Lost - The Final Season

[exstatic]

How to throw the ultimate Lost Finale party... (http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/37203308/ns/today-entertainment/)

:lol

[Fpoonsie]

Lost blue balls...activate.

[JudynTX]

How to throw the ultimate Lost Finale party... (http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/37203308/ns/today-entertainment/)

:lol

Are you having one? :lol Alamo Drafthouse is showing the Finale. :toast

WOW, just wow. We know why they were chosen, why Kate wasn't. Locke isn't saying anything about finding the "light", so why is Jacob leading Jack/Kate/Sawyer/Hurley to believe he is? Locke just wants to get off the island, through the light?

:(

[Texas Chili Dog]

I approve of tonight's episode. http://www.runemasterstudios.com/graemlins/images/2thumbs.gif

[JudynTX]

I approve of tonight's episode. http://www.runemasterstudios.com/graemlins/images/2thumbs.gif

:lol Oh really?

[Texas Chili Dog]

:lol Oh really?

Ben went back to his old self, and away from the sissy he's been the last several episodes.

[JudynTX]

Ben went back to his old self, and away from the sissy he's been the last several episodes.

Is he the new Smokey? :wakeup

[Texas Chili Dog]

Is he the new Smokey? :wakeup

I would certainly welcome it.

[Fpoonsie]

Ben went back to his old self, and away from the sissy he's been the last several episodes.

Yeah, I liked that, too.

Mmmmm...Michelle Rodriguez cameo made it move a little.

It's actually a bit troubling how much Lost seems to affect my genitals.

[Texas Chili Dog]

Yeah, I liked that, too.

Mmmmm...Michelle Rodriguez cameo made it move a little.

It's actually a bit troubling how much Lost seems to affect my genitals.

I have one hand down my pants every episode. http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/8627/paranoids.gif

[Fpoonsie]

I have one hand down my pants every episode. http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/8627/paranoids.gif

:lol

I'd high-five you, but...

[EmptyMan]

meh

[exstatic]

Are you having one? :lol Alamo Drafthouse is showing the Finale. :toast

WOW, just wow. We know why they were chosen, why Kate wasn't. Locke isn't saying anything about finding the "light", so why is Jacob leading Jack/Kate/Sawyer/Hurley to believe he is? Locke just wants to get off the island, through the light?

:(

FLocke isn't going to tell anyone anything that might help stop him.

I wonder what would happen if FLocke threw Desmond into the light. Would it go out? And could that be his plan?

I'm also wondering what the plan is for the concert. Desmond is bringing everyone from the jailbreak, plus Hurley, and Jack and his son's mother will be there.

Interesting note that Anna Lucia "isn't ready" yet.

[Fpoonsie]

Interesting note that Anna Lucia "isn't ready" yet.

She looked ready to me.

:jack

[Jacob1983]

This episode was awesome. Great episode. Did anyone see the face that Flocke made when he was talking to Ben after Ben shot Charles Widmore? Flocke is a badass but I hope Jack destroys him. Was anyone else fooled by American Desmond?
I had no idea that was his voice until I saw him talking like that.

[Texas Chili Dog]

oops, didn't show up the first time.


http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/6744/lostdrink.png

[Stringer_Bell]

Zoe getting her throat slit was great to see. I thought Richard was immortal, how could Smokey just clobber him?

FLocke totally wants to throw Desmond into the light, I presume it will cause a traffic jam inside the island's heart and destroy it. There is no doubt that people are going to die in this finale, there's too much emotion brewing on the island. I think Ben is still Anti-MIB, he's just playing along until he can find a way to call Miles via walkie-talkie and put a beating on MIB.

I'm digging the idea of everyone meeting at a concert, Daniel Faraday prolly came up with some crazy piece of music that he plays at the end of the series as we look back fondly on LOST as a whole. It will be well "orchestrated" yak yak yak yak.

Also, a few weeks ago I read a totally random rumour about the last scene of LOST and it didn't make too much sense to me until tonight because of the answers we recieved on some stuff. All I'll say is I hope the series ENDS and doesn't let its ending linger, I want closure. :(

PS: LOST party looks awesome!!!

[LnGrrrR]

:rollin

It's not my fault that the fan theories and ideas surrounding Seasons 1-5 have been better than the delivery of Season 6. :(

It's kinda true though, I've read some awesome theories from back in the day. even now, going through old Fuselage posts, it's amazing what some people come up with.

[LnGrrrR]

I'm throwing a Lost party at my house... unless I can find a better one. I mean, screw, I'm on the frigging Island! (Of Oahu!) There's gotta be something, right? :lol

[sonic21]

no way in hell did they kill Richard like that. If so, thats just stupid.

[exstatic]

no way in hell did they kill Richard like that. If so, thats just stupid.

Richard's "spell" may have only lasted for Jacob's lifetime, or alternately, he was just forceabley removed from the scene so that FLocke could put his plan into action with no eavesdroppers, and isn't dead.

[JudynTX]

I have one hand down my pants every episode. http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/8627/paranoids.gif

:lol :lol Will you wear any pants for the finale?



I'm also wondering what the plan is for the concert. Desmond is bringing everyone from the jailbreak, plus Hurley, and Jack and his son's mother will be there.

Interesting note that Anna Lucia "isn't ready" yet.

Maybe Desmond is going to create another electromagnetism event to send them all back to the island? Sawyer and Miles aren't heading to the concert, or are they?


oops, didn't show up the first time.


http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/6744/lostdrink.png

Nice! :lol I wonder what the prayer was that Jacob was reciting?


I'm throwing a Lost party at my house... unless I can find a better one. I mean, screw, I'm on the frigging Island! (Of Oahu!) There's gotta be something, right? :lol

Damn dude, that's awesome. :toast


Richard's "spell" may have only lasted for Jacob's lifetime, or alternately, he was just forceabley removed from the scene so that FLocke could put his plan into action with no eavesdroppers, and isn't dead.

I don't remember, but when Jacob gave Richard the wine, did he tell him "now you're exactly like me"?

Richard can't die. :(

[Stringer_Bell]

Richard's "spell" may have only lasted for Jacob's lifetime, or alternately, he was just forceabley removed from the scene so that FLocke could put his plan into action with no eavesdroppers, and isn't dead.

I just rememberd that whatever event happens at the end in the ALternate Timeline, we won't see Richard Alpert because he will not have existed that long. I hope that he's not "dead" yet, and that whatever happens on the island we see him one last time with his wife and he can move on. That'd be respectful to the character since his episode was one of the better ones this season.

[Kermit]

Jenson's holding to the idea that Ben will ultimately become the protector of the Island.

[Kermit]

I just rememberd that whatever event happens at the end in the ALternate Timeline, we won't see Richard Alpert because he will not have existed that long. I hope that he's not "dead" yet, and that whatever happens on the island we see him one last time with his wife and he can move on. That'd be respectful to the character since his episode was one of the better ones this season.

The one thing that does piss me off is how they emasculated the character of Richard.

[EmptyMan]

I'm now pretty confident that Hurley will be the final replacement. His line "dude, I'm glad it's not me." seemed kind of pointless in that placement but would be irony for those that rewatch the ep once the series is over.


I was very disappointed in LOST to see Whidmore go out like that. Big build up for that shit? Lame. Thank god this all ends on Sunday and I don't have to wait until Tues.

[Mr. Peabody]

I was very disappointed in LOST to see Whidmore go out like that. Big build up for that shit? Lame.

I thought Ben and Widmore couldn't kill each other.

[Death In June]

I thought Ben and Widmore couldn't kill each other.The rules are whatever the writers need them to be to get out of a plot device they cornered themselves into. If there are any holes in their logic, it's easily explained by "thems the rules," without ever explaining what the rules actually are.

[Blake]

Are you having one? :lol Alamo Drafthouse is showing the Finale. :toast


are they charging full movie price to get in?

[jcrod]

Sawyer and Miles aren't heading to the concert, or are they?



Yes, Sawyer asked Miles why he's getting dressed up. Miles said did you forget the benifit concert my dad is having, you could still be my date. or something like that.

[Blake]

Yes, Sawyer asked Miles why he's getting dressed up. Miles said did you forget the benifit concert my dad is having, you could still be my date. or something like that.

Hilarious how Miles dad still looks the same as he did in the 70s when the crew time traveled back to the original Dharmaville

[exstatic]

The one thing that does piss me off is how they emasculated the character of Richard.

How can you emasculate someone who wears guy-liner? :lol

[JudynTX]

are they charging full movie price to get in?

Dunno, I would assume so. The new one on 410/San Pedro.


Yes, Sawyer asked Miles why he's getting dressed up. Miles said did you forget the benifit concert my dad is having, you could still be my date. or something like that.

Thanks for reminding me about that.


How can you emasculate someone who wears guy-liner? :lol

And he wore it well. :D

[MannyIsGod]

People expect so much out of it. Its a TV show. Enjoy it for what it is: An hour of entertainment a week.

[LnGrrrR]

I don't think "Ben/Widmore rules" are the same as "Island/Jacob/MiB" rules.

[Texas Chili Dog]

:lol :lol Will you wear any pants for the finale?


:lol I probably wouldn't, but I found out today that a couple Studio Movie Grills in Dallas are showing the finale on the big screen. So I will be going there!

