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brandonh83
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Naked Snake said:
I end up asking myself similar questions virtually every time I get online :lol
Drealmcc0y
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Ivysaur is keeping very quiet about season 5
B For Bendetta
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I just finished it, and I didn't like it as much either
We'll see tonight when I finish it - though I think I'm completely spoiled on the BSG ending anyway so I sort of doubt there are any surprises in store for me. I have to say I don't get what appears to be the rampant hatred for the show's final season, I'm rather enjoying it.
Drealmcc0y
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Solo said:
You dislike time travel, unless its in small doses, so you cant really talk
Drealmcc0y
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Solo said:
Yeah I know
Locke is dead and is a pawn
Lets be honest thats the biggest reason why you rate S5 and 6 the lowest.
and on the subject of me remembering too much, but I remember(weve discussed this b4 i think) that you were saying plenty of episodes were great when you first watched them, but changed your mind.
Drealmcc0y
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If i was such an apologist why would i say i enjoy S4 much less yesterday?
Drealmcc0y
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nawww you're just an apologist.
Seriously though, there much less of the funny in s4
The reason I love lost as much as i do and can rewatch as much as i can is because of the humour. Its one of the funniest shows ive ever seen :lol
Seriously though, there much less of the funny in s4
The reason I love lost as much as i do and can rewatch as much as i can is because of the humour. Its one of the funniest shows ive ever seen :lol
Drealmcc0y
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big ander said:
Well i disagree. There are 100s of different moments in lost that make me laugh personally.
Where as BB has rarely ever made me laugh lol
Nameless
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Loved me some Season 5. I thought there were some weird structural and editing decisions throughout the season, especially with 316 & Bentham. It was as if they tried to recreat the magic of S4 where they would begin with the reveal and cleverly catch us up, but it didn't work as well. Still, two great episodes, though. And the season definitely flows better if you watch Bentham first, which was the original order.
BB is like 50% dark comedy, it's definitely serious stuff but some of the stuff Walt and Jesse do, likeDrealmcc0y said:
dissolve a body through a floor or chase a fly
oatmeal you're crazy :lol I get collecting things but why not just sell the single sets?!
I liked season 5. Wasn't my favorite though.
Catalix
And on the sixth day the LORD David Bowie created man and woman in His image. And he saw that it was good. On the seventh day the LORD created videogames so that He might take the bloody day off for once.
phew, I was beginning to worry you wouldn't catch that. But nope, you came through like a pro.Erigu said:
Naked Snake
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Don't understand the hate for Season 5, I loved it until the finale, which I hated :/
Catalix
And on the sixth day the LORD David Bowie created man and woman in His image. And he saw that it was good. On the seventh day the LORD created videogames so that He might take the bloody day off for once.
I enjoyed Season 5 well enough. Felt a little aimless at times, but I'd rather watch that over Season 2 any day.
BSG won the war, I'm afraid. I think I could sit down and watch the whole series over again tomorrow - the whole wrap up of that show was thrilling.Solo said:
With Lost, I'm good through the S5 finale but I'm dreading watching the final season again. I haven't even bought the blu-ray set yet to go with the rest.
Drealmcc0y
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teiresias said:
Did you watch lost in one big go like BSG?
or did you watch over a few years?
Naked Snake said:
So you like S5 and S6 but you hate the finale of both?
I think you might have a problem letting hype getting the better of you or something.
The finales are the culmination of everything great about the season.
Catalix said:
I think like S6, S5 needs to be rewatched to fully appreciate. Like Locke dying to save everyone or getting the oceanic 6 back to save the island, seems silly when first watching. But it makes sense in hindsight.
Drealmcc0y
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I think the first 8 episodes of S5 is pretty good.
1-4 good, but nothing special.
5-8 is a really great run of episodes.
Especially Life and Death. Thats amazing on rewatch.
Dead is Dead is another classic ben episode
1-4 good, but nothing special.
5-8 is a really great run of episodes.
Especially Life and Death. Thats amazing on rewatch.
Dead is Dead is another classic ben episode
dm gets it. Spot on, man. LOST is one of my favorites shows ever, but thats exactly my feelings on it half a year after it ended - that it was amazing up to and including S4, but went off the rails in the final two seasons, albeit with lots of great moments and episodes still sprinkled throughout.
Drealmcc0y
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Cmon!
S6 owns.
