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Damon Lindelof giving mean negative I think one of the problems in determining the ending for a television series is that you don't know how long the show is gonna last. Particularly because we were in the unique position of adapting Tom's Perrotta novel The Leftovers, it always felt like the first season was gonna end with the end of Tom's novel, and then we would figure things out from there and look back. Damon Lindelof unique long thinking I'm trying to focus as much on the here and now as possible. To live my life in a way that the humans that I know here on the planet Earth feel like they've been treated with respect by me, whether they're people that I'm very close to or the audience who's watching my work. Damon Lindelof focus trying people Finding meaning in the relationships that we have with one another - that's the only way to achieve any kind of fundamental true grace and that points to where it all ends up. It's let's stop being away some place, let's be here. It's, let's be in this. Damon Lindelof achieve kind grace People are disappointed when the world doesn't end on their watch. Damon Lindelof disappointed people world I feel like the big twist shows are now off the table. I think Westworld was probably the last one to Trojan horse this idea of the young man in black. They were doing non-linear storytelling, but disguising it. Jonah Nolan and Lisa Joy have spoken openly about how they just didn't think people were going to figure it out that fast. Damon Lindelof horse men thinking The best jokes on The Leftovers are the ones that make you feel a little sick to your stomach. Damon Lindelof jokes sick I think that we, as writers, get excited by risk. When we are feeling comfortable and familiar, I wouldn't say that we get bored, but the energy in the room gets flat. When we're most excited and when the show is the most fun, it's when we're duking things out. Damon Lindelof bored fun thinking You can't just come out and do the same moves that you always do because someone just basically came into the center of the ring and spun around on their head and did a back flip. Damon Lindelof spun rings moving Look, we can definitively agree that cable is far superior to network. That isn't to say that there can't be a great network drama or comedy that makes 20-plus episodes a year. We know that there are, and there have been. Damon Lindelof drama looks years If your friend is critical [of your work], you have to have a very thick skin and a thick skin is something that only builds up after it's callused for awhile. Damon Lindelof critical thick-skin skins Reputation is a very interesting thing, and I always give people the benefit of the doubt, and I think that there's a part of all of us, especially in a generation where a lot of the stuff gets recorded. Damon Lindelof giving people thinking Lost is a mystery show, so I think that would be stripping the franchise of sort of its essential nature. Damon Lindelof essentials would-be thinking One of the things I've learned is there's no lesson to be learned. You have to resign yourself to the fact that mistakes are going to be made at any time in the creative process. Damon Lindelof lessons-to-be-learned creative mistake Part of the fun of the movie is understanding exactly why we called it Prometheus. And also, it sounds really pretentious, like Inception, so we were just like, "Yeah, that makes the movie sound really smart!" It's so much better then my original title, Explosion. Well, there might be an explosion in the movie. Damon Lindelof smart understanding fun Suffice it to say, there are some very big ideas in Prometheus and, therefore, it covers a very vast expanse of time. Damon Lindelof prometheus bigs ideas Sometimes diehard fans expect so much that they're never happy no matter what they get. Damon Lindelof fans matter sometimes I don't think it's hubris for me to say I'm a Trek fan. So, I don't treat Trek fans as somebody who's separate than I am. The only thing that separates them is, I'm one of the people responsible for the story in this movie and they're not. But we're all Trek fans. I can hang. Damon Lindelof fans people thinking When you're a writer and you're a producer, traditionally the junkets are really focused on the beautiful people and nobody wants to talk to you. Damon Lindelof want beautiful people
