I went to bed at 9:15 on a TUESDAY

[ringsandcoffee]

Finally, my reaction to LOST. I've been filling the void by reading articles and watching "Totally Lost" videos on YouTube. Last night, it was just a little odd not having the tv on, as well as going to bed at a reasonable hour. No afterparty comments to read, nothing to be confused about.

Sunday was about 6 hours watching online. Two hours of recap, 2.5 of finale, and another hourish of Jimmy Kimmel. The finale was playing on my tv as I watched Kimmel online, but when I got to the last half hour, I just couldn't stand to see Jack die again. Even with them all coming together in Sideways World, my emotions couldn't handle anymore. As it was, I cried a bunch of times during the show, then gasped, then cried, rinse, repeat. Charlie and Claire, Sayid and Shannon, Jack and Kate, Jack...

I'm happy with how it ended. The Island wasn't purgatory - it was real. Them getting off the island on the Ajira plane was real, all that post-nuke stuff was real. I say this mainly because a friend is trying to say otherwise. I mean, it's horribly sad that Jack died like that, but Hurley, awwwwwww. Ben, awwwwwwww. Richard, ALIVE! WOOT! How Frank will explain coming back with Kate, who's now mysteriously survived 2 crashes, as well as Richard and Miles, who were not on the Ajira flight, and Claire and Sawyer, who "died" in the 815 crash, I have no idea. But I don't care. It was my show, it was a fantastic show, and it ended well enough for my liking.

Comments

[larksong.livejournal.com]

Good review :D

I don't understand the people who didn't 'get it'. I don't think Christian Shepard about have been any more clear than he was about what it was all about.

[ringsandcoffee.livejournal.com]

Thanks :)

It took reading a few articles and telling a friend what happened in the finale for me to really grasp it. It's not that difficult, just took a while to sink in and click.

[bowiechaser.livejournal.com]

Interesting. I only saw a couple episodes but never got into it. Maybe now that it's OVER I'll check out the dvds.

Oddly, the few people in my lj flist talking about LOST didn't bother me, but MY GOODNESS the clamor and drama and furor on facebook made me cheer when the show ended (sorry.)

[roseleaf.livejournal.com]

I loved the finale.
I know someone who is trying to argue (on the basis of the wreckage during the credits, primarily) that the entire show was a dream that Jack had while dying from the original crash. It doesn't make any sense to me at all, but he didn't watch until last summer, then caught up on DVD and watched this season, and that's been his theory all along. I think he's just grasping at straws. It drives me crazy.

[holbytla.livejournal.com]

You should link him to this page: "The images shown during the end credits of the 'Lost' finale...were not part of the final story".

[ringsandcoffee.livejournal.com]

What?? Sorry, dude, that theory is pretty crackheaded.

Also, I saw you mentioned belly photos over in pregnant. I want to see! :)

[holbytla.livejournal.com]

I'm glad to hear you liked it enough for the both of us lol. I think you're more forgiving of sci-fi weirdness than I am ;)

[ringsandcoffee.livejournal.com]

After reading an EW article at the beginning of S5, I realized the show was sci-fi. Because of that, I could suspend any disbelief over what happened, because it was all made up. So, not only did I never know what was coming, there was a good chance it was beyond reality.

[ewanspotter.livejournal.com]

I feel sort of bad that I was a viewing party and thus wasn't able to get as emotional as I may have if I was lone. :(