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Old 05-25-2010, 09:43 AM   #1638
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Originally Posted by FearedSanctity View Post
A lot of questions that went unanswered were because they came from other questions. With some questions that did get answered a lot of the hardcore Lost theorists refused to believe or thought there had to be more to. At that point it's just getting ridiculous.
Yea, I also noticed that. When answers would come, there'd be 50 more questions about it.
I think a big part of that is because a lot of the mysteries extended for multiple seasons, so the eventual answers were hyped to mythic status in minds. When the answer would come, they'd expect some monumental long winded explanation, but a lot of times all it required was an abrupt answer. Some of them hit you right over the head, but that's really all an answer is. All of the things that went into the mystery are the explanation.

Like The Smoke Monster. It perplexed people for years, and then we met this awesome character named MIB. After a few episodes, he says "sorry you had to see me like that." BOOM. It's revealed he's The Smoke Monster, but everyone expects more explanation like that and starts to theorize that it means something else.

I think the same thing happened a couple weeks ago when we saw MIB transformed into the Smoke Monster and there were a wealth of theories about it being someone else set free, and so on.

This theorizing is part what makes the show really fun, and interesting. But I also think it has to do with the unreal expectations and over-analyzing that is bred.
I think a lot of fans got really hung up on that aspect, and lost sight of what was really going on. Theorizing is awesome, but at some point it turns into a general interest in science and prediction/answers, and has nothing to do with the story. That's fine, because who am I to say what they should enjoy, but I'd argue they might not really 'get it.' That sucks too because they obviously missed the point, which was incredibly rewarding in the end.
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