The closest feeling to finishing the series for the first time is introducing to someone else and watching them watch the show.
On my 5th rewatch now introducing my friend and roommate to the show for his first time and oh my god is it better than rewatching alone.
It’s such a joy to see the show click with someone and experiencing all the highs and lows with them.
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On my 5th rewatch now introducing my friend and roommate to the show for his first time and oh my god is it better than rewatching alone.
It’s such a joy to see the show click with someone and experiencing all the highs and lows with them.
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I want your help
I just got an idea for an edit for lost but i am just not able to point out the specific clips I want so if any of you are watching right now can just send me 4-5sec clips of some happy moments in lost
I know I'm miserable but i thought it would be better to get the clips which makes y'all genuinely happy not some iconic scene or most viewed scene any part which y'all look at and then smile
Everyone has their own moments that they can't forget i want them all to be clipped together (as much as i could fit in),
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I just got an idea for an edit for lost but i am just not able to point out the specific clips I want so if any of you are watching right now can just send me 4-5sec clips of some happy moments in lost
I know I'm miserable but i thought it would be better to get the clips which makes y'all genuinely happy not some iconic scene or most viewed scene any part which y'all look at and then smile
Everyone has their own moments that they can't forget i want them all to be clipped together (as much as i could fit in),
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S4E11 - So much stuff in one episode it’s crazy
wow okay just finished the episode and that was honestly a LOT, and 10 was too with Jack and then Kate keeping a promise to Sawyer and it’s revealed that Sawyer stayed behind too.
THEN in 11 you see the dude who seems to appear everywhere? first he was on Ben’s crew in S3, THEN he appears in Ben’s childhood which is like decades before that, now he’s in Locke’s house when he’s younger? there has to be some sort of time travel involved.
After that you see Locke in the recovery center and Lance Reddick’s character appear and nudge him to go to Australia so he can then take the plane and reach the island… very very interesting.
now i’m worried about Jack’s crew and Keamy going against them too but man this is all so crazy on top of Christian being in the island speaking for Jacob to have Locke MOVE the island…?
man just two back to back BANGER episodes as well as 9. this season is so good i dont want it to end
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wow okay just finished the episode and that was honestly a LOT, and 10 was too with Jack and then Kate keeping a promise to Sawyer and it’s revealed that Sawyer stayed behind too.
THEN in 11 you see the dude who seems to appear everywhere? first he was on Ben’s crew in S3, THEN he appears in Ben’s childhood which is like decades before that, now he’s in Locke’s house when he’s younger? there has to be some sort of time travel involved.
After that you see Locke in the recovery center and Lance Reddick’s character appear and nudge him to go to Australia so he can then take the plane and reach the island… very very interesting.
now i’m worried about Jack’s crew and Keamy going against them too but man this is all so crazy on top of Christian being in the island speaking for Jacob to have Locke MOVE the island…?
man just two back to back BANGER episodes as well as 9. this season is so good i dont want it to end
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Would you use waffles as bread? - New cut dialogue from "He's Our You" revealed.
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Why didn't Desmond go with Lockes group in season 4?
On my 2nd rewatch, This always surprised me seeing as he was the only one to see Charlies warning firsthand, plus knowing it came from Penny. I would of thought he'd of been one of the more cautious ones when it came to the supposed rescue.
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On my 2nd rewatch, This always surprised me seeing as he was the only one to see Charlies warning firsthand, plus knowing it came from Penny. I would of thought he'd of been one of the more cautious ones when it came to the supposed rescue.
