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Neo2199 t1_j5fw6jd wrote

'Lost': While the showrunners Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse said in various interviews they are not against the idea of reviving/rebooting 'Lost', they stressed that they will not part of any reboot. The show ended in 2010 & we haven't seen any actual plans to revive the show.

But since this Hollywood where they never say never, Disney might greenlit a Lost TV movie or a limited series to commemorate the popular show's 20th anniversary in 2024.

To be honest, I won't mind a Lost TV movie a la 'El Camino', 'Deadwood: The Movie' or 'The Day of the Doctor'.

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Maninhartsford t1_j5fy960 wrote

The movie is just the showrunners sitting in beach chairs calmly and repeatedly explaining to the audience that the island wasn't purgatory for 2 hours

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Neo2199 t1_j5g6hk6 wrote

And we see Hurley in the background waving his hands & exclaiming "Dude!"

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Cole-Spudmoney t1_j5iyrzi wrote

The next day, on reddit: “…So what you’re saying is they were dead the whole time??”

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f-ingsteveglansberg t1_j5j6j9x wrote

There seems to be so many people who think the ending meant they were dead the whole time and I see it repeated often. The ending to AI is another one that isn't suppose to be ambiguous but people seem to misconstrue what is happening a lot too. They weren't aliens. They were just more advanced robots.

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amendmentforone t1_j5fzweo wrote

Lost was such a unique show of its time that I couldn't see them rebooting, per se. Endless attempts at duplicating the mystery box / unique character experience have been done, with little success.

The mythology of Lost, with all its magic and science fiction tropes, could definitely allow for some sort of sequel though (like a TV movie or mini-series as you suggested).

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TheSecretAgenda t1_j5gdzkk wrote

I could see The Hurley Chronicles being a thing where he sends his minions out around the world to help people in trouble kind or like Touched by an Angel /Highway to Heaven sort of a show.

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VitaminTea t1_j5ipbqt wrote

Doing a Lost spin-off at a different Dharma site always seemed like a pretty interesting idea to me.

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f-ingsteveglansberg t1_j5j6oa3 wrote

I imagine what would happen would be that it fails to capture the same audience the original did. Then they will do what Fantastic Beasts did when no one was liking the movies so they decided to bring them back to Hogwarts. A Lost spin off can only avoid the island for so long.

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Radulno t1_j5jjhh4 wrote

> they stressed that they will not part of any reboot.

I'm not sure how that answers the question. Tons of reboots, sequels and such are done without the original people involved.

The fact they even think to ask the question and answer it means it's actually a very real possibility.

Knowing Hollywood, I'd say any show that people even remember could be rebooted/sequelized/whatever.

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mickeyflinn t1_j5kilpx wrote

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There have been dozens of Lost clones since the show started.

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