The End of Lost?
As we approach the end of an amazing season, we may also be approaching the end of the show. You may well know that on a few occasions Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse have hinted that the show must have a set endpoint and that they say that point is around 100 episodes. We’re nearly three-quarters of the way there, and the biggest question is: Do you want ‘ LOST’ to end?
I think that the producers are right. LOST should end. Not because it’s bad, but because it could wind up that way. Story telling can very easily get stale with some of the biggest flashback reveals already told. How can you really top Locke’s father throwing him out of a window? This is not to say that I don’t think LOST could survive. I think that even if they cut the flashbacks out entirely and returned with pure island stories (and whatever else may come) that LOST could possibly still remain the greatest show on televison. Even so, it could survive on building up the lesser characters and giving them flashbacks, like Penelope or Tom or Naomi, assuming they don’t fall victim to the deaths predicted this month.
Then there is the added worry of when we’ll finally get answers to the questions we care about, or if the writers can keep provoking questions that we care about. With a set endpoint, the writers can write to a schedule and it will give them an easier way to answer questions without having to worry about leaving too many unanswered, or answering too many so that people don’t care.
Then there is the game scheduled to be released later this year by Ubisoft, for the 360, PS3 and PC. Who knows where that could lead? There’s slight mention (I won’t say rumours, though) that LOST may be adapted to a feature film. I remember there being mention of a 24 movie, and I thought that was a brilliant idea, just as a LOST movie would be brilliant. The point is that LOST doesn’t necessarily end with the show.
Do you think LOST should end? Why, why not? If so, when?
As sad as it sounds, the only thing i look foward to every week is lost. If it ends I honestly don’t know what I will do to occupy my time. I guess just wait for the next brilliant creation from Lindelof and Cuse.
Comment by Shanala — May 1, 2007 @ 1:25 pm
Yes. I love the show, and nothing would please me more for it to wrap up everything perfectly and go out at the top of its game. This isn’t the type of story that can (nor should) go on forever.
Comment by Super Mario — May 1, 2007 @ 1:33 pm
I enjoy every episode of lost not equally but all thoroughly. Me personally, i just don’t feel lost could ever get to the point where i cant wait to watch the next episode.
Comment by Adom — May 1, 2007 @ 1:34 pm
Damon and Carlton planned for 5 seasons, and I think stretching it out past 6 seasons, would hurt Lost. It is better to have 5 good seasons and have the series end, than having 5 good seasons and 2 rather limp ones. It is better to go out on top.
Trust Damon and Carlton to end the series when it needs to and not have to have a zombie 7th season, like they’ve joked about.
I could buy a Lost movie, depending on how the series ends.
Comment by Blackrockbob — May 1, 2007 @ 1:35 pm
Five seasons sounds about right for Lost. I absolutely love the show, and I agree, it’s one of the only shows I look forward to each week. Waiting for it is torture! I think Lindelof and Cuse have had a very planned-out story to tell, and I don’t think they’re making this all up as they go. When they said 5 seasons, I’d assume that’s how long they’re projecting it would take to tell the story. And that’s what I want - the story that they aimed to put out, nothing more, nothing less.
Comment by Jenn — May 1, 2007 @ 1:40 pm
The producers have always said that the show was planned to run for about 100 episodes, and have later said that it could be done in about 4 or 5 seasons. After season 4, Lost will have run for 95 episode-hours (25 in season 1, 24 in season 2, 23 in seasons 3 & 4). I think Lost should wrap everything up in a 12 episode half-season 5. The two-hour series finale would bring the total number of episode hours to… 108. That final shoutout to one of the central mysteries of the show would be a great box to put Lost into.
The 12 episodes would also split out well into two 6 episode halves, one running through November and early December 2008 and the second half resuming after a 4 week holiday hiatus in mid-January 2009 to wrap up the last week of sweeps in February. This year’s hiatus was only terrible because of its length. 4 weeks off when you’re running around doing holiday stuff, traveling, and drinking heavily with family (or is that only my family?) would be tolerable.
I’m personally not a fan of them doing season 4 24 style. I’d much prefer them to do an on and off style, but without reruns in the off weeks. They should run another serial drama that Lost fans are likely to enjoy on the off-weeks (and commit to showing all the episodes). DayBreak was actually pretty good, but it never got a fair shake.
