View Poll Results: What did you think of the Lost Series Finale?
Loved It! Fantastic Way to End the show!
132
34.92%
Thought it was Good
111
29.37%
Meh, Thought it was so-so
64
16.93%
Hated it. Disappointing way to end such a great show
48
12.70%
Screw Lost, I'm selling by DVD's/BR's and will never look back!
23
6.08%
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Lost -- 2 1/2 Hour Series Finale -- "The End Part 1 & 2" -- 05/23/10
03-30-15, 03:09 PM
#2251
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Re: Lost -- 2 1/2 Hour Series Finale -- "The End Part 1 & 2" -- 05/23/10
I've said it once and I'll say it again... the finale and legacy of Lost would have been better accepted if Cuse/Lindelof had STFU during the run of the show instead of fanning the fanboy flames. They kept saying "everything means something", but in the end it didn't. And they got butt hurt over the outcry.
03-30-15, 03:09 PM
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Re: Lost -- 2 1/2 Hour Series Finale -- "The End Part 1 & 2" -- 05/23/10
In all honesty, I loved every season. I can admit there were several episodes that sucked though.
In the end it was one of the most intriguing television programs I had watched at the time.
It wasn't perfect, and a lot of times I was left with more questions than answers, but what series is perfect?
In the end it was one of the most intriguing television programs I had watched at the time.
It wasn't perfect, and a lot of times I was left with more questions than answers, but what series is perfect?
03-30-15, 03:28 PM
#2253
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Re: Lost -- 2 1/2 Hour Series Finale -- "The End Part 1 & 2" -- 05/23/10
I'm in the camp that loved the show from beginning to end. And most people I know that watched this show loved it too (just look at the poll results in this thread, majority liked the ending). I mentioned this before but I feel the people that lived and breathed this show 24/7 were the most disappointed.
I feel the show answered many of the main mysteries but the answers are pretty lame, like what were the numbers or what is the smoke monster.
I feel the show answered many of the main mysteries but the answers are pretty lame, like what were the numbers or what is the smoke monster.
03-30-15, 09:34 PM
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Re: Lost -- 2 1/2 Hour Series Finale -- "The End Part 1 & 2" -- 05/23/10
I'm a Lost fanboy, but I'm not a fan of Season 6. I've probably watched it only twice.
But I do love the series finale. It was almost perfect to me.
03-30-15, 09:59 PM
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Re: Lost -- 2 1/2 Hour Series Finale -- "The End Part 1 & 2" -- 05/23/10
I feel it's the same way when a person watches every trailer, tv spot, behind-the-scenes videos, and reads reviews before a movie is released. It basically ruins the experience of actually watching the movie.
In this case, someone who analyzed LOST to death 24/7 just over-saturated themselves with the show and there was little chance they would have enjoyed the finale. Of course, I don't expect someone to like every episode of their favorite tv show, but LOST was just in a whole other realm when it came to tv viewing.
In this case, someone who analyzed LOST to death 24/7 just over-saturated themselves with the show and there was little chance they would have enjoyed the finale. Of course, I don't expect someone to like every episode of their favorite tv show, but LOST was just in a whole other realm when it came to tv viewing.
03-31-15, 09:39 AM
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Re: Lost -- 2 1/2 Hour Series Finale -- "The End Part 1 & 2" -- 05/23/10
In all honesty, I loved every season. I can admit there were several episodes that sucked though.
In the end it was one of the most intriguing television programs I had watched at the time.
It wasn't perfect, and a lot of times I was left with more questions than answers, but what series is perfect?
In the end it was one of the most intriguing television programs I had watched at the time.
It wasn't perfect, and a lot of times I was left with more questions than answers, but what series is perfect?
That said, while no series is perfect, I think they marketed LOST in such a way that they encouraged viewers to look for easter eggs and mysteries and try to solve them. Remember the online games, etc? They knew it brought in viewers so they capitalized on that. The problem was, they clearly had no answers to at least 50% of those mysteries. And if anything disappoints me about the LOST experience, it's that they purposely lured us in by opening loops that they had no intention of closing, and that's sloppy storytelling.
03-31-15, 09:45 AM
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Re: Lost -- 2 1/2 Hour Series Finale -- "The End Part 1 & 2" -- 05/23/10
I think they marketed LOST in such a way that they encouraged viewers to look for easter eggs and mysteries and try to solve them. Remember the online games, etc? They knew it brought in viewers so they capitalized on that. The problem was, they clearly had no answers to at least 50% of those mysteries. And if anything disappoints me about the LOST experience, it's that they purposely lured us in by opening loops that they had no intention of closing, and that's sloppy storytelling.
But I still feel that viewers were mislead to believe answers would be coming, and for the most part the show did not deliver when it needed to at the end.
Whether the showrunners/writers ever intended to deliver answers is another story, but I believe there was an implied message that all (or most) would be revealed.
