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Is FlashForward the new Lost?

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Started 3 years ago by BillZBub
Latest reply from elizabethdamaro

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BillZBub
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I read that somewhere... anyway I decided to check out this show, FlashForward, because I heard it was good, and also because it is based on a novel by science-fiction author Robert J. Sawyer, whose books I have enjoyed greatly. I have never read the novel Flash Forward though.

I decided to watch them from the beginning, and I just finished episode 7, which was amazing.

The "main premise" of the show is that everyone on Earth suddenly falls unconscious for 2 minutes and has a vision of the future, their consciousness "flashing forward" to a point less than a year away. Some people see a future that gives them hope, others see a future of despair or pain, and there is an interesting look at the idea of predestination vs free will. Episode 7 seems to have given an answer to that dilemma.

Anyone here watch it? NO SPOILERS PLEASE! :O

PS I very much enjoyed the following books by Robert J. Sawyer: Rollback
Calculating God
The Neanderthal Parallax (a trilogy comprising Hominid, Human, and Hybrid)

and I plan to read some more, but don't want to read Flash Forward in fear of spoiling the TV series. Has anyone here read the book and do you know how similar it is to the series? I know Sawyer is involved with the series, but I am under no illusions that any novel is going to become a television series without drastic changes.

and once again... NO SPOILERS please, at least none beyond episode 7! :)

Posted 3 years ago #
Elemenope
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IMHO, it's good but not up to Lost levels of plotting and characterization. I'll keep watching it to see where it goes, for certain.

Ive been watching Caprica, which in the last three episodes has really started kicking ass. Very different from BSG, but very good.

Posted 3 years ago #
JonJon
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I have to finish BSG so I can watch Caprica.

Posted 3 years ago #
Elemenope
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Yes. Yes you do. :)

Posted 3 years ago #
Jeremy
Member

Unfortunately BSG has the worst ending possible. Rushing to finish it will be painful.

Posted 3 years ago #
Elemenope
Moderator

***SPOILER ALERT*** (jonjon, do not read further!)
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I had no problem with the "goddidit" ending, because they weren't coy about it and it fit with the general tenor of the series. The "let's throw away all our technology" part did bug me as being unrealistic and silly. All the character arcs were wrapped up pretty nicely with a crowning moment of awesome for each. Definitely, though, the first half of the finale was better than the second half.

Posted 3 years ago #
Daniel Florien
Administrator

Yeah it would have been better to turn it off 10 minutes before the real ending. It would have been much better. They got preachy and ridiculous.

Posted 3 years ago #
JonJon
Member

Ok, i haven't read the above spoilers, but you are all jerks for putting them up at all. Now there's a conversation I can't read...

*sulks in a corner*

Posted 3 years ago #
Daniel Florien
Administrator

I hate the part when Starbuck severs William Adama's head. TOTALLY UNNECESSARY.

Posted 3 years ago #
Stupid Idea
Member

I watched the first 4-5 episodes of FlashForward and thought it was boring. It's an interesting concept, but I just couldn't seem to care at all about the characters.

Caprica is definitely getting better. I wasn't sure about it at first, but it's getting there. Agreed that the finale of BSG just kind of got preachy and silly at the end. But the series overall was amazing, so I'm not going to spit fire at it or anything.

Posted 3 years ago #
Elemenope
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I hate the part when Starbuck severs William Adama's head. TOTALLY UNNECESSARY.

ROFL!!!

I watched the first 4-5 episodes of FlashForward and thought it was boring. It's an interesting concept, but I just couldn't seem to care at all about the characters.

Yeah, that's about right; they're taking an exciting premise and moving too slowly with it, and filling it with character drama that *isn't* working. Hopefully when the show restarts they will pick up speed.

Posted 3 years ago #
Elemenope
Moderator

Heh, just saw the season premiere. Not bad; it seems like it might go somewhere, they ditched the annoying childish whinging about the main character's marriage, and made Merry Brandybuck's character actually have some intriguing depth.

Speaking of growing the beard, Human Target in its latest episode suddenly shifted from a fun but forgettable (and slightly stupid) procedural to something much more interesting, more like the feel and quality of Burn Notice.

Posted 3 years ago #
BillZBub
Member

Yeah, Simon the Ex-Hobbit just became my favourite character. Brutal ending!

Posted 3 years ago #
DDM
Member

Haha, quality and Burn Notice put together. Good stuff. It has every mark of a terrible show but it somehow prevails. Good times.

Posted 3 years ago #
Elemenope
Moderator

Burn Notice? It's like a really cynical version of MacGyver, if MacGyver turned in his power mullet for even more awesome.

Posted 3 years ago #
DDM
Member

I was about to say: "Cynical? MORE LIKE AWESOME."

Posted 3 years ago #
Masa_Lee
Member

I can't be bothered to watch all of these shows. My mother's neighbor has gotten my mom so much into these shows, that every night if I talk to her she's watching a show. She has at least one show every night FFS ROFL O_o ...

Not that I don't enjoy TV here and there, but I watch the learning channels. Adult Swim, Comedy Central, Ultimate Fighter series... something I can learn or laugh from.

I don't learn much from Operation Repo and don't favor typical reality shows; but Repo is pretty amuzing =p

Can't be bothered to keep those schedules LOL I have College to learn and Video Games to make. ;)

Posted 3 years ago #
Ty
Moderator

I admit to loving Burn Notice. I like the main character a lot, and then there is a healthy dollop of Bruce Campbell in every episode. That's like flavoring delicious ice cream by adding MORE ice cream.

As much as I love the bloodthirsty character she plays, I have a hard time buying Gabrielle Anwar as the super sexy woman no man can resist. Seriously, eat a donut. You look like you just walked out of the desert after forty days of fasting. If your hip bones can be used to cut glass, you are doing it wrong.

Posted 3 years ago #
elizabethdamaro
Member

"If your hip bones can be used to cut glass, you are doing it wrong."

hmmm.

Posted 3 years ago #
Ty
Moderator

Hey some people like the emaciated look. I just think it looks like a meth freak on their way out.

I live in the land of meth. I see too many girls that look like Gabrielle but have the rotten teeth and sores of heavy meth users.

Posted 3 years ago #
elizabethdamaro
Member

Ty, you need to have a twitter account just so I can give that comment about hips a gold star.

Posted 3 years ago #

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