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Title: FlashForward Thread of WHAT THE FUCK JUST HAPPENED
Post by: Human Snorenado on September 24, 2009, 09:28:09 PM: Watching now. Pretty good, but it's kind of tough to get over Harold and Seth McFarlane as FBI agents.
Title: Re: FlashForward Thread of WHAT THE FUCK JUST HAPPENED
Post by: Boogie on September 24, 2009, 10:35:54 PM: on the contrary, I don't think I could get behind a show that didn't have Harold and Seth McFarlane as FBI agents. :rock

Premiere was pretty good, previews for upcoming weeks look solid as well. I think I'll be giving this show a chance.
Title: Re: FlashForward Thread of WHAT THE FUCK JUST HAPPENED
Post by: Human Snorenado on September 24, 2009, 10:39:59 PM: Yeah, it's definitely got a lot of potential. I'm digging on it. Hopefully it doesn't get too smart for it's own good.
Title: Re: FlashForward Thread of WHAT THE FUCK JUST HAPPENED
Post by: Fragamemnon on September 24, 2009, 10:56:30 PM: Book was awesome (read it years ago), I read the synopsis for the television show and wanted to throw things at the monitor, they hacked it up so bad for stoopid merkins.
Title: Re: FlashForward Thread of WHAT THE FUCK JUST HAPPENED
Post by: Joe Molotov on September 24, 2009, 10:56:45 PM: Whoops, I forgot to watch this. TO THE BITTORRENTMOBILE!
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Post by: muckhole on September 24, 2009, 11:03:20 PM: I'm just going to wait this one out until season 1 is finished, and watch it then. I can't stand waiting a week between episodes for shows like this any more.
Title: Re: FlashForward Thread of WHAT THE FUCK JUST HAPPENED
Post by: Boogie on September 24, 2009, 11:06:47 PM: Quote from: muckhole on September 24, 2009, 11:03:20 PM
I'm just going to wait this one out until season 1 is finished, and watch it then. I can't stand waiting a week between episodes for shows like this any more.

Weak!
Title: Re: FlashForward Thread of WHAT THE FUCK JUST HAPPENED
Post by: Human Snorenado on September 24, 2009, 11:07:12 PM: Quote from: Fragamemnon on September 24, 2009, 10:56:30 PM
Book was awesome (read it years ago), I read the synopsis for the television show and wanted to throw things at the monitor, they hacked it up so bad for stoopid merkins.

Wait, there's a book?
Title: Re: FlashForward Thread of WHAT THE FUCK JUST HAPPENED
Post by: Himu on September 24, 2009, 11:11:02 PM: Will this be on hulu or something?
Title: Re: FlashForward Thread of WHAT THE FUCK JUST HAPPENED
Post by: Human Snorenado on September 24, 2009, 11:26:34 PM: Quote from: Himuro on September 24, 2009, 11:11:02 PM
Will this be on hulu or something?

Does ABC do Hulu? I dunno. If not, torrent it or something.
Title: Re: FlashForward Thread of WHAT THE FUCK JUST HAPPENED
Post by: ManaByte on September 24, 2009, 11:53:39 PM: Quote from: Fragamemnon on September 24, 2009, 10:56:30 PM
Book was awesome (read it years ago), I read the synopsis for the television show and wanted to throw things at the monitor, they hacked it up so bad for stoopid merkins.

BRANNON BRAGA
Title: Re: FlashForward Thread of WHAT THE FUCK JUST HAPPENED
Post by: ManaByte on September 24, 2009, 11:54:18 PM: It'll be on ABC.com in the morning. Hulu in a while.
Title: Re: FlashForward Thread of WHAT THE FUCK JUST HAPPENED
Post by: demi on September 25, 2009, 12:04:56 AM: Meh, will wait for Lost
Title: Re: FlashForward Thread of WHAT THE FUCK JUST HAPPENED
Post by: Fragamemnon on September 25, 2009, 12:41:18 AM: Quote from: The Card Cheat on September 24, 2009, 11:07:12 PM
Quote from: Fragamemnon on September 24, 2009, 10:56:30 PM
Book was awesome (read it years ago), I read the synopsis for the television show and wanted to throw things at the monitor, they hacked it up so bad for stoopid merkins.

Wait, there's a book?

Yeah, by Robert J. Sawyer. Almost all of the main characters are egghead scientists working at CERN instead of worthless shitburger types like in the TV show, quantum physics discussion is free-flowing (while not losing the intense human heart of the story) and can you really feel the characters wrestle with predestination and later immortality.

The Flash Forward is also decades ahead instead of the much different timeframe of the TV show, which makes things far more interesting because then you have a very significant set of the population that "blanked" instead of just a sliver, which has obvious social ramifications.
Title: Re: FlashForward Thread of WHAT THE FUCK JUST HAPPENED
Post by: bachikarn on September 25, 2009, 01:32:56 AM: I read the spoilers of the book. What they are doing in the show sounds more interesting.
Title: Re: FlashForward Thread of WHAT THE FUCK JUST HAPPENED
Post by: ManaByte on September 25, 2009, 02:51:40 AM: Anyone else notice the Oceanic Airlines billboard?
Title: Re: FlashForward Thread of WHAT THE FUCK JUST HAPPENED
Post by: Phoenix Dark on September 25, 2009, 03:03:02 AM: Quote from: The Card Cheat on September 24, 2009, 11:26:34 PM
Quote from: Himuro on September 24, 2009, 11:11:02 PM
Will this be on hulu or something?

