No, I'm saying that's those things are never going to be explained. Read the article I linked last page.
I'm rewatching from the beginning right now and I love "I'll get your dog back as soon as it stops raining." [cue rain stop]
Sorry but they don't care about us or what we want, as evidenced in this interview. http://warmingglow.uproxx.com/2010/05/the-official-cuse-and-lindelof-translator
*Shakes fist in anger* I dunno, they've gotten so far off from where the show was in seasons 1-3 that it's just crazy. That's when the show was the best, IMO. There were always new things needing to be solved. How about the heiroglyphs shown in the Swan (when the clock went to 0)? How about how Locke got his legs back and the healing power (they may have touched on that with the electromagnetic pockets but they seemed to have drifted away from that)? Do you remember when we actually talked about the others? I gues I want to know more about DHARMA and all of that stuff. It played off of the evil scientist mentality. Sigh, I'm a lost cause now.
Another question: Did they ever explain the injections that Desmond was taking? Again, I could be forgetting things here.
That was supposed to help with "The Sickness". Although "The Sickness" seemed to be Other induced, rather than environmental.
I agree about seasons 1-3. I thoroughly enjoyed the first three seasons, but the last half of the series has become one giant jumbled mess. It's like they got so caught up in different story lines, they had to just start making shit up as they went along. Sure, they might have known since the end of Season 1 what the overarching theme of the series would be, but some of the biggest questions from the first three seasons will never be answered. Kind of a slap in the face to all of us who have watched every episode. It would have been a nice reward to give us the answers to these questions because we tuned in every week for six years.
It was a trick, a way to keep the DHARMA workers trapped in the Hatch, unable to leave. Bullshit. I'm sick of reading people saying stuff like that. It's not your show, it's their show, and they're telling the story they want to tell. They've explained that the story they want to tell centers around these people, these candidates, and so the answers we're going to get are the answers that these people care about. How has the fact that this show has been entertaining the hell out of you for 6 years a slap in the face? Because it's not ending exactly how you wanted it to? Because you can go back and pick up a million little completely unimportant things that we won't find out? What about all the stuff we learned that actually DOES tie in with the main storyline. At least you're not one of the assholes claiming that they wasted 6 years of their lives on this show. Those people are ungrateful and just plain stupid.
I quoted your post, but you're not the only person here who shares this sentiment, so I'm not really directing this at you, just kind of generally at people who feel this way. LOST has been one of the most enjoyable shows I have ever watched (I would put it behind only The Wire and The Sopranos). Regardless of what happens in the next 3.5 hours, I have thoroughly enjoyed the show - even if Locke ends up being Neo and the island being the Matrix, it won't change the fact that the first 5 3/4 seasons were great. Most people thought season 5 of the Wire was subpar - did not make Seasons 3 or 4 any less powerful or compelling. Now, I understand there is a difference here. This show is based on mystery and the resolution of plot arcs and themes that run throughout the show. A total cliffhanger ending would be inappropriate and cheap. But the fundamental difference between the way we see the show is this - you think LOST owes you answers, I think it owes me entertainment... and it has certainly delivered the latter. When a show stops being entertaining, I stop watching. LOST has brought us to the nets week after week for 5 years to discuss the show. That's how good and entertaining it has been. In the end, that will always be why I like LOST so much. Art does not always have to be fully understood to be enjoyed. Suffice it to say that at times I have understood little and enjoyed much - that's just the nature of the show. In the end, I also hope for some answers. But I'm ok with the show exploring the concepts of fate v free will, of destiny, determinism, and even the existence of a higher power. I'm alright with the writers delving into these concepts without reaching an ultimate conclusion - I don't need them to explain to me at the end that Jacob was right to summon people to the island, or the MIB was right that the island is hell and Jacob is more puppeteer than deity. I can reach those conclusions on my own. It's like Pearl Jam once said when talking about the song Jeremy. We are never going to tell people exactly what the song meant, because it has taken on a unique and unexpected meaning to so many people that it's not really our place to interpret it anymore. Everyone else has. EDIT: Aaaaaand, Sherwood beat me to it. dick
I just read this on LostForum... seems pretty good. I'm sure this has been said, or permutations of it, I just think this is the best explanation I've heard.
I may have said it first, but you said it better, the whole fate vs free will paragraph was what I'd have said had I been smarter.
I have been enjoying the hell out of the whole last season. I just hope that they truly do answer all the questions and sum up everything. Honestly I don't even care if they give us a "lazy" answer. My example is the whispers, they explained it with a couple lines of dialogue from Hurley, some people were kind of disappointed with it I thought it was fine. The show has been so entertaining that as long as they don't leave anything open-ended I will be completely satisfied.
It has nothing to do with how it ends. I'm more disappointed because they didn't tie up enough loose ends. I'm not going to be upset about the actual content of the end of the series, I just wish they would have given us more answers to questions they posed in the first 3-4 seasons. Don't get me wrong. I've enjoyed this show greatly. I'm just of the opinion that they got too far in over their heads writing-wise and had to BS their way through the last couple of seasons with no real plan.
This doesn't really have anything to do with the show, but I took a photo of myself recreating Jack's most used facial expression on the show for my own amusement... Jears-ing with Jack
You need to look more in pain, but... Kudos, sir. Send it to Ack, it'll start a new trend. "Recreate your favorite Jears moment".
I'm glad you noticed the slight smile, I totally practiced beforehand. But 2 things, bros: one is this: <a class="postlink" href="http://blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/2010/05/lost-gets-a-letter-from-george-lucas.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox ... lucas.html</a> Apparently George Lucas sent Darlton a letter that was read at a big LOST thing the other night. I'm glad he has a sense of humor about himself. and then there's this: a fan made promo for the finale. Usually fan made stuff kind of sucks, but this one gave me chills. Even Damon tweeted about how awesome it is.
Is it even possible that they could answer it in a way that was satisfying to people? Fans of this show have been following LOST obsessively for the last six years, and I don't think that any answer is going to leave them satisfied. As frustrating as it may be, half of what makes the show great is in the mysteries, and episodes that depict answers aren't going to be as good as episodes that give us another juicy question. I'm just going to sit back and enjoy the ride. If you're expecting answers that are epic, totally revelatory, and unique, you're going to be sorely disappointed because that's just not possible. Epic, revelatory, unique -- pick 2.
that, and I wonder what the ratio is of the hard-core fans (those that do all the Internet research, etc) and the casual fans (those that simply tune in on Tuesdays and discuss with casual friends). I would think that they would want to end the show that would be appealing to both masses, however difficult that may be is another story altogether.