Like pretty much everything else from that site, that video was balls.

I liked the main gist of it; you shouldn't end a major network tv show with people asking questions as to what exactly happened. I wouldn't expect a lost fan to like it, but infomania rules foo <.<

So he's basically just saying that television should be dumbed down to predictable, uncreative crap to keep the masses happy.

he didn't mean predictable, he meant coherent and understandable. this thread makes it obvious that the show's conclusion was anything but.

I'd hate to ask you to rent the entire series... but rent the entire series. It's awesome.

He says the show got stupid when they introduced the smoke monster? Uh... that was the first episode. If he wants a show about castaways trying to get off an island, then he should consider getting Castaway or Gilligan's Island. This show had a mythology all it's own. Was it perfect? No. Was it damn good? Hell yes.

For things to be completely coherent and understandable for the majority of society, they need to be somewhat predictable and uncreative so that they mirror what members of the public have seen before and can therefore understand.

Lost was always a show that raised questions, made people talk, created crazy fan groups online and forums where people gather and discuss theories... I think it would've been somewhat disappointing if the conclusion of the show didn't continue that nature of questioning, thinking, and discussing among fans. I think the show was relatively coherent if people actually watched every episode... it left a lot of things open but that doesn't mean that it is incoherent.

I like that even after the finale people are still discussing, theorising, and addressing ideas that were left open.

I don't want everything to be coherent and understandable.
I hate having everything explained to me like i'm an idiot.

So there's a few loose ends & red herrings, so what. Happens in every show.

Think about that scene in The Matrix Reloaded with The Architect. How lame was that? Just sitting us down and explaining a bunch of stuff from some all knowing being? I'll draw my own conclusions thank you.

There's a difference between leaving things a mystery and being incoherent. The show itself isn't hard to follow if you pay at least a little attention.

Yeah I'm disappointed they didn't answer some of these things. It could be because the writers were lazy and didn't really have any answers, it could be because they just wanted to let the audience have fun with them, it could be because they're saving stuff for some kind of spinoff.

The question I most want answered is why there were so few Australians on a plane coming from Australia. :p:

This bugged me, too! :D

Jacob was a racist. I don't think he likes black people either.

fluff.

I finally got around to catching up on the Lost eps after 6x13 and watching the finale. It was more spiritual and emotional than I expected, but without being maudlin. I think they wrapped it up nicely and I don't mind that there remain unanswered questions but like some of you, I'm wondering what happened to Walt. And I'm amused that they kept the Jack/Kate/Sawyer/Juliet love rectangle going until the end.

I found it kinda odd that Jack was cool with his wife and Sawyer making out and sh*t, and Kate was cool with it too. Man those 4 really trade it up a lot, even in the afterlife.

And why was Sayid with Shannon and not with Nadia? Wtf. He spent a good portion of his life trying to find this woman and he gives it up for a chick he shagged once? I never bought into the Sayid/Shannon love angle.

Yeah, that was definitely something I didn't like about the ending.

Yeah, I wasn't really sure about why they chose Shannon but I suppose there are a few possible explanations.

The likely explanation is that the Sayid/Shannon relationship and final scene provided a useful device for Hurley to show Sayid that he wasn't inherently evil and that he'd truly helped someone. Regardless of the fact that Sayid's love for Nadia may (or not) have been infinitely deeper than his brief fling with Shannon, it was indubitably bound to his blood stained past; there's no erasing the fact that he was her torturer and was required to kill many in order to be with her and keep her safe. Whereas with Shannon, Sayid could wipe the slate clean and IIRC, he was a "good man" throughout the duration and didn't commit any of the kinds of atrocities of his past of which he is so ashamed. From Shannon's point of view, their relationship had a large impact on her character - she seemed to mature a bit and stopped acting like such a spoiled cow. So that was a period of Sayid's life in which he'd been a worthy man. Or maybe the writers just wanted an excuse to resurrect Shannon's character so to speak?

Anyway, I got the impression that Sayid and Nadia were never meant to be together and that Sayid had perhaps come to terms with this. When Sayid was dealing with the Man in Black, didn't he say that the last thing he wanted had died in his arms? I think he was referring to Shannon.

Maybe a more devout Lost fan (or someone with better memory) can offer a good analysis :D

Interesting. I assumed he was talking about Nadia. I guess you could make the case for either since they both died in his arms.