Quote Originally Posted by The Man View Post
That said, most (not all, for sure, but most) of the important plot elements revealed from the very beginning are in fact given explanations, whether it's in the show itself or outside of it. The polar bears are explained. The smoke monster is explained. The plane crash is explained. People may not like those explanations, but that's a whole different problem from not having been explained at all.
You keep saying this, and the article you linked to earlier said the same thing, but this strikes me as extremely disingenuous. Go back to that article and count how many "explanations" are simply "magic." Although to be fair, that seems to be about the same level of the thought the Lost writers put into explaining some of their plot points.

And are you seriously trying to justify a lack of explanation in the show by saying some things are explained outside of the show?

EDIT: And I agree entirely with Vivi that many of the explanations that were given were lame and extremely cursory. E.g., "Jacob did it," "the Island wanted it," etc. And my god, the reason Locke and Ben used to try to make everyone return to the island was so painfully forced I actually felt embarrassed.