Lindelof: Ending will prompt more questions

Dempsey

syklops wrote: »

Maybe I am insane, but is it not human nature to ask why things are?



Well for a start Star Trek is set 500 years into the future. So it is connceivable that they would have knowledge and technology beyond our comprehension.

The flip side of that is the hatch button et al was built in the 1970s, so I think I would(or could) be able to understand how it works.

Star Wars was set in the past, along time before 1970 and had knowledge and technology beyond our comprehension...:pac:

Handsome Bob

All that matters to me is that we get some closure on the alt timeline AND that Jacob's and MIB's purposes are clearly outlined. I'm confident that I'll get a satisfying explanation in regards to both.

onlyrocknroll

Hey first post here, sorry to those above who said that they hate the running commentary from Darlton, but here was a little clarification on the podcast about would be explained and what wouldn't.

Some of the rules concerning who can kill who will be made clear, ie Ben and Widmore, MIB and the candidates etc, but the full list of rules won't be. I think the words they used were something like "no character will sit down and explain all the rules governing the island" but "the rules relevant to the narrative we're telling" will be made clear.

As a fan I can live with that.

It's the little ones that would annoy me if they weren't explained, the glass eye, the Hurley Bird etc. were clearly set up for an explanation, it would be cop out to ignore them now.

Sad Professor

Can I just point out that failing to press the button is NOT what caused the hatch to implode. Desmond turning the failsafe key caused the implosion, which also sealed the electromagnetic leak. Had he not done so the likely result would have been global apocalypse. Presumedly something similar happened when Juliet hit the bomb.

So there was always 3 options regarding the button:

1) Press the button - discharge the build-up, the world is saved.
2) Don't press the button - the electromagnetism builds up, eventually causing global apocalypse
3) Turn the fail-safe key, destroying the entire facility and sealing the leak permanently. This was probably risky though and Dharma couldn't have been sure it would work, so it was kept as a fall back.

Star Lord

Sad Professor wrote: »

Can I just point out that failing to press the button is NOT what caused the hatch to implode. Desmond turning the failsafe key caused the implosion, which also sealed the electromagnetic leak.

Oops, had thought I had included that as part of my explaination...