A Final "LOST Untangled" and Some Parting Thoughts
I really am going to stop looking up articles, reviews and reactions to the LOST finale soon, and just let it be. Starting tomorrow. But I'm glad I googled around a bit more today, because I found a couple of really great links to share.
First up is this Lost Finale analysis found at latimes.com. I am sure part of the reason I like this article is because I agree with just about every word the author wrote. If you hated the ending of the show, you'll probably find lots to disagree with here. But he captured how I'm feeling three days after the finale: A little depressed it's all over, and still occassionally rolling the last half hour of it around my brain to decide exactly how I feel about it. And I've got the music firmly stuck in my head, which is not helping.
The LOST creators and writers said they hoped to have come up with a finale that would put the show to rest unequivocally, but also one that would leave people speculating for years to come. We will have to see about the years to come part, and how the show plays after it ages a bit, but it seems like they may have accomplished their mission.
it's been twenty six minutes since LOST ended, and I've had four changes of heart about how they wrapped it up. I've come to one conclusion: I need to sleep on it before I will know for sure what I feel about it.
Some Spoiler Free LOST Fun from the Cast, Creators
So here we are, hours from saying farewell to LOST. The story will be told, and whatever happens will have happened. Maybe you're looking for a little LOST-related entertainment to enjoy between now and 9:00 p.m. but want to keep it spoiler free. Well we're here for you with that.
If you're into LOST enough to throw a LOST party or to go to a friend's finale viewing party, odds are you also fan enough not to need a whole lot of advice on potential attire, accessories, fun food ideas, etc.
And if you're enough of a fan that you have your Dharma jumpsuit all ironed and ready to go, well my hat's off to you. I'm a tiny step short of that level of fandom, but I do have my ABC.com instant party kit ready to go: Festive balloons, napkins, paper plates, cups and a bottle opener all with the Dharma logo and helpful labels reading "PLATE," "NAPKIN" and "RANCH COMPOSITE DRESSING" in that iconic Dharma font.
It arrived UPS the other day. I'll wait to blow up the balloons until tomorrow.
Get a Big LOST Finale Fix: Preview Clips, Untangled and More!
We have something close to a plethora of LOST video clips for you! One day after the penultimate episode of the series, ABC is dishing up some preview clips, and a retrospective with sound bites from the key actors in the series.
I think this might be the longest blog post yet on this site for a single episode, and I'm still not able to include everything that happened! What a show.
Here are our "7 Things About LOST: What They Died For"
Wow. You can say all you want about how "Across the Sea" was necessary to fully explain MIB and Jacob and everything that's going to happen next... and I would agree with all that. But "Across the Sea" was no "What They Died For" and that is just simply that.
I'm a firm believer that the show's best when it's about the original 13 'main characters' and now on the island side of the show's equation we are truly down to the Core Four: Kate, Jack, Sawyer and Hurley. So much of what was powerful about this episode is about them, and where they've been and how it will all end.
The "Farewell to LOST Tour" - Matthew Fox, Jorge Garcia Talk Finale
The Losties are on the 'finale' media tour, for sure! I'm still kicking myself that I didn't watch Jorge Garcia live on "The View" but i'll definitely look for the full episode on ABC.com.
Eighteen episodes seemed like so many 16 weeks ago. Now as I write this, we're just over 100 hours from the end of "The End."
Darlton have promised it'll be just that - an undeniable end to the series. To paraphrase them, the big finale is not entitled "The End?" and it's not entitled "The End....".
While I wouldn't trade living in NYC for the world, I am a little jealous of Los Angelinos today. All the fun LOST-related events seem to happen on the west coast. Last night it was "LOST Live," The Final Celebration.
The event honored Academy-Award winning "LOST" composer Michael Giacchino, whose music has added so much impact to every episode of the show. A bunch of the cast attended. Those who went actually got to watch "What They Died For," this Tuesday's episode, a whole five days early! There was even a reading of all those letters in a bottle that Sawyer, Jin and Michael took with them on their ill-fated raft trip in season one.
With the series finale so very close, not much is coming out for this Tuesday's new episode. We do have a few sneak peek pictures, but they might as well be stock photos for all they reveal. Which is fine by me. What they do show is Hurley, Jack, Kate and Sawyer back in the spotlight. Looks like the battle of good and evil will pit the four of them against Flocke. And what about Widmore and company? And where are Ben and Richard and Miles? Looks like it's going to be another jam-packed hour.
Here again are the video clips released from the upcoming episode, "What They Died For". No spoilers here either, but teasers if you are interested.
Looking Ahead to "What They Died For" and new LOST Untangled!
Our ancient history lesson is past us, and now it's on to the last-ever regular hour of LOST. If we established two things this week, i'd say that they are:
1 - No way are we getting every answer we want, because they sure packed 'em in this episode, and there are still just a ton left ...
2 - We might do well to be thankful some of the mysteries will stay just that, because explaining them sure strips some of the fun out of 'em.
First and foremost: If anyone on LOST ever says "I'm sorry" to you, run. They're about to either shoot you, punch you, or otherwise blindside you. More on that later. For now, here are our "7 Things About LOST: Across the Sea."
I'm sitting here with chills still running up and down me, and it's been several minutes since we learned who the infamous "Adam and Eve" of the island really are.
It's far from the only thing we learned in "Across the Sea," in fact this was the biggest mythological dump by far, far, far, ever on the series. But in terms of the history of the show, it's certainly the most heart-tugging, breath-stopping thing we learned tonight.
A Look Ahead to "Across the Sea" and LOST Untangled!
Well after the chaos of this week's "The Candidate" it seems likely we're in for a shifting of the gears, as the writers and producers of LOST give us one more episode with a lot of backstory. And this time, it's all about Jacob and the Man in Black. Bound to be really revealing.
But will they also weave in some forward movement on the island and in the Flashsideways? Seems they almost have to, considering that after "Across the Sea" we have one, just one more regular season episode before the finale.
Oh my, where to begin? It's been an hour and I still can't believe all the developments tonight!! Wow.
Here are our 7 Things About LOST: The Candidate
Smokey Flocke is not the good guy When the season started, Terry O'Quinn saId he was playing Flocke with
an open mind because hey, who knows, he could turn out to be the good
guy and Jacob may be evil...
Remember all those years ago, when it was announced that LOST would end with season six? I'm sure there are varying opinions on whether setting a deadline was a fantastic idea or a fantastically bad one but either way, it felt a long way off. Now here we are with just three regular season episodes left, and then the two hour finale. And then LOST is history.
I read a tweet from co-creator Damon Lindeloff that suggests they're just hours away from finishing the editing of the finale. Apparently they were oh-so-close to done with it overnight.
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