LOST..... How do you think it will end

[jonislost]

BTW. What significance did the numbers chosen by Hurley have?

The numbers were part of the Valenzetti equation devised by science to predict when the world would end. The Dharma initiative were trying to change these numbers to prolong the earths life.

Hang on a second. Did Hurley not win the lottery BEFORE he got on the plane? In otherwords, it really did happen.

Yeah I never said it didn't.... In real life he won the lottery and had bad luck, but in the purgatory (alt timeline) his "luck" was just a reflection of his own creationism.

 

[The Dread Pirate]

I believe there's still a film to come based on the events of Hurley being protector and Ben being his right hand.

 

[lemonkettaz]

Bored!

Not sure what my Lost experience has been, but this last season has soured it.

What was I expecting.... not sure.. But I'm now disappointed with the way it has ended

 

[toshj]

i felt throughout that the show was an investment in character, and the science was secondary. the ending shadowed this quite well. i think you need to take it for face value or you'll never be satisfied.

the ending would have been atroscious if it answered a few of the science questions but lacked character closure. i personally would have preferred a few more answers (and for it not to look like a xena: warrior princess set when they were in the cave) but you might as well try to enjoy the ending otherwise the last six years would have been a waste.

i can completely understand them not explaining a lot of things. it kept people watching, kept advertising revenue up and it kept the show ticking over. plus, its just a tv show and they can omit/include whatever they like and the viewer has to deal with it.

 

[div0]

We've been trolled for the last 5 years.

Can't believe so many people liked the ending.

The 'big twist' of the flash-sideways was so lame. So many things could have been done so much better.

Effectively it all boils down to:

- An island which has a cork at the centre.
- Removing the cork, releases hell/evil upon earth.
- The evil on the island wants to leave, but can't because the island has a protector.
- The evil and the protector can't kill each other, so must live together for all time on the island.
- The evil can take the form of 'smoke' or people who have died.
- The 'big' loophole that one of them eventually works out (after thousands of years?), is that they can kill each other, but only if someone else stabs them before they have a chance to talk to that person (stunning script writing there!).
- As long as there is a 'candidate' on the island to replace the protector, then the evil still can't escape.
- The only other option for escape is to destroy the island.
- The island can only be destroyed by removing the cork at the centre, but this can't be removed by anyone (except someone who can withstand huge electromagnetic forces).

- Leaving us with:

The protector only needs to make sure he speaks to everyone on the island. He can keep a backup of 'candidates' on the island, in case he fails at this relatively simple task. And then make sure that you're hanging around the 'light' at the centre of the island, just in case a guy who's immune to electromagnetism shows up and removes the cork. Then make sure you just put it back in afterwards.

But remember that this equates to one of the best tv shows ever, because it started out with some fantastic character building and relationship development, and ended with an 'emotional twist' where we find out that they all 'created' a place where they could mill about, waiting for each other to die, and then all meet up and 'remember' their lives on the island.



Total letdown.

 

[2Thumbs]

Yeah I never said it didn't.... In real life he won the lottery and had bad luck, but in the purgatory (alt timeline) his "luck" was just a reflection of his own creationism.

That's not right IIRC.

Hurley had good luck, everyone around him had bad luck.

 

[jonislost]

- The 'big' loophole that one of them eventually works out (after thousands of years?), is that they can kill each other, but only if someone else stabs them before they have a chance to talk to that person (stunning script writing there!).

Where'd you get that information from? It's never confirmed exactly what the loophole is, but the most obvious is just that MIB needed to trick someone into killing Jacob for him. So he grabbed the body of someone who had an "in" and then went onto make Ben believe that he should kill Jacob. You're well out with the speaking thing, not sure where you got that from. Unless you're confusing when it was said that "If you speak to him then its too late" which was said about the MIB.

 

[jonislost]

That's not right IIRC.

Hurley had good luck, everyone around him had bad luck.

Sorry I did word that incorrectly. He took bad luck around with him and in the other life he didn't.

 

[sanaxe1]

For the people crying about not getting answers the lost creators have said there will be DVD extras which answer some of the questions.

 

[Belmit]

For the people crying about not getting answers the lost creators have said there will be DVD extras which answer some of the questions.

Isn't that kind of how Scientology works?

 

[Dark_Angel]

For the people crying about not getting answers the lost creators have said there will be DVD extras which answer some of the questions.

I'm sure that extra 20 minutes will clear everything up.

We're not "crying", we're stating that we don't have answers to a lot of the important questions. Telling me the shows a mystery is real pretty and all, but the mystery should be as the show is progressing, not at the very end. I'd even be happy if a lot of the questions were answered and not every single one, but that ending was like... really?

