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"Lindelof and Cuse prefer to let fans to form their own theories about the show's mysteries, as opposed to solving them right away. For them, the show is less about what's in the hatch, and more about imagining the possibilities."

Get $#@%ed.

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So to everyone who grumbles about "haters" posting their complaints on message boards: You can stop worrying. Apparently the producers have been listening to those concerns, and using them to make "Lost" a better show. Maybe that's one reason the most recent half-season has been so much better than the previous one was.

There's still one quote that bothers me, though. Lindelof says, "The reality is that the show has always been about 'What do you think is down there?' We're going to give you six months now to figure that out, and we're going to try to think of something nobody has imagined."

He seems to be saying that they don't think of answers to the mysteries they set up until those answers are revealed. This corresponds to the "making it up as we go along" theory of "Lost" writing. But we want to feel as if the answers already exist -- that there's some kind of coherent universe we're looking at, even if we viewers don't know how it works yet. (For instance, we want them to at least give the impression that they know exactly who or what Jacob is -- and aren't still hashing it out in story meetings -- even if we viewers don't find that out for another 15 episodes.)

Actually, I think their decision to give "Lost" an end date went a long way toward making this kind of narrative coherence possible. And over the past few weeks, they've gone a long way toward bringing back the combination of adventure and mystery that made it such a great show in the first place.

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I guess we know which five characters will never get killed off.

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Sam, If you don't want to wait until tonight to find out:

spoilerslost.blogspot.com

The site is actually down at the moment from the crush of traffic. I'm surprised TV Squad hasn't reported on the fact that the last week's and tonight's episodes were spoiled two weeks ago.

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I am not going to ruin my experience of watching the show with spoilers. This show, at the moment, is just too good to be ruined by my anticipation. It really is worth the wait.

Tomorrow and the following 8 months I will be able to visit those websites because then there won't be any more Lost to watch and just a horrible waiting period.

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Actually Porchland this site did report the spoilers, thanks for playing through!

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Yeah, so the writers are making things up as they go along... and plan to string everyone along for at least three more years. Yay. Well I've been bored of the show since the second season started, won't be watching and haven't been. And they wonder why their viewers are down to 11 and 12 million now?

And they have always had too many characters... waters everything down. The flashbacks have always been boring, even a little in the only good season they had-the first season.

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They're so full of shit!!! Trying to pat us on the back for their stories. WHATEVER! They don't have a clue on their BEST days.
WRAP IT UP!

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I'm glad I'm not crazy enough to read the spoilers. I'd rather see it happen for the first time on TV. Why ruin the surprise?

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If I wanted to imagine the possibilities myself, I wouldn't need to watch the show...would I? I thought I was watching a story that someone wrote, not a "Choose Your Own Adventure" book from fifth grade.

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I haven't seen any evidence to LOST having gotten better than it was in Season 1, when all it offered was promise. I think D & C pretend to rely on Internet feedback because they are so severely lacking in imagination they are unable to invent solutions to the riddles they posed, and worse, unable to creatively use the ponderings of their imaginative fan base.

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Why would they pick 2 more men and only 1 woman???

I would pick Jack to have a Dr and kate for him..so he will leave me and Sun alone.

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