[Jacob1983]

From what I've read, Richard does not wear eye liner. Nestor Carbonell who plays Richard apparently has very dark eyelashes which give the effect that he is wearing eye liner.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nestor_Carbonell

The finale better deliver. I'm not saying it has to answer every question but I hope it gives some closure to the story.

[sonic21]

I bet Claire goes into labour at the concert!!

[Kermit]

How can you emasculate someone who wears guy-liner? :lol

:lmao

[JudynTX]

:toast

http://shop.cafepress.com/losttv?cmp=knc--g--us--Lost--search-b--lost%20merchandise&utm_medium=cpc&utm_source=google&utm_campaign=Lost&utm_content=search-b&utm_term=lost%20merchandise&gclid=CMfJ6KH_4KECFV195Qod51BVJQ

[Death In June]

So, what's with the smoke monster telling Ben he could have the island, then moments later saying he's going to destroy it?

[Stringer_Bell]

So, what's with the smoke monster telling Ben he could have the island, then moments later saying he's going to destroy it?

Are you TRYING to ruin the show for everyone? Take your logic, critical thinking, and believable character motivations somewhere else! Apparently Season 6 is the revelation that it's just for entertainment, so we can stop pretending like it's supposed to make sense. :p:

[Texas Chili Dog]

http://io9.com/5541237/lost-the-14-casting-tapes-that-started-it-all

Old audition tapes. Pretty cool. Jorge Garcia auditioned for Sawyer and Michael Emerson did so for Hurley. :lol

[tah]

Haha those audition tapes were great! It's crazy seeing Michael Emerson as Hurley!

[Stringer_Bell]

Haha those audition tapes were great! It's crazy seeing Michael Emerson as Hurley!

Matthew Fox was Jack even when playing Sawyer :lol

The Michael Emerson sketch was pretty hilarious, I wouldn't mind seeing a few more in the bonus section of the boxed set. Perhaps they can get Emerson to "audition" for Desmond and Charlie too.

Wow. LOST ends in a few days. I'll miss being pissed off at it half the time and crying through the other half because it was so damn good sometimes. I WANT TO GO TO THE ISLAND!!! :cry

[Texas Chili Dog]

I WANT TO GO TO THE ISLAND!!! :cry

When's the next flight from LA to Sydney?? :lol

[exstatic]

Matthew Fox was Jack even when playing Sawyer :lol

The Michael Emerson sketch was pretty hilarious, I wouldn't mind seeing a few more in the bonus section of the boxed set. Perhaps they can get Emerson to "audition" for Desmond and Charlie too.

Wow. LOST ends in a few days. I'll miss being pissed off at it half the time and crying through the other half because it was so damn good sometimes. I WANT TO GO TO THE ISLAND!!! :cry

:lol You're as bad as those Ava-tards that want to go to Pandora.

[LnGrrrR]

Matthew Fox was Jack even when playing Sawyer :lol

The Michael Emerson sketch was pretty hilarious, I wouldn't mind seeing a few more in the bonus section of the boxed set. Perhaps they can get Emerson to "audition" for Desmond and Charlie too.

Wow. LOST ends in a few days. I'll miss being pissed off at it half the time and crying through the other half because it was so damn good sometimes. I WANT TO GO TO THE ISLAND!!! :cry

I'm pretty sure planes do fly here to Oahu... :lol

Heck, I've even been to some of the places where the scenes were.

[JudynTX]

http://io9.com/5541237/lost-the-14-casting-tapes-that-started-it-all

Old audition tapes. Pretty cool. Jorge Garcia auditioned for Sawyer and Michael Emerson did so for Hurley. :lol

Great find, thanks!!! :worthy: :lol


Matthew Fox was Jack even when playing Sawyer :lol

The Michael Emerson sketch was pretty hilarious, I wouldn't mind seeing a few more in the bonus section of the boxed set. Perhaps they can get Emerson to "audition" for Desmond and Charlie too.

Wow. LOST ends in a few days. I'll miss being pissed off at it half the time and crying through the other half because it was so damn good sometimes. I WANT TO GO TO THE ISLAND!!! :cry

Were they rehearsing scenes from Lost? I couldn't tell. :lol

Yea, tomorrow they show the pilot. :(


When's the next flight from LA to Sydney?? :lol

Take me with you. :downspin:


I'm pretty sure planes do fly here to Oahu... :lol

Heck, I've even been to some of the places where the scenes were.

Do you have any pics of them taping scenes? :toast

[Stringer_Bell]

:lol You're as bad as those Ava-tards that want to go to Pandora.

It's still real to me dammit!!

BvTNyKIGXiI

I'm not sure I'd want to watch the pilot with the last episode around the corner, I don't want to be reminded of the tight screen writing, grade A performances, and optimism/wonder I had for the explanations of the crazy stuff on the island. :p:

[Texas Chili Dog]

http://www.mtv.com/videos/movies/518736/lost-star-michael-emerson-puts-a-creepy-spin-on-everyday-phrases.jhtml

More lulz from Michael Emerson. :lol

[Mugshot]

Lostday!!!!

[JudynTX]

Lostday!!!!

:depressed :cry I'm not ready for all this to be over.

[Stringer_Bell]

I'm going to record the finale so I can go back and listen to it on mute with Aerosmith's "I don't want to miss a thing" playing on loop.

LET'S GO JACK!!! BEAT FLOCKE'S CANDY ASS!!!!

[florige]

I'm going to record the finale so I can go back and listen to it on mute with Aerosmith's "I don't want to miss a thing" playing on loop.

LET'S GO JACK!!! BEAT FLOCKE'S CANDY ASS!!!!

I will probably check it out since it is the last episode. Will probably be totally oblivious as to what is going on though. I think I watched half an episode when it first started when Michelle Rodriguez was still in the cast.

[MannyIsGod]

I'm ready for a whole lot of butt hurt fandom.

[ashbeeigh]

I just started following the WaPo's twitter feed for the Lost finale. They have a pretty sweet website set up for the finale.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/artsandliving/television/features/2007/lost-central/index.html

[Blackjack]

The Lostgasm commences (and should it last more than 4-hours consult your physician).

[exstatic]

I'm ready for a whole lot of butt hurt fandom.

Oh, I expect at LEAST 50% of people to be pissed. Frankly, I just want to see the endgame between Jack and the survivors and FLocke play out. I don't care if they answer one more damned question.

[scott]

I'm at work all night so I'll have to wait til tomorrow morning to catch up on all 5.5 hours of LOST tonight... GEEZ

[EmptyMan]

Damn, start the show already

[Melmart1]

I am officially sick of this retrospective. Time for THE END, please!

[Amarelooms]

I am officially sick of this retrospective. Time for THE END, please!

SHut your mouth dummy...no one gives a shit what you are sick of

:elephant

[ace3g]

Frank Lapidus survived the sub explosion


the faceoff between Jack (new protector) and Flocke just happened

[EmptyMan]

Terry O'Quinn is a freaking LEGEND after this series.

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ut5aScAl7y4/S3wgMWn4HrI/AAAAAAAAAdk/tmNPMdVRVkA/s400/john%2Blocke.jpg

[Blackjack]

Terry O'Quinn is a freaking LEGEND after this series.

:tu

Let's do it to it. It's on . . .

[Amarelooms]

I think Rose is the key or Walt...time will tell

:elephant

[ace3g]

now we know who Jack's wife is

[Blackjack]

Wasn't Flocke supposed to be the protector and Jacob the default?

[ace3g]

a couple of editing goofs/continuity errors: Ben? and no more rain after fighter

[Amarelooms]

a couple of editing goofs/continuity errors: Ben? and no more rain after fighter

Calm down dummy and get the big picture

:elephant

[ace3g]

well the Ben thing is kind of bad, I didn't care too much about the rain, that happens in all shows

[Amarelooms]

What a slut...she's married to Jack and now all over Sawyer cause she "remembers"....typical woman

:elephant

[EmptyMan]

They were divorced I thought


shit, I don't know...these commercials suck. Every 3 minutes :bang

[ace3g]

Jack is about to do the same thing

[EmptyMan]

I'm now pretty confident that Hurley will be the final replacement. His line "dude, I'm glad it's not me." seemed kind of pointless in that placement but would be irony for those that rewatch the ep once the series is over.



:lol I'll take my spur in L please.

[redzero]

On a side note, lol Lakers.

[Sisk]

I watched the Pilot episode, and haven't seen any other episode.

I'm beyond confused.. obviously.

But for those that do - the amount of commercials during this thing have been just fucking ridiculous.

[redzero]

I think we have all been trolled.

[Kermit]

Holy shit that was awful. Wow. Fuck this show. Heaven. Wow. What?

[EmptyMan]

Epic first season.

I'm glad its over.

[ace3g]

I'm going to have to rewatch the final moments of this episode again to catch some of the dialogue from Jack's Dad but if I understand him correctly , not sure if I like the ending or not

[exstatic]

So, the flash-sideways was the bardo. Nice.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bardo

[Kermit]

Lol Ben being #2.

[exstatic]

Nice touch that it ended with Jack closing his eyes, EXACTLY in the same place where he opened his eyes as the first scene of the show.

[Kamala]

Ok the sideways was purgatory maybe?

Why the hell did we see the island underwater in the LAX episode? WTF?

[Blackjack]

So, the flash-sideways was the bardo. Nice.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bardo

Bardo of Dharmata.

[JudynTX]

They all died but were reunited in death. That we will spend eternal life with those we loved here on earth.

