tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6937848248469121586.post164003276781626750..comments2023-12-24T19:38:00.242-08:00Comments on Mendelson's Memos: What they died for? Not much. How the Lost finale negates the series.Scott Mendelsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08131426080984100749noreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6937848248469121586.post-28864208515295797842011-07-13T11:03:34.819-07:002011-07-13T11:03:34.819-07:00I got linked to this article from Fishbuiscuit'...I got linked to this article from Fishbuiscuit's recap. You both hit the nail on the head with your assessment. After all this time, I got my "copy" of the entire series DVD (from overseas...steeply discounted PC-only copy) and still have not watched it as initially planned from the start. I did rewatch the last season (free from the library)...but only to make sure I didn't really miss something. I didn't. I still can't watch the whole thing. Cuse & Lindelof are still in hiding and deservedly so. Someone needs to fish-slap them both.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6937848248469121586.post-76026015125271472382011-06-24T06:13:36.428-07:002011-06-24T06:13:36.428-07:00I got linked to this article from Fishbuiscuit'...I got linked to this article from Fishbuiscuit's recap. You both hit the nail on the head with your assessment. After all this time, I got my "copy" of the entire series DVD (from overseas...steeply discounted PC-only copy) and still have not watched it as initially planned from the start. I did rewatch the last season (free from the library)...but only to make sure I didn't really miss something. I didn't. I still can't watch the whole thing. Cuse & Lindelof are still in hiding and deservedly so. Someone needs to fish-slap them both.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6937848248469121586.post-66951938071930341832011-05-13T10:41:00.926-07:002011-05-13T10:41:00.926-07:00You know, if not for those last five minutes of th...You know, if not for those last five minutes of the finale, this all could have worked for me. If they had just let everyone in the parallel universe just go one with their lives after thier "awakening" moments I would have been happy. That way everyone is alive and everyone gets to have a second chance at their lives as perhaps a reward from the island for saving it. There would still be a ton on unanswered questions, but I could almost live with itJasonFPorterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03078443022307130890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6937848248469121586.post-66419110944154701342011-05-13T10:40:58.872-07:002011-05-13T10:40:58.872-07:00I've been trying to put my finger on what it w...I've been trying to put my finger on what it was that's been bothering me about this finale...and you nailed it. It is that the ending had nothing to do with the entire series. And I agree that it sort of negates the rest of it, makes it un-rewatchable. <br>Ok, I knew that 1) not ALL the answers would be revealed. I was ok with that. Some residual mystery would have kept up the appeal.<br>2) The writers have emphasized that the show is mostly about the characters.<br>Well the problem with that is that while loyal viewers have indeed come to care very much about the characters, the fact is that they weren't the ONLY thing we cared about. I also cared about the mythology of the island. The reasons for the various conflicts that arose throughout the series. The connectedness that the characters had, unbeknownst to them. <br>And the finale didn't address any of that. <br>I was ok with it all up until Jack announced that 'he died too'. If anything would have happened other than that, I would have been ok with it. <br>The entire 6th season is pretty much completely pointless. Why the heck would someone have a son with a girl he never even dated, in purgatory? <br>It was also never explained how MIB leaving the island would destroy the world. It's been pretty clear throughout the series that there was a reason for them all coming together to that island...and this was never revealed. Not even close. <br><br>The more I think about this finale the more upset I become with it. I've been a loyal fan since the beginning, and this is the only show I've ever cared about. And I was so sure that no matter what they did with the ending, I would be satisfied. I trusted the writers to, if not blow me away with the ending, at least honor the amazingness of the show. And they failed.Tracynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6937848248469121586.post-14487098570521944132011-05-13T10:40:58.375-07:002011-05-13T10:40:58.375-07:00Rule #1 for Television Series Writers: If you have...Rule #1 for Television Series Writers: If you have to do a 'time-forward' for no good reason (i.e., Desperate Housewives, Ghost Whisperer), if you have to create an alternate timeline/universe (i.e., Dallas, Lost) to explain your storyline- forget it. Its at that point where you've "jumped the shark". If your story and characters have no where else to go, then its time to wrap up the series and move on to something else. Viewers have invested time and emotion in your shows. Don't abuse it.innerjujuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14295191880965797940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6937848248469121586.post-81762944512519135382011-05-13T10:40:58.027-07:002011-05-13T10:40:58.027-07:00Excellent post.For me, the debate is now "whi...Excellent post.