tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008365570375864333.post6259951041737167262..comments2023-09-29T06:16:28.161-07:00Comments on WTF, I Have a Kid: Lost and found.Jendra Berrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13529199296075685805noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008365570375864333.post-531759417018941422010-05-25T09:32:47.580-07:002010-05-25T09:32:47.580-07:00I don't mind all that. In a way, I'm glad ...I don't mind all that. In a way, I'm glad it wasn't wrapped up in a tidy package, you know? Somehow the remaining mystery pleases me, like the island and its secrets will live on, and what other stories it'll have to tell, and what unknown stories came before it. <br><br>Yeah, some things are red herrings, but they could also be seen as a complex story in which not everything is about something. Sometimes, as in life, stuff is just there or it just happens. Sometimes in a narrative it can just be about expanding the journey, rather than about reaching the destination. I enjoyed the ride.Jendra Berrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13529199296075685805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008365570375864333.post-64316871583731788702010-05-25T08:39:04.563-07:002010-05-25T08:39:04.563-07:00I can honestly say that my problem wasn't the ...I can honestly say that my problem wasn't the unexplained mysteries, or even the missing characters in the finale (although much of that did irk me). My problem was the overall sense that we've been lied to -- that the writers swore up and down that they had a plan, and that this season (and the ending in particular) made it clear that they didn't. They took the audience for fools.<br><br>I've been defending the shows vision against detractors who said that it was all convoluted nonsense, but now I have to admit that it kind of was. It's difficult to justify an ending that claims it's all about the characters, in a purgatory that ultimately has NOTHING to do with the island. The island AFFECTED those characters. It attracted the audience. In the end, the writers abandoned what was essentially they're own premise, and gave us sentimental quasi-religion and all-too-happy afterlife resolutions. That's just lazy.<br><br>The one thing you have to admit is that they delved far too much into the mystery and mythology, and painted themselves into a corner. They took it too far, when simplicity could have given way to much more meaningful characterization.<br><br>The last season was rife with red herrings and absolute plot holes, and signs that they'd lost direction and were flying by the seat of their pants. The things they introduced and the images they gave us -- the island at the bottom of the sea, Dogen and the temple, Jack's son David -- didn't ultimately figure into the ending they decided on, and so were completely forgotten in the resolution. It's not misdirection or metaphor if it doesn't contribute meaning -- these story elements were last ditch stabs at conclusion that they couldn't make work.Alekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11977214289155398048noreply@blogger.com