An Analysis of LOST (Part 1)

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Part one of my LOST analysis examining Conflict through the series.
WARNING: Massive spoilers contained within...

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  • @Zekor4
    @Zekor44 жыл бұрын

    Locke wasn't evil. The evil wasn't locke. Evil only took Locke's form.

  • @stevewilks8141

    @stevewilks8141

    3 жыл бұрын

    I haven't watched the entirety of this video. Does this video claim that it was Locke himself in the final season etc?

  • @manakin5
    @manakin54 жыл бұрын

    I don't buy your "Jack good/Locke bad" premise for Season 1. At all. I just rewatched the whole show for the 3rd or 4th time and I have never come away with that impression, or even thought that was the desired intent of the show creators. No, Jack and Locke are shown as equally compelling characters with widely differing philosophies, but I think it's overly reductive to render their disagreement as being the actual depiction of light vs. dark. If anything, Locke to me seems way more light than Jack, who despite his abilities and intentions is highly prone to agitation and conflict.

  • @alberteinstein7017

    @alberteinstein7017

    4 жыл бұрын

    how say Soyer in 5 season:Jack never think, he just do it

  • @desiree6345

    @desiree6345

    4 жыл бұрын

    I agree it's reductive, but it's clear the creators wanted Locke to seem off and possibly bad. Especially in the first few episodes. The overall that makes his analysis reductive is that no one is all good or bad. That's why Locke being set up as some ominous person in the first season works and almost needs to be reductive.

  • @maxamsil6325

    @maxamsil6325

    3 жыл бұрын

    Its Science (Jack) vs Faith/Belief (John)

  • @aaronheyman9115

    @aaronheyman9115

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yeah exactly, Locke was the one who believed in the Island, believed in his destiny. He helped Charlie get off drugs, helped Walt before Michael stepped up as a father. He was always a good guy.

  • @acknowledgepresence

    @acknowledgepresence

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@maxamsil6325 and not just faith/belief, but the consequences of following blind faith and being tested for the perseverance of character. I don’t think John is evil, he just had bad things done to him and has to reflect on his intentions of following that faith

  • @andreasschlehenkamp7474
    @andreasschlehenkamp74744 жыл бұрын

    If you Start watchin , you can‘t stop it....Best Series i‘ve ever seen

  • @cal-scot

    @cal-scot

    3 жыл бұрын

    I was extremely late to the series. Having watched it for the first time at the start of lockdown. And I would genuinely put it up there in my top 5 series. I was hooked and sweated the entire endeavour In around a week

  • @orangewarm1

    @orangewarm1

    3 жыл бұрын

    I stopped watching when Kate and Sawyer were in a cage. They dragged that shit out. Best episode: the constant. And that time travel shit was bollocks.

  • @johnbruce4003

    @johnbruce4003

    3 жыл бұрын

    That's 17 episodes a day. That's insane, and pretty cool at the same time.

  • @johnbruce4003

    @johnbruce4003

    3 жыл бұрын

    Kate and Sawyer were in a cage in season 3. The Constant was in season 4, which means you kept watching...

  • @estetty
    @estetty5 жыл бұрын

    I disagree, Locke wasn't bad. He just had finally found his purpose.

  • @kongoulan

    @kongoulan

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yeah, only when MiB took over he was actually bad, before that point he was mainly a pushing ball by fate.

  • @masonrockwood7732

    @masonrockwood7732

    4 жыл бұрын

    He was much more the main character in my experience and infinitely more interesting. Jack is very concrete-bound and excellently fulfills the purpose he must. Locke, however is constantly pushing his limits, exceeding what we think possible, and forcefully getting to the truth of things.

  • @masonrockwood7732

    @masonrockwood7732

    4 жыл бұрын

    It seems like some strange character defamation to revive Locke's face on the final villain, I think the MIB actor had enough clout to carry it to completetion. The writers put themselves in a plot trap with the time travel and shifted faster than even they could anticipate.

  • @desiree6345

    @desiree6345

    4 жыл бұрын

    No he wasn't bad, but the first season definitely tried to make you assume he's not good. That was the beauty to the evolution of his character thorough out the series. Our perception of him.

  • @josephinedonnelley5866

    @josephinedonnelley5866

    3 жыл бұрын

    I was drawn to him & was moved to tears when his father betrayed him. That was a very brave and selfless act- to give someone a kidney. Out of all the characters, I felt he had suffered the most. He was wise & helped people with his insight.

  • @Xofttam
    @Xofttam4 жыл бұрын

    I loved the show, honestly the ending didn't bother me. I was never expecting all the answers. For me I took greater pleasure in reading all the theories online and other people's views.

  • @Ebizzill
    @Ebizzill4 жыл бұрын

    i spent 10 years not watching this so i wouldnt be stressed out. i spent a whole week and a half binging on this... glad i waited.

  • @RigorMortisRape
    @RigorMortisRape4 жыл бұрын

    Lost is my favorite show as well, and I was perfectly content with the ending.

  • @ivotenotocensorship5247

    @ivotenotocensorship5247

    4 жыл бұрын

    Me too. I thought it was perfect actually. There wasnt much more they could've done. Man that last episode was so emotional. Brilliant series with brilliant writing and even more brilliant acting.

  • @CadeBergmann

    @CadeBergmann

    3 жыл бұрын

    same!

  • @dylancarl1438

    @dylancarl1438

    2 жыл бұрын

    I love it too, but, of course, it could have been EVEN better.

