The only thing Kenny really calls out from Segel's performance is that he doesn't "move" quite right, and his accent isn't exactly right (he doesn't drop the "G"s as softly as Wallace did)… Which in the grand scheme of things, seem like the tiniest of nits to pick, really.

Segel is that good.

Wallace was an HP Lovecraft fan? That's pretty awesome…

…JJ? Abrams?

It's the one thing that can transcend time and space!

You mean "Wot Hoppen?"

I think it's a parallel, sure, but not a metaphor. I'm not even really sure what "metaphor" means in this context. Baby Jesus disappearing is a metaphor for people disappearing? It's a visual parallel, but the overuse of the word "metaphor" in this thread is honestly a little strange. Everything's a metaphor!

"Greater LOST community" includes people who only really kinda watched the show, popped in here and there, skipped episodes and possibly entire seasons, watched the ending, hated it, and have hated everything Lindelof touches ever since.

People swear a lot in real life… probably more so than in this show.

I think it might be because people are reading into the show in a far different way than was intended. A lot of these so-called "heavy handed metaphors" aren't really metaphors at all, really.

It's actually similar, in a way, to The Walking Dead. The Walking Dead is never going to explain where the zombies came from/what caused the outbreak, because it's unimportant, ultimately. In that case, I think, the audience is more willing to accept no answer because we're so used to, culturally, the idea of…

I could actually believe that happening. They find all of the disappeared — dead, frozen somewhere in Antarctica. It wouldn't solve everything, or anything, really. But it would be an evolution of the premise.

Heh. Rectify.

The "YOU KILL, YOU DIE" fisticuffs?