There will never be another show like LOST. :depressed :cry :cry

[EmptyMan]

So, the flash-sideways was the bardo. Nice.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bardo


ahhhhhh, mind=blown


Good way to end it.

[scottspurs]

Great show with great ending. I loved it. That was my favorite show ever no doubt. That was something special. Epic.

[Fpoonsie]

Nice touch that it ended with Jack closing his eyes, EXACTLY in the same place where he opened his eyes as the first scene of the show.

Yeah, that was a perfect END-end.

But, one question, why didn't Ben want to go inside?

[ace3g]

Chönyid bardo (Tibetan): is the fifth bardo of the luminosity of the true nature which commences after the final 'inner breath' (Sanskrit: prana, vayu; Tibetan: rlung). It is within this Bardo that visions and auditory phenomena occur. In the Dzogchen teachings, these are known as the spontaneously manifesting Thödgal (Tibetan: thod-rgyal) visions. Concomitant to these visions, there is a welling of profound peace and pristine awareness. Sentient beings who have not practiced during their lived experience and/or who do not recognize the clear light (Tibetan: od gsal) at the moment of death are usually deluded throughout the fifth bardo of luminosity.

[Blackjack]

Maybe he ain't going where they're going . . .

[EmptyMan]

Why show all the wreckage during the end credits like that though? Was that trying to say no one survived the initial crash? That can't be it, but why show that stuff at the end?

[EmptyMan]

ahhh Ben did not go into the church at the end because he had not atoned for all of his previous sins yet...mind=blown again

[exstatic]

Bardo of Dharmata.

:lol Nice catch. I guess you showed some Initiative.

I noticed that in the office at the church where he had his talk with Christian, the stained glass had representations of the major religions, the Cross, the Star of David, the Crescent, the Hindu Wheel of life, and two others that didn't leap out at me.

[Blackjack]

Why show all the wreckage during the end credits like that though? Was that trying to say no one survived the initial crash? That can't be it, but why show that stuff at the end?

No, I think it was to let you know that what you saw happened and the plane that took off didn't make it. Thus, they're all dead and not just some vision Jack had as he was dying. He really was with them.

As his dad said, it was all real.

[Fpoonsie]

Maybe he ain't going where they're going . . .

Woooooooooooooah.

[Stringer_Bell]

Yeah, that was a perfect END-end.

But, one question, why didn't Ben want to go inside?

Ben had things he still needed to work, perhaps forgive himself for. Locke forgived him, but he needed to find it in himself before he moved on.

Fantastic fucking ending, totally redeemed all the shit I was talking as well as attitude the writers/producers were giving up because people didn't like Across the Sea. There's only 1 problem I have with the finale (it's more with one of the characters), but it's something that could have been fixed with a script rewrite - so I won't let it pull down the whole, um, island so to speak.

It ended in a way I did not expect, but it was as honest and genuine as possible. It all matters. Some people pass on before you, some long after you, but the time you spend with the people you love is the most important - no brainer, right? But damn, what a way to say it!

[Spurminator]

Very fan-friendly ending. Can't complain too much. I could knit pick some things but I'll wait. Right now, kudos to everyone involved in one of the best shows ever on network television. It's been great watching it the last six years and I'll miss the excitement I felt every Thursday/Wednesday/Tuesday leading up to the latest new episode.

[Mr. Peabody]

So when he died at the end, was he dying from the initial place crash? Or did the events actually transpire and the sideways flash was just a purgatory of sorts?

[Buddy Holly]

Why show all the wreckage during the end credits like that though? Was that trying to say no one survived the initial crash? That can't be it, but why show that stuff at the end?

That was the Kate, Sawyer, Miles, Richard plane.

[Fpoonsie]

No, I think it was to let you know that what you saw happened and the plane that took off didn't make it. Thus, they're all dead and not just some vision Jack had as he was dying. He really was with them.

As his dad said, it was all real.

Wait. Which plane? The one that took off THIS episode?

[JudynTX]

Why show all the wreckage during the end credits like that though? Was that trying to say no one survived the initial crash? That can't be it, but why show that stuff at the end?

I think it was Lapidus and crew. :(


ahhh Ben did not go into the church at the end because he had not atoned for all of his previous sins yet...mind=blown again

:tu


No, I think it was to let you know that what you saw happened and the plane that took off didn't make it. Thus, they're all dead and not just some vision Jack had as he was dying. He really was with them.

As his dad said, it was all real.

Cried like buckets when he said that.

[redzero]

Was Richard in the church at the end? I did not see him.

[Blackjack]

:lol Nice catch. I guess you showed some Initiative.

I noticed that in the office at the church where he had his talk with Christian, the stained glass had representations of the major religions, the Cross, the Star of David, the Crescent, the Hindu Wheel of life, and two others that didn't leap out at me.

I actually saw that a while back but it didn't click until I saw your link. :lol

It didn't end perfectly but it seemed fitting once you looked a their underlying premise and goal.

Now I'm going to have to go back and watch the first couple of seasons where I missed a lot. :lol

[Blackjack]

Wait. Which plane? The one that took off THIS episode?

I believe so. I think that's why they made sure to show it pass over Jack as he was dying.

Showing the wreckage at the end was to show that they didn't make it and, like his Dad said, it was all real.

[Fpoonsie]

That was the Kate, Sawyer, Miles, Richard plane.

:wow

No way.

...really?

[EmptyMan]

I won't lie. I teared up a bit when Vincent laid down by Jack. Man's best friend right there :(

Gonna go hug my dog

[Stringer_Bell]

I thought the purpose of the plane wreckage was to show the event that brought them all together...anyone confirm the plane said Ajira? Also, I noticed footsteps, I bet Vincent took over the island after Hugo!

And yes, I was hinting at the fact that the island is STILL THERE. :p:

[JudynTX]

I said a while back this show was about Love. :D I'm a little confused why Flocke was able to bleed, which meant he could be killed?? How did that happen?

[Stringer_Bell]

I said a while back this show was about Love. :D I'm a little confused why Flocke was able to bleed, which meant he could be killed?? How did that happen?

Desmond killed the "magic" making Jack and Locke mortal. That's why they could bleed. Then Jack made the "magic" alive again and died.

[Mugshot]

I said a while back this show was about Love. :D I'm a little confused why Flocke was able to bleed, which meant he could be killed?? How did that happen?

The light was turned off.

[JudynTX]

I won't lie. I teared up a bit when Vincent laid down by Jack. Man's best friend right there :(

Gonna go hug my dog

Give him a treat too! :lol I cried too. :(

[Kermit]

Am I the only person that hated that fucking finale. Every episode was usually pure gold and that finale was bullshit friendly happy loving romance ending. Fuck that. MIB died with too much ease and that was complete bullshit. I rather have an against the grain ending where MIB wins than that bullshit they played.

No dude. It sucked. It was woman friendly.

[Mugshot]

I liked the ending, but wish there could have been more to it.

[JudynTX]

Desmond killed the "magic" making Jack and Locke mortal. That's why they could bleed. Then Jack made the "magic" alive again and died.


The light was turned off.

D'uh!! Thanks guys. :lol I'm a freakin wreck right now.

[Blackjack]

I'm guessing when the light that turned him into the black smoke went out he was made vulnerable. The monster was gone -- the forcefield was down, so to speak.

[Stringer_Bell]

Don't wanna sound homo, but there's a lot of people interested in posting?

Can we hijack the chat room?

I won't ask anyone for A/S/L

[ace3g]

I'm a little confused, which is mostly because I missed some of the dialogue by Jack's father, but when did all the real events on the island end.

[jcrod]

That was the Kate, Sawyer, Miles, Richard plane.

Wrong, that plane made it. They went on to live their lives as Hurly went on to be the islands protector with Ben his Second. The sideways was after they all eventually died and went to heaven together.

[EmptyMan]

I wonder whose skeletons those were down by the magic peg. I was watching on standard definition so couldn't really make a lot out.

[Kermit]

It was just so fucking sappy. Maybe some sleep will lessen the sour taste in my mouth and some Jensen will put it in perspective. Maybe. Where the fuck was Michael?

[Mr. Peabody]

I'm still not entirely sure whether the ending just showed that the sideways arc was everyone waiting to move on after death or whether the entire series was about everyone waiting to move on after death.

[ace3g]

I guess we will find out more during Jimmy Kimmel especially with the 3 alternate endings

[Mugshot]

Wrong, that plane made it. They went on to live their lives as Hurly went on to be the islands protector with Ben his Second. The sideways was after they all eventually died and went to heaven together.

Yes...

[Blackjack]

I thought the purpose of the plane wreckage was to show the event that brought them all together...anyone confirm the plane said Ajira? Also, I noticed footsteps, I bet Vincent took over the island after Hugo!

And yes, I was hinting at the fact that the island is STILL THERE. :p:

The biggest takeaway I got from the whole wreckage and whether or not they were already dead was Jack's dad: "It was all real."

They made sure to show Jack coming to terms with his death and letting go, and they also made a concerted effort to show the plane passing over him as they died. What was the purpose?

Well, when you combined the way they made sure to show the plane going over Jack and made sure to show the wreckage at the end, I'm left to think one thing: Lost wanted to make it clear that the plane carrying Jack, Kate, Richard, Miles and the pilot didn't actually make it and that it indeed was, "all real."

