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

What was gutting was that there was talk about the whole purgatory thing waaaay back in the early seasons, and that's essentially what the "flash-sideways" bits were. Still, it was nice to see everything come together, happy reunions etc. Closure, that's what I wanted, and that's what I got. The island was real, they all died eventually and ended up finding oneanother in the other universe they created. Mellow.
 
Well i didnt watch it from series 4 but i made sure to watch this and all i can say is what the hell.

I want to read what people thought about it before i make my mind up but if they were all dead from the crash onwards then. well wtf tbh
 
Efour2 said:
Well i didnt watch it from series 4 but i made sure to watch this and all i can say is what the hell.

I want to read what people thought about it before i make my mind up but if they were all dead from the crash onwards then. well wtf tbh
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They didn't die in the crash! Why are people not getting this ?!?
 
This review of the final episode couldnt be any more bang on;

It was inevitable that the final hours of “Lost” would not please everyone. And it was inevitable that the instant reactions would be polarized, very much like the themes of opposites that marked the series from its very first episode. Waking up to a new era on Monday, messages flooded Twitter, Facebook, and eons of blogs. The instant reaction of the fans and casual viewers alike was of shock.

With its overarching themes on spirituality, “Lost” had always played on the clash between faith and rationality. From very early on, it had dubbed its leading protagonists Jack and Locke as “man of science” and “man of faith.” And throughout a journey of nearly six years, “Lost” also divided its audience into two similar groupings.

The first group were those fixated on answers, and to some extent, equated the approaching finale only with a string of rational answers that would shed light on the mysteries of the island. The second group, on the other hand, had realized at some stage that “Lost” had never really been about answers. They realized that with its twists and turns, epic storytelling, and occasional blundering, “Lost” was enjoyed by most as a journey, and mostly a journey of its characters.

Having been enlightened to a more relaxed way of viewership, very much like its characters in the Sideways universe of Season 6, “Lost” became a rich and stimulating experience spanning the years.

Luckily, I was the second type of viewer. I had long ago learned that I was a “man of faith,” not in many respects, but surely when watching “Lost.” Another driving motto of the series also rang true for the type of audience I, and millions of others, were: “Whatever happened, happened.”

Everything didn’t necessarily need to happen for a reason, and as long as “Lost” kept us engaged, we didn’t really care, however, as over the top as some of the episodes were (island disappearing, really?), or how amateurishly some of the mythology was explained (Jacob’s mother and the heart of the island), or if it was even explained at all.

And for enjoying the epic, funny, heartfelt, and absurd journey that was “Lost,” we were rewarded with a spectacular ending on Sunday. Despite its flirting with science fiction, its themes on religion, spirituality and philosophy, “Lost” had always been a character-driven show.

At the center of its occasionally overwhelming mysteries and mythologies, it all boiled down to the inner demons, problems and motivations of its characters. We learned, very early on, that the characters we cared about were all broken and that, somehow, the island was a place where each got a blank cheque, a clean slate (“tabula rasa” for the fans) to face their demons and get fixed.

‘See you in another life, brutha’’

The final episode of “Lost,” in its heart, served as a closure for all of the characters we had loved, hated, loved to hate, but, most importantly, cared about. Learning that the Sideways story was some sort of a limbo, a place where each character needed to go to “move on,” was a fitting tribute to the stories of each character. Putting everyone in limbo, into a re-imagined purgatory might seem over the top. But hey, this was a series that caused an island to vanish before our eyes, that sent its characters on time travel and that gave us one of the most ridiculous monsters in pop culture.

Those expecting clear-cut answers to these absurdities were disappointed and felt cheated. As if a list of answers – or lack thereof – would somehow change the experience of having become part of an incredible journey. It seems that these viewers would have been happier if the executive producers Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse would have just read them the answers. That the island acquired its electromagnetic anomaly in 2142 BC, that the sum of the mysterious numbers of “Lost” multiplied by 815 would add up to the sum square meters of the island, that Jacob’s mother was the descendant of an Egyptian deity.

I, for one, cannot understand how a devoted “Lost” audience would prefer to know the answer to what Hurley bird is as opposed to seeing Jack saying, “See you in another life, brutha’,” to Desmond or watching the emotional reunion of Sawyer and Juliet.

We now understand that the writers and producers didn’t know the whole story from the beginning (nobody will believe that they knew who the Adam and Eve skeletons were). But this makes the final season and the final episode all the much better. Having cornered themselves into this elaborate web of mysteries and finding their way out in the most elegant way seems all the more genius on the writers’ part.

“Lost” was an amazing ride of intricate narratives, an ingenious blend of genres, interactive viewership, and storytelling at its best. I, for one, was happy to have jumped on that wagon six years ago, and feel that I was able to have said my goodbye, albeit a sad one.
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G-MAN2004 said:
How did they create it, and how do you know? :confused:
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They created it when they blew up the anomaly with the nuke (juliet banging it with a rock), and I know because Christian told us at the end "this is a place you created so that you could find eachother".