<br><br>For me, the debate is now "which season should have been the final season?"<br><br>You have eloquently made the case for season 3, another poster suggested season 5. I think season 4 could have also made a fine ending.<br><br>Each of those season finales could have have been tweaked to conclude the series better than it was.<br><br>I'm extremely disappointed, and I'll spend the last bit of my mental energy I'm giving to Lost trying to decide if the story concludes with season 3, 4, or 5.Stevenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6937848248469121586.post-84917481162720922652011-05-13T10:40:57.465-07:002011-05-13T10:40:57.465-07:00I mostly agree with your review. The story in the...I mostly agree with your review. The story in the first three or even in the 4th season was really compelling...but then the absurdity crept in. <br><br>After season 4, I expected season 5 to really do a deep dive on the character's lives after they returned to the real world...especially Ben going after Charles Widmore. That would have been some exciting TV...What exactly was Widmore trying to do...why did he send those people back to the island.<br><br>The fact that this island had some very special properties was a huge part of the show: the healing properties, the Wheel of Time, the Temple, the electromagnetism, the freakin numbers, the fact the island couldn't be found, why they all needed to be on the plane to return to the island, the sickness, the voices, the cave of enlightenment and the friggin cork (what's up with that anyway). It was the entire reason why Jacob needed to protect it, why the Dharma Initiative was there, Ben, Charles Widmore, and the guys on the freighter were there because of how important the island was... It was a character on the show just like Jack, Kate, Sawyer and Hugo...probably the biggest. So why the hell didn't it get its due wrap up just like the other characters. <br><br>Scott, I have a blog topic: ask readers for suggestions on what season 4, 5, 6 should have been about and how the show should have ended.ozworldnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6937848248469121586.post-66665348125645839212011-05-13T10:40:55.712-07:002011-05-13T10:40:55.712-07:009. I also would have liked to have seen more from ...9. I also would have liked to have seen more from Widmore. But he did serve as an important antagonist. Not to mention bringing Desmond back to the island. As for Locke, he may have died in the fifth season, but would Jack have undergone his transformation from Man of Science to Man of Faith had it not been for Locke? Would he have been able to kill the Smoke Monster and save the world? Unlikely.<br> <br>10. "Considering how crappy most of the 'real' lives of our island friends had been, why were they so happy to be ripped from their comparatively idealistic afterlife to be reminded of the hell that they had went through?" A fair question. But it wasn't all hell for them. There was a lot of love. You're getting hung up on the hell part -- focus on the love and forgiveness that took place. In the end, that's what matters the most.<br> <br>11. "...complete with the idea that the ditzy-blond you boned for two weeks can be your soul mate as opposed to the actual love of your life, and how quickly you can accept your tragic fate and move forward is directly proportional to how big a star you were in your island adventures." This was something I think everyone had a problem with. One possible answer: After what Sayid did to try and get Nadia back (per the Smoke Monster's orders), did he really deserve to have her? In "Sundown"'s flash-sideways, that's more or less what his subconscious says.<br> <br>12. "By creating a whole new mythology in its final season, in a failed attempt to give the show 'deeper meanings', the series chose to ignore everything that viewers had become invested in." I think you're confusing "creating" with "revealing". This is another exaggerated statement.<br> <br>13. "Oh well, hopefully 24 will end on a superior note." Not so much. http://keninthecity.blogspot.com/2010/06/seconds-out.htmlKenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15564285901144613583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6937848248469121586.post-14358607644307666092011-05-13T10:40:55.160-07:002011-05-13T10:40:55.160-07:00Nice review. The series should have ended after s...Nice review. The series should have ended after season 3.<br><br>The part that bugs me most is when the showrunners said the show was always all about the characters. The show was about the characters only with respect to how they interacted with the mysteries of the island. Take away the mysteries and you have a show that would not even have gotten past the pilot. <br><br>Inexplicably, they made the ending all about afterlife romances! Really? That bucks every religious tradition out there, there's no such thing. And the pairings were not the ones they'd spent the entire series slowly establishing with actual scenes showing the evolution of relationships.