemaniac226Aug 3, 2010
To me, Lost wasn't about the mysteries and the answers. It was about the characters and the way their stories are told. Sure, there were a few weak moments, but you take Lost's worst episode and it's better than 95% of the s**t that's on TV today. To this day, I still haven't found a show that has created characters as vivid and real as Lost did, to the point that I could actually relate and care about them.
So to those who hated the ending, or to those who hated not getting enough answers, or to those who just hated the answers we got, I really feel sorry for the simple fact that you can't appreciate the show as a whole mosaic, rather than hating a piece in its grand architecture.