As a storyteller, you also don't want to make people feel like they're left out, like other people who have read the book have an interior knowledge of this show, and the degree of difficulty in watching it is much higher.
Damon LindelofHopping around time in a non-linear storytelling fashion (on 'Lost') allows you to bring back characters who are dead and, in some cases, buried. Now that time travel is the story itself, it opens up even more doors. So when an actor reads that they're getting killed off on the show, they're basically, like, 'Okay, but should I still bother to show up next week?'
Damon LindelofI make no distinction between writing and storytelling; I've always wanted to tell stories.
Damon LindelofSometimes diehard fans expect so much that they're never happy no matter what they get.
Damon Lindelof