does any one else on SD watch this show. i have watched each episode and i'm hooked its a mystery going on in each episode and makes it worth wild to watch .


EDIT April 12 2007- you can watch LOST on abc.com (streaming) also but its just one day after.

http://dynamic.abc.go.com/streaming/landing

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OP: good ending not the best but concluded with everything i ever wanted out of LOST, would i watch all 6 seasons again YES, was it great writing/acting YES, is it the best mystery/drama/action in the past decade probably, THANK YOU LOST for 6 great years of television

The last minute freaked me out but nice cliffhanger. I'm going to be :mad: if Frenchie's dead.

pretty sure it was ben's doing
he always hated the kid his daughter dated and her mother. god knows wtf he had againts her. but it was to be expected for him to get out of the cage/to talk to alex to send her on her way.

sounds like alex will simply be moved to that underground temple ansd they gonna wait it out...

....maybe they shot at them cause they thought Ben was with them and they don't like him now.....still waiting to see that $3.2 million....:nod:

For those who are interested in ratings:
http://blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/2010/05/tv-ratings-lost-finale-takes-off-for-abc-sunday.html
http://blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/2010/05/lost-finale-ratings-strong-not-overwhelming.html

By all measures "Lost" was Sunday's (May 23) highest-rated show, but it didn't draw a great deal more viewers than it normally does. For the season "Lost" is averaging 11.55 million viewers per episode (including seven-day DVR viewing) and a 5.1 in the 18-49 demographic, so the finale provided about a 15 percent bump in total viewers over a typical episode and a 12 percent improvement in the demo.

he hooked us all up didnt he
That he did. :nod:

For those who are interested in ratings:
http://blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/2010/05/tv-ratings-lost-finale-takes-off-for-abc-sunday.html
http://blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/2010/05/lost-finale-ratings-strong-not-overwhelming.html

That he did. :nod:

I can see why the finale wouldn't have had a huge bump from the rest of this seasons shows. It's such a serial show that you can't just tune in to watch the finale if you hadn't been keeping up to date with it.

With Cheers and Seinfeld anyone who had watched either of those shows at any point could tune in for the series finale and still follow along. With Lost, anyone who was interested but wasn't up to date on the series would purposely not watch.

I'm not a fan at all of Kimmel and never watch it, other than occasional YouTube clips friend send me, such as of the Octo-Mom delivery, which was hilarious. But since many, if not most of the main actors are on that episode, from what I've heard, I'll probably at least Hulu it while doing other stuff and maybe give it undivided attention, when it's warranted, such as when Kate (Evangeline) gets camera time. :heart:

Make sure to look for the LOST sketches, they are funny....especially the ones where he visited the set

Not sure if anybody else has seen this yet or not, but it's been reposted in a few different places...supposedly it was written by one of LOST's writers in a forum. Regardless of whether it's legit or not, it makes a lot of sense and answers a couple of lingering questions.

First ...
The Island:

It was real. Everything that happened on the island that we saw throughout the 6 seasons was real. Forget the final image of the plane crash, it was put in purposely to f*&k with people's heads and show how far the show had come. They really crashed. They really survived. They really discovered Dharma and the Others. The Island keeps the balance of good and evil in the world. It always has and always will perform that role. And the Island will always need a "Protector". Jacob wasn't the first, Hurley won't be the last. However, Jacob had to deal with a malevolent force (MIB) that his mother, nor Hurley had to deal with. He created the devil and had to find a way to kill him -- even though the rules prevented him from actually doing so.

Thus began Jacob's plan to bring candidates to the Island to do the one thing he couldn't do. Kill the MIB. He had a huge list of candidates that spanned generations. Yet everytime he brought people there, the MIB corrupted them and caused them to kill one another. That was until Richard came along and helped Jacob understand that if he didn't take a more active role, then his plan would never work.

Enter Dharma -- which I'm not sure why John is having such a hard time grasping. Dharma, like the countless scores of people that were brought to the island before, were brought there by Jacob as part of his plan to kill the MIB. However, the MIB was aware of this plan and interferred by "corrupting" Ben. Making Ben believe he was doing the work of Jacob when in reality he was doing the work of the MIB. This carried over into all of Ben's "off-island" activities. He was the leader. He spoke for Jacob as far as they were concerned. So the "Others" killed Dharma and later were actively trying to kill Jack, Kate, Sawyer, Hurley and all the candidates because that's what the MIB wanted. And what he couldn't do for himself.

Dharma was originally brought in to be good. But was turned bad by MIB's corruption and eventually destroyed by his pawn Ben. Now, was Dharma only brought there to help Jack and the other Canditates on their overall quest to kill Smokey? Or did Jacob have another list of Canidates from the Dharma group that we were never aware of? That's a question that is purposley not answered because whatever answer the writers came up with would be worse than the one you come up with for yourself. Still ... Dharma's purpose is not "pointless" or even vague. Hell, it's pretty blantent.

Still, despite his grand plan, Jacob wanted to give his "candidates" (our Lostaways) the one thing he, nor his brother, were ever afforded: free will. Hence him bringing a host of "candidates" through the decades and letting them "choose" which one would actually do the job in the end. Maybe he knew Jack would be the one to kill Flocke and that Hurley would be the protector in the end. Maybe he didn't. But that was always the key question of the show: Fate vs Free-will. Science vs Faith. Personally I think Jacob knew from the beginning what was going to happen and that everyone played a part over 6 seasons in helping Jack get to the point where he needed to be to kill Smokey and make Hurley the protector -- I know that's how a lot of the writers viewed it. But again, they won't answer that (nor should they) because that ruins the fun.