  • @ShAwTee1436
    @ShAwTee14364 жыл бұрын

    I have seen Lost as an entire series 7 times now. I love it. It’s definitely my favorite show and I’m glad I ran into this.

  • @ivotenotocensorship5247

    @ivotenotocensorship5247

    4 жыл бұрын

    I cant stop watching it. Just finished rewatching it again. Starting all over today lol

  • @misternewman1576

    @misternewman1576

    3 жыл бұрын

    Just finished my 7th also lol

  • @HeroesNights
    @HeroesNights4 жыл бұрын

    This guy's good. This guy is the best weve got here Sayid: am I a joke to you?

  • @coffeecreamer6127
    @coffeecreamer61275 жыл бұрын

    My favorite show of all time

  • @angel6713
    @angel67135 жыл бұрын

    i would split the series like this: season 1-3 (character driven through flash backs) season 4-5(plot and character driven through flash forwards and flashbacks ), season 6 (plot driven through after life scenes )

  • @christianpetersen163
    @christianpetersen1633 жыл бұрын

    I'm watching season 1 right now, and although Locke comes across as mysterious and villainous to the other characters, we the audience are shown from the beginning that he's a desperate man looking for a purpose. It's not about good vs evil, it's about faith vs science. The final season is not Jack vs Locke, it's Locke vs the smoke monster... Jack has become a man of faith like Locke and the smoke monster just looks like Locke.

  • @miojocomunista
    @miojocomunista5 жыл бұрын

    I really love your lost videos. I Just watched the whole show last month and it's already my favourite show of all time. Thanks for your nice video

  • @tcrossfranco
    @tcrossfranco5 жыл бұрын

    I enjoy ALL the different opinions on what LOST was all about. Bottom line is I loved watching the show. I enjoy all the different opinions on what it was all about. For me it was Jack and Kate. I became Jack Shepherd and went through the ups and downs of his love for Kate. All the rest was wonderful, too; nevertheless, it was just icing for the cake. That was the true genius of LOST. It had different meaning for different people. Never watched a show that affected me so...I'm not alone...people still writing about it after all these years....LOST...

  • @smik5304
    @smik53044 жыл бұрын

    Cuts between Locke walking in the woods and being in a wheelchair. Everyone who hasn’t watched the show: *hol up*

  • @mutantlabor
    @mutantlabor4 жыл бұрын

    There were stupid parts throughout the show, and as you get toward the end, there are more stupid parts. There was a feeling that the writers were rushing to answer mysteries they had either elaborately set up or had built out without considering how specifically they would answer them. However, the core episodes such as premiers and finales always delivered, and the ending is no exception. The final season begins on a very strong premier, followed by three or four of the worst episodes of the season, but then after we choke down some pretty haphazard exposition, the rest of the season continues to get stronger and stronger and builds to an ending with immense emotional impact and a good enough level of mystery explanation. This story has always been about the characters struggling with their own identities and purposes. As Jacob explains, they, like himself, were all lost, and the island and its drama is the purpose they needed to find to heal themselves. There is no clear good guy or bad guy outside of the Smoke Monster being a pretty clear bad guy. Even Jacob cannot be labeled a pure good guy, but more like one of the losties, a broken person trying to do his best to heal himself. He is violent, he uses people, he lies, he shames, and he apparently sets conditions for people to die. Even when he gives Alpert the gift of immortality, it becomes more of a curse to Alpert than a gift. Jacob, the ultimate, archetypal losty, has to spend 2000 years healing himself, and is finally able to find peace when he passes on the island's guardianship to another. The real conflict in this show is man vs. himself. Jack is both good guy and bad guy of his story. Kate, Sawyer, Hurley, Locke, Jin and Sun, all committed sins for which one could call them a villain or a bad actor, and all are struggling through this insane island mystery to make these things right above all else. That is what the final season and the finale are about, not about explaining what the Smoke Monster is, or why the bird says Hurley, or where the number sequence came from. This is why we end on this story of how they eventually find themselves again after going through this amazing adventure together, and how when they are woken up by the things that mattered to them the most in their previous lives, they find peace and are able to move on like Jacob had. Sorry, the Act III sucks because Locke isn't Locke anymore explanation is just shallow. Locke's purpose was to teach the losties that they have to trust in their destinies and open their hearts to the idea that they have a purpose - and he succeeded when he left the island and talked to Jack and then was murdered. From that point on, Jack believed. As Ben and Locke say throughout the series, if you convince Jack, the rest will follow.

  • @Elnont
    @Elnont3 жыл бұрын

    Lost will always be one of my favourite shows. The ending may have been meh for me etc - I understand that some people wanted more questions answered but I don’t find it hard to just put it down to ‘the islands weird’. The questions and mystery’s were cool and I know a lot of people believe that’s what makes the show, but to me it’s about the mysterious *and* how the characters react to them. The CHARACTERS. Anyone who claims that it’s mysterious first, characters second needs to explain why every episode has half a dozen flashbacks fleshing out the characters. Characters like Sawyer, Jin, or Locke are highly interesting and it’s this angle which makes me love lost.

  • @rocren6246
    @rocren62464 жыл бұрын

    Sorry, can't agree with your comment on John Lock. John Lock is a true believer of the Island, because it heals him. He has been a strong fighter who does not accept being defeated by his misfortune. That is why he went to Australia in the first place. When he gets on his feet once again he starts looking for the answer to why miracles happen on the island. That's why he blew the hatch open. He is also very kind and understanding towards other people, helping them as a mysterious guide. This is so obvious that I don't even want to start naming the many examples to prove it.