<br><br>Soap opera romances are written better.<br><br>1) Sayid and Shannon? There were so many scenes throughout the series showing how much Sayid loved Nadia, how his love for her shaped the course of his life from the moment he set eyes on her until long after she died. Then he had a brief affair with the island bimbo, and suddenly Nadia is resigned to being unhappily married to Sayid's gangster brother in the "flash sideways"? And she is completely forgotten in the last 10 minutes. Because it's all about the bimbo. Nadia, Sayid's wife, doesn't even get to sit behind Sayid and his bimbo at Jack's funeral, she wasn't even invited.<br><br>2) Sawyer and Juliet? Another "relationship" we never saw, they had a total of one and a half superficial scenes together before Kate returned and from then on Sawyer ogled Kate so much that Juliet finally killed herself in a fit of jealousy. I read the transcripts to make sure, this is all spelled out in great detail. The writers wrote countless scenes over six seasons telling the Sawyer and Kate love story. They escaped from the island to start a new life together (and this was later confirmed). But that's all forgotten in the "flash sideways".<br><br>3) Claire and Charlie? Claire also escaped, she was about 20 and had another 60 years of life ahead of her - her life had barely begun. Yet in the last 10 minutes, she is reunited with Charlie, but again, we never saw a romantic relationship beyond a kiss. She never even mourned his death, they turned her into a zombie and she remained that way until inexplicably in the final moments of the series finale, she turned back into herself. And her child, of course, was born dead. Just in time to go to Jack's funeral. With Charlie. Seriously, if this was a soap opera, it would have been cancelled after the first episode.<br><br>4) Hurley and Libbey? They almost had a date once. So of course they are paired off in the "flash sideways". He also went on to live a full life, and maybe even got to have an actual date with someone. But that was it for him. The girl he barely knew at all and almost had a date with.<br><br>And so on.<br><br>It all became so vague and nonsensical, viewers just made things up to suit themselves. That's what confused writing does, it opens up holes that you can drive a mack truck through.<br><br>And in the "flash sideways" all of the characters were not only not themselves, but dead, so the showrunners' claims of character "redemption" rang hollow as well.<br><br>It makes a bit more sense if you view the "flash sideways" as Jack's dying vision (he imagined things the way he remembered them or wanted them to be). But the characters became largely one-dimensional extras by the sixth season.<br><br>This was not a well-told character story, by any measure.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6937848248469121586.post-38052353538858988152011-05-13T10:40:54.471-07:002011-05-13T10:40:54.471-07:00Anonymous - if the show sucked after Season 3, why...Anonymous - if the show sucked after Season 3, why did you keep watching for three more years? I'm assuming there was something you actually liked about Lost that kept you coming back.<br><br>"This was not a well-told character story, by any measure."<br><br>Hilarious!About Kenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15564285901144613583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6937848248469121586.post-52577226376286490802010-11-22T18:26:29.395-08:002010-11-22T18:26:29.395-08:00Anonymous - if the show sucked after Season 3, why...Anonymous - if the show sucked after Season 3, why did you keep watching for three more years? I'm assuming there was something you actually liked about Lost that kept you coming back.<br /><br />"This was not a well-told character story, by any measure."<br /><br />Hilarious!Kenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15564285901144613583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6937848248469121586.post-76350103210127556192010-11-22T05:26:18.099-08:002010-11-22T05:26:18.099-08:00Nice review. The series should have ended after s...Nice review. The series should have ended after season 3.<br /><br />The part that bugs me most is when the showrunners said the show was always all about the characters. The show was about the characters only with respect to how they interacted with the mysteries of the island. Take away the mysteries and you have a show that would not even have gotten past the pilot. <br /><br />Inexplicably, they made the ending all about afterlife romances! Really? That bucks every religious tradition out there, there's no such thing. And the pairings were not the ones they'd spent the entire series slowly establishing with actual scenes showing the evolution of relationships.<br /><br />Soap opera romances are written better.