The Official "Lost" the series discussion

[Deberg_1990]

I figured I would start a thread for this and see what happens....there seemed to be quite a few viewers on the board for this show the past few weeks.....I like the direction the show is taking so far......episode 3 tonight at 7 central on ABC....

[SithCeNtZ]

Originally Posted by Chiefnj2

When did Sayid turn from being half a zombie back to the original Sayid? Did Desmond get through to him?

Character logic has not been a strong suit for the show this season. If you start asking these questions the entire season sort of falls apart.

[DaneMcCloud]

Originally Posted by Chiefnj2

When did Sayid turn from being half a zombie back to the original Sayid? Did Desmond get through to him?

I'd imagine the answer to that is "Yes". I'm not sure it's been necessary to show that onscreen since we've seen it with Desmond, Hurley, Libby and Charlie.

It's kind of like a "I think you all get the picture" kind of a deal.

[DaneMcCloud]

http://livefeed.hollywoodreporter.co...xplained-.html

I get the feeling that most of us will be disappointed in the end...

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The producers have also revealed that they built several new sets just for the finale, and that followers may left with more questions than they might expect - "We're trying to end lost in a way that feels 'Lost'-ian and fair and will generate a tremendous amount of theorizing."

[Deberg_1990]

Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

http://livefeed.hollywoodreporter.co...xplained-.html

I get the feeling that most of us will be disappointed in the end...

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The producers have also revealed that they built several new sets just for the finale, and that followers may left with more questions than they might expect - "We're trying to end lost in a way that feels 'Lost'-ian and fair and will generate a tremendous amount of theorizing."

Thats BS and a copout.....they owe it to the fans to wrap this up right and without too many questions.

But yea, i can already see how this is going to play out.

They are going to end up pissing everyone off by having too "ambigiuous" an endiing. Like the Sopranos did.

[BigRedChief]

Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

http://livefeed.hollywoodreporter.co...xplained-.html

I get the feeling that most of us will be disappointed in the end...

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The producers have also revealed that they built several new sets just for the finale, and that followers may left with more questions than they might expect - "We're trying to end lost in a way that feels 'Lost'-ian and fair and will generate a tremendous amount of theorizing."

Yeah I was very disappointed in the fade to black ending of the Sopranos, this will probably top that left in a lurch feeling.

[Baby Lee]

Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

I'd imagine the answer to that is "Yes". I'm not sure it's been necessary to show that onscreen since we've seen it with Desmond, Hurley, Libby and Charlie.

It's kind of like a "I think you all get the picture" kind of a deal.

Sayid's long story has been people telling him he's bad and him believing it. Now Desmond intones that he's capable of good and he's trying that hat on.

[Chiefnj2]

Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

I'd imagine the answer to that is "Yes". I'm not sure it's been necessary to show that onscreen since we've seen it with Desmond, Hurley, Libby and Charlie.

It's kind of like a "I think you all get the picture" kind of a deal.

For years the "sickness" was a big deal on the show. There were shots people had to take, it infected Rouseau's shipmates, etc. It was a big deal a few weeks ago when Atilla the Hun and John Lennon put Sayid in the temple pool and he came back to life. I think the fans are owed some type of explanation of the alleged sickness and how Desmond (it appears) was able to reverse it.

[DaneMcCloud]

Originally Posted by BigRedChief

Yeah I was very disappointed in the fade to black ending of the Sopranos, this will probably top that left in a lurch feeling.

I liked the ending of the Sopranos for many reasons.

First, they couldn't just kill him off. The character has far too much value to the network. He could reappear in 10 years or 20 years back on HBO or in feature films. He's an icon and killing him didn't make sense from a financial standpoint.

I liked the ending because it could be seen in many different ways: Was he killed? (No). What was he looking for? Is this the way he views each day, constantly on the lookout and looking over his shoulder? Why the abrupt fade to black? Did he just stop worrying? It could be interpreted in so many ways.

But Lost is different. If they spent more than 100 episodes to lead to where we are right now without explaining what the Island is, who Jacob & the MIB are, what their roles are/were, if people that die on the island are truly dead, etc., it'll be a major, major disappointment.

[Huffmeister]

Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

I liked the ending because it could be seen in many different ways: Was he killed? (No). What was he looking for? Is this the way he views each day, constantly on the lookout and looking over his shoulder? Why the abrupt fade to black? Did he just stop worrying? It could be interpreted in so many ways.

Here's an interpretation: The writer(s) didn't know how to end it, so he used the "leave it up to the audience's imagination" ploy. It was a total cop out. I could **** in a box and have it be interpreted in several different ways. Doesn't make it a good ending.

[SithCeNtZ]

Cheer up lost fans, here is Angelina Jolie and Juliet going NSFW

[DaneMcCloud]

Originally Posted by Cankerskull

Here's an interpretation: The writer(s) didn't know how to end it, so he used the "leave it up to the audience's imagination" ploy. It was a total cop out. I could **** in a box and have it be interpreted in several different ways. Doesn't make it a good ending.

Nope. HBO and David Chase are far too smart to just say "Oh, we don't know how to end the series, so let's just fade to black".

It was intentional.

[Buck]

Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

Another great episode, but they changed their schedule: Originally, this episode was supposed to run after the Jacob/MIB episode.

Maybe they decided it would be better to continue the story and not give away the secrets of the island, Jacob & MIB until just before the finale.

When did you hear that? I saw an episode listing aroun the time "Recon" aired that had it in the current order.

Originally Posted by Chiefnj2

For years the "sickness" was a big deal on the show. There were shots people had to take, it infected Rouseau's shipmates, etc. It was a big deal a few weeks ago when Atilla the Hun and John Lennon put Sayid in the temple pool and he came back to life. I think the fans are owed some type of explanation of the alleged sickness and how Desmond (it appears) was able to reverse it.

IMO the sickness was something fake made up by DHARMA or someone else to scare whoever was pushing the button into staying in the hatch and keep pushing it. Why did you never see the Others shooting themselves with meds? Because there was no sickness. And it's pretty clear that Danielle was fairly insane.

[DaneMcCloud]

Originally Posted by Buck

When did you hear that? I saw an episode listing aroun the time "Recon" aired that had it in the current order.

More than a month ago by several sources. That episode is now set to air next week, May 11th but it had been scheduled for quite a while to air May 4th.

I'm pretty sure it had to do with all of the filming they had done in addition to lengthening the finale by 30 minutes (actually with commercials, only 20).

[Buck]

Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

More than a month ago by several sources. That episode is now set to air next week, May 11th but it had been scheduled for quite a while to air May 4th.

I'm pretty sure it had to do with all of the filming they had done in addition to lengthening the finale by 30 minutes (actually with commercials, only 20).

Also this episode felt like a direct continuation with the last one so maybe that's another reason why they switched it.

[Chiefnj2]

Originally Posted by Buck

IMO the sickness was something fake made up by DHARMA or someone else to scare whoever was pushing the button into staying in the hatch and keep pushing it. Why did you never see the Others shooting themselves with meds? Because there was no sickness. And it's pretty clear that Danielle was fairly insane.

I disagree that the sickness is "fake". Atilla the Hun told Jack that Sayid had the sickness. Rouseau's shipmates acted semi-possessed (like Sayid a few weeks ago). I don't think Dharma was necessarily on the up-and-up with it, but it seems like a real thing.