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LOST Finale

Journal Entry: Tue May 25, 2010, 9:24 PM



What's your take on the ending? Are they dead? Alive??

  • Mood: Artistic
  • Watching: Rewatching LOST Finale
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:iconiganinja:
~IgaNinja May 26, 2010  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
I didnt like the ending at all,altho i was kinda expecting it. but them being all dead is just bout as crap as the 'it was all a dream' endings. sigh,they just feel rushed and un-imaginative..
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:iconscruffyronin:
Yeah, the "they're all dead" ending looked like the one in the 2008 film, Passengers and I'd expect more from the LOST creators than that.
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:iconholymane:
~HolyMane May 26, 2010  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
what likaspapaya said...there is a people who died on the island com, which happens each 30 years :B

anyway the explanation on what that fucking island is was kind of lame ...so there was a light in the center of the island? and if its out its all over...soo did they saved the world or just the island? and all the lose ends :\ oh well it was still kind of a good ending...and an awesome show overall
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:iconj-wrig:
I dug the ending too. As far as all the loose ends and not explaining clearly what he island was, I think it was a good thing. The whole series was about a couple of different themes, the main one being light vs darknes, or good vs evil etc. The other one that I think is just as important was the "Man of Science" vs "Man of Faith" dynamic. Jack was science, Locke was faith. Jack wanted answers and thought that there was a reason behind everything that he wanted to know. Locke, believed the island brought them there, and for a purpose. He never really asked why, he just did what he thought the island wanted him to do. Jack never could accept that....until the end. The final season was Jack finishing what Locke started, and ultimately having faith in the things he wasn't in control of. He believed the island was special, he believed he had a purpose. Etc etc.

I think the writers did a fantastic job of essentially breaking the 4th wall with their ending. They stayed true to the series by leaving some mysteries intact, and in doing so, require their viewers to all become "men of faith" that we just have to accept that the island is SOMETHING, and it has done some amazing things that we witnessed as proof, but we cannot say for sure what it is, just rather believe that it is something exceptional.
In life we have to have faith in the things we cannot get real tangible scientific answers for, and by not revealing any answers, we too made the same journey Jack did. The entire series everyone wanted answers, as did Jack, and that suspense built up, and Jack had to let go of that and have faith, and so do we.
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:iconscruffyronin:
I guess in the "they're dead in the flashsideways argument" the island loses its significance.

I thought blowing up the bomb in the 70's gave them all a chance at redemption because they were clearly living better lives but Christian's conversation with Jack shot that to hell.
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:iconlikaspapaya:
Alternate timeline = sort of a limbo/afterlife me thinks.
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:iconscruffyronin:
Yeah, I thought the flashsideways was the result of them blowing up the bomb and sinking the island (statue's feet under water). And all that has happened after it in the island was just loose ends/a chance at redemption to be synchronized with their new lives upon realization.
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~Cosmic-Rocket-Man May 26, 2010  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
all dead.. the flashsideways was like limbo i guess... they are dead all the time.. i just watch it yesterday.. im still trying to absorv it all......
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:iconscruffyronin:
When did they die though, the first crash or with the bomb?
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~Cosmic-Rocket-Man May 26, 2010  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
some before jack (like locke) others after jack... the sideways flashes hapens (in my opinion) long after jack dies in the island... but man, thats just me, its no surprise that the series keep this unanswered questions.. but thats what i come up with after watching it.
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