<br /><br />1) Sayid and Shannon? There were so many scenes throughout the series showing how much Sayid loved Nadia, how his love for her shaped the course of his life from the moment he set eyes on her until long after she died. Then he had a brief affair with the island bimbo, and suddenly Nadia is resigned to being unhappily married to Sayid's gangster brother in the "flash sideways"? And she is completely forgotten in the last 10 minutes. Because it's all about the bimbo. Nadia, Sayid's wife, doesn't even get to sit behind Sayid and his bimbo at Jack's funeral, she wasn't even invited.<br /><br />2) Sawyer and Juliet? Another "relationship" we never saw, they had a total of one and a half superficial scenes together before Kate returned and from then on Sawyer ogled Kate so much that Juliet finally killed herself in a fit of jealousy. I read the transcripts to make sure, this is all spelled out in great detail. The writers wrote countless scenes over six seasons telling the Sawyer and Kate love story. They escaped from the island to start a new life together (and this was later confirmed). But that's all forgotten in the "flash sideways".<br /><br />3) Claire and Charlie? Claire also escaped, she was about 20 and had another 60 years of life ahead of her - her life had barely begun. Yet in the last 10 minutes, she is reunited with Charlie, but again, we never saw a romantic relationship beyond a kiss. She never even mourned his death, they turned her into a zombie and she remained that way until inexplicably in the final moments of the series finale, she turned back into herself. And her child, of course, was born dead. Just in time to go to Jack's funeral. With Charlie. Seriously, if this was a soap opera, it would have been cancelled after the first episode.<br /><br />4) Hurley and Libbey? They almost had a date once. So of course they are paired off in the "flash sideways". He also went on to live a full life, and maybe even got to have an actual date with someone. But that was it for him. The girl he barely knew at all and almost had a date with.<br /><br />And so on.<br /><br />It all became so vague and nonsensical, viewers just made things up to suit themselves. That's what confused writing does, it opens up holes that you can drive a mack truck through.<br /><br />And in the "flash sideways" all of the characters were not only not themselves, but dead, so the showrunners' claims of character "redemption" rang hollow as well.<br /><br />It makes a bit more sense if you view the "flash sideways" as Jack's dying vision (he imagined things the way he remembered them or wanted them to be). But the characters became largely one-dimensional extras by the sixth season.<br /><br />This was not a well-told character story, by any measure.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6937848248469121586.post-11415692331458375102010-06-19T10:32:20.729-07:002010-06-19T10:32:20.729-07:009. I also would have liked to have seen more from ...9. I also would have liked to have seen more from Widmore. But he did serve as an important antagonist. Not to mention bringing Desmond back to the island. As for Locke, he may have died in the fifth season, but would Jack have undergone his transformation from Man of Science to Man of Faith had it not been for Locke? Would he have been able to kill the Smoke Monster and save the world? Unlikely.<br /> <br />10. "Considering how crappy most of the 'real' lives of our island friends had been, why were they so happy to be ripped from their comparatively idealistic afterlife to be reminded of the hell that they had went through?" A fair question. But it wasn't all hell for them. There was a lot of love. You're getting hung up on the hell part -- focus on the love and forgiveness that took place. In the end, that's what matters the most.<br /> <br />11. "...complete with the idea that the ditzy-blond you boned for two weeks can be your soul mate as opposed to the actual love of your life, and how quickly you can accept your tragic fate and move forward is directly proportional to how big a star you were in your island adventures." This was something I think everyone had a problem with. One possible answer: After what Sayid did to try and get Nadia back (per the Smoke Monster's orders), did he really deserve to have her? In "Sundown"'s flash-sideways, that's more or less what his subconscious says.<br /> <br />12. "By creating a whole new mythology in its final season, in a failed attempt to give the show 'deeper meanings', the series chose to ignore everything that viewers had become invested in." I think you're confusing "creating" with "revealing". This is another exaggerated statement.<br /> <br />13. "Oh well, hopefully 24 will end on a superior note." Not so much. http://keninthecity.blogspot.com/2010/06/seconds-out.htmlKenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15564285901144613583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6937848248469121586.post-64206132750030430372010-06-19T10:32:20.728-07:002010-06-19T10:32:20.728-07:001. Why exactly was the beginning of Season 6 full ...1. Why exactly was the beginning of Season 6 full of "weak, claustrophobic entries"? "LA X" was a cool episode and had some great revelations about the series as a whole. I will give you that "What Kate Does" was probably the least interesting. But what about "The Substitute" and "Lighthouse" with Locke and Jack, respectively? Great stuff.