Originally Posted By: Rob
 Originally Posted By: rex

He also claims no one has told him the finale sucked in real life, only online which makes me think he's full of shit.


i still don't think it did.

what it did not do is run through a laundry list of Q&A, which is essentially what the bonus 10 minute episode "new man in charge" did do. 50 answers crammed into one ben monologue. it was cool, and nerdly enjoyable, but none of those answers offered anything more than "meh" in response.

the finale, while it didn't flat out say "here's what the talking birds meant", just summed up the ride the characters had been on. it was a summary of their six years, which just happened to take place on an island with thousands of years of crazy. we didn't find out who built that giant 4-toed statue any more than we found out why john locke's dad was such a dick. namely: because we didn't have to. their pieces to the overall puzzle didn't need explanation, because it wasn't relevant to the focal point.

yeah, OK, it was a bit of a cock tease to think we would find out exactly how the pirate ship wheel could teleport an island through time (and space), but i don't think the show was any less awesome for not detailing those facets.


Agreed. The finale was more about saying goodbye to the characters than goodbye to the overall story. Not to mention, I still don't see why ABC doesn't just cash-in on a Hurley/Ben Years series. Or even the next batch of characters to come crash on the island, and their adventures. LOST's status in media and lore isn't based on its story. It's based on the concept. So, the story can continue indefinitely, really. As long as you have imaginative writers willing to take it somewhere, I'd totally love to see another LOST with entirely new cast.....save maybe guest-appearance by Hurley and Ben...