Comment by hexonxonx — May 1, 2007 @ 1:40 pm
i don’t get the obsession with making tv shows into movies. Isn’t the whole advantage of a tv show over a movie is the depth to which the characters can be explored? They should end with a mini-series, like 2 weeks with episodes every night, to finish it up. That would be AWESOME! A movie gets long after 2 hours, thats about 4-5 episodes. They could cover that ground and MORE with a mini-series, or just by extending the series a few episodes.
just some thoughts
Comment by peter — May 1, 2007 @ 1:42 pm
I think Lost should definitely end after 4 seasons. Don’t read me wrong, I LOVE the show. However, poeple need answers. I think the hardcore fanbase would be willing to wait for the answers as long as it meant that the show continued, but the majority of the viewers won’t. In addition, the show seems to have set the bar too high for themselves to come up with big questions and intricate answers. I love it…but I don’t want LOST to follow down the path of this seasons 24- where all the good characters have been killed off and this season we’re not attached to any but Jack.
Plus, lets admit…we could all use the show ending on a high note in season 4 and us feeling relieved and vidicated for waiting 4 years so that we all can move on with our lives!
BUT the real question no one is asking should be:
Is Juliet pregnant???
Comment by Kyle — May 1, 2007 @ 1:42 pm
Doc,
As you, and “others” have said numerous times on this board, LOST should be viewed as a novel. Come to think of it, I think D&C have even made that same comment. I think as such, it should definitely have a set end point with which the creators can be comfortable. They (D&C) have stated also that they feel that around 100 episodes would be ideal. Come on guys, make it 108. Continuity. Continuity. Continuity. LOST is the most amazing show that has ever been on television. It should go out that way, with all our questions answered satisfactorily. A movie that would “finish the story” would mean that the television show would have not ended “completely”, which I am against. Perhaps a prequel would work (ala Star Wars). I don’t know. My advice to D&C would be: finish what you’ve started…completely. Then, and only then, see what you can come up with for a movie. And finally, if the latter doesn’t hold up to the former…move on and Let It Be.
Comment by gusteaux — May 1, 2007 @ 1:45 pm
I definitely feel that LOST should end either in season four (less likely) or season five (more likely). There’s been some talk as to whether it should continue to employ flashbacks or if it should reach a point where it’s purely on-island; I say leave that to the writers. On the one hand, there are numerous instances where radically changing a show’s formula has hurt it (”Battlestar Galactica 1980″, anyone? The last few seasons of the A-Team?) On the other hand, LOST is a densely narrative-based–not formula-based–show, and what could easily hurt it more would be if the narrative became overly-convoluted and stale because of fear or a lack of creativity on the show. Introducing the Hatch element in the second season could’ve easily been a disaster, but instead became a wickedly smart plot nexus that made for (in my opinion) the best season of the show yet. And they had the sense to blow it up before it could become stale.
Before I get too tangental and lose my point, I guess what I’m saying is the writers just need to have that clear end point in mind, and I’ll have faith that they’ll be able to decide what’s best in getting us to our destination (unlike the captain of 815). They’re learning along the way with the audience, and standing atop the feet of giants, maybe they can succeed where others have failed. And that could ultimately prove to be LOST’s greatest importance.
– Gary
Comment by CyHunter — May 1, 2007 @ 1:46 pm
I think five seasons is perfect. Though I agree, they should get rid of flashbacks, except for new characters.
Comment by Danieldaniel — May 1, 2007 @ 1:50 pm
Yeah, 4 seasons is about as far as I can see it going. These guys might always have something special up their sleeves, but with a majority of the mid-season episodes being essentially little more than additional character development, you’d need new characters to keep it interesting. We’ve seen the fan-response to new characters. The characters on the show are already avoiding investigation and interrogation of “the others” to an almost absurd degree as it is. It would be difficult to imagine 48 more episodes of blissful ignorance.
As far as a movie goes… I can only imagine that the “island” situation will be resolved at the end of the series. The only movie that might be worth making would be a Twin-Peaks style prequel. It might be really interesting to see a movie about the first inhabitants of the island, but this might all be dealt with on the show anyway, so… Unless ABC/Disney is hurting for money, I can’t really see this being something that they’d want to pursue.
-Ian
Comment by Ian — May 1, 2007 @ 1:51 pm
Yeah, I think it should end. I can see 4 or 5 seasons, but anything beyond that may be too much. I think it’d be interesting if television producers used LOST as a model by pitching their shows as having 4 season story arcs.