03-31-15, 10:14 AM
#2258
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Re: Lost -- 2 1/2 Hour Series Finale -- "The End Part 1 & 2" -- 05/23/10
However once 6 started airing and you get the Temple bullshit, introducing more bullshit vs. tying up loose ends, adding in more xy & z bullshit, toss in a dab of wtf is this bullshit, along the way, yet posters here kept defending it saying 'they'll tie it all together in the finale with a neat little bow.' Nope, turns out it was all just bullshit.
That's my beef with season 6. It was all filler bullshit that had nothing to do with anything until the finale. It's been awhile since I watched any of Lost, but I seem to recall thinking with some creative edits, the finale would have worked just as well as a season 5 finale. Season 6 was just such a waste of time.
03-31-15, 10:39 AM
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Re: Lost -- 2 1/2 Hour Series Finale -- "The End Part 1 & 2" -- 05/23/10
However once 6 started airing and you get the Temple bullshit, introducing more bullshit vs. tying up loose ends, adding in more xy & z bullshit, toss in a dab of wtf is this bullshit, along the way, yet posters here kept defending it saying 'they'll tie it all together in the finale with a neat little bow.' Nope, turns out it was all just bullshit.
03-31-15, 10:56 AM
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Re: Lost -- 2 1/2 Hour Series Finale -- "The End Part 1 & 2" -- 05/23/10
I was one of the biggest detractors of season 6 when it aired. I felt the decline started in season 5, but I felt they still had the chops to pull it all together for the final season. I mean they argued for a very specific episode count and went on about how exact they needed it to be to tell what needed to be told. That brought some optimism to the proceedings.
However once 6 started airing and you get the Temple bullshit, introducing more bullshit vs. tying up loose ends, adding in more xy & z bullshit, toss in a dab of wtf is this bullshit, along the way, yet posters here kept defending it saying 'they'll tie it all together in the finale with a neat little bow.' Nope, turns out it was all just bullshit.
That's my beef with season 6. It was all filler bullshit that had nothing to do with anything until the finale. It's been awhile since I watched any of Lost, but I seem to recall thinking with some creative edits, the finale would have worked just as well as a season 5 finale. Season 6 was just such a waste of time.
However once 6 started airing and you get the Temple bullshit, introducing more bullshit vs. tying up loose ends, adding in more xy & z bullshit, toss in a dab of wtf is this bullshit, along the way, yet posters here kept defending it saying 'they'll tie it all together in the finale with a neat little bow.' Nope, turns out it was all just bullshit.
That's my beef with season 6. It was all filler bullshit that had nothing to do with anything until the finale. It's been awhile since I watched any of Lost, but I seem to recall thinking with some creative edits, the finale would have worked just as well as a season 5 finale. Season 6 was just such a waste of time.
03-31-15, 01:29 PM
#2261
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Re: Lost -- 2 1/2 Hour Series Finale -- "The End Part 1 & 2" -- 05/23/10
That said, while no series is perfect, I think they marketed LOST in such a way that they encouraged viewers to look for easter eggs and mysteries and try to solve them. Remember the online games, etc? They knew it brought in viewers so they capitalized on that. The problem was, they clearly had no answers to at least 50% of those mysteries. And if anything disappoints me about the LOST experience, it's that they purposely lured us in by opening loops that they had no intention of closing, and that's sloppy storytelling.
Like the riveting tale of Jack's tattoo and the time Locke wandered onto a pot farm.
03-31-15, 01:32 PM
#2262
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Re: Lost -- 2 1/2 Hour Series Finale -- "The End Part 1 & 2" -- 05/23/10
However once 6 started airing and you get the Temple bullshit, introducing more bullshit vs. tying up loose ends, adding in more xy & z bullshit, toss in a dab of wtf is this bullshit, along the way, yet posters here kept defending it saying 'they'll tie it all together in the finale with a neat little bow.' Nope, turns out it was all just bullshit.
That's my beef with season 6. It was all filler bullshit that had nothing to do with anything until the finale. It's been awhile since I watched any of Lost, but I seem to recall thinking with some creative edits, the finale would have worked just as well as a season 5 finale. Season 6 was just such a waste of time.
That's my beef with season 6. It was all filler bullshit that had nothing to do with anything until the finale. It's been awhile since I watched any of Lost, but I seem to recall thinking with some creative edits, the finale would have worked just as well as a season 5 finale. Season 6 was just such a waste of time.
01-07-17, 04:18 PM
#2263
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Re: Lost -- 2 1/2 Hour Series Finale -- "The End Part 1 & 2" -- 05/23/10
Having finished watching all of LOST a while back, this show suffered from what is the inherent weakness of network television: Long seasons with too much filler and often turned into a repetitive cycle of another group of people travelling from one end of the island to another and back.
I think LOST would have been a much better show if the entire series was condensed into 4 thirteen episode cable seasons.
That said, I did enjoy the show quite a bit although a show I can't imagine ever viewing again due to the time commitment due to all the filler.
