"Some days are special. Some days are so, so blessed."

 Explaaaaaaaain! Ich hatte beim Gucken dann wirklich oft den NostalgiaCritic im Kopf. Ja, es war abzusehen. Aber ich sagte ich warte das Finale ab, bis ich urteile.

Nun muss ich SB zustimmen: Es war der größte Betrug in meiner TV-Geschichte.

BSG hat dagegen ein Finale voller Sinn und Logik.

Mythologie ist kein Ersatz für schlechtes Schreiben. Imho müsste es sogar erleichtern, solange man in einer internen Logik bleibt. Naja. "Alles egal" mag auch so eine interne Logik sein.

Ja - nicht, dass vieles nicht beantwortet wird stört mich, sondern dass das meiste stumpf egal ist. Auch Dinge, die über längere Zeit mit Hauptthemen waren. Egal. Wird mit keinem Wort mehr erwähnt und aufgeklärt schon gar nicht.

Es geht sich um die Charaktere und Mythologiereligiongeschwurbel. Die letzten 10 Minuten sind das kotzigste, was ich seit langen im Fernsehen gesehen habe. Und ich gucke "Eine himmlische Familie" !

Dass ausgerechnet LOST diese religiöse Schwülstigkeit toppt, amüsiert mich.

"Es ging sich um die Charaktere und die haben ein schönes Ende bekommen"

NEIN. NEIN es ging sich NICHT vorrangig um die Charaktere. Es ging sich um die Insel, die Eisbären, das Smokemonster, die Anderen, die Nummern, WAAAAALLLT, Eisbären, Widmore, Ben, MIB, Zeitsprünge, Magnetismus, DINGE. Es ging sich um vieles, aber nicht vorrangig darum, dass Jack der Held ist und sich alle im Jenseits in die Arme fallen. Wenn ich Charakterwichserei will, guck ich GZSZ.

Wurde die letzten Tage gefragt, wie LOST nun ausging und um was es sich drehte. Tja. Schwer zu sagen, gerade wenn Leute schon bei Saffel 3 aufgehört haben (kluge Menschen!) Es ist für mich an vielen Stellen viel zu unbefriedigend, als dass ich für mich selbst wirklich eine Erklärung hätte.

Fest steht, was von den Autoren auch so bestätigt ist:

Alles, was auf der Insel passierte, war "real" - passierte also wirklich. Lediglich die ATL, die "Sideway-Flashes" in der 6. Season sind Leben nach dem Tod/Zwischenwelt vor Übertritt ins Jenseits, in dem sich die Seelenverwandten (also die meisten Losties aus Staffel 1) wieder zusammen finden um gemeinsam ins Licht/nächste Leben/Himmel/whatever überzutreten. Wer auf der Insel stirbt, stirbt wirklich. Alle, die die Insel real verlassen, tun das wirklich und treffen sich halt nach ihrem Tod (wo immer, wie auch immer) in der Sideway-Jenseits-Welt wieder.

The rest was silence. Ähh...ja. Naja. Ding ist - viel Schallemahallema. Eigentlich wird nichts wirklich erklärt. Man darf einfach nicht "Warum" fragen.

Die Autoren und Pro-Fans erklären es so, dass es ja auch in der Serie die ganze Zeit darum ging, ob man ein Mann des Glaubens oder ein Mann der Wissenschaft ist. Und man lieber glauben sollte statt warum zu fragen.

No, I´m not kidding you.

Auf SPON gibt es einmal einen gut lesbaren Artikel zur letzten Folge wie auch eine Liste mit 10 offenen Fragen und in wie weit sie beantwortet wurden (haha).

Ich zitiere hier mal wen aus der GH, die es wiederum aus einem Kommentar bei SF-Radio hat und wo es eventuell vorher herkommt, keine Ahnung.Aber in seiner Aufgeregtheit trifft es ganz gut.

1. The numbers: Hm, Jacob had a thing for numbers. Wow, well I'll be damned. Jacob was a magician and instead of pulling out a rabbit from his magic hat - out came those quirky little numbers our Lost characters just couldn't get enough of. Yes, it totally makes sense now.

Check: DUMB!

2. Smokey: Um - are we sure we don't need a multiple choice answer sheet for this one? I'm not sure I know what I liked best. 
Did he make a better a.) invisible security system that crashes through the jungle trees protecting the island and scaring the hell out of our losties (S1- explanation from D. Rousseau) 
b.) A black puff of moving smoke who likes to snap pictures, shift into images of the dead, and then pass moral judgment before killing Mr. Eko 
c.) that nameless MIB who committed the ultimate crime of wanting to go home and can't kill Losties because it's against the rules or 
d.) all of the above because I like shifting concepts that don't really make sense.

Check: Hey, isn't there a letter choice e?

3. The Lists: Would you like the S2 variety (good people) or the S6 kind (Candidates)?

Check: S2 wins by default because S6 just sucks.

4. The Whisperings: After six whole seasons, we come to this impressive conclusion: It's the souls who are trapped on the island and can't move on because of what they've done.
Well, color me stupid. I don't think I ever had a clue, I mean, not even with all the dead people showing up everywhere.

Check: Any good mystery only requires one line of dialogue to answer it (See: #1 The Numbers).

