I really enjoyed this - I'm hooked already! Perhaps this could be as good as the first season of Heroes! If they keep it up, it should bring a lot of tense moments as some want what's in the future and some don't.
Flash Forward: "No More Good Days" 9/24 - Grading & Discussion
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Really enjoyed this pilot and will definitely be back next week. Graded this show an 'excellent' this week...without reservation.
I have the same feeling about this show that I did about Jericho (which is the closest show I can think of to this one) after seeing the pilot...can't wait to find out what the hell is going on.
Also....being a LOST fan...starting to look like a LOST 'family reunion'. And I'm good with that. Although I wonder if they will have to write Penny out of LOST...which would not be a good thing.
Anyway, good show.
This is the sort of thing Brannon Braga is capable of, when he is not on auto-pilot, thinking that all he has to do is slap a pair of boobs on the screen with the name 'Star Trek' and he has an instant audience!
Only wish he'd been similarly motivated a few years back......
I have the same feeling about this show that I did about Jericho (which is the closest show I can think of to this one) after seeing the pilot...can't wait to find out what the hell is going on.
Also....being a LOST fan...starting to look like a LOST 'family reunion'. And I'm good with that. Although I wonder if they will have to write Penny out of LOST...which would not be a good thing.
Anyway, good show.
This is the sort of thing Brannon Braga is capable of, when he is not on auto-pilot, thinking that all he has to do is slap a pair of boobs on the screen with the name 'Star Trek' and he has an instant audience!
Only wish he'd been similarly motivated a few years back......
I posted a thread over in the TV/Media... but I wanted to chime in here...
I thought the pilot was impressive. I've read Sawyer's book so I had pretty high expectations of the series, and I'm glad they "dumbed" it down a bit. As I said in the other thread, probably 1% of the people watching know the significance of the Higgs boson and why people would want to find it. Sawyer is contributing to the series, and apparently has some creative control, so I'm sure they'll keep things somewhat in line with the novel, however I doubt they'll go as far as the book did bringing tachyons and satellites and all sorts of stuff into play.
I think it's going to be a great series, and reminded me a lot of the tone from the "What's in the box?" film from a few months back (which was impressive and used similar, high quality effects). I thought the show was paced well, Sulu, I mean Cho did great in his role (I can't wait to see how that character develops) and the whole Mosaic Collective thing should be pretty interesting to see how it develops.
By the way, ABC has launched an ARG in connection with the series, following Mosaic and related entities of the show... I guess it was launched on April 29, 2009 and has been going strong for a while. If you're interested, check out the thread over at Unfiction here: http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=27785
I thought the pilot was impressive. I've read Sawyer's book so I had pretty high expectations of the series, and I'm glad they "dumbed" it down a bit. As I said in the other thread, probably 1% of the people watching know the significance of the Higgs boson and why people would want to find it. Sawyer is contributing to the series, and apparently has some creative control, so I'm sure they'll keep things somewhat in line with the novel, however I doubt they'll go as far as the book did bringing tachyons and satellites and all sorts of stuff into play.
I think it's going to be a great series, and reminded me a lot of the tone from the "What's in the box?" film from a few months back (which was impressive and used similar, high quality effects). I thought the show was paced well, Sulu, I mean Cho did great in his role (I can't wait to see how that character develops) and the whole Mosaic Collective thing should be pretty interesting to see how it develops.
By the way, ABC has launched an ARG in connection with the series, following Mosaic and related entities of the show... I guess it was launched on April 29, 2009 and has been going strong for a while. If you're interested, check out the thread over at Unfiction here: http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=27785
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.
Desmond did it! He caused the flashforward at the same time he brought down Oceanic 815!!!!!
Damn button. It really DID save the world! Now they're SOOOOO screwed.
And just to prove it, Penny and Charlie (arguably the two LOST characters with which he had the most meaningful personal interaction) are now in an alternative universe!!!!!
I had the same thought.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.
Desmond did it! He caused the flashforward at the same time he brought down Oceanic 815!!!!!
ill be back for more. anybody know what's up with the kangaroo? Is it symbolism for anything?