I’ve always contended that LOST losing viewers would be one of the best things that could happen to it. It’d still be profitable, but it’d help the show come to a logical and timely conclusion.
Comment by Matthew — May 1, 2007 @ 2:03 pm
Shanala I partially concur….
See, for me, Lost is the only television show I look forward to each week. I’m even tiring of South Park, Family Guy, Rescue Me, and Nip/Tuck.
After Lost I’m pretty much done with TV until something else cool comes out.
Anyway I don’t think Lost should end until season 4/5 ish.
I wouldn’t mind a season 4 then ending the series with a 2-3 hour movie.
Then they should remake the entire series on HBO because HBO is the best.
Comment by Muscle_Bob_Buff_Pants — May 1, 2007 @ 2:06 pm
As much as I love lost and never want it to end, part of me know’s it’s got to end one day….just the thought of that happening is extremely depressing though, considering how big of an impact it’s had on me in recent years….
Comment by Nexus — May 1, 2007 @ 2:13 pm
I think lost should last for five series, i think anything more then that would end up being dragged out and people losing iterest in new revalations on he island, just as the x files did, it should stop whilst its still hot, but i do hope that it carries on for another two series that would answer all the lingering questions and end on a high rather than a faded out low
Comment by nickk — May 1, 2007 @ 2:13 pm
I think five seasons is a good target number; I also think the writers should look at the ending, and with the ending in mind, examine the possiblities of feature-length movies (i.e. X-Files, Star Trek)
Comment by Todd Anthony — May 1, 2007 @ 2:14 pm
I think that season 4 should be the last. . . it often happens that show stay on air for too long
look what happenned to The O.C, they got cancelled right after they killed Marissa, it could happen the same with LOST if at the endo of this season Sawyer or Kate dies.
Comment by Nico — May 1, 2007 @ 2:14 pm
Lost should definatly run for 5 seasons but no more. Darlton have 2 be careful not 2 let the storylines go stale. Not 2 sure about the movie idea. Finish on a good note but Dont drag it on forever and kill it. Lost is one of the best shows on tv but it needs 2 end at some point with all questions answered.
Comment by WILLOW — May 1, 2007 @ 2:20 pm
I don’t look forward to it but I do think they should end Lost. I compare it to Alias - they tried to drag it out and ended up butchering the mythology and giving weak answers at the end because it wasn’t planned out. I would much rather that they have a plan, stick to it and end it whenever the logical ending is.
I don’t know what will happen at the end of this season but my guess is that four seasons will be the max, maybe half of a fifth season. They could try to stretch it out for a full fifth season but beyond that I don’t know.
As for a feature film - I’m not sure about that. I don’t think that would be a good idea story wise unless they leave off the 2 hour series finale and make that into a movie which would really be a cheap way to make a few extra bucks. I hope they don’t sink to that level.
Comment by Eric — May 1, 2007 @ 2:27 pm
I agree with the ending at 108 episodes idea, but for all of you who say Lost is your only tv show, I strongly urge you to pick up Heroes. Great television show and has answered as many questions as they have brought up. Almost as good as Lost in my book.
Comment by Joel — May 1, 2007 @ 2:28 pm
i love lost and ive been a fan since day one but i also want it to end. I view lost like a book it has to end sometime and as we’ve seen some of the character flashbacks have gottne just annoying. ie Jack. But for me Lost has to end at a very high point since its story has been so action packed i cant image it ending with just them leaving the island
Comment by Oscar — May 1, 2007 @ 2:35 pm
I think the producers have said they want to do four seasons and then a shorter fifth season to wrap everything up.
Of course I don’t want Lost to end, but everything has to end sometime!
Comment by You-Know-Who — May 1, 2007 @ 2:40 pm
Chiming in with 5 seasons here. We’ve spent so much time learning about 815’s, and wonder what’s up with the island. So, I need at least two seasons of crazy island supernatural stuff. Be a shame to learn about all this cool stuff that happens there only for the show to end.
I like the mini-series idea for the ending. 5 whole seasons, then all the finale stuff in 5 or 6 episode chunk all by it’s self. If they went into season 7 zombies afterwards (or a zombie movie) I`d watch that too.
Comment by Chuck_Farley — May 1, 2007 @ 2:52 pm
god, no. lost can’t end. it is the best show on television. the only thing i have to look forward to is lost. if lost does end, it should not be ending any time soon. there’s still so much the writers can do.
