tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post9047082390570794477..comments2024-03-22T19:07:21.790+00:00Comments on The Wertzone: Lostwatch 11: Season 6, Episodes 13-18Adam Whiteheadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11383677312079611311noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-32653363332876385932010-06-09T02:41:06.289+00:002010-06-09T02:41:06.289+00:00Watched the last 6 episodes in a row just a couple...Watched the last 6 episodes in a row just a couple days ago. Have to say I enjoyed the emotional impact but agree that the Great Plug of Doom (or whatever) was plainly ridiculous. I enjoyed the idea of the sideverse being a creation amongst them all but at the same time I was really gunning for everyone dying on the island and then they all wake up on the plane as it is landing in LA BUT they all still had the memories from the island (and even the sideverse if they wanted).<br /><br />But ah well, shit happens. No show will ever end as well as The West Wing did so there's no point anyone actually trying at all anyway. :DJebushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00985667608602099242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-59413897020078522602010-06-08T09:17:15.167+00:002010-06-08T09:17:15.167+00:00I wasn't terribly disappointed with the finale...I wasn't terribly disappointed with the finale - as one of the previous posters said, it had become clear that there was not going to be some massive explanation to clear up all the mysteries and instead the writers decided to have a kind of celebration of all the characters who we've enjoyed watching all these years finally happy and at peace.<br /><br />I also found that the ending fit the tone of the series as well. As opposed to BSG which seemed to have gone off the rails with angel cylon and resurrected starbuck dumbness (which never quiet seemed to fit with the gritty, realistic sf politics on board the ship storylines).<br /><br />I understand the criticisms and find many of them valid. But, I guess, I was happy with what I got.IZnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-90670451826578784882010-06-07T21:09:07.664+00:002010-06-07T21:09:07.664+00:00To me, Across the Sea was both a blessing and a cu...To me, Across the Sea was both a blessing and a curse. It crushed my hopes for mythology so hard that I had no expectations for the finale. If it weren't for Across the Sea, I would have been very disappointed with The End. But thanks to AtS, I could ignore the unanswered questions and enjoy The End to its fullest.EndOfDiscOnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08673182421973597971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-65734730284353203592010-06-07T19:11:00.278+00:002010-06-07T19:11:00.278+00:00I have to disagree about the writer's changing...I have to disagree about the writer's changing the sideverse halfway through. Just look at the differences in the characters in the sideverse to how they were in real life. Those changes came from themselves making that world and molding it to what they wanted it to be. Sawyer no longer being a criminal, Jack having a son (I can't believe how many people wonder why David's there, they clearly didn't pay any attention to the characters in LOST), Hurley is no longer unlucky, Ben's dad loves him, Miles gets to be with his dad, etc. The list goes on. The sideverse from the beginning was exactly what it ended as. It fooled me too, the way they brought it in after the bomb going off, but go back and rewatch it and think about the characters and how they make it their own world. Of all the complaints I've heard about them not answering questions I'd never heard someone say they actually thought the sideverse changed halfway through. By the way, it did effect the island storyline a little in that it gave Desmond the false hope of what would happen when he unplugged the island.<br /><br />As for me and the mysteries, it doesn't bother me, but I think that's because I don't mind the idea of there being a mysterious island out there somewhere, I don't have to know all the details. Though, when Jacob talked about the wine is the glass and the cork as the island, maybe that was the island explanation that no one realized it was. I don't need to know exactly why Tom had to wear a fake beard, I can figure that out on my own.<br /><br />The mysteries of LOST and Dominic Monaghan originally roped me into LOST and I always enjoyed big mystery reveals, but as the show went on I came to like the characters so much more than anything else going on that all I cared about was a good ending for the characters and mysteries, answered or not, were second to that. For me, because of what the sideverse really is, it actually makes me like the sideverse more. I was worried the sideverse would get less interesting for some of the early episodes on rewatches, but now I'm more interested than ever to view them again.ssgoriknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-27687034557602429712010-06-07T18:22:33.951+00:002010-06-07T18:22:33.951+00:00Oh I see, I wouldn't say Jin's death was c...Oh I see, I wouldn't say Jin's death was contrived though. I thought his death made sense in that he would never leave Sun again.Rob Donovanhttp://Ritualofthestones.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-77338463601388402502010-06-07T17:59:08.255+00:002010-06-07T17:59:08.255+00:00I think he meant Jin. Some fans are of the opinion...I think he meant Jin. Some fans are of the opinion that he could have escaped and should have to be with his daughter. I'm of the opinion that if he'd done that he would have hated himself for the rest of his life and thus hated his daughter, probably would have turned to alcohol to cope with his depression and become a child abuser. So it's better that he did the romantic and heroic thing and not leave Sun alone in the cold dark to die a painful death.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-90238740338001248492010-06-07T17:48:28.601+00:002010-06-07T17:48:28.601+00:00Well I guess there had to come a point after years...Well I guess there had to come a point after years of reading this blog, where I disagreed with something you said. <br /><br />The thing is, (quite hyprocritically) I can't honestly say that I disagee with anything you have said in your review. <br /><br />I just really enjoyed the finale. I wasn't expecting much in terms of answers, as I couldnt see how they could answer everything. I called the sideverse before the reveal and the only negative thing I can say about it, is that I wish it had been revealed sooner. It gave so much more meaning to events on the island, where as throughout the final series I was always of the opinon, it did not matter what happened on the island as we still had the alternate reality.<br /><br />Apart from that I loved the final episode. I also liked the origin story of Jacob and MiB. This might have something to do with the fact that I was aware of how much it was getting slated in the U.S. and so had low expectations.<br /><br />Do I wish the light was something more? Yes, to a degree. But at the end of the day what ever answer they supplied would not have been satisfactory and so I just enjoyed the journey.<br /><br />Just out of interest - who was the pointless death? Llana? <br /><br />P.S. I have been looking out for your on review on this for a long time. I have really enjoyed your Lost reviews as the series has gone on. Thank you.Rob Donovanhttp://Ritualofthestones.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com