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Thornastor
23-07-2009, 12:21
I am glad it is on terrestrial tv:thumbs:
Starts a few days after the USA 24 september
http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/news/five-beats-off-sky-to-win-rights-to-flashforward/5003837.article
Pity Five doesn't broadcast any HD stuff - I don't think I care what channel anything is on anymore, so long as it's in HD...
zantarous
23-07-2009, 22:37
Is it a good thing that it is on terrestrial? It is not going to have the same mass apeal that Lost and Prison break had due to its Sci-Fi nature. I can almost see them shoving this into a late night slot after a few weeks.
This is good news! Hope it doesn't flop in the US now!!!!
MovieMax
24-07-2009, 23:50
You can guarantee if it is a big success, Sky will grab it after the first season or as soon as they can.
Thornastor
18-08-2009, 11:25
According to Satellite and TV mag Flashforward starts in October 2009 :thumbs:
cjanderson
22-08-2009, 12:41
channel 5 are already showing teasers for this between shows, looks good.
You can guarantee if it is a big success, Sky will grab it after the first season or as soon as they can.
If five have any brains at all then they'll have learnt from the contract BBC made for Heroes. They get first refusal on all future seasons for the same price they paid for the first one.
I think they've made a HUGE mistake not trailing this properly during their Mentalist finale night last Thursday. They had half a dozen "what did you see?" 10 second teasers dotted through the evening but nothing to tell the uninitiated what the hell it actually was! :nuts:
It was the perfect opportunity to grab all those viewers who may only watch five for The Mentalist and they blew it. Now that show is done until whenever they've potentially lost a chunk of viewers. Sure they'll be loads of trailers in CSI and NCIS shows but why have a big "special" finale night and not use it to really sell your next big show to the audience. Mental!
cjanderson
22-08-2009, 21:23
though if you googled, like i did "do you believe" or whatever the phrase they showed, the top hit was the tv show and the channel 5 website. perhaps lots of people did that@?
I think they've made a HUGE mistake not trailing this properly during their Mentalist finale night last Thursday. They had half a dozen "what did you see?" 10 second teasers dotted through the evening but nothing to tell the uninitiated what the hell it actually was! :nuts:
It was the perfect opportunity to grab all those viewers who may only watch five for The Mentalist and they blew it. Now that show is done until whenever they've potentially lost a chunk of viewers. Sure they'll be loads of trailers in CSI and NCIS shows but why have a big "special" finale night and not use it to really sell your next big show to the audience. Mentalists!
Fixed. :D
Don't want to derail this thread, but what did you think of The Mentalist Richie? It was my favourite new show by a mile, but most people here seemed to think it was same old same old.
HA! Good one! :D
Yeah, The Mentalist, loved it. I think it's a really good show. It's nothing mold-breaking but it's nicely done with a great cast and hugely charismatic lead.
Now, what did you see?
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MovieMax
23-08-2009, 14:39
If five have any brains at all then they'll have learnt from the contract BBC made for Heroes. They get first refusal on all future seasons for the same price they paid for the first one.
Let’s hope so, I was gutted when Channel 4 lost ‘Lost’.
Also a big fan of the Mentalist, my second favourite show of it’s type, ‘Monk’ being the top. Tried watching ‘Psych’ just found the main character too annoying.
Has anyone read the book yet or don't you care/want to be spoiled?
zantarous
23-08-2009, 20:14
I was thinking of picking up a copy but the reviews seemed pretty split on it being good or not. Then I started reading A Game of Thrones and got sidetracked. Might still give it a go but from what I ahve seen the book seems to be quite different from the TV show.
I think they've made a HUGE mistake not trailing this properly during their Mentalist finale night last Thursday. They had half a dozen "what did you see?" 10 second teasers dotted through the evening but nothing to tell the uninitiated what the hell it actually was! :nuts:
It was the perfect opportunity to grab all those viewers who may only watch five for The Mentalist and they blew it. Now that show is done until whenever they've potentially lost a chunk of viewers. Sure they'll be loads of trailers in CSI and NCIS shows but why have a big "special" finale night and not use it to really sell your next big show to the audience. Mental!
Isn't that not how Channel 4 trailered/teased the opening series of Lost though ... giving you teasers of the show without actually telling you what the show was or when it was on?? Sometimes I think that can work just as well as it SHOULD get people talking about the trailers a bit more and enquiring just what the upcoming show is??
Has anyone read the book yet or don't you care/want to be spoiled?
I have :thumbs:
Bought it a few years ago.
I did a search but couldn't find anything.
http://www.five.tv/programmes/drama/flashforward
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1441135/
I keep seeing this popping up on channel 5 with coming soon ( I believe in autumn) anyone else heard anything. From what I've seen on the clips it looks like it could be OK, the only thing that is putting me off is that it's on channel 5. I think is based on this book http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flashforward_(novel) anyone read, it if so any good?
welshmatt
16-09-2009, 09:06
You didnt search very hard, it was on the 1st page of results after searching on 'flash' ;)
http://www.thedvdforums.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=576938&highlight=flash
campdave
16-09-2009, 09:36
the only thing that is putting me off is that it's on channel 5.
:cuckoo: great way to write off a program.
You didnt search very hard, it was on the 1st page of results after searching on 'flash' ;)
http://www.thedvdforums.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=576938&highlight=flash
Bugger i put in Flash forward and got nothing. :lol:
What the hell's wrong with it being on Five? Better than on Sky or SciFi or Living or any other digithing thank you.
Only thing about five is there is no HD channel...
I'm currently picking up 2 shows one from scifi and one from FX and their HD offerings are actually pretty good.
Spooky_uk
16-09-2009, 15:28
No HD, NO Surround Sound. pah
Pretty good trailer though. Very big-screen-esque.
You didnt search very hard, it was on the 1st page of results after searching on 'flash' ;)
http://www.thedvdforums.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=576938&highlight=flash
The tariler channel 5 are running makes it look like it will be worth watching but we will see.
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What the hell's wrong with it being on Five? Better than on Sky or SciFi or Living or any other digithing thank you.
Er no HD or surround. Whats the matter with sky or Sci Fi.
White Line
19-09-2009, 05:42
Er no HD or surround. Whats the matter with sky or Sci Fi.
You gots to pay the man.
This starts in the UK on Monday 28th September at 9:00pm :)
This worth a watch or what for those further into it?
rumbletum
28-09-2009, 19:16
Theres only been one episode so far
Damn, this is good.....
...but then, I already knew it would be. :D
CiderMyth
28-09-2009, 20:37
How bizarre to see Seth MacFarlane in this! I'm enjoying this first episode so far... hope it can keep it up!
top dude
28-09-2009, 20:48
tis good, very good.
It will be interesting comparing the views of the US pacers to those of the UK pacers given how closely they're being screened.
UK pacers are being kinder to it at the moment.
pyrogena
28-09-2009, 20:56
Me likey.
Enjoyed it! The big crash scenes at the start must have cost a pretty penny. Looking forward to seeing how it develops
Can they change they future? Early indications say no!
UK pacers are being kinder to it at the moment.Apparently they're very easily pleased! :D
adencool
28-09-2009, 21:14
liked it.
but i now relise why penny's "english" accent is poor, she an american:cuckoo:
but i now relise why penny's "english" accent is poor, she an american:cuckoo::nuts: :lol: She's British! http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0907427/
I missed the first half which must have been awesome because the second half was boring as...
rustybin
28-09-2009, 21:23
Watchable - one of the better pilots I've seen. Will give it a go unless it takes a big turn for the worse.
Not convinced by all the random fires in big buildings because people have been asleep for 2 minutes, they don't catch light at nighttime do they? :nuts:
It will be interesting comparing the views of the US pacers to those of the UK pacers given how closely they're being screened.
UK pacers are being kinder to it at the moment.