<br /> <br />2. I share your sentiments about the Season 3 finale -- everything about it was amazing.<br /> <br />3. "Last night's finale was a tragedy, a genuinely uninvolving and downright dull botch that not only fails as a stand-alone episode and fails as a finale, but it lessens the profound dramatic impact of what came before over the last six years. It was the worst major series finale since Ally McBeal..."<br /> <br />Obviously this is my opinion, but come on -- Ally McBeal? Besides your unnecessarily high level of cynicism, the main problem I have with your post is that you seem to be going to extremes for hyperbole's sake. That, or an attempt at humor. Sure, the finale wasn't for everyone, but to go beyond that and say that it didn't even work as a standalone episode and that it completely failed on every level makes me think you were watching Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles.<br /> <br />4. Ultimately, these people died in the name of saving the souls of the world. Sure, it's incredibly broad and outlandish on the surface, but my point is they died for more than just trying to put a rock back in place. It was their destiny to come to the island. Jacob admitted that he brought them there because he made a mistake, but at the same time, he needed them for an important purpose that was in everyone's interest, whether they knew what it was or not. More importantly, he told them that he plucked no one from a happy existence. Again, it's not completely clean, but it's more than what you think it is.<br /> <br />5. They had to return to the island because their work was not done yet. No candidate had replaced Jacob to protect the island, and the Smoke Monster wasn't dead.<br /> <br />6. "OK, fine, you don't care that the world was never in any peril..." Had Smokey escaped, the world WOULD BE in peril, at least according to Widmore, Eloise, Ben, and Jacob. Did you miss that?<br /> <br />7. "...basically gave the writers an excuse to ignore every mystery and/or question that had been brought up prior to the end of season five." -- Another overstatement. If you go back, we learned more about the island than you think.<br /> <br />8. "Everything that the show told you mattered, the Dharma initiative, the Others, the character arcs of our main characters, all of that was more or less forgotten for the sake of a hastily-told generic 'good vs. evil' struggle." -- it wasn't hastily told. I wouldn't call three backstory episodes "hasty", especially when fans couldn't even handle "Across the Sea". Obviously Dharma and the Others played a part in the entire island saga -- but that doesn't mean every single thread had to come together in the finale -- some had already wrapped.Kenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15564285901144613583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6937848248469121586.post-48276416395796086592010-06-02T17:11:04.556-07:002010-06-02T17:11:04.556-07:00While I always respect what you write I very much ...While I always respect what you write I very much disagree especially when you say that this this fails as a stand alone episode. For my money this series final episode was as great a piece of television as I've ever viewed. It was just simply GREAT. I would also argue that it was far more satisfying than anything playing currently in a movie theater (except for Kickass which I loved). YES it didn't answer every question but on a human level I found it stunningly good. I LOVED it! Jack was a great hero and his death scene was brilliantly staged. I've watch the episode 3 times and love every frame.CHUCKhttp://entertainmenttodayandbeyond.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6937848248469121586.post-78203003921886297442010-05-28T19:13:23.492-07:002010-05-28T19:13:23.492-07:00Someone up top said, 'the people who put their...Someone up top said, 'the people who put their hearts into the characters loved it.' i am one of the people who loved the characters and i didn't love the finale. BECAUSE the story was no longer following any of the previous logic, character deaths meant nothing at all. it was like, well Locke was dead, then he wasn't, then he sort of was undead, and claire and sayid, they were both sort of undead, and then they weren't sort of, then sayid died, and oh, sun and jin, you haven't seen them together for 2 seasons? well, here they are for 10 minutes, and now they are gone, POOF! <br /><br />none of this had any of the heft of charlie dying in season three, which we had known was going to happen but didn't want to happen, and it was sad when it did. because none of the stuff in season six make a lick of sense, jack's 'sacrifice' at the end, also meant nothing.<br /><br />story still matters even if you are a character-centric Lost lover. the story needs to make an iota of sense.T-ROnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6937848248469121586.post-2256835534530091622010-05-28T18:01:13.691-07:002010-05-28T18:01:13.691-07:00Absolutely brilliant, spot-on post -- best single ...Absolutely brilliant, spot-on post -- best single summary of the failings of the finale that I've read to date.