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first time watcher - season 6 is complicated
hey guys! i finished watching the series a few weeks ago for the first time and had more to say than expected so i'm here. i've been a lurker on the first time watcher posts (which are amazing btw) and am rly grateful for this community.
i consider myself to be a big fan of this show, but i do think it falls apart in the last season. before the ending warriors come at me, i understand the ending, the afterlife, the rivalry between jacob and mib, the island lore, etc. i'm not asking to be "lostsplained" and i don't think there are a ton of unanswered questions, but i don't blame people for believing there are because quite simply: the answers are deeply unsatisfying.
before you say i'm a victim of my expectations, you have to understand that the show set these expectations up. it's perfectly reasonable to acknowledge the flaws within a piece of media that you love, and you are allowed to love something enough to overlook its flaws or disagree that is has them. if you think the show is perfect, i'm really happy for you and don't want to take away from your experience, this is all just my opinion (which i shouldn't even have to say, but we really need to stop insulting the intelligence of those who have a different perspective on this show). further, to say that people who dont like the ending never liked the show holds no water, the last season falls apart and stands out as particularly messy precisely because of how tightly written the rest of the show is. to me, peak lost is middle of s3-end of s4, once they put their foot on the gas the story ramps up in a thrilling and satisfying way that got me so hyped for how it was all going to wrap up.
something i especially love about season 4 is the way the freighter characters are introduced. i think this season does something really satisfying with how it ties everything together in the end: widmore, ben, the freighter, the crash, the island itself, etc. it is so tightly written (though not infallible of course, the other woman is such an odd episode and i wish we got the ben flashback story). the flashes are also used in such an interesting way, not overly reliant on the flash forward trick and using some really cool storytelling techniques like in jin and sun's episode.
that's the thing though, the tone of the show so far was a healthy balance of drama, sci-fi, and fantasy. nothing ever felt too outlandish because it was all grounded in the characters, settings, and plot threads that were already established. and yes, jacob has been a part of the show for a while and the temple was mentioned before season 6, but these elements felt more like island mythology than mysteries to solve. i was a big fan of the smoke monster being an island security system with mysterious origins, of the whispers being a mysterious warning, of the cryptic and inexplicable nature of jacob's cabin.
in this way, i kind of think the last season answers too many questions, or even questions i never had. it explains away what makes the island mysterious and intriguing by pinning it all on two brothers who hate each other and a mystical bathtub. i know thats a pretty uncharitable way of putting it, but given how complex and interesting the other arcs presented in the show are and how enticingly ambiguous those mysteries were, it feels like a very cheap and cliché resolution to pin everything on magic and sibling rivalry. i've always liked the show's balance of mysticism and pragmaticism, but in season 6 it starts to feel less like that and more "trust me bro"
frankly, the rivalry between jacob and mib is uninteresting and dumbs down the core themes of the show. we've understood through the islanders' backstories that they are all complex and morally gray, i think making the show a "good and evil" battle in the end and splitting up all our core characters is so unsatisfying and feels unlike the rest of the show. instead of including widmore in s6 like an afterthought or quite literally blowing up the dharma initiative, we could have lingered on those
hey guys! i finished watching the series a few weeks ago for the first time and had more to say than expected so i'm here. i've been a lurker on the first time watcher posts (which are amazing btw) and am rly grateful for this community.
i consider myself to be a big fan of this show, but i do think it falls apart in the last season. before the ending warriors come at me, i understand the ending, the afterlife, the rivalry between jacob and mib, the island lore, etc. i'm not asking to be "lostsplained" and i don't think there are a ton of unanswered questions, but i don't blame people for believing there are because quite simply: the answers are deeply unsatisfying.
before you say i'm a victim of my expectations, you have to understand that the show set these expectations up. it's perfectly reasonable to acknowledge the flaws within a piece of media that you love, and you are allowed to love something enough to overlook its flaws or disagree that is has them. if you think the show is perfect, i'm really happy for you and don't want to take away from your experience, this is all just my opinion (which i shouldn't even have to say, but we really need to stop insulting the intelligence of those who have a different perspective on this show). further, to say that people who dont like the ending never liked the show holds no water, the last season falls apart and stands out as particularly messy precisely because of how tightly written the rest of the show is. to me, peak lost is middle of s3-end of s4, once they put their foot on the gas the story ramps up in a thrilling and satisfying way that got me so hyped for how it was all going to wrap up.