Excuse my ignorance, but wtf is a pacer?
Other than an Indiana-based NBA player you mean? :p
Some here are watching the show at US pace. Others are watching the show at UK pace.
Got you, but I can guarantee that my mates down the pub would be :thinking: and :cuckoo: if I started using phrases like that in front of them :lol:
bluescrn
28-09-2009, 21:43
Not convinced by all the random fires in big buildings because people have been asleep for 2 minutes, they don't catch light at nighttime do they? :nuts:
Yeah, the view of London - with Big Ben's clock face on fire was particularly comical!
Quite enjoyed it. But kind of expecting that it'll be cancelled after the first season...
That's because they don't have leet skillz like us. :D
goonieman
28-09-2009, 21:47
Anyone else notice the Oceanic airways billboard :suspect:
Anyone else notice the Oceanic airways billboard :suspect:
Yeah I did. Not sure it was a good idea when one of your main characters is also in the unrelated show you are referencing.
Highlander
28-09-2009, 22:43
Thought it was quite slow!! Will give it a few more eps to see how it develops.
I quite enjoyed it, but I'm not sure I can hang in for the whole 22 weeks.
I quite enjoyed it, but I'm not sure I can hang in for the whole 22 weeks.
Well don't start watching Lost then.
I gave up when 5 had an ad break within the first 5 minutes. I will wait till the dvd comes out ;)
Slayergirl
29-09-2009, 09:33
I loved it, apart from the really unbelievable fires - they just can't seem to get fake fire to look good - noticed this in House last week as well. I thought the pilot posed loads of questions and look forward to the next ep - I hpoe this isn't like Lost, where all we get is questions for the first few seasons.
anastasia
29-09-2009, 12:26
I really enjoyed this. Looking forward to the next episode. There's quite a lot on TV at the moment that I want to watch. Of course, the programme I've been desperate to see for a while is going to be on from next Wednesday, so the next few months are going to be awesome. :)
Mr Majestik
29-09-2009, 12:27
the programme I've been desperate to see for a while is going to be on from next Wednesday, so the next few months are going to be awesome. :)
The new look Watchdog with Anne Robinson?
anastasia
29-09-2009, 13:06
How did you guess?! No, Tue Blood, of course!
About half way through I blacked out and found myself 6 months in the future watching the end of the final episode and thinking "Bleeding hell, they haven't explained anything. I wonder how many series they're going to drag this one out for before people give up on it", then I woke up on my sofa and 2 minutes 17 seconds had passed
Didn't like the cinematography (it might look better in HD but the C5 SD feed lookd horrible, wheras usually C5 is the strongest SD of all the channels) and the direction was even worse. Turned off half-way through.
I've only seen it in HD and i can only think it must give it a more epic feel.
Got you, but I can guarantee that my mates down the pub would be :thinking: and :cuckoo: if I started using phrases like that in front of them :lol:
Just be grateful that you have some friends down the pub - it's the first step to rehabilitation to a desperate, lonely life looking for informed debate on internet forums! ;)
Well, I quite enjoyed it. Not bothered by any of the characters yet but I felt like that for ages with 'Lost'. My wife even watched and liked it and she doesn't bother with much unless it says Agatha Christie in the title.
However, do I have to read two threads to keep up with opinion? Who decides whether there is a thread for the whole series or one per episode?
CiderMyth
29-09-2009, 14:49
Looks like the first episode is repeated on FIVER tonight at 10pm, for any that missed it.
The second half did slow down a little bit, but the person awake in the baseball stadium was a great, tense bit to end on.
Who decides whether there is a thread for the whole series or one per episode?
The other thread is for people watching in US or via other means :suspect: so will be further in front, don't read unless you wanna.
WeaselFierce
29-09-2009, 16:54
How bizarre to see Seth MacFarlane in this! I'm enjoying this first episode so far... hope it can keep it up!
Lol! Was bothering me who the hell he was when I clicked and yelled out, "OMG! It's Seth MacFarlane!!!". Wife just looked at me :suspect: so I said, "Family Guy!!". She continued to look at me :suspect: :shrug:
I enjoyed it. Good opener with a hefty cast and budget thrown at it. I guess if the studio dumps it we can always read the novel it's based on to get an ending.
but i now relise why penny's "english" accent is poor, she an american:cuckoo:
:lol:
At least Davenport looks to be English in this.
Watched this last night. It does rather appear the network want it to be 'the new Lost', what with the action and the flash-forwards.
Big problem with the second half was that while Lost always integrated its flashbacks/flashforwards into the episode, Flashforward resorted to having people sitting around telling other people what happened in their flashforward. That would be the 'tell, don't show' school of writing, then.
That aside, I'm in for the season, so I shall look forward to seeing how they develop it. And how Harold dies.
neverland
29-09-2009, 18:02
Yeah, the view of London - with Big Ben's clock face on fire was particularly comical!
I was kind of hoping the camera would pan around to look out of another window so we could see Stonehenge in flames.
and if I saw correctly, how on earth could you set the Eiffel Tower on fire?
Could the fact that all these various places like Big Ben etc were on fire have something to do with planes falling out the sky and crashing into them?
That's my thought on it anyway :)
I enjoyed it, although there were a few cheesey moments like the slow-mo running.
Looking "forward" to the next ep.
DrVenkman
29-09-2009, 19:58
Yeah I mean they do ask how many Planes are in the air at a given time, which means how many would've fallen out of the Sky.
I didn't mind it. I thought that it started and ended well, though sadly John Cho won't be long for this world it seems.
I will say that the shots on the Pier looked simply stunning, particulary in HD.
Worst - false - beard - ever.....
The other thread is for people watching in US or via other means :suspect: so will be further in front, don't read unless you wanna.
It's only a few days ahead of the UK showing so you're fine to look in it a day or two after it's shown on 5.
cjanderson
29-09-2009, 22:04
so who is seth macfarlaine playing? the beardy doctor?
was enjoyable, will keep up with it. and i like five showing at the same time as the US, major kudoes for them for doing that, will i assume mean lots of breaks in the season.
Only just watched this and would like to try and clear up some posts based on my understanding of events..
Not convinced by all the random fires in big buildings because people have been asleep for 2 minutes, they don't catch light at nighttime do they? :nuts:
Excuse my ignorance, but wtf is a pacer?
How many people cook or smoke whilst asleep ? There are numerous things you can do which can create a fire in a few minutes if not done correctly.
Is a pacer is a pace-maker?
Yeah, the view of London - with Big Ben's clock face on fire was particularly comical!
Perhaps a helicopter covering the traffic/news/etc flew into Big Ben during the 2 min blackout? It did show something similar on one of the skyscrapers where the coppers woke up in LA?
I am not defending these scenes, just trying to find a reason which could explain them. Nothing in life is clear-cut.
I did kind of enjoy the 1st part but fail to see how they will drag this on over 1 series if they do not cover the first 6 months in this one? Which means the 2nd series will take a huge turn in plot and perhaps kill the whole appeal/purpose of this series :?:
Which reminds me. When is the new "v" out? ;)
-- edit --
I forgot to mention the moral issues of seeing the future. If you see it can you change it? Or perhaps in trying to change it, are you actually forcing that future to come true? It can turn into a real interesting paradox which hopefully this series will use a lot.
joconnor
29-09-2009, 23:15
just watched and it was a bit meh to me.
The Lost pilot had me hooked from the start but this did nothing for me. It was like a film you would catch on Sci-Fi channel at 1:30am that would star Dean Cain.
I'll leave it for now, see what the consensus is after season 1 and if the reviews are favourable I'll give it another go.
CiderMyth
29-09-2009, 23:52
so who is seth macfarlaine playing? the beardy doctor?
No, he is playing an FBI guy; just looks like himself. Check out the first picture in this link (http://io9.com/5262209/abcs-first-vision-for-flash-forward-includes-seth-macfarlane).
