tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2605696051818473134.post5472191067965632764..comments2023-06-21T04:01:54.976-04:00Comments on The Couchwarmers: Digesting LOSTSamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15574816958018438221noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2605696051818473134.post-91607846293631002292010-05-24T23:17:49.845-04:002010-05-24T23:17:49.845-04:00The LOST finale is going to be broken down and ana...The LOST finale is going to be broken down and analyzed for year and years to come. <br /><br />Good point about Kate. She was a killer as well. But if she gets to go upstairs, I think Eko should too. Sure he was a drug lord- but he became a man of god once he found is brother's plane. (one of my favorite story lines). Eko and Michael absent from the collective funeral, tacit racism from Lindeloff and crew? <br /><br />They answered all the BIG questions. Yes, they could have jumped from season 3 to 6. But I find it interesting that people theorized that the island was purgatory in season 1. Now, in season 6, we had a 'purgatory like' flash sideways. Gotta wonder if the creators used theories from season 1 to come up with the ending. <br /><br />The finale was adequate. I give it a 7/10 . I'm in the same state of mind as Sam. They wrote themselves into a corner. WOWing us furthter would have been nearly impossible. So a definitive answer is sufficient <br /><br />I didn't cry. I cried when Sun and Jin died. And basically anytime they play the 'emotion song' as i like to call it.Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14527718736665564044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2605696051818473134.post-43510788999552413212010-05-24T16:50:57.056-04:002010-05-24T16:50:57.056-04:00As far as the people who are in church who had don...As far as the people who are in church who had done bad things: My take on it is that all the people who had done bad things in the past had to find redemption. Maybe Kate killing fake Locke (you know, and thus saving the world) makes up for her blowing up her stepdad. I'm gonna go ahead and say it does. The world is pretty important. I guess while none of the characters who moved on are perfect, they redeemed themselves for their past misdeeds and thus were able to move on. <br /><br />I also like your theory about Ben being able to move on eventually, but not yet, as he was the character who flip-flopped the most between good and evil over the course of the show. Maybe he'll find his redemption eventually and join the big orgy on the cloud after he works out all of his issues. I'd really like to think that at the heart of it, he was good, just completely misguided out of a sense of obligation to the island and a really fucked up childhood. My guess though is that his redemption will have less to do with Alex and more to do with his Dad (remember the purgatory timeline scene where he's taking care of his elderly father). We've got no way of actually knowing, but it's just a thought.Samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15574816958018438221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2605696051818473134.post-85102797543914288792010-05-24T15:40:07.341-04:002010-05-24T15:40:07.341-04:00My first shoutout on the couchwarmers, yes!!!!
I ...My first shoutout on the couchwarmers, yes!!!!<br /><br />I was the source of "the best finale ever" comment and here's why: at its core, Lost lures you in with mysteries, but it is really about people finding redemption. The finale focused on those people and really emphasized how much we had grown attached to the characters. Instead of skipping over story and substance to try to answer every single solitary question, they focused on making a compelling character-driven narrative to end a show that was masterful at them. <br /><br />Now some thoughts: I like your theory about those who are evil not being there as Mr. Ecko would fit in that category as well (he was a warlord before posing as a priest), but isn't Kate a murderer too? I feel that the people left in the flash sideways reality can earn their way in, Ben said: he had some things to take care of. Maybe the alternate reality is purgatory and if he can make a go of it as a good guy and real father-type figure to Alex, he will get to move on as well. <br /><br />It makes sense too that Farraday would never be awakened because his "real" life was so lonely and horrifying (being killed by your own mother is not a nice realization). <br /><br />Also, there is an interesting theory on the web as to why no Walt anywhere to be seen (besides the fact the actor went thru puberty and became useless; was the actor's entrance into puberty the most costly voice drop since Johnathon Taylor Thomas?): because Walt got off the island so early in the game, his time there was not as important as everyone else's. <br /><br />I also like how they acknowledged that Jacob was not a perfect saint and that Hurley could change things, because he commanded the Others to do a lot of nasty things. <br /><br />A couple of answers/missed answers that annoyed me: <br />-The source of everything on the island is a giant stone q-tip? Really? Why couldn't they explain all that aztec stuff? It would have been nice to figure out how the island came to be and how it got mystical powers. <br /><br />Finally: <br />Most surprising person of the original cast to make it off the island: <br />Sawyer: He had heroic sacrifice written all over him. Nice swerve. <br />Least surprising:<br />Kate. She is indestructible and I agree with Seth about her killing MiB.mmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13297512630941314232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2605696051818473134.post-77237649210327527862010-05-24T14:31:56.980-04:002010-05-24T14:31:56.980-04:00I have lots of thoughts, though overall I thought ...I have lots of thoughts, though overall I thought it was an excellent conclusion. My biggest gripe, of course, is that Kate got to deliver the final blow. I thought it would have been way more poetic if it was sawyer who saved Jack (not to mention how generally worthless kate's character is).<br /><br />My biggest question, however, goes back to season 5. Did the bomb detonate? I guess we have to assume it didn't. The whole "fade to white" at the end implied to all of us that it did explode, but we now know that it didn't really trigger anything, and that the "sideways" exists outside of time. I just think that's interesting.Sethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13365517537642375186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2605696051818473134.post-42887909555839132142010-05-24T11:10:34.196-04:002010-05-24T11:10:34.196-04:00Well, smoke monster didn't always exist. Whats...Well, smoke monster didn't always exist. Whatshername was already immortally protecting the island when Jacob and MIB's mom washed ashore.<br /><br />I was a little annoyed with a few omissions. Why was Claire's baby still a baby in the final scene? Like, he lives a full life, but nope! That was the most important time in his life, so back to infancy for eternity. And they could've done more there-- there was a lot of foreshadowing with fortune tellers et al in Australia that never panned out.<br /><br />Would've also liked to see a few threads wrapped up with Eloise and Charles' mission to the island. Thought that was pretty interesting. Could've done more with Daniel as well.<br /><br />So it wasn't perfect. Maybe even a little preachy. But really, people who are ANGRY about the finale really need to find better things to get emotionally invested in.patrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03564725800738312049noreply@blogger.com