Having said all that, I'm happy I watched the series, it had a lot of epic moments for me.

 

[photoshop]

What was the relevants of Jacob and his Brother?

And how/why did Jacob see each of the main characters when they were small or whatever they were in their real lifes before crashing on the island??

That almost makes it sound as if they were all chosen to come to the island which really makes no sence.

Some of the characters even bumped into each other or crossed paths in their real lifes before they got on the plane.

Was it all meant to be? Like it was all a plan by Jacob/Island.

Makes no sence.

 

[div0]

Where'd you get that information from? It's never confirmed exactly what the loophole is, but the most obvious is just that MIB needed to trick someone into killing Jacob for him. So he grabbed the body of someone who had an "in" and then went onto make Ben believe that he should kill Jacob. You're well out with the speaking thing, not sure where you got that from. Unless you're confusing when it was said that "If you speak to him then its too late" which was said about the MIB.

It is implied that the same rules apply to both. I can't even remember if Jacob does try to speak to Ben or not, but even if he does I think the 'speaking' is meant to be that both MIB and Jacob are very persuasive, but that in this case Ben's rage cannot be overcome by any amount of persuasion.

Even if you assume that the 'can only be killed if he doesn't speak first' only applies to MIB, it's hardly good script writing.

What led the MIB to suddenly (after thousands of years?) realise how to kill the protector? Was Ben really the first person he'd been able to 'corrupt'? Hardly the epitome of evil.

 

[Dark_Angel]

Makes no sence.

It doesn't make sence, and sense either!

I'm a little curious to why some other characters weren't there, like Russo or Mr Eko...

 

[FishThrower]

It doesn't make sence, and sense either!

I'm a little curious to why some other characters weren't there, like Russo or Mr Eko...

The actor who played Eko wanted five times more money that he was offered.

I wonder how he's character would have progressed, as I understand he was homesick in the USA and had to go back home

 

[div0]

It doesn't make sence, and sense either!

I'm a little curious to why some other characters weren't there, like Russo or Mr Eko...

I believe they got their 'closure' before dying - so had already 'moved on'.

And the actor wanting more money probably had something to do with it too

 

[sanaxe1]

What was the relevants of Jacob and his Brother?

And how/why did Jacob see each of the main characters when they were small or whatever they were in their real lifes before crashing on the island??

That almost makes it sound as if they were all chosen to come to the island which really makes no sence.

Some of the characters even bumped into each other or crossed paths in their real lifes before they got on the plane.

Was it all meant to be? Like it was all a plan by Jacob/Island.

Makes no sence.

He did choose them. He chose them because they were all broken and they needed the island as much as the island needed them.

 

[keyser87]

Isn't that kind of how Scientology works?

hahahaha brilliant.

Ending was disappointing it really looks like when the pilot aired everyone guessed it was a purgatory type story and the writers needed to change it up and thus we got everything from season 2-5 which may I add was great.

In reality it looks like the show was always about season 6 (purgatory) the final scene of the fuselage kinda sealed the deal for me that the writers had originally intended the losties to have died in the initial crash and then come to terms with their inadequacies but since everyone guessed this as a plausible theory very early on into season 1 they had a quick rethink.

The finale only really dealt with the sideways universe, to me I thought it was important there were other questions of greater importance. I at least wanted a quick montage of certain points in the islands history eg Egyptians building the statue, people looking at the light, people building the structures like the FDW and the pieces we saw next to the 'cork'

As far as "open ended" ending....well it wasn't. Considering all the mysteries we have had on lost the ending isn't that hard to work out. The losties experienced everything they did on the island, they were alive. The connection with one another made them create this alternate universe where those who had the connection could reunite and pass on together. The sideways happens what we can presume to be a long time after Jack saves the island and the plane lifts off as we know Hurley and Ben were leaders on the Island.

 

[Johnny|lucidcomposure]

I thought Jack dying watching the plane leave the island was beautiful but all the other crap just completely ditched is like a huge middle finger to the audience.

I knew the finale was going to be crap about half way through season 6 where I had accepted the fact that they are still creating questions and not answering old ones.

I was hacked off enough when we found out the smokey was actually a human.

I think what it boils down to is that I was hoping for a lot more science to be explained in the entire series.

 

[d3moliti0n]

- An island which has a cork at the centre.
- Removing the cork, releases hell/evil upon earth.

I assumed that when Desmond pulled the plug on the island it activated the dormant volcano under/on the island and thats what was happening, the volcano was about to erupt. And the electromagnetic energy was somehow harnessing the volcano and stopping it from erupting.

The volcano has been talked about by Darlton before now and it has even been referenced in the show during season three.