Well, considering that it took two years to sort out the BEGINNING of the show, are you really that surprised?
On Fri, 19 Jan 2007 11:09:01 -0500, g123curious <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How freakin' hard could it be to "find" an ending for this show? > > Geez. > > Try this one: Iran decides to test fire one of their new nukes and > picks both islands not knowing they are inhabited by the Others and > the crash survivors. > > There. Ending solved. > > I gave up on this series long ago when it plodded along like a > daytime soap where nothing ever really gets resolved. That's > insincere story-telling... which Desparate Housewives also suffers > from. But I understand that the drive for $$$ encourages this kind > of story-telling. > > George > > --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, "Brent Wodehouse" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> > http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/entertainment/television/1 > 6469720.htm >> >> Posted on Tue, Jan. 16, 2007 >> >> 'Lost' looks to find an end >> By David Bianculli >> New York Daily News >> >> (MCT) >> >> >> PASADENA, Calif. - ABC's "Lost" will return to some of the >> storytelling methods that made the mystery-laden series popular in >> the past, the producers said Sunday. >> >> For instance, the rest of the season will be more like the show's >> first year, focusing on relationships among the familiar (but, in >> this season's first six episodes, largely missing) characters, the >> producers told members of the Television Critics Association. >> >> Jack (Matthew Fox) and Juliet (Elizabeth Mitchell) will be >> prominent, as will Charlie (Dominic Monaghan) and Claire (Emilie >> de Ravin). Jack, Sawyer (Josh Holloway) and Kate (Evangeline >> Lilly) will escape from the other island - and, perhaps most >> intriguing of all, the producers are in discussion with ABC to >> decide when to end the series, so they can plan accordingly and >> intentionally. >> >> "It's time for us to find an end point to the show," executive >> producer Carlton Cuse said, comparing it to J.K. Rowling's >> decision to announce well in advance that "Harry Potter" would >> stop after seven novels. >> >> The decision to revert to tried-and-true methods comes as the show >> has faced stiffer competition in the Nielsen department and lost >> some of its earlier buzz. >> >> Cuse also referred to "The X-Files," calling it "a great show that >> probably went two seasons too long." >> >> The answers to the show's biggest questions, he and series >> co-creator Damon Lindelof said, would be held until the end, but >> they don't want to stretch "Lost" thin just to keep going. >> >> "None of us want to be doing the show that is the stalling show," >> Lindelof said. "You know: `We're building sand castles this >> week!' " >> >> To those judging the entire current series of "Lost" based on six >> episodes shown in the fall, Cuse warns against making premature >> assessments. >> >> "If we only showed you the first six episodes of last year," he >> said, "you'd probably think, `What? Has the show just become about >> the tail section people?' And those characters are basically now >> all dead. >> >> "By time we got on through the entire season last year, we feel >> like we covered everyone's stories. And I think the same will be >> true when you see the third season in its totality. You'll have a >> much better sense of what everybody's been doing." >> >> --- >> >> © 2007, New York Daily News. >> > > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/