Such a shame too because they really only crashed and burned right at the very end, shit at the end of the fifth season a decent writer could have come up with a decent end.
The basic premise (Plane crash on a secluded island, weird shit happens) is a pretty good idea. Unfortunately, it was ruined by the writers making the story up as they went along. I suspect that they were originally going to have the island be Purgatory, but since everyone on the Internet suspected that was the case pretty soon on, they had to change it.
Countless. Next, you’ll be starting a thread about how disappointing Battlestar’s ending was.
For the record, I like both BSG and Lost’s ending. BSG was superior, but I thought Lost’s ending was decent. I was expecting something as disappointing as X-files, though. That was a rotten ending.
I thought the problem was that the original plan was to end the show after only one or two seasons. Once it was renewed for several years beyond that, they had to introduce so many side plots and mysteries that it couldn’t possibly all jell into a coherent storyline, or allow for an ending that explained everything.
Before the final season started I remember thinking I couldn’t wait till the whole think wrapped up so I could happily go back and watch the entire series again to see how all the pieces and parts as well as character motivations that seemed so meticulously and crytically presented would all fall neatly in place.
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I was angered by not tying up loose ends that were made out to be a huge deal in seasons 1 and 2 and then, poof, nonissues. Like Walt. Why was he special? What was up with that? And what about the dog? I can’t even watch the re-runs because they just piss me off.
Yeah, you’ll get a lot of support for your opinion, here and elsewhere, but we can’t all agree. Specifically, I don’t agree. I thought the end of Lost was nearly perfect (with a few minor quibbles, like why is that major character going off into the Great Beyond with the spoiled brat with whom he shared about ten minutes instead of his One Perfect Love?).
I got all the answers I needed and didn’t need answers to the questions that were left open.
Thematically, and in terms of the characters, everything connected for me extremely well.
I know mine is a minority opinion, but there it is.
I am curious, though, to know how well reactions to the ending of Lost correlate with the ending of the Dark Tower series by Stephen King. I liked both - in many of the same ways - and know that many disliked both.