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Posted By Yoda
"Many hundreds" is very, very few in the broad...

"Many hundreds" is very, very few in the broad context of all TV shows ever made, but yes, we're talking about North American television here. The relevant point, however, is that not being planned...
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Posted By Yoda
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Yeah, I mean, there's some tricksiness by showing it to us at all, because we're not following a character's POV of anything and it has no real relation to what's going on. It's only being shown to...
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Posted By Yoda
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When we see it underwater, we're seeing it in the afterlife. This doesn't really explain it specifically, but it does sort of absolve them of having to explain it, since lots of things are different...
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Posted By Yoda
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I'm pretty sure character and plot have a chicken/egg relationship. You learn about the characters from how they react to events, and their personalities determine the events. I dunno if I would say...
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Posted By Yoda
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All I know is I start to distrust television writers the more they use the word "characters" in interviews. It's like a subtle signal to viewers not to worry about plot, because the writers are...
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Lost (Possible Spoilers)
Posted By Yoda
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I know people say "making it up as they go" as a criticism, but that's pretty much the standard in TV. Very, very few shows are plotted out in advance, and those that are (like Babylon 5) generally...
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Posted By Yoda
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I never thought that was really in doubt, or that it was a particularly scathing criticism. You can count on one hand the number of shows that were actually planned out significantly ahead of time.
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Posted By Yoda
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Noooo! It's all starting again! :laugh:
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Lost (Possible Spoilers)
Posted By Yoda
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I got a ton out of the show, too, but I couldn't contradict anyone who felt like they were at an Easter Egg hunt for six years and then were told the reason they didn't find anything was because...
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Posted By Yoda
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:laugh: I think it's safe to declare an ending a disappointment when the best way to make it work is to change the entire series leading up to it. But I know what you mean. It was far more...
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Posted By Yoda
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Ha. Well, that part did make sense to me. Not the idea of being able to create places in the afterlife without really trying, but the idea that it was the most important part of their lives. Almost...
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Posted By Yoda
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Well, the idea of the "place" they created in the afterlife is that they were able to do so together because the most important part of their lives was on the Island. In the spirit of that, they're...
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Posted By Yoda
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Got some more interesting thoughts on themes and parallels in the finale, and I owe a couple people replies, but for now, on the issue of the show's theme and death:

We could just as easily say...
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Posted By Yoda
But a plain old island would have presented them...

But a plain old island would have presented them with lots of "challenges that they needed to overcome." A lot of them started growing and forming relationships and overcoming things long before...
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Posted By Yoda
Maybe it is something similar to what they had in...

Maybe it is something similar to what they had in mind right away. Maybe not. I'm not really concerned with that; just with whether or not the ending was good/fitting. They can have a bad ending in...
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Posted By Yoda
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Could be, though we'll never know.

The idea of the Island being Purgatory was a great fit, and I think they may have gone that route if the show had only lasted for a season or two. But it was a...
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Posted By Yoda
This isn't a fair statement at all. I've...

This isn't a fair statement at all. I've theorized and enjoyed this show and sung its praises from the mountaintops for quite awhile now, and in the past I've been downright hostile to the repeated...
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Posted By Yoda
I remember a couple of users noted the irony...

I remember a couple of users noted the irony after BSG, too, that two of the more religious people involved in the discussion had the biggest problem with seemingly spiritual explanations. But...
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Posted By Yoda
I think this is exactly the right question to...

I think this is exactly the right question to ask. And for almost any other show, I would agree and overlook the problems. In fact, this is one of the reasons I'm willing to overlook some of the...
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Posted By Yoda
Sorry for the triple-post, but I found a...

Sorry for the triple-post, but I found a collection of fairly damning quotes (http://www.tv-calling.com/quotes-from-lost-showrunners-carlton-cuse-and-damon-lindelof/) from the creators over the...
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Posted By Yoda
It did, but it wasn't the best choice of analogy,...

It did, but it wasn't the best choice of analogy, seeing as how the sky turned purple a few times in Lost. :D



Yeah, at some point we just have to level on this. While the writers can...
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Posted By Yoda
There's a misunderstanding on the religious...

There's a misunderstanding on the religious question, I think. Whether or not Christianity works for you or her or whoever is beside the point: saying all religions lead to this place, and all...
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Posted By Yoda
Yeah, I said this before, but it bears repeating:...

Yeah, I said this before, but it bears repeating: the gap between people who loved the finale and those who didn't is not a product of "I want mysteries answered" versus "I want character...
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Posted By Yoda
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*raises hand*

By the by, what do we think was up with the wreckage displaying over the credits? Just a reminder of how far they've come?
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Posted By Yoda
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It's been there since they landed it in on the Island in the middle of season 5, and they've visited it/discussed it several times this season, as well.

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