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schmiss

Thoughts. I have them.

May 24, 2010 01:24

I will make a general Lost finale post, eventually. This is for my thoughts about the last ten minutes of the episode. I loved it. Some people didn't. This is my attempt at explaining what I thought it was, with the caveats that 1. I was watching through a haze of tears and 2. I am a little tipsy, so I may have missed important things.

( if that sounds promising, come on in! )

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buongiornodaisy May 24 2010, 06:35:15 UTC

I think it makes perfect sense.

I will say I take a rather simplistic approach to theorizing, so I think the reason why Richard wasn't there is nothing more complicated than Richard not being from their time. As I said to pantspolice, their collective unconscious is contrived (hi Everybody In LA At Once), but not THAT contrived.

And Desmond may have traversed between timelines because while fucking electromagnets can't kill him it might bring him close to death?

schmiss May 24 2010, 06:42:43 UTC

May well be. When I try to think of Richard in the alt-timeline, I get super confused, because since the explosion happened in the '70s, wouldn't he still be immortal in that world? I guess that's why I chose to believe it's a totally constructed timeline; less plot holes like the existence of Jacob/MiB when you can say "well it's all in their heads so they erase the stuff they don't want".

I think you're right about Desmundo. It would explain his zen behavior. He became the dude who's looked death in the face and said "whatever, man".

navras_rheya May 24 2010, 06:36:33 UTC

This makes complete sense. I see it the same way, never could have written it out like this. I'm sure Jeff Jensen will have the same conclusions. I guess I'm not thinking too deeply because I'm satisfied. I know things weren't completely answered but there was such a full circle feel to it, all of that really represented by Jack. And the way it was shot, with his eye opening and closing. This show gets caught up with mystery and the island and all that but then you have that scene with Jack dying and the church and all those people coming together. I can't see fault in it.

schmiss May 24 2010, 06:46:46 UTC

Thanks! Yeah I have a feeling the professional writers will get at it better.

There are some answers I would have preferred focus on (like, I really wish we could have seen Jacob & MiB one more time) but I wonder if people are actually considering what it would be like to have a finale that was pure exposition. Just straight up Jack staring at the camera and saying "while I was down in the hole, I found the island's travel brochure that explains every single mystery of its properties and behaviors! READ ALONG TIME".

idk man, I'm just not one of those people who thinks everything has a logical explanation. So maybe in a meta sense it's... dun dun dun... FANS OF SCIENCE VS FANS OF FAITH.

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schmiss May 24 2010, 06:43:28 UTC

ah yes! Somehow I forgot about that. Even though I flipped out when he said it cause, hey, Juliet mention.

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schmiss May 24 2010, 06:53:33 UTC

For serious. I can't cry anymore or my head will explode. ;_;

blindbeats May 24 2010, 06:45:28 UTC

I wish you can cheer me up or maybe slap me really hard because I thought it was disappointing and very "twilighty" except for the AU reunions (adorbs) but the rest? wtf is it with me? ;______;

schmiss May 24 2010, 06:51:55 UTC

Don't worry you're not alone!! It seems that everyone is going wild with their opinions, some people hate some parts and love others or hate it all or love it all (cough). But I think it's an ending that grows on you the more you think about it, because while I liked it I didn't realize the connections it had back into the other episodes and begin to LOVE it 'til I started pondering. It wasn't perfect of course but I like that it had closure while leaving enough for us to consider for a long time. I see it kind of like an abstract painting where some people will see one thing and some people will see another, some people will turn it upside down and see a whole new thing.

Drunken metaphors. fuck yeah.

blindbeats May 24 2010, 08:49:18 UTC

lol no vamos a Guam, Francisco!

Well, I think I appreciate the connections because that and Jack! were one of the best things of the episode for me. I just kinda felt cheated by the whole magic light, purgatory, happy-smiles-forever shit. I wanted it to be real and dramatic a la HBO or something I don't know. However, gotta tell you when Lajesus was on screen I cheered for you! Lost bros :DDDDDDD