Comment by keely — May 1, 2007 @ 3:14 pm
Because the show is serialized like a comic book, I don’t see why the couldn’t end all the story arcs while allowing enough mystery to remain to continue telling the islands story. When Luke saw Chubbs, the Crocodile, and Abraham Lincoln was that the end of Star Wars? No, we got a few second rate prequels. LOST’s universe is big enough to pull a Star Trek if they wanted to, with spin-offs every decade or so.
By the way, will Sun’s baby problem coincide with that 100 episode end date? They’ve been there 90 days which breaks down to about 1 month for each season. Two more months equals 40 plus episodes and we’ve had over 60 at this point. Just a thought.
Comment by Higdon — May 1, 2007 @ 3:20 pm
I was thinking the same thing… it doesnt have to end with the show, a movie would be great, even a prequel show would be good, a show about DHARMA and the Islands discovery and everything else I’m sure they could come up with a ton of stories for the history of the Island
Comment by Ros9782 — May 1, 2007 @ 3:23 pm
I love this show. In fact, Lost is one of my favorites, but I’d hate to see it drag on. 100 epis is a good number.
I can’t WAIT until Wednesday.
Comment by Jo — May 1, 2007 @ 3:26 pm
damn, i meant to say seasons!
Comment by nickk — May 1, 2007 @ 3:27 pm
I always thought that the number of seasons corralates with the numbers. IE:
season1=4
season2=8
mini season part1=15
mini season part2=16
season4=23
season5=42
The number sequence being I-ching, and the Dharma logo being an I-ching hexagram, I believe that each number represents an element of the season. For instace, next season is 23. This hexagram is one of the best known i-Ching images, and both the number 23 and the hexagram have extensive significance. Generally, this hexagram, the penultimate hex in the number sequence, represents a cataclysmic and radical change, the stripping away of all illusion — in Hindu and Buddhist belief that includes most of what we consider “reality” on a daily basis — dharma is what remains. It deffinetly seems like we are about to turn a corner on the show, and discover some major secrets.
Comment by Stev — May 1, 2007 @ 3:32 pm
i don’t think it would be a good idea it would be better if they made lost a complete one off, unless they had plans to carry on a spin off without dragging on any of the islands mysteries, i would go ot of my mind if they did that i can’t wait that long, if they did end it as one show it would probably gather a cult following in years to come for being the only show which didn’t sell out!
Comment by nickk — May 1, 2007 @ 3:33 pm
Comparing Lost to THE OC is a sin, please never do that again. Lost is a great show as far as I know the OC was never a great show, barely a good show.
And as long as they dont cover the entire Island Hisstory in the show i would love a prequel
Comment by Ross9782 — May 1, 2007 @ 3:33 pm
I think it would be a good idea to end it eventually (5-6 seasons AT THE MOST)…if they try to drag it on for some ridiculously long amount of time, things might get cheesy or same-ish. What I’m saying is that they’d eventually run out of good ideas if it were to last too long. But that’s just my opinion.
Comment by Mek — May 1, 2007 @ 3:46 pm
I think it should end after four seasons. That way there’s a definite conclusion, you’re not stretching things out too much….it seems like a reasonable end point.
Also, I think a LOST movie would be stupid. Why make a two-hour movie when you can have a two-hour series finale? Besides, the format of the show doesn’t seem to mesh well with a movie like 24 does.
Comment by Chris — May 1, 2007 @ 3:48 pm
Don’t get me wrong. This show is my life.
But, I think if LOST came out and annouced that next season was its last season, I would be extremely happy. I know its a long shot (season five is more of a possibility), here’s why season 4 would be a better end.
- Final Seasons gereate a LOT of publicity and MORE viewers (i.e. sopranos). LOST needs more viewers right now.
- next year, the return of LOST will be EPIC because it will have been on hiatus for over six months, also generating a lot of publicity.
- the show WILL BE ABLE TO KEEP ITS FLASHBACKS! Honestly, I want LOST to finish like they started and NOT lose the flashbacks. With only one more season, there is no reason why the writers wouldn’t include the flashbacks.
- Jan-May scheduling would be UNBELIEVABLE! ESPECIALLY for a final season! Can you image? 23 straight weeks of LOST?!?!
- I am really excited to recieve LOST: THE COMPLETE SERIES on DVD. I haven’t bought any of the DVD’s so far because I’m waiting for that set.
