LOST - But Not Forgotten...Except by the Emmys

[Motown Marvel]

someone told me that there were official videos put online that further explain the series?

 

[alexdunn]

April Fools!

 

[Spider-Gnome]

The epilogue I found cheesy and forced

I dunno, I just don't find wasting all that time in the afterlife all that important

That was a big complaint at the other site I discussed Lost at.

As for the flash sideways:

Spoiler

I think it was the characters coming to grips with their lives and then letting go. For example, Ben doesn't let go yet at the end because he is still coming to grips.

I think the way the flash sideways was handled was a lot like the first flash forward and the episode of with both Sun's flashforward & Jinn's flashback. It was a twist.

All along, it played like the plan of dropping Jughead at Incident worked. Maybe it did cause a split in the timeline.

But, in the end, Lost stuck with it's rules. Whatever happened happened. The Incident mentioned in the orientation film in Season 2 always had a group of time travelers dropping an atom bomb down the electro-magnetic accident.

Despite Daniel trying to change the rules, he couldn't. Or maybe the way he was acting at the end, he was trying to ensure everything happens as it suppose to, much like his mother did.

 

[Heffer Wolf]

If ab aeterno was in season 5 I would have been happy with the sopranos ending

I think if Across The Sea was earlier in the season and not that close to the end, then season 6 would have been perfect.

 

[Brother Jack]

The only thing that still doesn't quite gel with me (yet) is Aaron and David being in the flash-sideways. I've reconciled the existence of the realm as a whole; that is a sort of alternate dimension that had an ethereal signficance to it for Jack, Christian, and company, and that based on what we were told about the Source the Island probably had a hand in its being. But I find it kind of hard to swallow that especially David was just an illusion, considering all of the characters that populated the sideways that all seemed very real.

Maybe the sideways was reality for David, and once Jack and co. moved on he was left with his family missing, mirroring the conflict Jack had when his father abandoned him and died. Or David could have just been a construct created by Jack to deal with his father issues, and he ceased to be once Jack was enveloped in the light. I dunno.

 

[alexdunn]

I think David was just a projection of Jack's subconscious a la Inception.

 

[chaseter]

I think they could have pulled 7 seasons out of the show. Season 6 to me felt a little rushed. It felt like so much was being thrown our way and new stuff was quickly done and then tossed to the side like the Others in the Temple. Plus, they could have kept developing the Flash Sideways into Season 7 for the big reveal at the end. It would have allowed all the answers coming at us to breathe a little and let us digest it. Then of course some of the stuff like Walt and Aaron's importance could also have been touched upon.

 

[Ipodman]

I started watching Season 6 today... onto episode 5 now.. muahahaha.

 

[alexdunn]

Whatchya think?

 

[Sawyer]

http://tv.ign.com/articles/115/1159870p1.html

lol Oh, Damon. Stick it to him.

 

[Spider-Gnome]

The thing about Lost and its ending is the show was first and foremost about the character, not the mysteries. And on that score I think the finale delivered magnificently.

 

[Doctor Jones]

Exactly. If you were more fascinated by the mytseries first, you weren't watching this show properly. I mean what was the humber one reason why we followed and loved this show for so long? The characters. The Event was kind of an interesting mystery, well **** it, it sucked, and so did the characters. The characters to every show are key.

 

[Sawyer]

Agreed.

And honestly, were the mysteries even that hard to follow? I think not.

 

[Brother Jack]

And most were given adequate explanations, or at least there was enough information given to draw your own conclusions regarding them.

 

[Ipodman]

Whatchya think?

Halfway through the season now...

Not enough Juliet!! (none actually...)

 

[PWN3R]

http://tv.ign.com/articles/115/1159870p1.html

lol Oh, Damon. Stick it to him.

His tweets were hilarious. Lindelof seems like a cool guy. I mean, yeah he's bashing Martin, but if you continue reading, he's practically in love with the guy too.

That's got to hurt to have someone you respect completely piss on your work.

 

[Maximus One]

Haha! Lindelof sounds pissed!!!

