After my überexciting night out on Tuesday, I decided to kick it at home and take care of some stuff around the house and watch some TV. As pretty much everyone is well aware, the season 5 finale of Lost aired last night and altho I was pretty lukewarm about the show this entire season, I was a bit excited to see how things would be wrapping up this time around. I have to confess, tho, that the 2-hours of “action” that we got last night was far from entertaining … to me. Beware — the rest of this post may contain spoilery info for those of you who have yet to watch the ep:
I’ve long since abandoned the hope that a new “shocking” revelation on Lost would leave me slackjawed and gasping OMGs over and over again. It’s been a long time since that happened to me from watching the show. But I did have some hope that mebbe there would be some new info in last night’s finale that might ignite the spark of excitement again. I must say, there were some really great bits and some surprises but, in the end, I was left with that Why should I care? feeling that has been nagging me all season long. I may be alone on this but I was really unimpressed with Jacob‘s entire contribution to the finale. From his intro at the beginning to his death (?) at the end, I couldn’t help but roll my eyes every time he did something. Showing up off the island in the lives of some of the principal characters was … expected … and not at all interesting. I was very surprised to see that Locke‘s dead boy was inside that box (I’m still puzzling over where the ghost Locke came from) and I am intrigued by Ilana and her group of unknown characters but, overall, I was just left with that meh feeling. It’s sad that Juliette had to die but even sadder that she had to die cuz a chain flying thru the air wrapped itself around her body sooo tightly that she had to be pulled to her death by electromagnetic forces … well not entirely to her death, she still lived long enough to pound a rock against the H bomb to make the screen go all white. As she was hanging on for dear life (and as those chains unbelievably gripped her body all the while) I was so over it. Bomb or no bomb I had had it. The show used to really entertain me, now it only gives me reason to complain … and that is not fun. I know I’ll continue to watch the show next season only to see how the whole damn thing ends but … now you see why I gave up recapping the show. I know many of you LOVE Lost still and I don’t want to ruin that fun.
After Lost was finished, I started watching The Net starring Sandra Bullock on Cinemax. I just love that movie … I saw it in the theater back in 1995. The Internet was so scary to some back then … little did they know what it would turn into all these years later. About an hour into the movie the power went out … all over West Hollywood. I guess that was my cue to go to bed. I’m gonna have to find The Net on cable again, that movie must be watched in its entirety again … and soon!!
PS: The Detroit Red Wings take on the Anaheim Ducks at the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, MI for Game 7 of their Stanley Cup playoff series. I’m sending all my love to the boys in red to get ‘er done tonight!! Go Wings!!!
Where the hell is Clare?!
I respect anyone’s decision to not like a show b/c I can’t stand 24, I just don’t find it entertaining at all. It kind of reminds me of a soap opera how they cut every few minutes when anything romotely exciting happens and then slightly recap when it comes back from commercial. So, it’s cool if LOST isn’t your thing. But for me, it is the best show on TV with no exception. No other show gets me to actually think once it has left my screen. I think it is a show that you have to be really invested in to truely enjoy. Also, I agree with the other poster, you definitely need to watch Fringe (Walter is awesome).
@kellye – What’s the point of this post? The point is that this is Trent’s blog and he writes about what’s going on with him..He watched the finale and wanted to comment on it..Why are people getting their panties all in a bunch over Trent’s opinion?
P.S. Even though I wasn’t blown away by the finale, the thought of waiting until next year to see the next season crushes me! It’s almost as bad as having to wait for Season 4 of Dexter!!
Trennntt, worse review ever.
How could you possibly watch Lost at just face value, are you not paying attention at all to the intricate details they are slowly revealing? Obviously not. If you focus on the going to the island, leaving the island stuff and thats it (as per what you said you’re bored with) you’re obviously not paying enough attention. Thought your viewing tastes were better than that!
Opinios are like assholes, everybody’S got one, still ur asshole is wrong
Lost is my absolute favourite show. I understand where you’re coming from–it can be very hard to follow and a little difficult to understand. It takes a lot of patience and you definitely have to pay really close attention to catch every detail, but I think it pays off.
Personally, I really enjoyed the season finale. Locke’s dead body and the Locke-impersonator was the greatest part, in my opinion.
But I have a feeling everything that has happened isn’t at all how it seems. I feel like the writers are leaving the best for last, and are going to pull out all the stops next season. I really hope it ends well, because I’ve loved the show so far!