Ultimately, LOST didn’t succeed because of the mythology. There have been many examples of mythology-heavy but character-light series that have failed over the last several years to think that was what carried LOST. LOST succeeded on emotion, whether that emotion was fear of the unknown of the Island, fear of the Black Smoke in the rainforest, or grief over Juliet slipping from Sawyers hand and dying, or the joy at Desmond reuniting with Penny (time and time again), or the thrills at Sayid’s fighting prowess and even Hurley riding to the rescue in the Dharma Vdub-bus. When LOST was really and truly great, the show locked you in so damn deep into the emotions of the moment that the questions concerning the mythology didn’t really matter.
My 95 year old mother saw and loved it that way (she had trouble remembering the mythos of the series). And I choose to do so also.
But I think it worth noting that their moment of 'now' is more a shared vision encompassing the entire LAXverse/flash-sideways and acknowledging their interconnectedness due to their time associated with the Island. To me it happens in the twinkling of an eye, be that Jack's eye as he lay dying, or as in the moment of her death, when Juliet pronounced, "It worked." In real time - Island time, that is when Juliet experienced her vision of the LAXverse/flash-sideways and also in the Church. Just as for Hugo or Ben it could have been millenia into the future. ...
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Date: 2010-05-25 10:18 am (UTC)My 95 year old mother saw and loved it that way (she had trouble remembering the mythos of the series). And I choose to do so also.
But I think it worth noting that their moment of 'now' is more a shared vision encompassing the entire LAXverse/flash-sideways and acknowledging their interconnectedness due to their time associated with the Island. To me it happens in the twinkling of an eye, be that Jack's eye as he lay dying, or as in the moment of her death, when Juliet pronounced, "It worked." In real time - Island time, that is when Juliet experienced her vision of the LAXverse/flash-sideways and also in the Church. Just as for Hugo or Ben it could have been millenia into the future.
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