  • @kelseastovall5613

    @kelseastovall5613

    4 жыл бұрын

    right! Don't even get me started on the episode where he truly helped Charlie by giving him a choice...his metaphor of the caterpillar in the cocoon...absolutely beautiful

  • @desiree6345

    @desiree6345

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yes, but the creators initially painted him a bit ominous for a reason. To show what seems to be clear good and bad, then show u it's not that simple.

  • @FriddlesVlogs
    @FriddlesVlogs4 жыл бұрын

    The ending was okay but I just really loved the show. I know a lot of people don’t like the ending and I can’t it but it was just kind of changing ur perspective about what it really was

  • @shanereid5292
    @shanereid52925 жыл бұрын

    Locke was also trying to bring some of the survivors back on the Island for the remaining survivors left until Ben killed him.

  • @dj858
    @dj8584 жыл бұрын

    The show leaves you feeling exactly the name of the show 'LOST'

  • @Disappearit
    @Disappearit4 жыл бұрын

    I remember watching this sow Weds night when I was a kid. I was so hype! Loved this show

  • @quibily
    @quibily4 жыл бұрын

    Locke was always the antagonist (his ultimate goal was the opposite of what everyone else wanted: he wanted to stay on the island and find out the truth, no matter the risk of people’s safety), but he wasn’t always the bad guy. Anyway, I think you explained perfectly why I didn’t care for season six as much. No more moral ambiguity. I had hoped that, when we saw the origin of the MIB and Jacob, we were getting to know that MIB wasn’t really “evil incarnate,” but then he died and his “ unfinished business” became evil incarnate, and his story arc ends with him being killed. So, no ambiguity there, I guess.

  • @hanywhiskey

    @hanywhiskey

    3 жыл бұрын

    I like your explanation about Locke. that's spot on :)

  • @shotx333
    @shotx3333 жыл бұрын

    First of all LOST ending was PERFECT, second of all thanks for a video

  • @jonathan_8100
    @jonathan_81004 жыл бұрын

    Ive been binge watching this show during quarantine, im obsessed

  • @Disappearit
    @Disappearit4 жыл бұрын

    I miss watching this show Weds nights on ABC as a kid!

  • @juliet_burke
    @juliet_burke4 жыл бұрын

    You are so right about PART 3 of Lost. Straight to the point. It was disappointing to see so many sides reduced to just 2. And I did not like they made Jack weak (alcoholic) - like why? why?

  • @richardfilanderer
    @richardfilanderer3 жыл бұрын

    To further add to your theory of Locke being the villain of the show, in the episode Jack finds his father’s coffin, John tells him that when he saw the smoke monster what he saw was something beautiful, which is definitely not the reaction most people if not everyone would have.

  • @kevindoran9271
    @kevindoran92714 жыл бұрын

    I didn't hate the ending. I admit I was confused by it though.

  • @lilyalice-wz4op

    @lilyalice-wz4op

    4 жыл бұрын

    Me too

  • @desiree6345

    @desiree6345

    4 жыл бұрын

    I watched it every week for it's run so I had the full experience which helped. I will say, as one grows and watches it again, it makes more and more sense.

  • @MeesaBack

    @MeesaBack

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@desiree6345 I didn't understand it at first but now I love it :D

  • @shanereid5292
    @shanereid52925 жыл бұрын

    Locke wasn't the bad guy, ben was but I guess it's everyone their own opinions.

  • @michellemears8227

    @michellemears8227

    5 жыл бұрын

    Bens a very flawed good guy... good guy for the island but bad in the sense you probably mean it

  • @shanereid5292

    @shanereid5292

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@michellemears8227 Yh.

  • @rocren6246

    @rocren6246

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@michellemears8227 Ben was only "good" for the Island because in return he gets power over other people.

  • @supremeworld87

    @supremeworld87

    4 жыл бұрын

    Ben was only the bad guy for season 3. In seasons 4 and 5 he was basically anti hero/anti villain and in S6 he was a good guy

  • @oshanepatterson5452

    @oshanepatterson5452

    4 жыл бұрын

    Benjamin m And season 2.

  • @turdferguson9190
    @turdferguson91905 жыл бұрын

    Man of science, man of faith does not refer to Jack and Locke's diffrences but to the internal struggle of Jack. The writers clarified this in the DVD's.

  • @wariolandgoldpiramid

    @wariolandgoldpiramid

    5 жыл бұрын

    Yeah, but the title was still a reference to the season 1 finale. So both can be applied.

  • @jjmah7

    @jjmah7

    4 жыл бұрын

    No way. The show was clearly referring to Jack and Locke.

  • @jacksonmcnuggets7488
    @jacksonmcnuggets74884 жыл бұрын

    I think you’ve missed the whole point of LOST... you only see the black and white and dismiss the gray area that what LOST is really about. If Jack thought Locke was internally evil, he wouldn’t have been driven mad seeing him dead and wanting to go back.

  • @bloodsin28
    @bloodsin284 жыл бұрын

    That was really interesting. Thank you.

  • @JediOfTheRepublic
    @JediOfTheRepublic4 жыл бұрын

    I just got done binging Lost and I don’t buy your Locke is the personification of evil in season 1 premise. Season 1 was all about skepticism versus faith and not good vs. evil. The whole Good vs Evil motif didn’t really come into play until The Man of Black showed up and then introduction of Jacob and his Brother.

