I think that's the problem I'm having, actually. That it turns out that all this time I was thinking I wanted answers, and I do, but actually the answers I want are "who is going to make out with whom, and who is going to die, and will these endings satisfy all my mushy English-major feelings about narrative arcs, and where is Vincent?" and the rest of it just feels sort of superfluous and like, stop talking about this stuff and get to the good part, we don't have that much time. Or, if you have to talk about this stuff, at least let Sawyer explain it with his shirt off while bathed in a pool of golden sunlight.
But a lot of times I feel like I watch Lost differently than regular people watch Lost, so maybe I'm just doing it wrong, I don't know.
There comes a point where sometimes it is just backstory for backstory's sake. Frankly, I'm not that dumb? And I know I know I KNOW that in many ways that is LOST's modus operandi - on the one hand there is this action, while on the other there is this slightly anvilish backstory that INFORMS the island stuff - but this late in the game? Really? If you want to give me Jacob and Smokey's backstory, that is fine, but don't spend an hour 42 minutes just nodding and going, "Yup, and that was right. And that. AAAAAAAAAND that, too." It is, frankly, a little lazy on your part. YOU SHOULD ALWAYS HAVE TO MAKE ME CARE. OKAY? Because literally, the only new information learned in this episode (which is two shakes away from the SERIES FINALE) is that CJ Cregg stole some babies, and there's a magical cave of light somewhere in the island. That... is all.
*stocks up on red wine for finale in a whole different way now*
I'm fairly sure that support group already exists, it's just that informal gathering we were all having wherein we got drunk and watched LOST...? Its subtitle, btw, is "Despite All Odds, Still Most Likely to Pull a BSG."
WHO IS JACK'S BABY MOMMA? I WANT TO KNOW.liminallizMay 12 2010, 13:17:34 UTC
re: comments above, I was so smashed during the BSG s3? 2? premiere (the one with ONE YEAR LATER in it) that I still don't really remember what happened in the last hour of the finale. Part of the drinking game was a shot for every previouslie and there were, like, five. And that was at the start of a two hour finale. so.
I WANT TO BE SOBERISH SO I CAN REMEMBER EVERYTHINGGGG BUT OH THE PAIN THE STRESS THE LACK OF JULIET BURKE CAMEOING AGAIN I MISS YOU JULIET.
I think you are right, in that this episode was a reaction to people who are all ANSWERS ANSWERS I NEED ANSWERS RIGHT NOW, and not people like me, who are like, "Wow, that was weird. And wasn't Jack pretty? I love this show. Okay, bed now."
Sigh.
I still liked it though. (I am SO EASY when it comes to this show, no lie.)
I felt the same way about most of this episode, but it's not like it's going to have a WHOLE LOT of immediate bearing on the coming events. Which, obvs, makes its placement within the season lame. I am just saying... this doesn't really ruin anything? Except i guess esteem for a show which has always been pretty silly? But maybe that's just me. I doubt the whole experience is going to be soured for me if the ending sort of fizzles.
...STILL haven't seen the final half-season of BSG (LOL SOMEDAY), but i'm sorry dude, that show was only really good for the first season and a half. I'm not surprised it ended shitty. I'm still confident Lost will pull out a finale that's in keeping with the rest of it.
I do not understand how people cannot understand this show.
NEITHER DO I. I mean, obviously it's all convoluted and shit, but it's not actually hard to follow. If you read the internet at all, you should be able to have a pretty firm grasp of how Lost works. It's not exactly the most complex
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OF COURSE I AM NOT DONE WITH LOST. I am merely bitter and a little pissed off and desperately missing Ben and Miles. BSG was secretly REALLY NOT GREAT for a long time, and I didn't notice it because I was SO HAPPY that I got my particular ship validation, so when the ending happened it was - it was like laughing? I don't want LOST to laugh at me! I have been here since the beginning! We are not allowed to go out this way!
I still just wish there could have been some indication as to why it took until now to give us Jacob and his brother's backstory. Because right now I'm still feeling the need to Photoshop Darlton's heads into a LOOK AT ME GETTING OFF ON WITHHOLDING graphic on Tumblr or something.
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But a lot of times I feel like I watch Lost differently than regular people watch Lost, so maybe I'm just doing it wrong, I don't know.
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There comes a point where sometimes it is just backstory for backstory's sake. Frankly, I'm not that dumb? And I know I know I KNOW that in many ways that is LOST's modus operandi - on the one hand there is this action, while on the other there is this slightly anvilish backstory that INFORMS the island stuff - but this late in the game? Really? If you want to give me Jacob and Smokey's backstory, that is fine, but don't spend an hour 42 minutes just nodding and going, "Yup, and that was right. And that. AAAAAAAAAND that, too." It is, frankly, a little lazy on your part. YOU SHOULD ALWAYS HAVE TO MAKE ME CARE. OKAY? Because literally, the only new information learned in this episode (which is two shakes away from the SERIES FINALE) is that CJ Cregg stole some babies, and there's a magical cave of light somewhere in the island. That... is all.
*stocks up on red wine for finale in a whole different way now*
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(Honestly, it's to the point where I might talk a mean game, but I've already written it off. COME ON NOW.)
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MUCH.
BOOZE.
NEEDED.
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I WANT TO BE SOBERISH SO I CAN REMEMBER EVERYTHINGGGG BUT OH THE PAIN THE STRESS THE LACK OF JULIET BURKE CAMEOING AGAIN I MISS YOU JULIET.
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Sigh.
I still liked it though. (I am SO EASY when it comes to this show, no lie.)
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I felt the same way about most of this episode, but it's not like it's going to have a WHOLE LOT of immediate bearing on the coming events. Which, obvs, makes its placement within the season lame. I am just saying... this doesn't really ruin anything? Except i guess esteem for a show which has always been pretty silly? But maybe that's just me. I doubt the whole experience is going to be soured for me if the ending sort of fizzles.
...STILL haven't seen the final half-season of BSG (LOL SOMEDAY), but i'm sorry dude, that show was only really good for the first season and a half. I'm not surprised it ended shitty. I'm still confident Lost will pull out a finale that's in keeping with the rest of it.
I do not understand how people cannot understand this show.
NEITHER DO I. I mean, obviously it's all convoluted and shit, but it's not actually hard to follow. If you read the internet at all, you should be able to have a pretty firm grasp of how Lost works. It's not exactly the most complex ( ... )
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I still just wish there could have been some indication as to why it took until now to give us Jacob and his brother's backstory. Because right now I'm still feeling the need to Photoshop Darlton's heads into a LOOK AT ME GETTING OFF ON WITHHOLDING graphic on Tumblr or something.
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