As I've said before. I am well aware that HE personally is no longer involved with the show but his INFLUENCE is more then evident and that is enough.
I don't want to go on a rambling spree and counter why each and every aspect of the show you've just listed as great felt short and pointless, so I'll just say that not one of them was even remotely satisfactory for me. Sawyer and Juliet, really? Those two were worse then Chloe and Oliver insta romance in Smallville and more creepy, with Juliet sending mother vibes.
Well then, I seem to hang around in completely different social circles, because not a single one of my friends thought that Lost finale was any good. I don't know how everyone felt online, though I do remember reading on some media site that the internet chatter after the finale aired was 70% negative. That says a lot.
Characters had become caricatures of themselves in season 5 and 6. What was the point in turning Sayid soulless, then not again and then killing him like a suicide bomber? What was the point of making Claire an insane MURDERER, then all sweet and innocent in the last moment? What was the point of killing Juliet because of her jealousy towards Kate, if it turned out Sawyer didn't want Kate, even though they leave the island together and are alive in the end? What was the lesson of it all? It doesn't matter what you do in life because there is a shiny purgatory waiting for you in the end, or whatever?! What was the island? A place where miracles happen? Pathetic, considering to most of them it brought nothing but pain, misery and ultimately death.
You don't have to answer, I know there was no lesson, no meaning of actual substance.
When you go from 20 million to 8 million it says something.
It won't change a thing if they do set an End Date, because if they follow the footsteps of Lost they'll be canceled before season 3 or 2.
For me all that was more then obvious before episode 7 and they were as blunt about it as they could. Confirmation was welcome to a point, but there were much better ways to do it.
I'm willing to bet that nothing more than Emma taking over as Sheriff after some riff raff will happen in the next few episodes. Things seemed to have been set in motion, but with Graham not telling anything important about the Queen and Fairyland to Emma, nothing actually moved the story forward. As I said, his death would have been more appropriate towards the end of the season where it could propel Emma for the final confrontation. I completely disagree that because of this small holiday hiatus the time was right now. It wasn't and because it is only episode 7, I am more than sure that not much will happen between Emma and Queen to sufficiantly justify it. They could have done it, but then they should have never made Emma his romantic interest.
Now they will have an enormous task to convince audience that Emma could soon care about another man, who ain't her son.
Things are happening, but that doesn't mean that the plot is moving forward.
Locke...
You are comparing Jack and Kate to Snow and Charming, please don't. I couldn't stand Kate and I would never characterize their relationship even as a romance, God forbid to compare them to icons like Snow and Charming. They were more of an example where you learn how not to communicate with a person you supposedly care about.
Anyway, maybe Graham's death boosts the ratings when the show returns, but in the long run, the way they did it, I think it will do them more harm then good.
Some reviews that put my thoughts to words more accurately:
comparison to Lost:
I don't want to go on a rambling spree and counter why each and every aspect of the show you've just listed as great felt short and pointless, so I'll just say that not one of them was even remotely satisfactory for me. Sawyer and Juliet, really? Those two were worse then Chloe and Oliver insta romance in Smallville and more creepy, with Juliet sending mother vibes.
Well then, I seem to hang around in completely different social circles, because not a single one of my friends thought that Lost finale was any good. I don't know how everyone felt online, though I do remember reading on some media site that the internet chatter after the finale aired was 70% negative. That says a lot.
Characters had become caricatures of themselves in season 5 and 6. What was the point in turning Sayid soulless, then not again and then killing him like a suicide bomber? What was the point of making Claire an insane MURDERER, then all sweet and innocent in the last moment? What was the point of killing Juliet because of her jealousy towards Kate, if it turned out Sawyer didn't want Kate, even though they leave the island together and are alive in the end? What was the lesson of it all? It doesn't matter what you do in life because there is a shiny purgatory waiting for you in the end, or whatever?! What was the island? A place where miracles happen? Pathetic, considering to most of them it brought nothing but pain, misery and ultimately death.
You don't have to answer, I know there was no lesson, no meaning of actual substance.
When you go from 20 million to 8 million it says something.
It won't change a thing if they do set an End Date, because if they follow the footsteps of Lost they'll be canceled before season 3 or 2.
For me all that was more then obvious before episode 7 and they were as blunt about it as they could. Confirmation was welcome to a point, but there were much better ways to do it.
I'm willing to bet that nothing more than Emma taking over as Sheriff after some riff raff will happen in the next few episodes. Things seemed to have been set in motion, but with Graham not telling anything important about the Queen and Fairyland to Emma, nothing actually moved the story forward. As I said, his death would have been more appropriate towards the end of the season where it could propel Emma for the final confrontation. I completely disagree that because of this small holiday hiatus the time was right now. It wasn't and because it is only episode 7, I am more than sure that not much will happen between Emma and Queen to sufficiantly justify it. They could have done it, but then they should have never made Emma his romantic interest.
Now they will have an enormous task to convince audience that Emma could soon care about another man, who ain't her son.
Things are happening, but that doesn't mean that the plot is moving forward.
Locke...
You are comparing Jack and Kate to Snow and Charming, please don't. I couldn't stand Kate and I would never characterize their relationship even as a romance, God forbid to compare them to icons like Snow and Charming. They were more of an example where you learn how not to communicate with a person you supposedly care about.
Anyway, maybe Graham's death boosts the ratings when the show returns, but in the long run, the way they did it, I think it will do them more harm then good.
Some reviews that put my thoughts to words more accurately:
comparison to Lost:
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