Everything was real on the island, they weren't dead. They all eventually died (some much later, hence Hurleys "you were a great number 2" to Ben), but the other universe wasn't running parallel to the normal one, it was just shown that way, so everyone there is now dead. It was cool imo. They didn't screw the whole thing by saying "ha, none of it was real!", which would've been really weak, but instead just said, "it was all real, but now it's over...for all of them"
 
jonislost said:
It's all about connections. It's all about the people that matter, and the things that matter.

I'd recommend watching it for a better explanation :p
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No i mean what was the reason for the pusdo magic stuff on the island (and where the island came from).

I honestly couldn't watch it as it made my eyes bleed.
 
Damien. said:
This review of the final episode couldnt be any more bang on;
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NO its not, I feel cheated. It says not everything had to happen for a reason, as long as it kept us engaged. No, go **** yourself LOST, the whole premise of me watching the series was the intrigue of how things developed and that this was leading to a finale that would entwined all the parts into a whole. Instead I got a garage ending that made me feel like they had forgot their audience was even slightly intelligent and could be tricked with a "who shot JR mentality".

I feel the people who are happy with this ending are denying this fact so as to let things go and move on, happy in the knowledge they haven't just wasted umpteen hours of their lives. I can't just let go!!!

Basically lost consist of this:

Crash,
Weird stuff
No explaination of insanely wierd stuff
All dead eventually
Meet up and go to heaven with no explanation of what the hell they've been doing for the past 5 years.

WTF

ps// As Ben didn't join them, did he go to hell?
 
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^ Ben not being in there has been explained in the last page or two if you read.


Sounds like some people would only be happy if the final episode was a scrolling checklist of every single thing that has happened over the show being explained. What happened to thinking for your selves or leaving something to the imagination?
 
After having a day to digest the ending I would say overall that it was a fitting ending for the show, and it was enjoyable to see it all wrapped up, but it didn't play out how I wanted it to so I'm not 100% satisfied with it and I don't think I ever will be.
 
I guess the writers cannot please every single person, they'll have to settle with the millions upon millions of people that were happy with the ending and show in general.
 
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Shamikebab said:
^ Ben not being in there has been explained in the last page or two if you read.


Sounds like some people would only be happy if the final episode was a scrolling checklist of every single thing that has happened over the show being explained. What happened to thinking for your selves or leaving something to the imagination?
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Oh get of your high horse, I have thought for myself, I have though that maybe they shouldn't paint a picture of a horse and then call it a goat. I have realised that they couldn't explain every tiny detail, but to go complete full circle and explain none of it and then just create some ficitonal place for them to be all in love and friends is just a cop out ending made for people who want to say stuff like, "you should read more into the depths of it" or "do you need everything to fit to make it work can't you think for yourself".

What really really grinds my gears is that its now going to create a big posse of pompous people who say if you didn't like the ending its because your a bit of a thicky and can't see all these hidden meanings (that they themselves have created to fill in the gaps the writers left)

(I mean I can pick a giant hole in they're stupid purgatory ending anyway, if they all died at separate times, and that place was a meeting for them all, then Julia died when the bomb went off. Now excuse me if I have trouble believing that a nuclear bomb going off wouldn't have killed them all at the same time.)
 
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Couldn't of asked for a better ending. Goodbye Lost.

Never cried at any TV show or film, not even close (maybe Titanic), but this had me in tears at about 4 points tonight. Jack and Kate final kiss, Charlie/Claire flashbacks, the whole end scene, Jacks eye closing.

Box set on Blu-ray here I come, gonna watch it all again so I can say "ooooh" and "aaaaah" and "so thats why......"

I don't see the point of waking up tommorow.
 
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I just wanted to know why the smoke monster was mechanical, and why people were hardly questioning the monster in Locke form. Ben asked one question about why he doesn't always turn to smoke, but that's about it.

I hate how smokey died though. After all has happened in the show, it dies like that :o

I liked the episode on a character level, but that's it.

I also wonder who built that chamber where he light is - lot of waterways and various things indicate someone built it. Why? How? What was the island like before that construction?

Maybe at first the show's flashbacks were actually this sideways world, but then it got popular and the show lasted 6 years/

I've loved the show like no other and will do, but when I watch certain scenes I will just feel very empty watching them and can't say I will care about certain things in the show anymore.
 
Shamikebab said:
What happened to thinking for your selves or leaving something to the imagination?
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It's one thing to leave some things to the imagination, but this was more like getting a Lego kit with no instructions. I have all the pieces; they seem to make sense and fit together (though some need to be forced) but I could be making anything out of it. And why does my Super Deluxe Island Playset have a polar bear in it?


d3moliti0n said:
After having a day to digest the ending I would say overall that it was a fitting ending for the show, and it was enjoyable to see it all wrapped up, but it didn't play out how I wanted it to so I'm not 100% satisfied with it and I don't think I ever will be.
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This pretty much sums up my feelings on it.
 
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