<br /><br />The real damn tragedy of the finale was that they had time to tie things together in grand Lost style until about 40 minutes prior to the end. There was a proper final twist in there, which resolved the paradox of the other world, brought the joy of the characters coming together again some meaning, had the properly dramatic sacrifice that validated all those previous, and actually addressed five seasons of scientific and/or mystical mysteries some cohesive meaning. It was there -- but it was like the writers didn't care enough to bother with it. They got you there and then just threw it into the garbage.<br /><br />It was like in the last 40 minutes, the show that the writers had desperately been trying to land for three seasons was hijacked and deliberately driven into the ground and blown to bits, for us only to be assured afterwards that the damn thing actually landed and is fine.<br /><br />It was all downhill for me once it was made clear that Nadia -- the woman whose mention by Desmond apparently overcame the "sickness" in Sayid in the real world -- WASN'T his real love, it was the ditzy blond who was Sayid's next choice after cashing out at the Kate table early in the first season. He could have been with Nadia, as she was really IN the sideways world -- or maybe she wasn't, since she was married to his brother, and the sideways world was populated by randomly generated ghosts like Jack's son, who never really existed in the first place, but were the philosophical zombies of the sideways world who were there because...uh...I'll get back to you.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04800251815545429023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6937848248469121586.post-19566944978686044542010-05-28T05:25:20.158-07:002010-05-28T05:25:20.158-07:00I found two typos. 1: First Paragraph Third Sent...I found two typos. 1: First Paragraph Third Sentence should read "That's what I would be saying..." 2: Last paragraph should state "Ben defeating Locke.." I chalk everything else up to style.<br /><br />Scott, I must ask this question. Are you tapping my phone? Your blog details every point I been complaining about since I viewed the finale. The show is completely unwatchable a second time.<br /><br />By the way, Michael Emerson stated in an interview that the blu-ray version of season 6 will contain 10-12 minutes of footage of Ben and Hurley as the island protectors. Gotta sell that merchandise!!!Waste of Six Yearsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6937848248469121586.post-9352412444808736612010-05-27T01:56:29.047-07:002010-05-27T01:56:29.047-07:00I mostly agree with your review. The story in the...I mostly agree with your review. The story in the first three or even in the 4th season was really compelling...but then the absurdity crept in. <br /><br />After season 4, I expected season 5 to really do a deep dive on the character's lives after they returned to the real world...especially Ben going after Charles Widmore. That would have been some exciting TV...What exactly was Widmore trying to do...why did he send those people back to the island.<br /><br />The fact that this island had some very special properties was a huge part of the show: the healing properties, the Wheel of Time, the Temple, the electromagnetism, the freakin numbers, the fact the island couldn't be found, why they all needed to be on the plane to return to the island, the sickness, the voices, the cave of enlightenment and the friggin cork (what's up with that anyway). It was the entire reason why Jacob needed to protect it, why the Dharma Initiative was there, Ben, Charles Widmore, and the guys on the freighter were there because of how important the island was... It was a character on the show just like Jack, Kate, Sawyer and Hugo...probably the biggest. So why the hell didn't it get its due wrap up just like the other characters. <br /><br />Scott, I have a blog topic: ask readers for suggestions on what season 4, 5, 6 should have been about and how the show should have ended.ozworldnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6937848248469121586.post-46308618018915322622010-05-26T12:32:13.842-07:002010-05-26T12:32:13.842-07:00Excellent post.