It's only a few days ahead of the UK showing so you're fine to look in it a day or two after it's shown on 5.
so why don't we just have one thread per episode as we do for Lost, BSG, 24, Heroes etc :shrug:
I dunno. I didn't start either thread.
I thought that guy looked like seth McFarlane! I didn't actually think that was him. Still, good to see he's keeping busy :p
I don't see the point in having two threads, surely anyone watching on Five can just avoid the thread for two days.
Ultimatly I enjoyed episode one. The start was very similar to Lost. I didn't see an Oceanic Airlines poster, but I saw a Desperate Housewives one. I assumed that the fires were a result of the plane crashes and things like chip pan fires etc.
:nuts: :lol: She's British! http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0907427/
:lol: I've never thought her accent on LOST was anything less than perfect. It's amusing that someone thinks it's poor.
George vader
30-09-2009, 08:17
Looks like another Lost/Heroes to me, starts off promising......then goes on.....and on...and on.....
Looks like another Lost/Heroes to me, starts off promising......then goes on.....and on...and on.....
:lol: Are you writing that based on a flash-forward of your own? Maybe it will end up sucking, but I don't see how you can conclude that from just one episode. (Oh, and Lost has been working towards a definite ending for more than 2 years, introducing new concepts and paying off old ones along the way. I never understand this criticism of Lost not actually going anywhere.)
Mr Majestik
30-09-2009, 08:56
Aparantly the writers have got the thing plotted out for five seasons. So expect plenty more black outs.
Anyone read the book it's based on?
I gave it a try and it was just OK. It had a feel of Journeyman to it, boring people only made slightly interesting by a supernatural event in their lives.
I'll give it another go and fingers crossed it goes somewhere.
George vader
30-09-2009, 11:28
Aparantly the writers have got the thing plotted out for five seasons. So expect plenty more black outs.
oh God :oh-hum:
green_cat
30-09-2009, 11:37
oh God :oh-hum:
Indeed - I think I'll skip it just on that basis.
Looks like another Lost/Heroes to me, starts off promising......then goes on.....and on...and on.....
You realise that's the aim of every series, to stay on air for as long as possible? It doesn't mean that it'll be a bad program just because it's on air for a long time, if anything it would suggest that it's good.
Oh, and Lost has been working towards a definite ending for more than 2 years
LOST has always been working towards an ending, it was just a question of when not if. What they decided, was to fix the end point rather than get there naturally. I'm sure that when it ends they're will be a lot of good ideas they didn't get time to use.
Indeed - I think I'll skip it just on that basis.
You're skipping a program based on one persons speculation on an internet forum? Why not just watch it until you stop enjoying it?
I reckon that this show will end up flashingback with one of the "flashforward" jumps in a later season (if it gets that far). Hell, we'll probably find out that the guy in the stadium is from the future anyway, preventing something or making sure it happens or whatev! The flashforward is probably the global by-product of one person time-traveling and messing with space time continuity or sumting or nuffink! :D
Stadium man is intreagueing but he may be just as clueless as the rest of them. Perhaps he got up and left because he was so shocked. I'd probably leave too.
I'm not sure what you're suggesting Richie. Are you saying they'll show more details from someones flashforward?
anastasia
30-09-2009, 12:51
I reckon that this show will end up flashingback with one of the "flashforward" jumps in a later season (if it gets that far). Hell, we'll probably find out that the guy in the stadium is from the future anyway, preventing something or making sure it happens or whatev! The flashforward is probably the global by-product of one person time-traveling and messing with space time continuity or sumting or nuffink! :D
My thoughts ran along a similar line, although I'm wondering if the guy in the stadium is actually the main FBI guy (can't even remember the guy's name!) Perhaps something majorly bad is going to happen in around 6 months, so he finds a way to travel back in time in an attempt to try to warn people, resulting in the flashforward?
I'm not sure what you're suggesting Richie.
I'm not sure either! :D
I was just thinking about how I reckon they'll want to extend the idea through several seasons because logically it should have a finite plot that concludes close to April the whatever 2010. To keep it going it'll need to be more involved than a simple flashforward again so something that loops back or someone who meddles with timelines would be my guess (in fact maybe that's what the flashforwards are, literally alternate timelines). Just speculation on my part. Whatever it is will need to be a spectacular season cliffhanger.
If stadium guy is Shakespeare then urgh! as it seems so obvious that they'll do that. :gag:
This is the problem with watching lots of these kinds of shows, after a while it's difficult to care about the next one because you know they all lead you on a path to a town called cancellation! Lost's rigid end date was the best move they ever made but it's too early to know if Flashforward will get any such luxury.
LOST has always been working towards an ending, it was just a question of when not if. What they decided, was to fix the end point rather than get there naturally. I'm sure that when it ends they're will be a lot of good ideas they didn't get time to use.
That's what I meant to say. :thumbs:
Fozzybear
30-09-2009, 19:12
Had a chance to watch the first episode this afternoon. Some bits very good, some a little bit 'hmmm'. Too early to form an opinion but it does have potential.
Early days but to me it looks like there are simply two main questions, (and a lot of personal stuff filler) how and why the flashforward happened. I'll be impressed if the investigation into both of these questions can grip over the course of a season, nevermind five. Here's hoping.
I was also thinking that some part of the world would have mostly been asleep so how would their flashbacks work and how would they know it wasn't part of a dream :thinking:
Really enjoyed this, even if they are borrowing heavily on the Lost (and others) flash-forward intrigue.
Bring on ep 2.
Eventually got round to seeing this last night, thought it was pretty good looking forward to ep 2. :thumbs:
Yeah I did. Not sure it was a good idea when one of your main characters is also in the unrelated show you are referencing.
Lost didn't invent the use of Oceanic Airlines tho:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oceanic_Airlines
"Its most famous appearance is in Lost, where Oceanic Airlines is featured branded with a highly-stylized logo depicting an Aboriginal dot painting that resembles a bullseye, an island, or an "O" (for Oceanic). The show's storyline begins with the crash of Oceanic Flight 815 on a mysterious island.
The airline has also been featured in many other media. The original occurrence of Oceanic Airways was in the 1996 film Executive Decision. The film's producers shot extensive footage of an actual Boeing 747 but with a different logo and livery to that used on the later Lost Oceanic flight. This stock footage has been reused in several films and television programs, spreading the Oceanic Airlines brand across various and unrelated fictional universes."
I guess it's kinda like a 555 area code or the Wilhelm scream, you will see more.
eye__writ
05-10-2009, 19:58
Finally got round to watching the first episode and fell asleep halfway through. Tried again the next day and got through it, but it was a struggle.
The acting is pretty soap opera-ish (and I mean Yank soap operas!), the exposition was annoying and if an episode of something like Dr Who had as poor CGI as this slapped about it'd be rightly ridiculed. :gag:
So far then, I'm unimpressed by Five's big US hope. :|
Damn forgot it was on, no doubt they'll be about 20 repeats this week so I won't miss out
utero, there is always the five on-demand service as well. :)
http://demand.five.tv/Episode.aspx?episodeBaseName=C5148790002
We tried to watch the first episode yesterday but gave up after about half an hour. Just so unengaging and the premise just didn't seem to be the basis for a good series.
cliff homewood
05-10-2009, 21:25
First weeks was slow but interesting, showed potential. This weeks wasn't slow at all, amazing how tense its got quickly with people worrying about their future predictions. Intelligently written yet with plenty of filling in the story for those who never saw last weeks episode.
I'm not sure either! :D
I was just thinking about how I reckon they'll want to extend the idea through several seasons because logically it should have a finite plot that concludes close to April the whatever 2010.
