Had a feeling that would happen. Gotta get to April 29th (And now March 15th)
Flash Forward: "137 Sekunden" 10/8 - Grading & Discussion
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Had a feeling that would happen. Gotta get to April 29th (And now March 15th)
I do; I think it's the best attempt yet at recreating the Lost mystique.
It reminds me more of The 4400 than of Lost.
The show has had just 3 episodes and is obviously still in the process of introducing various characters. It seems silly IMO to complain that they 'serve no purpose' as if you've already seen the entire season. Did you expect them to have a big story, kill someone or get killed or do something huge and have their entire storyline contained in an episode? This is a serialized show with a long storyline, those characters are not aliens-of-the week in Star Trek.
And Gina Torres' character is the wife of Courtney B. Vance's character, Agent Wedeck, so she did not "come out of nowhere". And I would be really, really surprised if she does not appear again on a semi-regular basis.
But other than that, did you like it?
The wifey and I are watching it, and I must say, I thought the first one was okay and they've been getting worse every episode. She likes it more than I do but feeling the same downward trajectory.
Great premise, but...
The thing is, a lot of consequences of the blackout have all been used up in the dialogue in the first two episodes. If this were a series back in the 80's or 90's a lot of this stuff would be spread out over two or three seasons.
I'm all for keeping things moving, but they (pardon me) shot a lot of their dramatic wad way too early.
Premature dramatization.
--Ted
Still not impressed. Still clunky dialog. Still overly repetetive with its flashbacks of flashforwards and reiterating dialog. Hearing the lead's thoughts was a step into farcical.
I hate the moralising over the Nazis, then the Germans bringing up that Americans killed Native Americans (WTF?) and the attempts of humour like mentioning Britney Spears in the midst of it.
Hate that annoying woman who just whinges all the way through to provide a "challenge" to the main character. Like at the end with the crows, where she just kept whining "so what so what so what". Well you're meant to be investigating odd things, you moronic bitch. Shut up.
Why do I watch? I am curious as to the cause, I think that's probably it. I think even that won't hold me on for much longer though.
I hate the moralising over the Nazis, then the Germans bringing up that Americans killed Native Americans (WTF?) and the attempts of humour like mentioning Britney Spears in the midst of it.
Hate that annoying woman who just whinges all the way through to provide a "challenge" to the main character. Like at the end with the crows, where she just kept whining "so what so what so what". Well you're meant to be investigating odd things, you moronic bitch. Shut up.
Why do I watch? I am curious as to the cause, I think that's probably it. I think even that won't hold me on for much longer though.
I still like it over many of the new shows this season.
The crow story was silly and others should've pointed it out - crows died locally in Somalia 18 years ago, but this blackout was worldwide - does that mean every single crow on the planet is now dead?
And did the Jews create the blackout? Or was that a Nazi German stab at the Jews in general?
I sincerely hope this show only goes for one season and everything is resolved. I would hate for April 29 to roll around and we get another flash which launches us into season two.
Boring old Lost all over again.
The crow story was silly and others should've pointed it out - crows died locally in Somalia 18 years ago, but this blackout was worldwide - does that mean every single crow on the planet is now dead?
And did the Jews create the blackout? Or was that a Nazi German stab at the Jews in general?
I sincerely hope this show only goes for one season and everything is resolved. I would hate for April 29 to roll around and we get another flash which launches us into season two.
Boring old Lost all over again.
It is a work in progress, but I'm liking it a lot. The German language was actually spoken apparently by native or fluent German speakers, very refreshing.
I love that Japanese/German/Deaf with subtitles thing.
The 1991 Somalia thing seemed kind of Jonestowney to me. Wierd. Is the black kid the same character still standing during the second blackout?
I'll continue watching.
I love that Japanese/German/Deaf with subtitles thing.
The 1991 Somalia thing seemed kind of Jonestowney to me. Wierd. Is the black kid the same character still standing during the second blackout?
I'll continue watching.
The guy who played the German agent is a German actor. While it wasn't far from being as cringeworthy as the German in the Fringe pilot it still sounded weird, very stilted. I've never heard anyone speak like that.
But that's a minor nuisance in an episode that makes me roll my eyes. I hope the next episode is considerably better.
