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Great video. Part of me hopes they do this every comic-con.
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I think the video was stupid and insulting to the fans that devoted so many years to this show. It wasnt the least bit funny and I wish they'd give it a loving rest with their attitude about the show as a whole and their feelings towards the hardcore fans
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Jul 24, 2011 00:02
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I understand and respect their wishes to not want to leave answers "scattered like horcruxes along the pop culture universe", but I do think the joke of "Here's some answers... NOT! Get it?!" has been pretty played out.
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Jul 24, 2011 00:56
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I guess it's only funny to people who can accept that not every question brought up will or even have to be answered. I can see why see why people who disliked season 6 won't enjoy or appreciate the video, but it doesn't take a single thing away from the show. So what the hell is wrong with the people responsible for the show putting out comedy bits poking fun at their own creation? vvvvv At the post above yours redz fucked around with this message at 01:17 on Jul 24, 2011 |
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Jul 24, 2011 01:13
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redz posted:I guess it's only funny to people who can accept that not every question brought up will or even have to be answered. I can see why see why people who disliked season 6 won't enjoy or appreciate the video, but it doesn't take a single thing away from the show. So what the hell is wrong with the people responsible for the show putting out comedy bits poking fun at their own creation? I wasn't sure if you were responding to my post, but if you were, you're misunderstanding me. I really enjoyed Season 6, and I fully accept that it's ridiculous to expect all the answers of the show to be answered, especially after the show's over! I just don't think it's that funny, because it's a joke they've made about a trillion times.
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Jul 24, 2011 01:16
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doctor iono posted:I understand and respect their wishes to not want to leave answers "scattered like horcruxes along the pop culture universe", but I do think the joke of "Here's some answers... NOT! Get it?!" has been pretty played out. Yeah, I agree with this too. I enjoyed the video, but Carlton and especially Damon have always been smug about the show. If you ever listened to the weekly podcasts during the seasons, or the commentary on the DVDs that's just how they are. Damon seems like the kind of guy you'd want to hit in the face IRL because of his attitude.
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Jul 24, 2011 01:32
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IMO they've both earned the right to be more smug than I would even know how to be if I wanted to. I'm sorry, but jesus christ someone has to do it... pepperoniroller posted:I think the video was stupid and insulting to the fans that devoted so many years to this show. It wasnt the least bit funny and I wish they'd give it a loving rest with their attitude about the show as a whole and their feelings towards the hardcore fans 
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Jul 24, 2011 03:35
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Didn't get a laugh from me either. Darlton is really bad at writing these skits, other than the meta-criticsm of the show by Barry towards the end. Reminded me of a show like Big Bang Theory where the topic of their dialog and exaggerated mannerisms supply the punch lines. Maybe I'd have found it funnier if the first post after it wasn't someone going "LOL!" blowing the never before seen footage angle, but I doubt it.
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Jul 24, 2011 03:42
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pepperoniroller posted:I think the video was stupid and insulting to the fans that devoted so many years to this show. It wasnt the least bit funny and I wish they'd give it a loving rest with their attitude about the show as a whole and their feelings towards the hardcore fans I think the video was funny and endearing to the fans that devoted so many years to this show who can take a joke about the tv show they enjoyed
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Jul 24, 2011 05:40
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I love Lindelof but he really needs to get some thicker skin in regards to Lost and the way people react to it/comment on it. From his Twittering you would think sometimes that he really takes random assholes criticizing his show a little too seriously. Seems kind of passive aggressive at times. If I was him I would just be smug about it to the whiners, and leave out the butthurt tweets.
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Jul 24, 2011 05:50
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Remember how the running joke was spelling Widmore's name wrong in the threads? Comic-Con made me think about Lost a bit.
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Jul 24, 2011 22:52
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HanabaL03 posted:Remember how the running joke was spelling Widmore's name wrong in the threads? Comic-Con made me think about Lost a bit.
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Jul 25, 2011 02:24
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I miss the days when Locke was controlled sand monster.
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Jul 25, 2011 03:11
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SpiderHyphenMan posted:Shannon was stabbed. Hahaha, I remember buying into that one.
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Jul 25, 2011 03:19
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Magic. Time Traveling. Bullets.
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Jul 25, 2011 07:13
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Gianthogweed's entire post history.
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Jul 25, 2011 11:48
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Shimrra Jamaane posted:Magic. Time Traveling. Bullets. 
