My Thoughts On Lost
I'm a fan of Lost. On May 23 the last episode of Lost aired. It was a big event. I don't normaly get too excited when a TV show is going off the air. It's not something that really matters to me. I've caught my share of finales, but never struck me like Lost did.
Here's the thing. Lost was so captivating. It just sucked you in. I mean, there were smoke monsters....Yup MONSTERS! The island had special healing properties. There was a man who hasn't aged in centuries...Yup CENTURIES! A shipwreck in the middle of the island. A weird scientific group setup research stations all over the island, and then suddenly disappeared. No one could come or leave the island. I mean it was just some straight up crazy shit, and it's the type of straight up crazy shit that I love!
Lost loved to drop little mysteries on us. It never told us the full story. As fans, part of the fun of the show was listening to the Podcast by the producers, thinking about the show, posting our theories on forums, and watching other people rip our theories apart, or take our theory and merge it into their own.
Little communities grew out of the show. I personally spent hours on forums reading and writting about the various theories out there. The morning after each episode, my wife and I would call my best friend and talk to him about what just happened. My friend had Lost parties for every season premeir and finale. Since he lives an hour away from me, I would attend his parties virtually. Yup, I would webcam right on in!
I did go to his party for the finale in person. I'm very glad I did. The finale was great. I didn't really expect what happend. I don't think anyone did. After watching it there were a ton of clues throughout the season, and for that matter the series, that pretty much told us what was going to happen. I'm happy with the ending. I think it was great, and while there are some answers that they didn't give us (where the hell did the DHARMA food drop come from?????) I can live with it.
Now that Lost is over, I don't know what I'm going to do with myself. My whole week was planned around Lost. I knew when and where I was going to be for days. I read certain forums on certain days, on other days it was a colum, and still others it was a phone call to a certain person to ask "What just happened".
Here's the thing. Lost was so captivating. It just sucked you in. I mean, there were smoke monsters....Yup MONSTERS! The island had special healing properties. There was a man who hasn't aged in centuries...Yup CENTURIES! A shipwreck in the middle of the island. A weird scientific group setup research stations all over the island, and then suddenly disappeared. No one could come or leave the island. I mean it was just some straight up crazy shit, and it's the type of straight up crazy shit that I love!
Lost loved to drop little mysteries on us. It never told us the full story. As fans, part of the fun of the show was listening to the Podcast by the producers, thinking about the show, posting our theories on forums, and watching other people rip our theories apart, or take our theory and merge it into their own.
Little communities grew out of the show. I personally spent hours on forums reading and writting about the various theories out there. The morning after each episode, my wife and I would call my best friend and talk to him about what just happened. My friend had Lost parties for every season premeir and finale. Since he lives an hour away from me, I would attend his parties virtually. Yup, I would webcam right on in!
I did go to his party for the finale in person. I'm very glad I did. The finale was great. I didn't really expect what happend. I don't think anyone did. After watching it there were a ton of clues throughout the season, and for that matter the series, that pretty much told us what was going to happen. I'm happy with the ending. I think it was great, and while there are some answers that they didn't give us (where the hell did the DHARMA food drop come from?????) I can live with it.
Now that Lost is over, I don't know what I'm going to do with myself. My whole week was planned around Lost. I knew when and where I was going to be for days. I read certain forums on certain days, on other days it was a colum, and still others it was a phone call to a certain person to ask "What just happened".
posted by bluesmanjay at 9:44 AM
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