Author Topic: Lost ended 5 years ago today (Read 11046 times)

StealthFan · « **on:** May 24, 2015, 12:05:42 PM »

Goddamn. I remember being so hyped, despite not liking the final season. I was like "The finale will be amazing just watch" and nope. It was a huge wet fucking fart.

StealthFan · « **Reply #1 on:** May 24, 2015, 12:08:56 PM »

Quote from: Esch on May 24, 2015, 12:08:20 PM

Horrible television program.

brob · « **Reply #2 on:** May 24, 2015, 12:11:42 PM »

only watched it if I was visiting friends who had a hard-on for watching it. Always thought it was an ass show, just like Heroes. Not very shocked that neither is remember very fondly, even by supposed fans.

:thumbsdown

thisismyusername · « **Reply #3 on:** May 24, 2015, 12:13:16 PM »

Quote from: Esch on May 24, 2015, 12:08:20 PM

Horrible television program.

Can not be quoted enough.

Kara · « **Reply #4 on:** May 24, 2015, 12:38:04 PM »

Dibs on the 5 years since Creepy Stalker was banned OT.

king of the internet · « **Reply #5 on:** May 24, 2015, 12:42:45 PM »

The best and worst television show ever.

StealthFan · « **Reply #6 on:** May 24, 2015, 12:58:51 PM »

Quote from: king of the internet on May 24, 2015, 12:42:45 PM

The best and worst television show ever.

niccas who were obsessed with the numbers and all the riddles of the show now act like they never liked it.

Hock · « **Reply #7 on:** May 24, 2015, 12:59:27 PM »

Quote from: king of the internet on May 24, 2015, 12:42:45 PM

The best and worst television show ever.

Really the best way to describe it. It ultimately ended up being a bit of a failure, but fuck was this show fun to watch week to week. The hype was so strong. I don't know if I'll ever rewatch it but I still consider it one of my most memorable tv watching experiences.

Damon Lindelof deserves the reputation he has though, especially because apparently everything he's written since has been trashed.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #8 on:** May 24, 2015, 01:05:23 PM »

Awful.

Barry Egan · « **Reply #9 on:** May 24, 2015, 01:05:57 PM »

If post-Lost Lindelof were just writing trash for his own intellectual properties that would be fine. The fact that he has been collaborating with strong filmmakers only to degrade potentially great films is extremely frustrating.

That being said, Season 4 of Lost is one of my favorite seasons of television ever. It was consistently excellent from start to finish.

StealthFan · « **Reply #10 on:** May 24, 2015, 01:06:27 PM »

Season 4

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #11 on:** May 24, 2015, 01:16:18 PM »

As bad as things got later, this was one of the greatest moments in TV history.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #12 on:** May 24, 2015, 01:20:35 PM »

S1

S2

First half of S3

Second half of S3

S4

S5

S6

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #13 on:** May 24, 2015, 01:24:13 PM »

Yep, season 5 started the nose dive and the season 6 finale just augered it right into the ground.

StealthFan · « **Reply #14 on:** May 24, 2015, 01:24:32 PM »

That's my ranking too PD.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #15 on:** May 24, 2015, 01:27:33 PM »

Everything was awesome until it wasn't awesome.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #16 on:** May 24, 2015, 01:31:04 PM »

Hey, remember when the smoke monster was this cool, freaky entity that wrecked shop whenever it showed up, then you found it later that it was just this immortal emo guy who was mad at his brother?

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #17 on:** May 24, 2015, 02:03:53 PM »

Lost probably warped people's perspectives on what a finale should accomplish, and probably impacts how subsequent show finales have been viewed. I don't expect a final season or finale to wrap up everything that happened on the show - obviously some things should be left to speculation and debate. But the finale dealt didn't really give any actual closure hence why people end up listing a laundry list of things the show didn't wrap up.

BobFromPikeCreek · « **Reply #18 on:** May 24, 2015, 02:21:57 PM »

Lost was a bunch of dumb fun, but ultimately it was trash. Straight up bolded and underlined trash.