something i especially love about season 4 is the way the freighter characters are introduced. i think this season does something really satisfying with how it ties everything together in the end: widmore, ben, the freighter, the crash, the island itself, etc. it is so tightly written (though not infallible of course, the other woman is such an odd episode and i wish we got the ben flashback story). the flashes are also used in such an interesting way, not overly reliant on the flash forward trick and using some really cool storytelling techniques like in jin and sun's episode.
that's the thing though, the tone of the show so far was a healthy balance of drama, sci-fi, and fantasy. nothing ever felt too outlandish because it was all grounded in the characters, settings, and plot threads that were already established. and yes, jacob has been a part of the show for a while and the temple was mentioned before season 6, but these elements felt more like island mythology than mysteries to solve. i was a big fan of the smoke monster being an island security system with mysterious origins, of the whispers being a mysterious warning, of the cryptic and inexplicable nature of jacob's cabin.
in this way, i kind of think the last season answers too many questions, or even questions i never had. it explains away what makes the island mysterious and intriguing by pinning it all on two brothers who hate each other and a mystical bathtub. i know thats a pretty uncharitable way of putting it, but given how complex and interesting the other arcs presented in the show are and how enticingly ambiguous those mysteries were, it feels like a very cheap and cliché resolution to pin everything on magic and sibling rivalry. i've always liked the show's balance of mysticism and pragmaticism, but in season 6 it starts to feel less like that and more "trust me bro"
frankly, the rivalry between jacob and mib is uninteresting and dumbs down the core themes of the show. we've understood through the islanders' backstories that they are all complex and morally gray, i think making the show a "good and evil" battle in the end and splitting up all our core characters is so unsatisfying and feels unlike the rest of the show. instead of including widmore in s6 like an afterthought or quite literally blowing up the dharma initiative, we could have lingered on those
first time watcher - season 6 is complicated
hey guys! i finished watching the series a few weeks ago for the first time and had more to say than expected so i'm here. i've been a lurker on the first time watcher posts (which are amazing btw) and am rly grateful for this community.
i consider myself to be a big fan of this show, but i do think it falls apart in the last season. before the ending warriors come at me, i understand the ending, the afterlife, the rivalry between jacob and mib, the island lore, etc. i'm not asking to be "lostsplained" and i don't think there are a ton of unanswered questions, but i don't blame people for believing there are because quite simply: the answers are deeply unsatisfying.
before you say i'm a victim of my expectations, you have to understand that the show set these expectations up. it's perfectly reasonable to acknowledge the flaws within a piece of media that you love, and you are allowed to love something enough to overlook its flaws or disagree that is has them. if you think the show is perfect, i'm really happy for you and don't want to take away from your experience, this is all just my opinion (which i shouldn't even have to say, but we really need to stop insulting the intelligence of those who have a different perspective on this show). further, to say that people who dont like the ending never liked the show holds no water, the last season falls apart and stands out as particularly messy precisely because of how tightly written the rest of the show is. to me, peak lost is middle of s3-end of s4, once they put their foot on the gas the story ramps up in a thrilling and satisfying way that got me so hyped for how it was all going to wrap up.
something i especially love about season 4 is the way the freighter characters are introduced. i think this season does something really satisfying with how it ties everything together in the end: widmore, ben, the freighter, the crash, the island itself, etc. it is so tightly written (though not infallible of course, the other woman is such an odd episode and i wish we got the ben flashback story). the flashes are also used in such an interesting way, not overly reliant on the flash forward trick and using some really cool storytelling techniques like in jin and sun's episode.
that's the thing though, the tone of the show so far was a healthy balance of drama, sci-fi, and fantasy. nothing ever felt too outlandish because it was all grounded in the characters, settings, and plot threads that were already established. and yes, jacob has been a part of the show for a while and the temple was mentioned before season 6, but these elements felt more like island mythology than mysteries to solve. i was a big fan of the smoke monster being an island security system with mysterious origins, of the whispers being a mysterious warning, of the cryptic and inexplicable nature of jacob's cabin.