I don't think the plot will conclude then or even that it's a logical place to conclude the plot. As I mentioned in the other thread, there doesn't seem to be anything special about that day. The main guy (Is his name shakespear?) doesn't seem to have solved anything, however it is a pivitol moment in that there's an armed raid. It could (and probably will!) take them years to figure out what happened and why. The hardest question is why they ff'd to that point in time when there doesn't seem to be a big revelation
KennyVader
05-10-2009, 21:59
The main guy (Is his name shakespear?)
No, people are just referring to the role that Joseph Fiennes is most famous for (Shakespeare in Love) and seemingly the only way he is able to act. His character is actually called Special Agent Mark Benford.
I liked ep 2, story getting a bit more intriguing, the boss man describing his flashback in the men's room was priceless (I thought it odd that there were no turds in the toilet though, considering he claimed he was mid-bowel movement), the kid with the broken stuffed toy was cute. Penelope Widmore's (see what I did there?) accent was still absolutely terrible and really offputting though. Why not just let her be English or cast someone that does actually have an American accent.
the boss man describing his flashback in the men's room was priceless
yeah that was good especially when he said he had to give mouth to mouth :lol:
TigaSefi
06-10-2009, 08:28
Possible mild spoiler
Certainly a case of investigating is driving everyone to the flashforward plot. Now if they just leave it the hell alone....
anastasia
06-10-2009, 09:36
I enjoyed the second episode. Hubby wouldn't watch it though, so I guess I'm on my own with the series. :(
I don't like Fiennes in this. His character is rather dull and flat, and is really irritating. Perhaps instead of letting his wife get really upset about her vision he should've told her the whole truth about his vision - she shouldn't be feeling guilty for something she's not even done yet, when the likelihood is that it will be her husband's fault if/when she leaves him.
KennyVader
06-10-2009, 09:49
I don't like Fiennes in this. His character is rather dull and flat, and is really irritating. Perhaps instead of letting his wife get really upset about her vision he should've told her the whole truth about his vision - she shouldn't be feeling guilty for something she's not even done yet, when the likelihood is that it will be her husband's fault if/when she leaves him.
He's awful. I liked what someone said further up in either this or the US pace thread: his acting makes Matthew Fox in Lost look like Robert De Niro :notworthy :lol:. If this series gets bad viewer numbers and ultimately gets canned, on the basis of the eps to date, I would put nearly all of the blame on choosing him as the star. Seriously hope he improves dramatically (;)) in the coming episodes, to save the show.
anastasia
06-10-2009, 09:57
I never had a problem with Matthew Fox in Lost, although I guess it helps that he's ****able.
KennyVader
06-10-2009, 10:09
lol, Matthew Fox is more wooden than Mr Eko's post that he was etching bible verses on!
He certainly would be if I got my hands on him! :D
anastasia
06-10-2009, 12:10
LOL!
Mr Eko is rather attractive too. I think this might be where they've gone wrong with Flash Forward - lack of attractive males!
Having watched the first two episodes finally tonight (recorded via BT Vision), I have a question about a text message Feinnes receives. I rewound a couple of times but it really looked like his wife sent him a text saying: "I hope I never see you again".
He read it but didn't seem to care and no one mentioned it so I'm guessing it was something else entirely.
That aside it was okay. Didn't have the flashbacks of utter tedium that turned Lost from a promising show into a complete crapfest, so that was a bonus.
cjanderson
12-10-2009, 07:37
i found it funny when the lady FBIer said "ohhh what if someone else was the doctor DOING my sonagram" :eek:
like in any one time slot of 11am, there would not be a fair few women having appointments for sonograms around the world?
its enjoyable, i didn't see the text but that sounds write that he'd get that, as finnes wife is off shagging someone else (the lovely jack davenport :luv: ) and finnes seems a drink drinking, case obsessed weirdo.
anastasia
12-10-2009, 07:46
He did get that text message, but I presumed that it was an ongoing joke between hime and his wife (didn't she put some message on a post-it note up somewhere for him at the beginning of the first episode saying "You're a crappy husband. I hate you", and then he responded with "I hate you too"?)
Isn't the text message just the way him and his wife flirt? They say the opposite of what they mean.
Isn't the text message just the way him and his wife flirt? They say the opposite of what they mean.
Yep spot on. When they say i hate you, they me love you.
Okay cool.
I obviously missed the post-it note. I wasn't paying full attention as I was doing some web stuff at the same time. Cheers.
So the three leading actors are Brits and two of them are the most wooden guys we've ever put out there. Jack Davenport was a really 'oh jeez' moment. Great work, Hollywood.
Given the Lost connections I'm not worried about John Cho's imminent death as I'm sure he'll be back and running around alive again before long. :D
^^^^ Spoilered for anyone crazy enough to be reading this without having watched the first two eps! :nuts:
LeftHandedGuitarist
13-10-2009, 14:02
The only thing I liked about the third episode was the use of The Smashing Pumpkins and Jeff Buckley in the soundtrack.
anastasia
13-10-2009, 14:46
I wasn't crazy about episode 3 either. hope it picks up soon.
stupidgibbon
13-10-2009, 15:53
How can this be compared to Lost ! 3 eps in i'm bored !!! Zzzzz!
Indeed. Gave it three episodes, but I'm giving it up now. Far too many other things to watch. :)
Don't like any of the characters except the FBI boss who was 'in a meeting' :lol: & then this week when the nazi started talking about kabbalah & that was good enough for them to let him out of prison...? Oh **** off! :razz:
I'm guessing the young black kid at the end will be seen again in the present will be played by Michael K Williams (aka Omar from The Wire) judging by the scar across his face?
The "arm twisting" by the FBI on the German government to release a Nazi was utterly ridicules. Other than that, its fairly entertaining.
Eh? Are you joking, Soprano?! ;)
The kid was a goat herder in Somalia for starters (you have to be US born) plus he wouldn't even be old enough now to be President unless this show is going to do some Lost-type time travel shenanigans.
Is Michael K Williams going to be in this then?
gavinhanly
14-10-2009, 11:25
Hmm - think you need to read Soprono's post again, Richie...
I quite like it, even if it is extremely stupid. At least we have a full season so the show will actually get to April!
Entertaining enough, still. Wonder if John Cho's character arrested the underpants stoner for the bong, thus preventing him from working at the airport (meaning the future can be altered and he might not die)?
Hmm - think you need to read Soprono's post again, Richie...Wow, I'm kinda retarded aren't I! :D :doh:
Is Michael K Williams going to be in this then?
Honestly have no idea, just guess work as we see a 12/13 year old in the 1991 flashback and the kid has the same scar on his face Williams has. There can't be too many black actors working in Hollywood have a scar that big running across their face :)
Has this already aired in the US? If so, it shouldn't be too hard to work out if he is in it or not. <spoiler>He's not listed as appearing in it on IMDB.</spoiler>
Hmm, seems to have slowed down a bit for me. Loved the first episode, second was OK and the third just didn't capture my imagination. I think the show had legs, but would be very easy to get wrong. I hope it improves as I'm still enjoying it.
WeaselFierce
17-10-2009, 09:39
Hmm, seems to have slowed down a bit for me. Loved the first episode, second was OK and the third just didn't capture my imagination. I think the show had legs, but would be very easy to get wrong. I hope it improves as I'm still enjoying it.
Yeah, really enjoyed the first episode but episode 2 seemed to spend most of its time just repeating the same information with a tiny bit of story progression. Yet to watch episode 3. Thinking a 5 year arc is probably pushing it a tad...
Episode 3 was the poorest so far, not sure why they had to take the story in a completely different direction with regards to the German stuff, and come on we know the FBI has desperate to try and figure out what is going on but to release him in double quick time after he had practically given nothing away was just plain stupid.
