So, we finished the final episode, and while we heard that the only people who hate Lost, are those who watched it all, I have to say, neither of us actually dislike it.
But, there are a few things that kind of bugged us.
There Is No Way It Was Planned
We came to the conclusion that there is no way the creators had the ending - or the journey - planned from the start.
There were so many occurrences where they could have potentially added a bit of plant and pay off (even if the pay-off wouldn't have happened for a season or two)
It just seemed like a lot of things were added for the sake of being mysterious and keeping the audience guessing.
In fact, all through the show I could see J J Abrams mystery box being used over, and over, and over again.
"Why are there polar bears on the island?" Mystery box.
"Why is there other people living on the island?" Mystery box.
"Why does Jack always look constipated?" Mystery box.
All of these mysteries and many more left me - at times - feeling a bit fatigued. Not because it was so overwhelmingly brilliant that it was hard to keep up with, but instead, because nothing seemed to really get answers, and any time there was an answer to something it seemed to take a long time for the reveal, and by time one thing was revealed there was one, two or sometimes even more mysteries in its stead.
It Was Kind of Predicable
There were so many instances throughout the show where myself, or Aimee, or both of us at the same time would literally predict everything from plot points, to dialogue.
I had always heard people say that this show was so complicated and hard to follow, and it really wasn't hard to follow at all. Now, maybe when it aired it was easy for people to miss episodes here and there and if that was the case, of course it would be hard to follow, but if that wasn't the case I don't really see what the hype was about it being too complex.
The Ending
The ending was a bit hard to grasp and we had to do some reading afterwards to answer some questions.
They were all dead, but everything that took place on the island was all real and didn't happen in some sort of purgatory. Basically, the ending and the B-plot that led to it was a fabricated world where they all created a place they would all find and remind one another of who they were.
It's interesting, but I think something like that should really be explained in some compacity, because without that explanation, a lot of people could end up believing that the island, and everything that happened on it didn't actually happen, and if that's the case, what is the point of the show in the first place?
I get that it can be left up to the viewers, but sometimes it's good to not make the viewers have to do that.
One thing as well that I was surprised about was that entire YouTube channels actually center around Lost and the lore behind it all, which is kind of cool. Some of these channels are still producing content, so it's interesting to see it has left an impact on not only creators, but also consumers of this sort of content.a
