My critique
Viewers had a lot to say about the “Lost”
season finale. Between its mix of science fiction mysteries and incredible
character development, some found it to be far-fetched while other appreciated
the show for what it was worth. I wrote a couple of reviews a year ago today
after it aired pleased with the show in general but still skeptical upon the
significance of the sideways and other mysterious aspects of the show such as
the temple. While writing my reviews I couldn't help to think whether my
thoughts would change or not in the future but most are unchanged. Actually if
anything I feel even more delighted with how the show had ended. The shows
conclusion had so many significant events such as Jack passing the torch to
Hurley and all of the characters convening in the church one last time for
Jacks father’s funeral. Events such as this out-weighed the many unanswered
questions that they left us hanging with in my opinion.
I
feel this way because after Lost had ended there was no show that stood out
even close to as much as it did. After the 2010-2011 TV season, which followed
the dramatic ending of lost, viewers seemed to be reluctant to get hooked on
almost anything. This is proven because
only one show that debuted during the fall was coming back for another season.
So if you were hoping for a show to pop up that would fill the niche that Lost
did in being that captivating drama that kept you on the edge of your seat
thirsty for answers and deeply involved with the characters, you were wrong. If
anything you were greeted by a bunch of stupid uninspiring brand new shows that
didn’t fill any niche at all in Television hence them all going off air. The characters of these new shows simply
lacked the substance that “Lost” had in its characters and proved to be “Lost”
posers.
And
I know that Lost all together doesn’t have a flawless reputation due to all the
viewers who made a big stink about not finding out all of the unsolved
mysteries or answers to their questions. But this was just the tip of the
iceberg to it. It was intense, action
packed and most of all left viewers in awe from the many twists and turns it
took. And this is all thanks to the incredible characters that developed slowly
but intensely over the many seasons such as John Locke, Desmond Hume and Ben
Linus.
So
aside from the science fiction aspect of the show, characters such as these
made the show significant and made it matter. “Lost” was interesting, exciting,
and most of all emotionally deep because of the substance put into the
characters. It made viewers care so much for them and sometimes I even felt as
if I knew them on a personal level. No show had really captivated such
substance in its characters before and Lost did it exceptionally. We actually may never see anything quite on
the level that lost was on in the drama field in our future.
If
you were a viewer who needed all of your questions answered such as the
significance of the sideways or whether there is an afterlife segment in the
show or not then I can understand your frustrations, which came with the
end. However when I look at what TV has
been since “Lost” and even before it aired I cant name another show that was
even close to how deep “Lost” was. So you can say that it was to far-fetched at
times or that most of it didn’t make sense but it was wildly ambitious leaving
me with wonderful memories such as Sawyer and Kate’s chemistry, trying to
decipher the significance of the smoke monster and my personal favorite
whenever Desmond predicted the future. So I was able to let the confusing
aspects go and come to love the show for what it was. However, I am still
intrigued as to how you all feel about it. What are your thoughts on the dramatic
ending of this captivating show in television history?
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