Actor Matthew Fox has laughed off doubts TV desert island drama Lost has a limited future due to the nature of its plot, insisting it could go on for years. The screen hunk is convinced the series has years of success ahead of it, because despite the fact it is set on an isolated island, it has so many characters to explore. He says, "When we'd just done the pilot, everybody was asking, 'How do you make a series out of this?' All I kept thinking about was that I did 144 hours of a show (Party Of Five) about five people in a house in San Francisco, and you're going to tell me you have issues about making a long-term show out of 14 main characters, 46 survivors on an island, with this huge, epic story to be told? This show could easily do an eight-year run."
First, did you catch the usage error? Fox laughs off (i.e. dismisses) doubts (i.e. disbelief) the series has a limited future. The deceptive double-negative. This article incorrectly states that Fox believes Lost has a limited run.
Now to the gist of his comments. I didn't see Lost last season because it was slotted against Smallville. For those who have seen the show, how long do you think it will run?
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I don't know about 8 seasons but the creators did do a smart things when they started exploring the backstories of the characters early on. I think with it's current set-up it could go for five or six years which is about when The X Files started losing it's mysterious steam.
Lost is an awesome show. The creators have said that they have a five year plan for the series. Chris Carter had five or six for The X-Files, but the studio realized it was such a big hit and wanted him to keep it going. Hopefully the guys at Lost will be able to walk away before things get bad.
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