In the end, Jack got to do what he always wanted to do from the very first episode of the show: Save his fellow Lostaways. He got Kate and Sawyer off the island and he gave Hurley the purpose in life he'd always been missing. And, in Sideways world (which we'll get to next) he in fact saved everyone by helping them all move on ...

Now...

Sideways World:

Sideways world is where it gets really cool in terms of theology and metaphysical discussion (for me at least -- because I love history/religion theories and loved all the talks in the writer's room about it). Basically what the show is proposing is that we're all linked to certain people during our lives. Call them soulmates (though it's not exactly the best word). But these people we're linked to are with us duing "the most important moments of our lives" as Christian said. These are the people we move through the universe with from lifetime to lifetime. It's loosely based in Hinduisim with large doses of western religion thrown into the mix.

The conceit that the writers created, basing it off these religious philosophies, was that as a group, the Lostaways subconsciously created this "sideways" world where they exist in purgatory until they are "awakened" and find one another. Once they all find one another, they can then move on and move forward. In essence, this is the show's concept of the afterlife. According to the show, everyone creates their own "Sideways" purgatory with their "soulmates" throughout their lives and exist there until they all move on together. That's a beautiful notion. Even if you aren't religious or even spirtual, the idea that we live AND die together is deeply profound and moving.

It's a really cool and spirtual concept that fits the whole tone and subtext the show has had from the beginning. These people were SUPPOSED to be together on that plane. They were supposed to live through these events -- not JUST because of Jacob. But because that's what the universe or God (depending on how religious you wish to get) wanted to happen. The show was always about science vs faith -- and it ultimately came down on the side of faith. It answered THE core question of the series. The one question that has been at the root of every island mystery, every character backstory, every plot twist. That, by itself, is quite an accomplishment.

How much you want to extrapolate from that is up to you as the viewer. Think about season 1 when we first found the Hatch. Everyone thought that's THE answer! Whatever is down there is the answer! Then, as we discovered it was just one station of many. One link in a very long chain that kept revealing more, and more of a larger mosiac.

But the writer's took it even further this season by contrasting this Sideways "purgatory" with the Island itself. Remember when Michael appeared to Hurley, he said he was not allowed to leave the Island. Just like the MIB. He wasn't allowed into this sideways world and thus, was not afforded the opportunity to move on. Why? Because he had proven himself to be unworthy with his actions on the Island. He failed the test. The others, passed. They made it into Sideways world when they died -- some before Jack, some years later. In Hurley's case, maybe centuries later. They exist in this sideways world until they are "awakened" and they can only move on TOGETHER because they are linked. They are destined to be together for eternity. That was their destiny.

They were NOT linked to Anna Lucia, Daniel, Roussou, Alex, Miles, Lupidis, (and all the rest who weren't in the chuch -- basically everyone who wasn't in season 1). Yet those people exist in Sideways world. Why? Well again, here's where they leave it up to you to decide. The way I like to think about it, is that those people who were left behind in Sideways world have to find their own soulmates before they can wake up. It's possible that those links aren't people from the island but from their other life (Anna's parnter, the guy she shot --- Roussou's husband, etc etc).

A lot of people have been talking about Ben and why he didn't go into the Church. And if you think of Sideways world in this way, then it gives you the answer to that very question. Ben can't move on yet because he hasn't connected with the people he needs to. It's going to be his job to awaken Roussou, Alex, Anna Lucia (maybe), Ethan, Goodspeed, his father and the rest. He has to attone for his sins more than he did by being Hurley's number two. He has to do what Hurley and Desmond did for our Lostaways with his own people. He has to help them connect. And he can only move on when all the links in his chain are ready to. Same can be said for Faraday, Charlotte, Whidmore, Hawkins etc. It's really a neat, and cool concept. At least to me.

But, from a more "behind the scenes" note: the reason Ben's not in the church, and the reason no one is in the church but for Season 1 people is because they wrote the ending to the show after writing the pilot. And never changed it. The writers always said (and many didn't believe them) that they knew their ending from the very first episode. I applaud them for that. It's pretty fantastic. Originally Ben was supposed to have a 3 episode arc and be done. But he became a big part of the show. They could have easily changed their ending and put him in the church -- but instead they problem solved it. Gave him a BRILLIANT moment with Locke outside the church ... and then that was it. I loved that. For those that wonder -- the original ending started the moment Jack walked into the church and touches the casket to Jack closing his eyes as the other plane flies away. That was always JJ's ending. And they kept it.

For me the ending of this show means a lot. Not only because I worked on it, but because as a writer it inspired me in a way the medium had never done before. I've been inspired to write by great films. Maybe too many to count. And there have been amazing TV shows that I've loved (X-Files, 24, Sopranos, countless 1/2 hour shows). But none did what LOST did for me. None showed me that you could take huge risks (writing a show about faith for network TV) and stick to your creative guns and STILL please the audience. I learned a lot from the show as a writer. I learned even more from being around the incredible writers, producers, PAs, interns and everyone else who slaved on the show for 6 years.

In the end, for me, LOST was a touchstone show that dealt with faith, the afterlife, and all these big, spirtual questions that most shows don't touch. And to me, they never once waivered from their core story -- even with all the sci-fi elements they mixed in. To walk that long and daunting of a creative tightrope and survive is simply astounding.

