This would be wasted in the Lounge, so I'm posting it here

[MorningGlow]

The LOST finale: all about the soul group and being there for one another in this life and afterward. What's not to love?! :woohoo:

[Kind of Blue]

1. You know, I was disappointed in the ending BUT

am really glad you brought the point back home. Disappointed because I realized they were dead in season 1. It reminded me too much of Jacob's Ladder, a film that blew me away back in the day. Then I was certain this last season when I saw a lovely movie, "Passengers," a few months ago starring Anne Hathaway that brought back my original "Lost" theory.

Disappointed because my theory was shutdown so many times and I really wanted to be surprised to pieces. But I got lost in the story and forgot the constant drumbeat of love, redemption and something I'm learning now - letting go.

Thanks, MorningGlow. I'm going to rewatch the finale :hug:

[MorningGlow]

2. Oh, but they weren't dead

I've read recaps online, and Lindelof and Cuse have said that everything that happened on the island really "happened" in the fiction. As Jack's father said in the last scene in the church, some people died before Jack, some after, and some long after. For example, everyone who escaped on the plane that flew over Jack's head at the end lived long, full lives thanks to him. But, because the church/Otherworld is outside of time, they are all able to gather there when someone needs help crossing over. And in this instance, it was Jack.

[Kind of Blue]

3. Sorry, should have been more clear. I believe

that the series was about the process of dying and letting go. Who died how when didn't really matter to me. Because of the aged sneaker in the forest that Jack passed as he was dying, I realized that the crash happened long ago and he was happy to see his friends taking flight, so I knew some led full lives as opposed to Sayid's lover and her brother. Kate saying how much she missed Jack, Ben not ready to leave, even heartbroken Juliette remembering her death ad realizing her life after death - all on death and dying.

Should have been more clear about "Passengers," too, because of the exact gathering(s) to help a loved ones cross over.

[MorningGlow]

5. Oh! I see!

You'll have to pardon me--I've been tilting at windmills in the Lounge, along the same lines. ;)

I'm interested in your take on the show--that it was about dying and letting go. I didn't think it was about that so much as (to sound completely cheesy) managing to completely and wholly love others and care for one another--perhaps a different sort of "letting go"--letting go of fear enough to truly love and not protect yourself from getting hurt so much that you cut yourself off. Desmond seemed to embody the ideal, loving Penny so completely. Everyone else seemed so broken and guarded and flawed, but sometimes they managed to evolve (Sawyer and Juliet, Sayid and Shannon, Charlie and Claire, etc.)

Of course, that veers terribly close to that theme I am SO SICK of, "redemption". Hollywood has been so fixated on that, for so long, that I'm feeling a rebellious backlash against the term. There ARE other themes out there, but you'd never know it! :P

[Delphinus]

4. I'm trying

to wrap my head around this. Thanks for helping me understand a bit more.

[MorningGlow]

6. I finished watching it at midnight last night

And then stayed awake till 1:00 or 1:30, staring at the ceiling, trying to work it all out in my head!