We might not ever get all the answers

[Mallet]

In a new interview with Damon Lindelof for Lost's 100th episode, he is asked about the ending of the series and is quoted as saying...

"We're taking a page out of the David Chase playbook," Lindelof says. "Instead of clarifying things, we want to let it simmer and percolate."

For those of you who don't know, David Chase the creator/showrunner for The Sopranos created quite a stir when he ended that show quite abruptly by fading to black, with out resloving any of the major threads of the series.

If they do this with Lost I think a lot of people might be upset.

 

[gh4chiefs]

If they do this with Lost I think a lot of people might be upset.

Ya think?

More and more I'm expecting this outcome for the series, but God I hope I'm wrong. To sit through this for 6 seasons and to not get an end is going to be unbearable.

EDIT TO ADD: And I would NEVER watch another series that these peope are involved with ever again.

 

[ITL]

If there's ever been a show that needs to give us all of the big answers by the final episode, it's LOST. If we don't get them I will chew a kneecap off in sheer despair. See if I don't!

 

[Mr Light]

Hmm, up till now I've had 100% faith in these guys but this quote does worry me. Still, they've already explained a great deal. The only big question left is what is the Island and why doesn't Richard age and what is the Incident.

 

[Michael]

Well, I think I can live with some mysteries. I never really expected them to reveal everything. As Mr Light said, many thing have already been uncovered.

Things I still want to know include what's up with Christian, Jacob and Richard. I'd also like to know more about where the Others originally came from and what exactly made this island so special (like the assumed relation to ancient Egypt). But I don't expect them to explain the exact workings of the Smoke Monster or what the Numbers mean etc.

After all this has been a great series so far. In fact it's one of the best I've ever seen. An ending where they don't answer everything won't change that. I never watched Lost merely because of the mysteries. First and foremost I watched it because of the characters. I love the characters of this show and care for them. I'd hate it if this series ends without closure to them.

 

[The Nth Doctor]

This is a bit worrying, but hopefully the answers I want to know are given by the end:

Richard (and other people like him)
The statue
Why Island is the way it is
Smokey (the producers have said this will be explained in the final episode)
Jacob
Christian

I don't need an explanation for the Numbers or other trivial stuff like that, although I would like to see what happened to Cindy and the other people abducted by the Others and why they stuck with them.

 

[DeafPoet]

If they answer everything it'll demystify it and it'll be boring to watch to boot. They know what everyone wants answered and it's probably the same stuff they're planning on answering, but I fully expect (and hope for) a couple lingering threads.

 

[Mr Light]

Ah yes I forgot about Jacob/Christian. That too! But I'm sure that answer is fundamentally linked to "What Is The Island?".

 

[Gertch]

"What Is The Island?".

That's probably the one they wont/cant answer. They might be able to do it some justice but it'll probably be a letdown if they tried.

 

[chrisspringob]

I don't mind ambiguity if it's done right. If it's really in service of the story, then I'm all for it. What I dread is a certain form of ambiguity, in which the viewer is left with the impression that the writers simply couldn't be bothered with the task of creating a self-consistent logic to the story.

If it feels like they were just writing the show with the attitude "Well, this idea would be cool, but I can't figure out why it would logically happen this way. So let's just make it a mystery, and come up with the answer later.", and then when they got to the end, they said "Oh, I guess we never figured out how to make the logic of that work. Let's just leave it mysterious so we never have to deal with it.".....well then, that would be a massive cheat on the audience.

 

[sidious618]

There should be so ambiguity. I won't be surprised if the last scene throws a mindfuck at us.

Edit: Can I have a link to the interview?

 

[bigdaddy]

One word - MOVIE

 

[sidious618]

One word - MOVIE

That'll never happen.

 

[Temis the Vorta]

Depends on which answers they leave unanswered. There are some I can live without knowing.

 

[Mallet]

Edit: Can I have a link to the interview?

Here it is: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr...ews/e3i9c779034c7476d10cb8e85433ab7c88b?imw=Y

 

[Agent Richard07]

I thought that Battlestar Galactica handled the whole "answers" thing quite well and I'd be happy if Lost went the same route.

 

[pookha]

In a new interview with Damon Lindelof for Lost's 100th episode, he is asked about the ending of the series and is quoted as saying...

"We're taking a page out of the David Chase playbook," Lindelof says. "Instead of clarifying things, we want to let it simmer and percolate."

For those of you who don't know, David Chase the creator/showrunner for The Sopranos created quite a stir when he ended that show quite abruptly by fading to black, with out resloving any of the major threads of the series.

If they do this with Lost I think a lot of people might be upset.

frankly it encourages me to lose interest in the show.
the one person with a lot of answers has left so yeah i could see them doing it.

but they dont understand that the two shows are very different.
lost is a mystery and the pay off from the start was that you would get the big reveal at the end.

by saying now that isnt going to happen in some ways they calling their audience suckers for staying with the show till the end.

really that quote or one like it isnt new.
which is one reason some people i know have stopped watching.
they didnt want to continue watching and not getting answers at the end.

 

[KLOEN]

I don't need an explanation for the Numbers or other trivial stuff like that..

The numbers have been explained offscreen. They're an equation made by a guy named Valenzetti, which "predicts the exact number of years and months until humanity extinguishes itself". Or something.

http://lostpedia.wikia.com/wiki/Valenzetti_Equation

The Dharma video is here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PPCCcXarkc

 

[Roshi]

I thought that Battlestar Galactica handled the whole "answers" thing quite well and I'd be happy if Lost went the same route.

And RDM said numerous times that he liked the Sopranos' final episode too. The circle is complete!

 

[Nardpuncher]

They can answer some things and that should help us answer or make good guesses at answers to other things that are closely related or seem like the same type of mystery. Like, don't ask how Rose could get healed if we already know Locke did...if you know what I mean.

With the fundamental "What is the island?" I'd be happy with "It's just ancient and has seemingly magical properties"