Never seen a full ep. of Lost, don't want to be spoiled
 

My plan is to wait until it is all on DVD and then watch the whole series marathon style. I have no distaste for the series or the finale events, I just like viewing highly serialized stories in as quick a secession as possible. That in mind, how do I avoid being spoiled for everything considering the hype around the finale?

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Get off the internets. NOW!

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I'd avoid this forum and ones like it until you're done. I imagine references to LOST and its ending will pop up all over threads this summer.

My guess is that you'll be okay if you observe that rule and avoid any groups of coworkers, etc, who will be loudly talking about what goes down tonight when you're at work tomorrow.

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Not possible.

So I'm going to spoil most of it for you in the coming minutes.

Re: Never seen a full ep. of Lost, don't want to be spoiled
 

I'm going to PM you with the ending.

Re: Never seen a full ep. of Lost, don't want to be spoiled
 

Start watching now and by the time you are done with all 5 seasons, six will be right around the corner.

Doctor Jack Shepherd's orders? Avoid TVtalk for 7-10 days.

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Don't go to Yahoo!

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It doesn't really matter about the spoilers until after Locke kills Sawyer. Spoilers are REALLY hard to avoid after that.

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I actually started off doing this for Lost. Was able to wait until season 3 was over before I jumped in and of course I have been stuck waiting week after week, year after year since then. Good job waiting this long. I would definitely start now. The first couple seasons had like 24 or 25 shows, 40+ minutes long each.

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MiB = The Dark Knight

You have been spoiled.

/endthread

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I'm actually manager of a small niche retail store and my co-worker is someone who isn't into Lost, so I think I'm safe in that regard. I will most likely have to avoid news boards like msn and yahoo though.

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I'm taking the same approach as you, OP and just finished season 1 on DVD. I haven't had a problem up to this point avoiding spoilers, but of course that means avoiding 2/3 of the current TV Talk threads.

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I think it's an interesting question. The last HUGE "mystery" finish (i.e. one where nobody knew how it was going to end and speculated on it for years ahead of time) was The Sopranos. I'm sure there are people who still don't know how that series ended, but it must have been hard to avoid all spoilers after that series finale. I don't know how LOST ends (yet anyway, being a western state resident), but if the conclusion has anything nearly that level of "newsworthiness", I'd imagine it would be hard not to overhear or read about the major revelations somewhere over the next few days.

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You actually have an advantage because you haven't seen a full episode. Before I watched any episodes (on DVD) I would hear spoilers all the time and not have any idea what the hell people were talking about. Of course it will be completely different if it turns out to be something like "It was all a dream" and it's on the local news and in late night monologues.

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I keep meaning to watch the 1st 5 seasons (they are all on Netflix streaming) since I keep hearing everyone rave about Lost (not to mention seeing all the threads in this forum) but I haven't been able to find the time between work and the shows I currently follow (lately Justified and Treme are so good I rewatch the eps at least once, especially Justified).

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I was trying to avoid spoilers but then half of my friends on Facebook posted all about the finale.

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I had heard all the hype about the show, and when some friends bought the first couple of seasons on DVD I tried watching. Got through about 6 or 8 episodes, but just couldn't make myself watch any further...just not my cup of tea. No reason to get into why on this thread. But I had heard no spoilers before that (it was probably during season 4 airing), and have heard none since then, maybe because I am so uninterested in the show they just go right by me without noticing. Point being, I still have no clue about anything that happens beyond those first few episodes, so it is VERY possible to avoid spoilers...especially now that the series is done and people soon quit talking about it altogether.

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I have also never watched Lost, but if I had to choose between watching all of the seasons for Lost or Supernatural, which one will piss me off less?

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How long are you waiting for? Because I think unless you either read/hear something right before you watch it or have an incredibly great memory, anything you read/hear today or even a month from now will be forgotten by the time you get into the story.

Re: Never seen a full ep. of Lost, don't want to be spoiled
 

Yeah, except for the fact that that's not right at all.

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Given the finale we got last night, I highly doubt you will be able to avoid what they revealed in the last episode. The problem is you can be spoiled by just a few select words. It's kind of like The Sixth Sense, if you hear just a bit of info it will be "ruined".

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Ironically, I don't think spoilers mean TOO much for this series. There is so much going on that even knowing something drastic like someone is going to die doesn't really spoil it. The only thing that might spoil it is expecting every mystery they introduce to be answered. Just no way that'll happen.

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I think the ending will also be ridiculed or mentioned by some other show or movie, I'd be more worried about that happening.

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Okay, is it an ending that makes sense in a good way, as in "man, that was well worth the wait, can't believe I never figured it out," or "man, that was a total and complete waste of time, cant believe they did something so much like something else," (i.e. it was a dream, they're ghosts, they're all machines, it cuts to black, Kevin Spacey is the bad guy,). In retrospect, I loved the Sopranos ending, but was left feeling kind of empty at the time.

Re: Never seen a full ep. of Lost, don't want to be spoiled
 

Do you really want to know?

I voted disappointed in the poll but I'm in the minority.

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Depends on who you ask and how they watched the show. People who watched weekly and scrutinized every detail probably reacted drastically different than people who marathoned the series in the last few weeks.

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You shouldn't be asking questions like that. IMO it's just looking for a reason not to watch it. I think Lost like most long running serial dramas is one of those show you watch and enjoy the ride. The ending is what it is. Alot of it is left to open interpretation.

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I haven't watched a single episode. I decided to watch Lost after the first 4 seasons. But, I decided to wait until it was all over with to begin watching. Today, I've had two people tell me I said, "Thanks for spoiling it for me! They then said, . So, I don't know if I should begin watching the DVDs or not.

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Either of those statements being true would irritate the hell out of me if I had invested that kind of time into it. Moreso the latter.

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I love how he started a thread about not wanting the show to be spoiled for him and now all the thread is, is spoiler tags that he probably doesn't want to click on.

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Yikes. Yesterday afternoon I was going to post a reply just for fun to say that as a sort of joke, and without the spoiler tags because it was just going to be a joke. glad I didn't do that. freaky when I think about I almost posted that!

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Well, FWIW, it seems like the consensus is



In short, Abrams and co. didn't know what would be the right ending, so they just didn't do one. Which, if true, means that this should be watched for the parts and not the sum.

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That's not necessarily true. Most people that watched it were satisfied with the ending. Look at the poll in the other thread. The vast majority said "loved it" or "good".

I think you're better off watching the DVD's now. You won't bother yourself with trying to figure out every last detail, you'll just keep watching. If you do that, I think you'll be satisfied with the whole show.

Re: Never seen a full ep. of Lost, don't want to be spoiled
 

Don't log onto your computer or read a newspaper.

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I haven't read any articles, but apparently the ending is quite Sopranos-esque in that it leaves a lot open to the viewer to decide.

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How about you just start watching the DVDs now, form your own opinion of the series and leave the speculating for the actual show. Here's the thing, the general consensus is, IT'S WORTH WATCHING. So go with that. The longer you ruminate about it, the bigger the chance that something IS going to get spoiled for you.

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I only ever watched the final episode - never watched another episode. Sorry to say, the 'main' concept of the ending is nothing terribly new. It's been done in movies, several times before.

Of course, there seems to be a thousand other ideas and questions raised throughout the show - many which ended up for interpretation.