Ridley on LV-426

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Unless RS is planning on explaining more of the entire story in any would-be sequels or prequel-sequels, then it seems like he gave Lindelof the creative freedom to this movie.... and if any of you have seen Lost, Lindelof writes as he goes without any regard to what has already been written and without considering plot holes, inconsistencies, contradictions, etc. I watched Lost and was entralled from the beginning - but as the series went on, it began to appear as though there was never any solid idea for an ending. He basically just kept the story going for the sake of ratings and the almighty $$$. Then when the time for an ending came, he gave us some stupid crap about purgatory and that they were dead the whole time and blah blah blah. I honestly would have been more satisfied if there were extraterrestrials at the center of it all... thats beside the point... Lindelof is lazy in my eyes. Leaving gaps in the story for our imaginations to fill in is one thing, but writing very important aspects of a story that can't stand without explanations is something completely different. From all that I have read, it seems like the entire 'Alien' franchise was based off the art of a Swiss artist....which is great if you create a solid foundational back story. But i dont think that was the case. They started with the xenomorph and wrote forward instead of backing up a few steps and then writing. To expand further, it appears that many movies these days are not thought out enough. They encounter some contradiction in the story, but write it anyway hoping that the collective ignorance of the desired audience either will accept it, suspend disbelief - or - will simply not notice it... well we do and we are not that stupid. I think it was Lindelof's idea to include another 'LV' planet to begin with. In my opinion, it was completely unnecessary. Yet another attempt on his part to keep things grossly ambiguous. If Prometheus is an Alien prequel, then say so and include ideas and concepts that make it apparent. If not, then there should not have been any tie-in to Alien whatsoever. Ridley's biggest mistake was hiring Lindelof. Hands down. good day.

[quote]Ridley's biggest mistake was hiring Lindelof. Hands down. good day.[/quote] Amen to that.

"Then when the time for an ending came, he gave us some stupid crap about purgatory and that they were dead the whole time and blah blah blah." AAAAAHHHHHHhhhhhh! *never watched Lost but had been planning on it*

Ok sorry for more spoilers, but SleepJumper, that was so not the ending to lost! They weren't in purgatory the whole time! It was just in the flash sideways from the last season that they were dead. Those scenes took place way after the island stuff, after each of the characters had lived their lives and had died naturally or otherwise and because the island was such a big turning point in their lives they all got to meet up again. Now I'm not defending the ending, you're entitled to your opinion of course, I happened to like it. However I thought it was pretty clear, I mean it did actually explain all of this in the last ep. Alas you're not the first person I've heard who got the explanation you did, that's what's really disapointing, not that people don't like the ending, but that they don't get it enough to know if they liked the ending. Anyway this is totally off topic, just me on a rant, I really don't mean any offence. Mondezz