I think it was their way of tying up any loose ends and killing the notion that what Jack saw was just some kind of dream for his comfort to let go. It was a reunion not a dream. It was all real.

[Kermit]

Who the fuck cares about Michael. If he was there he would have met his son at his sons baseball game and have another sappy loving everything is dandy moment. I cant believe they destroyed the finale with so much bullshit.

If you're going to have everyone meet up for punch and pie, Michael should be there. I mean, Shannon and Boone get to go?

[EmptyMan]

I seriously doubt the Kimmel alt endings will be real. Probably just some comedic skits.

[exstatic]

Yes but they had so much good shit going through 6 seasons and it ends with a happy go loving episode. Its really pissing me off because through 6 seasons they showed how unique and different the show was and then had an episode that was pure positive feelings and happiness. I wanted what Lost gave us before, a sense of uneasiness and that the characters would not succeed. I could tell from the freaking music scores right in the beginning everything would end up happy.

Dude, they all died. How much of a happy ending is that? So, they got together for a reunion in the afterlife. Did you want hellfire and eternal damnation, too?

At least is wasn't a snow globe like St. Elsewhere.

[Mr. Peabody]

So...Desmond was rounding up misguided souls to help them move on?

[jcrod]

The biggest takeaway I got from the whole wreckage and whether or not they were already dead was Jack's dad: "It was all real."

They made sure to show Jack coming to terms with his death and letting go, and they also made a concerted effort to show the plane passing over him as they died. What was the purpose?

Well, when you combined the way they made sure to show the plane going over Jack and made sure to show the wreckage at the end, I'm left to think one thing: Lost wanted to make it clear that the plane carrying Jack, Kate, Richard, Miles and the pilot didn't actually make it and that it indeed was, "all real."

I think it was their way of tying up any loose ends and killing the notion that what Jack saw was just some kind of dream for his comfort to let go. It was a reunion not a dream. It was all real.

Wrong. see my previous post. He was happy the plane made it, the "it was all real" meant everything did happen. Hurly became the protector and that is why he told Ben he was a great second and Ben told Hurly he was the best number one.

Jack asked his dad did they all just die, and he said some did, but others at different times. He said they all created this place because all the people in the Church were the most important people to each other and lived through the most important part of their lives.

[JudynTX]

So...Desmond was rounding up misguided souls to help them move on?

Yes

[Mr. Peabody]

I seriously doubt the Kimmel alt endings will be real. Probably just some comedic skits.

No . . . the producers of Lost are going to be on the show. ABC was hyping it all weekend.

[Kermit]

Ah. Yes. So when Farraday's mom asked Desmond if he was going to take her son. Oh shit. Okay. Damn beer.

[Blackjack]

Dude, they all died. How much of a happy ending is that? So, they got together for a reunion in the afterlife. Did you want hellfire and eternal damnation, too?

At least is wasn't a snow globe like St. Elsewhere.

ex, do you think Ben didn't go in because his elevator was going down?

[JudynTX]

ex, do you think Ben didn't go in because his elevator was going down?

:lol:lol

[Death In June]

Not sure how I feel about the ending yet. I thought they could have cut out about 30 minutes of the slow motion hugging though. Despite what the writers have said, everything was wrapped up nice and neat, a little too feel good. It could have been worse, I guess.

[Stringer_Bell]

If you're going to have everyone meet up for punch and pie, Michael should be there. I mean, Shannon and Boone get to go?

Shannon = Sayid's love (which is different than the love he never attained, Shannon was the last real thing he felt), Boone = integral to Locke's story and much more likable than Michael. Michael is trapped on the island because he did wrong, remember that crappy "whispers" reveal? Yea, he's stuck and in a totally different way than the "flash sideways" people.

[Mr. Peabody]

So, was the sideways storyline an invention of those who had died? In other words, did Jack create the sideways story where he has a son to compensate for his relationship with his father? The sideways stories weren't that ideal if they creations of the people who died.

[Stringer_Bell]

Ah. Yes. So when Farraday's mom asked Desmond if he was going to take her son. Oh shit. Okay. Damn beer.

Yea, see, that was my problem. Why was she pissed about people (or her son) moving on? That didn't make sense to me, but on the other hand it made total sense that Ana Lucia was "not ready" according to Desmond...she had more stuff to figure out, as her most important moments PROLLY weren't on the island.

[JudynTX]

When Charlie saw Claire in the audience, I lost it. :lol

[Blackjack]

Wrong. see my previous post. He was happy the plane made it, the "it was all real" meant everything did happen. Hurly became the protector and that is why he told Ben he was a great second and Ben told Hurly he was the best number one.

Jack asked his dad did they all just die, and he said some did, but others at different times. He said they all created this place because all the people in the Church were the most important people to each other and lived through the most important part of their lives.

Maybe. I ain't that smart. But I suppose we'll find out shortly. The Hurley and Linus thing does fall in line with what you suggest, now that I think about it. But then I'm left with even more question. Was it Hurley all along or at least when he started being able to see and talk to the dead?

I don't know, I don't try to get into this shit too much because I'd rather just enjoy the show. But now that I'm talking about it with you sick puppies, I find myself asking WTF quite a bit more. :lol

[Kamala]

Ok still processing but here are my thoughts:

The nuke set off in 1977 sank the island.

In 2004 (alternate) plane never crashes because the island is submerged. Since what happened, happened the Losties remember the past and are in a purgatory of sorts.

The 2007 timeline is where Hurley and Ben rule the island and the Ajira flight with Lapidus doesn't make it.

So if it only ends once it truly ended in 77? Confused as all hell

[Mr. Peabody]

Yea, see, that was my problem. Why was she pissed about people (or her son) moving on? That didn't make sense to me, but on the other hand it made total sense that Ana Lucia was "not ready" according to Desmond...she had more stuff to figure out, as her most important moments PROLLY weren't on the island.

Maybe Farday's mom knew she wasn't going to be with him in the afterlife and wanted more time with him.

[EmptyMan]

Is Kimmel on now? I think the local news is tapping into my Kimmel time. WTF is this

[Kermit]

Maybe Farday's mom knew she wasn't going to be with him in the afterlife and wanted more time with him.

Probably this. Where was alternate Widmore? So if it was all real was the sideways real? Did they just go on living those lives? I guess not since Hurley and Ben were saying their weird goodbyes.

[Mr. Peabody]

Is Kimmel on now? I think the local news is tapping into my Kimmel time. WTF is this

Kimmel's on in SA at 11:30.

[exstatic]

Just checked my TiVo. The wreckage on the beach was primarily blue accents, while the Ajira secondary colors are primarily red. I'm pretty sure it was 815s original wreckage.

[Blackjack]

Ya know what, I'm going to let these sonbitch writers spell it out for me and not try to figure it out myself. I jumped on board around season 3 and haven't followed it as closely as y'all, so I just enjoyed it as a show, not as something in need of dissection -- which obviously has me pissin' in the wind.

Long story short, I almost lost it when Kate told Jack she loved him. I knew then I didn't have a chance with her. :depressed

[exstatic]

If you're going to have everyone meet up for punch and pie, Michael should be there. I mean, Shannon and Boone get to go?

Michael betrayed them, sold them all out to get off the island. He no more belongs there than Ben does. He has his shit to work out, too.

[Kermit]

Michael betrayed them, sold them all out to get off the island. He no more belongs there than Ben does. He has his shit to work out, too.

I'm pretty sure they all made peace with Michael and that Hurley aka Number one got his ass off the Island. His ending was probably with Walt and not with the remainder of the castaways.

[Stringer_Bell]

Maybe Farday's mom knew she wasn't going to be with him in the afterlife and wanted more time with him.

Good point. I think it just had sinister undertones to it, and if she knew where she was, why wasn't she cool with letting go. That was what confused me. But hey, I didn't give a shit about that or anything else during the last 5 minutes. :king

Widmore's in Hell w/ that Zoe bitch :ihit

[exstatic]

So, was the sideways storyline an invention of those who had died? In other words, did Jack create the sideways story where he has a son to compensate for his relationship with his father? The sideways stories weren't that ideal if they creations of the people who died.

According to Christian, it was a collaborative effort to create the sideways timeline, which in fact is the bardo, a waiting place between lives.

[Mr. Peabody]

I think the plane at the end was the Oceanic plane. I re-watched the ending and the plane they showed white and blue. The plane Lapidus left in was white and red.

[Mr. Peabody]

Just checked my TiVo. The wreckage on the beach was primarily blue accents, while the Ajira secondary colors are primarily red. I'm pretty sure it was 815s original wreckage.

Yeah. I did the same. It was the Oceanic plane.

[exstatic]

I'm pretty sure they all made peace with Michael and that Hurley aka Number one got his ass off the Island. His ending was probably with Walt and not with the remainder of the castaways.

You notice that both Locke and Hurley invited Ben in, and he would't come. Michael has the same type of issues to work out. It's not a matter of the group holding you out or rejecting you. You just know when you're not ready to move on.

[exstatic]

Probably this. Where was alternate Widmore? So if it was all real was the sideways real? Did they just go on living those lives? I guess not since Hurley and Ben were saying their weird goodbyes.

Widmore wasn't really tied to this group, other than by Ellie, and he probably had his own "badness" issues to work out before moving on.

Everything was real except the flash sideways. That was their little afterlife waiting room.

