Not at all?

' "Why make a mystery show and not resolve the mysteries." I find that somewhat valid.'
Praising with faint scorn, St. God?
Not so much 'not resolved', more like 'not addressed in any way'.
It was good for viewing one time through, but that's it.

Yeah, about 'science'…

Apocalypse Not Really
I'd like to see a list of failed 'apocalypses' in media - like the absurd Y2K, the even stupider "5/5/05"…

South Africa had nukes. In the 1980s.

The smoke monster came out of vents in the ground, which were called "Cerebus vents" on the glowy map in the Swan.
That the cabin was thought of as Jacob's, why the ring was around it, who was there the first time, why a cabin built by the DHARMA head would be involved… is apparently none of our business.

Who was in the cabin the first time around? Why did the Others think Jacob was there, especially when it was a cabin that was built by a DHARMA person?
Just one in an endless stream of meaningless plotpoints. Maybe Annie was in there.

The Cabin was where Smokey was imprisoned? What? How exactly was Smokey then appearing all over the Island constantly? That doesn't really sound like 'imprisonment' to me…

And "Paradise X" had a much better story about the concept of a 'purgatory' (for lack of a better word) and getting people to move on. Steve Rogers' attempts to get his parents to move on to the new Paradise - and his eventual acceptance to let it happen on their own terms - was touching. And certain mysteries, like…

Really? The Numbers were explained on the show, why they were on the Hatch, why they were cursed, why the Radio Tower had been broadcasting them, why DHARMA was interested in them, why they kept showing up everywhere? And I mean in the actual show itself. No?
Fucking numbers, how do they work?

Thank you, prezc. I think you've said all that needs to be said about it. And thanks for finding the interview quote as well.

No, I agree that the emotional aspect of it came to a mostly satisfying conclusion, even if there were some odd choices made.

St. God, who in Cthulhu's name are you addressing? Doesn't appear to match what anyone said in this thread. Maybe you're reading this in an ALT/'not-a-purgatory' universe.
And some people didn't like the finale. Get over it.

"watched a show they didn't like"? No, not really. The people let down by the ending were people who were watching Lost as character-driven story/mystery. We enjoyed watching it up to the end, didn't care for the ending, don't plan on watching it again, and are stating we were sold a bill of goods that turned out…

One of the reasons I didn't use 'capital-word' Purgatory is because I didn't want to get caught up in splitting hairs about where they were - call it purgatory, limbo, mechanus, Land of the Dead, not-alt - whatever.
The point being is that the fake commercials they presented at ComicCon were misleading and a little…

Did Lucas present "the Force" as some mystery that would be explained down the way and then put forth the 'midichlorians'? No, "the Force" was explained in the VERY FIRST MOVIE. No 'explanation' was needed, one of the reasons the midichlorians didn't work.

What sold on the series was "Numbers" - where the comic relief guy with no issues turns out to have an actual really interesting backstory, a guy who tormented by a series of mysterious numbers. The scene where Hurley rants at Rousseau even with the gun pointed at him was heartbreaking, and then we had a slow pan at…

The fake ads were also a cheat. Why make a "Mr. Cluck's" advert for a fake reality other than to be a deliberately misleading clue?

Tossin, I wasn't being serious. I agree whole-heartedly with your post.

You're right, you personally have just been engaged in answering in non sequitors rather than actually responding to what people say.