Lost

[Father Demon]

I refuse to believe that you have never ejac'd all over your keyboard.

[rjs246]

Oh, I have. In fact, I just wadded one out a few minutes ago.

I've just never done it over a TV show.

[MDS]

Sometimes I do it to your posts, is that better?

[SunMo]

what's with the show coming on after it, Eli Stone...is it as bad as it looks?

[MDS]

The show isn't bad. It's another lawyer show where the guy cares more about doing the right thing than making money and whatnot, but it at least presents the tired, worn out plot in an unique way: visions of George Michael singing.

[SD_Eagle5]

tentative 5 more episodes

Cuse Says LOST's 4th Season Will Be 13 Episodes At Most!!

I am – Hercules!!


"Lost" showrunner Carlton Cuse says the fourth season of his acclaimed sci-fi drama will be no more than 13 episodes this season, cut down from an order of 16 due to the writers' strike expected to end today.

Eight episodes were scripted before the strike. Cuse hopes to produce five more to air this spring.

It sounds like Cuse and the rest of the "Lost" writing staff will end the fourth season at the same story point they always intended, cramming eight episodes of plot into the season's final five installments.

"We will have to condense some stories," Cuse tells The Hollywood Reporter.

The third episode of the fourth season airs this Thursday. Sources say all 13 fourth-season episodes could conceivably run between now and the end of the season without a break.

Read all of the Hollywood Reporter's story on the matter here.

[reese125]

one of the best shows ever, but there comes a time when you have to know when to cut the story. What could they of had 16 more episodes of? This is not the ongoing mob-life saga like the Sopranos. They made contact--saved--end of story.

Now they are stretching flashbacks into other peoples lives that the audience really cant adapt to. Sometimes it nice to go out on top, they might be in jeopardy of that the more they prolong this.

[SD_Eagle5]

Are you serious? I want to know what the farg is going on? They haven't answered shtein. The story was never about them being rescued, it's about solving the mystery of the island and what brought all of these people together.

[reese125]

good point...but I feel like they are starting to stretch it with all these other characters. You have to admit though that the characters and the audience overall goal was to see them get off the island, and we first saw that when Jack met Freckles and spoke to her. Maybe if they would of still never made contact with the outside world it makes it more intense and keeps you still guessing

Now we are seeing the back and forth, back and forth..I dont know SD...I kind of feel like they are going too much in circles

I still friggin love it though..dont get me wrong....just maybe a little too unnecessary detail going into each weeks airing

[Cerevant]

Well, there will be 3 more seasons (including this one) so they couldn't end the story at getting rescued.  So they introduce a whole new story line: why would they want to go back, and will they?

[reese125]

Last nights episode clearly made the show insanely crooked. Im sure I wasnt the only one that said, "what the farg?"

then again, thats usually how the show ends anyway each week. Good stuff

[Susquehanna Birder]

I liked the "payload" apparently coming through a wormhole. That's quite a new twist.

[Father Demon]

I liked that angle as well, followed by shifty-boy telling the heli pilot to follow the exact coordinates as last time, no matter what. 

I think the last few episodes is really leading in well for the Vile Vortices theories that are popular now. 

"Vile Vortices" is a fancy term to describe the supposed gaps to other dimensions that are present in the world, such as the Bermuda Triangle and the Devil's Sea.  There are thought to be 12 Vile Vortices scattered around the globe.  Five are near the Tropic of Cancer, five are near the Tropic of Capricorn, and there's one at each Pole.

The island on Lost would likely be located near the Fiji Vortex in the Pacific Ocean, albeit in another dimension, and the theory is that it may be a dumping ground for all of the other Vortices.  Something gets sucked into the vortex in the Mozambique Channel, such as The Black Rock, and it ends up getting dropped right on to the island.  Because we know that The Black Rock probably set off from the eastern coast of Africa, this is not out of the realm of possibility.  Vortex travel could also explain how a small airplane originating in Nigeria ended up thousands of miles off course.  There just happens to be a vortex near the Sahara, which is where the Nigerian plane was likely headed.

Does this theory sound plausible?  Could the island actually be a dumping ground for other vessels, people, and objects that have been sucked through Vortices around the globe?  I don't see any reason why not.  Of course, if the Vile Vortices theory is correct, you'd think there'd be a lot more vehicles and people scattered around the island.  However, it could be that the dumping area is much larger than the island itself, so maybe all the other long lost ships and airplanes are elsewhere.

If this theory is correct, then I think that Juliet's friend Amelia could easily be Amelia Earhart, as has long been speculated.  This could also explain how a polar bear would end up in the desert of Tunisia.  When you have a dozen Vortices scattered around the globe, this theory could be used to explain many of Lost's mysteries.

Of course, the big question is how do people manage to travel safely through these Vortices?  We already know that somebody drops food on the island, and we can assume for now that Michael and Walt escaped without harm.  Somebody obviously knows how to navigate through some of these Vortices without having their planes crashed and boats destroyed.  How do they do it?

That last question seems to be answered a bit last night, with the "follow the exact coordinates" quote.

BTW - when Sayid was killing people, I told my wife "I bet he works for Ben"

What I don't know now is if Ben positioned himself to be one of the Oceanic 6, or if he snuck off the island along with them.  So far, we know for sure Jack, Kate, Hugo, and Sayid.  Also, I have a feeling that most of the ones that didn't get off were killed, leaving some, but not all, on the island.

[SD_Eagle5]

Ben can't be one of the Oceanic 6 because he wasn't on Oceanic flight 815. I think the remaining two are either Aaron and Claire or Sun and Jin.

[Father Demon]

I know that part about him not being on it, but my thinking was that since someone is obviously doing a cover-up (with the fake video footage and such), that Ben could have gotten back home by arranging it so it appeared he was a survivor.

The flash-forward from last season's finale hinted that Sawyer was back, when Kate said something about "he'll be wondering where I am".  but last night, he made a pretty good case for not going home. 

Also, I now think that Ben might have been in the coffin in the finale, since we see him in the US and obviously wouldn't have any friends there (having grown up on the island, and the 5 or 6 survivors certainly wouldn't befriend him).  Can't figure out the timing of all the flash-forwards...