Does ABC do Hulu? I dunno. If not, torrent it or something.

Yea ABC is now on Hulu thank god
Title: Re: FlashForward Thread of WHAT THE FUCK JUST HAPPENED
Post by: Joe Molotov on September 26, 2009, 07:27:56 PM: First episode was pretty good. Hopefully it can avoid the Braga/Goyer one-two punch of suckiness, which Threshold couldn't.
Title: Re: FlashForward Thread of WHAT THE FUCK JUST HAPPENED
Post by: Solo on September 26, 2009, 08:15:54 PM: I thought it was pretty bland. Not good, not offensively bad - just kind of there. Its pathetic how bad ABC wants their next LOST. Flashforward's cold open was the exact same as the LOST pilot's, for christsakes :lol

Im gonna give it about 2 more weeks to grip me in some way.
Title: Re: FlashForward Thread of WHAT THE FUCK JUST HAPPENED
Post by: ManaByte on September 27, 2009, 03:46:12 AM: Apparently the Oceanic billboard spills a big Lost S6 spoiler. Fuckers.
Title: Re: FlashForward Thread of WHAT THE FUCK JUST HAPPENED
Post by: demi on September 27, 2009, 04:06:30 AM: What kind of spoiler would that be?
Title: Re: FlashForward Thread of WHAT THE FUCK JUST HAPPENED
Post by: ManaByte on September 27, 2009, 04:15:18 AM: Ok with tags:

The billboard said
spoiler (click to show/hide)
"Perfect Safety Record"
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Which confirms what people suspect.

For those who still don't get it:
spoiler (click to show/hide)
It means flight 815 never crashed...
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Title: Re: FlashForward Thread of WHAT THE FUCK JUST HAPPENED
Post by: demi on September 27, 2009, 05:16:48 AM: Ok but that's not really a spoiler...
Title: Re: FlashForward Thread of WHAT THE FUCK JUST HAPPENED
Post by: ManaByte on September 27, 2009, 05:22:57 AM: It is for people who don't know anything about S6.
Title: Re: FlashForward Thread of WHAT THE FUCK JUST HAPPENED
Post by: demi on September 27, 2009, 05:35:52 AM: I doubt anyone will make that connection.
Title: Re: FlashForward Thread of WHAT THE FUCK JUST HAPPENED
Post by: Great Rumbler on September 27, 2009, 11:29:01 PM: Overall, it was an interesting pilot and the scenes of chaos at the beginning were really good. HOWEVER, there were some things that just left me shaking my head a little bit.

1. I don't buy that the FBI agent and his doctor wife casually went home at the end of the day. The scenes early in the day were of widespread destruction, panic, and looting. The doctor wife isn't going anywhere because the hospital is going to be absolutely FLOODED with patients, not "Oh we've got an injured boy here, everybody move! Oh wait, he's better no, guess I'll clock out". The FBI agent would most likely be spending the rest of the night with the other agents trying to help the local police get the city under control again.

2. Once the FBI agent gets to the FBI buildings it's like everything's okay now, no more trouble in the city, we're just trying to figure out why this happened now.
Title: Re: FlashForward Thread of WHAT THE FUCK JUST HAPPENED
Post by: chronovore on September 28, 2009, 01:03:34 AM: Quote from: Fragamemnon on September 25, 2009, 12:41:18 AM
Quote from: The Card Cheat on September 24, 2009, 11:07:12 PM
Quote from: Fragamemnon on September 24, 2009, 10:56:30 PM
Book was awesome (read it years ago), I read the synopsis for the television show and wanted to throw things at the monitor, they hacked it up so bad for stoopid merkins.

Wait, there's a book?

Yeah, by Robert J. Sawyer. Almost all of the main characters are egghead scientists working at CERN instead of worthless shitburger types like in the TV show, quantum physics discussion is free-flowing (while not losing the intense human heart of the story) and can you really feel the characters wrestle with predestination and later immortality.

The Flash Forward is also decades ahead instead of the much different timeframe of the TV show, which makes things far more interesting because then you have a very significant set of the population that "blanked" instead of just a sliver, which has obvious social ramifications.

