"My sin, oh, the bliss of this glorious thought!
My sin, not in part but the whole,
Is nailed to the cross, and I bear it no more,
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, O my soul!"
- Horatio G. Spafford, It Is Well With My Soul
Monday, May 24, 2010
not gonna question plot holes, guess at theories or try to pinpoint the theology of losticism. just gonna throw these out there:
-i think it would have been better to have jack's death scene on the island be the end. the sideways world/limbo story line was "neat," but kind of just came across as a way to make the masses happy and keep people on the show. i like how they went about it and realize that this season was made complete by that whole gimmick, but i don't think the story needed that arc at all. it was just the twisty mystery of this season.
-the jack vs. MiB battle/showdown/duel was SO fantastic! the stare down, jack with a flying superman punch in the rain, etc. epic.
-really enjoyed the eye closing in the bamboo bookend. (as stated before, i think that would have been better left alone without the "closure" of the happily ever after. but i'm not HATING that they added all that.)
-thoroughly enjoyed the star wars references (that i caught, anyway): "i have a bad feeling about this" and "yeah, he's worse than yoda."
-and, of course, loving that jack was the hero (despite what some naysayers may say ... or naysay.) "looks like you were wrong, too."
-little perturbed/disturbed by the wife-swapping and love polygons that permeated the series/finale.
-out of all of the reunion-flashback-memory-trigger things, i enjoyed charlie/hurley (because of hurley) and charlie/claire (because of charlie) the most.
-and i don't know if you saw matthew fox on jimmy kimmel last night but i believe his tears were real. that was the first time he had seen the finale, he said. (and can we get this dude an emmy, please?)
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Comments on "my few thoughts on LOST":
2. jeremy
- 05/24/2010 5:11 pm CDT
Where would this season have been without the flash sideways?
it would have been a great season. the kwons' and sayid's dramatic deaths, the origin of the jacob/MiB story, using desmond as a weapon, etc. all of that greatness would still have been there AND they could have spent time answering more questions. maybe not as head-scratchy without the sideways world, but still great, i believe.
and i agree with you on the kimmel thing. THOUGH i totally called the probst bit when i saw his foot hit the sand and i loved it.
3. Becky
- 05/25/2010 8:12 am CDT
"Can we get this dude an emmy please?"
Seriously. As soon as possible please.
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I really liked the limbo story line. I'm completely fine with that making me part of the masses it made happy. But I refuse to accept that it was solely for the purpose of pleasing the masses. I think it was the closure the story needed. Where would this season have been without the flash sideways? (I'm still not sure if "sideways" plural is supposed to have an apostrophe or not...ha.)
I'm pretty sure they were trying to hint that Jack and Juliet were divorced in the finale/flash sideways, but I do agree with the disturbi-ness of the love polygons throughout the series.
Def agree with the awesomeness of the jack/MiB fight and Jack being the hero.
That Jimmy Kimmel thing was really disappointing/dumb. Besides Matthew Fox crying (so legit!) everyone else was kind of lame. I mean, what the heck's up with Naveen Andrews not watching Lost?! Come on, Sayid. I did really enjoy young Jacob popping up multiple times in the background, though.