Spot on!

Well, I'm not upset because purgatory was a Christian/religious concept foisted on a sci-fi show in the last 15 minutes. That guy was not watching the first season, when it was obviously all about purgatory. (The writers simply lied through their teeth about that, too, in their constant denials).

No, it's simply that it was returned to purgatory so clumsily and poorly, and did really negate too much of what came after the first season - ya know, like the five other seasons.


But, I'll get over it. Most series good enough to end on their own terms end really, REALLY badly. I don't see why Lost should be an exception. But it's sad. For a mystery show, the end was important. If Roseanne, or Dallas, or The Sopranos ends on a sour note, I can just ignore that and re-watch any or all of it with pleasure. I can't do that with Lost. Knowing that the mysteries not only go unsolved, but cut short in a lazy, GAY cop-out way makes my enjoyment of re-watching those mysteries unfold nearly impossible.


That's ok, really, I don't re-watch much tv. It's not gonna have any effect on my life. But it still sucks.


And in a 5-year-running message board thread about a television program, I think it's ok to express our opinions about it here. But I'm not skipping meals or sleeping poorly.

The one thing that they did right was leave very little room to make a movie to "wrap it up". It's done, it's over with and it's unlikely it will be remade in 30 years into movie form or completely redone like V.

I didn't like it. And I'm confused. So Dharma, the Others all that was just filler?

:snap:


Heh, I guess the show is like most people - many men of science end up praying on their deathbeds. ;)

Instead of a movie, they'll probably just do a Holiday special. :)

Perhaps a crossover with Ewoks! That would be something special.

for anyone who doesn't understand why so many people are profoundly unsatisfied, imagine the inverse finale in which they spend 110 minutes reviewing and wrapping up most of the intricate details of how the island works, what the dharma project was about, how the others came to inhabit dharmaville, and how the island moves through space and time, only to then spend the last 10 minutes revealing that none of the plane crash victims actually exist, they were just simulations created by Dharma experiments, and therefore none of the relationships or emotional growth meant one lick, don't bother tying to think about what all of their relationships meant, just forget about it and enjoy the geeky tech stuff.

How satisfied would you feel?

Here is a bit of an explanation from one of the writers of LOST. It gives good food for thought.

And make sure to read the comments below - several point out how it's more retcon than not.