Originally Posted by
airowe
Yes, yes it has.
"The time for questions... is over"
I agree. I'm done asking questions because I know they won't be answered. I'll watch but I'm thoroughly disconnected at this point. I couldn't care less if this was all a dream. I'm done.
I feel like I've been dating a girl for 7 years hoping and believing that there would be a beautiful marriage to cap off this relationship. Sure, we've had our ups and downs, at times not really knowing what the other was thinking. Then, just as I ask her The Question, she comes back at me with questions instead of answer. "Where will we live?" "How will we deal with having kids in a world like this?" "What if we can't have kids?" "When are we?"
Lost, you lost me.
I am where airowe is. I am thoroughly disgusted with Lost and its creators. This season has been a huge waste and a revelation that there was no semblance of a plan or storyline telling the Lost mythology.
I realize we have 3.5 hours left, but I suspect that the majority of that will involve the resolution of the on-island battle between Flocke, Widmore and the remaining castaways -- and what the impact of this has been on the sideways world. All of that seems almost entirely inconsequential to me if there is not an adequate explanation of the mythology of the island, what it is, where it came from, what dharma was doing, who the Others were, where the Temple came from (is that really all we're going to get about the Temple people? if so, why the hell did we even have that diversion this season?), how it is a vehicle for time travel, where its electro-magnetic properties come from and what they mean, ... I could really go on at length.
This episode answered very little about all of that. Yes we know that Jacob and MIB are brothers and how they came to be on the island. And we know who Adam and Eve are (but really, who cares about that?). We know nothing about this magical light at the end of a stream. We know nothing about Mom, what she is doing there, why she killed Claudia and what her true motivations were in raising Jacob and MIB. What is she protecting? What really will happen if MIB leaves the island? These two brothers were born on the island and had a mortal mother. What makes them special?
Maybe some of these questions will be answered, but I also suspect not. I can't believe after five seasons of great drama and being led to believe that Season 6 would explain all of these things, we are left with the island being a place with special store of light and energy that has some type of life-giving and life-taking power.
My bet is that it does all tie to the concept of fate (remember what was written on Charlie's hand in season 1). That this island and this light/energy source is what controls the fate of mankind. Perhaps weaving is symbolism for the weaving and interconnectedness of fate. And if there is nobody on the island to protect the mechanism that creates/controls fate, then chaos would reign and, as Eloise said, we would all cease to exist because there is no fate dictating that we be here and our lives proceed a certain way. Maybe that is why all the castaways in the sideways world are being brought together - because that is what is consistent with fate - if the plane didn't crash, then they need to be brought together somehow because fate requires it.
If that is what is happening here - then explain the magnetism of the island, why it's relevant -- explain the time travel properties. Perhaps the turning of the donkey wheel releases the light/electro-magnetism energy and there is a temporary disruption of fate and chaos that causes a jump in time?
I am holding out a sliver of hope for the last 3.5 hours, but even if we get to a good place in the end, this season has been a huge disaster in my eyes that is likely to drag down the legacy of Lost.
Singler is IRON
I STILL GOT IT! -- Ryan Kelly, March 2, 2013