LOST, LOST, LOST. Oh the things you have put us all through. Seeing how this is the end of it all, I'll try not to complain and hate to much. I mean, after all, without the writers none of the great LOST moments would have happened. So though the ending was nothing spectacular, we can't totally be mad at them.

As for the ending though...sigh...I really can't complain to much (not only for said reasons but also) because it ended focusing on the relationships which, as I posted before, are the heart of the show. We got to see everybody with their loved ones, rejoicing in Heaven or Pergatory or Purgatorio, or Paradiso (however you choose to see it), thankful that all the previous trials had brought them to such a place. Call me an awful fan, but that didn't quite cut it for me. I'm not outraged by the ending, it just wasn't as unique and breath-taking as (most of) the rest of the show was. Not to mention that the end does not justify the means and the means by which the two writers got us to that happy place made little to no sense. I'm still trying to figure it out. Plus it left some of the characters unaccounted for. Shameful.

Having said all that...I must admit I was not angry or in turmoil at the end of the (two and a half hour) episode. I didn't cry (unlike Brianna), but it didn't make me mad. That says something for it. We loved the characters that had died and it was great to see them back together in a way that kinda/sorta/mostly made sense. And there was some decent action towards the end of the episode with the "good" overcoming the evil (always a plus).

The best part was, no doubt, that Hurley got to keep on being his real, island self for who knows how many hundreds of years. Just sayin'.

Lydia

P.S. So much for blogging more now that school is out.

Of LOST.



ABC' s LOST is a great show, but contrary to popular belief, I think that it has headed progressively downhill since mid third season.
The first and second seasons were about crazy developments and past happenings that kept us guessing and confused but always came down to one familiar truth. The truth that no matter what a person goes through, no matter who they are, no matter what they have, the most important things in life are the relationships. It all comes down to who you love and who you hate.
Just a few episodes into the first season relationships were already developing: Jack bonded with Kate, Rose pined for Bernard, Charlie took responsibility for Claire, Sayid and Sawyer clashed. These are the characters whose relationships we have cried over, followed, regretted. All the LOST characters have been subjected to intense physical trials but those struggles are not the ones we remember. We remember the birth of Aaron, Locke's care for Boone, the death of Charlie, and the change that comes about in Sun and Jin's marriage. These people and the way they related to one another was what kept the show simple and grounded. They reacted and behaved the way we can assume real individuals would. What has become of the show?
LOST is now about events spinning out of control and out of time. The character development has been bypassed by three or four complex storylines progressing through each episode. The writers seem to have changed the focus from the importance of others, to all things supernatural and mind-boggling. It's still a good show, I don't think anyone is able to guess what is going to happen, but it has gotten so wrapped up in feuds between virtually unknown characters and other-worldly activity that the familiar truth it used to portray so stoically has been misplaced.
It's just a show, but has something great been turned into something average? With Hurley as our constant and evil as our nemesis, I believe we can safely assume that LOST will be finished on a good note, though maybe not on the show's highest.

Lydia