HBO: † "The Leftovers" Series Discussion...†

Were you satisfied with the ending?

  • Yes, completely. It was perfect.

    Votes: 11 73.3%
  • 50/50, I wanted a little more closure to some loose ends.

    Votes: 4 26.7%
  • No, way too much focus on Nora.

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • HELL NO! I wanted the mystery of the 2% disappeared to be explained.

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Total voters
    15
Oh so they will never tell us what really happens nah dog im out dont care how they deal with it if i cant never find out why or wtf happened
 
I actually like that it won't be revealed. The audience and characters are in the same boat. It happened and like many things in life there might not be a reason it happened. I like that feeling of helplessness, maybe it'll happen again and it'll make more people crazy.
 
Oh so they will never tell us what really happens nah dog im out dont care how they deal with it if i cant never find out why or wtf happened
it was a "rapture" like event. just assume it is the rapture. chances are if that were to ever happen people won't know what went down either.
 
Man I really wanted to like this show but the first episode was not very entertaining. The only emotion I had was when the kids were at that party using that spin the phone app. :smokin

A bunch of mysteries that will probably be explained the "LOST" way. I think I am gonna tune out or just watch one more episode.
 
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Is the book a good read?

yes it's a great read throughout,but to me the ending was a bit of a letdown but that's just my opinion. As stated previously Tom Perrotta's books are pretty character driven, so if that's what you are into then by all means jump in. It's confusing that lindelof is involved as the supernatural elements are not really the focal point, makes me wonder if they will change it to make up for that and to keep people hooked.

I did finally watch the pilot last night with my wife and she was pretty confused. within maybe the first 30-40 pages you find out pretty much everyone's backstory, i mean they took the whole episode to reveal that the chief's wife is in that cult,the son is estranged and the daughter is going through growing pains, in the book you learn all that and what the guilty remnant is, what the son is up to and so on. That's how i got pulled in to the book, i'm not sure if i'd have the patience to learn these fragments of info every episode. But then again i already know whats going to happen to i guess it's a moot point. i read that the 2nd and 3rd episodes are the best of the season, so i'm sure it's gonna take off

So far i LOVE the casting, everyone is spot on except for the chief's daughter and her friend, the friend should be smoking hot because thats how she is described in the book, to me the daughter is actually hotter than her friend and that bugs me, since they are trying to play up the friend as being a slutty/party animal, she just doesn't look the part, but again thats being picky.

tone of the show, how the guilty remnant are handled(fave storyline) the wife's struggle w/ the guilty remnant vs husband are perfectly executed

glad the show's on HBO, couldn't see it on network TV and i wouldn't watch it
 
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Thanks, i'll put the book in the reading list. I also agree about the daughter being more attractive. I'm into dark haired girls so that's also a factor.
 
@dhart48 I actually really like the casting choices for the daughter and friend, so I think it's probably a matter of opinion? They prob had focus groups before choosing them.
 
I swear I saw the baby's eyes focus on someone or something before the camera panned back to the mom and the crying stopped.

Not saying somebody took it obviously, but I'm saying maybe they see something or someone right before it happens.
 
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Of course Lindelof chooses a book that doesn't explain the reason everything is going down.

I watched the episode tonight and it was very intriguing.

I love a good mystery. But I also love a solution.

That's the thing with Lindelof... He's great a weaving the web, but when it's reckoning time he flops.

It happened on lost. It happened on his Star Trek. It happened on Prometheus.

I'll probably continue to watch the show and I'll love the journey, but deep down I'll know they will ruin whatever ending they have planned.

I'm not entirely sure why I continue to watch his products :smh:
 
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The fact that the first post in this thread says that the book never states what happened has me contemplating keeping up with the show.. how the hell you not gonna explain what happened
 
The fact that the first post in this thread says that the book never states what happened has me contemplating keeping up with the show.. how the hell you not gonna explain what happened
because it's from the perspective of the people on the planet... they never know exactly what happened so neither do we. you can study and intuit what happens post modernly like people who watch the matrix did but you're never gonna get one decisive answer.

doesn't that make for more interesting discussion?

it was the rapture. it was aliens. we all live in a cave, life is nothing but an illusion, and the people who all disappeared never existed to begin with. all plausible.
 
Not the thread for theorys but i still believe we are living a dream in a matrix type world.

I agree with not telling us what happened. That isnt the shows purpose.
 
because it's from the perspective of the people on the planet... they never know exactly what happened so neither do we. you can study and intuit what happens post modernly like people who watch the matrix did but you're never gonna get one decisive answer.

doesn't that make for more interesting discussion?

it was the rapture. it was aliens. we all live in a cave, life is nothing but an illusion, and the people who all disappeared never existed to begin with. all plausible.

yeah its interesting, but whats the end game for the show.. we're just gonna go through how these people cope with what happened and then what? idk, I just like some sort of clarity for my shows, if they're basing this off of life in general.. I get it, but being that it's a show where people just up and disappear.. i kinda want to know wtf happened.
 
Of course Lindelof chooses a book that doesn't explain the reason everything is going down.

I watched the episode tonight and it was very intriguing.

I love a good mystery. But I also love a solution.

That's the thing with Lindelof... He's great a weaving the web, but when it's reckoning time he flops.

It happened on lost. It happened on his Star Trek. It happened on Prometheus.

I'll probably continue to watch the show and I'll love the journey, but deep down I'll know they will ruin whatever ending they have planned.

I'm not entirely sure why I continue to watch his products :smh:
The way the pilot was it was not a good mystery. At least not about the disappearances.

More mystery with what's up with the dogs? What's up with the black guy? What's up with the all white silent ppl? What's up with the chief's kitchen being all ****** up? :lol:

Also I'll say this now if you know a story isn't going to answer questions they brought up or you think it'll end in a poor way they're not ruining the ending. The story simply wasn't good. Yall can't pull a LOST with this show where they promised answers and yall didn't like it. They're telling you straight up 1 ep in this isn' what you want it to be about.
 
My interpretation.

Deer = People in white, something traumatized them and now they're an elongated 'deer in headlights'

Dogs= What most of the 98 percent are turning into. Savage dogs attacking the 'deer in headlights.'
I think you have it backwards. The dogs are the people in white. They're the ones who saw what happened and reacted immediately and ran off. Everyone else is still stunned and in a daze.
 
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Watched this last night. It was cool. If I knew what time it comes on Id try to watch it every week. Also if it never said what happened to the ppl in the book they should just leave that as is instead of making up some random bs
 
Only watching for gratuitous sex.

If they dont ever address what happened then ehh.

cause and effect. Speculation = cause so the effect isn't that clear cut IMO.
 
Still iffy on this show after seeing the pilot.

Will still tune in though. If I can make it through an episode of True Blood minus whale give this show a chance right after.
 
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