Damn that's long. Will read it later, thanks.

Not sure if anybody else has seen this yet or not, but it's been reposted in a few different places...supposedly it was written by one of LOST's writers in a forum. Regardless of whether it's legit or not, it makes a lot of sense and answers a couple of lingering questions.

That was a good read. It certainly makes sense to me and confirms my thoughts about what happened in the show.

That was a good read. It certainly makes sense to me and confirms my thoughts about what happened in the show.

Yup, forwarded it to all my friends that were into lost.. great find!

I can see why the finale wouldn't have had a huge bump from the rest of this seasons shows. It's such a serial show that you can't just tune in to watch the finale if you hadn't been keeping up to date with it.

With Cheers and Seinfeld anyone who had watched either of those shows at any point could tune in for the series finale and still follow along. With Lost, anyone who was interested but wasn't up to date on the series would purposely not watch.
Yes, I agree that since it's such a serialized show, mostly loyal fans of the show would really watch the finale. But I thought maybe those who watched the first few seasons and then stopped would've watched the finale.

That's the risk w/ a serialized show and "24" suffered in a similar way. You get more show loyalty, but you alienate the casual viewer.

Make sure to look for the LOST sketches, they are funny....especially the ones where he visited the set
Thanks for the heads up, will do.

Not sure if anybody else has seen this yet or not, but it's been reposted in a few different places...supposedly it was written by one of LOST's writers in a forum. Regardless of whether it's legit or not, it makes a lot of sense and answers a couple of lingering questions.
Wow, that's long. I'll read it during my lunch break.

Yes, I agree that since it's such a serialized show, mostly loyal fans of the show would really watch the finale. But I thought maybe those who watched the first few seasons and then stopped would've watched the finale.

That's the risk w/ a serialized show and "24" suffered in a similar way. You get more show loyalty, but you alienate the casual viewer.

I think with the advent of TIVO, playable shows online, it's much easier for serialized shows to make it now. I also think ABC did a particularly good job of trying to help people get caught up with the regular recaps, and helped people stay on track with the "Enhanced" episodes.

It'd be really cool if they did "enhanced" episodes all the way back to season one. If they did I'd definitely buy the entire series.

What's everybody watching now that Lost is over?

I heard good things about True Blood but I hate vampire love stories.

What's everybody watching now that Lost is over?

I heard good things about True Blood but I hate vampire love stories.

Oooooh, I don't think Trueblood is a vampire love story. The Sookie Stackhouse books sure are though, in my opinion.

The show is more along the lines of: "Here's a mystery - now spend a season trying to solve it. Oh - and by the way: the main character is in love with a dead guy."

Plus, if this upcoming season is anything like the books, then it won't have as much to do with vampires as the first two did. But, the shows seem to be more influenced by the books, rather than based on them.



I don't know what I'll be watching now.
Maybe I'll get outside and do som- nah... I know I won't do anything. I'll probably watch whatever my parents have on TV. Crash Course, Wipe Out, etc...

I've only seriously followed Lost, Heroes, and Stargate SG-1. I've never been able to commit to much else on TV like I did with these shows.

What's everybody watching now that Lost is over?

I heard good things about True Blood but I hate vampire love stories.

True Blood is the only reason I keep HBO can't wait for the new season...I think it is up there with the sopranos and six feet under

Remember when Michael appeared to Hurley, he said he was not allowed to leave the Island. Just like the MIB. He wasn't allowed into this sideways world and thus, was not afforded the opportunity to move on. Why? Because he had proven himself to be unworthy with his actions on the Island. He failed the test. The others, passed. They made it into Sideways world when they died -- some before Jack, some years later. In Hurley's case, maybe centuries later. They exist in this sideways world until they are "awakened" and they can only move on TOGETHER because they are linked. They are destined to be together for eternity. That was their destiny.

They were NOT linked to Anna Lucia, Daniel, Roussou, Alex, Miles, Lupidis, (and all the rest who weren't in the church -- basically everyone who wasn't in season 1). Yet those people exist in Sideways world. Why? Well again, here's where they leave it up to you to decide. The way I like to think about it, is that those people who were left behind in Sideways world have to find their own soulmates before they can wake up. It's possible that those links aren't people from the island but from their other life (Anna's partner, the guy she shot --- Roussou's husband, etc etc).

A lot of people have been talking about Ben and why he didn't go into the Church. And if you think of Sideways world in this way, then it gives you the answer to that very question. Ben can't move on yet because he hasn't connected with the people he needs to. It's going to be his job to awaken Roussou, Alex, Anna Lucia (maybe), Ethan, Goodspeed, his father and the rest. He has to attone for his sins more than he did by being Hurley's number two. He has to do what Hurley and Desmond did for our Lostaways with his own people. He has to help them connect. And he can only move on when all the links in his chain are ready to. Same can be said for Faraday, Charlotte, Whidmore, Hawkins etc. It's really a neat, and cool concept. At least to me.


So LA X is like The Nexus from Star Trek Generations or The Matrix without the computers.

A couple of WTHs, so Michael was not good enough for the sideways world, but Keamy and Mikhail were? Then again they both died there. So did they go to hell after being killed again or where they just cardboard cutout characters like Jack�s son who were not really there?

This writer implies that the rest of the cast (Anna Lucia, Daniel Faraday, Charlotte, Whidmore, Hawkins, Roussou, Alex, Miles, Lupidis, etc) are real and are really there, but I am wondering about Locke�s Helen. I mean she dumped him in real life and was NOT with him in the Church at the ending, so was she not really there to move on? Just a cardboard cutout or NPC for the main players to interact with. What about Oceanic stewardess Cindy? Is she stuck doing Hughes Net commercials in the purgatory world because she only gave Jack one bottle of scotch this time?