I liked it... enough to keep watching anyway. The premise is certainly an interesting one, and I'm looking forward to seeing where they go with it. The acting was solid, and although I didn't feel any immediate attachment to any of the characters, most of them have the potential to be interesting, I think. I hope some of them get their sense of humour back before too long, as it will be easier for them to grow on me if they aren't all dead-serious all the time now.
Well, the opening scenes of mayhem strongly evoked the "Lost" pilot.
Open on lead character waking up in a state of confusion, he quickly recovers himself only to find the world around him turned into a scene of chaos. He quickly takes stock and starts doing his best to help those around him and gain control of the situation.
I half expected to see Hurley wandering around in a daze.
With only an hour we barely had time to introduce the major characters. With more time it may develop. I'll give it a few more looks.
Open on lead character waking up in a state of confusion, he quickly recovers himself only to find the world around him turned into a scene of chaos. He quickly takes stock and starts doing his best to help those around him and gain control of the situation.
I half expected to see Hurley wandering around in a daze.
With only an hour we barely had time to introduce the major characters. With more time it may develop. I'll give it a few more looks.
I enjoyed it until the halfway mark, when Courtney Vance said that Kobe Bryant tears his ligament next April. JINX! 
Note to guys--sorry, but now we know why FBI girl (Janis?) doesn't have a boyfriend. She's... on another team.
They had a master plan when they worked together on Threshold. The problem was they got cancelled before they could get anywhere.Here's to hoping Goyer and Braga have a master outline they're working from, and we won't see too manytype events (or worse yet, a
Note to guys--sorry, but now we know why FBI girl (Janis?) doesn't have a boyfriend. She's... on another team.
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I believe I read somewhere that the season will end with April 29th, 2010. If there is a second season it will have a 2nd flash. How they make that build up to the 2nd flash compelling/different from the 1st is a question I hope we'll have to worry about.
Well, I don't really want to give anything away, but in the book there was a second flash... and it was intentional... you can pull up the book on Wikipedia for a full synopsis to see what they did.
I wasn't expecting much, but this was actually pretty damn good. Everything appears to be well thought out, there's a ton of questions and mysteries left to be explored, and the writers thankfully don't seem to be dragging things out too much. Instead of just stumbling around for an hour, the characters here are on their toes and starting to piece things together already.
If there's any concern I have, it's that we pretty much know (despite how the writers try to dismiss the possibility early on) that some kind of government device had to have caused this-- which removes a big chunk of the underlying mystery. There's still a lot of smaller mysteries left to be uncovered (like why it was set off in the first place), but unlike Lost, I don't get the feeling there's a ton of possibilities about that central mystery.
If there's any concern I have, it's that we pretty much know (despite how the writers try to dismiss the possibility early on) that some kind of government device had to have caused this-- which removes a big chunk of the underlying mystery. There's still a lot of smaller mysteries left to be uncovered (like why it was set off in the first place), but unlike Lost, I don't get the feeling there's a ton of possibilities about that central mystery.
Strong premise, good execution, several good characters. A bit too soapy and upper-middle-class-ish (like most shows). In all of LA, the only Hispanic character is the gardener?!? 
Slighty rude, oh well. I really despise sappy musical interludes in shows, here's hoping it isn't a trend.
I'll give this an Excellent with the caveat that it'll be hard to maintain this level of excitement after the initial whallop has faded and this becomes a detective/action show.
Not sure it has the potential to be the next Lost. That show had a lot more humor, irony and wit, which this show largely lacks. (After seeing the new V promo, I wonder if V could be the ironic/action successor to Lost, with lots of insane, crazy fun?)
Also, for Lost, the location itself is a fascinating character and with this show, it's stupid old LA again. Flash Forward has several good characters (especially Fiennes and Cho) but not as many and at the level of "grabbiness" as Lost.
I think this mystery has the potential to carry the show thru the first season - which looks like the plan anyway, we'll get answers just in time for sweeps (do those even count anymore?) After that, depending on what the answers are, the show might evolve into something that is worth some more seasons. For now, I'll just enjoy it for as long as it's enjoyable.