  • @sage6553
    @sage65535 жыл бұрын

    8:10 its not a guy that looms like locke, it is locke just a dead version of him because the MiB can take the form of the dead

  • @cvijet22

    @cvijet22

    5 жыл бұрын

    So then isn't it the MiB and not Locke?

  • @sage6553

    @sage6553

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@cvijet22 basically yes, its just the MiB taking the form of someone he knows people will listen to, he cant go around all day as the smoke.

  • @cvijet22

    @cvijet22

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@sage6553 exactly. So when you say it is just locke... It's not. It's MiB

  • @sage6553

    @sage6553

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@cvijet22 i mean its technically lockes form but not his mind or anything like that just the looks are lockes, so yes it isnt really locke its a dead version of him.

  • @michellemears8227

    @michellemears8227

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@cvijet22 its the mib as locke

  • @janstueker4674
    @janstueker46745 жыл бұрын

    i always saw Lock as the Good Guy and Jack/James more of the Bad Guys, to be honest... but that's probably just me

  • @michellemears8227

    @michellemears8227

    5 жыл бұрын

    Lock was between good and bad i think

  • @rocren6246

    @rocren6246

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@michellemears8227 Lock is a decent kind man. Despite everything he still wants to forgive his farther.

  • @DerEchteBabo

    @DerEchteBabo

    4 жыл бұрын

    How? Jack was a hero most of the time until S4, all he did was trying to help

  • @desiree6345

    @desiree6345

    4 жыл бұрын

    Good theory. I think that it started as you're either one or the other and we began to see that's not the case. None were all good or all bad.

  • @jimmy2k4o
    @jimmy2k4o2 жыл бұрын

    There’s a fan edit of lost called “chronologically lost”. It’s all of lost in chronological order from Jacob birth to the church scene. It’s fascinating seeing it from this straight linear perspective no flash backs or flash forwards. Every scene is in order. And does split screen for multiple perspectives on the same scene eg crash of 815

  • @tribal_instincts
    @tribal_instincts5 жыл бұрын

    Nah I feel like Sawyer was meant to be the bad guy

  • @kbanghart

    @kbanghart

    5 жыл бұрын

    Maybe at first, but he did some good things too.

  • @lauranolastnamegiven3385

    @lauranolastnamegiven3385

    4 жыл бұрын

    I think Sawyer was the 'everyday'/realistic things(like crime) baddie, Locke was the overall/higher level(battle for the island) baddie...also, Sawyer was part of the 'will they or won't they' threesome with Kate & Jack

  • @joshthehooman7204

    @joshthehooman7204

    4 жыл бұрын

    'Bad guy' is a pretty versatile concept. He's meant to be a foil to Jack as well, who represents a pro-active good for all attitude whereas Sawyer is a self-centered character. So he is a 'bad guy' but in a much smaller way. Locke and Jack are both doing what they think is right but Locke's becomes an unfortunate dark obsession.

  • @Ebizzill

    @Ebizzill

    4 жыл бұрын

    i ended up loving his character. Being a cop fits him nicely

  • @amelliamendel2227

    @amelliamendel2227

    4 жыл бұрын

    Nah, too cute

  • @stevestrickland7314
    @stevestrickland73144 жыл бұрын

    i so totally agree...... the show made me into a emotional junkie and when it came time to get that last great high... it all all baking soda

  • @drizzle452
    @drizzle4523 жыл бұрын

    Locke isn’t bad at all. Smoke monster inhabits locke’s dead body in the end. Both characters are necessary-the science keeps the people alive and grounded, but Jack’s rational nature makes him deficient in recognizing the spiritual nature of the island. Locke’s spiritual side makes him a sort of medium to the island for the people, but he’s deficient in the practical aspects.

  • @guitaristinseattle
    @guitaristinseattle4 жыл бұрын

    Best explanation, the writers were LOST!

  • @vdhshortguy
    @vdhshortguy5 жыл бұрын

    Hahaha just bingewatched all four parts. Well done man, everything you said is on point. You should have millions of views, this was such a good breakdown of a genius show. Best show out there -apart from that terrible last bloody season.

  • @Tom-uv7ry

    @Tom-uv7ry

    5 жыл бұрын

    The show was pointless nonsense they had know idea what the was doing from the first episode watch the extras from the DVD from the first episode it's clear they had know idea what they was doing that's why it was ridiculous a load of fantasy nonsense that turned out not to be true what a surprise it was pathetic as a series

  • @vdhshortguy

    @vdhshortguy

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@Tom-uv7ry just the ending sucked, I thoroughly enjoyed everything until season 6.

  • @Tom-uv7ry

    @Tom-uv7ry

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@vdhshortguy I may of enjoyed it had I not watched the extras on the DVD once I seen the interview with the writers saying they had know idea what the show was going to be one show to the next it became obvious it was going to be shite and it was. it went from more bizarre fantasy nonsense to just farce they had to come up with more and more nonsense to try and save the show and it failed it was just a waste

  • @vdhshortguy

    @vdhshortguy

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@Tom-uv7ry it was definitely a waste, but there was definitely a lot of potential for them to wrap things up better, even if they did shit the bed and fuck up the landing completely. Such a shame. Seasons 1-5 did have a lot of awesome moments in my opinion