[Kermit]

You notice that both Locke and Hurley invited Ben in, and he would't come. Michael has the same type of issues to work out. It's not a matter of the group holding you out or rejecting you. You just know when you're not ready to move on.

Probably. Or he just wanted to move on with Alex and bang Rosseau.

[Blackjack]

All right ... the pieces are starting to come together now. I should have been following this with you guys much sooner. I guess it's never too late to start, right? :downspin:

[Mr. Peabody]

If the island is a cork to keep in evil and Desmond pulled the cork, what was the consequence of evil getting out for the hour or so that the cork was pulled? The only consequence that I saw was the island being destroyed.

[Kermit]

Widmore wasn't really tied to this group, other than by Ellie, and he probably had his own "badness" issues to work out before moving on.

Everything was real except the flash sideways. That was their little afterlife waiting room.

I know Widmore didn't belong in the church but it would've been cool to see him at his own event. Hell, Hawking made and appearance. And it's nice to see Desmond's purpose in the sideways world but on the Island, what the fuck was his purpose? To move the stone so Jack had to move it back?

[exstatic]

I also think Vincent went to Jack at the end for one reason: His motto. Live together or die alone. Jack lived together with everyone and stuck together. He shouldn't have to die alone, and he didn't.
:cry

[Mr. Peabody]

And it's nice to see Desmond's purpose in the sideways world but on the Island, what the fuck was his purpose? To move the stone so Jack had to move it back?

Desmond moving the stone made it possible for Jack to kill MIB. Remember MIB didn't think Jack could kill him, but Jack told him he would.

[Kermit]

Desmond moving the stone made it possible for Jack to kill MIB. Remember MIB didn't think Jack could kill him, but Jack told him he would.

Ahhhhhhhhh. So, if Desmond doesn't move the stone, Smokey kills everyone and they start again. Gotcha.

[exstatic]

I know Widmore didn't belong in the church but it would've been cool to see him at his own event. Hell, Hawking made and appearance. And it's nice to see Desmond's purpose in the sideways world but on the Island, what the fuck was his purpose? To move the stone so Jack had to move it back?

Do you know your purpose? Desmond thought it was going to "send him somewhere else". He was wrong. So, sue him. :lol

[lefty]

So the most overrated TV show ever is over?

Are we really done with that piece of crap ?????

http://clydetombaugh.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/02/17/homerwoohoo.jpg

[EmptyMan]

I took it as only Desmond could survive long enough to move the peg, i.e., activate the failsafe. Once he stopped the power of the island, Jack/Flocke became mere humans and thus could hurt each other.

[MannyIsGod]

So the most overrated TV show ever is over?

Are we really done with that piece of crap ?????

http://clydetombaugh.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/02/17/homerwoohoo.jpg

A show that bothers you so much you go into threads to talk about it? I don't know about you, but things I don't like I typically just ignore.

[EmptyMan]

Whose shoe was that on the bamboo stick towards the end?

[Stringer_Bell]

And it's nice to see Desmond's purpose in the sideways world but on the Island, what the fuck was his purpose? To move the stone so Jack had to move it back?

Desmond turned out to be the failsafe for both sides, since "the magic" works for both the Protecter and the Smoke Monster (Desmond unattached them both from the island). Jack had to be the Protector to lose his immortality at the same time as Smoke Monster, then move the stone back and let Hurley take over. I suppose Desmond could have done it, but Jack prolly thought he'd end up getting fucked up any way and it was better to give Desmond a chance to get off the island back to Penny and his son.

[MannyIsGod]

I was pretty damn happy with the finale. Once I read exstatics post on Bardo it made a lot more sense to me. Also, it gave me far more appreciation for what they did with this last season and how well they tied it together.

Really I'm amazed at how well they tied it up in the end. I appreciated the Sopranos ending, but this was far more satisfying for me and what is ironic is that the Sopranos was actually grounded in reality yet Lost was the show with the more direct ending.

Great show. Its sad its over.

[EmptyMan]

Sounds like Kimmel was indeed trolling everyone with the alt endings. I knew it. He did that shit all throughout the previous seasons.

[lefty]

A show that bothers you so much you go into threads to talk about it? I don't know about you, but things I don't like I typically just ignore.
So if you dont like my post, why didn't you ignore it ?

[Kermit]

Didn't one of the producers say that there's an extra twenty minutes that's going to be added to the finale on the dvd?

[MannyIsGod]

So if you dont like my post, why didn't you ignore it ?

I was pretty ambivalent about your post but I merely felt like commenting on how strange your actions were. Anyway, looking forward to more posts where you tell us how much you don't like Lost. :toast

[MannyIsGod]

BTW the Target commercials were freaking great.

[scottspurs]

Sounds like Kimmel was indeed trolling everyone with the alt endings. I knew it. He did that shit all throughout the previous seasons.

He succeeded in getting everyone to watch though. :lol

[Fpoonsie]

:lol Holy crap. Marilyn Manson's actually IN the audience.

Weird.

[Blackjack]

JKL Audience Q&A with the Cast of LOST (http://abc.go.com/shows/jimmy-kimmel-live/)

[lefty]

I was pretty ambivalent about your post but I merely felt like commenting on how strange your actions were. Anyway, looking forward to more posts where you tell us how much you don't like Lost. :toast
I'm totally Lost

[ace3g]

Jimmy Kimmel asked about Walt and his powers, and he said that on the final blu ray they will answer more of those type of questions either through commentary , deleted scenes, etc

[Fpoonsie]

JKL Audience Q&A with the Cast of LOST (http://abc.go.com/shows/jimmy-kimmel-live/)

The beginning of the show was actually decent. Starting w/ the crowd reactions to the final scene, then Matthew Fox, Linus and Locke's interviews.

After that, it just went downhill FAST.

[jcrod]

JKL Audience Q&A with the Cast of LOST (http://abc.go.com/shows/jimmy-kimmel-live/)

WTF, the audience asked the most stupid questions. You'd think they would screen the questions.

[ace3g]

JKL Audience Q&A with the Cast of LOST (http://abc.go.com/shows/jimmy-kimmel-live/)

after all that the fans ask questions like "if you would steal or did steal something from the set, what would it be?" Locke pulling the knife out of his pocket was funny though.

2. "I'm going Hawaii, have any restaurants you would recommend?"

3. "If Lost was a survivor type reality show, who would be eliminated first?"

Only one guy asked "where did the polar bear come from" even though that was answered with the Dharma cages. They brought animals to the island to test. One of the Dharma buildings had an aquarium like area where a small whale or something could be tested in.

Jimmy Kimmel even said "I'm surprised by all of this shit, can't believe none of the fans are asking real questions" He atleast asked about Walt's powers which he mentioned that on the bluray some questions like that will be answered through either commentary, deleted scenes, etc

[ace3g]

and I'm still pissed about the 3 alternate endings, I was really hoping for those, just in case I didn't like the ending I would have something else to think about.

[Blackjack]

"How did you get that dirty look like you hadn't showered in months?" :lmao

[ace3g]

Kimmel responded "why are trying to go for that look"

you could tell he was really hoping for better questions.

[Buddy Holly]

JKL Audience Q&A with the Cast of LOST (http://abc.go.com/shows/jimmy-kimmel-live/)

Wow... the questions suuuuuuucccck.

Edit: Kimmel the man, calling out the questions. Calling them bullshit. :lol

[ace3g]

what did stephen colbert say about harlem globetrotters in lost, he said S3 E07?

[Buddy Holly]

what did stephen colbert say about harlem globetrotters in lost, he said S3 E07?

It was a joke.

[Jacob1983]

I liked the finale even though it was a little predictable. A lot of Lost fans had always had a theory that the people on the show might be stuck in limbo or purgatory. I was somewhat surprised that the writers and creators of the show went that route. So the island was real? And Jack really did die on the island? And everyone that died before Jack or after him met up with him in limbo at the end?

[jacobdrj]

Jimmy Kimmel asked about Walt and his powers, and he said that on the final blu ray they will answer more of those type of questions either through commentary , deleted scenes, etc

In other words the only things I cared to be answered were not, except maybe on a bluray I'll never watch.

And another incomplete unsatisfactorily produced JJ Abrams creation rides off into the sunset, un-concluded...

I'll be damned before I ever watch another of his shows again... So glad I avoided Fringe.

If I were to tell someone about this show, I'd tell them to watch the 1st season, and drop it. It is clearly the only thought out part of the entire series.

This finale reminded me of people who didn't want to see Titanic because they 'knew the ship sank at the end'. Where those people would have missed the point with that film, they would have hit the nail-on-the-head with LOST. Yay. Everybody dies. Without resolution to the only questions the story teller emphasized, I, the viewer, am left dissatisfied.

Even BSG had a defined ending...

Oh well, about 50 hours of my life I won't get back... Back to finishing Dollhouse...

[exstatic]

In other words the only things I cared to be answered were not, except maybe on a bluray I'll never watch.

And another incomplete unsatisfactorily produced JJ Abrams creation rides off into the sunset, un-concluded...

I'll be damned before I ever watch another of his shows again... So glad I avoided Fringe.

If I were to tell someone about this show, I'd tell them to watch the 1st season, and drop it. It is clearly the only thought out part of the entire series.

This finale reminded me of people who didn't want to see Titanic because they 'knew the ship sank at the end'. Where those people would have missed the point with that film, they would have hit the nail-on-the-head with LOST. Yay. Everybody dies. Without resolution to the only questions the story teller emphasized, I, the viewer, am left dissatisfied.