A couple of WTHs, so Michael was not good enough for the sideways world, but Keamy and Mikhail were? Then again they both died there. So did they go to hell after being killed again or where they just cardboard cutout characters like Jack�s son who were not really there?

This writer implies that the rest of the cast (Anna Lucia, Daniel Faraday, Charlotte, Whidmore, Hawkins, Roussou, Alex, Miles, Lupidis, etc) are real and are really there, but I am wondering about Locke�s Helen. I mean she dumped him in real life and was NOT with him in the Church at the ending, so was she not really there to move on? Just a cardboard cutout or NPC for the main players to interact with.

I'm going to vote that they are "NPCs". Sounds good to me, but is also sort of a let down. So basically Locke didn't get to leave with Helen - but he probably loved the Island more than he'd ever love anyone else. Maybe that's why she wasn't there. :)


What about Oceanic stewardess Cindy? Is she stuck doing Hughes Net commercials in the purgatory world because she only gave Jack one bottle of scotch this time?

Haha! I think so. If only she gave him more alcohol!! Tsk tsk.

How lost should have ended:

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How lost should have ended:

http://i.imgur.com/wtzBE.gif

:roll:

What's everybody watching now that Lost is over?

I heard good things about True Blood but I hate vampire love stories.

I've been wondering the same thing. There's no broadcast shows I follow anymore. There's a number of premium cable shows I watch, but I always wait until they come out on disc:

True Blood: Is a little bit of a love story but more interesting then the teeny bopper vampire love stories, but it's also a mystery and interesting with the vampires coming out in public aspect.

Weeds: This show just keeps getting more and more out there, it's almost gone too far. However, I liked season 1 so much I watched it straight through.

Tudors: Show times version of Rome.

Madmen: Is another well done show.

I used to watch the office but fell off this season, I'll check it out when it comes out on disc or netflix watch it now.

Weeds: This show just keeps getting more and more out there, it's almost gone too far.

Could not agree more. That show was one of the funniest shows I have ever seen and then it turned to near crap but I still watch it.

Doesn't hurt that Nancy is :drool:

Best show I'm watching right now is Breaking Bad. I canceled my HBO and Showtime and don't plan on bringing either back until Dexter returns.

How lost should have ended:

http://i.imgur.com/wtzBE.gif
:rofl2:

Best show I'm watching right now is Breaking Bad. I canceled my HBO and Showtime and don't plan on bringing either back until Dexter returns.

That's right, I forgot about Dexter. I like a lot of the HBO/showtime shows, but I can't justify paying for cable with the premium channels for them. If they had ala cart cable pricing I'd probably get cable. I'm just fine waiting the 6 months for the shows to come out on disc. There's enough of them that I'm interested in that a new season of some show comes out every month or two, and then I can zip through them all without having to wait a week.

We are cancelling HBO & Showtime until Big Love returns next year.

That's right, I forgot about Dexter.

I loveee Dexter. Though I'm upset about how the last season ended :(

...there's nothing on except Chuck, 30 Rock, The Office, sometimes Criminal Minds

What's everybody watching now that Lost is over?

I heard good things about True Blood but I hate vampire love stories.

True Blood and Dexter

I loveee Dexter. Though I'm upset about how the last season ended :(

Spoiler alert: I hated Rita but I have no idea how they are gonna juggle the show w/ her gone. Definitely made for a shocking finale though :omg:

Jacob's fake mother was right.

On Sunday, May 23rd, Two-Thousand and Ten, we all went down to the light and experienced something much worse than dying.

This ending of LOST.

But before I continue with this denunciation of the denouement of LOST, let me be clear: If I punch you in the face and you tell me you didn’t like that, can I defend myself and say "You just don't get it, man!"

What I’m saying is, I think you can understand the ending of LOST very well and legitimately hate it.

UNREALITY USUALLY DOES FEEL UNREAL

The Island was Purgatory.

Don’t misunderstand me. I believe that the survivors of Oceanic 815 DO survive the plane crash that occurs in the pilot episode. What the Island does is function as the true Purgatory. The "real" Purgatory, the one of Season Six, has no actual restorative or redemptive point, both in contrast (addressed later) and because this Purgatory, unlike The Island, doesn’t exist.

That unreality is a big problem - because, in the same way that the accomplishments of your dreams feel cheap when you wake, it’s hard to believe there’s true redemption for a character when their actions occur in a dream world. Especially when that idea is unsupported, which I’ll also address shortly.

This is why many were concerned that The Island was a mystical limbo and the Survivors didn‘t actually survive, because it would invalidate 6 years of watching this fantastic show. It's the dreaded "it was all a dream" ending. Instead, only half of Season Six is mystical limbo and is invalidated, because when Jack is a good father to a son that doesn't exist and Sawyer chooses Law and Order as his path to avenge his parents in a dream, that ISN'T redemption. And I think why this is, is because the show itself is not real, but we suspend that disbelief. But to create another layer of unreality, call it a “dream world” or “limbo” or “whatever”, this is too much, and they cancel each other out. Especially, again, when this idea is unsupported in the show.