I think LOST would have been a much better show if the entire series was condensed into 4 thirteen episode cable seasons.
That said, I did enjoy the show quite a bit although a show I can't imagine ever viewing again due to the time commitment due to all the filler.
01-07-17, 04:24 PM
#2264
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Re: Lost -- 2 1/2 Hour Series Finale -- "The End Part 1 & 2" -- 05/23/10
that is why I have the utmost respect for shows that knew the story they wanted to tell and chose to end with the audience wanting more. Spartacus, Breaking Bad, The Shield come to mind.
01-07-17, 09:56 PM
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Re: Lost -- 2 1/2 Hour Series Finale -- "The End Part 1 & 2" -- 05/23/10
The Wire. If you keep making shows until the ratings go down (which you can bet The Walking Dead's going to do) the quality will almost always suffer. The last few seasons of this were pretty bad just as in the case of the stayed-too-long-at-the-fair The Sopranos.
01-08-17, 12:10 AM
#2266
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Re: Lost -- 2 1/2 Hour Series Finale -- "The End Part 1 & 2" -- 05/23/10
That's what makes Lost's ending all the more laughable. They knew three years out they had a definite endpoint. 48 episodes to bring it home and instead they shat the bed.
01-08-17, 08:28 AM
#2267
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Re: Lost -- 2 1/2 Hour Series Finale -- "The End Part 1 & 2" -- 05/23/10
I'll probably revisit it in a few years when my kids are old enough to watch.
01-08-17, 02:20 PM
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Re: Lost -- 2 1/2 Hour Series Finale -- "The End Part 1 & 2" -- 05/23/10
Remember that Lost was still doing very well in the ratings when they announced that deal with ABC to end it after six seasons. The ratings slid over the last two seasons except for the final few episodes.
Supposedly the creative team had wanted to end it after five seasons but ABC insisted on six seasons when the deal was struck. I think the creative team knew that much of season six would end up being filler.
Supposedly the creative team had wanted to end it after five seasons but ABC insisted on six seasons when the deal was struck. I think the creative team knew that much of season six would end up being filler.
01-09-17, 10:28 AM
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Re: Lost -- 2 1/2 Hour Series Finale -- "The End Part 1 & 2" -- 05/23/10
The end of S5 is my finale. A perfect loop punctuated by a white-out instead of black.
01-09-17, 07:10 PM
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Re: Lost -- 2 1/2 Hour Series Finale -- "The End Part 1 & 2" -- 05/23/10
At any rate that's almost worse. If they knew they have a full season of filler, why not spend that time tying up loose ends?
01-09-17, 11:45 PM
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02-05-19, 02:43 PM
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Re: Lost -- 2 1/2 Hour Series Finale -- "The End Part 1 & 2" -- 05/23/10
Could Lost return to ABC? That is certainly a topic that interests new ABC chief Karey Burke.
Ahead of Burke’s debut TCA session as President of ABC Entertainment, the Disney-owned broadcaster played a clip of some of its biggest hits. The clip opened with a spot from the third season finale where Matthew Fox’s Jack told Evangeline Lilly’s Kate that they needed to go back to the island – one of the show’s most memorable moments.
When asked by Deadline whether we should read anything into the choice of this clip, she joked, “you should”.
She added, “I would like that very much; that’s a reboot I would be interested in seeing.”
Given the booming trend of reboots, it’s long been thought that the sci-fi island adventure is ripe for a revival. However, Burke admitted that she hadn’t spoken to the creators of the show – J.J. Abrams, Damon Lindelof and Jeffrey Lieber – about a reboot.
The show ran for six seasons between 2004 and 2010 on ABC.
Last year, showrunner Carlton Cuse said that he and Lindelof have always been “adamant” that they told the story that they wanted to tell but admitted that it would be fine if ABC hired somebody who had a good idea involving other characters that head to the island. He added that he would be “less excited” if they used the characters from the original.
Ahead of Burke’s debut TCA session as President of ABC Entertainment, the Disney-owned broadcaster played a clip of some of its biggest hits. The clip opened with a spot from the third season finale where Matthew Fox’s Jack told Evangeline Lilly’s Kate that they needed to go back to the island – one of the show’s most memorable moments.
When asked by Deadline whether we should read anything into the choice of this clip, she joked, “you should”.
She added, “I would like that very much; that’s a reboot I would be interested in seeing.”
Given the booming trend of reboots, it’s long been thought that the sci-fi island adventure is ripe for a revival. However, Burke admitted that she hadn’t spoken to the creators of the show – J.J. Abrams, Damon Lindelof and Jeffrey Lieber – about a reboot.
The show ran for six seasons between 2004 and 2010 on ABC.
Last year, showrunner Carlton Cuse said that he and Lindelof have always been “adamant” that they told the story that they wanted to tell but admitted that it would be fine if ABC hired somebody who had a good idea involving other characters that head to the island. He added that he would be “less excited” if they used the characters from the original.