LA X is the best first 2 episodes since the pilot.
The substitute is worthy episode to a long list of brilliant locke episodes.
The ligthouse isnt Jacks best but its a really great character study for him and Hurley has tons of funny moments.
Sundown is Sayids best centric. The last 10 minutes is some of the most epic moments you have ever seen on lost.
Dr Linus is brilliant but very different from other ben centrics. A wonderful redemption episode.
Ab Aeterno. God damn if there was one episode that i would give the word epic to, this is it. Its frankly the greatest 1 hour episode of the whole show as far as im concerned.
Happily Ever After is the desmond episode we waited so long for and it totally delivered.
The Candidate is a fantastic all round with some incredible moments.
Across the Sea. I dont care what anyone says. This is the most fascinating episode of the whole show.
What they died for is awesome, probably the ultimate episode to air before a finale along with Greatest Hits and Cabin Fever.
The End. Easily the greatest episode of the show.
S6 FTW!
Everybody Loves hugo and The last recruit are both solid episodes aswell.
Recon and The package are pretty slow but enjoyable episodes.
What Kate Does ftl
S6 owns.
LA X is the best first 2 episodes since the pilot.
The substitute is worthy episode to a long list of brilliant locke episodes.
The ligthouse isnt Jacks best but its a really great character study for him and Hurley has tons of funny moments.
Sundown is Sayids best centric. The last 10 minutes is some of the most epic moments you have ever seen on lost.
Dr Linus is brilliant but very different from other ben centrics. A wonderful redemption episode.
Ab Aeterno. God damn if there was one episode that i would give the word epic to, this is it. Its frankly the greatest 1 hour episode of the whole show as far as im concerned.
Happily Ever After is the desmond episode we waited so long for and it totally delivered.
The Candidate is a fantastic all round with some incredible moments.
Across the Sea. I dont care what anyone says. This is the most fascinating episode of the whole show.
What they died for is awesome, probably the ultimate episode to air before a finale along with Greatest Hits and Cabin Fever.
The End. Easily the greatest episode of the show.
S6 FTW!
Everybody Loves hugo and The last recruit are both solid episodes aswell.
Recon and The package are pretty slow but enjoyable episodes.
What Kate Does ftl
teiresias said:
Wow you're me. LOST was by far my favorite show, up until the Season 6 premiere. I had rebought the entire series in Blu-Ray and rewatched it in anticipation of Season 6. Now? I'm not buying season 6, period. It doesn't mesh with the show at all. And yes, I did care about the "story". I hypothesized to no end after season 5, including in the LOST thread. What a waste that was.
I hated the BSG ending at the time, but it has felt rewatchable now. I am currently in the process of rewatching the show.
SpeedingUptoStop
will totally Facebook friend you! *giggle* *LOL*
I saw BSG as a very good show, but I never got what people loved about, much less how they could put it over Lost. The characters all felt less like people and more like representatives for a general idea (law, order, military, politics, science, etc). Could never really connect with that. Also don't really see why they keep coming up in the same discussion, as they're only really linked by being ensemble sci-fi shows airing in the same time. They never really seemed that alike to me. Then again, Lost comes up in The Walking Dead thread for no reason just about any time somebody takes a breath, so what do I know about comparisons.:lol
BSG was a weird beast when it was on the air.
Sci-Fi was airing seasons over 2 years, tons of waiting, and when it finally did end, everyone was like "WTF
"
But, when I got the full Blu Collection, and watched it start to finish, knowing how it ended, all the little hints were there; things made more sense and I was much much less angry with how it ended.
In fact, being able to watch it all at once (especially the final season), made me really enjoy the ending for what it was. BSG ended great, in hindsight; but when you're watching it week to week, man did it piss people off.
LOST is similar in that regard. I started watching LOST in season 2.. I watched the entirety of Season 1 over a weekend (yes, it was that addicting), and ever since it was the week to week / season to season nightmare of tearing out your hair trying to figure out why the statue had four fucking toes.
But now, in hindsight, being able to watch the series over the course of a week/two weeks back to back to back, with all that knowledge fresh in your head, LOST stands up very VERY well. Yes, a few plot points got glossed over towards the end, for the pure reason of 'ending' the show, but it still holds up well. The message of
is there from the get-go.
It's crazy how enraging a show can be when you have to wait for what's next.. but once you eliminate the cliffhangers, the experience is just that much greater.
