Damon Trash Talks Other Shows…
“If you look around the landscape of the television season already in the United States, the majority of the complex serialized shows aren’t really catching fire,” says Carlton Cuse, not unkindly. “Heroes is the exception. But you know, Smith or The Nine, or Vanished, Kidnapped … there are a lot of shows that are sort of sprawling serialized, lots of characters, complex storytelling, and they haven’t worked. I think that Lost will spawn imitations until somebody comes up with the next great idea for a TV show. And then that will start to spawn imitations. I think it’s just the way network television works.”
For his partner, Damon Lindelof, part of what makes writing Lost so difficult is that it’s so successful, which means there’s no end in sight. “Basically, if you’re going to watch the show, you have to be OK with just going on the journey as opposed to working towards a specific end point. So when J.K. Rowling says there are seven Harry Potter books, you know that every time you pick up a Harry Potter book, that’s one closer to the last book. And that’s engaging.”
It’s a limiting factor that Lindelof admits prevents him from enjoying other shows. “In Prison Break, the show is about breaking out of prison. So they’re out now. Now the show is about they’re on the run. So, you know, are they going to get to Mexico? Is the show just going to be them perpetually on the run? I stopped watching because I knew that they could never get caught because that would end the show. So the fatigue of me as a viewer – I know this as a storyteller – I’m not going to keep watching, even though I’m invested in the characters, because I know, satisfyingly, it will never end.
Source: TV Guide
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