Even BSG had a defined ending...

Oh well, about 50 hours of my life I won't get back... Back to finishing Dollhouse...

:lol I told you to stop with like 3 episodes left. I KNEW you'd be one of the dissatisfied. Don't worry, Walt and Mr. Eko are very happy together. :lol

BTW, it was 101 hours of your life you won't get back. I'm just sayin'...

[jacobdrj]

:lol I told you to stop with like 3 episodes left. I KNEW you'd be one of the dissatisfied. Don't worry, Walt and Mr. Eko are very happy together. :lol

BTW, it was 101 hours of your life you won't get back. I'm just sayin'...

Well, I wasn't going to say that every minute of every non-1st season was bad. I loved the long con episode, and episodes with Mr. Eko. etc...


One of the people who are dissatisfied... That implies someone was satisfied? Really? Oh well. Looks like I have to change careers and become a writer... This mediocrity is killing me.

[EmptyMan]

Damn, now that it has sunk in....that finale was deeeeeeeeep.

[JudynTX]

You notice that both Locke and Hurley invited Ben in, and he would't come. Michael has the same type of issues to work out. It's not a matter of the group holding you out or rejecting you. You just know when you're not ready to move on.

Jack was at his own funeral. :( :cry Oh crap, here I go crying again. :lol

[sonic21]

Claire and Charlie remembering was touching.

[JudynTX]

Didn't one of the producers say that there's an extra twenty minutes that's going to be added to the finale on the dvd?

I hope so!!!


BTW the Target commercials were freaking great.

:lol Yeah they were. I'm surprised more companies didn't take advantage of making commercials for the finale, oh well.

Budweiser could have made Dharma beer cans for us, us LOSTie's would have bought that stuff. :lol

[Xevious]

Couple questions...

If the flash-sideways storyline was purgatory, why is the island shown at the bottom of the ocean, and why are the characters' lives different?

And the atom bomb explosion really did nothing... except send the characters back to the future?

[Mr. Peabody]

My problem with the finale was that I didn't feel it fit in with the rest of the show. I mean, we have six seasons of mythology, philosophy, and mystery, and the finale is "pull the cork, fight on the cliffs, and we were all dead this season." It was a satisfying ending as far as character development goes, but it didn't address the story of the island as much as I thought it would.

[Reeko_Htown]

I loved the characters and the relationships of the show more than the science and mystery of the island itself so I wasn't disappointed. I think for some, the island was the star but it obviously wasn't the case to the writers.

[Stringer_Bell]

Couple questions...

If the flash-sideways storyline was purgatory, why is the island shown at the bottom of the ocean, and why are the characters' lives different?

And the atom bomb explosion really did nothing... except send the characters back to the future?

I think the island being underwater was to show that it had no power in "The place where there is no NOW, HERE." The island's influence was not felt at all by the people there until they reconnected, since it seems their collective memories were erased.

If I recall correctly, "the incident" was a huge catalyst for Dharma Initiative stuff that we explored in the earlier seasons. I didn't really watch that season, but I'm pretty sure it was one of those time loop stories.

@ Mr. Peaboy: I won't try to preach, but every season had to deal with some kind of battle for a vulnerable/fragile balance. LOSTies vs Others, Island vs Widmore's ship, LOSTies vs LOSTies, Jacob/LOSTies vs MiB/manipulated forces...each time the world felt like it hanged in the balance "keep pushing the button or the world dies," "stop the ship or the world dies," "get back to the island or the world dies," "stop MiB or the world dies." The island was just the palette to paint the story of redemption the people found in themselves and with each other. :hat

[tah]

I kinda liked the ending. It was touching. There are a lot of questions still unanswered like the time traveling, and all of that still confuses me.

I always liked all the back stories and the character development, but I was disappointed that it ended up being Kate /Jack and Sawyer/Juliette together. I thought it was going to be the other way around. Jack and Kate tried it once, but it didn't work out.

[leemajors]

In other words the only things I cared to be answered were not, except maybe on a bluray I'll never watch.

And another incomplete unsatisfactorily produced JJ Abrams creation rides off into the sunset, un-concluded...

I'll be damned before I ever watch another of his shows again... So glad I avoided Fringe.

If I were to tell someone about this show, I'd tell them to watch the 1st season, and drop it. It is clearly the only thought out part of the entire series.

This finale reminded me of people who didn't want to see Titanic because they 'knew the ship sank at the end'. Where those people would have missed the point with that film, they would have hit the nail-on-the-head with LOST. Yay. Everybody dies. Without resolution to the only questions the story teller emphasized, I, the viewer, am left dissatisfied.

Even BSG had a defined ending...

Oh well, about 50 hours of my life I won't get back... Back to finishing Dollhouse...

I never bothered with Lost, but Fringe is awesome. John Noble is worth it himself.

[FatBeaner]

having seen the first episode long ago, about 30 minutes of the summary episode and then the finale, i was pleased...and only a couple hours invested.

kate can look like she has some years on her, but she was smokin in that black dress! :tu

[JoeChalupa]

I only watched part of the first episode and tuned in last night at about 10:10 or so and figured it out when the dude got up from his wheel chair and the dude sitting outside told hurley he wasn't going in. And then of course when the Party of Five guy saw his dad that did it. Good ending considering I didn't watch any of the past 6 seasons.

[CuckingFunt]

I never bothered with Lost, but Fringe is awesome. John Noble is worth it himself.

This.

[Mr. Peabody]

I think the island being underwater was to show that it had no power in "The place where there is no NOW, HERE." The island's influence was not felt at all by the people there until they reconnected, since it seems their collective memories were erased.

If I recall correctly, "the incident" was a huge catalyst for Dharma Initiative stuff that we explored in the earlier seasons. I didn't really watch that season, but I'm pretty sure it was one of those time loop stories.

Well, looking back, it appears to be a clue as to the sideways flash. From the beginning of the season, we see that the island is dead like the the characters themselves.


@ Mr. Peaboy: I won't try to preach, but every season had to deal with some kind of battle for a vulnerable/fragile balance. LOSTies vs Others, Island vs Widmore's ship, LOSTies vs LOSTies, Jacob/LOSTies vs MiB/manipulated forces...each time the world felt like it hanged in the balance "keep pushing the button or the world dies," "stop the ship or the world dies," "get back to the island or the world dies," "stop MiB or the world dies." The island was just the palette to paint the story of redemption the people found in themselves and with each other. :hat

I understand that view of it, but the island in the show wasn't a hotel or a bar or a penthouse in New York. It wasn't just a setting that allowed different personalities, characters, and life histories to interact. The island had this supposed amazing back story that was only partially explained. Again, I enjoyed the finale, but felt that throughout the series the writers kept teasing the audience with this notion of the island as a unique, magical place and then, in the last season copped out with the "it's the source of light in all of us" and "it's a cork keeping in evil" explanations.

I mean, think about it - according to the show, the source of all life, light, rebirth, etc. has a physical, alterable presence on this planet. Also, evil apparently exists only in a material state that can be restrained. These are interesting concepts that were only revealed in this final season and I would have liked to see them developed a little more.

[CubanMustGo]

Gotta love The Onion's take:

http://www.theonion.com/articles/lost-possibly-still-airing-in-parallel-dimension-d,17485/

'Lost' Possibly Still Airing In Parallel Dimension, Desperate Fans Report


NEW YORK—Desperate fans of the recently concluded television series Lost are speculating that the program is continuing on in a parallel dimension somewhere, and that alternate versions of showrunners Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse are currently writing new episodes of the series. "It's very possible that a sideways world running concurrent to our own exists, and that a facsimile of myself is happy, fulfilled, and already gearing up for the season seven premiere of Lost," said 36-year-old Kevin Molinaro, who, along with more than 20 million other hopeless fans, has recently booked multiple roundtrip tickets from Los Angeles to Australia in hopes of traveling through a vortex in the space-time continuum. "I just have to find a way to get there. We all do." According to data from Google analytics, searches for "How to build/detonate/use a hydrogen bomb to open up a multidimensional wormhole" have increased 10 millionfold since the episode aired.

[Mr. Peabody]

Gotta love The Onion's take:

http://www.theonion.com/articles/lost-possibly-still-airing-in-parallel-dimension-d,17485/

'Lost' Possibly Still Airing In Parallel Dimension, Desperate Fans Report


NEW YORK—Desperate fans of the recently concluded television series Lost are speculating that the program is continuing on in a parallel dimension somewhere, and that alternate versions of showrunners Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse are currently writing new episodes of the series. "It's very possible that a sideways world running concurrent to our own exists, and that a facsimile of myself is happy, fulfilled, and already gearing up for the season seven premiere of Lost," said 36-year-old Kevin Molinaro, who, along with more than 20 million other hopeless fans, has recently booked multiple roundtrip tickets from Los Angeles to Australia in hopes of traveling through a vortex in the space-time continuum. "I just have to find a way to get there. We all do." According to data from Google analytics, searches for "How to build/detonate/use a hydrogen bomb to open up a multidimensional wormhole" have increased 10 millionfold since the episode aired.

:lol

[Stringer_Bell]

Well, looking back, it appears to be a clue as to the sideways flash. From the beginning of the season, we see that the island is dead like the the characters themselves.

Not sure I agree with this, but alrighty!


