Lost Season 6 Thread - Series Finale: Sunday, May 23rd!

[Eel O'Brian]

the only thing i didn't care for in season 5 is when sayid accidentally killed rose, it was too much like shannon's death

i never liked rose or bernard that much but that was pretty contrived

i think they'll do something big with bernard next season, the look he gave sayid was murderous, i think he might flip to the other side

[Powerslave]

Just want to say I'm guessing spoilers occurred after my last post, but they landed without hitting me

thanks for tipping me off Willco!

^Has actually read all spoilers and tries to cover up being pissed off.

[drew]

JACOB DIES

[demi]

The numbers are actually the survivors

[Powerslave]

LOST DIES

[ManaByte]

Zombie Nikki and Zombie Paulo were the best parts of season 5.

[Yeti]

I'm rewatching Season 2 and still pissed about not knowing why Libby was in the insane asylum with Hurley. Then they went and killed him off in season 5, so now we're never going to find out why.

[Joe Molotov]

I've been reading Lostpedia all day today at work, I'm so pumped right now.

[BlueTsunami]

JACOB DIES

JACOB LOST

[drew]

JACOB IS LOST

[BlueTsunami]

:O

[Yeti]

I was watching season 3 and HOLY SHIT MAC IS AN OTHER


http://lostpedia.wikia.com/wiki/Aldo

mind blown

[Solo]

Your day is made.

[The Fake Shemp]

No, it sucks.

[Powerslave]

I still can't believe that this simple, but awesome island show I'm watching right now in Season 1 is eventually going to morph into some convoluted scifi with time travel and alternate realities and Jack and Locke fighting each other. It sounds almost as bad as the direction Battlestar Galactica went during its last two seasons. And yet you guys are telling me that the show stays good in spite of all the bullshit. It's got me pretty intrigued.

The island was a weird and unexplainable place even in the pilot episodes where trees disappeared and a polar bear came out of the jungle. The show has good development and leaves you satisfied with how things evolve and the unfolding of everything.

[Dickie Dee]

Any mystery, especially a BIZARRE mystery is bound to disappoint once they explain the rational behind it.

Too fucking bad if once they explained how distant eerie things were elaborated on not to your satisfaction. Oh wait, maybe the show would've been better if the anything is possible just because, though I'm sure the lack of explanation would never have left a sour taste in your mouth and you would never bitch about that too.

[Great Rumbler]

I still can't believe that this simple, but awesome island show I'm watching right now in Season 1 is eventually going to morph into some convoluted scifi with time travel and alternate realities and Jack and Locke fighting each other. It sounds almost as bad as the direction Battlestar Galactica went during its last two seasons. And yet you guys are telling me that the show stays good in spite of all the bullshit. It's got me pretty intrigued.

The island was a weird and unexplainable place even in the pilot episodes where trees disappeared and a polar bear came out of the jungle.

And don't forget the MONSTER that pulled the captain out of the front of the plane even though it was up in a tree.

[bud]

I was watching season 3 and HOLY SHIT MAC IS AN OTHER

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http://lostpedia.wikia.com/wiki/Aldo

mind blown

never noticed that.

[Great Rumbler]

The first seven minutes of the pilot episode really is awesome. How awesome? So awesome.

[Joe Molotov]

I'm rewatching Season 2 and still pissed about not knowing why Libby was in the insane asylum with Hurley. Then they went and killed him off in season 5, so now we're never going to find out why.

Libby is confirmed to be back in Season 6. Also Michael, but who cares?

[Himu]

I still can't believe that this simple, but awesome island show I'm watching right now in Season 1 is eventually going to morph into some convoluted scifi with time travel and alternate realities and Jack and Locke fighting each other. It sounds almost as bad as the direction Battlestar Galactica went during its last two seasons. And yet you guys are telling me that the show stays good in spite of all the bullshit. It's got me pretty intrigued.

Lost is is a good show. But it would have been a GREAT show if hadn't it strayed on the "bunch of people trying to survive on a deserted island" thing instead of playing up the stupid sci fi crap. Because honestly, the sci-fi stuff is my least favorite part of Lost. What I love are the characters and their different points of view.

[demi]

I prefer the mythos more

[Great Rumbler]

I prefer the mythos more

Demi's right. The mythos rocks, therefore season 5 was better specifically BECAUSE the scifi aspect was emphasized more.

[Himu]

The mythos and sci-fi are distinguished mentally-challenged.

[Solo]

Lost is is a good show. But it would have been a GREAT show if hadn't it strayed on the "bunch of people trying to survive on a deserted island" thing instead of playing up the stupid sci fi crap. Because honestly, the sci-fi stuff is my least favorite part of Lost. What I love are the characters and their different points of view.

