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[Vicious Parker]

So after six seasons, the two and a half hour finale of Lost is on this sunday, the 23rd, at 9 p.m. For most of you, this just means that you might possibly hear about it during your silly pokemon tournament.

For me, it means that I'm going to be giggling like an over-excited japanese school girl pretty consistently for the next couple of weeks (yes, even well after the finale).

Lost is far from a perfect show, but it is my favorite. I've loved every mystery, every plot-hole, every dropped story-line, and the deaths of every character I've hated [color=#000000;background:#000000;' onmouseover="this.style.color='#FFFFFF'" onmouseout="this.style.color='#000000']Nikky and Paolo, I'm looking at you. Best use of an icky spider ever.[/color] over these last six years. I love it so much that I'm glad its coming to a conclusion. And my god I cannot wait until Sunday night.

And I'm just nerdy enough to be going to this event tonight: http://www.fathomeve...talks_lost.aspx

I know this forum doesn't have a lot of Lost fans, but I do hope you all give it a try. Now that people can no longer claim, "they'll be dragging it on forever" or "they just make it up as they go along" (which, with this show at least, has happened a lot less than the naysayers believe).

Due to the popularity of the show, it's uber easy to find on torrents. Oh, and Hulu has every episode of the first five seasons until the end of the year.

Where else are you going to find a hot pocket used as a deadly weapon, or watch an assassin be killed with a dishwasher? All in the same episode? That's right, nowhere.

[Monkeydog]

I really wish I watched Lost.

No way I'll be able to catch up now, though. I'll have to try this summer.

[Stars]

I saw the end of this week's episode with my brother when his family came to visit. That's all I've ever seen of the show. =p

EDIT: *fumes at phone for posting before I told it to*

[Maelstrom]

The Lost Finale is a lie. It's impossible to make it coherent enough for it to all actually end.

[Kamau]

The Lost Finale is a lie. It's impossible to make it coherent enough for it to all actually end.

I dunno, if they can pull it off with Alias, they can pull it off with anything...

[Stars]

I figure they can manage something cohesive with two and a half hours.

[Vicious Parker]

The Lost Finale is a lie. It's impossible to make it coherent enough for it to all actually end.

Something tells me you've watched barely any of the show. It's more coherent than most shows on TV, even those that don't try to have any sort of fantasy element.

[Maelstrom]

I've jumped in at different points over the years (yeah, it's been on for a long time now). It started off as a simple stranded island thing. And then I've seen flashbacks, flashforwards, a tornado entity thing, a guy who may or may not be able to see dead people, time travelers, some skinny dude who's sometimes the bitch and is sometimes the (evil?) genius, some bald militant big game hunter who does shit for no real discernable reason, and then using a bomb to send them back in time but it goes wrong and creates an alternate timeline or something where the plane doesn't crash.

And I've only seen like 6 or 7 episodes at random, or rather as I happen to be around people who happen to remember to turn on the tv and watch the new episode.

"Lost" is the appropriate sentiment, methinks.

[Vicious Parker]

I would agree with you, if you watch it like that. I could probably make sense of all of the stuff that you imply doesn't make sense, and that's just from watching the show. I don't really pay attention to the fan sites or the wikis that catalog each and every detail. Believe it or not, all you need to do is watch.

[toysintheattic]

I rather liked Lost in its first season and sort of lost interest by the second. Of course, this was a while ago. I should try to rewatch the series. Of course, not by the time the finale happens, but you know. :P

[Vicious Parker]

So the finale is done and over with. As a rabid fan, I'm actually fairly satisfied. Though of the people I was watching it with, I was the only one who didn't walk out of the room filled with anger or disappointment. I honestly don't know what people were expecting.

The show kept with its tradition of not doing at all what I had expected (not that I had any major theories). And the ending was a little soft.... But honestly, it all makes sense now. Well, almost everything.

But, if nothing else, the show seems to have finally answered one question that has gone unanswered since 1994: what exactly is in Marsellus Wallace's suitcase?

[Donkeymog]

I was planning on watching this season in some kind of marathon viewing orgy + pizza type deal. But the more I hear about this season and the ending, I really just can't be bothered. They seem to have shat over everything that made the show interesting.

[Vicious Parker]

I would suggest still watching it. It's worth it. In the context of what the show was always about (the characters), it ends very well.

If you're looking for some hardcore explanations of all of the islands mysteries, you may want to just stick the first five seasons, and come up with your own theories.

[Donkeymog]

I would suggest still watching it. It's worth it. In the context of what the show was always about (the characters), it ends very well.

If you're looking for some hardcore explanations of all of the islands mysteries, you may want to just stick the first five seasons, and come up with your own theories.

Yeah, I think that's what I was trying to get at before. I only really cared about the island's mysteries. The whole Jack/Kate/Sawyer love triangle stuff really bored me silly.

[Vicious Parker]

I do honestly think you will find some satisfaction in completing the show. But based on what I think your expectations are, you will be let down by the finale. You, Bean, could probably take it or leave it and get roughly the same experience. Maybe just watch this season for the episode all about Richard, and the one all about Jacob.

[Donkeymog]

Alright, I'll give it a watch.

Though I hear Richard becomes by far the most interesting character and is completely unresolved at the end.

[Vicious Parker]

Strange. I didn't feel as though he was unresolved at all. His history is a little less mysterious than you might be expecting (actually, a lot of things are less mysterious than they first appeared. At least in my opinion), but I found the resolution to the man who never ages to be alright.

[Donkeymog]

Just finished season 6.

I think I quite enjoyed it. Having seen it for myself now I think the conclusion did well to tie everything together in a way that was consistent with the lore. It also kind of reminded of the first season in how they structured the episodes.

Couldn't have really asked for anything more from Lost but it wasn't exactly the best season finale I've seen (which goes to Six Feet Under).