...by one of the writers. Even from writer to writer to producer to director you will get slightly different answers, which is the beauty of this show. It answers enough of the important questions to give you closure, but keeps enough mysteries to keep you thinking about it. If you've seen the TED talk by JJ Abrams, you'd know from the beginning that he wasn't going to answer everything. He has his mystery box and he's going to keep it closed forever. I had meant to post the TED link a long time ago but never got around to it. I think it gave a very good insight into how Lost would (and did) end up. Maybe if Hoy had seen it, he could have stopped watching Lost a long time ago knowing full well he would leave unsatisfied. There are folks that like superrealism , and folks that like abstraction , and many in between. There are folks that don't like art at all. Room in the world for everyone. It's an amazing feat to pull off a show that could keep so many people entertained for so long. Definitely there were wrong turns, loose ends etc... this thing was something like 120 hours of TV.. absolutely there will be mistakes. It's hard enough to keep a 2 hour movie under control, 120 hours is a nightmare. But taken as a body of work this thing ended up a masterpiece. Enough from me, I'm no writer, take it (or not) from someone who is:
Lost Explained
I'm looking forward to Goat's interpretation as well. Just because you intend that blob of paint to be a squirrel, doesn't mean everyone who looks at it will see a squirrel...
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
I was thinking that we might have to rent the dvds of this show since it seems to have been a hit for folks whose opinions I respect. But 120 hours might be too much of a commitment.
ReplyDeleteIt was definitely worth it over a 6 year period... might be tough to try to do all at once... maybe if you pace yourself to 1 or 2 a week? It had it's ups and downs - not every episode was a gem, but overall it was well worth the experience. They set you up for certain expectations, then completely turn those expectations on their head.
ReplyDelete(btw - you like my Braque/Picasso reference bastin? I figured you might be one of the only ones to get that)