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We might not ever get all the answers

I'm not too worried. There was another interview where one of TPTB stated that the series finale would be quite satisfying. And, Lost is a series aimed at ultimately answering the questions that it raises. I'm sure the creators are aware of this. I'm really not worried about this. Quite the opposite, all of these plot lines are so methodically planned out that I'm quite convinced they have an amazing final episode in store for us.

Mr Awe
 
"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.

I agree. We just have to buy into the concept that it's a magical island and we know some of its powers. We also know that its correllated with magnetism. What's the writer's saying about audiences accepting one unbelieveable aspect per story? The island is that unbelievable thing in Lost. If you buy into the island, well the rest is believable.

Mr Awe
 
What if they expanded the series into canon novels set before, during and after the events of the main series, maybe that way we would get all, if not most of the answers that are still to be found out? They could also incorporate the semi/non-canon events seen in the videos that have been released over the past few years in relation to the Island and the Dharma initiative to expand on them more.

Even though I don't read myself I think this could be one way to take the series.
 
Or to paraphrase the Twin Peaks mantra/spell/warning/poem:

"Through the dark of futures past,
A [Jacob] longed to see,
One chance out between Two Worlds...
[Smoke Monster] Walk With Me."
 
We'll never find out what the Hurley Bird is. :(

Oh, the Hurley bird is an easy one. Back in the 70's Hurley raised a young Parrot while acting as a cook at Dharma. The parrot eventually learned to say "Hurley". After the "incident" the parrot escaped into the wild.

Then 30 years later (parrots have very long lifespans, some live up to 70+ years), the parrot is flying through the jungle and spots it's old owner, so of course it is going to say "Hurley" when it sees him. But the Hurley of 2004 hadn't gone back in time yet, so he didn't recognize the bird when it flew by.

See, no mystery there. :)
 
^^ I actually love that explanation and it would be brilliant if they actually did that. It's certainly the most plausible (and funny) explanation you could do. And it would be brilliant retro-foreshadowing since it first appeared back in the S1 Finale!
 
We'll never find out what the Hurley Bird is. :(

Oh, the Hurley bird is an easy one. Back in the 70's Hurley raised a young Parrot while acting as a cook at Dharma. The parrot eventually learned to say "Hurley". After the "incident" the parrot escaped into the wild.

Then 30 years later (parrots have very long lifespans, some live up to 70+ years), the parrot is flying through the jungle and spots it's old owner, so of course it is going to say "Hurley" when it sees him. But the Hurley of 2004 hadn't gone back in time yet, so he didn't recognize the bird when it flew by.

See, no mystery there. :)
Awesome! Love it.

:D
 
That was a pretty funny bit from the podcast.

I half expected they would need random numbers to enter into the computer, and Hurley would give them the lottery numbers, thereby bringing it full circle. But I guess not... :(
 
Another interview about what we will and won't get answered:

Damon gave us a sense of what kind of Lost questions will be answered, and which other mysteries won't explicitly be explained by the end of the series: "There are certain questions about the show that I'm very befuddled by like, 'What is the Island?' or 'What do the numbers mean?' We're going to be explaining a little more about the numbers, maybe significantly more about the numbers, but what do you mean by 'What do the numbers mean?' What is a potential answer to that question? I feel like you have to be very careful about entering into midi-chlorian territory...I grew up on Star Wars, I've seen the Star Wars movies hundreds of times, I can recite them chapter and verse, and never once did anyone ever say to me or did it occur to me to say, 'What is the Force, exactly? Can you explain that for me, better than Alec Guinness does?' I understand, 'When are we going to find out about Libby?' That's a very finite question. 'Who is Jacob?' OK, yes, we've been talking to this guy named Jacob, so those questions then should have answers, but 'What is the Island?' That starts to get into 'What is the Force?' It is a place. I can't explain to you why it moves through space-time, it just does. You have to accept the fact that it does." Can you live with that?

And:

[/I]Libby's story will not be wrapped up on the show. Says Damon, "I have learned that if you kill someone off the show, they are less likely to cooperate with you." Basically, Cynthia Watros is busy until further notice and they can't explain Libby without her, at least not in any way that shows her story rather than annoyingly tells her story. What's the takeaway for us fans? Next time you've got Damon cornered, don't waste your breath asking about Libby. Instead, bust his chops about another very important blonde: Claire! Where is that little minx, anyway?
 
I thought that Battlestar Galactica handled the whole "answers" thing quite well and I'd be happy if Lost went the same route.

I thought BSG blew it by setting up a mystery that couldn't be answered without 1) utter brilliance, or 2) tortured, hoo-boy logic and sadly they didn't have 1 in the hopper, forcing them to go for option 2. There's a difference between an "explanation" that is, yeah, sort of possible and an "explanation" that works well dramatically and provides the proper combination of inevitability and surprise. The BSG writers just didn't have what it takes to pull it off, or maybe they didn't comprehend how laughable their explanation really was.

Here's an interview on the topic of what should and should not be answered on Lost:

Vote No on Midi-Chlorians: Damon gave us a sense of what kind of Lostwon't explicitly be explained by the end of the series: "There are certain questions about the show that I'm very befuddled by like, 'What is the Island?' or 'What do the numbers mean?' We're going to be explaining a little more about the numbers, maybe significantly more about the numbers, but what do you mean by 'What do the numbers mean?' What is a potential answer to that question? I feel like you have to be very careful about entering into Midi-Chlorian territory.
For instance, I don't think we need an explanation of the numbers, if time-travel in the Lostverse is governed by predestination. If predestination is mandatory, yet there are people loose in the timeline who know the future and are actively trying to subvert it, then the laws of probability must be sacrificed to avoid the Grandfather Paradox - if you try to kill your own granfather, the result will be the same as when Michael tried to kill himself. So if probability is thrown out, the absurd coincidents of the numbers now becomes reasonable. Perhaps they are a reaction of the cosmos to the interference of the time travellers, like the timeline is getting a nasty rash. :rommie:
 
Well that sucks that we don't get to learn what's up with Libby! But on the other that was three years ago now and it's kind of a dead issue. Yet they got to bring her back for cameos in S4...
 
I feel like Libby's character was a complete waste other than to set Hurley up to follow Michael to the Others.
 
We'll never find out what the Hurley Bird is. :(

Oh, the Hurley bird is an easy one. Back in the 70's Hurley raised a young Parrot while acting as a cook at Dharma. The parrot eventually learned to say "Hurley". After the "incident" the parrot escaped into the wild.

Then 30 years later (parrots have very long lifespans, some live up to 70+ years), the parrot is flying through the jungle and spots it's old owner, so of course it is going to say "Hurley" when it sees him. But the Hurley of 2004 hadn't gone back in time yet, so he didn't recognize the bird when it flew by.

See, no mystery there. :)
That's brilliant. :D

Too bad about not ever learning about Libby. :(
 
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