  • @MikeHunt-nt4nz
    @MikeHunt-nt4nz4 жыл бұрын

    How did locke know about the temple in series 1? Biggest mystery for me

  • @Booknowlakealmonor
    @Booknowlakealmonor2 жыл бұрын

    The shows premise is good and evil is subjective depending on your experiences. The others are only called the others due to the fact that they have not been experienced by the main character. Ben says “we’re the good guys” later lapeno says “ those that go out of the way to say there the good guys are often the bad guys”. It’s shows you that no matter who is charge of the others they will follow there leaders model if there leader is like Charles witmore they will cause mass murder. Under Ben they were manipulative. Mother was the smoke monster originally

  • @s.v.1677
    @s.v.16774 жыл бұрын

    I loved LOST, I loved it!!!❤

  • @hunterwelsh5950
    @hunterwelsh59504 жыл бұрын

    I think the whole point of the show is that nobody is all good or all bad. With Hurley and Jack being the extremely rare exceptions,

  • @sergi3688

    @sergi3688

    3 жыл бұрын

    Facts, when you think of all the characthers, none of them are 100% good. All of them did bad things. And Jack and Hugo are the exceptions.

  • @ShizuruNakatsu
    @ShizuruNakatsu4 жыл бұрын

    I only watched the show recently, I finished the last episode tonight actually. And I did think there was something more to Locke, maybe something sinister, but only for the first few episodes of season 1.

  • @sergi3688
    @sergi36883 жыл бұрын

    Locke is beyond good or bad. He was the first who understood the island, that it was more than a simple crash, that they were there for a reason. He told Jack, but he didn't listen to him. Locke was one step forward Jack in that aspect. He was mistreated during all the show, during his life before the crash and after it. Then, when he died, the Man in black took his form, his aspect. But that wasn't him. That wasn't Locke. I understand that Lindelof and Abrams wanted to give O'Quinn a big role after he died but something isn't right about giving Locke the 'bad guy' role. Everytime someone refeared to the MIB as 'Locke' something inside me was in pain. It wasn't fare to John. In fact, on the final episode, when the MIB and Jack are with Desmond on the Heart of the Island, Jack tells him that. That he isn't Locke and that the only thing he's doing with his aspect is disrespecting his figure. He after tells him that John was right. It's sad that probably after the years the audience thinks of Locke as an evil figure, as the 'bad one'. Because he isn't. John Locke is a hell of a characther, my favorite with Jack, and probably the two most important ones. Put y'all some respect on John Locke's name.

  • @stevewilks8141
    @stevewilks81413 жыл бұрын

    What was the deal with Walt? In the beginning he is shown reading a comic with a polar bear, and later a polar bear appears. Many call him special and the show shows him having supernatural abilities or something. But then nothing, just jacob and the candidates and the island etc. What was Walt's role/deal? was the dharma initiative having polar bears unrelated?

  • @arturozapata6675

    @arturozapata6675

    3 жыл бұрын

    Walt stayed as the island's guardian after Hurley/Ben were done. Even though at the church (in The End), there was no "time" or "Now", Walt wasn't at the church... meaning he was still at the island.

  • @hanywhiskey
    @hanywhiskey3 жыл бұрын

    I have to disagree with the jack good locke bad narrative.. although he did look like a villain to me in the beginning - since he seemed so unbothered by it all and reserved, once I got to know him (like past the first two episodes) i never saw him as anything but victim to the fate he had been given. he wasn't bad at all. when it comes to the conflict, to me it was about science versus faith. realism and belief. they do impersonate opposites to me - jack and locke - but it's not about simple good vs bad, neither of them are so black and white. Locke gets into dark stuff further into the story but he never acted evil to me, granted I had seen the show a long time ago for the first time and begun researching last week

  • @jamilabrownie
    @jamilabrownie3 жыл бұрын

    Interesting take man but as much as I dislike and think there is something psychologically wrong with Locke he is not representative of bad anymore than Jack is representative of good. They’re both very gray characters and imo they represent faith vs science. Considering that we know the island is magical how can we categorize Locke in the wrong?

  • @Fizee30
    @Fizee303 жыл бұрын

    Good work

  • @FractalRaver
    @FractalRaver4 жыл бұрын

    The show really didnt know where it was going season to season but thats kinda just part of it. Btw i really dont like Locke. Early on makes Charlie throw away all his diacetylmorphine ("heroin") and then later they are looking for painkillers. Seemed kinda PSA-ish. Like when they needed the same shit for medical reasons, there is no stigma. Also i feel Jack is more of a savior complex than a hero.

  • @botz77
    @botz772 жыл бұрын

    Jack was always the lead of the ensemble. He is the first person we see in the premiere episode, and he is alone at the time.

  • @explorelosangeleswithrealt5615
    @explorelosangeleswithrealt56152 жыл бұрын

    I think the finale was brilliant. The reason for the haters is the suggestions of "religion" or spirituality is abhorrent to so many these days..

  • @danielclark-hughes692
    @danielclark-hughes6922 жыл бұрын

    The biggest problem was the "cos magic" explanation for integral plot points. Why are the numbers cursed and why do they align with names of candidates? Cos magic. How can Desmond withstand electromagnetic blasts? Cos magic. What is the smoke monster? A dude with powers, how did he get them? Cos magic. Why is the island special? Cos magic How can the lighthouse show you images of people and their lives? Cos magic.

  • @AshT71494
    @AshT714943 жыл бұрын

    I like the ending

  • @sr4lifebaby
    @sr4lifebaby4 жыл бұрын

    Best show

  • @lanceflanagan
    @lanceflanagan4 жыл бұрын

    What sticks with me is how often people got shot but dont die.