The show isn't even about the sci-fi. That's a minor plot element that pulls it all together. The show is about the relationships between the characters, and that's why season 5 wasn't as good as the others - because the characters were split too much.

Pretty much this. S5 was pretty much all plot progression and little in the way of great character interaction.

[demi]

The mythos and sci-fi are distinguished mentally-challenged.

WELL I'M CONVINCED

[Barry Egan]

The mythos and sci-fi are distinguished mentally-challenged.

I've slept on it. I loved last night's Lost. Amazing finale.

Here's my theory:

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Compare those to:

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This statue is clearly Egyptian inspired, or Egyptian in general.

Wikipedia says this:

Sobek (also called Sebek, Sochet, Sobk, Sobki, Soknopais, and in Greek, Suchos) was the deification of crocodiles, as crocodiles were deeply feared in the nation so dependent on the Nile River. Egyptians who worked or travelled on the Nile hoped that if they prayed to Sobek, the crocodile god, he would protect them from being attacked by crocodiles.[1] The god Sobek, which was depicted as a crocodile or a man with the head of a crocodile was a powerful and frightening deity; in some Egyptian creation myths, it was Sobek who first came out of the waters of chaos to create the world.[1] As a creator god, he was occasionally linked with the sun god Ra.[1]

This war is clearly a war between gods. I think that the statue being destroyed symbolizes the death of the god of creation on the island, hence why no babies are no longer born on it in the current timeline. Maybe the guy who fights with Jacob is the deity god of creation? The guy can create another Locke, after all.

The guy that Jacob was talking to at the beginning of the episode seems to be another god of the island alongside Jacob. The two clearly do not see eye to eye either: "someday I will kill you. I will find a loophole."

We know very little about that other deity but we do know is that he has the ability to bring them back to life or at the very least, make use of their body. I think that the deity took control of Locke's body and made a copy, one he himself can transplant into. That way he can carry out his goal of killing Jacob. After all, this has happened before. Remember the guy from Rosseau's group that was revitalized after he clearly died? That's the other deity at work. Maybe this is why Hurley sees visions of the dead? Jacob clearly says Hugo's "not crazy" when they meet face to face.

I don't fucking know, I'm goin' in circles here.

Another theory of mine:

Anyone Jacob touches gains the power of immortality while on the island. Maybe this is why Richard is ageless through numerous decades and timelines. All of them were touched by Jacob, except Juliette, Miles, , Desmond, ;etc it seems.

Of course, my theory could be wrong considering Locke's currently laying in a coffin dead.

I think he used the guise of Jack's father to persuade Locke that he was going to die. He used Locke's faith for the island so that he would be killed in some way. Jacob probably wouldn't let Locke be killed on the island; he's special. So he had Locke tell Jack about his father, and then set the chords in motion so that Jack would bring all the others back with him to the island. This way, ol' smokey can use the body of Locke as a host to kill Jacob. Because Locke is special.

About Juliette: It could be inferred that the reason they showed it was specifically for that scene with Sawyer but, that's not very Lost-like and that'd be dumb. I think it's the writers' way of showing us that the others were blessed by Jacob while Juliette wasn't. He did not appear in Juliette's flashback nor was she handed an object like the others were.

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[Himu]

I still love dissecting the various elements of the plot, that's half the fun of Lost.

But I'd greatly prefer a more down to Earth, more realistic plot than the puzzling mess that is current Lost.

This is why season 1 is the best season.

[demi]

Wow thats a big post for someone who hates mythos

[Himu]

I love mythology. I can't help it.

[Great Rumbler]

You're such a complicated person, Himuro.

[Joe Molotov]

Lost Mythos > Egyptian Mythology

[Himu]

Lost Mythos > Egyptian Mythology

[drew]

i dont know about you guys but i just watch it for the stubble

[Third]

Is ONE season enough to asnwer all the questions? Definitely not.
I'm sure this last season won't fully deliver. We'll see. The last season was weird as hell. Lost has changed so much. It started out pretty interesting, but it's just getting too weird now.

But I'll definitely be getting the Lost Complete BOX Blu-Ray when it hits the shops.

[Mupepe]

The best thing has been my friends seeing me watching a later episode and then being like "WHAT THE FUCK! I THOUGHT IT WAS AN ISLAND SHOW!"  When people ask if they'll like it, I always tell them "You know how you can watch the first season of a show and then go to like the 4th and usually pick it up after a few episodes?  It's usually just character changes and whatnot?  Well with Lost, if you were to do that, you would be so damn confused it's not funny."

The first episode I ever watched was the Season 2 finale, then I watches Season 1 the next day and if it had not been for the same actors, I would have thought I was watching the wrong show.

