The way I understood it, the losties had created the church (with all the religious symbols because they all had a different religion), not the sideways.
Why? I mean, why is the show ruined because in the 6th season, the flashes didn't take place in the past, like during the first seasons, or in the immediate future, like in the later seasons? Are "Ashes to Ashes" or "Life on Mars" ruined, now that we know that the characters had been dead all along and were living in the purgatory/afterlife? For me, no. When the characters died, whether on Lost, Life on Mars or Ashes to Ashes, they were given a chance to work out their problems, a last chance to learn about the mistakes they had made when they had been alive, and then to move on when it's done, either to hell, heaven, reincarnation, it's up to you. Personally, I believe that the Losties's voyage isn't over. Their lives on Earth had been the first one, and they are going to be reincarnated. That's why they waited for each other in the church, they were part of the same group souls and they waited for the ones who had been the most important ones in their lives, so that they could move on together. And well, Mother said that the Light was Life, Death and Rebirth. Enough for me.
I'm not religious but honestly, I don't understand that instinctive negative reaction that some have when there's spirituality thrown into a sci-fi show (BSG, which had always heavily relied on religion, by the way) or in a fantastic show like Lost. Is techno-babble better than spirituality? I accept techno-babble in Doctor Who, it's fun but honestly, I'm glad that a show as mysterious as Lost ended up with an ending which is both clear for me and mysterious.
Would you have felt better if you had been told that the island was in fact an alien spaceship which had crashed on Earth 5 billions years ago and had damaged the core of the earth, living the remaining survivors from the crash to create an electromagnetic field to prevent the island from exploding and destroying the Earth? That's something that you could find in EVERY damn sci-fi show, so predictable, I have Star Trek or Sea Quest flashbacks here.
Or would you have felt better if you had been told that the Dharma Initiative had been doing all kind of experiments on the island, with the electro-magnetism, resulting in some people developping powers, in seeing ghosts, or in time travel? Very Island of the Doctor Moreau.
I know, I know, some scream "Jacob's ladder" but let's be honest, is there a single new idea out there? The two examples I mentioned were already used in other tv shows.
You know, the answers given about the light were just the tip of the iceberg and allow room for interpretation. For me, the Light is the gateway to the afterlife (hell, heaven, reincarnation, purgatory, limbo, all kinds of dimensions). But I read a great theory about the Light being in fact Time. And that's what's great about the ending. There are answers but vague enough that we can each come up with our own ending. Did this ruin the show? I think it gave it eternity. The fact that there's not a definite answer but answers that lead to discussions and arguments could very well mean that people will still be discussing Lost in 20 years. Which is better than having a definite and concrete answer, closing door for discussion, leading the fans to leave the fandom or the show because there's nothing left to talk about.
And to an above post... I've said a few times here that we guessed the show in the first season, and they threw anything in to throw us off... Then created a contrived fairy tale land and called it the Flash Sideways... UGHH ruined the whole dam show... Try rewatching season 6... It's horrible in retrospect to the show we grew to love for the last 6 years...
The show was nothing more than a nicely wrapped box of socks on xmas morning..
The show was nothing more than a nicely wrapped box of socks on xmas morning..
I'm not religious but honestly, I don't understand that instinctive negative reaction that some have when there's spirituality thrown into a sci-fi show (BSG, which had always heavily relied on religion, by the way) or in a fantastic show like Lost. Is techno-babble better than spirituality? I accept techno-babble in Doctor Who, it's fun but honestly, I'm glad that a show as mysterious as Lost ended up with an ending which is both clear for me and mysterious.
Would you have felt better if you had been told that the island was in fact an alien spaceship which had crashed on Earth 5 billions years ago and had damaged the core of the earth, living the remaining survivors from the crash to create an electromagnetic field to prevent the island from exploding and destroying the Earth? That's something that you could find in EVERY damn sci-fi show, so predictable, I have Star Trek or Sea Quest flashbacks here.
Or would you have felt better if you had been told that the Dharma Initiative had been doing all kind of experiments on the island, with the electro-magnetism, resulting in some people developping powers, in seeing ghosts, or in time travel? Very Island of the Doctor Moreau.
I know, I know, some scream "Jacob's ladder" but let's be honest, is there a single new idea out there? The two examples I mentioned were already used in other tv shows.
You know, the answers given about the light were just the tip of the iceberg and allow room for interpretation. For me, the Light is the gateway to the afterlife (hell, heaven, reincarnation, purgatory, limbo, all kinds of dimensions). But I read a great theory about the Light being in fact Time. And that's what's great about the ending. There are answers but vague enough that we can each come up with our own ending. Did this ruin the show? I think it gave it eternity. The fact that there's not a definite answer but answers that lead to discussions and arguments could very well mean that people will still be discussing Lost in 20 years. Which is better than having a definite and concrete answer, closing door for discussion, leading the fans to leave the fandom or the show because there's nothing left to talk about.
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