EVEN THE BEST IDEAS NEED TO BE LET GO OF IF THEY NO LONGER FIT

Time travel, though bizarre and often unexplained, doesn’t bother me because it had been setup in the show and explored. The Island exists in a different space/time, so maybe the characters can too. Fine. But the idea of the characters creating a world for themselves in the afterlife comes out of no where - like getting a greeting card in the mail for a holiday that doesn't exist. I don't think you can spend 6 years on a TV show and in the last few minutes throw in a totally unsupported idea.

The End, in the end, fails in part because unlike “Pans Labyrinth“ and “American Beauty,” the idea of a mystical world created by the love these people had for each other was never supported. It's too big and vague and dreamy to just throw into the air and expect people to accept it without any legs.

The other part of it’s failure is that it feels tacked on. From what I understand, the ending has been known all along, and maybe as an idea it’s clever and beautiful, but I think that the show had out grown and moved on to a different ending. But instead of recognizing this, the writers who agreed with this end forced an old idea into a puzzle it no longer fit in.

WATERED DOWN WATER

If the point of the "sideways world" was to realize how important everyone was to each other, I would say that's a joke. Jin/Sun, Claire/Charlie, Kate/Jack, they all figured that out in the previous world, The Island. If the point was to let go of your past, again, that was the point of The Island. Where you could be anyone and start over. If the point was to come to be at peace with your own death, Rose invalidates it. Charlies acceptance of his fate invalidates it. They already had that peace. All that happens in the "sideways world" was the characters remembered their past time on the island, and for that, they are now ready? There were no great realizations, no new connections made. In short, it had no real function. It was just a collection of “clip show” moments, where the characters could come back together and say “Hey, I know you.”

It was on The Island that Jack, Locke, Charlie, Claire, Kate, Sawyer, Hurley and the rest of our beloved Survivors let go of their past. That's where they realized how important they were to each other; where they loved and KNEW they loved each other. Here is where they redeemed themselves from a pointless, empty life.

An argument being made is that it functioned as a place where Jack could finally let go. I would counter that he already let go. Jack dies on The Island with a smile, knowing he fulfilled his purpose; that he saved his friends and The Island, if not the world. What did he do in The End? He came to terms with his death when he opened up an empty casket? He already came to terms with his death. Jack knew he was dead when he made the decision to go and replace the cork. Jack already let go; by giving into his fate, to protect The Island, and by giving control of the Island over to Hurley.

This is why The End is so unbearable, because we already saw redemption. We already saw the realization of how important they all were to each other, so to see it again and in such a cheap, superficial way is heart breaking.

This second Purgatory functions only in the way that the waters in Dante’s Purgatory do. The River Eunoe gives back to its imbibers their good memories. And this is the ending to LOST? A cliff notes version of something everyone - the writers, the characters, and the viewers - already knew deep in their soul? That they mattered to each other? This is The End?

AND THE WORST PART IS ..

This is the first time I've felt hate toward this show and now it’s gone. This is Jack and Christian Shepard all over again, ending on a angry note, but here there won't be another episode of LOST to come around to redeem it. I won’t touch the casket of Season Six and feel peace.

What this ending does is make me feel tricked. That things like the flash on the screen and the corresponding time shift for Jack, Kate, and Sawyer from the Season Five finale (indicting Jughead went off); these were nothing but coins an adult would seemingly pull from my ear when I was a kid. Being cute with editing tricks.

MY OWN PRIVATE ""END"

How did I want LOST to end?

I never cared about being told all of the answers: Where this statue came from? Why Walt was so important? They weren’t things I was concerned about. What I cared for was that LOST would end in a way where I was surprised and happy. That’s all (though a lot). The way I felt when Charlie died, or when I learned that Jack, when he's waiting at the edge of the airport, that that was the future and he is demanding they go BACK to the Island! Joy! Surprised! These are the feelings I wanted, or even needed, for this shows last minutes but where were they?

Instead, here we are 4 days later, and I’m still left with my hands in a confused, swearing pose. The same reaction I have to watching every other stupid TV show, and that's what was so special about LOST. It wasn't every other stupid show.

I was going to add a suggestion for how I would have ended the show, but it doesn't matter. This is how it ended. This is how it always will end: "What's done is done".

But I will say, that in my mind, I’ve changed a small thing about The End.

It’s cosmetic, but important to me.

The meeting place is not a church, but an airport.

An airport is a better symbol of the faith they had in each other, because THAT is relevant to this show. A church is just a building in the world of LOST, and that's all it is here. A superficial symbol of the after life.

And that is what I’ll leave you with ….

All of the Survivors of Oceanic 815 board the plane to be carried over to their next journey. Sitting in the same places as they did on Oceanic 815, the last scene you see is the crashed plane. And it‘s not a ridiculous add-in by some ABC executive, it‘s there on purpose. It‘s letting you know they have arrived at their next destination.

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Yes, I know that that was long.

'Lost' finale bonus footage on DVD (http://marquee.blogs.cnn.com/2010/05/27/lost-finale-bonus-footage-on-dvd/)


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In an interview with G4's "Attack of the Show," "Lost" Emmy award winner Michael Emerson revealed that there is an "epilogue, a lost scene" on the upcoming "Lost" DVD collection that was not part of the series finale this past Sunday.

Emerson hinted that it will be around 14 minutes in length, and will explain more about what happened after Jack died on the island and Hurley and Ben took over as its protectors.

We were given an idea in one of the final scenes that these two were on the island for a long period of time, in an exchange between the two characters while in purgatory, but this is the first time we've been told that we might actually see some footage of their time "in charge."

