So..."The Lost Room"?

[trinityofone]

I'm assuming there was discussion of this, which I missed because of my recent "This one goes to 11 (p.m.)" work week, so I hope nobody minds if I just pose this query:

Wha? What the hell happened at the end there? I loved the build up, so the end was totally like a giant balloon deflating for me. Why weren't there any consequences for Joe killing the occupant? Why did any of that actually bring Anna back? How come there was such a stupid non-resolution to the Ruber/Detective Bridgewater plot? Was it just me, or did the guy who played Ruber totally wish he were Gary Oldman? Why wasn't there more Roger Bart, who I enjoyed an insane amount? Are they planning a sequel, or what?

*grumble grumble grouse*

Anyway.

Unrelated: vassilissa brings the awesome. Or the awesomely terrifying, take your pick.

ETA: kuwdora brings the other awesome. (Well, she linked to it. *g*) House/Wilson is totally canon, yo! Well, kinda. (Minor S3 spoilers.)

ETA2: Even more awesome via wychwood. I AM INFAMOUS. And I love sgastoryfinders.

Comments

[ladycat777.livejournal.com]

Was it just me, or did the guy who played Ruber totally wish he were Gary Oldman?

I said that three times to the people I was watching with and they didn't get it at all.

Wha? What the hell happened at the end there?

I don't know!! And I'm a little miffed, so I'm glad to see others are all *flaily hands* about it, too. I kept watching the clock going, "and they're going to wrap all of this up in how many minutes? I don't think so!"

There better be a sequel. I'm just sayin'. Because I get that you leave the audience with questions, but not feeling like the missed the last three chapters.

[trinityofone.livejournal.com]

I said that three times to the people I was watching with and they didn't get it at all.

Well, I was shouting it to an empty room, so...

But we are SO right.

Questions are good. But to be all like, "There will be CONSEQUENCES if you do this! Big, scary consequences!" and then not even hint at them...what's with that? Not to mention that Joe is still apparently wanted for murder and kidnapping...WTF?

[ladycat777.livejournal.com]

Yes! And we still have Oldman The Prophet running around, and if Joe's an object -- as well as wanted for murder and why wasn't there a pile of stuffed animals and other accumulated stuff when he finally found Anna? -- shouldn't he be different? The Occupant didn't sound like a really sane guy after he because the Occupant but apparently Peter Krause's easy confidence beats off impending insanity?

Just -- way, way too fast. There should've been an extra ten minutes at least to give some consequences.

Although, I was very happy when we didn't get the Outer Limits/Twighlight Zone ending I was dreading. I didn't need the nightmares.

[trinityofone.livejournal.com]

(The real) Gary Oldman would actually make a pretty awesome prophet, I think.

Yes, yes, yes—I likewise want answers to all the questions you pose. Because seriously, what's up with there being all this build up to "uh-oh, you are an object now" and then nothing changes?

I was also anticipating/dreading an ending where Joe saves Anna and she doesn't know him anymore, so yeah, I guess we should be thankful that it didn't end like that. Or were you envisioning something WORSE?

[slodwick.livejournal.com]

I mentioned to The Mom that this felt mostly like a part-one-of-two scenario, and she suggested that maybe they're planning to turn it into a series, which would delight me beyond measure. I absolutely loved this movie, though, yeah, I was also a bit miffed at the lack of explanations at the end.

[trinityofone.livejournal.com]

A series would be fine! A series would be awesome! Because I was really impressed, actually, with all the detective stuff, which was clever and made sense in a way that most TV detection does not, and there are of course infinite possibilities for more cool stuff with other objects. So yes, let's hope for a series and SOME EXPLANATIONS AND CONSEQUENCES, OMG.

[slodwick.livejournal.com]

I'm deeply fascinated by the idea of things existing where they shouldn't and (odd) everyday items having special powers, so I'm all for this whole universe as a fandom. I'd even love to see crossovers, because those items could be ANYWHERE.

[trinityofone.livejournal.com]

I'd even love to see crossovers, because those items could be ANYWHERE.

Ooh, you are brilliant! And we don't even have to wait for a series for that!

*tries to decide which characters would be the most fun to fuck with* Supernatural is too obvious, isn't it?

[slodwick.livejournal.com]

SPN could definitely be interesting... however, right now I'm sort of in love with the idea of a SPN/American Gods crossover, but that's probably just me. :)

I think it would be hilarious to xover TLR with shows that Krause's been on before, like Six Feet Under or, GOD, Sports Night. ♥

[trinityofone.livejournal.com]

Oooh, SPN/American Gods could be wicked cool. (I accidentally mistyped that as SGA/American Gods, which...wow, would really break both universes.) They're both very road-trippy. This is good.

The Lost Room/Sports Night would be HILARIOUS. Because the contrast between how Joe was just like "I accept that all this wacky shit is happening" and how Dan and Casey would have to discuss it ENDLESSLY...that would win.

[slodwick.livejournal.com]

Oh! Oh! What if one of the objects showed up in Eureka!? (Do you watch that show? You totally should if you don't.) They would spend FOREVER trying to figure it out. And/or destroy it.