I will stick with it though although it looks like it could be a long haul with 25 episodes planned for this series.
anastasia
19-10-2009, 23:11
Not sure what I thought of tonight's episode, although it didn't help that I was still filling in a job application online while I was 'watching' it. I can't see me sticking with it to be honest. It's a shame really, as I'm watching a number of programmes at the moment (True Blood S1, Glee, Bored to Death, Flash Forward, Vampire Diaries, Castle) and the only ones that I'm really enjoying (to the point where I will buy them on Blu/DVD) are True Blood and Glee (won't buy Castle, but I am enjoying it to an extent). Bored To Death is living up to it's name, Vampire Diaries just looks like a cheap version of Twilight (with less ****able leads, although they were always going to have trouble getting anyone as ****able as Rob Pattinson), and Flash Forward is becoming more tedious with every episode.
Why can't Aaron Sorkin do a new TV programme? I'm going to have to start re-watching the West Wing again soon.
Is it part of the contract for this show that they have a crap ballad every week around the 40 minute mark?
Seems so. I think Stargate Universe does this as well. Takes me out of the plot(s).
Is it part of the contract for this show that they have a crap ballad every week around the 40 minute mark?
And dialogue: "All I can hear is the clock ticking".
sleepy67
21-10-2009, 06:46
“FlashForward” showrunner Marc Guggenheim departed ABC’s sci-fi drama for good Tuesday, sources tell AICN exclusively.
Reasons for the departure remain muddy. Ratings for the sci-fi drama have slid in adults 18-49 from a 4.1 (at its premiere) to a 3.1 for its fourth installment, but ABC just gave the show a “back-nine” order that will keep it on the air long enough to hit the April 29 six-months-hence “flash forward date” central to the series’ mythos.
Evidence suggests network executives were unhappy with the quality of the show's post-pilot storytelling.
Guggenheim, the “Eli Stone” creator whose resume includes stints on “Jack & Bobby,” “In Justice” and ABC’s “Brothers & Sisters,” joined “FlashForward” subsequent to its pilot shoot. (“FlashForward” co-creator Brannon Braga, who co-created and ran “Star Trek: Enterprise” and “Threshold,” is contracted to the now-shooting 2010 season of Fox's “24” and was not available to run “FlashForward” himself.)
Update: The Hollywood Reporter says co-creator David Goyer will now serve as the show's sole showrunner.
Source (http://www.aintitcool.com/node/42776)Probably too late to save this show but hopefully the last 9 episodes might improve.
BlueDwarf
21-10-2009, 09:39
The concept of the show is interesting, but the rest is terrible.
Acting, storytelling, dialogue, dire.
Not that suprising seeing Brannon Braga's involvemet.
Highlander
21-10-2009, 20:34
I've given up on this. Didn't bother to watch this weeks.
AdamBrunt
21-10-2009, 21:01
Only just started watching this (only just watched Ep 2).
1) Is Fiennes trying to go all Christopher Lambert with his accent ?
2) Why are these people at work @ the FBI entering messages on their own website 3 in the morning, etc, etc
Not really sure what all the fuss is about to be honest.
Scaper_S
22-10-2009, 21:31
I'd really like to just skip to the end to find out the answers, so I'm probably going to have to get the book it's based on. It's not great but it's still better than Stargate Universe.
Scaper S, the book won't help as all the "reasons" are different including what causes the flashforward.
Episode 3 was the poorest so far, not sure why they had to take the story in a completely different direction with regards to the German stuff, and come on we know the FBI has desperate to try and figure out what is going on but to release him in double quick time after he had practically given nothing away was just plain stupid.
I will stick with it though although it looks like it could be a long haul with 25 episodes planned for this series.
That was one among many implausible things that seem to be happening and I'm not talking about the whole premise which actually sounds very interesting and had potential for a great story which at the moment it doesn't seem to be shaping up to be.
Also wasn't sure why ...
the ex-Nazi seemed to have been released straight away after giving his information but then aparently waited six months before returning home to the US as shown in his flashforward. Why would he have waited so long after being keen to be released ?
I thought Ep 3 was picking up a bit the German story silly but OK and the Somalian ending looked potentially interesting.
But overall it's been very patchy and I got a bit geeky and thought if the name of the Somalian town was made up it was getting a bit silly without any attention to plausability so I went and Googled it. The name does seem to be made as its only mentioned in relation to Flashforward. Boo hoo.
But I came across a blog which made me think maybe its smarter than I'm giving it credit for ...
In the flashforward the nazi on returning to the US tells the entry clearance guy that he was there because a murder brought him there. Which was an odd thing to say but maybe something that happens later on. But this blog pointed out a flock of crows is called a "murder" something which I didn't know. So when he's saying this he's talking about telling the FBI about the dead crows outside his prison cell.
They were another couple of things but the latest episode again seems a bit slow. In places the dialogue sounds quiet daft. The acting is poor.
Not an awful lot going for it apart from wanting to find out what its all about so might stick with it a bit longer.
Has anyone seen the awful webisodes on five.tv?
Some dickhead named Geoff desperately trying to make it seem like flashforward is actually any good, with really awkward "comedy" observations! Jesus Christ!
hmmm, tried to embed it but there must be something wrong with code?
http://www.five.tv/programmes/drama/flashforward/45091
watched the first 3 and ended up going back to Castle instead... :(
So how can all 3 of them escape a blown up car without a mark on them
At least things perked up 20 mins in...
It's a good job they did the crash and explosion right at the start as I would have given up watching otherwise.
And the lezo stuff was just odd.
So how can all 3 of them escape a blown up car without a mark on them
Man, that was A-Team-esque. And wasn't it 4 of them?
I think they were meant to have escaped just before the car got blown up. But they'd have to have broken the speed of light to do it!
Probably the escape from the car got lost in editing...
Toxic Girl
27-10-2009, 10:32
and what the hell was the song playing during the shoot-out?? random or what
and what the hell was the song playing during the shoot-out?? random or what
I thought that initially but then I realised it was the same song they were singing in the karaoke bar. Not that that makes the selection a good choice.
OMG, this was cringe-worthy TV of the highest caliber! I almost had to look away it was so hammy. I'd been trying to give this a chance but last night's episode was just bizarre in the extreme. I'm all for a bit of fun and love the camp feeling of things like Alias etc but that just didn't work here.
Flash Forward writers meeting:
"Okay guys, this thing is getting a panning. What can we do to improve it for the next episode?"
"How about a lesbian scene and a gun fight set to some cheesy music...?"
"Yeah, that'll work!"
Toxic Girl
27-10-2009, 11:17
I thought that initially but then I realised it was the same song they were singing in the karaoke bar. Not that that makes the selection a good choice.
Aaaaah. Hadn't spotted that. But, no, you're right, doesn't make it any better :D
JonLaidlow
27-10-2009, 11:32
It was the Rolling Stones' cover of Bob Dylan's "Like a Rolling Stone" and it was really really incongruous.
But I did enjoy this episode loads, and previous eps after the pilot have been a bit patchy. I think they must be accepting the dumbness of it all and just throwing it all in now.
I thought that initially but then I realised it was the same song they were singing in the karaoke bar. Not that that makes the selection a good choice.
They should have stuck with their first song. If they'd had a shoot-out to Night Ranger I'd have given the episode 10/10.
cliff homewood
27-10-2009, 12:11
and the other thing from those scenes, he shoots her, she's down, he's facing towards her gun in hand looking at her. She starts to reach down for her gun, do you shoot her again or turn to run thus showing your back, an undefended target?
stupidgibbon
27-10-2009, 14:22
I was going to write something about how they are stretching series out already after only 5 eps.....
but instead ZZZZZZzzzzzz.....................
Gave up with this last week... very bad.