It's unclear whether this footage will be part of the sixth season DVD set, or only in the full series set.

looks like they are replaying LOST tonight + Kimmel

looks like they are replaying LOST tonight + Kimmel
Yep, my DVR initially picked that up as a new episode, but upon further investigation, it did so b/c it was going to record the "Apprentice" finale over the "Lost" finale. I made the adjustment and then the 5/29 show from my DVR disappeared. :)

I still haven't gotten around to watching the Kimmel version, which I know is a disappointment from what most here are saying, but I still want to at least scan through it.

Yep, my DVR initially picked that up as a new episode, but upon further investigation, it did so b/c it was going to record the "Apprentice" finale over the "Lost" finale. I made the adjustment and then the 5/29 show from my DVR disappeared. :)

I still haven't gotten around to watching the Kimmel version, which I know is a disappointment from what most here are saying, but I still want to at least scan through it.
Some of the alternate ending bit was funny but too much of it was Jimmy giving his own explanations. Then again, when the cast says they hardly watch the show...

Yep, my DVR initially picked that up as a new episode, but upon further investigation, it did so b/c it was going to record the "Apprentice" finale over the "Lost" finale. I made the adjustment and then the 5/29 show from my DVR disappeared. :)

I still haven't gotten around to watching the Kimmel version, which I know is a disappointment from what most here are saying, but I still want to at least scan through it.

I'm a big Lost fan and thought the same about watching the Kimmel show but man it was REALLY bad.

Does it make anyone else sad to watch reruns?
I used to love watching old episodes to find something new in them but now the desire is just gone :sadwalk:

Does it make anyone else sad to watch reruns?
I used to love watching old episodes to find something new in them but now the desire is just gone :sadwalk:

:sadnod:

..it's like "what's the point"....they just all die anyways

Some of the alternate ending bit was funny but too much of it was Jimmy giving his own explanations. Then again, when the cast says they hardly watch the show...
I'm a big Lost fan and thought the same about watching the Kimmel show but man it was REALLY bad.
That probably sounds like why I'm not a fan of Kimmel's show, in general. Maybe to start weaning myself off "Lost", I'll watch this tonight (like I normally would watch "Lost" on Tues. night). Then I'll be so turned off by Kimmel's special, that I'll finally get over "Lost". :lol:

Does it make anyone else sad to watch reruns?
I used to love watching old episodes to find something new in them but now the desire is just gone :sadwalk:
On rare occasion, I watched an old episode on a Sat. night, for example, but yeah, I agree that I probably won't ever watch an old episode again b/c of the lack of desire.

That probably sounds like why I'm not a fan of Kimmel's show, in general. Maybe to start weaning myself off "Lost", I'll watch this tonight (like I normally would watch "Lost" on Tues. night). Then I'll be so turned off by Kimmel's special, that I'll finally get over "Lost". :lol:


I think the only decent questions were the ones that he probably wanted to ask....either everyone who got to talk was a moron, or the producers "gave" them softball questions

Does it make anyone else sad to watch reruns?
I used to love watching old episodes to find something new in them but now the desire is just gone :sadwalk:

Hmm...not running into that myself. I've started watching season 1 again and I'm really enjoying it...I'm trying not to focus on understanding the impact of season 6 on previous seasons, and rather just enjoying the storytelling and the music. A lot of LOST fans are only focused on the destination, I'm preferring to enjoy the journey there instead.

Does it make anyone else sad to watch reruns?
I used to love watching old episodes to find something new in them but now the desire is just gone :sadwalk:

I'm also re-watching the entire series on HULU, and it's really cool to KNOW what's going to happen. It makes it even better, because now you can focus on all the little things you might have missed the first time. "Everything means something". Now motives make more sense, and you can really see the over-arcing plot of the series. It all boils down to one word: REDEMPTION!

Every character is working towards his own, and that is so much more obvious in a re-watch.. :bounce:

Yes, I know that that was long.

I actually read it all. I agree with you 100 percent. I thought the ending doesn't fit anymore but the writers still went on with it.

I actually read it all. I agree with you 100 percent. I thought the ending doesn't fit anymore but the writers still went on with it.

Thanks for reading it. It sucks to write something you think is worth peoples time, but it always seems to get ignored.

Thanks for reading it. It sucks to write something you think is worth peoples time, but it always seems to get ignored.
Woah, you typed all that out instead of doing a copy and paste of it? :eek:

For the first time in an extremely long time, "Lost" (barely) cracked the top 10 (http://www.zap2it.com/tv/ratings/zap-nielsen-weekly,0,4143049,results.formprofile?SortBy=cdb_01_num+%2Ccdb_05_txt+&PageSize=50) in Nielsen ratings! :woot:

Woah, you typed all that out instead of doing a copy and paste of it? :eek:
That was his own work, I think.

One of my buddies is trying to turn me onto "Breaking Bad" ... I've heard positive things about it and might rent the first couple seasons over the summer to see what I think.

I watch that... often it's very tense. I like it, but it's like a lot of those shows where people are doing something illegal, Weeds comes to mind... they just spiral into greater and greater absurdities/close calls/risks/etc...

Enter Dharma -- which I'm not sure why John is having such a hard time grasping. Dharma, like the countless scores of people that were brought to the island before, were brought there by Jacob as part of his plan to kill the MIB. However, the MIB was aware of this plan and interferred by "corrupting" Ben. Making Ben believe he was doing the work of Jacob when in reality he was doing the work of the MIB. This carried over into all of Ben's "off-island" activities. He was the leader. He spoke for Jacob as far as they were concerned. So the "Others" killed Dharma and later were actively trying to kill Jack, Kate, Sawyer, Hurley and all the candidates because that's what the MIB wanted. And what he couldn't do for himself..