[trinityofone.livejournal.com]

I watched the first couple episodes of Eureka and then got bored. Is it worth giving another shot? 'Cause everyone was like, "OMG SO INNOVATIVE" and I was like, "No?"

But then, I am a big whore for even semi-watchable TV, so. (Especially during hiatus, woe.)

[slodwick.livejournal.com]

I quite like Eureka -- I mean, it's not fantastic or the most creative television I've ever seen, but it's fun! And even when I found the show itself was only passably entertaining, Colin Ferguson is incredibly charming and adorable, and reminds me a great deal of Joe Flanigan, so it's basically hopeless for me. ;)

[trinityofone.livejournal.com]

Hell, it's a long cold lonely December! I'll take it!

*goes to look for download comm*

[nemesina77.livejournal.com]

I tried to watch it to, and the same thing happened! I have all of the episodes on my DVR and on my comp, but they're just waiting there like the elephant in the room (I completely ignore their presence on the DVR because I WANT to like the show, honestly I do, but whenever I go to watch it I get bored halfway through and can barely watch the end.

According to SciFi.com there is a Eureka marathon coming up, so that should help.

[rokeon.livejournal.com]

SGA! And, uh, Sheppard's wristband thing that he never mentions or takes off!

[trinityofone.livejournal.com]

GENIUS!

[nemesina77.livejournal.com]

I'm pretty sure they're thinking of doing a series. I mean, they ended up doing it with Battlestar and Painkiller Jane, and this one just begs for a series (I mean there's what, like another 70 objects or so that they haven't even talked about? Plus, he's an object, as in "can't die like the Occupant," but what if his object-ness isn't the same as it was with the Occupant since he was in the room at the time? And he has a daughter, so if he can't age and can't die that's gonna be pretty weird.).

This is what happens when I get going...

I actually got my fiancee to watch it (and the only other SciFi thing he's ever watched was the BSG Mini) and he said he'd watch the series only if Krause was in it. I can see him doing a series, especially since he did Six Feet Under, and maybe Margulies (since she was on ER) but I don't think Elle Fanning would do it since she's got a promising career ahead of her (if you use her sister as the prime example, that is).

I also feel like they left Kreutzfeld completely out there as well. Did he die? Is he trapped like Anna was? Who knows!

I'm sooo over cliffhangers right now, I tell you. I think every single show that I watch (that is currently on hiatus, which is every one except for My Boys, on TBS) ended with a cliffhanger and will not be returning for 3-4 weeks, during which time I won't even have classes to distract me since finals are this week, and damn, I definitely should be studying.

Anyway, sorry for the ramble! I always get ahead of myself...

[rokeon.livejournal.com]

My read on the end was that Joe is the new occupant and that's why he could survive the room resetting. Rescuing Anna was something he could choose to do because the occupant is the Object that has free will. I have no idea why he didn't show any signs of going mad or being erased from history.

I think they deliberately left threads unresolved because they wanted to leave it open for a series. Which, as cool as it could potentially be, annoys me- one of the reasons I was looking forward to the miniseries was because the format gives you a finite amount of time to wrap up the story and get closure. A regular show will never let them find all the answers because that would mean it was over.

[trinityofone.livejournal.com]

Rescuing Anna was something he could choose to do because the occupant is the Object that has free will.

Ahh, okay, that makes a little more sense. But I was promised history-erasing! Ahem.

And yeah, there ought to be a way for there to be closure for the events of the miniseries and still leave stuff open. I mean, keep that last shot of the key reappearing, but tie up some of the loose ends, please!

[zee.livejournal.com]

*chuckles* Yeah. See my latest post (http://cpt-untouchable.livejournal.com/9520.html). I glanced at the clock and thought ... okay, they have ten minutes left in which to wrap this up in a satisfying manner.

... Seven minutes.

... Two.

And. No joy.

[trinityofone.livejournal.com]

Something climatic needed to happen. That was like six hours of foreplay and no orgasm!

[grand-sophy.livejournal.com]

I didn't mind so much that it was open ended; there is the possibility of a series if it does well (http://www.broadcastingcable.com/blog/1380000138/post/470005847.html). I just enjoyed the time spent watching it, very reminiscent of The Twilight Zone (which also often didn't have neat endings). I don't agree that nothing happened, though; Joe has essentially sold his soul to the devil (murder) and committed himself to a lifetime of involvement with the motel room and all the obsessed people that go along with it, in order to save his daughter. Previously he's always thought "I'll just get her back, then throw away the key and walk away from all this insanity." Never going to happen now.

[aruan.livejournal.com]

OK, theory: Let's say the theory that God/supernatural force of some kind caused the creation of the room and the objects and chose the occupant for a destiny.

The original occupant was the one who was shifted out of time and space, whose life was completely changed by whatever happened to create the objects. This didn't happen to Joe when he became the new occupant, because the universe was already sufficiently different for the occupant to do what he was supposed to do.

No, I wasn't completely happy with the end either, but this could work if there was meant to be something more done with the show than just the miniseries. Also, it explains the objects calling to the occupant.