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Lost: The Last Day
May. 23rd, 2010 05:20 pmSo it ends tonight. A show that has sometimes been infuriating, occasionally been baffling, and usually been amazing. I go into the final 2 1/2 hours with both bated breath and my breath held that the ending will be good. I am pretty sure, given my overall enjoyment and appreciation of the final season, that I will be pleased. And also still have lots of questions.
I loved this show from the start, and never wavered in that love, even on the occasions that the show had missteps (Jack's tattoo, Nikki and Paulo, the handling of the Tailies, Nikki and Paulo, occasional cheats with the flashbacks/forwards/sideways, the handling of women and minorities after the first season, and did I mention Nikki and Paulo?). I have admired every risky move the creators have taken with how to tell stories and what wacky SF ideas they use. And I have loved the cast (with only one or two small exceptions). It's been a great ride.
Five years ago, a cranky SF writer, in dissing Star Trek, declared that not only was Lost better but it was the best show ever made. I thought he was being premature in making that statement after one season. Today, I am ready to say he was more or less right. Nothing I have watched, not Farscape, not the collected works of Joss Whedon, not any of the Treks or MASH or anything else I love, has been as good as often. I know that there are shows I don't watch that could be better. But of the shows I do watch, Lost is simply the best. And only a complete breakdown tonight combined with the maudlin flavor of the still disappointing finale of MASH would change that.
I will of course offer my reaction to the end later on. And odds are I will have a bit to say. But for now, here is to Cuse and Lindeloff and the incredible cast and directors and composer and even Abrams and the ABC exec Lloyd Braun, who was fired for greenlighting the show and probably still says "I told you so."
In 2004, Charlie Pace asked "where are we?" Today, I still can't say for sure where we have been, but I wouldn't want to be anyplace else.
ETA: Entertainment Weekly's Jeff "Doc" Jensen, the most obsessive Lost fan on the net and one who usually shares my take of the show, offers his own last thoughts going on as well as an 18 minute long speech by JJ Abrams that helps explain why Lost is the way it is (and also why even when Abrams comes up short, he is a good filmmaker).
I loved this show from the start, and never wavered in that love, even on the occasions that the show had missteps (Jack's tattoo, Nikki and Paulo, the handling of the Tailies, Nikki and Paulo, occasional cheats with the flashbacks/forwards/sideways, the handling of women and minorities after the first season, and did I mention Nikki and Paulo?). I have admired every risky move the creators have taken with how to tell stories and what wacky SF ideas they use. And I have loved the cast (with only one or two small exceptions). It's been a great ride.
Five years ago, a cranky SF writer, in dissing Star Trek, declared that not only was Lost better but it was the best show ever made. I thought he was being premature in making that statement after one season. Today, I am ready to say he was more or less right. Nothing I have watched, not Farscape, not the collected works of Joss Whedon, not any of the Treks or MASH or anything else I love, has been as good as often. I know that there are shows I don't watch that could be better. But of the shows I do watch, Lost is simply the best. And only a complete breakdown tonight combined with the maudlin flavor of the still disappointing finale of MASH would change that.
I will of course offer my reaction to the end later on. And odds are I will have a bit to say. But for now, here is to Cuse and Lindeloff and the incredible cast and directors and composer and even Abrams and the ABC exec Lloyd Braun, who was fired for greenlighting the show and probably still says "I told you so."
In 2004, Charlie Pace asked "where are we?" Today, I still can't say for sure where we have been, but I wouldn't want to be anyplace else.
ETA: Entertainment Weekly's Jeff "Doc" Jensen, the most obsessive Lost fan on the net and one who usually shares my take of the show, offers his own last thoughts going on as well as an 18 minute long speech by JJ Abrams that helps explain why Lost is the way it is (and also why even when Abrams comes up short, he is a good filmmaker).