Comment by BEF — May 1, 2007 @ 4:02 pm
I love the idea of ending after 108 episode-hours. They know what they’re doing, they have the basic plot mapped out, just let ‘em tell it. This season was about The Others, next season will probably be about the Hanso Foundation, Widmore Industries, Paik Heavy Industries and Thomas Mittlewerk’s nasty little business with vaccines and other stuff that was hinted at in the Lost Experience.
I absolutely hate the idea of a movie, especially if they’re stupid enough to make *that* the finale. It’s a piss-poor idea to begin with–if it follows straight on from the last TV episode, only fanatics will see the movie, so the earning potentital is drastically reduced = it won’t get made. To get non-fanatics in, they’d have to do a ton of backstory, which would bore the regular viewers who know all that stuff anyway. Could you imagine having to sit through “…and then Locke and Boone discovered a hatch in the jungle…” type crap? Zzzzzz. It’s a bad idea, I hope they don’t do it.
Comment by Henry Holland — May 1, 2007 @ 5:12 pm
I think that the show should end at episode 108 personally because that would be a good end point and it would stop the show from dragging on to long and getting repetetive. Yet it is one of those things that I look forward to seeing every week and will miss but hopefully the sewries finale will reach my expectations and more. Although seeing Zombies on Prime Time would be awesome.
Comment by valentin_50 — May 1, 2007 @ 5:30 pm
So no one likes the HBO idea eh? =)
Comment by Muscle_Bob_Buff_Pants — May 1, 2007 @ 6:01 pm
Lost needs to have a set end-point and I believe since the story’s originators already have one in mind, one that they built the show toward from the beginning, then that should be the shows end. I say season five is the limit and that if fans really cannot stand to see this show end then clamor for a spin-off. Believe me, there is enough created via the TLE and from the shows sub-plots to create a compelling spin-off.
Comment by Merlboroman — May 1, 2007 @ 6:03 pm
Stev……what an interesting perspective…….combined with the idea of reaching 108 episodes I see this as the best theory I’ve yet read.
jobe?
Comment by jobe — May 1, 2007 @ 7:07 pm
I will DIE if LOST ends! That’s all I look foward to all week and it is the greatest Show Moview anything media combined. How can you end it screw critics and all those who think it should end the TRUE fans are in to the end and I wish that it would go on for ever (Not possible) But we need to have a pole on keeping Lost on or not after season 4. And convince ABC and Lost crew that Lost WILL STAY!!!!! Please people you cannot want LOST to end It would be devistating to the world and maybe the universe. My life would not be the same without LOST my life would be dule. I would only be able to watch Heroes and Jericho and 24 which are nothing compared to Lost except 24 is really good. BUT PLEASE LOST DON”T LEAVE!
Comment by lost815 — May 1, 2007 @ 7:26 pm
i think lost should end at season 4 because the producers have said they dont know if they can pad it out to 5+ seasons and we all know from experience that they aren’t very good at it
Comment by pat — May 1, 2007 @ 7:29 pm
Someone very insightful said that Lost is a novel (was it on this site? Anyway…). Novels have an arc: They begin, reach a climax, and end (we hope) satisfyingly. Lost is SO amazing that it must end (I have to give a hoorah to the 108-episode idea, too).
I remember the first season of many great shows (Alias, for one) that simply went on too long, and then I shake my head in bewilderment at what they became. The other great show of our era, Seinfeld, ended (though with a crummy last episode) at a time the producers thought right, while folks still wanted more. I want Lost to leave me completely sad it’s over, not sad it went as long as it did.
Lost must end (he said with a quivering upper lip), but I would pay 8 bucks a whole bunch of times over to see a big movie about Dharma… or zombies… or Dharma zombies…
Comment by tomfishstory — May 1, 2007 @ 7:31 pm
4 seasons or maybe a shortened 5th season too, but, either way, I really think the series finale shouldn’t have any flashbacks. I mean, I’m the first one to stand up for the flashbacks whenever anyone talks bad about them, but I think having 2-3 hours of pure island stuff for the finale would be genius. If they do have flashbacks, they should be on-island flashbacks that reveal something big.