I understand that view of it, but the island in the show wasn't a hotel or a bar or a penthouse in New York. It wasn't just a setting that allowed different personalities, characters, and life histories to interact. The island had this supposed amazing back story that was only partially explained. Again, I enjoyed the finale, but felt that throughout the series the writers kept teasing the audience with this notion of the island as a unique, magical place and then, in the last season copped out with the "it's the source of light in all of us" and "it's a cork keeping in evil" explanations.

I mean, think about it - according to the show, the source of all life, light, rebirth, etc. has a physical, alterable presence on this planet. Also, evil apparently exists only in a material state that can be restrained. These are interesting concepts that were only revealed in this final season and I would have liked to see them developed a little more.

Yea, believe me, I was pissed and kicking and bitching around the last 3 weeks about the show shitting the bed and ruining itself. But the ending made it all worth it for me, when I was totally convinced there was no way to make me forget about all the crazy set-ups and "empty" promises. In the end, I thought the unique, magical place was our own world - and in it there's a lot of shit that NEVER gets explained. I know that sounds like a total cop out, and I would've punched myself in the face if I saw myself commenting like this pre-Finale...but I really did find peace in the show's ending - the show that me and my friends theorized about at least an two hours a week over dinner, on chat, etc between Season 1-4. In a way, we all gotta find our way to let go of the mysteries because even though the producers kept us watching cuz of the crazy shit, the show was about flawed people trying to find purpose and meaning in their own lives, not why crazy shit happens on the island.

[JoeChalupa]

Word..that's what I got out of it and I didn't even watch the show.

[JudynTX]

:cry

9JwmYeng_mo

[florige]

I only watched part of the first episode and tuned in last night at about 10:10 or so and figured it out when the dude got up from his wheel chair and the dude sitting outside told hurley he wasn't going in. And then of course when the Party of Five guy saw his dad that did it. Good ending considering I didn't watch any of the past 6 seasons.



Me neither. So basically they were in purgatory?

[JoeChalupa]

Me neither. So basically they were in purgatory?

That's the way my non-watching mind saw it. People experienced a tramatic event and were linked together and in the end they all found their way home...with some dramatice twists and turns along the way...but in the end..they all found peace and isn't that what we are all, the majority of us, are hoping for?

[rAm]

I am just not happy with it. There was no way they were going to be able to please everyone, but to end the show like seasons 2-5 never existed is lame to me.

The story of the character's was great, I enjoyed the show for many other reasons than just the sci-fi shit. It just seems like a farce to create this crazy scenario with scientific anomaly's, time-travel, characters named after scientists and philosophers, etc.. just to have it all come down to "a magic light". I remember hearing the producers in an interview talk about how everything that was put in the show was put there for a reason, are you kidding me? Like how they explained why they put all of the specific books throughout the series in the re-cap episode, "All of the books were books that the writer's had read and liked" or something along those lines. Good to know Lindelof, thanks.

Pretty much everyone who was watching the show to see who Sawyer got to kiss this episode was happy, and everyone else who was intrigued by a show that pushed the boundaries, brought in sci-fi elements, and was damn awesome for around 4 seasons were fucked because there was no way they would be able to tie in all the crazy shit they made to seem important. Like when Jacob told Kate, "It's only a line of chalk on a wall" GMAFB, if it's only a line of chalk on a wall, why make it seem like it was the most important mystery EVER. Why were there endless cliffhangers, and build ups? What were the numbers all about? Why had widmore be such a mysterious and important character just to have him shot and out of the story without ever even giving him a real purpose.

I knew the re-cap episode was going to highlight specific things that they wanted to be refreshed in the viewer's minds so they could tie in the story their way, but I didn't really expect to be slapped in the face. They pretty much defended the finale before it even started by saying this show was all about the characters. Was it? Or do we think it is because they prepped us for what was going to be a let-down unless we were viewing it they way they wanted us too.

[rjv]

a terrible ending to an otherwise great show. in the end it was all about jack. there was no catharsis for any of the other characters and maybe that is why we will never know how it is that sayed's true love turns out not to be claudia but shannon (blah !), or how the 160 old richard manages on the mainland, and how sawyer and kate just wait out the rest of their lives. and then that is the way sun and jin died after all, with no acknowledgement of their daughter in their last moments together.

it was disjointed, cliched, didactic and flat out dissapointing. an ending on the scale of st. elsewhere and seinfeld.

[JoeChalupa]

a terrible ending to an otherwise great show. in the end it was all about jack. there was no catharsis for any of the other characters and maybe that is why we will never know how it is that sayed's true love turns out not to be claudia but shannon (blah !), or how the 160 old richard manages on the mainland, and how sawyer and kate just wait out the rest of their lives. and then that is the way sun and jin died after all, with no acknowledgement of their daughter in their last moments together.

it was disjointed, cliched, didactic and flat out dissapointing. an ending on the scale of st. elsewhere and seinfeld.

Sounds to me like I was better off not watching the series since the message in the end was quite simple and it seems to me like many wanted a complicated ending. I may just have to watch this on DVD to see why so many are upset over a simple message that was conveyed in an entertaining, twisting, fast forward & reverse kind of way.

[JudynTX]

a terrible ending to an otherwise great show. in the end it was all about jack. there was no catharsis for any of the other characters and maybe that is why we will never know how it is that sayed's true love turns out not to be claudia but shannon (blah !), or how the 160 old richard manages on the mainland, and how sawyer and kate just wait out the rest of their lives. and then that is the way sun and jin died after all, with no acknowledgement of their daughter in their last moments together.

it was disjointed, cliched, didactic and flat out dissapointing. an ending on the scale of st. elsewhere and seinfeld.

I'm sorry you didn't enjoy it as much as I did. But this show has always been about Jack, even from the beginning. :) I'm very satisfied with how it all ended.

It's about losing those you love and finding them again in the afterlife, that's beautiful.

[Kermit]

Watched it again. I think I've done a 180 on how I feel about it. It's still really fucking sappy but the Jack/Ben/Locke parts are exceptional.

[JoeChalupa]

I'm sorry you didn't enjoy it as much as I did. But this show has always been about Jack, even from the beginning. :) I'm very satisfied with how it all ended.

It's about losing those you love and finding them again in the afterlife, that's beautiful.

:tu

[JudynTX]

Great write up about the finale. :tu

http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/watch_with_kristin/b182506_lost_redux_see_you_in_another_life.html

[ElNono]

I thought the ending was 'good'. There really was two arcs that needed closing, the characters themselves and the island (itself a major character in the plot). I thought the characters had their grand finale, full of emotion and incredibly well executed.
The closing of the island story, however, was relegated to an afterthought, and I thought that was disappointing.

[rAm]

This sums it up brilliantly:


The people happy with the finale (love story camp) can't believe the nerdrage from the sci-fi camp. The sci-fi camp can't believe that the love story camp is just sort of okay with "everything has always been magical... oh and FLocke is evil" as an way to wrap things up.

Really it's like this show couldn't be given an easier way to be written. You've already given yourself a super magical island that heals cancer, lets crippled people walk and has giant neighbor islands that can go unnoticed for over a season. That wasn't enough though, you introduce time travel, another plot device that can be used really however you want it to since there is no actual way people know it works. And yet... this is all you could come up with after building up shit for years?

They wrote themselves into a corner they didn't know how to get out of, so they last minute switched the emphasis of the show to this limboverse that didn't exist until now, went very subtle with the mythology, introduced a temple, a resurrecting pool and a light tunnel that creates smoke monsters if someone not named Jack or Desmond go check it out. Then they have people "FEEEEEEL IT" and remember about the island to stir up the emotions and it worked, it worked on me when it was happening and that's aggravating because these people weren't even separated until they created this alt verse and even then they never really felt like it. Throw in some flash backs and misty eyed actors and it's a cheap way to grab the viewers heartstrings. Mission accomplished on that front, mission failed on everything else.

[JudynTX]

I guess I belong to the Love Story Camp. :) That's what is so great about this show, each of us can walk away with our own interpretation of the show.



:downspin:

[rjv]

i still can see people from the love story camp being pissed. sayed and shannon ? :bang what was all that stuff about claudia about?

jin and sun really died without bringing up their daughter?

kate and juliette? hugo and libby?

[JudynTX]

i still can see people from the love story camp being pissed. sayed and shannon ? :bang what was all that stuff about claudia about?

jin and sun really died without bringing up their daughter?

kate and juliette? hugo and libby?

:lol It's ok rjv. Go watch it again.

I'm reading what MIB's name was....... Samuel. :D

[Stringer_Bell]

i still can see people from the love story camp being pissed. sayed and shannon ? :bang what was all that stuff about claudia about?

When Sayid found redemption on the island, when people stopped looking at him as a killer and more like a friend...Shannon was there. That's the way I understood it, but I totally see why some people don't want to see the situation like that because of the time invested in Claudia and Sayid going on a kill frenzy against Dharma/Widmore employees.

I was in neither the love or sci-fi camp, I just wanted the show to end without me saying "they could have done a better job in the last two hours of ending it." I predicted the series would end with 1) Jack finding a young child somewhere and handing him/her a candy bar a la Jacob or 2) Jack calling out to a new ship with his arms waving against the Sunset as if to to say goodbye...and writers found a better way, which was so much more profound than I thought this show could still show us. It was a real end to OUR journey with the characters and now they move on and we're left with all the memories we shared with them.