  • @rovidicus9574
    @rovidicus95744 жыл бұрын

    You were apt in pointing out the strong contrast between Jack and Locke philosophically, but to label one good and the other evil is superficial and reductionist. Season 1 Jack's heroic drive stems from his compulsive need to fix everything around him. He's the first character with his head in the game helping survivors after the crash. But pay attention, Locke is the first other (named) character lending a hand. After Jack returns from the others' camp with Juliet and people question his loyalties, Locke defends him and reminds the group how much Jack has done for them. These are not the actions of an evil or purely self-interested character. By contrast, Jack is frequently the instigator of conflict toward Locke. An addendum: you claim Locke was "a total dick to Michael" without any example given. I find this baffling, given how clear to me the reverse is true. Michael struggles to bond with Walt because he told him he'll get him a new dog. Locke catches Vincent and lets Michael bring it to Walt, a kindness never reciprocated. Further Michael grows insecure when Walt sees Locke as a surrogate father figure and lashes out at both Walt and Locke, even threatening to kill John one time.

  • @carolbarnett3912
    @carolbarnett3912 Жыл бұрын

    sOMETHING THAT BOTHERS ME IS WE THE AUDIENCE HAVE NO IDEA WHAT KIND IF LIVES ALL THE SURVIVING CHARACTERS HAD After Jack died..What happened to everyoneleft on the Island ? How did Hugo & Ben deal with everything? Kate, Sawyer & Claire ??

  • @kuhpunkt

    @kuhpunkt

    Жыл бұрын

    Why does that bother you? They lived happily ever after.

  • @Ramirez83786
    @Ramirez837864 жыл бұрын

    I envy the person who watches lost for the first time.

  • @DerEchteBabo

    @DerEchteBabo

    4 жыл бұрын

    Stop envying me

  • @ShiggyMiyamo
    @ShiggyMiyamo Жыл бұрын

    I was really into the series until a little while after they open the trap door. Then it started to drone on and became less interesting as more weird shit happened. I will admit that I didn't finish the series, so I'm not sure how it ended. Just couldn't hold my interest

  • @domlo66
    @domlo6610 ай бұрын

    I finally watched the last episode last night. It was... alright

  • @Thehider-jk1kc
    @Thehider-jk1kc5 жыл бұрын

    Why are all the comments from within a month, when the video has been out for more than a year?

  • @mannyruiz1954

    @mannyruiz1954

    5 жыл бұрын

    Why do you care?

  • @badgasaurus4211

    @badgasaurus4211

    5 жыл бұрын

    Manny Badabing Why do you care that he cares?

  • @Edwardsjm

    @Edwardsjm

    5 жыл бұрын

    He deletes them

  • @icytakaqi9en947

    @icytakaqi9en947

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@badgasaurus4211 Should I care that you asked why he/she cares that he cares?

  • @lauranolastnamegiven3385
    @lauranolastnamegiven33854 жыл бұрын

    people who say, 'it's not about the destination, it's about the journey,' or 'it's not about the answers, it's about the questions,' are people who never got to the destination, or figured out the answers, and are just telling themselves that to make themselves feel better, and telling everyone else that, to make themselves seem superior & holier-than-thou...if I didn't care about getting to the destination, I wouldn't have gone on the journey, if I didn't want answers, I wouldn't have asked the questions, and if I fail at those, I will not be satisfied with the 'journey' and 'asking the questions'

  • @Kim-ri1hg
    @Kim-ri1hg4 жыл бұрын

    I. Totally. Love this. !!! I needed this. I watched LOST from the original airing and wasted years of my life with it until the finale. Which sucked. I feel the finale was a cop out for a show the creators made bigger than any finale can ever be. All in the name of Tati bf a and money- which I did buy the series and the (while the show was airing merchandise.) I subscribed. I’m on team Disappointment Finale. I can’t stand the aspect that other KZreadrs bash anyone who doesn’t understand or dig the finale.

  • @gfox9295
    @gfox92955 жыл бұрын

    Jack is the overbearing mother, looking out for all the kids and ensuring their survival but being a hardass and being the bad cop all the time. Locke is the free-wheeling, fun-loving, do-whatever-the-fuck-you-want drifter father, giving the kid all the fun and mystery and danger they could ever want, and to hell with your bedtime, kids!

  • @aaronheyman9115
    @aaronheyman91153 жыл бұрын

    I totally disagree with the analysis of Locke. Locke had arguably the most pathetic sad life of anyone before the island. He was denied his walkabout, but then he was given his legs back when he crashed on the island. Locke had no purpose back home, so he believed that the island was special. He opposes Jack because he believes they are there for a reason, and he ends up being right. Jack even wishes he could have apologized to John for not believing in him. Jon never represented evil. he represented faith.

  • @kekipark77
    @kekipark775 жыл бұрын

    even the analysis of this damn show are cliffhangers... DOH!

  • @redmed10
    @redmed10 Жыл бұрын

    i just didnt care what happened after a certain point probably when jACK SAID WE HAVE TO GO BACK.

  • @yadidimeanmaine
    @yadidimeanmaine3 жыл бұрын

    Locke was basically Job.

  • @rachelw9325
    @rachelw93255 жыл бұрын

    Just binge watched this one.....such a shame, it was a great show but the whole Jacob/devil stuff was just so stupid and unnecessary. And smoke monsters aka Locke - someone needs a meds check I think. That was just too crazy. It would have been a great series without all of that. You could still have all the mystery/drama etc without getting stupid.

