But, the angry man did have a point when he said that every time the writer’s introduced a new plot turn they would consistently reassure everyone that all will be answered. Then right at the end they say it doesn’t matter? That doesn’t seem fair.
I should also say that the reason we were asking for answers is because the writer kept posing the questions. It is a perfectly natural human trait to want answers.
But having said that, maybe your right P, it is my science background that may be soiling my opinion of the show.
Last week of classes…will get to pontification soon…
That guy is bitter, I feel like he wrote that three weeks ago.
I don’t disagree with all of his critiques of the show either, and I don’t disagree with everything you(J) have said about the show.
I don’t think it was a perfect ending, but I can’t say I wasn’t enjoying, because I was. All of this talk about the answers to this or that….c’mon, there was no way they were going to answer every damn question in those last couple of hours. Hell, they had a character actually say at one point, “stop asking for answers, they will only lead to more questions”-mother
There isn’t an ending that would have satisfied everyone. Your experience with the show is yours and is valid….if it wasn’t a good experience that’s shame, because it was for me.
I think everyone likes the show for different reasons so that’s a valid question but I know that I really liked a lot of the characters in addition to the mysteries/sci-fi stuff. It was a little silly for the producers to say the answers only matter if they matter to the characters since so much of the show was based around the other stuff – but I know a show like Lost would not have worked without cool characters. See: Flashforward, V, a dozen other Lost ripoffs that didn’t work.
If the show was 100% character-driven, people would not talk about it on the Internet, period.
You’re right, B. True there is a thousand different ways to end the show. But as I said before, I just didn’t like the way they chose to end it.
Also, one point I wanted to make, in reference to our off-line discussions, is that if the show is not really about the answers to the myriad of questions they introduced, then what are we left with? A character drama? I’m sorry, but I never really enjoyed the characters THAT much. Did you guys? I think towards the end I secretly applauded the demise of some (e.g., Sun and Jin — I was over them by season 5) and prayed for the demise of others (e.g., Kate).
From the opening scene of Season 1, I was locked (pun unintended) into the show more for the weirdness and the unexpected twists than anything else. I think after every other episode during the first 2 seasons, I remember going “what do you think that’s all about?”
So for the finale to tell me that the twists and turns didn’t really matter sort of makes me mad. And that is why I feel cheated.
Maybe in retrospect I never really liked Lost like you guys did? I don’t know.
That guy is freaking bitter (look at his own comments responding to readers) and I’m sorry, but no matter how much money he was given to “write the ending,” it would not have been better. I read his post, his writing ain’t that great.
A big problem he has, along with a lot of fans, is that he was told “all would be revealed” and it obviously wasn’t. But did the creators say that or the ABC marketing team? And even if the creators said something like that, who gives a shit?
I think Lost owes an incredible amount of its success to the Internet – blogs, discussions, games – but the instant reaction is also a bad thing. Someone else mentioned this first but it’s a good point: how can you make a decision about the ending in one day after you’ve invested 120 hours into a show? It’s really fun to discuss the show (like right here on Lostie Blostie), but between the millions of fans, someone is going to guess all the twists and provide better explanations than the writers really can. What would this show and the reaction to the finale been like pre-Internet?
Still waiting for P’s philosophical pontification about the ending of Lost…
By the way, here is a post from some fan that sums up my feelings about Lost entirely. I couldn’t have said it better myself, though I think he is a little more aggressive about it than I am.
“The images shown during the end credits of the Lost finale, which included shots of Oceanic 815 on a deserted beach, were not part of the final story but were a visual aid to allow the viewer to decompress before heading into the news.”
Discussion board for Oceanic Flight 815
Lost was a train wreck. I should know, I directed The Island of Dr. Moreau
I love LOST!
Fair enough P.
But, the angry man did have a point when he said that every time the writer’s introduced a new plot turn they would consistently reassure everyone that all will be answered. Then right at the end they say it doesn’t matter? That doesn’t seem fair.
I should also say that the reason we were asking for answers is because the writer kept posing the questions. It is a perfectly natural human trait to want answers.
But having said that, maybe your right P, it is my science background that may be soiling my opinion of the show.
Last week of classes…will get to pontification soon…
That guy is bitter, I feel like he wrote that three weeks ago.
I don’t disagree with all of his critiques of the show either, and I don’t disagree with everything you(J) have said about the show.
I don’t think it was a perfect ending, but I can’t say I wasn’t enjoying, because I was. All of this talk about the answers to this or that….c’mon, there was no way they were going to answer every damn question in those last couple of hours. Hell, they had a character actually say at one point, “stop asking for answers, they will only lead to more questions”-mother
There isn’t an ending that would have satisfied everyone. Your experience with the show is yours and is valid….if it wasn’t a good experience that’s shame, because it was for me.
I think everyone likes the show for different reasons so that’s a valid question but I know that I really liked a lot of the characters in addition to the mysteries/sci-fi stuff. It was a little silly for the producers to say the answers only matter if they matter to the characters since so much of the show was based around the other stuff – but I know a show like Lost would not have worked without cool characters. See: Flashforward, V, a dozen other Lost ripoffs that didn’t work.
If the show was 100% character-driven, people would not talk about it on the Internet, period.
You’re right, B. True there is a thousand different ways to end the show. But as I said before, I just didn’t like the way they chose to end it.
Also, one point I wanted to make, in reference to our off-line discussions, is that if the show is not really about the answers to the myriad of questions they introduced, then what are we left with? A character drama? I’m sorry, but I never really enjoyed the characters THAT much. Did you guys? I think towards the end I secretly applauded the demise of some (e.g., Sun and Jin — I was over them by season 5) and prayed for the demise of others (e.g., Kate).
From the opening scene of Season 1, I was locked (pun unintended) into the show more for the weirdness and the unexpected twists than anything else. I think after every other episode during the first 2 seasons, I remember going “what do you think that’s all about?”
So for the finale to tell me that the twists and turns didn’t really matter sort of makes me mad. And that is why I feel cheated.
Maybe in retrospect I never really liked Lost like you guys did? I don’t know.
That guy is freaking bitter (look at his own comments responding to readers) and I’m sorry, but no matter how much money he was given to “write the ending,” it would not have been better. I read his post, his writing ain’t that great.
A big problem he has, along with a lot of fans, is that he was told “all would be revealed” and it obviously wasn’t. But did the creators say that or the ABC marketing team? And even if the creators said something like that, who gives a shit?
I think Lost owes an incredible amount of its success to the Internet – blogs, discussions, games – but the instant reaction is also a bad thing. Someone else mentioned this first but it’s a good point: how can you make a decision about the ending in one day after you’ve invested 120 hours into a show? It’s really fun to discuss the show (like right here on Lostie Blostie), but between the millions of fans, someone is going to guess all the twists and provide better explanations than the writers really can. What would this show and the reaction to the finale been like pre-Internet?
Still waiting for P’s philosophical pontification about the ending of Lost…
By the way, here is a post from some fan that sums up my feelings about Lost entirely. I couldn’t have said it better myself, though I think he is a little more aggressive about it than I am.
I saw that! So much for that cool theory.
But at least now the idea that they all died in the plane crash can be debunked.
And how stupid is ABC? Between that and the V countdown thing earlier in the year, they really look like morons.
This is mostly for B:
A rep for ABC confirms:
“The images shown during the end credits of the Lost finale, which included shots of Oceanic 815 on a deserted beach, were not part of the final story but were a visual aid to allow the viewer to decompress before heading into the news.”