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Post by Tyler Smith on May 24, 2010 0:26:10 GMT -8
Well, the finale has come and gone, revealing some pretty complex religious ideas. What did everybody think of the show in general?
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Post by everlasting on Jun 22, 2010 19:31:15 GMT -8
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Post by sam on Nov 24, 2010 22:24:26 GMT -8
The creators made it seem like it was a choice between answering the mysteries or dealing with the characters. It should have been both.
Good episode, wasted season.
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Post by Tyler Smith on Nov 25, 2010 1:35:11 GMT -8
I agree that they should have done both, but I find myself wondering if that was even possible at that point. By the end, they had set up so many mysteries, the only way to adequately solve them was to put completely unnatural, inorganic dialogue into the mouths of the characters. This would, of course, undercut most- if not all- of the character development.
I would have liked both, but, frankly, if the creators were going to pick one, I'm happy they picked the characters.
But, of course, that's just me.
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Post by sam on Nov 26, 2010 16:36:59 GMT -8
I remember years earlier at Comicon or somewhere they told the crowd they would have "answers" and cited Twin Peaks as a show that wrote itself into a corner. They did exactly what they promised they wouldn't do. Plus they had two years to resolve the mysteries.
What was all that season six Apocalypse Now temple stuff all about?
And all those wild globe hopping set pieces over the years just to have Widmore die in a closet and our heroes confront Jacob at a marshmallow roast.
Mad Men better not pull any crap like that.
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Post by Tyler Smith on Dec 9, 2010 4:40:35 GMT -8
I remember years earlier at Comicon or somewhere they told the crowd they would have "answers" and cited Twin Peaks as a show that wrote itself into a corner. They did exactly what they promised they wouldn't do. Plus they had two years to resolve the mysteries. To me, the most frustrating loose end had to do with Walt. There was so much built up around him for the first couple of seasons that I was incredibly disappointed when they just dropped the entire thread. We never find out why Walt was "special" and what the Others wanted him for (or why they let him go so readily). It can be a frustrating show, and, while I did enjoy it while it was on, I wouldn't count it among my absolute favorites. I could go back and watch "Deadwood" or "The Wire" over and over. "Lost," however, I think is just going to be a once over kind of thing; especially now that we all know what the creators would do with the show. |
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