Lost The Complete Sixth Season DVD
It’s taken a long time to get here, but finally, the last season of Lost arrives, with answers to at least some of the questions that fans of the show have been demanding for the past...read more
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| It’s taken a long time to get here, but finally, the last season of Lost arrives, with answers to at least some of the questions that fans of the show have been demanding for the past few years. In true Lost fashion, it doesn’t tie all its mysteries up with a bow, but it does at least answer some of the questions that have long being gestating. In the series opening, for instance, we finally learn the secret of the smoke monster, which is a sizeable step in the right direction. In terms of quality, the show has been on an upward curve since the end date of the programme was announced, and season six arguably finds Lost at its most confident to date. Never mind the fact that it’s juggling lots of proverbial balls: there’s a very clear end point here, and the show benefits enormously from it. Naturally, Lost naysayers will probably find themselves more alienated than ever here. But this boxset nonetheless marks the passing of a major television show, one that has cleverly managed to reinvent itself on more than one occasion, and keep audiences across the world gripped as a result. There’s going to be nothing quite like it for a long time to come⦠--Jon Foster ....read more £11.88 £.  Average Customer Rating
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Poor by LOST’s previous standard, and quite badly written on its own terms
Rating:3 out of 5 stars
The last season of LOST. The TV event in the making for *years*. Does it answer important questions? Yes. Does it feature fan-favourite characters who’ve died previously? Yes. Does it aim to wrap up the series well? Yes.
So what went wrong?
With previous seasons of LOST, the writers are working with ratings in mind. Let the show slip too far into obscurity and audiences will shrink dramatically, resulting in cancellation; however, the last seasons of LOST were guaranteed by the network, and so the writers had absolute freedom to tell their story. Too much freedom, as it turns out, for the main problem I and many others had is the “flash-sideways”- the apparent retelling of the LOST characters lives if they hadn’t been manipulated by the Island. Initially an interesting concept, but it’s a concept that goes literally nowhere for ten whole episodes. In effect you’re watching a series of random scenes featuring characters who look familiar but are significantly different. Without any real dramatic hook as to what’s actually happening, it’s very tedious and I ended up skipping all “flash-sideways” scenes for several episodes in a row. Now that proved a problem when watching “The End”, which finally explains what those scenes are all about in no uncertain terms; unfortunately making an audience sit through ten hours of random storytelling, with a promise of a resolution out of the blue later, just doesn’t work. It’s bad writing.
There are other problems. There are too many characters, giving many of them nothing to do but die dramatically. Unanswered questions litter many episodes. The smug and secretive character of Jacob reaches Jar Jar Binks levels of annoyance. Also, magic seems to have taken the fore instead of science; how did Jacob select the characters to come to the island? By a magic mirror (I wish I were joking) in a never-before-seen lighthouse.
Morality and sense seem to have gone away to Hawaii on vacation, too; Ben “betrayer and DHARMA mass murderer” Linus is inexplicably allowed to join the main gang after a) everything he’s done to them in the past and b) the murders of Locke and Jacob. It’s an awful scene, making you realise that the creators of LOST have grown far too fond of Ben and seem to want to rewrite what he actually did. Although he still switches sides no less than three times this season- it’s beyond parody. And believability.
Let me wrap up by saying it’s not all bad, though. There is the saving grace of season 6; the finale, “The End”. Poignant and beautiful, it brings together the plot threads and conclusively resolves them, having a moving final scene in its own right. We see the majority of the main cast together again and overall it’s a real tear jerker. “The End” is a fitting end to the series, though sadly I just wish I could say the same about the season as a whole. Disappointing in the extreme.
Destiny Found
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
Now, I can’t speak for the Blu-Ray quality itself due to it obviously not being out for a while yet, however, i’ll bet any money the incredible shots of the island and action scenes throughout this roller-coaster of a final season are done justice and will look simply stunning. However, I do know that the Blu-Ray Disc will feature 20 minutes of extra footage that may answer some questions including the sensation of Walt.
Lost has revolutionized TV since we were blessed with its arrival in 2004. It’s always been something huge sums of people would talk about and the journey it’s taken us through over the 6 years has been exciting, upsetting, breathtaking, baffling and also frustrating. Honestly, if you’ve lost track and not kept up with season 6 and are still awaiting to find out the outcome of the hydrogen bomb, I sincerely think you won’t be disappointed.
Season 6 begins with a mind-baffling scene where the passengers are once again aboard flight 815, though with some changes that are all revealed as the ‘flash-sideways’ progress throughout the season into an extraordinary climax. If you don’t know what happened, i’m fairly confident you won’t have expected what does. It’s unexpected, but at the same time very fitting.
