re: Why is everyone so mad at lost

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theunknownknight

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Yeah, when I was explaining this earlier (using Ben as an example of good character development), people were jumping through loopholes to try and figure out how their personalities turned out this way. If all I knew about the characters was this episode, I certainly wouldn't have predicted they turned out the way they did.

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Why is everyone so mad at lost

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A combination of high expectations and preconceived notions of what needs to be revealed

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Well, some good news is "What They Died For" got good reviews.

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Glad to hear that. Early word on "What They Died For" and "The End" has been very positive.

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The camp is split, what used to be two groups is now three.

A) Those who are in it for the ride, these guys are ok. Totally chill with whats going on.

B) Those who love Lost but are searching for answers, and the show just isn't providing it. Definitely your most angry people.

C) Those who were jaded early on, and have either watched the show sporadically or given up completely. They are just saying "I told you so" to the first two groups, exacerbating the anger.


Oh and there's a 4th group

D) People who bitch and complain about story structure and narrative cohesiveness. The other three groups just nod and say, "uh huh." I have no idea who these people are.

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A: Group of Faith

B: Group of Science

C: The Others

D: The Other Others

A, Team Jacob here as well

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A: Group of Faith

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Shame he died by drowning, he should have gone out in typical samurai fashion, with a sword thrust into his chest.

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Agreed.

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Does not compute. You're A, with a little B now.

D was a little self-deprecating humor on my part.

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Thought you were just talking about this episode, because the main thing I've been bitching about is the story structure and character decisions of that episode. As a whole for the series, it would be a combo of A and B.

I'm not "mad" per se about "Across The Sea" but I have to say I am disappointed. Without rehashing all the same details that have been aptly pointed out in this forum and on Dark UFO, let me just say that scene in which MIB described how he would get off the island apparently as a result of “smart people” figuring out how to control/manipulate the water with the light by attaching the donkey wheel was so ridiculous that it was difficult to comprehend that the same team of writers had contrived this script. The lack of credibility of MIB's explanation was due to the obvious technology gap of the time period (Roman Empire) that many have cited in this forum. I understand that they where trying to keep it simple without raising more questions but sheesh I think a lot of fans here could have done better.

I think the explanation would have been much more credible if the writers had set up an Atlantis type scenario or any advanced race as the source of the technology. And by the way, something other than a wooden donkey wheel would have made the entire concept more believable as well.

I'm sure the writer's on going intent was to stay away from any type of historic or cliched origin such as Greek or Roman mythology but honestly I feel they wrote themselves into a corner for which there was no other plausible explanation. Otherwise they should have just left out all the technological aspects such the Dharma Initiative scientific investigation/experiments, the advanced physics associated with Faraday's time travel studies, time travel itself and the flash-sideways parallel universe split. Another realistic convention might have been advanced knowledge from the future since they had already introduced time travel as an integral aspect of LOST.

In the end I think some of the all encompassing theories proposed by fans were actually better thought out and would have had more credibility than what we are left with after this episode. Maybe the whole thing should have remained a mystery but then again I think most fans were demanding some back-story explanation for the origins of Jacob and MIB if not a complete understanding of the island. No, I think the main failure was in providing a less than credible technological explanation.