Will buy the book; thanks for the details.
Title: Re: FlashForward Thread of WHAT THE FUCK JUST HAPPENED
Post by: duckman2000 on September 28, 2009, 12:48:21 PM: Watched it last night, this is going to be a rough one if I stick with it. Steve from Coupling, Harold, a hobbit, Penny and a bunch of other very recognizable faces acting out the most humorless, bloody serious drama I've seen in some time. This had better be fast.
Title: Re: FlashForward Thread of WHAT THE FUCK JUST HAPPENED
Post by: Human Snorenado on October 01, 2009, 11:29:36 PM: Second episode was alright, but I already find myself getting bored with the main FBI agent's marital problems storyline. I'm more interested in the OMGWTF WAS THE BLACKOUT angle. Also, Harold is totally gonna end up fathering the chick FBI agent's baby.
Title: Re: FlashForward Thread of WHAT THE FUCK JUST HAPPENED
Post by: ManaByte on October 02, 2009, 03:20:46 AM: (http://scifiwire.com/pics/FlashForward_Lost_Venn.jpg)
Title: Re: FlashForward Thread of WHAT THE FUCK JUST HAPPENED
Post by: Great Rumbler on October 02, 2009, 10:46:40 AM: Quote from: ManaByte on October 02, 2009, 03:20:46 AM
(http://scifiwire.com/pics/FlashForward_Lost_Venn.jpg)

Yeah, pretty much. :lol
Title: Re: FlashForward Thread of WHAT THE FUCK JUST HAPPENED
Post by: duckman2000 on October 04, 2009, 12:24:51 AM: Second episode was better, and Courtney B Vance makes the casting director look a little bit less useless.
Title: Re: FlashForward Thread of WHAT THE FUCK JUST HAPPENED
Post by: Joe Molotov on October 04, 2009, 12:59:42 AM: I can't wait until Season 3 when we find out what the deal with the kangaroo was.
Title: Re: FlashForward Thread of WHAT THE FUCK JUST HAPPENED
Post by: duckman2000 on October 04, 2009, 03:30:50 AM: See, that's what gets to me. I could deal with this if I thought they could wrap it up in two seasons at most, and that would almost certainly make for better television, but there seems to be such an investment in the production and marketing of American shows that they need to push at least 5 unnecessarily drawn out seasons.
Title: Re: FlashForward Thread of WHAT THE FUCK JUST HAPPENED
Post by: Saint Cornelius on October 05, 2009, 10:52:17 PM: This show is corny.
Title: Re: FlashForward Thread of WHAT THE FUCK JUST HAPPENED
Post by: duckman2000 on October 05, 2009, 11:23:31 PM: The Unusuals > this stuff.
Title: Re: FlashForward Thread of WHAT THE FUCK JUST HAPPENED
Post by: Joe Molotov on October 05, 2009, 11:40:09 PM: I like it.
Title: Re: FlashForward Thread of WHAT THE FUCK JUST HAPPENED
Post by: ManaByte on October 07, 2009, 08:55:06 PM: It's a Brannon Braga show. Go watch any of his shitty TNG Season 6 or Season 7 episodes or ANY shitty episode of Voyager and you'll get an idea on how shitty the show will end up being.
Title: Re: FlashForward Thread of WHAT THE FUCK JUST HAPPENED
Post by: duckman2000 on October 09, 2009, 02:34:36 AM: So yeah, starting to get tired of all these people who I don't give a damn about. They are really trying very hard to drill in the bloody seriousness of the situation with a strict focus on these characters, but the problem is that the characters generally suck.
Title: Re: FlashForward Thread of WHAT THE FUCK JUST HAPPENED
Post by: cool breeze on October 09, 2009, 02:44:05 AM: yeah, this show is boring and moving way too slow.

Stupid bearded AA guy and his daughter are boring. Intense stare man's wife is boring. Well, most everything is kinda boring. You get about 10 minutes progression on the story you want to hear about, then the rest is people like "HARK! FLASH FORWARDS WERE GOOD! I HAVE HOPE IN THE FUTURE" vs "NO! THE FUTURE IS BAD AND I CAN'T COPE WITH IT!" Do they realize how many people died? no one cares that you will leave your husband in the future. If you're so worried, castrate the guy you saw in the vision and fuck off.
Title: Re: FlashForward Thread of WHAT THE FUCK JUST HAPPENED
Post by: EmCeeGrammar on October 09, 2009, 06:06:33 AM: Watched the second episode on hulu and didn't finish. Atrocious dialouge and acting. The cpr in the bathroom got a chuckle but otherwise not interesting. Its so weird that Lost actor doing a non british accent.
Title: Re: FlashForward Thread of WHAT THE FUCK JUST HAPPENED
Post by: Joe Molotov on October 19, 2009, 04:06:46 PM: Quote from: ManaByte on October 07, 2009, 08:55:06 PM
It's a Brannon Braga show. Go watch any of his shitty TNG Season 6 or Season 7 episodes or ANY shitty episode of Voyager and you'll get an idea on how shitty the show will end up being.

So far it's better than Threshold. I didn't make it four episodes into that show.

And now Charlie's showed up, finally. :rock
Title: Re: FlashForward Thread of WHAT THE FUCK JUST HAPPENED
Post by: Bacchus7 on October 24, 2009, 05:11:56 PM: After Thursday night's episode I think this show's really starting to get some teeth.
Title: Re: FlashForward Thread of WHAT THE FUCK JUST HAPPENED
Post by: duckman2000 on October 24, 2009, 07:24:11 PM: Really? There's been virtually no story development regarding the flashforward itself, and instead deepening focus on these uninteresting characters. I get more out of the "next week on" stings than I do whole episodes, and that's not really good.

Oh yeah,
spoiler (click to show/hide)
and White House death squads. How remarkable.
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