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cmdahler · 05-25-2010, 09:14 PM

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I think you're running up on the limitations of the human imagination here. These guys were exploring elements like death and the afterlife that by very definition are impossible to fathom. Further, in order to appeal to a wide audience, they had to avoid the appearance of favoring one religious belief on these matters over another. It was clear from the very outset that this show would be dealing with such weighty matters unless they were going to dive off into the ridiculous, like aliens, etc., so there was really no question from the beginning that a lot of deep mysteries about the island would simply have to go unanswered if ABC didn't want a religious backlash on its hands. Only cable networks like HBO are ever really able to tackle sensitive subjects like that. Because of that, I always thought it was a terrible shame that Lost wasn't picked up by HBO or Showtime. It would have limited their audience, but the quality of the show would have doubled or trebled.

I always thought that if they wanted to avoid the religious implications, they could have gone a more scientific route by trying to explain the core of the island as containing a micro-black hole that had been trapped by some ancient knowledge like an Atlantis civilization for use as an unending power supply, but the civilization had vanished and the mechanism for holding the black hole was slowly breaking down, leading to all sorts of interesting phenomena such as time warping, windows to other dimensions, etc. That would have been non-mystical, but would have been pretty interesting. I just don't know if it would have held the attention of a lot of fans who don't have much interest in science like that.

I do think any storyline involving Ben is bound to be interesting if those two writers are involved in the project. I always enjoyed that character immensely. I'm glad Jack is gone off to his final reward; I would be fascinated to see a new series involving Ben and his doings. I was always terribly disappointed that his character was pretty much sidelined for the last two seasons; that really destroyed a huge part of what made Lost so great for me, never being quite able to figure out if Ben was good or bad at heart.

05-25-2010, 09:14 PM	#33
cmdahler Addict Posts: 292 Karma: 24688 Join Date: Aug 2009 Device: Sony PRS-505, iPad	Spoiler: I think you're running up on the limitations of the human imagination here. These guys were exploring elements like death and the afterlife that by very definition are impossible to fathom. Further, in order to appeal to a wide audience, they had to avoid the appearance of favoring one religious belief on these matters over another. It was clear from the very outset that this show would be dealing with such weighty matters unless they were going to dive off into the ridiculous, like aliens, etc., so there was really no question from the beginning that a lot of deep mysteries about the island would simply have to go unanswered if ABC didn't want a religious backlash on its hands. Only cable networks like HBO are ever really able to tackle sensitive subjects like that. Because of that, I always thought it was a terrible shame that Lost wasn't picked up by HBO or Showtime. It would have limited their audience, but the quality of the show would have doubled or trebled. I always thought that if they wanted to avoid the religious implications, they could have gone a more scientific route by trying to explain the core of the island as containing a micro-black hole that had been trapped by some ancient knowledge like an Atlantis civilization for use as an unending power supply, but the civilization had vanished and the mechanism for holding the black hole was slowly breaking down, leading to all sorts of interesting phenomena such as time warping, windows to other dimensions, etc. That would have been non-mystical, but would have been pretty interesting. I just don't know if it would have held the attention of a lot of fans who don't have much interest in science like that. I do think any storyline involving Ben is bound to be interesting if those two writers are involved in the project. I always enjoyed that character immensely. I'm glad Jack is gone off to his final reward; I would be fascinated to see a new series involving Ben and his doings. I was always terribly disappointed that his character was pretty much sidelined for the last two seasons; that really destroyed a huge part of what made Lost so great for me, never being quite able to figure out if Ben was good or bad at heart.