May 24, 2010
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5.24/2010
LOST's finale was mild at best in my opinion. If I had to assign it a grade, I'd give it a C. It's still passing, but it left far too many questions unanswered:
1) What the black smoke was, why he was localized to the ground, and why he couldn't literally fly (through the air) alway or across the island.
2) Why pylons kept the smoke at bay
3) What happened to Man In Black [he said it was too late... perhaps he was referring to Jack being wounded and not himself being able to get off the island via a constant]
4) The mystery concerning Walt and his "specialness"
5) The significance of the numbers outside of being tied to the candidates. (Why those specific numbers)
6) Why Jacob and MiB's fake mom had killed their real mother. Could she not bear children? Was she simply crazy due to isolation?
7) The egyptian references, the four toed statue, the Temple with the Japanese man (who "killed" Sayid).
8) etc. There are many more unanswered questions.Furthermore, I felt like they killed off certain characters (Widmore, his female aide, etc.) so that they wouldn't need to explain many of the mysteries. For having watched for six years of my life, I felt kind of let down by them not even acknowledging, or in some cases blatantly ignoring, some of the lingering questions. I did like how the series ended similar to how it began though. That kind of circular closure is always a treat. Also I feel like Jack's role in the finale was appropriate. Starting around the third season, his character seemed to need to be redeemed. His leadership, heroic acts, and death in the end gave his character the redemption he sought.
All in all, however, the ending was weak. It was a disappointment on multiple levels. Strangely enough, I feel that some of the fan-created answers to the mysteries of the island could have worked better than the vision that the show's writers had. I wish they had taken them into consideration. However, I guess it's too late for that.
Not satisfied. Not really.
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