I read a lot of articles about 'Lost' today and in most of them they quote the series creator and writers with saying that the 'relationships' between the characters was the most important thing over the run of the show. All that extra strange goofiness they threw us was just to advance the story. It has always been about how the survivors deal with the bizarre situations they have found themselves in rather than the situations themselves.
That is such a load of horseshit. They always sold 'Lost' to us as a mystery where everything from the hatch to the mysterious numbers to the polar bear all had significance to the story as a whole. Online you ENCOURAGED us to search posters for story clues. Then you blame us if your hidden agenda was not clearly obvious to us or if we found the wrong clues.
That is all well and good. There is nothing I enjoy more than good changing and developing relationship. I absolutely love the interaction between Oliver and Peter and Walter and Astrid and Agent Broules on 'Fringe'. They too are surrounded by the bizarre on a weekly basis but have found a way to work around it.
I am less interested in what the hell 'Massive Dynamic' is all about because it would only pigeonhole the story. You don't need to know anything about THE PATTERN to still enjoy the program. 'Massive Dynamic' is just a plot device to focus the characters upon.
'Lost' on the other hand gave us 'The Darhma Initiatives' but told us by their writing that this was very important to their story and for years we tried to figure out how Dharma fit into everything. If it was so important then why was it dumped for all this good angel vs bad angel crap? As audience members we are owed more than to just be abandoned with our questions.
You may think that the way you did things make you great writers but it doesn't. Plot holes need to be plugged up and questions need to be answered if you want me to totally accpet your premise and lessons. To many things these days are left half finished and I, for one, am sick of it.
When writers have to downplay expectations for a finale that is only three episodes away, then they clearly are worried about how the end of the series will be viewed of by the fans. They have no confidence that what they created is any good at all.
It's the height of douchbaggery to tell viewings that we should never have been paying attention to all the quirkiness of the situations because the relationships are what is really what we should have been giving our attention to. Couldn't we do both? Didn't you promise both?
To blame a viewer like me for not watching your show 'properly' smacks of hubris and smugness. Two things I have absolutely no use for. How dare you even make statements likes that.
The day after the finale you will have to deal with fans who feel cheated once again. But don't worry, you are not going to be alone.
'Happy Town' is going that same route. Just another case of 'Twin Peaks' lite. We all know how that experience ended, don't we? 'Flashforward' and 'V' get the same criticism.
So stop asking for a pat on the back for a job well done, 'Lost'. Despite your great ideas and great cast and great individual moments - it's how you end the series that is important. If you screw the pooch then that is all we will remember. You need only to look at the X-files for proff of this. We all remember the great series but you cannot enter into a conversation with anyone and avoid talking about the crappy way that show ended. For a time I was even ashamed to admit I liked the 'X-Files' because that would mean admitting that I got hosed at the end.
I know that creating all this venom in a fan like me is not what you wanted at all and you can never go back to fix that. But who am I anyways? I am just some slug who likes his TV. You, yourselves, invited me to play along. It's my own fault for believing that was what you really wanted.
