I can't wait for the "Lost" finale. Can't waaaaaait! It's gonna be so awesome. All my questions will be answered. Why are they there? Is it purgatory? How come the fat guy hasn't gotten skinnier despite being on a deserted island??!?!? How come everyone's facial hair looks so good? Do they have wifi? I must know!!!!!!
Oh wait. Strike that. I've never seen an episode. And THAT is why I can't wait to find out how it ends.
I'm tired of not being in the know. When everyone at the lunch table (the lunch table is the new water cooler) is discussing the previous night's episode, I'm forced to sit by myself at the water cooler (the water cooler is the new lunch table) not being included. This show lends itself to people ignoring others (me) and that's not cool. There have been countless conversations where I've stood around, awkwardly nodding along as people discussed how the show's "gone downhill but what was up with that flashback?" Then when I acknowledge I've never watched, I'm greeted with people saying "What the hell? You have to rent all the DVDs and watch this weekend."
No. I don't tell them to go spend 90 hours doing something just because I like it. That's inconsiderate. And a little self-centered.
But alas, it's over soon, which means that the playing field will be evened. As someone who owns a computer, I will be unable to escape the plethora of coverage the finale will receive. The moment I sign on to Facebook or Twitter or even my favorite Buffalo Bills blog, I'll be bombarded with the revelations from the show's swan song.
And then, I will know just as much as the folks who were driving themselves insane trying to solve the show's mysteries. I'll have the same answers as them -- without ever having to watch an episode.
Yes, you may argue that it's the not same. That the frustration and ignorance is part of the fun. That I missed out on the joy of watching it all develop. To that I say: I do not care. I've never cared. And now, not only will I know just as much as you, but I'll have exerted no energy to find it out.
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In the end Lost did give us another manifestation of the myth of the One -- not the One God, but the One Soulmate, the one who can awake you from your slumber in order to help you realize who you really are.
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And the reason Hurley is still fat is not actually a mystery of the show. It can be easily deduced.
I personally want to know what the numbers mean (probably won't fins out), I want Walt to come back and I want them to tell us what the hell his special powers mean/are (also not probable), and I want to know the man in blacks name (that I'm confident they'll share).
You are making the same mistake a lot of people make who haven't seen the show. You assume it's all about mystery and sci-fi. And yes some of it is. However, much of Lost has to do with the character arc. Just because you see the resolution of the character arc, the answers to some of the mysteries in the finale, doesn't mean you really understand Lost. In fact, don't be surprised that after you watch the finale, you find yourself wondering about the journey of the characters. What brought them to the end?
That many people disappear in an airliner, and nobody finds them? All the black box and emergency beacons don't bring help? There's too many people scattered around the world for the Lost not to be found. Gimme a break.
I'm sure that there was good acting, and probably good writing, but at the start, the suspension of disbelief was just too much for me.
A boat lost in the 60s with a few people on board anywhere near Hawaii isn't credible. I'm willing to go along with it for the jokes. A genie coming out of a bottle is obviously fantasy. The "Lost Horizon," airplane crash, set in 1935 Himalayas in a distant and largely unexplored land was plausible to westerners. Amelia was lost 70 years ago, and had none of the locating or navigation equipment we have now.
The problem may be because I have been a pilot for over 40 years. I know full well the efforts that are expended to find a downed airplane, especially with all of the satellite and other radios, emergency beacons, black box beacons, tracking of aircraft, search capabilities, and the efforts that relatives would exert to find the lost. This is supposedly an airliner with many people on board. That's why I find the premise stupid, and unbelievable, and it all stems from my experience and the setting.
I've also undergone land and sea survival and read enough aircraft accident reports to add to my lack of credibility for the program. I also don't bother watching Survivor. Yes, I understand it's an artificial setting, and it's supposed to have us engrossed in the human interactions, but to me it's just a very artificial game show with little reality.
If you want to insult my intelligence, go ahead, but please actually read what I wrote, not what you supposed I was saying. I know you're a fan of the program. I'm not because I see it as an attempt at realism that has too many glaring unrealities for me to enjoy. I didn't say that others shouldn't find it enjoying or enlightening, or insult their intelligence because they watched it.
Your Mileage May Vary, and it's obvious you had a different reaction to it. That's fine, but please read what I actually wrote instead of assuming I was insulting fans.
Unfortunately, you use the words frustration and ignorance rather than mystery and imagination. There was never frustration, except for those with no patience. Perhaps the show actually taught some folks patience. There was never any ignorance, as most Lost fans went all over the web to read of philosophies and history which were pertinent to the show, things many folks had no prior exposure to.
No, it was a great experience, a learning experience.
And as an art form, it was incomparable. It was a 100+ hour movie. Where nearly every episode had at least one excellent Twilight-Zone-like stunner; some where I'd literally jump up from the couch! And a show that kept everyone guessing right up to the end. Brilliant. Really glad to have participated.
As Morpheus said in The Matrix, there's a HUGE difference between knowing the path, and walking the path. But hey, that's Life.
So I write all this nonsense as this comedy blog was more sour grapes than humorous viewpoint.
It was funny though that you're a Facebook Twitterer. Talk about frustration and ignorance! Now that is funny.
I wonder what will fill the void in these fans' lives now, lol? Who knows, and who will care about that show any more than this one? -Ara