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Jul 25, 2011 15:02
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Sheesh. Talk about wasted potential. Don't get me wrong, the show is/was great, the discussions were great and all. And the whole joking around with: "There are no answers. LOL!" is cute and annoying like a 3-year old. But really... there's just so much wasted potential. Like the thing with Walt and the dead birds. It would've been so cool to see that tied into Dharma research somehow instead of just being left as an open thread. Or, have some cool science based explanation to the time jumps and the island being "special" rather than just a bland analogy to a record player and a magical light. It just sucks to see that there was so much imagination sparked by Lost that basically gets answered with: "Whatever dude..." It would have been so much cooler if they didn't answer questions, ok cool... but then maybe take some of the free time after the show, come up with a really cool idea and just throw it out there on Twitter or some poo poo... or another ARG for the gently caress of it - make the show some more royalties - why not? The fans sperg out and the show gets some sweet post-end credibility. But no... it's just "Oh, whatever, it's over." Kinda sad, really.
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Use Less posted:Sheesh. Talk about wasted potential. Just disregard the 6th season like the rest of us. Its like LOST never ended.
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Use Less posted:Sheesh. Talk about wasted potential. The answers were...inside you all along.
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Jul 25, 2011 22:05
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There's really only like, four things that were never answered, so I'm not sure what exactly you guys are talking about.
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Jul 25, 2011 22:09
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The only thing that I really wish had been answered was the outrigger scene, but even that wasn't really necessary to the overall arc of the show. My biggest grip with Lost fans who complain about things not being answered is that every show has things that go unanswered. People are just upset because things they wanted answered were left vague. I enjoyed Lost more for the ride than anything else. I found the finale emotional and fitting for the show.
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Jul 25, 2011 22:25
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That or they weren't paying attention when their question was answered. Or they had an answer in their head that didn't come true and now they're pissed.
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Jul 25, 2011 22:33
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Who was the guy who got probated for 4,815,162,342 days (or something like that) for constantly posting incomprehensible theories?
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Wrong thread! EDIT: For content anyways though I have some friends watching Lost right now and we have been doing gatherings and watching the blu rays. I forgot how season 2 has a lot of episodes that just DRAGGGGG or have some really stupid parts. Just watched "Dave" again and it's just ridiculous how Hurley dumps out all that food he is hoarding in that stupid "catharsis" scene. Still love the show but it is fun to point out the stupid things. ApexAftermath fucked around with this message at 23:10 on Jul 28, 2011 |
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ApexAftermath posted:I love Lindelof but he really needs to get some thicker skin in regards to Lost and the way people react to it/comment on it. From his Twittering you would think sometimes that he really takes random assholes criticizing his show a little too seriously. Seems kind of passive aggressive at times. If I was him I would just be smug about it to the whiners, and leave out the butthurt tweets. The guy dedicated six years of his life to something he loved. Now, people bother him about it every day with no end in sight. I don't blame him for getting a little pissed every now and then.
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LividLiquid posted:There's really only like, four things that were never answered, so I'm not sure what exactly you guys are talking about. I think it's more that this show was basically based upon giving the impression that all sorts of mysteries were not only just mysteries, but somehow really important. And the answer ends up being, oh, that isn't important. But it's only not important because we keep raising the level on which things are important. I mean at the end of the show, what's important is a cork in the island toilet and a church in purgatory. In that context, Walt's magic powers, etc, etc, etc, etc aren't important, but there are hundreds of things they made us think were important at one point or another, all sorts of mysteries that we never got resolved because instead it was easier to create a new mystery that was easier to solve, claim it's the only important mystery, and just solve it.
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I've seen the whole show twice, once over the whole six years it was on air and again earlier this year in the span of about three months, and the mysteries never bothered me. Virtually everything was answered, but not everything was as awesome as you would expect it to be once it's revealed. That's life! The Others weren't so interesting after we had watched them for four years. Jacob and the monster elements of the show would have been better on HBO with shorter, more focused seasons, but at least we got to experience the show. If you want blue balls, watch Alias. Casting issues meant they had to retcon a season finale conspiracy, and when all is said and done the big questions of the main conspiracy were either never touched on or were easily predicted back in season one. If you want awesome TV in the vein of Lost, watch Fringe. Season one is a bit of a stinker but it sets up the vastly improved season two and three. The first part of season three is a mini-series like the first six episodes of Lost S3, but they will blow your mind.
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simonmoon posted:I think it's more that this show was basically based upon giving the impression that all sorts of mysteries were not only just mysteries, but somehow really important. A bit bitter? If they stayed focused on each mystery we'd never have progressed through the show. Each season the scope of the show expanded, and with that new, broader mysteries were brought forth. The people who hated the ending of Lost, for the most part were all about getting things answered. The people who loved the ending were always in it because of the characters, the mysteries were second to character development etc.