[Sii]

I haven't read all the comments yet about last night, but I imagine some are complaining about it. I thought the ending and the whole episode was perfect. To please everyone on ending this series was going to be impossible - last night was about as well as I could have hoped for - and this is my fav TV series of all time

The alt world being where these characters who had passed on at various times waited until they were ready to let go - and everyone was there including Jack was perfect. I dont think it invalidated anything that happened on the island all these years - the whole journey was important. This show has always been about the characters - their lives and the struggles they faced. It started and ended that way. To show these people coming together as they passed on was a fitting tribute to the bond they formed all these years and how important everyone was to each other

The scene where Jack is finally closing his eyes - in the same spot he woke up in with the pilot no less - and then not dying alone because Vincent showed up was pretty emotional

I wasn't dissatisfied at all with it

[JudynTX]

Oh damn....don't bring up Vincent again. :cry Shit! :lol

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v371/ladyspur/jackandvincent.jpg

[Kermit]

Jensen recap part one is up.

http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20313460_20387946,00.html

[florige]

I haven't read all the comments yet about last night, but I imagine some are complaining about it. I thought the ending and the whole episode was perfect. To please everyone on ending this series was going to be impossible - last night was about as well as I could have hoped for - and this is my fav TV series of all time

The alt world being where these characters who had passed on at various times waited until they were ready to let go - and everyone was there including Jack was perfect. I dont think it invalidated anything that happened on the island all these years - the whole journey was important. This show has always been about the characters - their lives and the struggles they faced. It started and ended that way. To show these people coming together as they passed on was a fitting tribute to the bond they formed all these years and how important everyone was to each other

The scene where Jack is finally closing his eyes - in the same spot he woke up in with the pilot no less - and then not dying alone because Vincent showed up was pretty emotional

I wasn't dissatisfied at all with it


Oh damn....don't bring up Vincent again. :cry Shit! :lol

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v371/ladyspur/jackandvincent.jpg



Okay, I think I am going to have to buy and watch this series now.

[JudynTX]

Okay, I think I am going to have to buy and watch this series now.

:tu I hope you do.

[sonic21]

I didn't mind that they didn't answer questions. The finale was great.

[MannyIsGod]

I really have zero interest in debating topics that you simply can't be right on. And whether or not you found a show appealing or satisfying is one of those very topics, but I would like to say a few things regarding people being upset.

I never considered myself as part of any sort of camp of Lost fans. I appreciated the show on many levels but in the end what mattered the most was that it entertained me. I remember watching the first season on DVD in 2 days straight because of how sucked in I got with the mysteries and everything that was going on. As the show went the reasons I watched evolved a bit and I grew to love the easter eggs, the cool referenced to obscure shit only the nerdiest of nerds understood, and the way I liked certain characters.

I was extremely satisfied with this season because of the writers had a direction and knew exactly how to get there. Many people will complain about the lack of answers but in all honesty they did a tremendous job of giving answers and moving the show along in the path they wanted to take it. You don't know every little detail, but this is a one hour a week television show not a Tolkien novel and that is something thats very important to remember. The fact is that for most people, we didn't NEED all of the answers and not having them simply adds to the mystery of the Island. Having everything explained to you and spoon fed can be an insult to intelligence as much as much of the bitching makes it seem as the opposite.

In all honesty, I had very low expectations of what to get out of the finale and what to expect form fan reaction. A lot of the time people want the last show to be the ultimate climax and the best show of the entire series but the fact is when you have a show that has given you over 100 hours of television what are the odds the final 1-2 hours will be the best? They aren't very high. I thought they did an excellent job of tying it all together and I'm sure when I watch the whole series again I'm going to catch things that are going resonate with this finale all the way back in the first season.

Its a hell of a show and I'm sad its over.

[AFBlue]

I thought this was the perfect ending to the series...half about the mission to preserve the Island (a rare source of "light") from a being hell-bent on destroying it, and the other half about bringing closure to the relationships of the Losties.

On the mission-side, I loved that Jack fulfilled his destiny to kill MIB...and that Kate was finally worth a damn and came through with a clutch bullet! I loved that Hurley was asked to protect it after the danger subsided...and that he in-turn asked Ben for his guidance.

I loved the few relationships that were able to sustain in real time (i.e. it's implied that Hurley and Ben sent Desmond back to be with Penny and Charlie, also that Kate helped Claire raise Aaron). But what I loved even more was that they found a way to tie up relationships that didn't end so cleanly...Jack/Kate, Sawyer/Juliet, Sayeed/Shannon, Hurley/whatsherface. The pure emotion in all of the reuniting/awakenings was epic.

This show was as much about the characters overcoming obstacles and finding themselves as it was about the mysteries of the island itself. I could spend time agonizing over the importance of the numbers or why some Losties flashed to 1977 whereas some flashed to "present day" in the Aljira flight...but that would take my focus away from the most complex, well-constructed series of all time.

I will definitely miss this show, but what a great way to end it.

[Sigz]

Excellent ending to the series.

I can't believe LOST is officially over. What an excellent TV series. What a ride.

[rr2418]

When Juliet detonated the H-bomb, wouldn't everyone that was near by have died? They were at ground zero! If that wouldn't have killed them then radiation would've.

[4>0rings]

I am just not happy with it. There was no way they were going to be able to please everyone, but to end the show like seasons 2-5 never existed is lame to me.

The story of the character's was great, I enjoyed the show for many other reasons than just the sci-fi shit. It just seems like a farce to create this crazy scenario with scientific anomaly's, time-travel, characters named after scientists and philosophers, etc.. just to have it all come down to "a magic light". I remember hearing the producers in an interview talk about how everything that was put in the show was put there for a reason, are you kidding me? Like how they explained why they put all of the specific books throughout the series in the re-cap episode, "All of the books were books that the writer's had read and liked" or something along those lines. Good to know Lindelof, thanks.

Pretty much everyone who was watching the show to see who Sawyer got to kiss this episode was happy, and everyone else who was intrigued by a show that pushed the boundaries, brought in sci-fi elements, and was damn awesome for around 4 seasons were fucked because there was no way they would be able to tie in all the crazy shit they made to seem important. Like when Jacob told Kate, "It's only a line of chalk on a wall" GMAFB, if it's only a line of chalk on a wall, why make it seem like it was the most important mystery EVER. Why were there endless cliffhangers, and build ups? What were the numbers all about? Why had widmore be such a mysterious and important character just to have him shot and out of the story without ever even giving him a real purpose.

I knew the re-cap episode was going to highlight specific things that they wanted to be refreshed in the viewer's minds so they could tie in the story their way, but I didn't really expect to be slapped in the face. They pretty much defended the finale before it even started by saying this show was all about the characters. Was it? Or do we think it is because they prepped us for what was going to be a let-down unless we were viewing it they way they wanted us too.
Basically this, fuck that show and the time I wasted on it. The whole last episode was bout people touching each other then Jacks dead.

Next to Locke, Mr. Echo was the next best character and absolutley nothing about him.

I could of watched season 1 and part of 2 and the last 2 mins of the finale and would of been fine.

The writers them selves said they were NOT in purgatory, heaven, dead, or on an alien world. FUCK YOU!

[Kamala]

When Juliet detonated the H-bomb, wouldn't everyone that was near by have died? They were at ground zero! If that wouldn't have killed them then radiation would've.

That was my reaction too. Apparently it blasted the losties to 2007.

[Texas Chili Dog]

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4290804/1274687891542.gif

[Jacob1983]

We can all agree that the flash sideways/alternate reality was "limbo" or purgatory right? And the Losties either died in the plane crash in the pilot, the second plane crash to get back to the island, or the H-bomb right? I liked the ending. It wasn't pefect but it gave the characters peace and closure. Every character had achieved their goal or purpose on the show. The characters in the church at the end were the ones that were closest to Jack and the ones that touched his life the most. No offense to Mr. Ecko but he wasn't an important character. Michael and Walt weren't either.

[4>0rings]

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4290804/1274687891542.gifI told my gf, ''Jack didn't just do a flying punch to a guy holding a knife did he?'' :lmao

Show was such BS.

[ace3g]

kind of looks like they edited Jack's face to the stunt guy leaping, his face changes immediately from mouth opened to close and the face position changes a bit to, maybe that is just from the gif but it looks weird

[Texas Chili Dog]

First scene of Lost side-by-side with the final scene:

http://smokingchimp.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Untitled-2-copy.jpg

[ace3g]

thats awesome cool find

[Texas Chili Dog]

Was I the only one expecting to see some Matrix shit go down between Jack and MIB? :lol

http://www.filmcritic.com/assets_c/2010/02/The-Matrix-Revolutions-thumb-560xauto-26118.gif

http://img107.mytextgraphics.com/matrixtext/2010/05/25/15a3b7f35aac89d26b646e1e0549fee7.gif

[MannyIsGod]

I'm not yet convinced the flying punch scene in the rain wasn't an homage to the Matrix.

They loved to do shit like that.

[exstatic]

And the Losties either died in the plane crash in the pilot, the second plane crash to get back to the island, or the H-bomb right?
Not what I took away from it. Jack even asked Christian, and he said everything happened. Think about it: if they all died on O815, how did they have these deep relationships with people they never met? People died along the way, but the island and everything that happened on it was real. The only non-real/non-linear place was the flash sideways.