Yes... i noticed that during the MIB story, he was with people who were using science to unlock the mysteries of the island... and certainly Dharma was the same effort hundreds of years later. Interesting to see it suggested that they were 'corrupted' by MIB.

Have you all seen this?

http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1936291

Yes... i noticed that during the MIB story, he was with people who were using science to unlock the mysteries of the island... and certainly Dharma was the same effort hundreds of years later. Interesting to see it suggested that they were 'corrupted' by MIB.
I think I just kind of assumed that he was changed by the original group. But who's to say they weren't living perfectly peaceful, uneventful lives before the MIB showed up?

Have you all seen this?

http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1936291

Wow, lots of questions! :eek: "Tina Fey lady" :lmao:

Anyway, that video reminds me of: "Why ask why? Drink Bud Dry!" :harhar:

Wow, lots of questions! :eek: "Tina Fey lady" :lmao:

Anyway, that video reminds me of: "Why ask why? Drink Bud Dry!" :harhar:
It also reminds me that some people don't pay attention. Plenty of those questions were answered during the course of the series.

This (http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2007545_2007543_2007532,00.html) is a funny mashup of "Lost" and "Friends". :lol:

except I don't think they all died at the end of the show....

except I don't think they all died at the end of the show....
Eventually, everyone dies. :eek:

I still hate it. :mad:

I still hate it. :mad:

OMG so much hate! :tongue:

okay, let's some theories....how did they all die?

okay, let's some theories....how did they all die?

Due to old age? :dontknow:

Due to old age? :dontknow:

something more dramatic and random.....plane crash ;), serial killers, falling off balcony

Due to old age? :dontknow:
I thought Hugo couldn't die of old age.

This (http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2007545_2007543_2007532,00.html) is a funny mashup of "Lost" and "Friends". :lol:

except I don't think they all died at the end of the show....

Eventually, everyone dies. :eek:

okay, let's some theories....how did they all die?

Due to old age? :dontknow:

something more dramatic and random.....plane crash ;), serial killers, falling off balcony

yall must have been lost there...I was talking about the people on Friends

yall must have been lost there...I was talking about the people on Friends
Or maybe we "Lost" some "Friends". :roll:

OK, I'll stick to my day job. :O

I loveeee lost! I wish they didn't end it.

LOST IS LIKE SO AMAZING. I MISS THE SUSpENCE

I know what you mean, girlfriend! The show always kept me on my tippy toes.

I miss Kate. :O

I thought Hugo couldn't die of old age.

What, just cuz he's fat?

I miss Kate. :O
Ditto.

What, just cuz he's fat?

He's not fat; he's just horizontally challenged!

:tongue:

He's not fat; he's just horizontally challenged!

:tongue:

It was the fault of those darn Dharma drops and that tasty ranch dressing!

It was the fault of those darn Dharma drops and that tasty ranch dressing!
It's a conspiracy! :whee:

Actually, this bump by princss was timely. When I was at the gym last night, I heard a song I've never heard before. It sounded old. No biggie. But its chorus reminded me of "Lost"'s Drive Shaft's "You All Everybody" song. I memorized some of the lyrics, came home, Googled around, and found out I was listening to Bob Welch's "Ebony Eyes".

Let me know what you guys and gals think:
You All Everybody (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuQba4inleQ)
Ebony Eyes (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnJOsfalSYs)

What's next for stars of "Lost"? (http://marquee.blogs.cnn.com/2010/08/02/whats-next-for-the-stars-of-lost/)

woooo hooo, check this out

http://www.tvguide.com/News/Losts-Final-Mysteries-1021600.aspx

http://www.tvguide.com/News/Lost-Dharma-Food-1021551.aspx


yes, I got the whole thing but can't post it here...Disney/ABC is getting it pulled from most places

"New Man in Charge" video has been leaked if you want to search for it.

"New Man in Charge" video has been leaked if you want to search for it.

:nod: very neat stuff

Cool I'll have to find the torrent for that. :cool:

Oh man, I going into Lost withdrawals again. Why did I watch that clip?

Only able to find the 1:30 video. Please someone post the the full video.

Only able to find the 1:30 video. Please someone post the the full video.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=059QL7GI

Thanks for posting the video. It answered a few more questions. :)

seriously?!

they are trying to sell the 2 day tickets to the LOST auction for $65 A PIECE!

For Charlie fans, in case you missed it, he's in the new Eminem/Rihanna video "Love the Way You Lie" - as is Megan Fox. I think they both look hot :drool: and both did an incredible job acting out the scenes.

http://www.vevo.com/watch/eminem/love-the-way-you-lie/USUV71001543

Warning: may be considered graphic to some, and may not be SFW.

Ha ha...new Weezer album has Hurley's pic on it. :)

http://www.amazon.com/Hurley-Deluxe-Version-Weezer/dp/B003YWUTK2/

I love Weezer!

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Ha ha...new Weezer album has Hurley's pic on it. :)

http://www.amazon.com/Hurley-Deluxe-Version-Weezer/dp/B003YWUTK2/

I love Weezer!

399786

That CD cover pic would scare the hell out of anyone who isn't familiar with "Lost". :lol:

After watching the "New Man in Charge" video, do you think there is a possibility that they'll have a movie, mini-series, or something to continue the story?

