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The WORST possible ways LOST could end
16/05/09 12:01 Filed in: Personal
So, series five of LOST has come to an end and a lot of people have suggested they have a pretty good idea of what the ending is going to be. Indeed, during the official LOST podcast, executive producers Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse suggested that the last episodes and the first episode of series six will be enough information to solve the mysteries behind LOST.
But what could be the result of this? Clearly the series will need to get it’s skates on in order to maintain a sense of mystery and yet tie most of the loose ends up and that could mean some disastrous short cuts. The sort of plot conclusions that would make George Lucas* or Alan Garner* proud.
(* personal choices there).
So... queue Alan “Fluff” Freeman and start the music for my current top three worst case scenarios. Ta-da-da-dum-dee-dum-taa-da-da-daaaaa.
The magnetic anomaly and time effects are the result of a crashed alien spacecraft. Either actually the island itself or trapped under the island.
All the Egyptian mythology in the show is a result of the fact that these are the same aliens that brought civilisation to the Egyptians and Mesopotamians. Jacob and his rather evil friend would be a couple of individuals previous thought to be gods by those ancient people.
Incidentally, the statue on the island looks closest to being Sobek; he’s crocodile headed and carries an Ankh.
Sobek’s in charge of water. But according to various sites, Sobek has a four in one job. He’s a fourfold deity, representing the four elemental gods Ra (fire), Shu (air), Geb (earth) and Osiris (water).
Sobek, so legend tells, is good guy. Best buddies with Horus (Horace?) and Osiris. As such, not very good friends with Set.
So, rather than it being purgatory, which has been heavily denied since day one* it is something like the River Styx and the Island is the piggin’ boat.
Let’s face it. How else are you going to survive a plan crash like that!
*Having said that, in the Official Lost Podcast it was also denied that ACTUAL time travel was going to appear in the show and that statement was made totally false by season five.
This would be the sort of ending that would create riots outside the Disney lot, but it’s not without precedent in the television/film industry.
To my recollection we have:
All of which have protagonists experiencing a virtual reality world without realising it.
My daughter came up with this one. It’s the Etch-A-Sketch ending to the show. Basically, every body who has “issues” resolves them and can therefore moves on to whatever ethereal plane of existence they feel like.
Like the film “The Survivor” in which Robert Powell mysteriously survives a plane crash in order to resolve the cause of it... only to then suddenly turn up burned to a crisp where he really started out, in the pilots seat.
So that’s the first batch for now.
But what could be the result of this? Clearly the series will need to get it’s skates on in order to maintain a sense of mystery and yet tie most of the loose ends up and that could mean some disastrous short cuts. The sort of plot conclusions that would make George Lucas* or Alan Garner* proud.
(* personal choices there).
So... queue Alan “Fluff” Freeman and start the music for my current top three worst case scenarios. Ta-da-da-dum-dee-dum-taa-da-da-daaaaa.
Aliens did it
The magnetic anomaly and time effects are the result of a crashed alien spacecraft. Either actually the island itself or trapped under the island.
All the Egyptian mythology in the show is a result of the fact that these are the same aliens that brought civilisation to the Egyptians and Mesopotamians. Jacob and his rather evil friend would be a couple of individuals previous thought to be gods by those ancient people.
Incidentally, the statue on the island looks closest to being Sobek; he’s crocodile headed and carries an Ankh.
Sobek’s in charge of water. But according to various sites, Sobek has a four in one job. He’s a fourfold deity, representing the four elemental gods Ra (fire), Shu (air), Geb (earth) and Osiris (water).
Sobek, so legend tells, is good guy. Best buddies with Horus (Horace?) and Osiris. As such, not very good friends with Set.
It’s a Mythological location - But not purgatory, obviously!
So, rather than it being purgatory, which has been heavily denied since day one* it is something like the River Styx and the Island is the piggin’ boat.
Let’s face it. How else are you going to survive a plan crash like that!
*Having said that, in the Official Lost Podcast it was also denied that ACTUAL time travel was going to appear in the show and that statement was made totally false by season five.
It’s not reality - It’s virtual
This would be the sort of ending that would create riots outside the Disney lot, but it’s not without precedent in the television/film industry.
To my recollection we have:
- The BBC series Red Drawf has done variations on the theme at least three times
- Abre los ojos (re-shot as Vanilla Sky)
- Cold Lazarus
- The Prisoner episode “Living in Harmony” and even “A,B and C”
All of which have protagonists experiencing a virtual reality world without realising it.
They all die
My daughter came up with this one. It’s the Etch-A-Sketch ending to the show. Basically, every body who has “issues” resolves them and can therefore moves on to whatever ethereal plane of existence they feel like.
Like the film “The Survivor” in which Robert Powell mysteriously survives a plane crash in order to resolve the cause of it... only to then suddenly turn up burned to a crisp where he really started out, in the pilots seat.
So that’s the first batch for now.
