LOST Forum

After about 30 minutes of letting "The End" sink into my brain, I'm left in a deeply conflicted state.
 
On the one hand, as a work of event television, a grand, epic-scoped conclusion to a cultural phenom of a show, it was exactly what it needed to be. It brought tons of satisfying, exciting, uplifting moments to bear, answered a few key things (however elusively), and closed with a poetic, emotionally bursting final shot that brought everything full circle.
 
On the other, "The End" pretty well shows that Lindelof, Cuse, and the rest of the LOST crew weren't planning these things out as painstakingly as perhaps had been alluded to. Huge chunks of story are still left in the ether, and I'm not even just talking about what that kooky ass light at the bottom of the cave actually is. From the absence of anything Walt, to the steadfast dedication to making the actual importance of Desmond's role seem utterly schizophrenic, to the endless string of seemingly pointless plot threads that rose up in just season six alone, there's a lot of stuff that just felt like...you know...it just didn't matter.
 
Anyway, I'm about to sit through Jimmy Kimmel for the first time in, like, years, to hear some of the cast interviews and see those alternate endings. You'll get to hear a LOT more of our opinions on "The End" as well as the entirety of the series on tomorrow night's Behind the Screened Door podcast. WE HAZ OPINUNZ. U WIL LISSEN TO DEM.
 
One way or another, it's been a hell of a ride.

I AMZ ROBOT WHOZ PROGRAMMED TO LISSEN TO AL3X'S OPINUNZ! 
 
But really, lookin forward to the podcast, as usual.

dude...nuts...like weatherman, can't wait to hear you guys discuss it on the podcast.
 
Also, the reworked Lost soundtrack by the Kimmel band is BADASS!

oh mah gawd.
 
The ending was only half beautiful. You could understand what half part I'm talking about. :P

Can't hardly wait!

love the tv show one of my favorites.  but do feel conflicted a little too.  at least right now.  especially that it just didn't matter you're talking about.
 
i guess this is what sopranos fans felt like???  did not watch that series.  saw that ending like it now as a ending device.  No country... , The Wrestler

Uh, Sheriff Ed Tom's wife didn't die at the end of No Country for Old Men,  just want to make that clear. 
 
As for LOST, I was very pleased with the ending as it focused on the strength of the characters and all the great moments throughout the show rather than some kind of big, last minute WTF? moment. Yes, there are some unanswered questions but really, who cared at all about Walt? Kid was just annoying, glad he left. And the glowing thing at the center of the island, I don't know, some big representation of the cork and bottle metaphor Jacob brought up? I stand by the island being somehow related to Atlantis and I'm glad they left it open enough for me to rationally hold that viewpoint, as its kind of peripheral to the human story they're telling. Ugh, anyway, really looking forward to that podcast.

I thought for sure I had read/heard from the creators of Lost that when they introduced pretty much all the big mysteries of the first 3 seasons or so, they had no idea how they were going to answer them and were just making it up as they were going along and that's why there are plot holes and inconsistencies left.  Considering all that, I think they did a pretty good job with the last season and finale.

I'm paraphrasing somebody else here (sorry I cant remember your name), but the finale was a great ending to Season 6, but not the show as a complete series.

Ya summed it up perfectly my man!

You summarized my thoughts on the finale almost word for word.  I missed Kimmel, but I'm sure they'll discuss Walt's intended role.  I remember in previous interviews he was supposed to be an integral role in the whole island prophecy but he grew up too fast, messing with continuity.
 
Really though, with it's faults it still is a solid conclusion and I don't feel bad for investing so much time into this show.  Oh, and my theories were all right.  Woo!

@ashriels said:

" You summarized my thoughts on the finale almost word for word.  I missed Kimmel, but I'm sure they'll discuss Walt's intended role.  I remember in previous interviews he was supposed to be an integral role in the whole island prophecy but he grew up too fast, messing with continuity.  Really though, with it's faults it still is a solid conclusion and I don't feel bad for investing so much time into this show.  Oh, and my theories were all right.  Woo! "

Kimmel said that their were 20 minuntes from the finale that would include Walt or what he was, it will be seen in the dvd

Loved it, I thought it ended beautifully. It left alot of unanswered questions, but I think it was better that way. It felt like they didn't need to.

That was the best ending possible.
 
It really fulfilled the whole show.
 
As it turns out, the people that wanted the answers to the background stuff missed the whole point.

@Kraznor said:

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Uh, Sheriff Ed Tom's wife didn't die at the end of No Country for Old Men,  just want to make that clear.

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However, Llewellyn (sp) Moss's wife's fate was in question.

Never seen an episode of LOSt and so glad I haven't. 

@Daryl said:

" Never seen an episode of LOSt and so glad I haven't.  "

You should, it is a great series

@Alex said:

 
and I'm not even just talking about what that kooky ass light at the bottom of the cave actually is.

My deduction of what the light is that its just concentrated electromagnetic energy. 
 
But, personally I felt satisfied with the ending, all my questions pretty much were answered in previous seasons. The only thing that bothered me about last night really wasn't what was in the show, but what was outside of it. Like the Target commercials and the Crystal Castles commercial(that was creepy). All in all, it was a great run and it manage to end respectfully.

I am quite glad with the way the show ended, it felt right.  But yeah, a lot of stuff has been left out, like Walt. In a way, i am glad that they left somethings unexplained. It would have been an exposition heavy finale. 
 
But overall i loved the show, there were many great and amazing moments for which the show will be fondly remembered.

There are certain mysteries you DONT want explained.  Its alluded to that the light is basically the origin of life/souls/afterlife, its just a big o'l bunch of mystical water and light and electric energy.  Smoke monster is probably everything bad and evil personified, hence why you dont want it off the island.  If you went any further than brief allusions to the explanation of these concept, then you have metachlorians.  Its the mystery behind the ideas that make them interesting, the second you spell it out like Lucas did with the force, you ruin it.