{"id":1045,"date":"2011-08-03T18:06:43","date_gmt":"2011-08-03T22:06:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/community\/exploringourmatrix\/?p=1032"},"modified":"2011-08-03T18:06:43","modified_gmt":"2011-08-03T22:06:43","slug":"how-should-lost-have-ended","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2011\/08\/how-should-lost-have-ended.html","title":{"rendered":"How Should Lost Have Ended?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

A post at IO9 informs us of J. J. Abrams\u2019 view that, while he has heard a lot of negative feedback about how LOST ended<\/a>, he has not heard good positive suggestions on how it should<\/em> have ended<\/a>. The post at IO9 offers some suggestions<\/a>. What do you think? If you were unsatisfied with the ending, then how do you think LOST should have ended?<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s the amusing version from the series \u201c How It Should Have Ended<\/a>\u201c:<\/p>\n<\/iframe>\nAnd of course, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.geekologie.com\/2010\/05\/how-lost-really-should-have-en.php\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">this alternate ending is also funny<\/a> (and <a href=\"http:\/\/exploringourmatrix.blogspot.com\/2010\/05\/lost-alternate-ending-how-hurleys-story.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">there are others<\/a>):<\/p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=i00FT1tCjKI\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=i00FT1tCjKI<\/a>\nFor some of my own thoughts, you may like to see the following posts on my blog\u2019s old site:<\/p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/exploringourmatrix.blogspot.com\/2010\/05\/ending-of-lost-explained.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Ending of LOST Explained<\/a><\/p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/exploringourmatrix.blogspot.com\/2010\/09\/what-was-ending-of-lost.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">What Was The Ending of LOST?<\/a><\/p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/exploringourmatrix.blogspot.com\/2010\/06\/lost-midi-chlorian-ending.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">LOST: The Midi-Chlorian Ending<\/a><\/p>\nHow do you think LOST should have ended? 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