*** Lost: Season 6 (Final Season) ***

[Coug00]

Re: *** Lost: Season 6 (Final Season) ***

So the alternate timeline began a long time ago, not when the plane didn't crash. I think most folks, including myself, was assuming the alternate realities split off when the plane failed to crash. Thanks for the heads up.

Based on something Cuse said in an interview in February, the alternate timeline is what would have occurred if the Losties were successful in 1977. So I think the reality paths split in 1977 and we might be seeing little signs of them merging back together (Jack's unexplained injuries, Desmond disappearing from the plane, etc).

[Sportsforever]

Re: *** Lost: Season 6 (Final Season) ***

Finally got to watch this episode and enjoyed it, but some things are starting to bother me about this show:

1) So is the Dharma initiative completely irrelevant to the story? How do they play into all this at all?

2) Where the heck is Widmore, Penny, Desmond? They spent a lot of time developing the Widmore/Penny story and we know that Widmore was on the island and has been trying to get back...are they just dropping that?

To me it feels like a lot of the middle was filler...they knew how they wanted to start the story and finish the story, but the in between wasn't that important to them. I hope I don't feel like that when the show concludes.

[HealyMonster]

Re: *** Lost: Season 6 (Final Season) ***

Finally got to watch this episode and enjoyed it, but some things are starting to bother me about this show:

1) So is the Dharma initiative completely irrelevant to the story? How do they play into all this at all?

2) Where the heck is Widmore, Penny, Desmond? They spent a lot of time developing the Widmore/Penny story and we know that Widmore was on the island and has been trying to get back...are they just dropping that?

To me it feels like a lot of the middle was filler...they knew how they wanted to start the story and finish the story, but the in between wasn't that important to them. I hope I don't feel like that when the show concludes.

well, we arent quite at the half way point yet of this season. The actor who plays widemore is listed as a cast member for next weeks show. Have faith in these guys man. This is like the greatest show ever created, it didn't get that way by accident. they wrote it and made it, they will close it out properly.

[DrJones]

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1) So is the Dharma initiative completely irrelevant to the story? How do they play into all this at all?

I'm guessing Dharma's role in LOST is pretty much finished. Are there any major unresolved mysteries pertaining to them?

2) Where the heck is Widmore, Penny, Desmond? They spent a lot of time developing the Widmore/Penny story and we know that Widmore was on the island and has been trying to get back...are they just dropping that?

Widmore's supposed to appear in this week's Ben-centric episode. There's a Desmond/Penny-centric episode coming up later this season.

To me it feels like a lot of the middle was filler...they knew how they wanted to start the story and finish the story, but the in between wasn't that important to them. I hope I don't feel like that when the show concludes.

Some of Season 2/3 was filler, no doubt. And I don't blame Lindelof and Cuse. Typically, producers of network shows have a lot less control than they do on cable networks (HBO, Showtime, FX, AMC, etc.). ABC execs initially wanted LOST to go on indefinitely, basically until the ratings collapsed. How do you script a show as complicated as LOST for 22-24 episodes per year without any idea of when the end is coming? Not to mention a lot of plot lines for the "tailies" were dropped due to casting problems out of their control. Once they got ABC to agree to an end date and shorter seasons midway through Season 3, the storyline's been pretty tight with a minimum of filler (IMO).

[Steel5]

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well, we arent quite at the half way point yet of this season. The actor who plays widemore is listed as a cast member for next weeks show. Have faith in these guys man. This is like the greatest show ever created, it didn't get that way by accident. they wrote it and made it, they will close it out properly.

QTF

Every season people always questions these guys and then by the end of the season most of use are happy with the show again. Have some faith

[Gizmo]

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well, we arent quite at the half way point yet of this season. The actor who plays widemore is listed as a cast member for next weeks show. Have faith in these guys man. This is like the greatest show ever created, it didn't get that way by accident. they wrote it and made it, they will close it out properly.

Yeah, I agree as well. Just have faith in the writers. I'm pretty sure we will see Charles in a flash sideways and it's gonna blow us away lol

[soltrain]

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One of my biggest pet peeves about how people treat this show is when they complain about how questions aren't getting answered before the show is over.

Give it time.

[Coug00]

Re: *** Lost: Season 6 (Final Season) ***

One of my biggest pet peeves about how people treat this show is when they complain about how questions aren't getting answered before the show is over.

Give it time.

Agreed. That is my biggest pet peeve. We have 12 hours of Lost left. If they answer everything now, what's left to tell?

[GAMEC0CK2002]

Re: *** Lost: Season 6 (Final Season) ***

One of my biggest pet peeves about how people treat this show is when they complain about how questions aren't getting answered before the show is over.

Give it time.

Co-sign. Some people just can't enjoy the ride.

[Sportsforever]

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One of my biggest pet peeves about how people treat this show is when they complain about how questions aren't getting answered before the show is over.

Give it time.

I am very much enjoying the show. I never said I'm not. I do feel like the story has become a little bit disjointed (Ben and Dharma were a huge focus for several seasons...now, they aren't even being discussed). That doesn't mean they won't answer things, but as of right now I still don't know how Dharma ties into the Jacob/MIB story.

With Dharma you have people who can go and come from the Island and are "recruiting" people (like Juliett) for their own purposes. Unless I missed something, where do Jacob/MIB tie into that? They weren't bringing them there like they are apparently bringing the "Losties".

I do hope they answer this stuff...I'm just saying that right now it feels like a different story than the one we've been watching for the last few seasons.

[Zer0xray]

Re: *** Lost: Season 6 (Final Season) ***

bad news:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/01/AR2010030103497.html?hpid=news-col-blog

[DrJones]

Re: *** Lost: Season 6 (Final Season) ***

With Dharma you have people who can go and come from the Island and are "recruiting" people (like Juliett) for their own purposes.

I think it was the Others who recruited Juliet. All the Dharma people had been killed off by that point.

[CMH]

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I think fans have questions that aren't questions.

Like sportsforever mentioned (not to single you out, but a question you put out there) with DHARMA and its relation to Jacob, I don't think there is one and I honestly don't see why there should be.

DHARMA came to the Island to harness its energy. They knew it was special and they wanted to use its power to better the world. The fact that the Others killed them seems to tell me that Jacob didn't want them to eventually reveal the whereabouts of this hidden place. I think that about ends it right there. I have no questions about DHARMA. They were there for some time and now they are gone.

[HealyMonster]

Re: *** Lost: Season 6 (Final Season) ***

One of my biggest pet peeves about how people treat this show is when they complain about how questions aren't getting answered before the show is over.

Give it time.

LOL my biggest pet peeve personally is how the characters never interact properly. As an example, someone could like walk back into the camp with their leg missing and be like, anyone seen jack? Michael, after looking at dudes leg will be like, "Im just looking for my son, Waaaaaaaaalt".

Or like how Ben gets beat down and is like barely conscience and Jack starts talking about something random. Im sure there are better examples, but I find myself saying all the time why dont these characters talk to each other.

[soltrain]

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bad news:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...=news-col-blog

I don't need answers to EVERY SINGLE QUESTION that people have. I like what Cuse and Lindeloff said about explaining stuff. They compared it to George Lucas coming out and describing what the Force was. Once we found out it was this special stuff in the blood it wasn't as fun. It made it really lame.

As long as they answer stuff that matters to the characters than that is fine. Things like Adam and Eve don't really matter to me. They will explain Richard, Jacob and Smokey, and all the stuff with the Losties. I'm fine with that.