  • @kbanghart

    @kbanghart

    5 жыл бұрын

    I totally disagree, I thought it was really awesome. Lots of authors have done weird supernatural things like that

  • @borleyboo5613
    @borleyboo56133 жыл бұрын

    I don’t think there is any one correct analysis of this show. Like literary criticism, it’s how the individual sees it really. It’s all subjective. I don’t try analysing Lost (I’m binge watching it again) I just enjoy it for the damn good drama that it is with all the mysteries, conflicts and beautiful scenery. My favourite character is Hugo (Hurley) And my least favourite is Claire. All she seems to do is wander around holding the baby.

  • @sirgreedy88
    @sirgreedy884 жыл бұрын

    reason i hated it is because it ended with an afterlife. It felt like they just shoved religion into the end.

  • @Jmeg1706

    @Jmeg1706

    4 жыл бұрын

    Sir Greedy religion had been the whole way through it. Christian Shepherd can be interpreted as Jesus, he leads Jack to water, he tells Locke how to leave the island. He opens the doors to after life. Jack was always going to be the leader, hence Jack Shepherd. Both Charlie and Eko were religious, Desmond was a monk. Jacob is essential a pseudo-God.

  • @sirgreedy88

    @sirgreedy88

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@Jmeg1706 i know all that, you would have to be blind to not see it, but thats all open to interpretation. an ending that confirms an afterlife in the show isn't.

  • @Jmeg1706

    @Jmeg1706

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@sirgreedy88 I think you've always known there was some sort of afterlife there, they said it at multiple times throughout season 6 and other seasons. They hinted at it when Naomi said they were all dead, again, with Hurley and Miles being able to speak to the dead. It's always been there

  • @sirgreedy88

    @sirgreedy88

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@Jmeg1706 true, i never saw the idea of ghosts existing as there being an afterlife like heaven where everybody goes to.

  • @negvey
    @negvey3 жыл бұрын

    wow amazing analysis!!!

  • @95yazid
    @95yazid2 жыл бұрын

    "Why is Sayid suddenly a bad guy?" has to be one of the most ridiculous thing I've heard, throughout the whole show my only question concerning Sayid was the opposite "How is this guy a good guy?" Dude has more blood on his hands than 95% of the cast for sure, he has only one humanizing character trait which is his love for Nadia and for this one thing he is ready to betray and kill just about anybody. And that was already shown before she died so no wonder after she did he became a full on bad guy. And the Sawyer thing in Season 1 is not an isolated incident, it is clearly shown that repeatedly through his life and after this incident he will always look for excuses to take on violent actions against someone and that despite his justifications those acts are clearly motivated by a deeper lust for blood. AND FFS THE GUY SHOT A KID, HE TOOK A GUN AND SHOT A KID!!!! it was Ben Linus but still...

  • @JiZz2Xtreme
    @JiZz2Xtreme5 жыл бұрын

    Not a fan of your Analysis.. it's more like ur opinions on why you weren't smart enough to get the ending?? Sayid and Claire going crazy was the MiB influencing them to do his will.. Same happened with the French team with Rousseau's baby daddy.. it was called 'the sickness'

  • @kbanghart

    @kbanghart

    5 жыл бұрын

    Agree

  • @RicardoAGuitar

    @RicardoAGuitar

    5 жыл бұрын

    Well, my biggest problem with what I've seen through 2.5 videos - I've stopped watching - is that there's really no analysis. To create these videos and call them 'reflections' would be fine, but 'analysis' this is not.

  • @tipoftheiceberg7034
    @tipoftheiceberg70343 жыл бұрын

    It DOES have some bad writing moments tho genuinely

  • @aldogil6732
    @aldogil67325 жыл бұрын

    “Like sayid is bad? Why the fuck is sayid bad?”

  • @amelliamendel2227
    @amelliamendel22274 жыл бұрын

    Heroes is pretty good too, but yeah lost #1. So Ben wasn't important? If you skip season 6 it's a really great show.

  • @ZertusDarkSun
    @ZertusDarkSun3 жыл бұрын

    Your analysis is way off. At most, they sometimes present Locke's intentions as ambiguous in season 1, but never anything approaching evil. Sawyer is more of an antagonist in the first season than Locke.

  • @dominicgunderson
    @dominicgunderson3 жыл бұрын

    I have to disagree with your assessment on the final season being simply black and white. Jacob and the MIB weren't straight black and white characters, like at all. Additionaly there were multiple sides to the conflict but they both were systemically eliminated/merged into 2 main sides. Even within both camps there was a lot of internal conflict and indecision. People wavered between the 2 sides pretty frequently (look at Hugo for example), as there wasn't a straight idea of who was right and who was wrong. After Locke blew up the sub, we knew for sure he couldn't be trusted, but that was with 3 episodes left in the entire show where we had reached the climax of the series.

  • @KrixOG-
    @KrixOG-4 жыл бұрын

    Bro I really saw something else at 5:28 ffs. Lmao

  • @JiZz2Xtreme
    @JiZz2Xtreme5 жыл бұрын

    i REALLLY don't understand why people didn't like how it ended.. think most people's ego got butthurt b/c their own personal theory didn't happen.. stupid people overthinking shit.. Game of Thrones ended like shit.. I really enjoyed the last season of Lost with Richard and Jacob's back story.

