'LOST': waiting will be worth it in the end
Samantha Blee
Issue date: 2/9/10 Section: Opinion
If you haven't been living under a rock for the past week or so, then you know that last Tuesday brought us the premiere of the final season of "Lost." And what a premiere it was! From parallel timelines to hidden temples (seriously though, where did that Aztec-looking thing come from?), the producers of "Lost" did not fail to bring their A-game when kicking off the beginning of the end.
And this is exactly why I must smile to myself and respectfully say that yes, friends, sticking with "Lost" for the past six years was indeed the right decision. I'll admit, I did question the show's stability after Season Two. (For example, the ridiculous number of characters who were introduced, only to be killed off by the end of the season.) But with Season Three, we were thankfully right back on track. And it has only been smooth sailing from there. Well, as smooth as "Lost's" bomb-laden, time-traveling ship can sail, of course.
The beauty - yes, the undeniable beauty - of "Lost" lies in the fact that every event that occurs is ultimately leading us toward an already decided upon ending. There are no unanswered questions in the minds of the producers who write the show just as much, if not more, for themselves as they do for their audience.
"It would be a terrible mistake to change the methodology that has sustained the show for this long," executive producer Carlton Cuse said in an interview with Entertainment Weekly.
"Find the person who hates Nikki and Paulo the most, and I guarantee you that Carlton and I are still flagellating ourselves for that idea," executive producer Damon Lindelof said in the same interview. "The fact that we are 10 times harder on ourselves than anybody else makes us feel like the show is in the right hands."
When you have producers who toy with certain ideas for, well, years, you can't help but agree that "Lost" is certainly in the right hands. This level of commitment is exactly what keeps the show both on track and entertaining. There's also the fact that every time the audience thinks it might be catching on to the ways of these cunning minds, it only finds itself being thrown another curveball. Season Five's finale proved to be a set-up for another one of these moments.
And this is exactly why I must smile to myself and respectfully say that yes, friends, sticking with "Lost" for the past six years was indeed the right decision. I'll admit, I did question the show's stability after Season Two. (For example, the ridiculous number of characters who were introduced, only to be killed off by the end of the season.) But with Season Three, we were thankfully right back on track. And it has only been smooth sailing from there. Well, as smooth as "Lost's" bomb-laden, time-traveling ship can sail, of course.
The beauty - yes, the undeniable beauty - of "Lost" lies in the fact that every event that occurs is ultimately leading us toward an already decided upon ending. There are no unanswered questions in the minds of the producers who write the show just as much, if not more, for themselves as they do for their audience.
"It would be a terrible mistake to change the methodology that has sustained the show for this long," executive producer Carlton Cuse said in an interview with Entertainment Weekly.
"Find the person who hates Nikki and Paulo the most, and I guarantee you that Carlton and I are still flagellating ourselves for that idea," executive producer Damon Lindelof said in the same interview. "The fact that we are 10 times harder on ourselves than anybody else makes us feel like the show is in the right hands."
When you have producers who toy with certain ideas for, well, years, you can't help but agree that "Lost" is certainly in the right hands. This level of commitment is exactly what keeps the show both on track and entertaining. There's also the fact that every time the audience thinks it might be catching on to the ways of these cunning minds, it only finds itself being thrown another curveball. Season Five's finale proved to be a set-up for another one of these moments.
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Annarely Rodriguez
posted 2/12/10 @ 12:09 PM EST
Great job! I totally agree with you, but must say that I am worried about the alternate reality and the questions it might raise as a separate story. We shall see how it all works out. (Continued…)
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