Well, the island didn't actually fall apart, though there was a while where it seemed like it might. And while not everyone died here in the *now* of the show, it's almost worse because no matter when they all died they all came back to the now in the sideways world to when *Jack* died - because it had to all be centered around the straight while male hero, I guess.
On the other hand? They went for something that felt emotionally satisfying even while the plot was an absolute mess. I feel way better about it now, for example, than I did about BSG the day after that finale happened.
no matter when they all died they all came back to the now in the sideways world to when *Jack* died
hence the "everyone dies."
BSG's finale was a huge disappointment. That doesn't mean that Everyone Goes To Judeo-Christian Heaven is any less of a disappointment--just in a different way.
I mean, I understood what you were saying, I was just clarifying the lack of causation between the two phrases that is usually implied in its use. No one actually died from the island falling apart, and it was actually a fairly unimportant part of the plot of the whole episode. That's all I was pointing out.
The thing about this ending is that I sort of feel that it is probably the best we could have hoped for. It's not a show that's ever given us straight answers, and it's always been a show that's been heavily invested in Christian and other kinds of religious imagery. I'm much happier with something that felt like emotional closure than an attempt to provide an explanation that failed *and* wasn't emotionally connected to the arc the characters had been on.
Apparently much of fandom is unhappy, but I haven't read up on many other responses yet...
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Date: 2010-05-24 11:28 am (UTC)On the other hand? They went for something that felt emotionally satisfying even while the plot was an absolute mess. I feel way better about it now, for example, than I did about BSG the day after that finale happened.
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Date: 2010-05-24 02:01 pm (UTC)Yes, hence the "rocks fall."
no matter when they all died they all came back to the now in the sideways world to when *Jack* died
hence the "everyone dies."
BSG's finale was a huge disappointment. That doesn't mean that Everyone Goes To Judeo-Christian Heaven is any less of a disappointment--just in a different way.
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Date: 2010-05-24 11:50 pm (UTC)The thing about this ending is that I sort of feel that it is probably the best we could have hoped for. It's not a show that's ever given us straight answers, and it's always been a show that's been heavily invested in Christian and other kinds of religious imagery. I'm much happier with something that felt like emotional closure than an attempt to provide an explanation that failed *and* wasn't emotionally connected to the arc the characters had been on.
Apparently much of fandom is unhappy, but I haven't read up on many other responses yet...