Become Damon Lindelof after 10 years of 'Lost' haters

This island in the Pacific was the site of the disaster of Oceanic Airlines Flight 815 a decade ago today. After the accident, one of the most influential series of all time began, and its popularity skyrocketed. Each week, millions of viewers tuned in to ‘Lost’ to see what the writers had concocted that week, all the while wondering if the story’s puzzle pieces would eventually come together in a way that made sense.

The parts didn’t fit, though. From my perspective, I am among the last to admit that I liked the way ‘Lost’ ended, but after all these years of speculation, of fans dissecting the show for every nuance, and of unsolved mysteries, the story has concluded, to varying degrees, rather satisfactorily. No one has replied. No justifications. Even at the very end of the chapter, several readers remained confused about what had transpired.

Many people became furious as a result. Even if I keep quiet about it, I totally get it. When a tale drags on for almost six seasons and you’ve invested so much time into it, it’s only natural that the lack of a satisfying conclusion would leave you feeling let down. Is it possible for a series’ finale to derail all of your good feelings about it? ‘Lost’ ironically sought to show us through its plot that the journey, rather than the destination, is what’s important. Many people felt it was insufficient.

There has been a lot of talk about “Lost” in the past ten years, but not much written about where the show actually came from. No, Damon Lindelof wasn’t the one who thought of it first. Even though most people would think otherwise, it wasn’t JJ Abrams. Jeffrey Lieber, an unimpressive screenwriter that ABC employed to pen the pilot for a TV series emulating the ‘Castaway’ film, was the villain. It was a natural fit as Lieber’s company, Spelling Productions, had been planning to create a drama based on the reality show Survivor for a while.

Lieber then dived headfirst into the series, which was formerly titled ‘Nowhere.’ The story revolves around a society that is forced to start over after being stranded on an island, drawing inspiration from the Lord of the Flies. Though they weren’t crazy about the end product, ABC loved the strategy. Lieber was let go by the network after they read the pilot screenplay.

The network had great respect for JJ Abrams, who created ‘Alias,’ and they decided to let him direct the movie. Shortly after, Abrams flipped the script, reasoning that there wouldn’t be enough material for a season (much less a series) if the island hadn’t experienced some sort of odd or supernatural occurrence. They were pressed for time, which was a major issue. It was time to begin anew as the series debut had to happen in the fall. At that point, ABC made the decision to hire Lindelof to assist Abrams. They worked together on the pilot, and he oversaw a different team of writers who were responsible for creating the series’ “bible” (in which, incidentally, they lied like scoundrels).

You are well aware of the remainder of the story: a highly successful pilot that broke all previous film budget records, a series that broke new ground internationally, and personal success for Damon Lindelof. Although Abrams had previously been involved in the series’ development, the real power to shape its trajectory lay with Lindelof and Carlton Cuse.

At a 2012 meeting, Lindelof recalled a chat that summed up the issues they later faced while attempting to manage the show on a daily basis. Abrams said that he would place a hatch and other mysterious individuals on the island, and Lindelof suggested using flashbacks to escape the island weekly. Furthermore, an enigmatic noise was to be heard somewhere in the heart of the bush, as stated by Abrams. “What is sound?” Lindelof inquired. “I don’t know, they’re never going to greenlight this anyway.”

“If we put this on the air and say, for example, that there is a polar bear in a jungle, we better “Somebody know where the f*** that bear came from.” Lindelof admits he was considering quitting when ABC unexpectedly approved the series. Extremely crippling was the pressure. Worst of all, according to Lindelof once again, Abrams detached himself from the tale due to his hectic schedule with other projects. He would direct their inquiries to Damon whenever possible.

Even after Carlton Cuse was brought in to assist him, Lindelof was adamant about continuing. The two of them eventually prevailed. Finally, they succeeded in getting ABC to do something very few networks are willing to do: they gave one of their top hits an expiration date. They were in the middle of Season 3 when the network informed them that was all they would get. They were given three years to wrap up a series whose plot had grown increasingly intricate with each episode.

A friend who had been following the show for a while would have been the ideal person to rant to if we were disappointed by the finale a few years ago. The arrival of the Internet was a stroke of terrible luck for Lindelof, since social networks were abuzz during the airing of the ‘Lost’ series finale. The day the show aired (which, incidentally, became the first to be simultaneously transmitted live around the globe), the criticism persisted.

Silence was the response from Lindelof and Cuse. For weeks, they remained silent. Two years later, in an interview with Lindelof for The Verge, he acknowledged feeling a mix of anxiety, fear, and sadness over the ending’s reception. However, he was adamant that he had no regrets, with the exception of one detail: the false promises he made in his on-set interviews. Regarding the conclusion, I make no apologies. This is the conclusion I had always hoped for.

Concerning the conclusion itself, and to save the uninitiated any spoilers, a great deal has been said online since then, primarily criticizing the lack of resolution to the concerns posed by the series. In this regard, College Humor has produced a hilarious film that gathers nearly all the mysteries for which the answers are still a mystery. Questions that many people pondered for months, all in less than four minutes.

Become Damon Lindelof after 10 years of ‘Lost’ haters

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