Lindelof/Cuse Interview *CONTAINS EPISODE 6x15 SPOILERS/REMAINING EPISODE DISCUSSION*

Necronomicon

Initially I was going to put this in the 'Across the Sea' discussion thread, because the interview is centres on their reaction to the reaction, i.e. how it polarised fans all over the world.

I decided against putting it into the thread though, because there is some discussion/speculation regarding the remaining episodes. I don't think there is anything particularly revelatory about the interview, but people have different perceptions on spoilers so beware of possible spoilers! Specifically, there is confirmation that one particular mystery won't be solved.

I really enjoyed the interview, and aside from my bolded bit there's nothing too spoilerific. It can be found here:

http://www.hitfix.com/blogs/whats-alan-watching/posts/exclusive-interview-lost-producers-damon-lindelof-and-carlton-cuse-talk-across-the-sea

dudeitshurley

So they're basically saying that's the time travel bit done and dusted no coming back to it. Retrospectively makes the whole time travel thing a nonsense as it can't be explained. Episodes like The Constant are now retrospectively standalone brilliant episodes which make zero sense in the overall telling of the story.

Like what exactly was the point to Sawyer etc living in the 70s? Going randomly back and forth through time?

kronsington

i have to say, im actually sick of Lindelof and Cuse. Their air of self-satisfaction and smugness is a slap in the face to all fans of the show. the final season was so highly anticipated and has been a huge let down. and i think, if you asked most fans, despite how much they want to say this season has been great, they'll tell you it sucks. one more episode and the finale left, so many people are gonna be left disappointed.

FredBloggs

kronsington wrote: »

i have to say, im actually sick of Lindelof and Cuse. Their air of self-satisfaction and smugness is a slap in the face to all fans of the show. the final season was so highly anticipated and has been a huge let down. and i think, if you asked most fans, despite how much they want to say this season has been great, they'll tell you it sucks. one more episode and the finale left, so many people are gonna be left disappointed.

+1

homerun_homer

NO OUTRIGGER SHOOTOUT?? WTF??

Now the show has been great and entertaining and has inspired so much write ups on msg boards and water cooler moments but if the fans are theorising on obvious future set ups only for them not to be fulfilled then that is a giant cop out.

Very disappointed.

Mr.Nice Guy

DL: Everything is by design. Unfortunately, when you ask that question, if you're not a believer, you say, "They're making it up as they go along," and if you are a believer, you say, "It's all part of a design." It's lose-lose for us, because you think we're just lying if we say everything was by design.

How can he make a comment like that with a straight face and then go on to say that they have no intention of answering the shoot-out scene?

This just confirms that they are making it up.

At the end of the day there is absolutely nothing wrong with making a story up as you go along but ultimately you need to have a coherent explanation for what went before. If you can't do that, and you leave gaping plot holes, then you deserve the criticism that will inevitably come your way.

Necronomicon

I'm not surprised that the outrigger won't be resolved. It had to be done in Season 5 really - I can't think of a way they could revisit it, now that the time travel arc is finished. It's a damn shame though.

What bugged me a little was their flippant and sarcastic reply to the question about Adam and Eve, and their claim that it would prove they had the end-game mapped out from the beginning.

PetKing

well as long as they know who's in the outrigger, I feel much better. :eek::eek:

Faith

Okay, I'm not a Lost critic. I just enjoy the show every week, and am not hugely bothered about answering some of the questions. But this

I think for us to explain why we're not giving him a name veers too far into the territory of explaining things that we don't feel the need to explain.

This písses me off. I don't think it's fair for them to basically taunt the viewers with a big mystery, and then say "well we don't think it's important to answer". If it's so unimportant, why make such a big deal out of it for so long? Fecking ridiculous tbh. That's really irritated me now.

Mr. Incognito

You've said many times that when people find out who Adam and Eve are, we'll all realize just how long you've been planning the mythology. Well, I went back and watched the "House of the Rising Sun" scene, and Jack says that the clothing looks like it's 50 years old. Is he just not very good at calculating the rate of decay on fabric?

CC: Jack is not really an expert in carbon dating.

DL: He's not really a forensic anthropologist. We need to bring in Bones.

CC: Or Charlotte. She's an anthropolgist.

DL: The other theory that I would like to throw out there is that Jacob and his mother were just expert craftsmen. They made those clothes on that loom so well, it would appear that they were only 50 years old in decomposition, when in fact it's several thousand.

CC: Or perhaps the fabric is magic. A lot of theories there, Alan.

This proves to me they were making it all up and cannot make sense of the mess they've put themselves in.

Magic Fabric.

Arrogant arseholes.

irish_stevo815

Arrrrggggghhhhhhhh Darlton I hate You :mad:

One of the things i was really looking forward to was the explanation of the outrigger shootout. And now they wont be showing it and even admit to taunting the fans by having those "What If This is it" moments with people sailing in other boats etc.

Then I just hope that they are trying to throw us off the scent, and that the whole resolving the time travel thing might actually be a major part to the rest of the show. But I doubt it sadly

Anima

Normally you read their interviews and they seem sound enough but they really came off as arrogant and defensive in that one. They know they're gonna get a ton of flak in two weeks time. Serves them right.

Can't wait for the Jimmy Kimmel show with them being interviewed after the finale.

popebenny16

i never ever listen or read their interviews because i just take what i see on the screen and try to make some sense of it myself. the fabric magic stuff justifies that approach.

Miguel_Sanchez

I'm surprised they haven't said "A wizard did it" yet.

Star Lord

Am I the only one that read that as that they were having a bit of a laugh with the interviewer?

AnonoBoy

DamoElDiablo wrote: »

Am I the only one that read that as that they were having a bit of a laugh with the interviewer?

Of course they were.

MisterAnarchy

Mr. Incognito wrote: »

This proves to me they were making it all up and cannot make sense of the mess they've put themselves in.

Magic Fabric.

Arrogant arseholes.

Its been fairly obvious for many years now that they have been making the show up as they go along and making the storyline arc bigger and more complicated every series .
There was no way they were going to be able to explain even a small percentage of the mysteries they introduced and they had no intention of doing so.
Their arrogance reminds me of that of Ron Moore who proclaimed that the finale of BSG was going to be all about the characters and that was all that mattered to the viewers ,because he couldnt explain all the mysteries and mythology either !