Saturday, May 22, 2010

Open Memo for the creators of LOST

Dear, dear writers, thinkers, learned readers, great minds behind television's greatest series ever...on this day, less than 24 hours from your finale, I have some final thoughts for you.

First, I know you are weary of writing and that you have set an unachievable goal of finishing (properly) this series in six seasons. I admire you for sticking to a timeline, but at this point it seems like you either should have made a beeline for the finish, or given yourselves a season or two more to flesh out the theories suggested by past seasons rather than abandoning them and opting for an either lazy or cowardly line of story telling. Nonetheless I still have faith in your intelligence, your vast literary knowledge and somewhere mixed up in there an inkling of the truth.

Second, I know that LOST is all about the long con. My sincerest hope is that this is all part of the long, LONG con and the reveal will be as mind blowing for us, the viewers, as the same is for the object of a con once the confidence man has had his way with her. Otherwise, I shudder to think, but, in the words of Dr. Seuss (with some liberties taken) goodbye LOST you con too long.

Finally, I truly believe that there is a convergence of truth and genius at the heart of this series. I will probably have more to say on this topic after the finale...but for now, my imaginary friends (for indeed I do imagine we would get along most famously ever the twain our paths should cross) BRING IT!

2 comments:

  1. did I mention my feeling about Walt possibly being part of the legion of rescue? Why did he have those powers? why was that never resolved?

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  2. plunk....(the sound of a weak dud being dropped on Sunday night) : (

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