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #19 on:** May 24, 2015, 03:41:19 PM »

Couple friends bailed early in S3, when the show started they were all excited because they speculated there were gonna turn out to be dinosaurs and cannibal tribes and monsters and shit, based on the first few episodes. At the time I was all "It's still a good show without all that," but looking back I think "Man, I wish I'd been watching THAT show instead."

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #20 on:** May 24, 2015, 03:43:31 PM »

Remember when they were still introducing new mysteries in the last few episodes and you were thinking "That finale's gonna kick so much ass!"

huckleberry · « **Reply #21 on:** May 24, 2015, 03:43:52 PM »

The final season (especially the finale) made me retroactively hate that show and everything about it. I've never had that happen with a show before, or since.

dkdk · « **Reply #22 on:** May 24, 2015, 03:48:08 PM »

Quote from: huckleberry on May 24, 2015, 03:43:52 PM

The final season (especially the finale) made me retroactively hate that show and everything about it. I've never had that happen with a show before, or since.

seeing my friends go through this freshman year is still one of my favorite things about college. just a running theme throughout the year.

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #23 on:** May 24, 2015, 03:50:08 PM »

My favorite thing about the finale was when Jack tells the smoke monster Locke that he shouldn't call himself that because he doesn't deserve to have Locke's name, and then a few minutes later they're having a knife fight in the rain and Jack yells out "LOOOOOOCCCCKKKEEE!"

That's how lazy they were, they didn't even catch that.

huckleberry · « **Reply #24 on:** May 24, 2015, 03:55:15 PM »

Quote from: dkdk on May 24, 2015, 03:48:08 PM

Quote from: huckleberry on May 24, 2015, 03:43:52 PM
The final season (especially the finale) made me retroactively hate that show and everything about it. I've never had that happen with a show before, or since.

seeing my friends go through this freshman year is still one of my favorite things about college. just a running theme throughout the year.

It was unbelievable how so many of friends had themselves convinced that the shit show was actually good (if not great).

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #25 on:** May 24, 2015, 03:59:35 PM »

http://www.thebore.com/forum/index.php?topic=32500.0

StealthFan · « **Reply #26 on:** May 24, 2015, 04:01:46 PM »

Solo used to post here? Wow.

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #27 on:** May 24, 2015, 04:06:32 PM »

start here to read live finale reactions:

http://www.thebore.com/forum/index.php?topic=32500.1350

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #28 on:** May 24, 2015, 04:09:41 PM »

I liked it. Still liked it now despite the ending not being great.

I guess for me I enjoyed it because I liked individual arcs. I never thought any of that stuff would pay off into some explainable thing or tightly conceived narrative.

I feel roughly the same about Ron Moore's BSG. I liked it because I enjoyed indivdual plotlines or characters. Not because it had any true narrative arc that was payed off at the end. Both shows ended dumb and were made up as they went along. I still enjoyed them both

Positive Touch · « **Reply #29 on:** May 24, 2015, 04:13:15 PM »

the lore for this show was such trash. they spent years and years eking out random shit with fuck all resolution, and then season 6 came out and it was worse than the shittiest fanfic writer could ever churn out. I mean there was so much random stuff in there, and the best you can do is that sibling rivalry shit that was never even hinted at? just mind-blowingly shit. even the worst of the worst jrpg story is better.

BobFromPikeCreek · « **Reply #30 on:** May 24, 2015, 04:31:06 PM »

John Locke is still the most pathetic character in TV history.

bachikarn · « **Reply #31 on:** May 24, 2015, 04:32:34 PM »

I thought Season 5 and 6 were fucking awful, but thought the finale itself wasn't bad. I haven't watched it since it aired so it might be worse than I remember.

The show runners can fuck off for telling all the fans think they had it all planned out and were leaving clues when they made it up as they went and littered the show with red hearings.

