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November 18, 2008
Lost Showrunners Talk About Lost
Carlton Cuse and Damon Lindelof the Lost showrunners have been, shock!, talking, in, shock!, English and sense:
The duo stressed that while they have introduced time travel and flash-forwards into Lost, they've firmly decided to never do a paradox story, with Cuse saying, "It's not like Heroes," where the future is always something that can be prevented or changed, but in fact on Lost, "There's nothing you can do to stop it from happening, and the more you try to stop it, the more potential there is for you to be the cause [of that future event]."
Which is cool, the fact that they're actually thinking. And as for are they making it all up?
Cuse said he and Lindelof sat down and discussed, "What the overall mythological underpinnings of the show would be. We quickly landed on the ending, and then constructed this broader road map of other mythological points we'd hit on this story."
So, no, they're doing what a lot of writers do, working from an outline. Cool.
I love Lost. I can't wait for the new series.
Via AICN via BDO's AICN correspondent.