Lost Series Finale (Mild Spoilers)

[In The Margins]

Did anybody watch it?

I'm thinking I'm feeling a little cheated.

Go to the light, indeed!

Sayid's true love is Shannon? And he gets to pass on to something greater, even though he's a trained assassin, while Ben sits outside? Oh come on!

Don't get me going about Boone.

That absurd two hour retrospective beforehand was so manipulative. How many times can those actors say the show changed my life and the writing was fantastic?

Meh.

[JackT]

My problem with the finale was that it was essentially generic-- it depended in no way on the details of the series.

It was more of an afterward than a closure.

[In The Margins]

I would have like to see Hurley's and Ben's efforts on the island after Jack dies. Maybe they got it running like the mystical and healing place it was supposed to be without the conflict of good vs. evil.

Instead they focused on the miserable relationships. Which was worse, when Sun and Jin started speaking English, or when Locke jumped out of his wheelchair after spinal surgery? Of course, they weren't real, so the laws of anything don't matter. The most interesting part was Farraday's mother not wanting him to be told he doesn't exist.

[withahip]

A series I am glad I never watched.

[blinkilite]

i really liked the finale until the last 10 minutes when it turned all cliche ... go to the light... meh. i was so disappointed, but i think part of it is also that i am sad the show is over, and while it was such an involved show, i guess i expected more of an involved ending/explanation.

i didn't like sayid getting back with shannon... he should have been with true love nadia, if she died, why can't she be in their magical after-death world? and where were the other people? walt? michael? mr eko? i wanted to see some of the island with ben & hurley in charge too. ahh well.

in case you didn't know there is going to be a LOST encyclopedia coming out in august... not sure if it will have answers for us, but still looks pretty cool

http://www.amazon.com/Lost-Encyclopedia ... 564&sr=1-1

[JackT]

I predicted that Jack would come out of the cave as white smoke and go into ass kicking mode. It turns out that would have been better, as well as making more sense.

[Dave Smith]

Watched it last night.Typical Lost really-frustrating yet enjoyable.I was expecting some kind of cataclysmic convergence between the two timelines but hey ho.Have to say Jacks Dad's acting left a little to be desired and should Syaed go to heaven after killing half of Libya in his lifetime?Mind you it could have been hell after hearing the Driveshaft/Daniel collaboration!

[withahip]

Sounds frustrating to spend years of your life on a show and the last ten minutes ruin the entire series.

[Dave Smith]

It didnt for me-but I know a lot of US fans are up in arms about it.I really enjoyed it as as I say-very spiritual ending.

[In The Margins]

But don't you think that if you had 2 or more years to come up with an ending, it would be a lot better than nothing matters, so go to the light?

I think it's a giant f-you to the fools over the last 6 years that have spent way too much time trying to figure out what all the symbols and clues mean. Nothing. They mean nothing because in the end everyone dies, so there ya go.

Even thought the writers claimed they had a master plan all along, it seems like they were flying by the seat of their pants and making stuff up as they went along. Thus much of mystery about the island was never addressed.

Also, to me the island was the central character, not Jack Shepherd. Most viewers couldn't stand him. But it's his image of reality that gets highlighted in the end? Gad.

[Dave Smith]

Be patient-wait for the directors cut DVD that could take 12 years to watch and the ensuing encyclopedia release.

One of the above statements is correct!lol.

[JackT]

I have an idea for a spin-off series that centers around the Dharma Initiative. Who knows what other kinds of hijinx they were involved in? Also, Lost had dropped that thread entirely by the end.

[happy_loss]

Americans, for the most part, do not like ambiguous endings. Most people like clear cut, happy, the good guy(s) win. I haven't watched it yet, as I have to wait to torrent it, but I did cheat and read the synopsis. Nothing spectacular, but not horrible either.

[JackT]

Americans, for the most part, do not like ambiguous endings. .

As opposed to whom?

[withahip]

Americans, for the most part, do not like ambiguous endings.

No way. The Americans who greatly dislike ambiguous endings are the ones who have the free time to go to a screening that decides the ending - almost always shown to focus groups around 1 in the afternoon.

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