Even if they made the book faithfully, there could have only been around 6 (10 at a push) episodes of story... throwing in music montages isn't going to stretch the story out to 22 episodes surely?
akira9000
27-10-2009, 14:34
and what the hell was the song playing during the shoot-out?? random or what
Same as the song in the Karaoke bar a few minutes before - and yeah, very random for a shoot out indeed
Vulcan101
27-10-2009, 22:27
They just fired the showrunner as the studio didn't like the way it was being handled.
sleepy67
27-10-2009, 22:44
They just fired the showrunner as the studio didn't like the way it was being handled.cough (http://www.thedvdforums.com/forums/showpost.php?p=8831088&postcount=139)
I hate the style of storytelling they are using. Very "Lost'ish". Do a big reveal then leave it hanging. The two people who spoke on the phone in the last episode at the very end. Going to give a few more episodes but if it's going to be like that then I'm off :D
DVDWotcha
28-10-2009, 08:03
I found it very odd they had just found some convincing satellite images from somalia and they *didn't* use them to show the bitchy woman at the hearing. Poor writing and I think I may give up on this if next episode does not improve.
I agree with you why show the Somalia pics and not take them into the court and justifiy reasons for funding?? I'll stick with this for a couple more hopefully gets better
LeftHandedGuitarist
29-10-2009, 14:07
What a stupid, stupid ending. We know none of these people are in any danger due to their flashforwards (if they wanted to add some suspense, they should have had that patient in the hospital die last week, then at least we could be surprised). Ridiculous shoot-out scene, I'd love to know how they all survived the car explosion because they sure as hell couldn't have gotten out in time.
http://www.wavcentral.com/sounds/movies/misery/mycar.mp3
They should have stuck with their first song. If they'd had a shoot-out to Night Ranger I'd have given the episode 10/10.
Indeed, bizarre though the montage was, things are looking up. A cover of a Bob Dylan classic plus a kareoke version of Night Ranger's Sister Christian beats crap ballad any day.
They've even moved the montage from 40 minutes to right up to the end of the episode. They sure know how to mix things up.:nuts:
But 18 years of satellite imagery on a memory stick:suspect:
You can get a 128GB memory stick these days. So along with compression it's not impossible
At least things perked up 20 mins in...
But it was cliche central at the art showing...
Why would the woman FBI agent freak out because her girlfriend read her publicly accessible flash forward? And the whole "You know, I can't handle this..." line was just such a perfect example of trying to make a drama out of nothing :cuckoo:
I think the producers are missing a trick here - exploration of: is the future predetermined or can it be changed? For example, in the case of the Aaron Stark's vision of his daughter being alive and then subsequently found not to be (aka schrodinger's cat). This should be explored.
Lack of comments on this show speaks volumes!!!
As mentioned previously - very Lost like. Too many dead ends and cliffhangers.
In the 4-5 episodes to date how much has actually happened?
Not Lost like AT ALL. Lost is already one of the all time great shows, this drivel is just weak crap with bad bad bad bad writing and worse acting.
Quincunx
03-11-2009, 20:39
Yup, not like Lost at all. :nono:
I'm sticking with it for the moment. It is cheesy but it's so overblown it's somehow likeable although the central mystery is losing its mystery too fast to stay interesting.
Arthur Fowler
03-11-2009, 20:50
Really hope it's not another Lost. Hated Lost (well, the whole never finding out anything about anything by the time I gave up on S2), enjoying Flashforward for the time being.
Really hope it's not another Lost. Hated Lost (well, the whole never finding out anything about anything by the time I gave up on S2), enjoying Flashforward for the time being.
This is a Lost forum. You are not allowed to say you prefer Flashforward and find it entertaining in comparison to the toe-curlingly awful drawn-out crapfest that is Lost ;)
This is a Lost forum. You are not allowed to say you prefer Flashforward and find it entertaining in comparison to the toe-curlingly awful drawn-out crapfest that is Lost ;)Of course you are, but it just means you're a retarded gimp with no taste who should have their tv taken away for life. Flashforward is very entertaining, for all the wrong reasons! ;)
DuncanSWardle
03-11-2009, 21:22
The one thing I would love to be explored is the implied Immortality of everyone who has had a flashforward
Would love for the asian agent to just pull out a gun and shoot one of those with a know flashforward point blank in the face
If the Flashforwards are all supposed to come true then explore what happens
I can not belive, on a world wide scale, nobody would not try this
Or even suicide - for example anyone of them should be able to go to some real tall building and not be able to jump etc, cars should swerve out of there way as they stand in middle of road etc
This is a Lost forum. You are not allowed to say you prefer Flashforward and find it entertaining in comparison to the toe-curlingly awful drawn-out crapfest that is Lost ;)
exhibit B
An actor "emotes".
http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/908/vlcsnap2009110121h47m36.png
and does a big poo...
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Arthur Fowler
03-11-2009, 21:26
Of course you are, but it just means you're a retarded gimp with no taste who should have their tv taken away for life. Flashforward is very entertaining, for all the wrong reasons! ;)
Fair enough :)
Yes Joseph is a bit crap in this so far!
cliff homewood
03-11-2009, 21:34
I think its good with some interesting character areas created by the situation, ep 1 was too slow, ep 2 was really good - with the female cop who also didnt have a vision "perhaps we're asleep" dying, the lead characters happy marriage ending by 6 months time and the daughter possibly abducted (my own theory in those early eps, this weeks ep disproved it). 3 and 4 were padding, although I enjoyed the Hosue episode, it was jsut watch the last 5 minutes for story development, but this weeks one was good again, 2 was very good at creating tension because of future outcomes, you saw this again this week with the husband, his wife and her future lover. Very good scene.
Never watched Lost becasue I learnt my lesson with Alias, watched the pilot, wasn't impressed, coudl see Abrams was dragging it out again. Although would still like to see the rest of the rembrandt eps from Alias as it was an intersting storyline (saw up to Tarantinos 2 part intro).
All these people who have dismissed Lost, do you have any idea what you're missing or just how brilliant it's been for the whole of seasons 4 and 5?! In fact it's only had one truly terrible episode ('Stranger in a strange land' in season 3) and even that isn't so bad when watching a marathon.
Mr Majestik
03-11-2009, 22:09
All these people who have dismissed Lost, do you have any idea what you're missing or just how brilliant it's been for the whole of seasons 4 and 5?!.
I'm sticking with Lost just because i've invested so much time with it but i thought season 5 time traveling shenanigans were dreadful and as far from brilliant as x factor is from talent.
It's okay, you're allowed to be wrong.
All these people who have dismissed Lost, do you have any idea what you're missing or just how brilliant it's been for the whole of seasons 4 and 5?! In fact it's only had one truly terrible episode ('Stranger in a strange land' in season 3) and even that isn't so bad when watching a marathon.
Agreed - I thought it went rapidly downhill in Series 2 and when it when to Sky, I didn't really care. Last year I watched Series 3 & 4 via DVD rental and they were both engrossing. To be fair, watching a series over 3 weeks with no ad breaks helps remove the "dragging it out factor". But it does feel like it's going somewhere now.
FlashForwards's OK - it has it's moments and it will be interesting to see where it leads towards the end of the series. I see that the crap ballad moved to the end this week and didn't go on for too long. With a bit of luck, they might cut it completely soon.
All these people who have dismissed Lost, do you have any idea what you're missing or just how brilliant it's been for the whole of seasons 4 and 5?! In fact it's only had one truly terrible episode ('Stranger in a strange land' in season 3) and even that isn't so bad when watching a marathon.
It has been said - somewhat cruelly - that you'd have to be a dwarf-******* throwback to find Lost entertaining, but I could not possibly join the crowd who feel that way.
Your loss! :)
What the hell is a "dwarf-******* throwback", I've never heard that one before? :nuts: Sounds like something to try at least once! :D ;)
I have the last two episodes on Sky+ and at the moment I just cant be bothered to watch them as I would rather watch something else.
Think I might just give up as its really not getting me hocked and find it hard to care about any of the characters so far.
