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The Lost Experience

  • 27-05-2010 8:19am
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    Now that the show is over, I'm interested in seeing if anybody followed this from beginning to end, and whether you felt that it plugged any gaps in the mythology. I remember when it started, I followed it for a while but quickly fell behind; it was very time consuming!

    Reading the Lospedia entry about the game, I find it interesting that Darlton hinted that aspects of the mythology would never be answered as far back as 2007, and that the Experience was designed as a way for fans to explore those aspects. A quote from Carlton Cuse:
    We sort of felt like the Internet Experience was a way for us to get out mythologies that we would never get to in the show. I mean, because this is mythology that doesn’t have an effect on the character’s lives or existence on the island.

    For me, this is extremely consistent with how the show ultimately panned out. I can completely see why some people resent that the mythology wasn't fully explained. But I think the fact that they said 3 years ago that they cared more about the characters than the mysteries flies in the face of the accusation that they couldn't explain them.

    Finally, I wonder why more isn't made of the explanation that The Lost Experience provided about the numbers. Lindelof has said that the answers in the game were legitimate to the show, and even gives a straight answer himself in the second quote here:
    In The Lost Experience it was revealed that these six numbers are the core values of the Valenzetti Equation, a mathematical formula designed to predict the end of humanity. The numbers in actuality are said to represent human and environmental factors in the equation, though their precise meaning is uncertain. One purpose of the DHARMA Initiative was to change the factors leading to humanity's demise, which will be indicated by an alteration in at least one of the human/environmental factors that succeeds in changing one of the numbers. However, in all its years of research, the Initiative failed to reach its goal. Despite much research and manipulation of the equation's values, the end result was always the same.
    In an interview with E! in 2009, Damon stated the following in regards to the Numbers: "Here's the story with numbers. The Hanso Foundation that started the Dharma Initiative hired this guy Valenzetti to basically work on this equation to determine what was the probability of the world ending in the wake of the Cuban Missile Crisis. Valenzetti basically deduced that it was 100 percent within the next 27 years, so the Hanso Foundation started the Dharma Initiative in an effort to try to change the variables in the equation so that mankind wouldn't wipe itself out."


    People seeking explanation for the numbers seems to be one of the biggest talking points since the finale aired. I know the majority of people wouldn't have taken part in the game extensively, but I do wonder why this explanation hasn't gained more exposure.


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