Monday, May 24, 2010

Come Monday...Lost?

“Come Monday…” is a weekly series that will involve a review of, or commentary about, websites, movies, documentaries, television shows, sports, music, and whatever else may tickle my fancy at the time. Be assured that these reviews will be generally positive, as in accordance to the Jimmy Buffett song “Come Monday.” This is subject to change, however. In fact, I would be most derelict in my duties to neglect going on a rant every once in a while. For rants promote change, and change can be good—right? Therefore, since good is generally considered as being a positive force in 99.3% of the parallel universes that I am aware of, even a rant could be considered as being something positive, and a genuine hissy-fit would be even better (so I’m told).



I was planning on a review of [Farscape] for this post, but then the finale of [LOST] presented another opportunity. So, that review will just have to wait until next week.

Alas, I was a big fan of Lost in the beginning, but then I got lost in all of the flashbacks. Therefore, I stopped watching the show sometime during the second season.

As it turned out, flash-forwards were introduced to the storylines afterward, and that made me even more glad that I had stopped watching when I did. For visionary vertigo is not a very pleasant experience to endure.

Eventually, there are millions upon millions around the world who have a much stouter constitution than I do. For they stuck with the show—even when alternative realities in the same timeline were introduced!

Yeah, that would have sent me right over the edge, which is where I suppose the creators of the show wanted everyone to go. For in the end, were we being asked to accept that no one from Oceanic Flight 815 actually survived the initial crash, and that the entire show was about the passengers finding their way in life after death?

Yes, I have a great capacity to suspend reality in order to enjoy a show. On the other hand, maybe not so much. For all of the science fiction shows that I enjoy so much have to have something about them that could possibly be true. After all, who from amongst us can say for sure that the transporters used on Star Trek are an impossibility, or that interaction with both humanoid and non-humanoid species from other parts of the galaxy will never happen?

I just don’t get the premise to LOST, however. For it is asking us to ignore any notions about a beginning to what exists, and just go with the flow of the show. If you get it, will you explain it to me?

By the way, if you are unfamiliar with the show, you can watch full episodes of Lost online both on its [ABC website], and on [Hulu]. I would highly recommend taking some [dimenhydrinate] beforehand—just in case you are a lot like me.

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24 comments:

  1. Right there with you, FishHawk! I was underwhelmed by the finale, having returned to the show after giving up on it -I lasted longer than you did and stuck it out through season four. I came back mid-season six to find out how it all wrapped up. I'm glad I did, otherwise I might have missed the excellent Richard Alpert episode, Ab Aeterno. But the finale felt cobbled together and didn't tie up the series as a whole like it should have. Oh well, it's just tv!

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  2. Oh no! I stopped watching Lost years ago but still, I wanted the finale to be great and wonderful for everyone else! How sad that it was a let down!

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  3. I don't know...I'm still lost! But I think maybe the passengers were all dead and they had time on the island to change and become better people. To repent, fall in love, help others, heal, and prepare for an afterlife. What started out (to me) as a Sci-Fi action series, ended up as a beautiful love story.

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  4. Never watched the show, never had a desire to - but then so many tv shows that have become part and parcel of the social culture have never spent a moment on my tv screen...

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  5. I never watched lost either, but what they did was turn the series in to a long "What Dreams May Come" series with that ending. That makes me glade I never watched Lost in the first place.

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  6. Yet another show I have never seen. I'm lost enough though so I'm better off not watching a show by that name.

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  7. I'm afraid I didn't watch it either. sandie

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  8. Thanks for stopping by again, my dear James!!! I suppose in the end, Alpert was finally able to age, which is another thing that made no sense to me if he was actually dead like the rest of them.

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  9. Thanks for stopping by again, my dear Emm!!! Since there appears to be no great chorus of cheers, nor jeers, over the finale, maybe most are just stunned?

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  10. Indeed. I have a very good TV-addicted bloggy friend who thought it was very good though.

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  11. Thanks for stopping by again, my dear Rae!!! Yeah, that's the impression I got with them showing the original crash site with no apparent survivors in the very last scene, and I could go along with the premise that the passengers were being given opportunities to move on to a better life if it was not for all of the flashbacks, flashforwards, and alternative realities in-between. Methinks this was just to milk the series for as long as they could. For being stranded on that island together should have been good enough to allow them to right what wrongs about themselves that they supposedly needed to.

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  12. Thanks for stopping by again, my dear Grace!!! I am getting the impression that whenever you hear something about a show being good, you make up your mind right then and there to never watch it. (LOL?)

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  13. Thanks for stopping by again, my dear Solomon!!! Did you ever watch the movie, "What Dreams May Come?" It came out in 1998, and it starred Robin Williams, Cuba Gooding, Jr., and Annabella Sciorra. I sure wish I hadn't, and my wife and I were really looking forward to it, too.

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  14. Thanks for stopping by again, my dear Ann!!! I suppose when one is as talented as you most definitely are, there is not much time for trivial pursuits. What did Duke think of the show?

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  15. Thanks for stopping by again, my dear Sandie!!! Well, since I also watched the two hour update special that aired before the two and a half hour finale, I must admit to wasting another four and a half hours of our Heavenly Father's time. Woe is me.

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  16. Thanks for stopping by again (again), my dear Emm!!! Have you tried to talk to your addicted friend about seeking help? (LOL?)

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  17. I haven't seen the movie but I have read part of the book, which differs greatly from the film version. You might find the book better then the film depending on personal opinion, though I am not a fan of the belief of reincarnation or the other premise/idea that a person's fate in the afterlife is self-imposed, that would mean someone like Hitler could be in a better place and that is more disturbing idea then any horror fiction I have ever seen or read.

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  18. Thanks for stopping by again, my dear Solomon!!! If I remember right, the thing that I hated the most about the movie was that it was so dark and serious. For with it starring Robin Williams and Cuba Gooding, Jr., I assumed that it would have a lot of really funny stuff, and it most definitely didn't. As in regards to Hitler being in a better place now, one of things that our Heavenly Father has made clear to me is take His grace is great enough to welcome someone like him into His Kingdom of Heaven if he repented before it was too late. Granted, that is appears to be highly unlikely from our own ground-based points-of-view, but when I compare my natural self to our Heavenly Father, who could possibly be less worthy of being welcome to spend all of eternity with Him than I am?

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  19. From my own research on Hitler and others like him, I have found they are the last ones to be really repentant for their sins or crimes, which if I am not mistaken is part of being forgiven.

    The problem today is the new age fad religions that tell people everything is under their power, even their position in the afterlife.

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  20. Thanks for stopping by again, my dear Solomon!!! Yes, you are right about it being highly unlikely that someone like Hitler would be repentive before they drew their last breath in this world, and that it is most disturbing that far too many are being led to believe that repentance is unnecessary. Nonetheless, the point that I was trying to make is that our Heavenly Father's grace is great enough to forgive even someone like Hitler if they wanted Him to. Tragically, far too many refuse to accept that because of the exceedingly great hardness of their hearts, and that certainly includes far too many "Christians."

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  21. I understand what you are saying.

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  22. I was hoping that you would. Thanks for stopping by again, my dear Solomon!!!

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  23. The Finale was good fro some part but I still felt a bit let down but the ending: 6 seasons for that? Anyway, time to move on...

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  24. Yes, I agree with you that there was some good about the finale, but I am still glad that I did not have a lot of emotions invested in the show. Thanks for stopping by again, my dear Prisqua!!!

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