Sci-Fi was airing seasons over 2 years, tons of waiting, and when it finally did end, everyone was like "WTF
ANGELS?
But, when I got the full Blu Collection, and watched it start to finish, knowing how it ended, all the little hints were there; things made more sense and I was much much less angry with how it ended.
In fact, being able to watch it all at once (especially the final season), made me really enjoy the ending for what it was. BSG ended great, in hindsight; but when you're watching it week to week, man did it piss people off.
LOST is similar in that regard. I started watching LOST in season 2.. I watched the entirety of Season 1 over a weekend (yes, it was that addicting), and ever since it was the week to week / season to season nightmare of tearing out your hair trying to figure out why the statue had four fucking toes.
But now, in hindsight, being able to watch the series over the course of a week/two weeks back to back to back, with all that knowledge fresh in your head, LOST stands up very VERY well. Yes, a few plot points got glossed over towards the end, for the pure reason of 'ending' the show, but it still holds up well. The message of
unity and needing each other
It's crazy how enraging a show can be when you have to wait for what's next.. but once you eliminate the cliffhangers, the experience is just that much greater.
Zeouterlimits
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I realised something yesterday, I wish I could go back in time and stop myself from watching Season 6.
"You've seen all you need to see, you're not going to be satisfied, make up your own resolution in your head".
"You've seen all you need to see, you're not going to be satisfied, make up your own resolution in your head".
dave is ok
aztek is ok
S6 was horrible.
I don't know what the discussion was like around the BSG finale or why some dislike it. To me, it seems to follow fairly logically and satisfyingly from everything that came before it with everything rooted back sometimes as far as season 1.TheExodu5 said:
It has issues like every show does, but they are not nearly of the magnitude of Lost's final season issues.
Ultimately, with Lost I think I simply parted ways with the writers in what I thought would have made the mythology interesting. I know, cue "it's about the characters" apologists, but the characters were never bad aside from more frequently acting stupid than anyone in BSG. I could watch Ben, Locke, Sawyer, and Juliette all day long. In the end the show ended up a character drama with a poorly plotted sci-fi-ish backdrop that revolved around a character that we know for one season and isn't particularly likable.
Catalix
And on the sixth day the LORD David Bowie created man and woman in His image. And he saw that it was good. On the seventh day the LORD created videogames so that He might take the bloody day off for once.
*sigh* Guess I'll finally start BGS. Hope it's still worth it, even though the internet has kinda spoiled me on a few things already.
Naked Snake
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Drealmcc0y said:
No, S6 is probably my least favorite season. It has some great episodes, but it didn't start getting good IMO until after the 8th episode or so, and the entire sideways scenes mean very little to me. So about 75% of the season is throwaway as far as I'm concerned.
ivysaur12 don't read below if you haven't finished S5.
I loved the time travel business in S5 and I loved the Dharma part (La Fleur!)... my beef with the finale was how the characters trying to stop jack flipped 180 degrees at the last minute. I didn't find it convincing, and then Juliet surviving that fall added insult to injury.
In retrospect, I don't think I would be as harsh on the finale if I watched it now, because knowing that the losties caused The Incident is awesome. But that wasn't clear or confirmed back then.
is there anyone who watched the entire series for the first time all in succession and still hated season 6 and the end? for example, i never watched it live on tv. over a couple months i watched the entire 6 seasons for the first time and i finished the last episode a few days after it aired.
i actually didn't think season 6 was shitty at all. seasons 1, 3, 4 and 5 were my favourites and season 6 was really slow starting but i thought the ending was great. overall, i thought the first 2 seasons of LOST were much slower paced than the final seasons and were harder to get into. at least shit was happening in season 6 and there was some intensity in the plot. season 1 and 2 were like "OHH MY GODDDD COME ONNNN SOMETHING HAPPEN YOU'VE BEEN
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i actually didn't think season 6 was shitty at all. seasons 1, 3, 4 and 5 were my favourites and season 6 was really slow starting but i thought the ending was great. overall, i thought the first 2 seasons of LOST were much slower paced than the final seasons and were harder to get into. at least shit was happening in season 6 and there was some intensity in the plot. season 1 and 2 were like "OHH MY GODDDD COME ONNNN SOMETHING HAPPEN YOU'VE BEEN
FUCKING WITH THE HATCH FOR SO FUCKING LONG AND NOTHING TO SHOW FOR IT
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