Comments on: A letter from a Lost writer

By: Grant

Grant — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 18:33:14 +0000

I don't know why you guys are so mad about a religious themed ending but Lost has always been about faith as well as science, to hate the ending simply because it wasn't exactly what you wanted is stupid. The writers weren't lying when they denied the suggestion of purgatory, because that is not what the island is, it is a place that exists in the real world and the flash sideways reality isn't purgatory either, it is an original idea. Remember when Charlotte Malkin said she talked to Yemi when she was "between places"? That is what this world is, a reality between life and death. When Locke had his dream visions his consciousness was visiting this reality. Remember when Boone took the mute wheelchair bound Locke to the airport in his dream? Same thing, it isn't real but the people who's souls reside there believe it is. Try to understand something before deciding to claim that it sucks.

By: Huub

Huub — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 09:56:44 +0000

Desmond wasn’t in season 1, and Penny wasn’t until the last episode of S02.
Same goes for Juliet (S03E01) and Libby (S02E02). I know that they’re there because
they are the “soulmates” of Sawyer and Hurley but Helen isn’t there either…
And then it’s “clever” that Ben’s not in church?

And can someone tell me what’s NOT religious about this??
http://spoilertv.iimmgg.com/image/a87567ee242c46e405d091508e9728c3
http://getlostpodcast.iimmgg.com/image/098425cef5e7ae4a30f981c343177280
Or am I too close-minded :)

By: MikeD

MikeD — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 02:48:43 +0000

Wow, after reading the comments here, I think the best way to describe most of the people leaving them is to point to the name of the show. Someone complained and whined about the church being in the final scene. It was significant and needed because it was a way to get all the characters together since Jack's father was in the coffin on their plane that crashed. Wouldn't that make sense? People complain about how there's no way that the ending could have been written that early but yet there's many characters not there that deserved to be...yet mysteriously there's really only the people from the FIRST season there (notice Ben wasn't in the church??). Someone asked why Walt wasn't in there. The only significance for Walt was to make Michael do the things he did. He wasn't even an important character although really big events in the series happened because of him...but that's exactly it....he was there to cause major events involving his dad. That's it. Also, an afterlife doesn't necessarily imply that this was a religious ending. All they said was that they were here until they were ready to move on. You guys look way too far into this when one of the writers explains it clear as day. Besides, having any religion at all in the show doesn't devalue it. It only does if you're close-minded and can't just see the show for how good it was. This show is definitely a lot better than most of the garbage on TV today. I'm just glad I waited until it was over to watch it via NetFlix and Itunes. I couldn't have made it waiting from one season to the next, especially during the Writer's Strike.

By: Danny1131

Danny1131 — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 20:12:36 +0000

The ending may have done justice to themes of unity, survival and science vs. faith which was lovely. But, lets face it, what made the show unreasonably compelling and popular was its mystery. Unlike great mystery stories, Lost was unable to give answers that where either just as, if not more rewarding, than the questions they raised.

By: Huub

Huub — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 14:58:46 +0000

I also watched seasons 1 till 5 countless times. But I can’t get to the moment to watch the finale again. People have always said I was crazy for being such a LOST-nerd, now I wish I could erase that church-scene out of my memory. God I hated it. No way around that. And for me as LOST-fan to say that, hurts. It really does.

LOST always been about science vs. faith, okay, I always thought it was more about mystery, the island and characters. But I always believed it was the faith to believe in THE ISLAND and THEMSELVES and a REASON THEY’RE ON THE ISLAND. Not in a God / Religion / crappy fairytale afterworld. To just leave it to that is just plain wrong for a show this good. I believed in a good ending still 15 minutes till the real ending.

I’m happy you (the lost writer) like the sideways world (you reaaaaally really really like it!) but sorry, I can’t believe this was the original ending planned from the beginning. Especially since they said in S01 already that they wouldn’t do purgatory.

Some sidenotes:
Sayid’s true love isn’t Shannon, he was over her a week after she died.
Eko not being in the church? If someone deserved moving on, it was him.
Dharma was there to destroy MiB? Come on…
Aaron?
Walt?

By: Peter Dobson

Peter Dobson — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 10:02:18 +0000

Grant — Nothing to do with religous reasons, if they want to be all airy fairy with the ending that’s fine — no issue. I have an issue with the journey the show took versus the outcome. Yes fantastic — man of faith/man of science — great — no issue. They basically wasted the sixth season, with what I would call “filler” episodes to make up the number of episodes for the season. Although American shows are nutoruous for telling you how to think, and try to justify, this show has gone the other way. It lead you on a journey that ended at a destination that didn’t make sense. Think of it this way, I live in New Zealand someone tells me they are going to take me somewhere, but not telling me where, so I get taken to Australia — then papua New Guinea, then sinagpore then Iran, and now we are up to sesaon six and I would naturlly think I could be heading to England, or Europe or Russia, near the end of season 6 I am in Europe„ So I think which counry in Europe will I end up in? Or will I end in Scandinavia? Or England. Gotta be somewhere in this area cos it’s the double episode finale. But actually end up in Alaska. HUH???? WHAT???? After that fantastic jounrney, how the hell did I end up in Alaska, we were no-where near freakin Alaska!!! That’s what I am talking about! The journey versus the outcome — just not plausible. i loved the show so much I watched Season 1 5 times — 2 3 times 3 2 times 4 2times 5 certian episodes twice — 6 once. God I am a sucker.

By: czerro

czerro — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 05:08:58 +0000

The show was so genius, that it actually wore itself into the ground. I don’t believe for a minute that there was anything behind this show except a concept for a soap opera/sci-fi meld. It was simply about character development and mind-boggling cliffhangers (like a soap) with a crazy sci-fi element. I don’t think it’s right for the writers to pretend that this was ever going anywhere.

They really had the ending planned out since the beginning when it’s already been established that Abrams never believed the show would last that long? Why wasn’t it a 3 season show then? They filmed many of the seasons back to back, even before they knew how audiences would receive it. That part about the ending being planned is total BS. I wish I hadn’t watched this show get drug through the mud for 3 seasons. The ending comes across as incredibily disingenious. I don’t think any of the Lost actors could get into it either…