in this way, i kind of think the last season answers too many questions, or even questions i never had. it explains away what makes the island mysterious and intriguing by pinning it all on two brothers who hate each other and a mystical bathtub. i know thats a pretty uncharitable way of putting it, but given how complex and interesting the other arcs presented in the show are and how enticingly ambiguous those mysteries were, it feels like a very cheap and cliché resolution to pin everything on magic and sibling rivalry. i've always liked the show's balance of mysticism and pragmaticism, but in season 6 it starts to feel less like that and more "trust me bro"
frankly, the rivalry between jacob and mib is uninteresting and dumbs down the core themes of the show. we've understood through the islanders' backstories that they are all complex and morally gray, i think making the show a "good and evil" battle in the end and splitting up all our core characters is so unsatisfying and feels unlike the rest of the show. instead of including widmore in s6 like an afterthought or quite literally blowing up the dharma initiative, we could have lingered on those
hey guys! i finished watching the series a few weeks ago for the first time and had more to say than expected so i'm here. i've been a lurker on the first time watcher posts (which are amazing btw) and am rly grateful for this community.
i consider myself to be a big fan of this show, but i do think it falls apart in the last season. before the ending warriors come at me, i understand the ending, the afterlife, the rivalry between jacob and mib, the island lore, etc. i'm not asking to be "lostsplained" and i don't think there are a ton of unanswered questions, but i don't blame people for believing there are because quite simply: the answers are deeply unsatisfying.
before you say i'm a victim of my expectations, you have to understand that the show set these expectations up. it's perfectly reasonable to acknowledge the flaws within a piece of media that you love, and you are allowed to love something enough to overlook its flaws or disagree that is has them. if you think the show is perfect, i'm really happy for you and don't want to take away from your experience, this is all just my opinion (which i shouldn't even have to say, but we really need to stop insulting the intelligence of those who have a different perspective on this show). further, to say that people who dont like the ending never liked the show holds no water, the last season falls apart and stands out as particularly messy precisely because of how tightly written the rest of the show is. to me, peak lost is middle of s3-end of s4, once they put their foot on the gas the story ramps up in a thrilling and satisfying way that got me so hyped for how it was all going to wrap up.
something i especially love about season 4 is the way the freighter characters are introduced. i think this season does something really satisfying with how it ties everything together in the end: widmore, ben, the freighter, the crash, the island itself, etc. it is so tightly written (though not infallible of course, the other woman is such an odd episode and i wish we got the ben flashback story). the flashes are also used in such an interesting way, not overly reliant on the flash forward trick and using some really cool storytelling techniques like in jin and sun's episode.
that's the thing though, the tone of the show so far was a healthy balance of drama, sci-fi, and fantasy. nothing ever felt too outlandish because it was all grounded in the characters, settings, and plot threads that were already established. and yes, jacob has been a part of the show for a while and the temple was mentioned before season 6, but these elements felt more like island mythology than mysteries to solve. i was a big fan of the smoke monster being an island security system with mysterious origins, of the whispers being a mysterious warning, of the cryptic and inexplicable nature of jacob's cabin.
in this way, i kind of think the last season answers too many questions, or even questions i never had. it explains away what makes the island mysterious and intriguing by pinning it all on two brothers who hate each other and a mystical bathtub. i know thats a pretty uncharitable way of putting it, but given how complex and interesting the other arcs presented in the show are and how enticingly ambiguous those mysteries were, it feels like a very cheap and cliché resolution to pin everything on magic and sibling rivalry. i've always liked the show's balance of mysticism and pragmaticism, but in season 6 it starts to feel less like that and more "trust me bro"
frankly, the rivalry between jacob and mib is uninteresting and dumbs down the core themes of the show. we've understood through the islanders' backstories that they are all complex and morally gray, i think making the show a "good and evil" battle in the end and splitting up all our core characters is so unsatisfying and feels unlike the rest of the show. instead of including widmore in s6 like an afterthought or quite literally blowing up the dharma initiative, we could have lingered on those