5. The Others: Who exactly are they again and where did they come from? Oh, that's right - who knows. Sometimes they like to dress down, get dirty, and walk barefoot through the jungle so they can't be tracked. They might be natives, they might not be. Ben, the leader, brought some to the island too before they turned into Kung fu Meets Karate Kid wannabe types. Jacob, the real leader, also had some lists and a big ole' magic mirror in a lighthouse, so, you never know?!!!

Check: Maybe the island just made them up as it went along?!!

6. Walt: The kid was special. Yeah, that's right ... was. He was so special that we didn't see him again until S4/S5. That's about as special as it gets.

Check: Special abilities aren't considered that special anymore once a character reaches puberty. Either that - or Walt can't die. His special abilities make him immortal and he was saved the horrible fate of having to mope around in purgatory trying to get away from The Others.

7. Aaron: Special kid #2. It was ultimately predicted that baby Aaron had to be raised by his real mother, Claire. He needed her good nature to be an influence - the child could not be raised by another. The Others tried to get their hands on baby Aaron. Charlie had dreams/visions of him being in danger/mortal peril ... and wait just a minute, why am I rehashing all that again? This is S6. Aaron was raised by Kate for three years with no problems and Claire went nuts. The end.

Check: Special kids don't have the best of luck when it comes to being raised by their natural parents. Whether it be at zero years or twelve years - they're eventually getting booted off the island. Send mommy and daddy a post card.

8. The Pregnancy Curse: Yeah, I know. We were supposed to reach our own conclusions on this one too (thanks for the extra homework Darlton). So, Juliet comes to the island to fix a problem that never gets fixed. Alot of women die. Weird - considering that the healing properties of that island had no problems creating supersperm, healing cancer, and helping a crippled man to regain the use of his legs. However, it couldn't heal whatever the problem was and help pregnant women carry to term.

Check: Hm. Maybe the island didn't really like children after all? *shrugs*

9. The Donkey Wheel: Aside from the most obvious question, how the hell does this thing really work and who actually installed it, how did Ben know about it if Jacob never talked to him directly?! And why did Ben cause the island to move, better yet, how did he know it would move? Why was Locke the one who could make it stop?!

Check: You have to have the magical touch to use the Donkey Wheel and make the island stop moving.

10. 'Mother': Seriously, where the hell did this woman come from? Did the white light source spit her out one day?!

Check: It's okay to committ murder in the name of the white light. Because we all know that makes sense.

11. Jacob/MIB Feud: So, one brother wants to leave the island and the other doesn't. Jacob throws MIB down into the white light source. Out comes a puff of angry black smoke. The end.

Check: Apparently, if you find out you've been lied to your whole life and want to leave the island, then you're evil.

12. The Sickness: Yeah, this a good one. After it was revealed that poor Sayid and Claire went over the edge because they were 'sick' - I wanted someone to march right back over and find some of those vaccinations that I'm sure Ethan kept hidden somewhere in one of those Dharma stations. But then I had to remember that this was S6. I'm not sure that there really is a cure against a black, smokey darkness that consumes your soul.

Check: It was all a Hoax?!

13. Lighthouse: I think this one speaks for itself ...

Check: Well, Jack broke the mirror so we certainly can't ask IT any more questions.

14. The Light Source: Why is it on the island? What does it do exactly? How does a puff of black smoke come out of it? Why did we go from the island needing protecting to this white light needing it instead?!!!

Check: The show is officially over ... who cares now.

15. Dharma food drops: Thought of this one last minute and it's always bothered me. Um - if Dharma was 'purged' by the Others ... why are there large drops of food being dumped onto the island long after they were all dead? You mean, nobody from the outside world got suspicious when all communications ceased to exist?!!!

Check: Widmore was playing a prank on them. He knew how to get back to the island all along.


Yes, this is just a small amount of things on a grand scale that make this series suck as a whole. I can't believe I stuck with this series - I should have stopped watching like I said I was going to do four seasons back. What a waste of time - I feel like such a sucker having investing my time in this. I was bored throughout the whole series finale - it was that bad. I just wasn't moved with the purgatory ending because of how this show has been handled for the past few seasons. It's been on the decline for awhile IMO - inconsistent writing and alot of continiuty errors. The story has no flow and it's a saga that jumps around way too much. The island ultimately held no purpose at the end - okay, so they were all connected by being on the island but how in the world was it the most important/significant time for all of them? They were busy half of the time trying to get away from the damn place - or the rest of them met a really sucky end with their deaths. I'm having a hard time recognizing how they all came together and agreed to 'create' this place. My gosh, alot of them didn't even get along. Nothing was ever really explained, the island story jumps everywhere. Heck, they should have stuck with the island being purgatory then. At least THAT way, I can suspend a little more disbelief on why things on the island aren't really explained that well.

Mythology is not an excuse for poor writing. I hate how this show tries to hide behind that - I've watched plenty of shows that have focus on mythology and tell a story that's pretty coherent.

I just got to ask - is there anyone seriously planning on buying this monstrosity when it comes out on DVD/Blue Ray?! For crying out loud, I'm embarrassed to acknowledge that I even own the rest of it.

Well, what can I say. LOST - you suck! Glad this nightmare has finally come to a screeching halt.