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[LetsGoPeay]

Why are you still watching Sportscenter?

Habit more than anything. It's just what I've always watched when I'm eating breakfast.

[Cnasty]

Speaking of LOST:

The Creators of Lost Are Still Explaining Its Crap Ending

Lost showrunners Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse have explained to fans that the characters were not dead the whole time.

Speaking at the PaleyFest in LA to mark the 10th anniversary of Lost's premiere, the pair said the island was never purgatory, as widely believed.

"No, no, no. They were not dead the whole time," Cuse said, explaining that footage of the plane wreckage at the end of the show was meant to act as a buffer.

"We thought, let's put those shots [of the plane wreckage] at the end of the show and it will be a little buffer and lull. And when people saw the footage of the plane with no survivors, it exacerbated the problem.

"But the characters definitely survived the plane crash and really were on a very real island. At the very end of the series, though? Yep, they were all dead when they met up in heaven for the final 'church' scene."

Cuse also shared that Lost was metaphorically about "people who were lost and searching for meaning and purpose in their lives".

"We felt the ending really had to be spiritual, and one that talks about destiny," he explained. "We would have long discourses about the nature of the show, for many years, and we decided it needed to mean something to us and our belief system and the characters and how all of us are here to lift each other up in our lives."

Lindelof added: "For us, one of the ongoing conversations with the audience and there was a very early perception, was that the island was purgatory and we were always out there saying, 'It's not purgatory, this is real, we're not going to Sixth Sense you'. And we felt it too that the show had to become sort of meta in this way."

[Weasel]

The only time I personally will watch ESPN anymore is when MSU has a game on it. Otherwise I just catch it in passing when Im at someones house or at work

[shel311]

"But the characters definitely survived the plane crash and really were on a very real island. At the very end of the series, though? Yep, they were all dead when they met up in heaven for the final 'church' scene."

Who woulda thunk it, that's exactly how I received it when I watched it.

[ajalves]

yeah I thought it was pretty easy to understand

[Cnasty]

Right? Who thought otherwise?

[ajalves]

Right? Who thought otherwise?

people who didnt pay attention or are just dumb

[shel311]

Right? Who thought otherwise?

Dummies

[Weasel]

Is there a good place to read a summary of the last season? I watched everything but

[ajalves]

Is there a good place to read a summary of the last season? I watched everything but

watch it

[Cnasty]

Is there a good place to read a summary of the last season? I watched everything but

Cutting corners huh?

Nice mentality that will translate well in the anesthesia world. Eeeek

[Weasel]

Is there a good place to read a summary of the last season? I watched everything but

watch it

Ive honestly tried 3-4 times. I get to the second or third episode and give up because I lose interest/forgot what was going on

[ajalves]

Is there a good place to read a summary of the last season? I watched everything but

watch it

Ive honestly tried 3-4 times. I get to the second or third episode and give up because I lose interest/forgot what was going on

you're a busy, jet setting type guy, I get it

[Cnasty]

If you had about $200 to spend at Best Buy, what would you get?

And no Shel, not a gift card...but sorta.

[shel311]

If you had about $200 to spend at Best Buy, what would you get?

And no Shel, not a gift card...but sorta.

That begs for an explanation.

Haven't you talked in the past about a sound bar or surround sound? There ya go.

[Weasel]

If you had about $200 to spend at Best Buy, what would you get?

And no Shel, not a gift card...but sorta.

That begs for an explanation.

Haven't you talked in the past about a sound bar or surround sound? There ya go.

Exactly what I was going to say. Got a sound bar/sub for the living room, one of the better purchases Ive made in a while

[ajalves]

If you had about $200 to spend at Best Buy, what would you get?

And no Shel, not a gift card...but sorta.

That begs for an explanation.

Haven't you talked in the past about a sound bar or surround sound? There ya go.

Exactly what I was going to say. Got a sound bar/sub for the living room, one of the better purchases Ive made in a while

yeah? any one in particular you guys would recommend?

[Weasel]

http://www.amazon.com/Polk-Audio-Surrou ... +subwoofer

That's the one I have, although I see this one for half the price and at a quick glance don't see much of a difference http://www.amazon.com/Polk-Audio-Surrou ... +subwoofer

Ive been thrilled with ours, although we have a small living room so it probably doesn't take much to fill it with sound

[Cnasty]

Was actually thinking about that but the kids room is right behind the TV and most of the movie/surround sound watching is done when he is asleep. May have to rethink that set up soon.

I have reward points on my Best Buy card and they are expiring soon.

I thought about buying an XBOX 1 and reselling it as I couldn't think of anything else really.

[Weasel]

I have a really, really tough time putting in eye drops