Your loss! :)
What the hell is a "dwarf-******* throwback", I've never heard that one before? :nuts: Sounds like something to try at least once! :D ;)
I think it must be similar to what we saw in 'Bruno'.... prehaps without the wine bottle
The one thing I would love to be explored is the implied Immortality of everyone who has had a flashforward
Would love for the asian agent to just pull out a gun and shoot one of those with a know flashforward point blank in the face
If the Flashforwards are all supposed to come true then explore what happens
I can not belive, on a world wide scale, nobody would not try this
Or even suicide - for example anyone of them should be able to go to some real tall building and not be able to jump etc, cars should swerve out of there way as they stand in middle of road etc
Doesn't even have to be that extreme - if someone saw themselves in a mirror or naked, they could just get a tattoo that wasn't there in the FF.
Arthur Fowler
04-11-2009, 12:02
Doesn't even have to be that extreme - if someone saw themselves in a mirror or naked, they could just get a tattoo that wasn't there in the FF.
No they couldn't - then it would have been in their FF ;)
Just think. If I were a Nigerian scammer, I'd be on the phone or emailing claiming I saw you willingly give me $100,000. Couldn't argue with that could you!!!???
anastasia
04-11-2009, 14:46
exhibit B
and does a big poo...
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This sums up this programme for me! For some reason I can't give up on it though. I want to, but I just can't.
I don't know why everyone has to bring Lost into it though - I've only seen the first 2 seasons of Lost so far (yet another programme I need to get watching again) but what I have seen ****** all over this pile of **** from a great height. Still, at least if I watch this on TV I won't be tempted to buy the Blu Ray when it's cheap.
But it was cliche central at the art showing...
Why would the woman FBI agent freak out because her girlfriend read her publicly accessible flash forward?
You're right, of course. People *never* freak out because they post something on the internet without properly considering the implications of doing so. :doh:
WIFE: I'm not going to have an affair, I love you, we need to stay together. I love everything about you. You are the one. I love you. PLEASE trust me.
HUSBAND: I was drinking in my flash forward.
WIFE : Screw you loser, I'm outta here!
cliff homewood
05-11-2009, 12:00
Yeah that was a sudden change, originally around ep 2 I thought the daughter and davenports son had been abducted by the 'bad man' and the wfie blamed him for it, and thats what split them up. That made sense to me, but now that ideas out of the window having seen the son is in their house during the flashfoward. But still the bad man is about...
WIFE: I'm not going to have an affair, I love you, we need to stay together. I love everything about you. You are the one. I love you. PLEASE trust me.
HUSBAND: I was drinking in my flash forward.
WIFE : Screw you loser, I'm outta here!i know! what a total bitch!
WIFE: I'm not going to have an affair, I love you, we need to stay together. I love everything about you. You are the one. I love you. PLEASE trust me.
HUSBAND: I was drinking in my flash forward.
WIFE : Screw you loser, I'm outta here!
Yeah that was a sudden change, originally around ep 2 I thought the daughter and davenports son had been abducted by the 'bad man' and the wfie blamed him for it, and thats what split them up. That made sense to me, but now that ideas out of the window having seen the son is in their house during the flashfoward. But still the bad man is about...
Wasn't exactly sudden. The point was made that he was lying to her and that was the issue with the drinking, plus he was all scared, I guess they both were. Davenport's take wasn't particularly useful to keeping them together either.
I didn't have a problem with it, anyway.
I *was* a bit confused about how the daughter knew D Gibbons was a bad man when she was just wandering around like that.
Just saw Monday's and I quite liked it apart from the ridiculous Generation Kill nod. What were they thinking?
Just saw Monday's and I quite liked it apart from the ridiculous Generation Kill nod. What were they thinking?
I thought that.
And surprise, surprise, she is alive.
I thought that.
And surprise, surprise, she is alive.
Yeah, the guy missed when the Iraqis rushed in and buried her up to her neck in sand while depositing a fake body on the scene...
or... my take on it is... the suicide null and voided all the ffs. We are now on a different possible future.
Of course, I most likely am misunderestimating the plot so far.
Really enjoyed Monday's episode. Very thought provoking.
JonLaidlow
13-11-2009, 10:49
I liked the twist in Monday's episode that it doesn't have to come true - the show would quickly become cheesy if we were discovering people's flash forwards, and then finding out how they came true.
On the other hand, just because you didn't get one, would you really want to appear in a Marilyn Manson video?
I thought she was going to be alive all along. Wasn't her leg blown off? Outlandish, but could that have been how the remains were identified?
I not seen Mondays yet as the V+ box didn't record it for some reason!
Set it to record tonights repeat. Hopefully it'll work.
Enjoying it so far
cliff homewood
13-11-2009, 19:11
Remember he had her body exhumed and the fact she was dead was confirmed.
I thought she was going to be alive all along. Wasn't her leg blown off? Outlandish, but could that have been how the remains were identified?
If all they found was the burn out, blown to **** remains of a vehicle and a lower leg on fire, then you would naturally assume that's all that remained of Ruby.*
If all they found was the burn out, blown to **** remains of a vehicle and a lower leg on fire, then you would naturally assume that's all that remained of Ruby.*
Ah, yes. I was assuming that there would be remains of someone else to make things a bit more conspiracy theory-like, but that would be simpler.
Awful music-montage start to last night's shenanigans.
What's the time span for the last few episodes?
Janis riddled with bullets a few few weeks ago ..... back to work this week!
What's the time span for the last few episodes?
Janis riddled with bullets a few few weeks ago ..... back to work this week!
Well up until last week it was 1 week per epsiode, ie more or less real time
But there must have been a jump this week
I want to enjoy this, I really do, but it's getting painful. The Charlie character is just preposterous, and the poker game...I mean Jesus Christ, what do they take us viewers for?
Ah, yes. I was assuming that there would be remains of someone else to make things a bit more conspiracy theory-like, but that would be simpler.
there were 3 people in the car when it blew up. assume #3 died
I want to enjoy this, I really do, but it's getting painful. The Charlie character is just preposterous, and the poker game...I mean Jesus Christ, what do they take us viewers for?
Surely the fact that he admited cheating voided the deal as well.
I loved the wild swings:
"We can change the future!"
Wassisname's daughter appears
"Oh god maybe we can't change the future" (hey, that guy KILLED himself - you just did)
Kills man recognised via an unremarkable tattoo anyone could have on his arm
"We can change the future again"
And what was that payoff. Loads of guys with those stars on their arms wandering around, that guy kills one and no one comes in to kick the crap out of him?
LeftHandedGuitarist
20-11-2009, 09:41
Yay, Pearl Jam song.
That is all.
Couldn't give a **** about this turgid rubbish show anymore.
Walrus Man
27-11-2009, 20:41
Awful music-montage start to last night's shenanigans.
The montage may have been awful, but the music was awesome. :clap:
Just caught up with the last few episodes, it has got better, but is still only just keeping me watching... :|
So will Five now overtake abc in America with the next episode?
There wasn't one in the US this week due to thanksgiving but five are showing episode 10 on Monday, three whole days before the US! oooh just so exciting! :|
after sky+'ing them all so far, i finally got around to watching them this week. I like it :)
I thought it was just a re-cap type episode this Monday?
I thought it was just a re-cap type episode this Monday?The ads say "mid season finale" and show new scenes from episode 10.
JonLaidlow
29-11-2009, 11:21
i think its both - final episode until Spring and a recap/making if
Yes, you're right. 9pm episode, 10pm recap thingy.
Yay! double the yawns! :clap:
Yeah, I was going to cancel my recording after how bad the last episode was but given this is the mid-season finalé why not see it out. I am struggling to think how it could get any worse...
