I absolutely loved the show in the beginning! Awesome action, fun stories and a cool premise. The last few seasons haven't really been up to snuff though, so I'm glad they're stopping now. I just hope Mary Lynn Rajskub finds a new project soon.
Yeah, I was kinda bummed out when the last few seasons were everyone telling Jack "Torturing people is wrong and illegal!" and Jack is all like "But it gets results TORTURE TORTURE TORTURE"
It's true. Though the show is fast-paced and tense, it does do everything it can to justify conservative paranoia that there are terrorists everywhere and so any soft-hearted "liberal" policies on our part are just making it harder for the REAL heroes to do their jobs.
It seems it was meant to come to an end at a point like this. They built up all thse mysteries, and now they get to shoot them down one by one. I think the Richard Alpert-in-chains dragged on a bit long though. And while they sort of explained what the island is all about, I don't want to believe it, and Ben Linus is awesome.
Surely you can't deny that when Mary and the gang sang "It's a Long Way to Tipperary" on their way out of the studio, it was a powerful and emotional moment rarely seen in modern-day television.
I think I watched up through 5? Maybe I watched some of 6? I can't remember, but I sort of zoned out after a while. Wait, was 6 when they started talking about torture, saying it was wrong and Jack was all like FUCK LIBERALS.
I don't doubt the idea that terrorists and negotiations are not as black and white; terrorists don't just hand out important information if the President says please. However, the average American is batshit retarded, and glorification of torture and numbing every situation down to "torture the terrorist or allow a nuclear warhead to detonate" tends to make them think that this is the real case. It makes them more complacent with places like Guantanamo.
The first season wasn't so bad. It was just a guy trying to save his family and then the president. I don't remember torture being a horrible issue, but maybe that's because it pales in comparison to the snuff film quality of the later seasons.
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Personally, nothing will beat series three to me, after which the show went a bit downhill in my mind.
I don't doubt the idea that terrorists and negotiations are not as black and white; terrorists don't just hand out important information if the President says please. However, the average American is batshit retarded, and glorification of torture and numbing every situation down to "torture the terrorist or allow a nuclear warhead to detonate" tends to make them think that this is the real case. It makes them more complacent with places like Guantanamo.
The first season wasn't so bad. It was just a guy trying to save his family and then the president. I don't remember torture being a horrible issue, but maybe that's because it pales in comparison to the snuff film quality of the later seasons.