StealthFan · « **Reply #32 on:** May 24, 2015, 04:34:28 PM »

Quote from: BobFromPikeCreek on May 24, 2015, 04:31:06 PM

John Locke is still the most pathetic character in TV history.

He was my favorite until he became a corpse. The REAL Locke had...15 minutes of screentime in the last two seasons. Pathetic. Fuck.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #33 on:** May 24, 2015, 04:41:59 PM »

http://www.thebore.com/forum/index.php?topic=32500.msg1127698#msg1127698

The only memorable episode I distinctly remember from S6 is the Richard origin ep, which was great.

El Babua · « **Reply #34 on:** May 24, 2015, 04:42:39 PM »

A show whose main attraction for that night was a fly produced more compelling television.

StealthFan · « **Reply #35 on:** May 24, 2015, 04:54:58 PM »

The Richard episode

"I want to live forever"

"I can do that" Says Jacob, like a fucking used car salesman. ffs. Almost as bad as the Jacob/MIB episode.

seagrams hotsauce · « **Reply #36 on:** May 24, 2015, 04:57:59 PM »

I dunno that Jacob origin story was neck in neck with Jacks dumb tattoo flashback for the worst of the series to me. Truly awful everything and completely disposable at a time when I would have taken any god damn answers at all. I would have settled for knowing why that dumb bird kept screeching HURLEY

StealthFan · « **Reply #37 on:** May 24, 2015, 04:58:04 PM »

They never should've explained Richard, and Jacob should've stayed in the periphery. Dude was cool in season 3, because he was shrouded in mystery. The worst part of Lost wasn't the questions, but the answers. Shit was so dumb.

Nicca stuffed a blowhole to make a god mortal

BobFromPikeCreek · « **Reply #38 on:** May 24, 2015, 05:07:14 PM »

Let's be honest. 90% of the reason anything felt epic or important was because of Michael Giacchino's amazing scoring.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #39 on:** May 24, 2015, 05:28:33 PM »

Quote from: Eel O'Brian on May 24, 2015, 03:59:35 PM

http://www.thebore.com/forum/index.php?topic=32500.0

lmao, look at all the hoemoes in that thread that are like "Boo Lost sucked, I'm gonna go watch superior Sci-Fi show Fringe/Supernatural/V"

thisismyusername · « **Reply #40 on:** May 24, 2015, 05:28:59 PM »

Quote from: demi on May 23, 2010, 10:05:31 PM

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK

JACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! FUCK ME IN THE ASS

I see some things haven't changed.

Rufus · « **Reply #41 on:** May 24, 2015, 05:33:01 PM »

Quote from: BobFromPikeCreek on May 24, 2015, 04:31:06 PM

John Locke is still the most pathetic character in TV history.

"Don't tell me what I can't do!"

StealthFan · « **Reply #42 on:** May 24, 2015, 05:34:35 PM »

Fringe is...alright I guess. I can't binge on it. Has no hooks for me, outside of the luscious Ana Torv.

Kara · « **Reply #43 on:** May 24, 2015, 05:38:27 PM »

Quote from: Joe Molotov on May 24, 2015, 05:28:33 PM

Quote from: Eel O'Brian on May 24, 2015, 03:59:35 PM
http://www.thebore.com/forum/index.php?topic=32500.0

lmao, look at all the hoemoes in that thread that are like "Boo Lost sucked, I'm gonna go watch superior Sci-Fi show Fringe/Supernatural/V"

The series finale of V is amazing TV.

cool breeze · « **Reply #44 on:** May 24, 2015, 05:45:17 PM »

sometimes I regret not watching the show as it aired. months of speculation about intelligent dogs and smoke monsters and magic numbers and pregnancy and latches.

CatsCatsCats · « **Reply #45 on:** May 24, 2015, 06:37:04 PM »

Fringe is still infinitely better than Lost

Hock · « **Reply #46 on:** May 24, 2015, 06:48:13 PM »

The weird thing is they vehemently claim that they had the ending planned since the start, as a rebuttal to everyone saying they were making things up as they went along. So basically they had six years to come up with something better than the Jacob and MIB Across the Sea bullshit and couldn't.

