LOST

[lizardbeth]

Show. I just can't even process.



I'm a little afraid to read reactions because I can see how some might have hated it for various things. I also fully expect some people to not understand wtf just happened.

But.

I thought it was beautiful. Earned. Expected and yet surprising. It 'answered' what I needed answered and made me realize that the rest of it doesn't fucking matter.

Everyone got a little something in the end. And above all, as Christian said, it was their time on the Island which affected them so profoundly: most because they died there, some because they lived on afterward and were never the same. It wasn't the Island that was purgatory -- it was the Sideways verse.

As anyone reading this knows, my personal fictional hobby-horse is very much destiny, mysticism, and death. So yes, this obviously was RIGHT THERE in the sweet spot, even more than I expected.

Sartre said that Hell is other people. But this show makes me cry because its point has ALWAYS been that other people are also our Heaven. None of them went on alone - none of them went on without ALL of the others. And that, I think, is a wonderful, hopeful ending.

(I'm not quite sure what it says about me that Kara and Sam dying and going to the Other Side, and this one where EVERYBODY is dead and working out their issues before heading off into the light, is a hopeful ending. But it is.)

I sort of want to squee about some things that were awesome and squeeworthy, but this isn't that post. This is the "holy shit it's over and it stirred many emotions and it was amazing" post.

And if you didn't agree, THIS IS NOT THE POST TO TELL ME SO, mmkay?


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Oh, by the way.... ABC, with the exception of the Target ads which were brilliant, I HATE YOU horribly for chopping this show into little pieces with your billions of ads. YOU SUCK.

Comments

[grav-ity.livejournal.com]

It wasn't the Island that was purgatory -- it was the Sideways verse.

I KNOW WASN'T IT AWESOME!?!?!

(I still can't think in lower case! That's a good sign!)

There were definite similarities to the BSG finale (for me, with Ben specifically), but I also found it very Narnian, which I really, really enjoyed.

OMG!SMOKE DETECTOR! ;)

It was definitely an ending worthy of the show that owns the title of "greatest pilot of all time".

[smb814.livejournal.com]

Y'know, after watching the finale, I fully suspected everyone would hate it. ("But what about the polar bears? WHY DIDN'T YOU ANSWER MY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE POLAR BEARS?!")

I am SO THRILLED to see other people who actually loved it as much as I did. :) I've just recently started delving into some of those heavier subjects like destiny and mysticism and whatnot, and seeing such a popular show like this take that route? Unexpected and extremely impressive. The writers and producers were brave to go there, what with so many viewers who are only looking for fluffy stories with neatly tied up, 'happily ever after' endings on their TVs, and oh, am I glad they did.

The details (like the polar bears) ultimately don't matter. "Lost" was a giant fable, a giant myth, about mankind and life and death and good and evil and love and redemption and our connections with others and bettering humanity as a whole. We take out of stories like this what we, personally, want and need to take out of them, if we're willing to ask ourselves these questions. Personally, I suspect I'm going to be mulling over all the themes in this story for weeks, months, years to come. :)

Out of curiosity, you said themes like this were your personal "hobby horse." What other shows/books/movies/etc. do you recommend? Now that "Lost" is over, I'd love to delve into more fiction along these lines. :)

[karate0kat.livejournal.com]

I thought I hated it last night. On further reflection, I loved everything on the island. I am less pleased about the Sideways verse, but that was more about the execution that the idea.

I'm still processing. I feel less bitter as time goes on (disappointed shipper here).

[cynthia-arrow.livejournal.com]

I WON'T TELL YOU I DON'T AGREE, BECAUSE I TOTALLY DO. :)