I just finished watching the series finale for Alias and must say I am disapointed. I had expected the finale to give me hope that J.J. Abrams would be able to successfully bring Lost to a close and answer all the unanswered questions when it came time for the show to end, which it will eventually have to do.
I'm not saying that the finale was terrible, it had its good points...Sloane's final punishment, not being death, but the eternal life he was trying to attain, but has to spend it trapped inside a tomb. But, let's face it: in Alias world he'd be out of the tomb in 2 episodes, tops. Another cool part was that Sydney's final mission and fight takes place in....Hong Kong!:
I think the building Beth works in might be in this shot, although I don't think our apartment is. I think you might be able to see it in the shot where Sydney is beating the crap out of her mom, or maybe when her mom is being the crap out of her, I'm not sure.
But, other than those 2 highlights, it didn't deliver what I expected it to after 5 years of build-up. Granted, it is not a show like Lost that is based entirely off one unanswerable question: "what the heck is gowing on here?!" Nevertheless, we were expecting it to go out with more of a bang. I mean, you're telling me that Rambaldi's final endgame and what Sloane was searching for was just eternal life? That's it?! That plot has been done a thousand times...I thought it was interesting when they did and episode of Duck Tales about that, but come on, I expected more.
I remember thinking that I would be disapointed if they did something totally unexpected, like making Sydney or Vaughn bad in the end...but that would have almost been better than this!
Lost fans: beware....all this waiting and watching may result in a lame payoff: The plane crashed on a deserted part of Australia, they just needed to go on a hike that was longer than a "day and a half." Maybe if they didn't constantly stop for breaks on their hikes they would have discovered this earlier. What is the Dharma Initiative really about?...doesn't matter, we're safe now!
Mr. Abrams...you have a reputation to protect, don't let us down!
Thursday, May 25, 2006
Mood=disapointed
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Mr. Abrams has a reputation to protect? I think he has nothing to protect but rather a reputation to build and admiration to restore.
I TOLD YOU ALIAS WASN't worth watching. Darn people tell yourselves it's different than watching a soap opera, but it's not! Just has more violence and less afairs...
I bet abrams never been to Hong Kong.. Guessing very few of the "regional" shows were actually shot on location...
My interest in LOST spirals downward more by the hour! If it isn't enough that Saeed has 2 in fingernails and yet Kate looks perfectly groomed (sans occassional sweat and grubby t-shirt) and everyone is whiny and every plot is far-fetched... you can only expect to be dissapointed! A writer can't possibly keep up the levels of action and suspense every week that are required in the beginning to get people hooked... It's bound to dissapoint, ESPECIALLY in light of ALIAS!
I have been vindicated!
I knew all along ALIAS sucked... which is why I stop watching it awhile ago.
I wish Jack wouldn't have died... stupid finale.
Speaking of Abrams... the last three minutes of Mission: Impossible III was dumb. I liked the rest of the movie though.
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