For me, the debate is now "w...Excellent post.<br /><br />For me, the debate is now "which season should have been the final season?"<br /><br />You have eloquently made the case for season 3, another poster suggested season 5. I think season 4 could have also made a fine ending.<br /><br />Each of those season finales could have have been tweaked to conclude the series better than it was.<br /><br />I'm extremely disappointed, and I'll spend the last bit of my mental energy I'm giving to Lost trying to decide if the story concludes with season 3, 4, or 5.Stevenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6937848248469121586.post-54664000915354962732010-05-26T07:28:58.724-07:002010-05-26T07:28:58.724-07:00Rule #1 for Television Series Writers: If you have...Rule #1 for Television Series Writers: If you have to do a 'time-forward' for no good reason (i.e., Desperate Housewives, Ghost Whisperer), if you have to create an alternate timeline/universe (i.e., Dallas, Lost) to explain your storyline- forget it. Its at that point where you've "jumped the shark". If your story and characters have no where else to go, then its time to wrap up the series and move on to something else. Viewers have invested time and emotion in your shows. Don't abuse it.innerjujuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14295191880965797940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6937848248469121586.post-25702631272047177182010-05-26T03:46:56.950-07:002010-05-26T03:46:56.950-07:00EPIC FAIL. After 6 years of unbelievable intellect...EPIC FAIL. After 6 years of unbelievable intellectual debates and in depth banter with friends and family that lasted hours after the episodes, I for one feel cheated, led on, and completely shocked at what they gave us for an ending to this marvelous ride. After experiencing philosophy, psychology, sci-fi, fantasy, theology, pop-culture, heartwrenching and heartwarming drama for all these years, to let us down and bring it all to a close with some 'white light' and a very fast paced 'touch and re-live six years of memories" in less than 10 seconds each character, was an insult and a shock! Where are OUR ANSWERS????!!!! I mean, c'mon? We already figured out they were all DEAD three seasons ago!!! Is that why we had to wait months and months in the middle of a season before the writers figured out what they were going to do-knowing that die hard fans already figured it out???? It could have been an EPIC ending to the most thought provoking, smart, brain bending and unbelievably creative treasure on TV in decades, but they obviously did NOT know where they were going and for them to not expect more out of us (their audience) is a huge let down of epic proportions. I feel completely BETRAYED. SHAME ON YOU LOST WRITERS!! SHAME ON YOU ABC!!mianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6937848248469121586.post-64042397703173811112010-05-25T21:36:05.338-07:002010-05-25T21:36:05.338-07:00I've been trying to put my finger on what it w...I've been trying to put my finger on what it was that's been bothering me about this finale...and you nailed it. It is that the ending had nothing to do with the entire series. And I agree that it sort of negates the rest of it, makes it un-rewatchable. <br />Ok, I knew that 1) not ALL the answers would be revealed. I was ok with that. Some residual mystery would have kept up the appeal.<br />2) The writers have emphasized that the show is mostly about the characters.<br />Well the problem with that is that while loyal viewers have indeed come to care very much about the characters, the fact is that they weren't the ONLY thing we cared about. I also cared about the mythology of the island. The reasons for the various conflicts that arose throughout the series. The connectedness that the characters had, unbeknownst to them. <br />And the finale didn't address any of that. <br />I was ok with it all up until Jack announced that 'he died too'. If anything would have happened other than that, I would have been ok with it. <br />The entire 6th season is pretty much completely pointless. Why the heck would someone have a son with a girl he never even dated, in purgatory? <br />It was also never explained how MIB leaving the island would destroy the world. It's been pretty clear throughout the series that there was a reason for them all coming together to that island...and this was never revealed. Not even close. <br /><br />The more I think about this finale the more upset I become with it. I've been a loyal fan since the beginning, and this is the only show I've ever cared about. And I was so sure that no matter what they did with the ending, I would be satisfied. I trusted the writers to, if not blow me away with the ending, at least honor the amazingness of the show. And they failed.Tracynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6937848248469121586.post-47325160811346204832010-05-25T20:51:40.730-07:002010-05-25T20:51:40.730-07:00I hope I never have the misfortune of being drawn ...I hope I never have the misfortune of being drawn into a "charater study" like that ever again...too much left to interpertation, which probably would have worked out fine is you were a writer on the series, but as a watcher, not so much...we got "Dallas-ed."Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06386037128399477398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6937848248469121586.post-81323582203893023132010-05-25T17:37:58.562-07:002010-05-25T17:37:58.562-07:00Absolutely spot on. You hit every point that I...Absolutely spot on. You hit every point that I've been bringing up when discussing this over the last few days. Every stinking point that made this finale totally destroy the last 6 seasons of the show (I do feel that the show retained it's quality after season 3 and up through even this season at points)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com