Official LOST Thread

Originally Posted by noise

i have mixed feelings about the finale. it was really great - kept me on the edge of my seat the whole time. very emotional, very touching. overall excellent.

but... it just didn't seem to fit the tone of the series. it was all about addressing character relationships rather than the mysteries of the island, and it's the mysteries that i really care about. that's why i watched the show.

i'm especially disappointed about the lack of answers surrounding the temple and its inhabitants. also the statue, and the tunnels...

also the motives of the Others is still not clear. we know that Charles was their leader, then Ben drove him off - but why was Charles so keen to get back? what interest did the Others have in the island anyway?

then there are the missing characters - Michael and Walt for example. and Eko! he deserves to "move on" as much as anyone.

overall it feels like the finale was a convenient way to wrap things up - distracting fans with a huge wave of emotion in order to distract from the fact that they left so many questions unanswered...

i think there definitely needs to be a spinoff to cover events we didn't get to see. just imagine it - "LOST: The Ben and Hurley Chronicles"

The Others, like whoever came before them, were convinced by Jacob that the source needed to be protected. They were Jacob's followers, which is why they weren't keen on new arrivals to the island. Jacob was an awful leader, as it turns out, and let his desire for their free will (more of excuse really) distract him from truly leading them. He was far more involved in leading Charles Widmore, and probably believed in him more / preferred him as a leader. When Ben ousted Widmore, he never truly spoke to Jacob. Or Jacob never truly spoke to him. This is likely because Ben was never supposed to be the leader of The Others, he was seized the position. Charlies wanted to get back because he believed he was the rightful heir to Jacob's throne (?) or he was the rightful leader of the people.

The statue, as well as the ancient tunnels, were clearly built by whoever came before Jacob's adoptive Mother. She was perhaps the last of that civilization, having been anointed the protector in a long line of protectors and escaping their fate. From this I've gleaned that perhaps the light wasn't all that mystical, maybe it was simply the electromagnetic energy that connects to other pockets and soft spots all over the world. The ancients (possibly descending from the Egyptians) developed this whole religious culture behind it. perhaps what gave the protectors their powers is a touch of mysticism within this universe, which we can only assume is what made Walt "special". Now the source of this mysticism is up to interpretation. Sci-Fi buffs are free to say other worldly beings help the ancients build their pyramids and were their Gods, likewise on the island. Spiritualists can say anything is possible and all faiths are legitimate if you believe in them, and that trying to understand is futile. And if you happen to like Classical Mythology, there's always The Gods.