Since one of my major beefs with Lost is that the ass-save of Desmond "turning the key" to save the world seemed cheap to me, I'd love it if Flash Forward was the other shoe dropping, and Desmond didn't save the world after all, hah!
Slighty rude, oh well. I really despise sappy musical interludes in shows, here's hoping it isn't a trend.I'll give this an Excellent with the caveat that it'll be hard to maintain this level of excitement after the initial whallop has faded and this becomes a detective/action show.
Not sure it has the potential to be the next Lost. That show had a lot more humor, irony and wit, which this show largely lacks. (After seeing the new V promo, I wonder if V could be the ironic/action successor to Lost, with lots of insane, crazy fun?)
Also, for Lost, the location itself is a fascinating character and with this show, it's stupid old LA again. Flash Forward has several good characters (especially Fiennes and Cho) but not as many and at the level of "grabbiness" as Lost.
I think this mystery has the potential to carry the show thru the first season - which looks like the plan anyway, we'll get answers just in time for sweeps (do those even count anymore?) After that, depending on what the answers are, the show might evolve into something that is worth some more seasons. For now, I'll just enjoy it for as long as it's enjoyable.
Desmond did it! He caused the flashforward at the same time he brought down Oceanic 815!!!!!
Damn button. It really DID save the world! Now they're SOOOOO screwed.
Since one of my major beefs with Lost is that the ass-save of Desmond "turning the key" to save the world seemed cheap to me, I'd love it if Flash Forward was the other shoe dropping, and Desmond didn't save the world after all, hah!
I liked it. I love the book, and have high expectations for this, and I'm still mildly annoyed that they tossed all the scientists out--though it looks like they're going for a far different cause, one that was premeditated. And, of course, this being an American show, they feel it necessary to pepper it with God-babble. One point where it does better than the book is in depicting the mayhem; a visual medium will often have the upper hand in that respect, but where in the book all the mains were in a lab at the time, this really explored the various ways in which people die when everybody passes out for two minutes. In fact, I hope that lingers: I already thought things looked to 'clean' by the end of the episode; the chaos caused by the flashforward should be more enduring I think. In the book, one of the mains lost their kid during the event, keeping the human cost to the fore; and that doesn't seem to have happened here unless Mr. Stanford becomes a more sizeable role. Speaking of which, I hope he's a physicist and involved somehow, because I cringe at the idea of one of the main plot threads being just some boring infidelity story.
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I would have expected more people to mention God as the most likely suspect for an event of this magnitude. I wouldn't have been surprised if that crowd watching the TVs tuned to world news had fallen to their knees and started praying. I'm agnostic, and I might have.
American TV doesn't have all that much God-babble that I've noticed, certainly not compared with the amount you'd expect from parallel situations in the real world. What shows are you watching?
Actually I found the character and soap opera stuff to be pretty nicely done. A LOT of these shows have a hard time making the character stuff as interesting as the mythology, but this is the first show since Lost that I thought did a good job weaving the two things together.
The scene at the end with the wife revealing her flashforward was pretty powerful I thought.
One problem is that for some of us (namely, me), soap stuff is just inherently uninteresting compared with mystery, mythology and the actual sci fi content. Very occasionally I run across a well written relationship in sci fi - Crichton/Aeryn - but for the most part, I find that stuff annoying and vastly prefer the relationships invented by fans (eg, slash, because it's far more insane than anything they ever try on broadcast TV or most of basic cable) as well as the actual sci fi content.
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I would have expected more people to mention God as the most likely suspect for an event of this magnitude. I wouldn't have been surprised if that crowd watching the TVs tuned to world news had fallen to their knees and started praying. I'm agnostic, and I might have.
American TV doesn't have all that much God-babble that I've noticed, certainly not compared with the amount you'd expect from parallel situations in the real world. What shows are you watching?
Some people view any mention of god at all as personal assault on them.
GOD bless the internet atheists
Meh. Average. I'll just go watch my Defying Gravity torrents again.
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