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The "Lost" Alternate Ending Were Moronic Jokes

By Dustin Rowles | Posted Under Trade News | Comments (17)

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We won’t devote another post to “Lost,” after Pajiba Love today, that’s my assurance to you. We’ll get them all out of the way early.

For the last few weeks, leading up to the “Lost” finale, we were promised three alternate endings, which would air on Jimmy Kimmel. I think a lot of us expected that the alternate endings would be legit. In fact, when I woke up this morning, it was the very first thing for which I searched. A few weeks ago, I hated the idea of alternate endings, as I wanted everything about the show to be contained within the show. But this morning, I really wanted to see what Cuse and Lindeloff had up their sleeve, hoping that it might add a little more clarity (and has anyone else found it odd that J.J. Abrams is barely associated with this show anymore, despite the fact that — for the first three seasons — the show was synonymous with Abrams?).

Anyway, I was wrong. The alternate endings were lame-ass jokes. Here are the alternate endings. I feel bad that the cast members had to participate in them, but I’m thankful that Cuse and Lindeloff don’t write comedy.










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Comments

I was mad about that too. I mean, I expected some shenanigans from Jimmy Kimmel, but the announcer made it sound like we were going to be seeing some pretty awesome stuff. Bastards.

Posted by: ZombieNurse at May 24, 2010 11:03 AM

Sorry D, but I don't know any single person that actually thought they'd be 'real' alternative endings.

I'm sure we'll see the 'real' ones in about two or three years, after the first or second boxed set is released.

Posted by: NY not NYC at May 24, 2010 11:10 AM

That's some cutting edge comedy there, Kimmel. Not at all exactly what anyone would've expected. This was on par with Epic Movie.

Posted by: Optimus Rhyme at May 24, 2010 11:18 AM

I mostly agree with you, Dustin, but I thought the Sopranos one was hilarious. HILARIOUS, I TELL YOU.

Posted by: the_wakeful at May 24, 2010 11:22 AM

"and has anyone else found it odd that J.J. Abrams is barely associated with this show anymore..."

No, because it fits his MO which is as follows:
1. Come up with a great idea.
2. Develop an awesome show.
3. Get bored.
4. Assign the responsibility of finishing the project to less capable minds.
5. Rinse and repeat.

It happened with Alias now it happened with Lost and the same thing will happen to Fringe. He needs a prescription for his ADD.

Posted by: Scully at May 24, 2010 11:53 AM

You KNOW they had to throw the Newhart bit in there, though. I would've been mad if they hadn't, I think.

Well, i for one hoped for some real alternatives, but I didn't think they were actually going to do it. I mean, they've been saying since day one that they knew exactly what the ending was. Why WOULD there be alternates?

P.S. I thought it was kind of adorable that Matthew Fox got a little choked up watching the ending.

Posted by: Anna von Beaversmack at May 24, 2010 11:59 AM

Scully, J.J. Abrams learned that from the Joss Whedon school of fucking over your fanbase because you got bored with/tired of/lazy with the show you created. Buffy started to suck when Joss went to work on Angel, Angel sucked when he left to work on Firefly, and Angel only got good again when he came back.

I still can't explain Dollhouse though...

Posted by: Commander Strikeher at May 24, 2010 12:31 PM

Commander that's just fucking depressing. Especially because Firefly is one of my all time faves and I have recently decided to give Buffy and Angel a chance (I have a deep hatered for Sarah Michelle Poutyface and yes it has taken me this long to suck it up).

Posted by: Scully at May 24, 2010 12:40 PM

Don't get me wrong, a terrible episode of Buffy or Angel is still better than most anything else on TV. Even the bad seasons had their moments. It was just very obvious when Joss shifted his focus.

Posted by: Commander Strikeher at May 24, 2010 12:45 PM

You know how lame they were? I didn't even know they had HAPPENED. I watched the whole thing (admittedly I was pretty smashed at the time but I remember most of it) and I remember just tuning out during these things which I thought were just sketches. I didn't realize THESE were the 'alternate endings' until it was over. I barely even knew they had happened, but at that point I wasn't expecting anything real.

Posted by: figgy at May 24, 2010 12:47 PM

Dustin is there a Pajiba list of Bored TV Creators Who Ruined Their Shows With Their Boredom And Laziness And Oh Dear Lord Why Didn't They Just Stop?

‘Cause there ought to be. JJ would be a top contender.

Posted by: Scully at May 24, 2010 1:16 PM

I had kind of hoped for alternate endings but wasn't too disappointed that they weren't real b/c they were the best parts of the show. Kimmel was lame. His questions and interaction were awful. I felt bad for the cast members - they looked so uncomfortable. If you caught any of the audience questions afterwards online, they sucked, too. How Kimmel stays on tv I have no idea. This could have been a great way to wind down from the show. Instead, it was a huge disappointment.

Posted by: laf at May 24, 2010 1:25 PM

In many ways it's the opposite of the Sorkin write-it-all-yourself-because-otherwise-it-won't-sound-like-the-characters school. At least with Whedon and Abrams, they've been willing enough to collaborate that the writing, while not as good, is still reasonable.

Posted by: Ruby at May 24, 2010 1:48 PM

Do you mean to tell me that teaser promos delivered less than they were implied to deliver?

NO WAY!

Go ahead, keep trusting the talking box, I'm still loading....

Posted by: Recondite at May 24, 2010 4:55 PM

F You ABC! Seriously, F you!

You straight up lied to me to get me to stay up an extra hour later with the promise of alternate endings. Then you pulled the old bait and switch just to get me to watch Jimmy Fucking Kimmel. I home you get your ass kicked.

Posted by: grizzle at May 24, 2010 7:38 PM

Some of you actually believed that they were going to put legit alternate endings on Kimmel? Whose moronic now?

I thought it was pretty funny.

Posted by: L.O.V.E. at May 24, 2010 11:43 PM

Whose moronic now?
I thought it was pretty funny.
Posted by: L.O.V.E.

I believe that's your moronic now.


I'll get me coat.

Posted by: Brenton at May 27, 2010 10:04 PM