LOST Series Finale ...
If there is anyone left on the planet who has not yet seen it, be warned, there are spoilers behind the cut.
I hardly know where to begin to describe my own reactions, so please don't expect any particular level of coherence.
I think they ended the series in pretty much the only way they could, at this point, but having said that I still found it mostly disappointing. Yes, much of my disappointment is because it's over. But the greater part is that now I will never know the answers to all the questions they left hanging.
I watched the finale on the Cdn 'Space' channel on Thursday night and after the show was another that they call "Inner Space" in which they discuss whatever you've just seen; in this case, the LOST finale. They talked about how the show was 'all about character' and I get that. I like it in fact. It is one of the things I liked best about the show. But I consider it a cop-out at the same time to just say, "Oh if you go back and rewatch it from the beginning you'll see that they have given clues all along that will answer your questions." That comment was from some woman who has been writing books about the series since the beginning. Supposedly she's quite famous and probably many of you know who she is. I don't remember her name, having never heard of her before Thursday night.
I don't doubt that some of my questions would be answered if I went back now and watched it all again. And I may. But it is such an amazing expenditure of time, to go back and watch six whole seasons of shows, based on that vague promise, that I really have to ask myself if I care enough to do it!
So yeah, I get it. They're all dead in the sideways world and they need to work stuff out before gathering to move on. But what the heck was going on on the island then?
What the heck was the actual name of the 'man in black' and how the heck did the woman who killed his and Jacob's mother actually prevent the two babies from dying of starvation in order to raise them? For that matter, who the heck was she and how did she end up 'protecting' the light on the island and how was she supposed to protect it?
I could go on and on, but I won't.
Tell me what you think ...
I'm leaving this entry public in order to open up the discussion to more than just my flist.
I hardly know where to begin to describe my own reactions, so please don't expect any particular level of coherence.
I think they ended the series in pretty much the only way they could, at this point, but having said that I still found it mostly disappointing. Yes, much of my disappointment is because it's over. But the greater part is that now I will never know the answers to all the questions they left hanging.
I watched the finale on the Cdn 'Space' channel on Thursday night and after the show was another that they call "Inner Space" in which they discuss whatever you've just seen; in this case, the LOST finale. They talked about how the show was 'all about character' and I get that. I like it in fact. It is one of the things I liked best about the show. But I consider it a cop-out at the same time to just say, "Oh if you go back and rewatch it from the beginning you'll see that they have given clues all along that will answer your questions." That comment was from some woman who has been writing books about the series since the beginning. Supposedly she's quite famous and probably many of you know who she is. I don't remember her name, having never heard of her before Thursday night.
I don't doubt that some of my questions would be answered if I went back now and watched it all again. And I may. But it is such an amazing expenditure of time, to go back and watch six whole seasons of shows, based on that vague promise, that I really have to ask myself if I care enough to do it!
So yeah, I get it. They're all dead in the sideways world and they need to work stuff out before gathering to move on. But what the heck was going on on the island then?
What the heck was the actual name of the 'man in black' and how the heck did the woman who killed his and Jacob's mother actually prevent the two babies from dying of starvation in order to raise them? For that matter, who the heck was she and how did she end up 'protecting' the light on the island and how was she supposed to protect it?
I could go on and on, but I won't.
Tell me what you think ...
I'm leaving this entry public in order to open up the discussion to more than just my flist.