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Post by henzINNIT on May 24, 2010 7:50:55 GMT -5
It was pretty cool. Glad the characters were resolved even if a lot of the mysteries weren't. Felt oddly choppy despite the massive length... like Ben stuck under a tree and suddenly fine with everyone else. Strong end to a patchy season regardless.
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Post by drusillacakes on May 24, 2010 10:52:50 GMT -5
It's the end of an era-- a 6 year mind-trip. I only saw the episode once, so I'm really looking forward to giving it a proper re-watch soon and watching the Jimmy Kimmel special too since I missed that.
Jin & Sun-- oh my god, I couldn't keep my eyes dry, especially when Sun's ultrasound triggered their memories. I love them! I love how it ended with Jack, just as it started with him. The origin of the nick on his neck, finally revealed! I found that immensely satisfying, like the two perceptions of reality bleeding together. That was awesome. There were some things that I was dissatisfied with-- pertaining to the island and the mythology... I feel like it's still going to take some time to process.
I can't wait till they come out with the complete series boxset. I do hope they have plans to release that.
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Post by willow333 on May 24, 2010 12:13:37 GMT -5
I thought the episode was emotionally satisfying, but intellectually unsatisfying. I would love to hear everyone's theory on when the suvivors actually died. Did they die in the plane crash or after the plane crash. I think everything that happened on the island was real and they survived the plane crash, but it seems other people think differently. I've heard many theories that the island was another step in them trying to cross over. A type of journey they needed to take in order to cross to the alternate reality where they could move on. What does everyone else think?
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Post by hitnrun017 on May 24, 2010 12:33:50 GMT -5
I definitely think everything that happened on the island was real. Seemed like Christian made that clear, but I guess there are tons of possibilities. Can't wait till Lindelof and Cuse break their vow of silence.
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Post by willow333 on May 24, 2010 13:29:02 GMT -5
Yeah after thinking it over and going back to some of the things that were said by the characters I am convinced everything that happened on the island was real. Christian said it was real. Kate told Jack something like "I've missed you for a long time" when she saw him in the flash sideways at the concert. To me this means she lived a long time after leaving the island. And then there is Hurley's 'You were a great number 2" remark to Ben. This tells me they lived a long time on that island as number 1 and 2.
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Post by hitnrun017 on May 24, 2010 13:50:01 GMT -5
I wish we could've gotten a few more characters in the final scene, but I guess they weren't "ready" as Desmond said about Ana-Lucia. Ben staying outside was brilliant. Wonder if he also wanted to wait for Alex and Danielle. I wish we had more of an Eloise explanation, but I love that she asked Desmond not take Faraday, maybe she wants to be forgiven for killing him. At least Faraday and Charlotte got to meet. Seems like a lot of people aren't happy about Sayid/Shannon but I love it. He was broken after she died (or at least for a couple episodes ) and again for the majority of Season 6. Nadia was impossible, so who better to make him happy than Shannon? Ughhh I can't get the final scene and music out of my head. I'm tempted to rewatch it over and over but really don't want to until getting the complete series.
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Post by Beaumonde on May 24, 2010 14:15:17 GMT -5
I'd have cried a lot more if I wasn't in such a pissy mood. I teared up about... 6 times? I don't really have much to say other than I loved it. I knew it was going to end with Jack and Vincent in the bamboo field, and finally a shot of his eye. How else would LOST end?
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Post by lightandmagic on May 24, 2010 15:28:46 GMT -5
I am still undecided about it. It was incredibly awesome to watch in the sense that all the characters got a happy ending - in a way - but I think some of my dissatisfaction with this season weighed down the finale a little, like someone posted above, emotionally satisfying, intellectually disappointing.
I wish we had seen some Faraday/Charlotte love. They were one of my fave couples. I was also really happy that Sayid and Shannon ended up together, I really loved their relationship together and watching them grow and was always way more connected with Sayid/Shannon than Sayid/Nadia.
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Post by Hellbound Hyperion on May 24, 2010 15:51:31 GMT -5
I think they may have wanted to do something with Walt and Ben - after all, the latter did kidnap the former. I had seen some leaked pics of MDK shooting with Michael Emerson, but I guess it didn't make it into the final cut of the finale (or will be on the DVD as a special feature). The possibilities there are interesting to think about as well. Everything that happened on the Island was real. The flash-sideways wouldn't have had any impact if they had all died from the start.
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Post by Cartman86 on May 24, 2010 16:25:26 GMT -5
Enjoyed it up until the last 15 minutes. Realistically though my hopes were down, because this entire season had basically shown me that a lot of lose plot threads were not going to go anywhere. So for this finale I wasn't expecting much if any. I not only got less than "if any", but also got a freaking purgatory and "going into the light" ending. The last shot with Jack and Vincent was great, but my god was the church stuff bleh.
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Post by henzINNIT on May 24, 2010 18:23:11 GMT -5
I don't think the alt verse was even necessary. Jack stumbling through the jungle with his bizarre pained smile was by far the most affecting thing in the episode for me. Of course without the alt verse segments, there would be entire episodes where nothing at all happened because the on-island scenes were often just stalling.