108 episodes would be genius
End of season 4= 96 episodes
5th season= 12 episodes with no flashbacks to end the show
Comment by Brian — May 1, 2007 @ 7:36 pm
I think lost should go for two more seasons. Counting each hour of lost as an episode we had
Season 1= 25
Season 2= 24
Season 3= 23
This brings us to 72 hours. Unless next season has 28 hours of television (not counting recaps) we wont be at 100, and these days shows need to have 100 episodes in order to do syndication. Five seasons also just seems more fitting for a show than 4 seasons.
Comment by Eli — May 1, 2007 @ 7:41 pm
but 4 is a LOST number! Not 5!
Comment by pat — May 1, 2007 @ 8:10 pm
108 episodes would be perfect IMHO.
In regards to the movie idea… dont all kick me at once, but i think it might be cool if the finale was in the theaters for 2-3 weeks, and then just aired on ABC. It would be another, in a series of revolutionary moves by the LOST team.
And thats just the thing… Lost does not really need to do ANY “adapting” for theaters. If it aint broke, dont fix it.
Many of us junkies enjoy the show in our home theaters, in HD, with DolbyD surround as it is.
But common guys, would it not be cool to bring all us LOSTIES together like that for the last waltz, on the BIG, big-screen. Then just air it after 2 weeks of theater run.
Its just crazy enough to work.
Comment by picture_a_box — May 1, 2007 @ 11:46 pm
numbers, numbers, numbers!!! 100 shows, 104 shows; who cares! Tell all of the story and close all the story lines. D&C are smart guys. There are other stories to tell and other ways to tell them. Who is to say that the lost story is over when the guys get off the of island. D&C could wind up all the island stories in one neat package but in the process open up a whole new story line with some of the old characters and some new guys. It is hard for me to imagine that all of the story could be wrapped up on the island. It seems natural to me that once our 815-ers get off the island they would have ‘issues’ re-integrating into the world and there are ‘issues’ which can never be resolved on the island. Look at the Lost Experience. Chasing down the bad guys could be just as good a story as how the losties got through the island gig. This need not be a ’spin-off’ in the traditional tv sense so much as a segway (my french is very bad) into an expanded story.
I’m not a big fan of the time warp/alternate universe/supernatual island resolution. Scientific enigmas — yes; other worldly –no. I can only hope that the resolutions don’t lean on the ‘because I said so’ kind of answers.
I do not believe that D&C are one-trick-ponies. I think they have many stories to tell anmd can tell them in many ways. Having been brought up on serial radio programs, I see many similarities in the style and format of Lost and the old time story telling paradigm. Strong characters, villians that are easy to hate, just enough mystery, just enough humor and my personal favorite, moral ambiguity on both sides. From this board alone we can see fans ask if Jack is really all that good and is Ben really all that bad, can this one or that one be trusted. Will there be salvation or damnation? These few simple points reflect why Lost is great story telling.
Lastly, as much as I screamed “unfair” when we lost Mr. Ecko, I haven’t missed him. Will it be the same for the next victim(s)?
Comment by Douglas Wietzke — May 2, 2007 @ 3:34 am
LOST should have a pre-conceived ending point. It would be yet another ground breaking idea. I like the 108 episodes idea. They may be planning this also, as I’ve always wondered why the two hour season finales are listed as two episodes. One thing though, the two writers who wrote “Tricia Tanaka is Dead” were signed through 2010. That would be six seasons. Either way 5-6 seasons would be the perfect end to the greatest television show I’ve ever seen. I was a big fan of the “X Files,” but I stopped watching towards the end. You had Duchovny leave the show, and the forced continuation of the movie plot was excruciating at times. The final episode was a disappointment, and no story arc was ended in a satisfying manor. I can’t believe they would let these things happen to LOST.
I like the movie idea, but I would kind of hope it’s on the island but outside of the current story. Maybe you could have a couple of characters in the movie (for example, Locke could still be on the island at the end of the series), but overall I hope it’s either a prequel or a stand alone sequel (not a continuation)…
Comment by cap10tripps — May 2, 2007 @ 6:11 am
Personally, I’m really looking forward to finally getting some zombie lovin’ come season seven.
Comment by Sindril — May 2, 2007 @ 6:50 am
Yes I want LOST to end, that’s the only reason I’m still watching it, to see them get rescued or get off the island at the end.
But seriously if they end it with the losties choosing to stay or being stuck on the island for ever, it’s gonna annoy me so much.
All these seasons and episodes, it better damn well have a good ending.
To be honest it should have finished in Season One, at the MOST, Season Two.