Its so weird that the show became less grounded and flew off the rails after they got a guaranteed number of episodes to produce after season 3.

StealthFan · « **Reply #47 on:** May 24, 2015, 07:17:56 PM »

I peaced out after the island moved. Not because an island moving is stupid, but because they SHOWED it happening. Even with top notch CGI that is some goofy shit. The fact that they showed it told me that these niccas lost the plot.

"We have to move the island" was one of the best cliffhangers tho. I was like...wat. I couldn't comprehend what was just said.

Kara · « **Reply #48 on:** May 24, 2015, 07:30:12 PM »

Quote from: StealthFan on May 24, 2015, 07:17:56 PM

I peaced out after the island moved. Not because an island moving is stupid, but because they SHOWED it happening. Even with top notch CGI that is some goofy shit.

holy shit I can't believe this was a pop culture phenomenon

StealthFan · « **Reply #49 on:** May 24, 2015, 07:35:32 PM »

Quote from: Vularai on May 24, 2015, 07:30:12 PM

Quote from: StealthFan on May 24, 2015, 07:17:56 PM
I peaced out after the island moved. Not because an island moving is stupid, but because they SHOWED it happening. Even with top notch CGI that is some goofy shit.

holy shit I can't believe this was a pop culture phenomenon

By season 4 popularity had waned. I mean...people still watched and it was still a big deal to fans but it wasn't getting 22 million views, ya know? It wasn't as zeitgeist-y at that point.

Kara · « **Reply #50 on:** May 24, 2015, 07:51:11 PM »

Looks like ratings started slipping 1/3 into season 3.

Still giving the masses a scarlet L in taste though.

StealthFan · « **Reply #51 on:** May 24, 2015, 07:59:34 PM »

First half of season 3 was so bad. I am not shocked that viewers started to flee. Second half was GOAT tho

demi · « **Reply #52 on:** May 24, 2015, 08:00:56 PM »

I havent watched TV since Lost. Nothing comes close. TV today couldnt be any more uninteresting.

Huff · « **Reply #53 on:** May 24, 2015, 08:36:20 PM »

I only watched the last three seasons. Kinda added to the mystery of the fuck was going on.

StealthFan · « **Reply #54 on:** May 24, 2015, 09:25:29 PM »

Quote from: demi on May 24, 2015, 08:00:56 PM

I havent watched TV since Lost. Nothing comes close. TV today couldnt be any more uninteresting.

Nothing compares to Lost, even GoT and Walking Dead.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #55 on:** May 24, 2015, 10:17:38 PM »

I'll stand by my argument that the finale wasn't a bad episode - but it was a horrible finale. It felt like a reunion ep that would come 1-2 episodes before the finale.

BobFromPikeCreek · « **Reply #56 on:** May 24, 2015, 11:38:36 PM »

Quote from: The Walrus on May 24, 2015, 10:54:12 PM

I don't get why Lindelof still gets work.

Both Prometheus and Star Trek Into Darkness had great reviews and made boatloads of money. Plus he probably knows and is friends with a lot of important people. It's not hard to get.

BobFromPikeCreek · « **Reply #57 on:** May 24, 2015, 11:42:39 PM »

Prometheus, certified fresh on Rotten Tomatoes and box office success.

I agree, he's a hack, but come on dude. Hollywood's about numbers and relationships and he has both.

seagrams hotsauce · « **Reply #58 on:** May 24, 2015, 11:42:50 PM »

More just dumb. How bad is tomorrowland, by the way?

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #59 on:** May 24, 2015, 11:43:48 PM »

Quote from: The Walrus on May 24, 2015, 11:41:21 PM

Prometheus, widely considered one of the most disappointing films of all time?

By who? Because critics generally liked it.

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Author Topic: Lost ended 5 years ago today (Read 11046 times)