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Post by Randi Giles on May 24, 2010 21:11:03 GMT -5
I saw this under a youtube video and it sounded right to me. What do you all think? According to CreamPuffer@1985Joanne The island was real. They did survive the crash and all the events that happened really did happen. Kate&co got off the island to live out their lives until they died of old age or something else. Jack did die on the island after saving it. Sideways story was limbo where they all went to after they all died so that they could find each other, remember and move on.
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Post by AndrewCrossett on May 24, 2010 21:58:08 GMT -5
I saw this under a youtube video and it sounded right to me. What do you all think? According to CreamPuffer@1985Joanne The island was real. They did survive the crash and all the events that happened really did happen. Kate&co got off the island to live out their lives until they died of old age or something else. Jack did die on the island after saving it. Sideways story was limbo where they all went to after they all died so that they could find each other, remember and move on.
That sounds about right to me. Remember what Christian said: there is no "now" here; some of these people died before Jack did, and some long after. Maybe very long after... Hurley was speaking to Ben like they'd spent a long time looking after the island as "Number One" and "Number Two." That explanation of Sideways World is as plausible as any. I'd always assumed the two timelines were running parallel, and Desmond was somehow trying to get them to merge together to defeat MiB... but that wasn't it at all. The idea that it was some kind of Purgatory is borne out by the fact that Ben felt the need to stay in it for a while longer (having so many sins on his conscience), and why Locke regained the ability to walk just as he passed out of it and into the next world. I kind of wondered at the people that were missing from the reunion scene. Didn't see Frank, Miles or Richard. I didn't notice any Libby (did I miss her?) None of the big mysteries were revealed, really. No explanation of what the island is or why it's there, or the source of the Light. No answer as to what would have happened if MiB had escaped the island, other than it would be bad. No huge fall-out-of-your-seat ZOMG moments. I'm sure a lot of people will complain about that, but frankly, I don't really feel cheated at all. I guess in the end those things turned out to be not so important. In the end, the writers remembered that this show was about the characters, not about the plot. That's a mistake that's tripped up a lot of promising shows in the past. (I'm looking at you, "Heroes"). I'd like to observe that I don't think I've ever seen anyone look as gorgeous in a Little Black Dress as Kate did here. Also: Vincent is God. Think about it.
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Post by hitnrun017 on May 24, 2010 22:03:26 GMT -5
I didn't notice any Libby (did I miss her?) Yeah, she was there. Still have tons of questions, but I love that I no longer care about them.
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Post by Randi Giles on May 24, 2010 22:06:19 GMT -5
I'd like to observe that I don't think I've ever seen anyone look as gorgeous in a Little Black Dress as Kate did here. She was rocking that dress. You go girl! Hmm, I'm thinking. Still have tons of questions, but I love that I no longer care about them. I don't think I care either. Mostly because I think we had kind of enough questions answers, but also more because I was satisfy about the people's storyline vs. the island.
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Post by drusillacakes on May 24, 2010 22:08:23 GMT -5
I kind of wondered at the people that were missing from the reunion scene. Didn't see Frank, Miles or Richard. I didn't notice any Libby (did I miss her?) Libby was there with Hurley, but I didn't see Frank, Miles or Richard either. I had questions about this too. I have a friend who thinks Richard wasn't there because in his afterlife, he would've been with his wife-- his constant, back in 1800s. I'm not completely sold on that explanation, but it's plausible. Well God spelled backwards is dog.
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Post by Randi Giles on May 24, 2010 22:16:09 GMT -5
As far as the missing people that weren't there I just think it wasn't there time yet. Plus I think Jack dad made it a point of saying that it was just the people Jack was closest with. Mainly the survivors of the crash minus the tail section except for Libby cause she was with Hurley. And of course except for Desmond and Penny for obvious reasons.
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Post by Neil on May 25, 2010 3:53:06 GMT -5
I didn't notice any Libby (did I miss her?) Yeah, she was there. Still have tons of questions, but I love that I no longer care about them. That´s exactly how I feel. I was angry about the show because they weren´t adressing any mythological questions in a conclusive way, but how the story for all the characters wrapped up. Perfect. I couldn´t ask for more. I wasn´t expecting anything and I got my heart warmed, my eyes tearing and a sense of conclusion that I wasn´t expecting. It was so beautiful and an overwhelmingly farewell. Now comes a feeling to me concerning Lost I haven´t had for a while: I miss it.
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Post by jason321 on May 25, 2010 6:22:32 GMT -5
I loved the finale, in all its over sentimental glory. What took it to the next level for me was imagining Joss watching it with me. If Joss followed Lost im completely certain at the church scene he'd be like "wtf. happy couples? I dont understand. I want to kill the **** out of half these characters and make them all miserable. This show sucks."
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Post by AndrewCrossett on May 25, 2010 7:31:53 GMT -5
As far as the missing people that weren't there I just think it wasn't there time yet. Well, like Christian said, "time" was pretty much irrelevant. Those characters didn't all die at the same time, and at the ages we saw them at. Some of them (like Ben) might have simply chosen not to move on in the spiritual sense. Plus I think Jack dad made it a point of saying that it was just the people Jack was closest with. Mainly the survivors of the crash minus the tail section except for Libby cause she was with Hurley. And of course except for Desmond and Penny for obvious reasons. Yes, it may be that those other characters had other connections that were more important to them than the 815 crowd. People like Frank and Miles, and especially Richard, just might not have had that kind of emotional connection to them.
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