Season Five Mechanics?

I was thinking about this the other day actually. How is the story going to be told now that the MAIN-main characters are no longer on the island? Are we going to be getting a back-and-forth method in 'present' time or will we go to a flashback-to-the-island style like this rumor suggests?

There are several rumors about the plan and structure for Season 5 and one of the main rumors is about how the future or Flash forwards we are seeing (2007) will actually be present time with flash backs to the Island. The writers have also confirmed that perhaps a time will come that "flash" will no longer be required.

Keep in mind that this is only a rumor, but I can see this making sense. But not for every episode. You have to figure that Locke, the rest of the islanders, AND The Others still have relevance, and trying to tell the island story completely in flashbacks would be, well, just dumb.

I'm predicting that the episodes will either be island-centric (Locke, The Others, Ben?) OR O6-centric (Jack et. al. back home) with flashbacks/forwards where relevant. And if that means flashing back to the island to maybe fill in some blanks then so be it.

What I would hate to see, would be flashbacks from O6 time, back to 'island-future' time. That would just get too confusing, I think. Where the O6's would be going "back" to a time that hasn't yet happened on the island, and then trying to fit the island stories into that.... ARGH. My head hurts just thinking about it.

Two more days!

Link: Rumours: Future Will be Present Time in Season 5!?