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I don't mind that they broadened the scope, its just that it got so broad that it basically turned into just another fantasy-type mythology. There may have been crazier stuff going on, but I'll always find Locke screwing around in the Hatch or Ben's tenuous hold over the Others much more interesting than Jacob and MIB's storyline. Something I definitely wasn't expecting after the Season 5 finale. The final season did have some outstanding episodes, but for the most part it kinda fell flat for me.
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Calcaneus posted:I don't mind that they broadened the scope, its just that it got so broad that it basically turned into just another fantasy-type mythology. There may have been crazier stuff going on, but I'll always find Locke screwing around in the Hatch or Ben's tenuous hold over the Others much more interesting than Jacob and MIB's storyline. Something I definitely wasn't expecting after the Season 5 finale. Ya but the hatch had fantasy elements to it too. Like the numbers where the code that had to be entered and it was the hatch that caused the crash. Also teh only reason Ben had his hold over the others was due to Jacob
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HanabaL03 posted:A bit bitter? To put it another way, I realize that all the questions I have will never be answered not because they don't want to tell us, but because they just don't exist. Why was Libby in the mental hospital? Because they thought that would be a nice shock at the end of an episode, and they never actually had a reason above that. That's the bait and switch of Lost. The answers never existed in the first place. Actually I thought the ending was perfect and couldn't've been better. I just wish the entire show had been what I thought/hoped it was, where all those little questions did have answers, where all the things that seemed to mean something did mean something, and it wasn't just all made up as it went along. But mostly I'm just glad it's over.
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simonmoon posted:To put it another way, I realize that all the questions I have will never be answered not because they don't want to tell us, but because they just don't exist. Why was Libby in the mental hospital? Because they thought that would be a nice shock at the end of an episode, and they never actually had a reason above that. That's the bait and switch of Lost. The answers never existed in the first place. Obviously they put it in for shock value, but that doesn't mean there's no answer, just a mundane one that you can work out from other information.
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Smoky's name is Barry? I waited 7 years to find out that the MIB shares a moniker with the guy who packs my meat. gently caress Darlton and gently caress ABC. I'm selling my Bluerays and assorted memorabilia and telling my girlfriend that we no longer watch Desperate Housewives. I'm livid.
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Jul 31, 2011 13:14
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Kneecaps posted:The guy dedicated six years of his life to something he loved. Now, people bother him about it every day with no end in sight. I don't blame him for getting a little pissed every now and then. Yeah but anyone in his position has to know there will always be critics and getting butthurt just looks pathetic. You won dude. You have the big tv show. I bet most people who bother him are fans anyways. Lost rocked.
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HanabaL03 posted:The people who hated the ending of Lost, for the most part were all about getting things answered. The people who loved the ending were always in it because of the characters, the mysteries were second to character development etc. One of the main faults with Lost was that as it went on longer it became less and less about the characters and more about making the audience go "holy poo poo" at the expense of anything else. So I've never understood this argument. Compare any Season 1 episode to any Season 5 episode and the difference is startling. If Season 6 of Lost is meant to be good, compelling character drama then... lol.
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simonmoon posted:Why was Libby in the mental hospital? She had a mental breakdown after her husband died.
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Leyburn posted:One of the main faults with Lost was that as it went on longer it became less and less about the characters and more about making the audience go "holy poo poo" at the expense of anything else. This is why I think season 3 owns the most, its a top balance between the character stuff and spooky island poo poo from earlier and it hints at the bigger mysteries to come. I don't mind eps 1-6 either, some of the stories are quite cool.
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Leyburn posted:So I've never understood this argument. Compare any Season 1 episode to any Season 5 episode and the difference is startling. If Season 6 of Lost is meant to be good, compelling character drama then... lol. Jack had an amazing character arc from seasons 1 thru 6. Sawyer and Locke also had great arcs that spanned all 6 seasons. Of course season 1 is going to have much more character focus, up until like episode 17 the hatch wasn't even introduced. It was all character back story. The only reason "The Constant" was rated so highly was because of the character story of Penny and Desmond, and most of the highly rated episodes had amazing character revelations, not necessarily "oh holy poo poo mysteries".
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spe posted:This is why I think season 3 owns the most, its a top balance between the character stuff and spooky island poo poo from earlier and it hints at the bigger mysteries to come. I don't mind eps 1-6 either, some of the stories are quite cool. I feel the same. People bitch about that first arc and the tatoo episode but the rest of season is optimal/perfect Lost. I always thought season 4 and 5 got a bit too fast compared to the rest of the show.
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