Lost creators on NPR's On Point

[madscientist]

Lost creators Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse did an interview with Tom Ashbrook on WBUR's On Point this morning; you can listen to a webcast (http://www.onpointradio.org/shows/2007/03/20070328_b_main.asp).

I haven't finished listening yet so I can't say whether there are any spoilers (or anything else of interest :) )

[madscientist]

Finished listening; no spoilers. They did re-affirm that they know what the ending of the show will be, but they haven't finished negotiations with the network as to exactly when it will be. They said this makes plotting a bit difficult.

Other tidbits: they said they originally were writing scenes where the characters did talk to each other about what was going on, and even shot some of them, but they were so boring (because the audience already knew about it) that they decided to not air them. Now they consciously avoid any scene with that kind of exposition in it. Of course, this doesn't directly answer the question of why the characters couldn't talk to each other off-screen. One made a comment similar to "the characters talk to each other exactly as much as we want them to", which is a bit telling :). They did recognize the complaints people had about this.

Someone asked about the internet game and why the secrets revealed there were not yet revealed to people who only watch the show on TV; they said that those secrets were not really important to the people on the island, so they didn't have any good way in the plot to reveal them. They decided to use the internet game to allow people who care about these things to find the answers. It sounds like they won't really be talking much, if at all, about those secrets on the TV show.

[Chibbie]

Listening now! Thanks :)