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06-19-2010, 12:00 AM | #6031 |
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This thread reminds me of this quote.
Once you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth. funny thing is, it applies to all of our theories in its own way.
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That was the plan all along. I'm really shocked that you, of all people, can't see this. It's Screenwriting 101. Decide your beginning and ending. Everything in between is fair game. |
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See, if Jack had died (closed eyes) in his white shirt and tie, I would easily buy this theory. The fact that he was still in the grey t-shirt and bleeding makes it not work for me though.
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Again, just for clarity, I LOVED the show, just didn't think it was deep. |
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That is my point though. If they truly wanted the average watcher to see it the way you did they should have kept everything the way they shot it until after the dog lays down, then cut back to the overhead view and the dog is gone, he is in his white shirt and tie, then his eyes close. There would be no mistaking it then. It ends where it begins.
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They achieved ambiguous alright. Nothing like confusing the crap out of everyone as well as creating this little disagreements.
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How about this proposed ending.
In homage to Bob Newhart and the Newhart Show (1982-1990), Lost ends when we find out everyone other than John Locke is a Virtual Reality Character in a Virtual Reality World from the great underated prematurely cancelled TV Show “Harsh Realm” and John Locke is in fact, General Omar Santiago, who rules this virtual reality world.
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That is definitely true.
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I'm not confused either. All along some people thought the writers were just making up shit as they went along, and other people were convinced that the writers had a master plan in which they would explain the mysteries of the island.
Well, we sure found out it which theory was correct. The writers WERE making up shit as they went along. They wound up providing half-assed explanations for a few of the mysteries and no explanations at all for a majority of them. They nodded and winked and smugly said "Well, Lost is really all about redemption. It's all about the characters." They did a fantastic job of creating characters that we all cared about. They get an A+ for that. But in the end they didn't bother to try to tie the loose ends together. They didn't explain anything about so many mysteries that I'm not even going to bother to list them here, other than to ask how the hell Louise Faraday knew so much about the island, who built the wheel that Ben turned to move the island, and why was Jacob so all-knowing and all-powerful when he was actually just a normal man who drank some water from a river? The whole flash sideways reality was fascinating until the last 10 minutes of the finale when Jack's dead father revealed that it was nothing more than some kind of unique version of Limbo created by the people themselves. It was a total copout. Let me say that again: it was a total copout. If I had known that the writers would end the series simply by saying "They all died happily ever after", I would have stopped watching years ago. Lost was one of the best shows ever. It had one of the WORST finales ever, and it made me and thousands of other fans feel as if we had been cheated. |
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