That's why explanations are dumb. Let the audience have their own interpretations, that's part of art. But you also mention the ending, which was fantastic and among the best endings I've ever seen, maybe THE best. Granted, many shows get no ending or poor endings but the Lost ending ties into the purgatory theme and although it doesn't answer every question, overall fits with the show and makes sense within that universe. And the ending was well received at the time. The morning after the internet was awash with mostly positive articles although many criticized it for not tying up every loose end, but since the storyline meandered there was was never any chance it would all get wrapped into a pretty package. I could say, "it wasn't perfect," or "it was flawed," but that's dumb too because every show is flawed. It is what it is, which overall was pretty damn good, and sometimes that's the best you can get.
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6 years ago
"The morning after the internet was awash with mostly positive articles..."
I have a theory about that...
Any good will that ending did generate I think had a lot to do with Michael Giacchino. I've always said that the showrunners should have kissed his ass, because it was his moving soundtrack that largely sold that ending. Hell, even I teared up a bit.
Once people calmed down a bit, they started to look at it more critically. Now LOST is largely dismissed by former fans and the popular media.
Since it's ending, LOST has come to be regarded as something of a punchline for jokes. Most recently, for example, the producers of This is Us said that they wouldn't be 'pulling a LOST' when it came to revealing the fate of Jack's death.
Anything that smacks of LOST-ness is roundly ignored by viewers. Most recently the series The Crossing was advertised as being from 'the network that brought you LOST'. Big mistake linking it to LOST. Viewers stayed away and it was cancelled after less than a season. If you go over to that forum, you'll see that a lot of us ignored it BECAUSE of that association with LOST. No one wanted to get burned again.
ABC, Lindeloff and Cruse have periodically talked about LOST sequels and the news always generates zero interest or enthusiasm.
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McQualude (4231)
6 years ago
I didn't watch The Crossing, (some religious/aliens thing?) barely saw it marketed anywhere, but nothing is cancelled because of a trailer. You almost had me going but overplayed it.
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