They sort of left it open to that. Might be interesting to find out what more about Walt and his powers and his "job".

I still kind of hate how Lost ended, but I guess I could get back into the show if they continued the story.

I wish we could watch all the those DVDs that Ben had in that binder. :)

who wouldn't want to learn more about the time traveling bunnies?

The lost treasures of 'Lost' (http://marquee.blogs.cnn.com/2010/08/12/the-lost-treasures-of-lost/)

Check out the front page: Barnes and Noble online: Lost Complete Series Bluray for $142.79 + Tax (Free Shipping) After 15% off coupon (http://slickdeals.net/forums/showthread.php?t=2199274)

DH & I finally finished the final season last night. I'm still digesting it all. Kinda sad it's over. :(

DH & I finally finished the final season last night. I'm still digesting it all. Kinda sad it's over. :(

a tab bit late....they already had the auction for the stuff, which I was hoping to find the results from

:drool: SOG Tigershark

a tab bit late....they already had the auction for the stuff, which I was hoping to find the results from

:drool: SOG Tigershark

Yeah - I saw the auction news. I'm mostly relieved that I don't have to avoid news or talk about Lost anymore. I managed to avoid any spoilers. :flex:

Yeah - I saw the auction news. I'm mostly relieved that I don't have to avoid news or talk about Lost anymore. I managed to avoid any spoilers. :flex:

did you watch the extra clip (talked about above) ?

did you watch the extra clip (talked about above) ?

Not yet - we are going to explore the extra features tonight. It's on the season 6 DVD, right?

Not yet - we are going to explore the extra features tonight. It's on the season 6 DVD, right?

I believe so....I don't think the DVD was out yet when it was first leaked

It's on the DVD! :whee: We watched it last night. Holy crap! More answers in that 12 minutes than in the entire finale! :lol:

It's on the DVD! :whee: We watched it last night. Holy crap! More answers in that 12 minutes than in the entire finale! :lol:

really?? Could you share them

really?? Could you share them

look up home skillet


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look up home skillet


http://slickdeals.net/forums/showpost.php?p=31702304&postcount=81

thanks

Josh Holloway joins 'Mission: Impossible 4' (http://marquee.blogs.cnn.com/2010/09/29/josh-holloway-joins-mission-impossible-4/?hpt=Sbin)

Sawyer will be with Tom Cruise and apparently as a good guy. :eek:

J.J. Abrams is also on board. :cool:

...as if they really needed to make another one....or anything with tom cruise in it for that matter

Part 3 was pretty good. I wonder if enough fans write in, JJ Abrams would do a Lost sequel or movie.

Part 3 was pretty good. I wonder if enough fans write in, JJ Abrams would do a Lost sequel or movie.

Oooh, that would be nice!

So we know they summed it up in an "It's about the characters" kind of way. A sequel type thing would be a chance to sum it up in an "It's about the mysteries!!!" kind of way. Win-win for everyone! :D

Seriously. I would love just watching what Hurley did between everything.

:faint: Watched Saw 1 last weekend. Finally figured out why Ben creeped me out from the get-go on Lost. :shocking: I'd seen Saw before years ago but forgot that the guy who played Ben had a big role in Saw I.

In the movie, "Faster", Shannon and Mr. Eko from "Lost" have nontrivial appearances in it. Maggie Grace looked incredibly hot. :drool:

This Week's EW: Revisiting our visit to the set of the 'Lost' finale (http://popwatch.ew.com/2010/12/17/lost-finale-revisited-doc-jensen/)

Back in May, Entertainment Weekly marked the end of Lost with a special issue devoted to ABC’s magical, maddening mystery machine, which included a story that took readers to the Hawaii set for a crucial scene that was being shot for the finale. There wasn’t much we could say about the sequence itself, other than the work marked the last time the whole cast shot together, and that at one point during a long, emotional, teary evening, Terry O’Quinn led his actor friends in a sing-along of Prince’s “Purple Rain.”

Well, now I can elaborate a little more. ...

'Lost' Numbers PAY OFF in Mega Millions Lottery

Finally, a purpose for those damn "Lost" numbers -- because if you played the same cursed digits that Hurley used on the show ... you could have walked away with $150 in last night's Mega Millions lottery.

http://www.tmz.com/2011/01/05/lost-numbers-pay-off-in-megamillions-lottery-hurley/

:lmao:

Ooh, it's Wednesday!

I saw that Maggie Grace had a cameo in the movie "Knight and Day". She of course looked good as she always does. Much hotter than Cameron Diaz, who is the leading actress in that movie.

Pretty cool about over half the mega millions the same as Hurley's #s in "Lost".

CNN also mentioned the lottery story:
http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/01/05/lottery.lost/index.html

I have a few random comments/observations that are somewhat related to "Lost".

1.) "Pamela Anderson's vagina is like the finale of 'Lost'. 10 million people have seen it. Everyone who saw it was disappointed. And everyone in it has die." :lol: This joke is from comedienne Whitney Cummings.

2.) Evangeline Lilly was in some shampoo commercial while I was FF''ing through the ads. Wow, she looked good!

3.) Speaking of E. Lilly, in the movie "The Next Three Days" starring Russell Crowe, his character's wife, played by Elizabeth Banks, looked a lot like Kate from "Lost". Anyone else notice that?

Anyone else watching the SyFy version of Being Human? The actor who played Jacob has a supporting roll as a Vampire Policeman :lol: