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Five Questions 'Lost' is Not Going to Answer
by Bob Sassone, posted May 17th 2010 10:31AM
So now there are only two episodes of 'Lost' left (3 1/2 hours, to be exact), and they're giving us a lot of answers. Now, some fans are freaking out over those answers, but they are answers nonetheless.However, producers Carlton Cuse and Damon Lindelof have said that they're not going to answer every single question that fans might have. A few weeks ago, I gave a list of the questions I wanted the show to answer before it ends, and after the jump are the five questions I don't think the show is going to bother to answer.
1. The Man in Black's real name. This isn't just a guess by me, Cuse and Lindelof said in this great interview with Alan Sepinwall that they're not going to tell us what the Man in Black's name is (if he even has one), and though some fans might not like that, it's the story they want to tell.
2. Who was shooting at the people in the outrigger? Again in the above interview, the producers say that it's too complicated to get into all of that and in the end it's too "obscure" to be important. It's too bad they didn't answer this one, because it could have been one of those cool "a-ha!" moments that fans would have gotten a kick out of.
It would be fantastic if they answered this question for fans, because it wasn't a minor part of 'The Little Prince' episode. It seemed to also tie into the time travel in some way and it always felt as if several questions would be answered if we knew who was doing the shooting.
3. How Walt figures into everything. I'm going out on a limb here with this one, because Walt was such a very big part of the first season or so that they could very well answer this question. But I just don't think they want to go too much into that at this point, especially since Michael is dead and we only have two episodes left.
The last we saw of Walt, he was a lot older, in school and not going back to the island. So I don't think they're going to update us on what's going on with Walt, even if a lot of fans would like to know why/how he was important.
4. What the Smoke Monster is made of and how it became that way. We got some information about the origin of the Smoke Monster in 'Across The Sea' (Man in Black, cave, mysterious light, etc), but I think a lot of fans aren't going to be satisfied unless we know every single thing about the Smoke Monster, including why it sometimes makes that chain noise, what its favorite food is and what his exact chemical makeup is down to every single atom and molecule.
I'd also like to know how Ben summoned the Smoke Monster by draining some mysterious puddle in the ground.
5. Why ABC had that stupid 'V' logo in the corner. Actually, we can pretty much guess why this was done. Let's hope they keep it on the DVD version!Do you care if 'Lost' doesn't answer any of the above questions?
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