Meanwhile, on the island, the survivors awake back in 2007 where they are soon captured by the ‘Others’ and over the next 16 episodes, large numbers of long-awaited answers and secrets are revealed leading up to the grand two and a half hour finale. The long awaited story behind Jacob and the Man in Black is revealed as well as many other questions i’m sure you’re dying to have answered. Some of you will probably be disappointed that some things are left open, but nothing that is overly important is left to the imagination and the season finale wraps up the TV phenomenon very well I feel.
The actors do an incredible job during this final season and I can’t stress enough how well Terry O’Quinn, Michael Emerson, Josh Holloway, numerous others as well as the anti fan-favourite Matthew Fox (as Jack) play their roles and create a dramatic end to the show without seeming melodramatic. There are weak and cheesy scenes at times, but generally the acting is at a very high level and is mostly flawless.
In conclusion, it was bittersweet, having a truly amazing show like Lost as obviously, it had to end. The show had always set the bar high to appease viewers with the finale solving the self-inflicted problem of so many unanswered questions. However, JJ Abrams, Damon Lindelof, Carlton Cuse and co have all done a fantastic job in bringing us a final season to a show that will never be forgotten and will go down in history as one of, if not the, best TV drama ever.
I’ll leave you on the note that I was very moved by the final scenes of the show and could not stress enough to purchase this gem for your collection once it’s out.
Goodbye Lost, you will be missed!
The island’s choice
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
When we last saw the “Lost” gang, they had set off a nuclear bomb so the timeline would be reset. Well, obviously things don’t go so smoothly, or the series would have ended LAST season.
And it serves as the springboard for “Lost: The Complete Sixth And Final Season,” which serves as a brilliantly brain-twisting finale for this unspeakably weird series. JJ Abrams doesn’t quite manage to wrap up all the countless plot threads he’s introduced, but he does manage to provide a semi-satisfying finale for the vast “Lost” saga and its many characters.
In the aftermath of the nuclear bomb, the survivors find themselves being taken captive by a mysterious man (Hiroyuki Sanada) at an ancient temple. At the same time, the Man in Black begins seducing people over to his side, while Jacob’s ghost works to get a replacement for his position on the island. And Charles Widmore has finally arrived on the island for reasons of his own, dragging a reluctant Desmond with him.
In another timeline (one where the island is underwater and nobody ever went there), the plane lands safely in L.A. But the fates of the people who were on that flight are still drawn together inexorably — even though their pasts have been radically different. The history and secrets of the island are revealed, as well as why the people aboard Flight 815 were drawn into the island. And for the evil Man in Black to be stopped, one of the survivors will have to do something unbelievable.
“Lost” has never been like other network TV shows, but the final season goes all out on the strange stuff — we’ve got flashbacks to centuries (even millennia!) ago, two separate timelines, a large number of deaths, and the revelation that basically the entire series has been a yin-yang battle between light and darkness. The biggest problem: Not all the plot threads are neatly tied off, and not all questions are answered (why are the numbers BAD?).
And the finale is a rather mixed bag — it’s not entirely satisfying, but things end on a haunting, philosophical note. Disappointing as a sci-fi story, but very powerful as a personal story.
And the writers spare no emotion, wrenching out some truly powerful moments that mingle tragedy and pure beauty, such as the heartwrenching “Ab Aeterno” (in which we find out about Richard’s past) or the painfully sad finale of “The Candidate.” And hanging over every episode is the haunted feeling that something terrible is about to happen (”‘Cause if you don’t… todos nos vamos al infierno”) and that it will be epic.
I still find Matthew Fox’s Jack annoying (I laughed out loud when Dogen started pummeling him) but Terry Quinn is brilliant as the “evil Locke/Man in Black,” a genial villain with icy eyes; Michael Emerson’s creepy Ben is fleshed out to perfection; Josh Holloway’s hatred, sorrow and pain are explored; and Yunjin Kim and Daniel Dae Kim are ideal when their characters finally reunite. And Jorge Garcia is, as always, the show’s heart.
There’s also some brilliant performances from the supporting cast — Nestor Carbonell will break your HEART, Hiroyuki Sanada has a brief but excellent role, and Mark Pellegrino is eerie and a little sad.
“Lost: The Complete Final Season” does not answer all the questions raised, and the finale is too oblique, but it does conjure up a brilliantly complex, powerful final arc for this unique TV show.
Twenty Mins Extra Footage
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
Well, it got off to a slow start but series six has been amazing since then! I read today that the DVD sets will have upwards of 20 minutes extra finale footage added to them which they had to cut out of the aired verson, so that will be cool!