NP: LOST

[Emma Wrigley]

I was disappointed, but after having time to digest it I feel more
content with the ending once I'd put aside my sci-fi fervour.

>From the Guardian: Casiguapa (on Blog)

We only know what the people on the Island know. We only know what we
experience, and what the people around us experience. 

There was no omnipotent narrator on the show, there isn't one in life.
What they don't know, we don't know, what Jack doesn't know, we don't
know and it's ok. Some things don't need an answer. We make our own
destiny, our own kind of music. 

Everybody needed the Island to help them find their own purpose, become
who they were meant to be. 

Claire wasn't ready to be a mother - the Island kept her until she was.
Kate wasn't ready to settle down - until she was. Jin and Sun were
denying how important they were to each other until they finally
understood it. Hurley needed to know he was good and not bad or cursed,
that nothing informed his life not even a random set of numbers. Sayid
needed to prove to himself he was a good person, Ben and Sawyer needed
to do this too. Jack needed to fix himself by fixing everyone else. 

In the end the difference between the candidates and say Michael is that
they found redemption on the Island, Michael didn't. He murdered someone
for non defensive reasons, he remained flawed and that's why he remained
on the Island. 

This was always Jack's story. He was a Shephard, literally and
metaphorically. 

Yes the Christian allegory was strong, but I think there was enough to
show that religion is not always the only qualifier for faith and that
you can be destined for something and still have free will. 

Walt and Desmond, they were special. They had their constants, they KNEW
themselves and so were in charge of their own destinies. They couldn't
find redemption on the island because they didn't need to be redeemed. 

The candidates found redemption through free will. They chose their
actions and sacrificed for each other. That was the difference between
them and say, Ben. That's why Ben never spoke to Jacob, that's why Ben
wasn't with them at the end, he was yet to make the sacrifice that would
redeem him (though it could also be that he was yet to die), namely to
be a father figure to Alex as she grows up in sideways world. Only once
he's done that, once he's satisfied her future is secure, will Ben be
able to let go. He needed affirmation, and looked for it from the Island
but it was the people he thought were a threat to him initially that
ended up saving him so to speak. 

They were meant to be on the island because the island showed them their
power, and everything they did from then on was based on free will. 

It wasn't sci-fi, it was a good ol' fashioned character study, greek
tragedy, whatever. To have focused on the mysteries is to have missed
out on what the show was always about: the journey and experiences of
this group of people. 

The end was perfect. Think about it.

<-----Original Message-----> 
>From: Ray Easton [kraimie at gmail.com]
>Sent: 24/5/2010 8:57:52 PM
>To: pynchon-l at waste.org
>Subject: Re: NP: LOST
>
>On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 2:30 PM, wrote:
>> Does anyone else on the list watch LOST?
>
>Yes
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>>
>> SPOILER ALERT
>>
>> Te finale seemed to be the triumph of sappy spirituality at the
expense of 
>sci-fi.  Very disappointing.
>
>
>I agree.
>
>Ray
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