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A few months back I made this thread on the WoW TV forums, then my forum account got banned. So I'm going to give this thread one last shot over here.
If anyone remembers or still cares about this show, a common complaint was that Lost did not answer any of the questions it kept raising over its 6 seasons. Since this is simply a false claim, mostly caused by a failure to recognize an answer when it hit you over the head or thinking some not-questions were questions, I will nonetheless answer your Lost questions here.
While I admit there were a few questions that were never answered, these were essentially inconsequential or left to your imagination.
To keep this thread tractable, I request that a single post should contain no more than 10 questions.
Also, please let these questions be better than some of the lame ones in my other thread, like "are there any other special islands?" or "how come Locke wasn't smart enough to realize Ben was tricking him?".
Ask away.
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I stopped watching lost after maybe 4 episodes - what's it's about.. ;/
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I stopped watching after my nans died, always watched it with her even when she was sick  , she loved it.
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lost was not a good show. it started a good one, and intriguing but like battle star galactica there were no answers because the show was not actually planned. they were pulling it out of thier asses as they went along and it showed. a wheel that causes time travel?!? seriously? they just kept adding crazy things to keep the ratings up with no idea how they were going to tie any of it all together.
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Even if the questions eventually got answered, the main problem is the show felt like the writers were making it up as they went along, with very little explained after two whole seasons. Started well though.
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Why did they write in a kid with crazy magic powers in the first season then forget about him and never mention it again?
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Why did they not just let it end after S1 or 2 when it was still good?
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On January 13 2012 17:27 KwarK wrote:
Why did they write in a kid with crazy magic powers in the first season then forget about him and never mention it again?
Because the actor outgrew his role.
In terms of the story, Walt didn't really have any significant powers other than psychically killing birds. He got on a boat with his dad and got off the Island. There really isn't more to it than that.
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where did the polar bear come from?
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How come Hurley didn't lose any weight?
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On January 13 2012 17:25 jeremysaint wrote:
lost was not a good show. it started a good one, and intriguing but like battle star galactica there were no answers because the show was not actually planned. they were pulling it out of thier asses as they went along and it showed. a wheel that causes time travel?!? seriously? they just kept adding crazy things to keep the ratings up with no idea how they were going to tie any of it all together.
On January 13 2012 17:26 Tal wrote:
Even if the questions eventually got answered, the main problem is the show felt like the writers were making it up as they went along, with very little explained after two whole seasons. Started well though.
This is the sort of stuff this thread is meant to dispel.
If you have any specific questions I'm happy to answer them.
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Where do I find my lost questions?
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On January 13 2012 17:30 loladin wrote:
How come Hurley didn't lose any weight?
The reason Hurley didn't lose much weight, if that even is a serious question, is because the whole of the first season (before they opened the Hatch and found food) took place over only 44 days (according to Lostpedia).
But the real reason is: because it's a TV show.
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On January 13 2012 17:30 indigoawareness wrote:
where did the polar bear come from?
The DHARMA Initiative brought polar bears to the island in the 70s and 80s for experimentation at the Hydra Station (refer to Mr Friendly's comment about the cages at the Hydra Station being used for the bears). The Hydra Station was designed for zoological research.
They were also brought onto the main island by the DHARMA Initiative (seen in the 2nd episode and a few times through the series), for experiments at the Orchid Station, or possibly used to turn the Frozen Wheel (explains how a polar bear skeleton was found in the Tunisian Desert).
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On January 13 2012 17:31 paralleluniverse wrote:Show nested quote +On January 13 2012 17:25 jeremysaint wrote:
lost was not a good show. it started a good one, and intriguing but like battle star galactica there were no answers because the show was not actually planned. they were pulling it out of thier asses as they went along and it showed. a wheel that causes time travel?!? seriously? they just kept adding crazy things to keep the ratings up with no idea how they were going to tie any of it all together. Show nested quote +On January 13 2012 17:26 Tal wrote:
Even if the questions eventually got answered, the main problem is the show felt like the writers were making it up as they went along, with very little explained after two whole seasons. Started well though. This is the sort of stuff this thread is meant to dispel. If you have any specific questions I'm happy to answer them.
But your answer that "the actor outgrew his role" isn't really dispelling anything though? Couldn't they have planned that out?
"One season is 30 days on the island... lets see.. should we cast a pre-teen kid in this and just hope he stops growing?"
That's either bad writing, lack of planning, or writers not knowing anything about the media they write for.
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On January 13 2012 17:30 paralleluniverse wrote:Show nested quote +On January 13 2012 17:27 KwarK wrote:
Why did they write in a kid with crazy magic powers in the first season then forget about him and never mention it again? Because the actor outgrew his role. In terms of the story, Walt didn't really have any significant powers other than psychically killing birds. He got on a boat with his dad and got off the Island. There really isn't more to it than that.
He also made comments on the island such as to Locke "Don't open it john" referring to the hatch to further mistify his character yet as KwarK says, they never followed up on it after the others took him away. They did show him off the island as a normal kid though.
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Where is the island?
What is the fog-monster?
What happened when they failed to enter the code in time?
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On January 13 2012 17:34 loladin wrote:Show nested quote +On January 13 2012 17:31 paralleluniverse wrote:On January 13 2012 17:25 jeremysaint wrote:
lost was not a good show. it started a good one, and intriguing but like battle star galactica there were no answers because the show was not actually planned. they were pulling it out of thier asses as they went along and it showed. a wheel that causes time travel?!? seriously? they just kept adding crazy things to keep the ratings up with no idea how they were going to tie any of it all together. On January 13 2012 17:26 Tal wrote:
Even if the questions eventually got answered, the main problem is the show felt like the writers were making it up as they went along, with very little explained after two whole seasons. Started well though. This is the sort of stuff this thread is meant to dispel. If you have any specific questions I'm happy to answer them. But your answer that "the actor outgrew his role" isn't really dispelling anything though? Couldn't they have planned that out? "One season is 30 days on the island... lets see should we cast a pre-teen kid in this and just hope he stops growing?"
If you want to take all the real life logistics of making a TV show out of it, Walt's story arc was essentially ended when he left the Island with his dad. You might not like the story, or you think it could have been handled differently, but it's not a a gaping plot hole or even a question. There was closure on that story.
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what the hell was the point of that stupid little hut village....
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