Lost

[grumpypirate]

Only one episode left everyone! I don't know about any of you, but I plan on watching it live sunday evening. It will be a sad sad day. I can see withdrawl symptoms in my future.

[grumpypirate]

I'm not going to post any spoilers but I just had to say this.

I'm absolutly amazed, happy and a great deal sad at the ending of Lost. To me it was absolutly beautiful.

Lost has ment so much to me over the past six years. I was around 13ish I think when Lost started up. For me it was a major part of my life. I looked forward to watching each episode every week and being a teenager living in a small town with nothing to do and friends that now looking back weren't really friends, Lost was my constant. It guided me through my high school career. Even if I had a horrible day I would perk up instantly at the thought that Lost would be on that night.

It took every ounce that I had in me not to cry my eyeballs out during the ending, mostly because I didn't want to have to deal with my older sister and the non ending teasing I would encounter. Unlike her and her husband, I've seen the series since it first started and to me it was like the death of a close friend. I may be going a little deep here but it's like my ascent into adulthood. I graduated nearly a year ago from high school and now the show that has been with me all those years of hardship, schoolwork, the loss of friends and the other horrors of high school that I'd rather forget ever happened is coming to a close like my teenage life.

I know I probably sound a little sappy, oh how I'd love to be as strong as Sawyer is with keeping my emotions in check, but I felt that I needed to get this out even if no one reads it or better yet understands what I'm saying. Yeah that happened a lot when I started talking Lost at home or school.

I will beyond all doubt miss Lost incredibly and it hurts to let it go, although the prospect of one day, probably in the long off future, I will own the entire series and I can look back on it and remember all the good times it gave me (Seeing Dominic Monaghan once a week, Sawyer with no shirt on but mostly the beloved story) and even the bad times (the death of Charlie yes I did bawl my eyes out) I know that it will be with me always and no matter what, I will remember the joy, heartache, and the many nervous moments it brought me.

[jillywilly65]

I am with you GP. I loved LOST and the finale. For me it was never about science or time travel or alternate universe scenarios etc etc It was always about the relationships and each character and their own personl journey and their refining process. I loved it. But that's just me I am a sap. I loved Sawyer and Juliet remembering each other and when he kept saying " I got cha I got cha" it made me a blubbering fool. And Jin and Sun and I even liked Richard and Miles realizing they were now aging and graying I loved it. I know so many didn't . I think it would have been IMPOSSIBLE to please every viewer 100% it was just to complex of a story. So many layers.
Now I have nothing to replace it with and my mind is going to shrivel up and die...okay not die . I will maybe pick up some books I have been trying to read every Summer.
Thanks for your post GP it was nice and I am glad you had a good experience from the show.
xo~
Jilly~

[grumpypirate]

I wish people would just get over the fact that not every question could be answered. Am I mad that Aaron never got Charlie's Driveshaft ring? Beyond all doubt yes! But I let it go. Now if only actaully being able to let the characters go was that easy.

It's funny that you mentioned reading because Sunday afternoon I went to Target and bought a copy of Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief just so that I wouldn't go crazy waiting for the show to come on. I've been wanting to read the series for a while but haven't had the time.

I guess LOST will never truly die. At least not in my mind. That's what fanfiction is for. fanfiction . net is my hero. If I had to pay to get into that site I'd be beyond broke by now!

[blueeyz]

Finally...I got around to watching the finale. Thank goodness for DVR'ing!

I have mixed feelings about the finale. Some concepts were interesting; some were confusing. Some questions were answered; some were not. The actual ending was definitely open to interpretation. Having said that, I did enjoy the show as a whole and will miss it. It was unique with its premises, storylines, character exploration, and scenery. So many moving and memorable scenes and clever quotes came from that show. When a TV show touches a life the way it touched yours, Grumpypirate, it must have done something right! I am glad to have been part of the TV/pop-culture phenomenon.

Side note...I watched the "final journey" commentary-style show they aired right before the finale. I laughed out loud when the question regarding Richard/eyeliner was addressed and answered. I thought it was just us pondering that one! LOL

Take care!

[grumpypirate]

I didn't think they'd be able to answer every question. It'd take an entire season or two just to answer them.

As for the eyeliner I always loved his dark lashes. It's funny because I always wondered about that too until I watched the TV Series The Tick. Nester Carbonell is on the show, he plays a character called Batmanuel, and his lashes are just as dark there.