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Originally Posted by Steve Jordan
Does Lost have further embellishment in its future? Or are we done? Should we expect a sequel or spinoff at some point? Maybe a movie? Are Losties warming up their keyboards with ideas of fanfic (in ebook formats, of course), rivaled only by the plots at a major publisher to continue the saga in print for us?
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Personally, I think the holes left at the end just make good business sense. This is a series that definitely has a dedicated fan base, probably worth at least a couple hundred million in revenue with a couple of follow-on movies, etc. That's not chump change. The whole Ben thing at the end was a blatant teaser, but it was probably put there more on a "just in case" basis than with anything specific in mind at the moment.
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Maybe most importantly: Should they? Or is it the worst possible idea in the world? Should I be taken out and shot for even contemplating it?
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Right now, it would be a terrible idea. They need to let the fan base absorb what they've seen and let that seed germinate a bit. There's still a ton of revenue to be made off the series DVD and Blu-ray releases, etc. But these guys are decent enough story-tellers that with a good budget and a lot of time to prepare, they could probably do a successful job of a spin-off series or certainly at least one movie (there are definitely enough holes in the original story ending to make at least one feature-length movie out of it). I don't think ABC or the Lost producers are going to leave all that money potential lying on the table, though, so I'd bet that within a year, or two at the most, you'll see something hitting the media.