Fonzie Posted May 13, 2008 Report Share Posted May 13, 2008 Remaining "Lost" seasons extended by two hours LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - ABC has found more hours for the final two seasons of "Lost." The 2009 and 2010 editions of the hit drama will be 17 hours each -- not 16, as previously planned. ABC has added two hours to the show's production plan because the Writers Guild of America strike knocked three hours out of the current season. To partly compensate, the network recently added an additional hour to Part 2 of the season finale that airs May 29. All told, the changes will wrap up the show with the same number of episodes that producers and ABC negotiated last year. "We were supposed to do 16-16-16," "Lost" co-creator Damon Lindelof said. "But we ended up doing 14 this season, so we owe two." Lindelof, however, ruled out the idea that the show might extend beyond the remaining 34-episode order. "(Executive producer) Carlton Cuse and I worked so hard to get the show to end that I think to suddenly say, 'Oh, I think we've got another season in us' would be a betrayal to everybody involved in the show -- but most of all the audience," he said. "It's better to retire your number at the top of your game." For the upcoming season finale, Lindelof promised a more action-driven cliffhanger instead of the mind-bending flash-forward time shift that stunned fans last season. "The finale this year will not be as tricky as last year," he said. "Hopefully, this year it's a little bit more of a straightforward action-adventure narrative. But the ending of the episode will hopefully engage and intrigue people looking forward to the next season of the show." Lindelof declined to say whether the flash-forwards will continue, but he did leave open the possibility of the show's main story line on the island catching up with the flash-forwards that have taken place on the mainland this season. "It's very exciting that the audience is going to be wondering when is the present going to be (next season)," he said. "We've moved backward in time, now we've moved forward in time. The present of the show has always been on the island -- that may not necessarily be the case in the future." When it comes time to air the series finale in 2010, Lindelof said he and Cuse plan to "go into hiding for many, many months" at an "undisclosed location." "David Chase set a great example when he went off to Paris after 'The Sopranos' ending, which is great because all these people are going to be asking, 'What does it mean? What is it?'" he said. "The fact that there's no one really around to answer that question, it forces people to come up with what they think it means. We can guarantee our show will not end with a cut to black, it will be more clear than that. But whenever anything you love ends ... there's a certain disappointment." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchmuckGirl Posted May 13, 2008 Report Share Posted May 13, 2008 I'm a huge Lost fan, have been since the beginning! I'm behind a few episodes right now though, so don't say anything! I can't believe we are almost to the finale already:popcorn: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
max power Posted May 13, 2008 Report Share Posted May 13, 2008 I watched the 1st season, but it got stupid in the 2nd. Kinda reminds me of Giligans Island now. I mean, come on, new people show up on the island constantly yet they never get rescued, They have cell phones or walkies that never need charged, no one loses weight, everyone is fairly clean and no questions ever seem to get answered.I'm just waiting for white actors to show up with brown make up and wigs playing cannibals. Actually, that would make me start watching again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robhawk Posted May 13, 2008 Report Share Posted May 13, 2008 big lost fan here ..... wtf is up with the 4 toed statue that still boggles my mind:confused: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NinjaNick Posted May 13, 2008 Report Share Posted May 13, 2008 I use to watch it all the time the 1st 2 years.Remember the 1st episode? Did they ever tell you what that big thing was that ate people from the plane? Like a dinosaur or something? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fonzie Posted May 13, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 13, 2008 Remember the 1st episode? Did they ever tell you what that big thing was that ate people from the plane? Like a dinosaur or something?Yeah.....It's the Smoke Monster. He just ate someone else last week too Rob......Not sure I remember the 4 toed statue you're referring to??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NinjaNick Posted May 13, 2008 Report Share Posted May 13, 2008 Yeah.....It's the Smoke Monster. He just ate someone else last week too So, they never have showed it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GOJIRA Posted May 13, 2008 Report Share Posted May 13, 2008 Big LOST fan. They have never explained the foot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fonzie Posted May 13, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 13, 2008 So, they never have showed it?Yeah....They do. It's like a ginormous worm of smoke that comes through like a freight trainSo.......Refresh my memory, or lack thereof, about this 4 toed statue When did it come up, who found it, was it recently....etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NinjaNick Posted May 13, 2008 Report Share Posted May 13, 2008 It's not a physical form? It's just smoke? So, smoke eats the people? If that's true, damn, they ran out of ideas there...lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fonzie Posted May 13, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 13, 2008 It's not a physical form? It's just smoke? So, smoke eats the people? If that's true, damn, they ran out of ideas there...lolThere's theories that the smoke monster is actually a shapeshifter & can take on the form of people, but I think in it's natural form it's just smoke Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NinjaNick Posted May 13, 2008 Report Share Posted May 13, 2008 Whaaaaaaaaat? Damn, that's out there. It is Sci-fi though what do you expect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GOJIRA Posted May 13, 2008 Report Share Posted May 13, 2008 The foot was in season finale 3 I think. They have the losties on a boat and are taking them to the other island and they go past it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fonzie Posted May 30, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 30, 2008 OK.......So I know I didn't get home 'til 9:45, and missed the last episode..........but DAAYUUUMMMM!!!! Lot's to digest tonight!! Gotta catch what I missed online, but I know I'm still gonna be LOST! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F4iBunny Posted May 30, 2008 Report Share Posted May 30, 2008 Didn't bother watching lastnight because I missed so many episodes this season. I work almost every Thursday and got behind trying to catch them online. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robhawk Posted May 30, 2008 Report Share Posted May 30, 2008 Didn't bother watching lastnight because I missed so many episodes this season. I work almost every Thursday and got behind trying to catch them online.DVR....... greatest inovation in commercial free, at will viewing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Posted May 30, 2008 Report Share Posted May 30, 2008 or internet downloading of episodes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbret Posted May 30, 2008 Report Share Posted May 30, 2008 I'm just waiting for the DVD's to sit & watch the whole season in a day or two. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fusion Posted May 31, 2008 Report Share Posted May 31, 2008 http://timelooptheory.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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