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Post by kieran on Feb 14, 2013 15:34:30 GMT -5
I absolutely adore Lost and am always the first to defend it when being critisized but I recently finished watching it through for the second time.
I remember when the final season was first on TV every episode felt so important, every scene crucial and I loved the ending, thought it was the perfect way to finish it up.
But second time round, most of those flash sideways scenes seem like a waste of time, maybe because I know how it ends now but I dont think so, I'm constantly rewatching Twin Peaks and it seems to only get better with each viewing.
I still loved the final episode and the direction they took it in, but, theres something pointless feeling about the flash sideways timeline, apart from Desmonds awakening and and the very last episode.
I think the ideas put forth in the final season could have done with being introduced in the 5th season, have to stop typing or this will just turn into a stream of consciousness.
(Also anyone think that Desmond in the flash sideways could be The Man In Black? It's not my theory on what happened but an interesting idea.)
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Banecat
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Post by Banecat on Feb 14, 2013 15:40:14 GMT -5
For me the series ended with season five. {Spoiler}I'm ok with the series ending with the hydrogen bomb detonating, leaving the show on the same note it started with. Did it fix everything or not? It would have been up to your imaginations or fanfic writers.
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Rican
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Post by Rican on Feb 14, 2013 15:43:44 GMT -5
I'll spoiler this whole thing just in case but {Spoiler}During the last episode when it aired me and my friend thought that's what was going to happen: Desmond is the Man in Black and was trying to bring everyone into the alt. reality so he could take over the actual reality.
I liked the ending for what it was. It was emotionally satisfying for people who followed the show all those years. In my experience, (and this certainly isn't true for everyone) most of the people who were pissed about the ending had only been casually or recently been following the show to figure out what the mystery was and how it would end.
I DO kind of wish the alternate reality had been real. What I still don't understand is what happened to Desmond in that episode towards the end of the show when Widmore had him kidnapped and put him in that machine. My interpretation was that he had been "sent" to the alternate reality and was now on board with Widmore so he could take everyone else back with him.
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Post by Pooh Carlson on Feb 14, 2013 19:20:17 GMT -5
My favorite part of the last couple seasons was trading theories in the Lost threads with Rican ... as for the show itself, everything that happened on the island I enjoyed. I enjoyed nothing about the flash sideways.
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Post by Jiren on Feb 14, 2013 19:21:52 GMT -5
Season 1 - 5 - greatness
Season 6 - up yours
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Post by The Last Hero on Feb 14, 2013 20:17:17 GMT -5
My favorite character was John Locke... {Spoiler}They just completely dicked him around so much made me legit sad. Idk why but he was and is far and away my favorite TV character ever. Mainly because of the ups and downs he goes through throughout the show. He should have been the hero and not Jack! {Spoiler}Basically there were two endings, the reality ending was really bittersweet with how they killed just about everyone. Jack's last moments were very sad. The "heaven" ending is what I really hated at first; but then I understood that it was just them meeting after everyone was really dead. Once I knew that I was ok with it as it actually did seem like a good send-off.
I was infinitely glad my second favorite character lived though - Desmond.
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Post by ICBM on Feb 14, 2013 21:38:48 GMT -5
Season 6-great way to end it but rushed a bit
Season 1-simply the best episodic tv series season one ever. You simply had to watch and rewatch every episode. "See the thing is, we're gonna have to take the boy"
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Post by Malibu Albino on Feb 14, 2013 22:15:35 GMT -5
I love the show to death, it is easily my favorite show ever. But even I'll admit that Season 6 was a bit lacking compared to the others, understandably so, I still adore the ending and just listening to the ending song will get me a bit worked up. Regarding John Locke, he is easily my favorite TV character (a list which feature a good number of Losties) but I was ultimately okay with his character arc. {Spoiler}Until I realized that the Man in Black had essentially used Locke throughout the entire series to set-up his plan. That sort of soured it for me.
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Post by lildude8218 on Feb 15, 2013 1:01:51 GMT -5
I'd love for the creators to release the alternate versions of the story to explain how things would have been different if certain actors didn't leave or if they had as much time as possible to work with.
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Rican
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Post by Rican on Feb 15, 2013 1:15:57 GMT -5
See, I LOVED what they ended up doing with Locke. It was so ballsy and I don't think many shows would have done it. {Spoiler}This mysterious guy everyone thinks has it all figured out and kind of becomes the heart and soul of the show...but really, he was just a naive, silly, pathetic old man who got played his whole life.
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Post by darbus alan on Feb 15, 2013 2:47:52 GMT -5
I loved the ending of LOST. The sixth season itself was of mixed quality, but the good episodes were REALLY good and the finale was excellent. Sawyer and Juliet getting their memories back in the flash-sideways still makes me tear up.
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