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Old 29th December 2008, 06:56 PM   #1 (permalink)
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LOST gets cancelled...

Sort of... The video explains all...

Video: Lost Has Been Canceled! - E! Online
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Old 29th December 2008, 08:59 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Well considering that they already agreed to end it after 2 more seasons (the season starting in a week and the season after that) I thought it was odd to say it's been cancelled. So I figured some twist was up, especailly when you used the words "sort of" in the OP :P
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Old 29th December 2008, 10:50 PM   #4 (permalink)
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I read that article several times and I am still confused.

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This message is from Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse: Lost has been canceled.

But fret not, this message is from the future, and to steal a phrase from another great cult franchise: no fate but what we make!
Maybe I am being slow today, but what does this really mean?
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I read that article several times and I am still confused.

Maybe I am being slow today, but what does this really mean?
It means it's an article with a deliberately misleading headline in order to get readers.
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Old 30th December 2008, 03:17 PM   #6 (permalink)
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I read that article several times and I am still confused.



Maybe I am being slow today, but what does this really mean?
You've been flash-forwarded.

Or probably just a producers' joke taking a stab at ABC for canceling a handful of good shows like Pushing Daisies and Eli Stone.
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they cancelled "Rome", so, IMHO, all TV execs have proven themselves to be mind flayer brain suckage SOBs who should suffer the death of "Having a Sharp GameScience d8 in their underwear"!
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they cancelled "Rome", so, IMHO, all TV execs have proven themselves to be mind flayer brain suckage SOBs who should suffer the death of "Having a Sharp GameScience d8 in their underwear"!
Not excusing ABC of anything, since I loved PD, but...

1) Rome was by HBO, not ABC. Very different companies.

2) Rome was extremely expensive to produce. It was basically $8 million an episode, for 12 episodes ($100m initial investment). If your financial burden is that high, you need a lot higher numbers than Rome could have ever pulled in to stay on the air. The economics just didn't work out.
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I read that article several times and I am still confused.



Maybe I am being slow today, but what does this really mean?
Did you watch the video? That's the point of the "joke"... Of course, if you are not a LOST fan, you might not understand the flash-forward video.
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