  • @nazkadellamorte
    @nazkadellamorte4 жыл бұрын

    All the major mysteries of lost have been answered though. The people who are mad at it just weren’t paying attention

  • @jamilabrownie
    @jamilabrownie3 жыл бұрын

    Jacob was the let down. The MIB was more compelling than him. Jacob was just a mama’s boy with a god complex

  • @devonc3948
    @devonc39485 жыл бұрын

    Nice man

  • @hoobslice
    @hoobslice3 жыл бұрын

    I feel like the whole “they didn’t know where they were going” argument doesn’t make sense. Because in the first season they find jacob’s brother and his mother’s bodies with the black and white stone. Which means they had planned for that entire storyline since the beginning.

  • @kryswilkins8615
    @kryswilkins86155 жыл бұрын

    If you don’t want comments, disable them.

  • @briankregg6329
    @briankregg63294 жыл бұрын

    I don't care what anybody says , the show sucked because it made no sense and the characters did not also. I see it as purgatory the whole time, don't care if anybody says different , this way everything makes sense.

  • @othosos
    @othosos3 жыл бұрын

    Lost's ending season and finale was perfect and explained everything perfectly. You really need to go rewatch the last season and stop your mental hangups about it and see it clearly because clearly you aren't a fan of the last season and don't look into it further. Your bias is disgusting because it was so perfectly all laid out. The problem people have with season 6 and it's "lack of mystery" is that every question was answered they just didn't like the answers. Really think about this hard what could they have done differently? because I have thought about this long and hard they had no other path to end the show as perfect, this was the best and only outcome. Everything else would be rejected and hated even more. Imagine if they had played it safe the last season? that's how you get Game of Thrones dumpster fire final 2 seasons. By attempting to play it safe and overthinking it all until you boil your story down to unimagined mush. Great video until the last 2 minutes you went off the rails mate. I seriously hope you get to rewatch it in a clearer head. It's been 5 years now.

  • @beyondthecamera333
    @beyondthecamera3334 жыл бұрын

    Already in season 2 the series was starting going down hill. J.J shouldnt have left bro, when he left it became Sci-Fi theatre. His philosophy was to create something magical, but always have a scientific explanation. Lindelof, seems more interrested in raising the stakes by forcing «magic» into everything to justify the years of mysteries with no planned answers, and hoping this magic facade will cover up all The questionable shit. This is Lindelofs response when people pointed out that the across The river ending is a plothole: «maybe the fabric was magic, a lot of theories here» good god

  • @MeesaBack

    @MeesaBack

    3 жыл бұрын

    If you watch 'The Leftovers'. That really benefited from not really having answers and so I think it works here too.

  • @Hambone571
    @Hambone5714 жыл бұрын

    I thought this was a good show until it got way to convoluted and opened so many storylines, never closing anything.. Also it was a little un believable with someone shafting the others so many times, apologizing, and the others then accepting him only to,get screwed over again and again..l gave up..

  • @danielgray2661
    @danielgray26615 жыл бұрын

    Season 6 is the best season of TV ever made. Everything about it is sensational.

  • @dtmt502

    @dtmt502

    5 жыл бұрын

    it came down two weirdos stuck on an island for thousands of years

  • @danielgray2661

    @danielgray2661

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@dtmt502 Let us know when you create something better. I'll be waiting.

  • @dtmt502

    @dtmt502

    5 жыл бұрын

    what so you can't criticize something if you can't do better, I hope you never watch sports Jacob & MiB was so stupid it ruined the show, they should have avoided going back further than the Dharma initiative

  • @danielgray2661

    @danielgray2661

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@dtmt502 Yeah I suggest you stick to your regular scheduled sports programming.

  • @dtmt502

    @dtmt502

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@danielgray2661 I suggest you get a thicker skin

  • @vicki8042
    @vicki80424 жыл бұрын

    Oh man, couldn't stand Jack. Mr goodie two shoes.

  • @brandhey60
    @brandhey605 жыл бұрын

    Hey look at this point I’m done trying to understand

  • @jjmah7
    @jjmah74 жыл бұрын

    I feel like you’re not acknowledging how terrible Sawyer’s character was. It might have been the actor’s fault but almost every scene he’s in is cringe af. And as the show went on, the more prominent his role was. I think focusing on him was a major contributing factor to the decline of this once great show.

  • @why8533

    @why8533

    4 жыл бұрын

    Sawyers one of my favorite 😂

  • @jjmah7

    @jjmah7

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@why8533 I respect that, I just feel really let down though. He had a lot of potential but was ultimately a total non-factor by the last season.

  • @why8533

    @why8533

    4 жыл бұрын

    His character in 1-4 was rlly good but went down at 5-6 but I still rlly like it

  • @sleuth2077
    @sleuth20775 жыл бұрын

    The thing that ruined Lost was the writer's strike. Once they used scabs to write for the show, it all went to shit and when the strike was over, they tried their best to salvage what they could, but the damage was already done.

  • @qtobee3647

    @qtobee3647

    5 жыл бұрын

    No, it was the season order. 12 Episodes per season would have done the job.

  • @kbanghart

    @kbanghart

    5 жыл бұрын

    Well, the show wasn't ruined, so...

  • @sleuth2077

    @sleuth2077

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@kbanghart majority of people would disagree, so......

  • @kbanghart

    @kbanghart

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@sleuth2077 hmm.. Guess it depends on who you're asking. I mean, fans of the show would generally agree I think.

  • @sammyttheg412
    @sammyttheg4124 жыл бұрын

    actually the MiB and Jacob isn't black and white to me at all.....Jacob does tons of awful shit for his own purposes

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