 

[YoungE808]

I think they could have pulled 7 seasons out of the show. Season 6 to me felt a little rushed. It felt like so much was being thrown our way and new stuff was quickly done and then tossed to the side like the Others in the Temple. Plus, they could have kept developing the Flash Sideways into Season 7 for the big reveal at the end. It would have allowed all the answers coming at us to breathe a little and let us digest it. Then of course some of the stuff like Walt and Aaron's importance could also have been touched upon.

I'm halfway through Season 4 in my rewatch and don't see any real importance concerning Aaron. It's been reiterated that Claire has to be the one to raise him, but it seems that the false fortune teller started that whole thing.

 

[chaseter]

I'm halfway through Season 4 in my rewatch and don't see any real importance concerning Aaron. It's been reiterated that Claire has to be the one to raise him, but it seems that the false fortune teller started that whole thing.

He was the one that caused her to get on the plane. There was no mystery surrounding Aaron then. I think this is in Season 1. He lied to her so that she would crash on the island because Jacob fixed the situation for it to happen like that. It was her destiny to get on that plane and crash on the island. It's interesting if you re-watch it how he is upset and then later he is fine and tells her to go to LA. He didn't want her to get on that plane so he was harsh to her. He later realized that it was her destiny and he was the one that told her to go to LA.

But back to Aaron. He was the first child born on the island. He was left alone by Claire who followed her dead father into the jungle and Kate took him in. Kate sees visions of Claire telling her not to take him back and Jack sees Charlie saying he wasn't supposed to raise him. Then in Season 5, Aaron is gonezo and nobody really cares.

My biggest complaint however is to do with Walt. He was built up so much in Seasons 1 and 2 and then they just threw him away. We even see him again in Season 4 or 5...I can't remember which. And then his character is wrapped upon in a 10 minute epilogue? That was pathetic.

 

[Maximus One]

I agree about Walt, that still pisses me off. What also pisses me off is that it makes absolutely no sense why only the 815 survivors were the ones to "move on" in the end but oh wait Desmond and Penny are there oh and while we're at it we'll throw Libby in too. I would say that Faraday's time on the Island was the most important thing he ever did in his life, same goes for literally every character EVER on the island but no we're only going to give closure to those that were there from the beginning with only a few exceptions. Oh and we can't forget about the characters that died close to the beginning too cuz we know that Shannon was the one true real love of Sayid and Boone, we'll just throw him in for fun even though we are never shown how he was catalyzed.

 

[Doomed_hero]

well to be fair they explained why faraday was not there in a way. He still had issues with his mother to work out.

 

[alexdunn]

Why was Claire brought to the island by Jacob if she was going to be a mother? That's why he crossed out Kate. Unless, maybe Aaron was the Candidate.

 

[alexdunn]

I agree about Walt, that still pisses me off. What also pisses me off is that it makes absolutely no sense why only the 815 survivors were the ones to "move on" in the end but oh wait Desmond and Penny are there oh and while we're at it we'll throw Libby in too. I would say that Faraday's time on the Island was the most important thing he ever did in his life, same goes for literally every character EVER on the island but no we're only going to give closure to those that were there from the beginning with only a few exceptions. Oh and we can't forget about the characters that died close to the beginning too cuz we know that Shannon was the one true real love of Sayid and Boone, we'll just throw him in for fun even though we are never shown how he was catalyzed.

I don't get why it's so hard to understand! The people that were in the church were there because they were all the most influential people in their lives. Once they found each other, they would be ready to move on. Some characters like Ana Lucia are "not ready". She still has a lot to learn in her flashsideways afterlife. Prob the same with Eko. He will probably be with Yemi. Faraday is being kept there by his mother most likely who I think is aware of her death, but isn't ready to let Dan go.

 

[John Locke]

Why was Claire brought to the island by Jacob if she was going to be a mother? That's why he crossed out Kate. Unless, maybe Aaron was the Candidate.

It's just writing on a cave wall the job would have been hers if she wanted it. Also he may have wanted Aaron. I mean Littleton was a name on the wall.

 

[Maximus One]

No I get it, and I love it. But what I don't have to do is follow it like it's ****ing gospel. I've stated my opinion, deal with it