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There must be something more to it in the mind's of the creators. The idea that these people needed each other, that the crash was the most pivotal moment in their lives could be a clue. Maybe they're trying to tell us that there was something that happened later in Walt's life that was as pivotal to him as the crash was to them. But, again, if that's the case... what is that? I'd like to see some of that stuff. |
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But I didn't mind the wreckage. To me it was a more sublte (and classy?) way to remind us where we started. Another option (that would have been essencially the same in my book) would have been to show candid photos of the actors, crew and directors on set during filming. But that's almost too cheesy. The wreckage works. |
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The only 2 things that I wanted explained that weren't was what was Walts Special power and why did the Others want to use him. And secondly I wanted to know about the fertility issues.
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THE ABC producers ****ed up by having the actor who played Walt, start the show at age 12 and be playing an 8 year old. 6 years into the show, you have a 18 year old kid, who should really be about 11, now.
They should have cast an 8 year old. or a 7 year old. Then Walt would have stayed on teh show. They had to get rid of him, resolution or not. |
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IMO, you can't create a child... in a "purgatory" type place... one can be born there, but not procreated there... and if it is procreated there, it can't be born there... or something.
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I think there are clues that can really help us try to understand Walt's story, but ultimately it's unclear. Especially in terms of intentions. My guess, however, is that it had everything to do with protecting the island and eliminating the Smoke Monster. The fertility issues seem much clearer to me. They showed us that, up until 'The Incident', children could be (and were) concieved and born on island. Everything changed after The Incident. To me it's pretty clear that The Incident caused the fertility issues. Now, why Ben was so hellbent on fixing the problem, and Richard didn't really seem to care is interesting. We'll, again, never know the motives. But I think that's okay. In real life it's hard to know why people do the things they do. I'd say Walt is a big hanging '?' with some hints and clues surrounding. But the fertility issues, to me, are a closed case. |
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Let me put it this way, yes it was bait and switch, but somehow I ended up at a Kingdom Hall last Sunday morning.
That is to say, as it stands alone, as an ending to the story of the characters we've come to know, it was quite good. As the conclusion of what the show appeared to be with all these machinations and schemes and plots and counterplots and tidbits and freezeframes etc. ad infinitum, it's disappointing that all of that was for naught. I don't think I'm alone, as there seems to be a strong inclination out there to grade the finale twice, once as a standalone, and again as a conclusion. Like I said, 'mattered' isn't the standard, those unexplained mysteries were the seedlings of what promised ['showed' promise, not 'we the creators' promise] to be intriguing storytelling. And it's hard to separate how much of what drew us in as a massive rapt audience was those mysteries and how much was the story of a handful of people in need of spiritual growth. I know for myself, I cared relatively little about the love stories and the triangles and the temper tantums and the personality quirks in comparison to the mysteries surrounding them, and regarded them as an indulgence for a good bit of the ride.
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Agree 100%. Nobody kept tuning in from week to week because of the love stories and the backstorys. I mean, those were well done, but it was the mysterys and puzzles that kept everyone coming back for more. Frankly i stopped watching on a regular basis after the 3rd season when i realize there was no way they were ever going to be able to wrap up the gargantuan puzzles effectively. Maybe they never intended to all along?? |
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When Christian told Jack that they had created "this place" together, to help each other, I took it to mean that it was just one of a possibly infinite amount of "purgatories" that people create together when they die. So maybe Walt & Michael had their own purgatory, and Eko and Yemi had another, and Jacob and MIB had another, and Arntz, Frogurt, Nikki and Paulo had another, and Keamy and Mikhail had another, and on and on and on. Think 'multiverses'. |
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As others have said, who cares about the love triangles. The mysteries were what drove the show. Character development wasn't great. Sorry, but they had to continually introduce new characters to make the old ones interesting. Ben was only supposed to be in a few episodes originally. And lets not forget the lame backstories - John Locke living on some hippie commune, and Jack getting some tattoo and banging some Thai hooker. Wow, that's deep.
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