LOST 06.17/18/18.5: "The End" (Everything Else Was Just Progress)
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Nameless
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Just watched it again. Good god damn if some parts didn't give me chills. That episode was a masterpiece on all fronts. I really appreciated how they killed MIB off about 1/4 of the way through. After 6 years of LOST the bulk of the finale episode was about exactly what it should have been: The Island & the survivors of 815. The Flashsideways have been getting most of the attention which is understandable but I'm just as content with the end of the Island narrative: Sawyer, Kate and Claire all were able to reunite with their children(Sawyer actually meeting his for the first time). Miles gets to go home with his much sought after pay day and questions about his father answered. Richard was finally liberated of his "curse" and free to live life off the Island for the first time in a century and a half.. And god damn Lapidus.. I like to think he received a heroes welcome. Jack gave himself up as the sacrifice the Island demanded--funny how things work. Ben found complete redemption and even earned his spot back(#2 behind the Guardian). Hurley is the "new Jacob". I've never been the biggest Hurley fan but he really was the perfect choice. Out of all of the survivors he's certainly the most genuine and decent.
Episode Rating: 11/10
Episode Rating: 11/10
soundscream
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http://jezebel.com/5546559/lost-finale-recap-case-closed?skyline=true&s=i
Stumbled upon this at the start of S6 and surprisingly its usually one of the best write-ups after each show.
Stumbled upon this at the start of S6 and surprisingly its usually one of the best write-ups after each show.
The best flashback scene for me was Jin and Sun, i dont know why, i think it was the part when they saw each others deaths and just seemed so releived to be alive with each other <3
Also credit to the intro flash :O what a way to set up an episode
Also credit to the intro flash :O what a way to set up an episode
theusedversion
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rainking187 said:
When exactly did they promise that all questions would be answered? I specifically remember reading an interview where they said the exact opposite.
The music was perfection, absolute perfection, every flash was so subtly different to heighten the specific emotional resonance of their journey. Ill say out of all the flashes Lockes wasnt my favourite, far too short.Solo said:Theres No Place Like Home belting out full tilt certainly didnt hurt either
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Vanille said:
Yeah, I'm not sure why JJ gets the credit for that when he supposedly didn't even want the Jake character in the show. Maybe things changed quickly, as people said.
That being said, I do believe the 'end they always had in mind' (at least when speaking about Darlton) was Jack finally finding his father's coffin, talking to his father, and then 'moving on' with the other Losties.
Discotheque
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Costanza said:
Not really. First off, they originally wanted Shephard dead. So, he must have thought of this ending a few episodes later.
And also....he was reading too much Narnia, since that's exactly what his ending was.
Roude Leiw
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lets say Hurly lived for 500 years taking care of the island. does that mean all the others were waiting 500 years in the sideways world to be finally awakened and to move on?
Mr Cola said:
That was my only problem with Locke's flash - it WAS far too short. It needed about another 20-30 seconds to really knock it out of the park. Its brevity is the reason I connected more with the Sun/Jin and Claire/Charlie ones, despite Locke being my favorite character.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-JC7mQxhQUPlywood said:
Discotheque
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Roude Leiw said:
Apparently there is no semblance of time in the alternate purgatory universe. So it didn't feel like that long...I guess.
WasteLand Soldier
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why was the airplane cg from the langoliers reused?
brandonh83
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Solo said:
I agree. It felt sort of rushed, but it made sense because Jack wasn't ready.
Nameless
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This episode almost got me into legitimate trouble--especially the Claire/Charlie/Kate scene. A [more than a] friend of mine and I had a bit of a falling out a couple of weeks back and haven't spoken since. Almost broke down and called her last night and just now during the rewatch.. :lol :lol :lol
I'm not a Lost super-fan, but I liked the ending. For those who think the plane crashed and they all died there (like that idiot LA Times writer - no offense to those who agree with him!), then why the hell are they all waiting for each other in the "waiting room" between lives? They would have no relationships built with each other to even know who one another is. Why is Desmond there since he never was on the plane?
As far as why Ben didn't leave the current plane of existence to join the others in the church, I think if I were in his shoes, I wouldn't go yet either. Think about trying to live a life as well meaning as possible, and then having memories come back to you of another life you lived in which you did some truly despicable things, albeit you may have turned it around in the end (See Hurley's "you were a real good number two"). I might be a little nervous about moving on, especially since now you seem to be righting many of the wrongs you had done previously.
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Okay, you are kind of on the same page of what I was thinking. Science can co-exist with religion/mysticism/magic of whatever you want to call it. I don't think it has to be one or the other.
As far as why Ben didn't leave the current plane of existence to join the others in the church, I think if I were in his shoes, I wouldn't go yet either. Think about trying to live a life as well meaning as possible, and then having memories come back to you of another life you lived in which you did some truly despicable things, albeit you may have turned it around in the end (See Hurley's "you were a real good number two"). I might be a little nervous about moving on, especially since now you seem to be righting many of the wrongs you had done previously.
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radioheadrule83 said:
Okay, you are kind of on the same page of what I was thinking. Science can co-exist with religion/mysticism/magic of whatever you want to call it. I don't think it has to be one or the other.
Roude Leiw
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SalsaShark said:
:lol
JPBrowncoat
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Just pretend that person meant the Meat Load version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pR7benLiU_wLard said:
Edit: Meat Loaf =P
Fake Edit: Mead Loaf
Fake Edit Edit: No Meat Loaf
Jeff Albertson
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Sorry to repost buy anyone try and clear this up?
Can our losties no longer stay in this almost idyllic purgatory now, when they move on can we assume they are still concious beings and can be together still or is this the end for them.
Can our losties no longer stay in this almost idyllic purgatory now, when they move on can we assume they are still concious beings and can be together still or is this the end for them.
brandonh83
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Solo said:
:lol
So are we to take it that when Locke said "I looked into the eye of this island and what I saw was beautiful" that we should assume that he may have seen a glimpse, perhaps, of the church scene? Or was it the light in the cave?
mm04 said:
I don't think any sane viewer here actually thinks they died during the original crash. :lol It's only the people who have never watched the show, or reviewers who didn't pay much attention at all.
I've just made a few posts indicating that they died during the original crash to get people fired up, because it's ridiculous to think they were dead the whole time.
Jeff Albertson said:
The purgatory is removed from space and time, so it's really more about their souls finally being able to rest together. IMO. Everything up until that was a peaceful, fragmented illusion and I cite Jack's neck wound as evidence of that.
brandonh83 said:
he saw what the MIB saw when he turned into Smokey. Something we will never see : *(
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