tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9058384.post2576820639279969376..comments2023-08-01T04:24:10.163-10:00Comments on Voice of the 13th Generation: "The End"Wes Rainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12624854227387496406noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9058384.post-29794679101296334332010-05-25T16:32:13.373-10:002010-05-25T16:32:13.373-10:00Rewatch the first real episode of Jack with his so...Rewatch the first real episode of Jack with his son, the one about the piano. That one really hit me. I thought it was real at the time, but I knew it was no accident that Jack was having these conversations with his son. Look at Desmond with Charles Whitmore. He loved him like a son in the afterlife. You get emotional watching stuff like this because you relate it to yourself somehow, whether you know it or not, you are experiencing it with the characters. People who don't get emotional either don't get it or they have never had anything of substance ever happen to them before. But then, what do I know??Stacynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9058384.post-9293352129419720762010-05-25T12:54:49.581-10:002010-05-25T12:54:49.581-10:00That is such an excellent point Stacy and honestly...That is such an excellent point Stacy and honestly I didn't process all those connections. So the sideways really could be viewed as a Purgatory of sorts where they are coming to terms with their shortcomings in life. I love it! I feel kind of silly for missing that but at least I didn't think that they all died in the first plane crash!Wes Rainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12624854227387496406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9058384.post-59845233873644972082010-05-25T11:09:36.449-10:002010-05-25T11:09:36.449-10:00Wes, I took the same away from it as you, for the ...Wes, I took the same away from it as you, for the most part I believe. I do not like reading what most have to say about it on the internet, because they have missed the point. I saw the sideways world as a little more than just simply a holding area. They weren't just atoning for their lives, but rather kind of making things right in their own minds. James was on the right side of the law, for instance. Hurley was lucky. Ben sacrificed himself for his daughter. Locke had a good relationship with his father. The most important was Jack having a son. It rectified for him his relationship with his father, which has haunted him since the very beginning. They could have easily extended this season and further explored all of the characters. But in the end, hinting at all of this should have been enough to get the point across and it was. I too, was moved to tears at times and it bums me out to have the show reduced to just a sentence or too in the news, especially when it is improperly reported.Stacynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9058384.post-71888614069394498582010-05-25T08:42:57.727-10:002010-05-25T08:42:57.727-10:00Stacy: It is unfortunate for the legacy of the ser...Stacy: It is unfortunate for the legacy of the series that it's parent network would actually promote an idea that is exactly opposite of the true ending of LOST. I recommend that you stay away from discussion boards as well because they are full of cynics and haters gloating that they knew that everyone died in the plane crash and have been dead the whole time. They have no listening comprehension skills and should be ignored for missing the point.Wes Rainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12624854227387496406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9058384.post-51452055792554418202010-05-25T08:38:58.187-10:002010-05-25T08:38:58.187-10:00Jill: Based on what Christian told Jack in the chu...Jill: Based on what Christian told Jack in the church, I agree that Oceanic 815 did crash on the Island and everything that we saw up until this season really did happen. The H-bomb didn't spilt reality as we were lead to believe but rather only put everyone on the Island back in the same time, 2007. The on-Island stuff this year also actually happend while the flash-sideways stuff was some pre-afterlife holding area. Cynics might call it Purgatory, but I don't think it was because it wasn't a place where people were necesarily atoning for their sins in life but rather served as a place to gather together as they once did on the Island before makeing the move on to the great beyond.<br /><br />Aaron was in the church but Ji Yeon was not. This may be because a case could be made that what we were seeing was Jack's perspective before they moved on. Everyone present in the church was how he remembered them on the Island; Aaron was still an infant and Ji Yeon was not yet born. I don't think that Richard Alpert was in the church and there could be a number of reasons for that. Mine is that he was a much less important part of Jack's Island life the the other people in the church. This gathering of souls were those people that "lived together" for that time on the Island and were the most important part of Jack's life and survival there. <br /><br />I wish I could tell you why you cried during the Island enlightenments in the sideways world, because then I'd know why I cried so much! Maybe it was catharsis for seeing characters that we have generally grown to love finally finding ultimate happiness. Or maybe it was just part of the greiving process as the show ended. Whatever it was, I was still struggling with my emotions when I though about those scenes again on several occassions on Monday. Roxi hasn't seen the episode yet and I know that when I watch it with her, I will be a blubbering mess once again.<br /><br />I've been in your position with a TV series before (Twin Peaks) where all I wanted was a statement of meaning, but as the years have passed, I have realized the beauty in an open-ended story. Life is one big open ended story where there are a lot of unanswered or unanswerable questions. People come in and out of our lives randomly and we may never learn their backstories and motivations. People die unexpectedly and for no reason. I know that LOST was an escape for a lot of viewers but for its creators it was a study of life itself and of the human condition. I don't think there could have ever been a satisfactory statement of what LOST was supposed to mean. Sure they could have given us more answers with respect to the mythology but anything beyond that would have probably rung hollow and taken the emotional heft out not just the ending but the series as a whole.<br /><br />I will cherish the time I have spent watching LOST as well as the hours I have spent researching and thinking about what it all means. It was the most fun I've ever had with a television show and I will always remember it fondly. Like I've done several times with Twin Peaks, I plan to watch the series again and relive the amazing stories and moments that we were given. I'll miss LOST but the finale made me realize that it is time to let go and move on to another life.Wes Rainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12624854227387496406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9058384.post-64053459246349485512010-05-24T05:14:27.906-10:002010-05-24T05:14:27.906-10:00I made the mistake of watching Good Morning Americ...I made the mistake of watching Good Morning America this morning, thinking that ABC would have a piece about Lost, and they did. Unfortunately, it was the tiniest of blubs and the featherheads that host GMA said, "Spoiler alert: all the characters of Lost were dead and in purgatory the whole time, as was suspected by many." Arg, I was reminded why I don't watch morning shows or the news.Stacynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9058384.post-1345598390920373572010-05-24T03:16:25.439-10:002010-05-24T03:16:25.439-10:00Was Richard Alpert at the church?Was Richard Alpert at the church?Jillie Bean (AKA Bubba's Sis)https://www.blogger.com/profile/09255965229568186791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9058384.post-3542882652509307282010-05-24T03:14:26.754-10:002010-05-24T03:14:26.754-10:00I am satisfied with the ending, but still confused...I am satisfied with the ending, but still confused. Someone told me this morning that they think everyone died in the plane crash and that everything that happened was Jack's "test" before he could move on. But I don't necessarily agree with that, do you? I think the island life was real, and the "sideways" universe was like Purgatory - a holding place before they moved on. But why didn't they recognize each other in that universe? Why did it take an overwhelming rush of love to make them remember? And why did I bawl every time that happened?!? I did take notice that neither Aaron or Sun and Jin's daughter were in the church - leading me to believe they were still alive. And Locke's comment to Jack "you don't have a son!" makes me think that the sideways universe was not real - because in real "island" life, he was not with Juliet, therefore there would be no son. <br /><br />Thoughts? I wish the writers would just issue a statement saying, "THIS is what it all meant!"Jillie Bean (AKA Bubba's Sis)https://www.blogger.com/profile/09255965229568186791noreply@blogger.com