The Syndicate

Ricochet wrote:I feel that I'm already in the middle of a Lost rewatch.

It's called Westworld.

Epignosis wrote:Sellout.

Golden wrote:

MovingPictures07 wrote:So Annie and I did a rewatch over the last few months, and finally got to the finale this past weekend. To my incredible surprise, I actually liked it. I stayed away from rewatching the show for so long because I fell into the 'increasingly unhappy with the finale' side of the camp, but I just watched the show and stopped demanding all of the answers, and I liked it. I can't believe it.

I always liked it. Nice to have another person who has moved to my side of the ledger.

I don't think season six is the best season - too much filler for me. But I liked it's basic storyline and endpoint. I liked the flash-sideways. And I liked the much maligned Across The Sea, which was basically the writers way of saying 'we've given you answers, but you just ask more questions' - it set out their philosophy, and I was cool with it.

G-Man wrote:

MovingPictures07 wrote:That said, I haven't re-watched LOST since it ended because I'm afraid to reconfront the ending, thinking I will hate it more this time rather than initially feeling good about it but gradually turning indifferent the more I thought about it in the weeks after finale.

See I'm more worried about what the last two seasons will do to my perception of the first two seasons. I loved Season 1 and was a major Locke fan until the end of Season 3. Locke was built up for so long to be this important character but later on we learn that he was nothing more than a pawn in MIB's plot. That realization crushed me hard. I think I'm worried to re-watch those early episodes and feel like they're just a waste of time. That and I will probably want to analyze every episode and character in relation to the overall plot. If nothing else, Season 6 informed us that some characters weren't all that necessary.

G-Man wrote:To me, Season 6 just seemed like an entirely different show. The showrunners kept so much of the Island mythology bottled up and then dumped it on us, beginning with The Temple and ending with Jacob & MIB's history. They should have injected a little bit more of all that starting with Season 4 to ease us into it.

The flash-sideways were a source of frustration to me because it kept the possibility of an alternate reality open for far too long. I never subscribed to the Alternate Timeline camp. I was firmly entrenched in the Whatever Happened Happened theory. That's just how I approach the theoretical concept of time travel in general. Had Desmond started his mission to "wake up" the rest of the survivors from the get-go, the flash-sideways would have had a better sense of urgency and purpose.

A few of you from the STV forums might remember that I ran the Lost Fantasy League on DarkUFO. I think by Season 6 I was getting a little burnt out from all the work that the LFL required every week. That might be another contributing factor in my attitude toward Season 6. I'm okay with the finale. I don't love and I don't hate it. Yeah, it leaves a few things dangling but I can accept the resolution it gave us.

The Constant is still my favorite episode though. Desmond rocked.