Lost Finale
I liked it. A lot wasn't stated, a lot wasn't clarified, a lot was left mysterious. But it didn't feel like they were going to say everything, and you know what? I'm okay with that. Later, I may be pissed, or upset about things. But for now? I'm good. What follows, and will be under cut, is what I thought of the finale.
So, the whole sideways thing...they were in some kind of Afterlife? Or a waiting-room to the afterlife, as it were? Needing to make contact with each other before it was something else? I don't know. A large part of me likes that idea, TBH. Then again, a decent portion of that was moments like seeing Shannon and Sayid, or the small interplay between Hurley and Ben. Sawyer and Juliet (I love that actress)! Also...Rose! And Bernard! ...and, wait, Vincent? There was something nice about the ending the way it began, on Jack's eye in the bamboo field. On first watching, it didn't feel forced. I don't know.
This surprised me. I even didn't completely hate Kate here, and I kind of got to a place of liking Jack. I enjoyed it. I did. As someone watching a show, a program, I enjoyed it. Kate even made me laugh. Christian Shepherd...heh.
Jimmy Kimmel's making a good point now, and I'm surprised by that since the last thing I saw him doing was The Man Show. The Dharma Initiative and the six major symbols behind Christian...a lot of faiths have ideas of ressurection or lives beyond life. Not just heaven or hell, but something perhaps beyond our understanding. Judaism has a term called Gilgul (which I understand literally translates to "rolling" or "turning", could be wrong) about the transition of the soul.
Honestly, even if this were the story of Jack, I'm okay with it. Especially because in a lot of ways, it sort of has Rose as psychopomp. But, now that I think about it, traditionally psychopomps were animals. So Vincent, in some ways as helping Jack end and begin. While a lot of this was the story of Jack's transition (to me), it wasn't JUST Jack. I think a lot of people lived their lives, got off the island or never came back. Who knows when Hurley died. But C.G. Craig (creepy bad momma edition) said it pretty clearly, that everyone dies. Even supposed immortals. All things shall pass, all things shall end.
I'll probably think more on this later, but I liked it. I'm good with it. Please, comment if you wanna, we'll talk.
EDIT: And suddenly, I'm trying not to read too much into the song "You Are Everybody."
Oh yeah. And I'm getting really ticked by a lot of the commercials they've been showing.