I mean if it was between them getting off the island or seeing what was in the hatch, what would you have chosen?
Option A anyday…
Comment by Gardener — May 2, 2007 @ 7:19 am
lost should run as long as the story needs it to. no point in padding it out. less is more
Comment by ted nindo — May 2, 2007 @ 7:59 am
They should put it on HBO and/or a movie..why??? so we can see kate naked thats why!!!
Comment by themachine — May 2, 2007 @ 9:58 am
They should put it on HBO and/or a movie..why??? so we can see kate naked thats why!!!
Comment by themachine — May 2, 2007 @ 9:58 am
I totally agree!! Not to mention they most likely would not be able to get all the actors from the t.v. show for the movie and that would NOT work. There is no way that LOST fans would accept anyone but the original actors. I wouldn’t. I think that if they decide to make a movie out of LOST it would be a TOTAL sellout and I would be very disappointed. I LOVE this show. It’s the only one that I freak out if I miss and don’t record. I will find a way to watch it online. Thank goodness that is an option. It’s only happened once…that was enough.
Comment by Kara — May 2, 2007 @ 10:18 am
Lost ending after a brief season 5 is the best thing I can think cause the flashbacks now are beginning to run stale (Stranger in Strangeland anyone?)
Comment by Jon — May 2, 2007 @ 12:08 pm
LOST is the best show on television. Why obsess over when it should end? As long as it remains intriguing, shouldn’t we all be grateful if it remains? If the quality can’t continue after season five, then shut it down. But if the writers keep bringing the goods week after week, then let’s root for it to last as long as possible. There is so much they can do with what they have already given us. I’m more interested now than ever, and we’re almost through three seasons. Why would you think we wouldn’t feel the same two years from now? Let’s turn loose of our miniscule attention spans and just enjoy the ride. Delayed gratification isn’t as bad as our generation makes it out to be!
Comment by Jason — May 2, 2007 @ 9:13 pm
Honestly I believe that LOST should end. It’s a story and like all stories it needs to come to its conclusion. The fact that it does have an endpoint, drives the plotline and if the producers extend it far beyond their original plans it’ll just become another sitcom that will never end until it is cancelled. As for the movie, please I hope they don’t make it into a movie. There is a reason why television shows should stay off the big screen. If they make a movie, it completely destroy the concept of LOST.
Comment by Camelot — May 2, 2007 @ 11:46 pm
MuscleBob…
Yes, please HBO. No one does television better. They could flesh out the story and introduce ideas that wouldn’t fly on network T.V.
Please……HBO
Comment by neoloki — May 3, 2007 @ 11:45 am
Yes, it should end, please, every week that passes makes it longer for us the viewers, and more tired, some things should stop. I just merely watch Lost just to see how it ends and what it’s going in the island!! Please, let it end.
Comment by rjquesada — May 3, 2007 @ 1:57 pm
Nice, I have two supports for the show to be reinvented on HBO!
LoL, to kill time over the 8 month hiatus we should all create fanfics of what the show would be like on HBO and how much different things would be. The best one gets a dollar =)
Comment by Muscle_Bob_Buff_Pants — May 3, 2007 @ 2:20 pm
Yeah, Lost should definetly have an ending, cos the storyline cant allow it to go on forever, and shows like 24 that have gone on wat seems like forever are losing viewers. Of course though the producers would have to clear up any and every mystery behind Lost to make the ending better and…less confusing
Comment by Mick — May 6, 2007 @ 11:50 pm
Hi. Can I just throw something out there? ABC? ABC is a company. Ok? And it’s a company in America. Follow so far? American is a capitalist society,which means ABC has sponsors and affiliates.
Here’s where it gets tricky.
In capitalism, everyone is what’s called a “rational actor.” They do what makes money. Have to. No other way to survive. So, if ABC exists in a capitalist system, it must be a rational actor. Now, being a rational actor, why would it take off Lost, as long as its still making money for the company and the sponsors?
Tha makes no sense. Lindeloff and Cuse and try to psyche out fans all they want. Here’s the truth: They have no say in the matter whatsoever. Lost is property, and ABC owns that property. I promise you, Lost will be on the air as long as it makes money for ABC, it’s affiliates, and it’s sponsors. Why? Because they won’t take a money making show off the air until it stops making money.
Just a little thing there I had to get off my chest. Thanks.
Comment by Mike — May 9, 2007 @ 8:23 pm