Flash Forward: "No More Good Days" 9/24 - Grading & Discussion

[Temis the Vorta]

I don't know what to expect, but the fall premiere season is awful skimpy so I'll give this one plenty of slack.

 

[indianatrekker26]

yeah, i just dont see how this plot can last more than a year. Especially if the season finale is in April 2010, lining up with the date everyone saw. I do like the story though.

 

[Archangel]

The book is very good until it gets a little too "far out" towards the end, but I just ignore that part.

 

[Kommander]

As a fan of the book, I was worried the show wouldn't live up to my expectations. When i was reading about the show before it aired, mostly about all the ways it's different from the book, and the name Brannon Braga, I was thinking "This is going to be horrible." Well, after one episode, I'm not worried anymore. I liked it.

The best part was the guy walking around Comerica Park while everyone was having their visions. This leads me to believe the the cause of the event is different than the book. In the book, it was the Large Hadron Collider that caused it, and it wasn't a big mystery, hell, I think it says that in the description on the back cover. If it gets to the season finale and everyone is like OMG CERN DID FLASHFORWARD!!! I'm going to be disappointed.

 

[Starbreaker]

I wonder what kind of pacing we'll get. Will the six months be spread out over several seasons like on Lost?

I think it's possible we'll get some kind of resolution with the potential for more flashes. Who knows, though.

 

[Archangel]

As a fan of the book, I was worried the show wouldn't live up to my expectations. When i was reading about the show before it aired, mostly about all the ways it's different from the book, and the name Brannon Braga, I was thinking "This is going to be horrible." Well, after one episode, I'm not worried anymore. I liked it.

The best part was the guy walking around Comerica Park while everyone was having their visions. This leads me to believe the the cause of the event is different than the book. In the book, it was the Large Hadron Collider that caused it, and it wasn't a big mystery, hell, I think it says that in the description on the back cover. If it gets to the season finale and everyone is like OMG CERN DID FLASHFORWARD!!! I'm going to be disappointed.

The LHC AND the missing ingrediant, the neutrino burst. That's why the second attempt failed in the book. But I agree, it will need a different cause than the book because a lot of people would look up the book to find the cause and ruin the mystery...even if they don't read the whole thing.

I just hope the cause they use is believable.

 

[Kommander]

^ Time travelers from the distant future with artificial gold and/or jade bodies building a Dyson sphere. That's the cause.

 

[watermelony2k]

It was ok. Im not sure about investing in another show that will move like molasses. I wonder if the producers are smarter than lost's and have all this already planned out. I can see it becoming more and more far fetched if they dont. Lost kept painting itself into a corner and unfortunately some things were dropped and never explained.(the numbers)

Maybe already having a book in existence might help down the road as a reminder/guideline for ideas, even if they don't remotely adhere to its storyline?

But yeah, agreed -- better to plan this type of plot down much ahead of time.

 

[Swarles Barkley]

I just hope the cause they use is believable.

It was Stimpy. He pushed the button. The beautiful, shiny button. The jolly, candy-like button.

 

[Starbreaker]

Is it next Thursday yet?

 

[Yeoman Randi]

There's also an episode listed for Friday 9/25. Is it a rerun or a new episode?

They said it was going to be rerun tomorrow night.


I didn't read the book so i have no expectations. i really really enjoyed this episode!! Im looking forward to next week.

 

[Dar70]

As a fan of the book, I was worried the show wouldn't live up to my expectations. When i was reading about the show before it aired, mostly about all the ways it's different from the book, and the name Brannon Braga, I was thinking "This is going to be horrible." Well, after one episode, I'm not worried anymore. I liked it.

The best part was the guy walking around Comerica Park while everyone was having their visions. This leads me to believe the the cause of the event is different than the book. In the book, it was the Large Hadron Collider that caused it, and it wasn't a big mystery, hell, I think it says that in the description on the back cover. If it gets to the season finale and everyone is like OMG CERN DID FLASHFORWARD!!! I'm going to be disappointed.

Hmm maybe you shouldnt have mentioned the Collider. I have a feeling they wont be able to have a good enough reason(braga just doesnt know how to plan in advance) and will just go with what the book has. Kinda ruins if for me now. Ah well I really dont want to invest in another show anyways.

Im sure most people who watched the show did not read the book. Mark my words(especially if the show ends with one season, they will use the reason in the book. They just might take a different route getting there.

 

[Anwar]

I have to wonder the whole thing with Livia (the doctor) is that she'll go out of her way to hate the boy's father, then when she sees how he's not bad she'll feel really bad and that'll be how she falls for him.

Or maybe it'll be some big mind screw and it turns out her husband ends up looking like the kid's dad or something.

 

[MeanJoePhaser]

I kept flipping between this a Vampire Diaries, to the point I think that the black-out was caused by vampires playing high school football.

Joseph Fiennes doing t.v.? Were there no more subpar historical dramas for him to appear in?

 

[T'Bonz]

It held my interest. I'd rather more mystery and less soap opera though. I don't care which character is/will be bedding another or which marriage(s) is/are/will be in jeopardy.

The doomish part was good though.

 

[pookha]

the big difference between show and book..

the different time frame..
not only was cern the cause but many of the characters were connected to it.
that in the book during the blackout all the cameras went to fuzz..
i like what the show is doing better.

 

[SG-17]

If the cause isn't the same as in the book, I bet it will have something to do with the Temporal Cold War.....

 

[Skywalker]

If the cause isn't the same as in the book, I bet it will have something to do with the Temporal Cold War.....

Why are we blaming Braga for something UPN saddled him and Berman with?

 

[Sheep]

I'm shocked that no one has presented the idea that this show takes place in the same universe as Lost (as indicated by the Oceanic billboard). This is CLEARLY caused by the Losties and their island hijinks.

And thank the heavens Jack Davenport is playing a British guy. Seeing him with an American accent in Swingtown was so, so wrong. Not sure if it was the fact that my first exposure to him was as Steve Taylor in Coupling, but I couldn't buy him as an American.

Here's to hoping Goyer and Braga have a master outline they're working from, and we won't see too many type events (or worse yet, a ending ).

EDIT: My brain's fried and my logic sucked.

 

[The Habs Fan]

Excellent

Wow, this show was awesome. And judging by the clips from future episodes at the end, it'll stay awesome.