Shout Out Loud!

I bought my plane ticket today! Isn't that funky fresh? It was bloody expensive, but money is replaceable, isn't it? Unlike people. Speaking of...Emily Winter comes home this week! And Laurel leaves Monday. Holy Smokes! Like the Smoke Monster. Which was one of those questions on LOST that did get answered, even if a long time ago. Speaking of, I loved the LOST finale. I cried for about 15 minutes after it ended, but only in private. In fact, I can't think of Juliet and Sawyer without bursting into tears. Oh dear...

But anyways, a lot of people complained that LOST didn't answer questions, but so far, all I've seen people do is complain about these ambiguous questions without actually saying what any of their questions were that didn't get answered--

(P.S. EDIT: there are some spoilers here--somehow this become a LOST rant). The only thing I've seen so far with actual questions (some of which did actually get answered--someone wasn't paying attention) (P.P.S. How crazy was it when we first saw the Smoke Monster? And we were like 'What IS that thing???' Though it was answered awhile ago, I still feel like it was a good twist).

was this-->http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1936291 --and I'm betting people will be borrowing from this to form their complaints. But here's the deal--many of the questions that people want to know the answer to are either a) unimportant, b) ideas purposefully left open-ended, or c) stuff that can't be answered because the question arose during a time when the writers didn't really have a solid grasp on what they were doing, and so discrepancies came about (example: the smoke monster, revealed to be the Man in Black whose purpose was to get rid of Jacob/Jacob's candidates so that he could get off the island, killed a bit haphazardly when it first came about probably because they didn't really hadn't decided what they would do with the character--also, a similar question also arises when Jack sees his dead dad off-island--when Jack sees his D.D. on-island, it's the Man in Black; but for the story to be accurate, Jack has to be hallucinating when he sees him off-island, because the MiB can't get off the island--I don't think that connection was made until later by the writers).

But anyways, the point isn't to get all the answers, because that's not realistic, and it's not very enjoyable. The creators' desire was to create an intelligent show that didn't necessarily cater to the lowest common denominator, which requires that viewers may sometimes need to think for themselves, and come up with their own theories. In my opinion, this makes the show much more enjoyable, because we form a connection to the characters (especially those who have watched it for many years), and if we are told exactly what happens to them and what their situation is, it is easy to become frustrated if the outcome is not what we hoped for. I think the ending was a perfect way to close because it made a full circle--it focused on these flawed people and the redemption they found.

Ok, I'm done riding this train for now. So recap: ticketed, hello, good-bye, LOST.

And now a little extra random bonus:

Song of the Day: Shout Out Louds, "Impossible" (Alternative: "A Hard Rain in Tokyo", SOL) --Such a good band live!