TigaSefi
30-11-2009, 09:52
It's so ******* boring.
yep, a fantastic first episode had me watching a lot longer than i should have, i will watch the last one, but i'm not sure if i will carry on when it comes back,
In general this is probably the worse season in US TV for quite a few years. So many duff new shows when they cancelled Terminator and Knight Rider
gavinhanly
30-11-2009, 11:42
But we've had Glee! At least one good new show is enough for me - and TSCC was a but rubbish - IMO - anyway.
I actually still kind of like this - and am hoping they have enough of a hook to keep my interest. Plus it's one of the very few shows that we can watch on terrestrial at the same time (or before) the US without downloading - so I think five should be applauded for that, if nothing else.
I am getting fed up of the "I'm bored now" comments on this thread, however. I could understand if you were just posting on an episode you'd seen, but "Mid season finale is showing tonight - I'm bored of it all" seems like trolling to me and more than a little unnecessary...
campdave
30-11-2009, 12:15
I am getting fed up of the "I'm bored now" comments on this thread, however. I could understand if you were just posting on an episode you'd seen, but "Mid season finale is showing tonight - I'm bored of it all" seems like trolling to me and more than a little unnecessary...
Agree with this - so many threads in the TV section seem be to packed with comments like that.
What, so people can't have an opinion on the show as a whole now; aren't allowed find the whole thing 9 episodes in totally underwhelming and disappointing?
The "mid-season finale" point IS something to talk about if people want to ffs! Firstly it's not even mid-season as it'll be 10 of 22 episodes and secondly how the **** do you have a "finale" mid-season? That's a ******* random non sequitur!
Some people ARE bored by this **** show but for whatever reason don't stop watching because it's either too hilarious (Shakespeare's "acting"); they want to see if it gets any better or simply because they've invested their time in this crap and feel they are owed some kind of payoff as audience members.
All I can say is I damn well hope this episode tonight has a decent twist or hook to get people coming back in over a month's time!
I think the boredom (for me) set in in just the last two episodes. We had the suicide and the suggestion that just maybe they were going to move the plot forward and instead we saw nothing happen.
We started the next episode with a letter getting into the hands of woman whose name and address the sender and friends not only didn't know but couldn't possibly ever find out. What follows are two episodes where characters are acting in a way that is both stupid and seems to go against everything we've learned about them.
While Lost also liked to have all the characters being suspicious and silent they at least stayed the same way throughout and the fact of what had happened to them mitigated that. Lost retarded the story by wasting half of each episode with a stupid flashback but Flashforward retards the story by just making sure nothing happens and no one follows anything up if it might possibly lead somewhere.
campdave
30-11-2009, 14:56
What, so people can't have an opinion on the show as a whole now; aren't allowed find the whole thing 9 episodes in totally underwhelming and disappointing?
Of course they're allowed an opinion - why they chose to watch something they don't seem to enjoy is beyond me though.
gavinhanly
30-11-2009, 18:59
What, so people can't have an opinion on the show as a whole now; aren't allowed find the whole thing 9 episodes in totally underwhelming and disappointing?
The "mid-season finale" point IS something to talk about if people want to ffs! Firstly it's not even mid-season as it'll be 10 of 22 episodes and secondly how the **** do you have a "finale" mid-season? That's a ******* random non sequitur!
Some people ARE bored by this **** show but for whatever reason don't stop watching because it's either too hilarious (Shakespeare's "acting"); they want to see if it gets any better or simply because they've invested their time in this crap and feel they are owed some kind of payoff as audience members.
All I can say is I damn well hope this episode tonight has a decent twist or hook to get people coming back in over a month's time!
Absolutely - and this post actually does talk about the program and why you don't like it. So that's fair enough. But your last two points were merely sarcastic asides at the upcoming episode, and others' similarly felt troll-like, and that's what was annoying me earlier. Sorry to offend - but so many threads on the forum can become about how much people hate a show - as opposed to discussing it (or even discussing why they hate it).
cliff homewood
30-11-2009, 19:26
Yeah I think sometimes its a great series, proper sf with discussions of schrodingers cat and the like (you don't see that much on mainstream telly) and showing how seeing yuor future would change people, fascinating situations arise like your wives future lover is in your living room, but they've done nothing wrong yet so how should you react?
But also there are too many eps that are just filler, but there's enough good stuff to keep me looking foward to it each week in the hope its a good un, and I also have noticed there is a tendency to just slag the series off (why is never explained, its just 'at least it isn't as dire as flash foward') it made me wonder whether some people were on the wind up or there genuinely are a lot of people on the forums who think its pure crud.
cjanderson
30-11-2009, 19:53
i have just caiught up, its okay (and i fancy Jack davenport and NO FUTURE man)
still not getting how fbi agent lady is pregnant with huge tummy in 2 weeks time, as shes a) not liking the penis and b) not pregnant now. has that one been explained?
i have just caiught up, its okay (and i fancy Jack davenport and NO FUTURE man)
still not getting how fbi agent lady is pregnant with huge tummy in 2 weeks time, as shes a) not liking the penis and b) not pregnant now. has that one been explained?
They said she gets pregnant at the start of 2010 as she's four months pregnant at the time of the blackout.
cjanderson
30-11-2009, 20:20
hmm, i;m sure it said at the start of last weeks ep "2 weeks until the blackout" or something like that.
she is about 6-8 months pg in the shots of her stomach, thats what threw me.
hmmm, this episode was "okay" for the most part and as soon as they were talking about parallel worlds or whatever that theory was I got really interested. The hobbit is dreadfully unconvincing though and the cliff-hanger was rubbish though, does anyone care about Lloyd Simcoe?
Bryce will be Janis's sperm donor right? That'll be a pretty baby! :)
Well I enjoyed this ep, so that's enough to keep me tuning in in the New Year. Unfortunately I've found in many of the recent eps, that I could pretty much have switched off for the first 30 minutes & wait for the mildly interesting last 10 minutes. That & some of the music and other directorial choices that I've found quite jarring have made elements of this a source of fun between my partner & I. And yet we keep watching. I want to keep watching too. I find the plot & premise really intriguing. I want to see where they go with it. Parts of the show are done really well & I hope that this evening is a sign that we can see more of that consistently.
Alastair
30-11-2009, 21:44
Made a change for us to get this weeks episode before USA, especially given the hiatus. Thought the episode was better than recent others, will no doubt continue watching in the New Year, although V.2009 has more potential imo.
Alastair
30-11-2009, 21:46
The hobbit is dreadfully unconvincing though
Thats my biggest gripe, he doesnt cut it.
Semi-interesting 'behind the scenes' ep on after it
gavinhanly
30-11-2009, 21:48
Thought that was better than before too - and think they've started raising a good few questions that aren't directly involved with the character's flash forwards (i.e why did the woman know D Gibbons, how come the plasma things were designed a few years before the hobbit thought of them, etc) which does help to propel the story forward.
It's like that lecture from Abrams a couple of years back when he says you have to keep people's interest by continuing to raise new questions even as you answer others.
Ultimately, it's still tosh, but I do think it's enjoyable tosh all the same.
Medium tosh for me here. "Enjoyable" is pushing it.
hmmm, this episode was "okay" for the most part and as soon as they were talking about parallel worlds or whatever that theory was I got really interested. The hobbit is dreadfully unconvincing though and the cliff-hanger was rubbish though, does anyone care about Lloyd Simcoe?
Bryce will be Janis's sperm donor right? That'll be a pretty baby! :)
Yes, but what if he baby has his brains and her looks?
Or is male and a lesbian?
Have to agree about the improvements in this episode, but mainly because it was all action unlike last week's snoozefest where nothing happened at all, apart from people behaving in completely silly ways.
Yeah, I guess I'll keep my series recording turned on...
Yes, but what if he baby has his brains and her looks?But he's like a doctor n ****! They're like, you know, smart n that! :D (plus she's pretty too!) But I predict that's how it'll go so that a bit of him will live on if the flashforwards are not really what's going to happen and he does in fact cark it, it'll be like an insurance policy!
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