The Official Lost: The Final Season Thread (Warning: Possible Spoilers)

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Originally Posted by Schneed10

Or - and perhaps to state the obvious - the writers intelligently sucked viewers in with these little mysteries, to help keep people interested and to drive ratings.

The fact that nerds on forums like to overanalyze the show only helps ABC. But ultimately the show wasn't about that.

Nerds missed the point, but it kept them watching.

So basically, the only way to not miss the point is to not hate the finale? I think I was pretty fair with my assessment, in terms of understanding what the writers were saying vs. what many people expected. Can you even see the other side? Or are you just going to pull ad hom guns?

And the show was begging for over-analyzation (thank God I didn't partake in that forum madness, myself). It's not like a bunch of rabid fanboys mistakenly started coming up with all these wild theories based on false premises. If you really think the point of this show had nothing to do with mysteries of the island, then why is it on SyFy syndication? If the "point" was about something else altogether (the themes in the finale did not escape me, if you reread my earlier post), it was more likely to syndicate on Bravo.

The assertion that many viewers who hated the ending "didn't get it" or "missed the point" doesn't hold water. If that was the case, the same viewers would have quit watching years ago (the show left many "I don't get it" moments throughout the entire series anyway). What you got out of the show (what the writers are now spouting on blogs) doesn't make you right and others wrong. Entertainment is subjective- but I guess the SyFy channel certainly "missed the point."

Our very own Nerds!

By the way, the above link doesn't get too hyperactive like those on the official Lost forums. But the posters all discuss plot turns, mysteries and devices- these points cover the majority of posts, by far. If the thread doesn't really delve too much into love, finding ones' self, faith, etc (the supposed "point" of the show), did the majority of our posters miss the point? Or are only the viewers who enjoyed the finale absolved?