Across the Sea
A lot of people hated tonight's episode of Lost and I loved it. So I'm a neurotic mess right now because if I'm wrong, I'm dumb, and if I'm right, I'm condescending, and I don't want to be either.
But this isn't the time to contemplate my reactions when people disagree with me. It's time to contemplate Lost.
In response to all the complaints, these are two comments I left on a Facebook and a LiveJournal tonight:
No episode is perfect, and no episode delivers on everything we want, and no episode will ever make me lose my faith that the people running Lost know what they are doing and will give us answers and resolutions in the end.
Throughout the entire run of this series, when other people have complained about the complexity or left because no questions were answered, I've stayed because I believe. Because I trust that the people running the show know what they are doing, that all mistakes are forgivable, that everything will make sense in the end, and that answers will be given if I am patient. I still have this trust and this patience, and I'm not going to lose it, and I'm not scared that the season finale will let me down.
These aren't in any particular order:
*The acting wasn't outstanding, but I didn't find strong faults with it. (Then again, unless it's blatantly terrible, I'm generally not the best judge of acting.)
*The dialogue was very simple because ancient times are simple times. They don't have big words or fancy syntax, and there's nothing to rush for so they speak slow.
*I thought there was something very beautiful about the golden light.
*Is there any significance to the name Claudia?
*I am disappointed that we didn't learn the Man in Black's name, because I was waiting for it the entire episode. I can wait a little more, though, because I know it'll be a moment of relief and amazement and other strong emotions. Finally learning a character's name is very powerful to me: when HRG said his name was Noah, I was so delighted I wrote it on all my notebooks that week. (IT'S AN ANAGRAM FOR 'NAME OF A HERO'.)
*In hindsight, it's kind of obvious that Jacob and MIB would be twins, but I still gasped when that happened. (I think MIB looks a lot older than Jacob, though, so that bothers me.)
*Young Jacob looked very much like he would grow up to be the Jacob we know. Good casting.
*Where did Mother come from? Why did she want the boys? How was she able to make them unable to hurt each other or die?
*Did Jacob and MIB formally set up their rules? When?
*If MIB's body is dead, how does he appear as that body later?
*How does going into a cave of golden light turn you into a smoke monster?
*There are a lot of vague points, but I'm happy that we know Jacob and MIB's backstory, as well as more clues about the island.
*You'd think that with the two biggest mythological characters being brothers, that brotherhood would be more a theme in the show. The only other instance of it that I can recall right now is Eko and his brother (Remy?).
*All this "the island is a portal to all people's souls" is a little cheesy, but I have faith that it'll go somewhere less cheesy. And if it doesn't, well, it'll be like Watchmen's giant space octopus: a WTF?, but the rest of the story is good enough to overlook it.
*It's good to know who Adam and Eve are, and I was very surprised. (I was betting on Rose & Bernard.) The idea of Adam and Eve being a mother and son is a little creepy, but Locke had no way of knowing when he named them and it's possible that the creators didn't either.
I could go on, but I have a French final in nine hours that I've barely studied for. I've spent way too much time on ontd_lost today.
But this isn't the time to contemplate my reactions when people disagree with me. It's time to contemplate Lost.
In response to all the complaints, these are two comments I left on a Facebook and a LiveJournal tonight:
No episode is perfect, and no episode delivers on everything we want, and no episode will ever make me lose my faith that the people running Lost know what they are doing and will give us answers and resolutions in the end.
Throughout the entire run of this series, when other people have complained about the complexity or left because no questions were answered, I've stayed because I believe. Because I trust that the people running the show know what they are doing, that all mistakes are forgivable, that everything will make sense in the end, and that answers will be given if I am patient. I still have this trust and this patience, and I'm not going to lose it, and I'm not scared that the season finale will let me down.
These aren't in any particular order:
*The acting wasn't outstanding, but I didn't find strong faults with it. (Then again, unless it's blatantly terrible, I'm generally not the best judge of acting.)
*The dialogue was very simple because ancient times are simple times. They don't have big words or fancy syntax, and there's nothing to rush for so they speak slow.
*I thought there was something very beautiful about the golden light.
*Is there any significance to the name Claudia?
*I am disappointed that we didn't learn the Man in Black's name, because I was waiting for it the entire episode. I can wait a little more, though, because I know it'll be a moment of relief and amazement and other strong emotions. Finally learning a character's name is very powerful to me: when HRG said his name was Noah, I was so delighted I wrote it on all my notebooks that week. (IT'S AN ANAGRAM FOR 'NAME OF A HERO'.)
*In hindsight, it's kind of obvious that Jacob and MIB would be twins, but I still gasped when that happened. (I think MIB looks a lot older than Jacob, though, so that bothers me.)
*Young Jacob looked very much like he would grow up to be the Jacob we know. Good casting.
*Where did Mother come from? Why did she want the boys? How was she able to make them unable to hurt each other or die?
*Did Jacob and MIB formally set up their rules? When?
*If MIB's body is dead, how does he appear as that body later?
*How does going into a cave of golden light turn you into a smoke monster?
*There are a lot of vague points, but I'm happy that we know Jacob and MIB's backstory, as well as more clues about the island.
*You'd think that with the two biggest mythological characters being brothers, that brotherhood would be more a theme in the show. The only other instance of it that I can recall right now is Eko and his brother (Remy?).
*All this "the island is a portal to all people's souls" is a little cheesy, but I have faith that it'll go somewhere less cheesy. And if it doesn't, well, it'll be like Watchmen's giant space octopus: a WTF?, but the rest of the story is good enough to overlook it.
*It's good to know who Adam and Eve are, and I was very surprised. (I was betting on Rose & Bernard.) The idea of Adam and Eve being a mother and son is a little creepy, but Locke had no way of knowing when he named them and it's possible that the creators didn't either.
I could go on, but I have a French final in nine hours that I've barely studied for. I've spent way too much time on ontd_lost today.