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Flashforward. New show written by writer of Nick Fury and Blade Trinity
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I know what you are thinking
When actually this is a new show written by David S Goyer who co-wrote Batman Begins and The Dark Knight. It premiers Thursday, September 24th 7:00 central.
The basis of the show is that for 2min, everyone in the world blackouts and sees a glimpse of their future. But why listen to my bland discription of the show when you could:
A, watch this trailer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XVeYwHJJq8
B, watch web exclusive (which I am assuming to be the first episode or most of it because it's 18min long)
http://www.hulu.com/watch/96286/flashforward-a-first-look-at-flashforward
It puts of a huge LOST vibe and if it can match Lost's first season, then ABC has a winner on it's hands. Personally I really enjoyed what I saw and I would easily recommend it to anyone who has every liked LOST.
Also, look who is in it:
Discuss away!
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When actually this is a new show written by David S Goyer who co-wrote Batman Begins and The Dark Knight. It premiers Thursday, September 24th 7:00 central.
The basis of the show is that for 2min, everyone in the world blackouts and sees a glimpse of their future. But why listen to my bland discription of the show when you could:
A, watch this trailer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XVeYwHJJq8
B, watch web exclusive (which I am assuming to be the first episode or most of it because it's 18min long)
http://www.hulu.com/watch/96286/flashforward-a-first-look-at-flashforward
It puts of a huge LOST vibe and if it can match Lost's first season, then ABC has a winner on it's hands. Personally I really enjoyed what I saw and I would easily recommend it to anyone who has every liked LOST.
Also, look who is in it:
Discuss away!
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That's pretty much what I'm expecting too.
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Pass.
That's true.
Cause that music is heavy
Still, Lux Aeterna AND Gary Jules? Didn't we ban those two from trailers & movies 5 years ago?
Maybe if everyone sees that the future earth is a toxic wasteland,ww3 happens, or some other extinction level event occurs that can be avoided if one is armed with fore warning it might be cool but thats unlikely.
Plus if someone who worked on the two worst Star Trek shows ever is involved, forgetaboutit!
I have to say I really enjoyed it. I think the thread of this show is going to be different than what I expected at first. Yeah, still looks like the old "no fate but what we make" kinda crap, but I'll be interested to see what they do with it.
Anybody else catch this?
https://twitter.com/Hooraydiation
I read the book it's based on this summer but that didn't really help me get up to speed because the show is almost completely different other than the main premise of the flashforward. The Lloyd Simcoe character name is from the book (but most his other details are completely different) and MOSAIC is also in the book, but it seems to be a completely different organization as well.
It seems promising, but hopefully the pace will even out a bit in the coming episodes... what I saw last night reminded me of a mashup of Lost and 24. I'm not sure if that's a good or a bad thing yet. The franticness of 24 with the mysteries of Lost should be good, we'll see which show it borrows from more.
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Can you summarize the plot of the book in a spoiler? I too am in the, 'it depends on where they're going with it' camp.
They did leave some interesting tidbits that made me think. Why did Harold see nothing, when in the season teaser we know his wife saw him? Who's the dude who didn't sleep? How much of the visions are going to be self-fulfilling? Obviously, we know where the yellow post-its came from on the board, since Harold (god, I didn't get his character's name) wrote them and posted them.
I guess the show will explain at some point about the "free will" versus "set future" concept. This show could either be very thought-provoking, or a pile of shit. The pilot really didn't answer that for me yet, so I'm interested to see where they go. I do agree, however, that 2 seasons seems like about the limit of the show. My fiancee actually thought it would make a good movie instead of a show, but we'll see if they can reign themselves in and stop the show after a set time, rather than jump the goddamn shark by trying to stretch it into a billion seasons.
What is up with all the English on American TV at the moment?
House, the Wire, True Blood, Life, this... It's bizarre. Aussies too :o
1. Great cast. You will spend much of the first episode trying to recognize actors from various movies. Oh, and they can act.
2. Great opening story. It was really intriguing, and opens up a ton of chicken/egg questions.
3. Great episode ending. Really had my wife and I on the edge of our seats.
4. Great promise for whats to come. By the end of the first episode you already know where several characters are going to end up, and now you get to find out how. Lostish in a sense, but here you have to question if Destiny can be changed.
Honestly, Fringe was the last show that had me this excited about the next episode. Highly recommended, I can only hope people tune in.
Somewhat pointless, as the book's setting was completely different from what we're getting with the series, and it is already obvious that the series will be going somewhere very different. The only thing the 2 have in common outside of a single character name is that everybody on Earth blacked out at the same time and had a flash forward.
And at the end, they got me to care about his wife. She is pretty charming. its gotta be tough to
Also, this is the worst review I have ever read.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/23/AR2009092304324.html
They claim that they sprinkle spoilers for the next episode throughout the show in a distracting way. WTF? I never saw that. I saw leads and information that would contribute to where things are going. Nothing like what they claim. Bizarre.
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And yes that reveal at the end with the security camera was tense! Holy shit! And same with the friendship bracelet, kinda hard to try and stop your future from happening when you can't seem to stop such a simple thing like that.
yeah, not a fan of that review. The concepts weren't hard to understand. The show starts out so much more grounded and sensible than LOST.
oh..
-Cell phones pretty much don't work after disasters happen (as we all know from 9/11). Everyone is trying to call everybody. I know "it's a show" but I found it annoying they were able to dial and connect to everyone right away.
-I couldn't place Olivia's actress until I realized it was Sonya Walger from "Mind of a Married Man." I like her, she is hawt.
-Seth Macfarlane? Really? That made me pick up the TiVo remote. I didn't think he'd be on TV let alone a different station than Fox!
-Wooo, Harold! I still have to watch the White Castle movies but wooo!
-Creepy guy on the video tape is creepy.
All in all would sorta watch/glance at while playing Scribblenauts again!
SAY WHAT.
*runs off to find the 1996 version*
I still sooooo want to bone that chick. Uh, I mean become friends.
And by friends, I mean bone.
And you know she aint had nothing betwix her nethers that didn't run on batteries for months now.
Back to the show, I've been looking forward to this for a while, especially after the announcement that Dominic Monaghan was joining the cast. From the previews looks like he'll be a part of the Mosaic group.
Interesting note. The date that they flash forward to is a Thursday night and there will be a "special episode" of flash forward on that date according to the producers. Yet it will not be the finale...
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Why do you have to ruin a seemingly good thing here? :lol:
Probably aliens.