[Himu]

The best thing has been my friends seeing me watching a later episode and then being like "WHAT THE FUCK! I THOUGHT IT WAS AN ISLAND SHOW!"  When people ask if they'll like it, I always tell them "You know how you can watch the first season of a show and then go like the 4th and usually pick it up after a few episodes?  It's usually just character changes and whatnot?  Well with Lost, if you were to do that, you wouldn't be so damn confused it's not funny."

The first episode I ever watched was the Season 2 finale, then I watches Season 1 the next day and if it had not been for the same actors, I would have thought I was watching the wrong show.

So true.

[Green Shinobi]

I read a bit of the Lostpedia, particularly stuff about the Oceanic Six and the Dharma Initiative. How on earth is this not considered jumping the shark? It sounds absolutely distinguished mentally-challenged.

[Great Rumbler]

How on earth is this not considered jumping the shark?

Because it's awesome.

[demi]

Jumping the shark is a colloquialism used by TV critics and fans to denote the point in a television program's history where the plot spins off into absurd story lines or unlikely characterizations. These changes are sometimes the result of efforts to revive interest in a show whose viewership has begun to decline. In other cases, the changes have other causes (e.g. an actor quitting, different writers being hired) and the diminished interest is the result.

Nope, dont think its sharking the jump. Interest SKYROCKETING for finale

[Green Shinobi]

I can't see how the absurd storyline part isn't true though. Six people get off the island, but then they realize they have to go back? WTF is that shit?

[CajoleJuice]

I can't see how the absurd storyline part isn't true though. Six people get off the island, but then they realize they have to go back? WTF is that shit?

[The Fake Shemp]

Lost jumped the shark awhile ago.

[Green Shinobi]

I'm watching it though. Almost done with Season 1. S2 is torrenting right now. It takes a fucking long time to go through a season of 23 episodes that are 45 minutes each.

[OptimoPeach]

I can't see how the absurd storyline part isn't true though. Six people get off the island, but then they realize they have to go back? WTF is that shit?

Destiny and all that junk has been a central theme of the show pretty much since the beginning. There's better plot threads in the show to pick at than that one.

So pumped for S6 though

[Joe Molotov]

Lost jumped the awesome shark maybe, which is where a show introduces absurd storylines that make the show TOTALLY FUCK AWESOME.

[Green Shinobi]

Almost wrapped up Season 1. It's pretty awesome. However, I'm supposed to believe that out of 48 survivors, only about a dozen of them would actually do anything interesting or make any attempt to have their voices heard? I know that a cast of 48 wouldn't work, but it seems unrealistic for the other 30+ survivors to never do anything except stand around in throw-away scenes.

[Solo]

By the creators own admission the show has jumped the shark multiple times

[Yeti]

Almost wrapped up Season 1. It's pretty awesome. However, I'm supposed to believe that out of 48 survivors, only about a dozen of them would actually do anything interesting or make any attempt to have their voices heard? I know that a cast of 48 wouldn't work, but it seems unrealistic for the other 30+ survivors to never do anything except stand around in throw-away scenes.

Wait until season 3 when you meet Nikki and Paulo

[Yeti]

yes

[Barry Egan]

Power struggles permeate the entire show.

[demi]

I love how in the second half of Season 1, Jack starts to assert his authority more, but Locke, Sawyer and occasionally Sayid are perfectly willing to tell him to fuck off. Do we see more of this kind of thing in later seasons?

I like how there are so many strong personalities on the island. There are at least five characters who could conceivably lead the group. I hope that there are more power struggles as the show goes on.

Is this your first time seeing it? Why would you ruin the fucking show by reading about the O6? Ugh.

[CajoleJuice]

LOSTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT

[Green Shinobi]

Getting into Season 2 now. Walt's mother is probably the biggest cunt in any tv show ever. The fact that she even dares to look Michael in the fact after what she did to him is ludicrous. I'm almost glad she died.

[demi]

Two more weeks as of this post

ALMOST THERE GUYS

Week 1: Mass Erect 2, No More Heroes 2
Week 2: LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOST

[Green Shinobi]

I'm going to make it through the next four seasons before season 6 starts.

[Green Shinobi]

So what will happen if the code isn't entered every 108 minutes in the research station?

I don't care if someone spoils it for me; on the contrary, please do.

[demi]

Uh.. no, because thats Season 2 in a nutshell. Why are you watching this show?

[Green Shinobi]

I'm just trying to catch up in time for Season 6. But if the answer is revealed at the end of this season, I guess I can wait.

[EmCeeGrammar]

spoiler (click to show/hide)

if the numbers are not entered, the core of the station goes critical.  But its not a nuclear reaction.  Think giant electromagnet that causes the station to implode on itself.  Later on you will learn that desmond caused the plane to crash because he entered the numbers late.  The magnetic force caused oceanic 815 to crash on the island, but the station was saved until later when locke goes through with not entering the numbers much to the dismay of the other survivors

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