Flash Forward

[Aristes]

I think the latest episode was the weakest, but it was still quite good. I'm surprised that there haven't been more moments of head scratching wonder so far. They've done a good job. I'm curious to see where they go from here and this show has moved to one of the ones I makes sure I watch the week I record it.

[Hiro Protagonist]

Just watched new episode. Some of it is retarded, like

The crow thing, did nobody really notice a crapload of dead birds all over the planet? Or, if something like this has happened before, would it really take that much time to find out about it? They were reading intelligence reports, wouldn't whoever was compiling those reports, look for any similar occurrences?

 

I thought it was a bit retarded as well. Scientists, especially scientists working in that field

with birds

, would have picked up on something that big and drew the connection before the FBI did as the data appeared to be from a scientific database. I hope we don't see something like this again where something has affected the entire planet in PLAIN SIGHT of everyone but only weeks or months later they only just come across it.

[Humodour]

Latest episode (the Nazi crow one) was retarded.

 

I'm sick of shows trying to get away with dumbass **** like this. Either the producers are idiots or they think we are.

Edited October 12, 2009 by Krezack

[Aristes]

I think folks are a little harsh on Flash Forward on account of the crow angle. Yes, it struck me also. Two things, though.

 

1 -- While they should have mentioned it in the show, it's quite possible that specialists in the field were trying to make noise about the sudden drop in crow population, but no one was listening. After all, with the world suffering from a catastrophic event, maybe most folks weren't worried about the birds. Remember, the only reason the nazi thought of it was because of his flash forward and the "murder" of crows.

 

2 -- It's tv. Sure, you can see those breaks in continuity and all, but tv is just that way. It's like the problems you see in LOST or Fringe, or any other show. Frasier is my favorite tv series and it has all sorts of no-brainer inconsistencies. I guess that's a sit-com, so continuity doesn't matter as much. Even so, I've hardly ever seen any show that hasn't had a continuity slip or no brainer error.

[Humodour]

If the Crow thing is a one-off, I can forgive them, but if they do something stupid like that every episode then I'm going to drop it like a hot potato. C.f. Heroes and Battlestar: Galactica.

Edited October 15, 2009 by Krezack

[Aristes]

Yeah. That makes sense. I was about to throw in the towel on House. tv is like that. Jump the shark.

[vault_overseer]

If the Crow thing is a one-off, I can forgive them, but if they do something stupid like that every episode then I'm going to drop it like a hot potato. C.f. Heroes and Battlestar: Galactica.

 

We're gonna find out real soon, aren't we?

[Gorgon]

I like how everyone blacking out for 2 minutes somehow equates with fires, explosions and fallen power lines everywhere. Sure, everyone who happened to be driving would be in trouble, but it would hardly be the vision of the apocalypse the show proposed. Passenger planes already in their flight lanes would be on auto pilot.

[Aristes]

Actually, that's probably the biggest break for me. Even more than the bird, I would think that airplanes wouldn't just fall out of the sky. Sure, helicopters might bite it and I can see other problems that would occur, but I thought planes midway would go to autopilot. I'm not a pilot, though, so I wasn't sure.

[Humodour]

I like how everyone blacking out for 2 minutes somehow equates with fires, explosions and fallen power lines everywhere. Sure, everyone who happened to be driving would be in trouble, but it would hardly be the vision of the apocalypse the show proposed. Passenger planes already in their flight lanes would be on auto pilot.

 

Yes. Even people driving wouldn't die so explosively. Many would just drift, others would slow to a stand-still. The speed-limit around built-up areas (i.e. cities and towns) here is 50 km/h. I just can't see that speed causing so much mayhem.

 

And if you take planes and air traffic out of the equation, there's not much left to cause damage. Nuclear reactors wouldn't blow up if left unattended for 2 minutes.

[Aristes]

I don't know. The driving thing could be pretty bad. Fatigue kills a lot of folks and the areas where we saw bad crashes had fast moving cars. Plus, I think the FBI's response to the sudden crow deaths is probably what they'd tell any scientists who came to discuss the matter. I still think that the problem with the airplanes is kind of perplexing, though. There were areas of smoke coming from buildings from around the city, and I wonder if those were caused by small airplanes that were in manual control and helicopters. I don't know how that would work, but I do know that even relatively slower moving car can still cause a lot of damage, not in terms of explosions, but because of rolling and hitting trees and whatnot. The bus thing was kind of freaky.

 

I like the show and I'm probably going to give it good amount of leeway. I just don't want it to be completely stupid. ...And, while I can enjoy LOST, please, try not to have thoroughly stupid mind ****ing games. Don't screw with us just to show off your mad skillz at twisting a plot. Keep it simple and make the plot twists count.

[LadyCrimson]

I tried to watch it tonight. Bored me to tears, although there was nothing particularly unlikable about it. I didn't see the first episodes, so that's undoubtedly part of it...but I still think I wouldn't find it interesting, beyond the on-paper premise.

 

But I don't like Lost or Fringe either. Again, don't dislike...they're just "meh".

[Hiro Protagonist]

^ I really do think you need to watch every episode for all the sub plots. It's one of those shows where you miss an episode, you miss quite a bit.

[vault_overseer]

The best episode yet, now I'm hooked.

[LadyCrimson]

^ I really do think you need to watch every episode for all the sub plots. It's one of those shows where you miss an episode, you miss quite a bit.

I dunno...I understand what you're saying, but I've started some seasons of 24 in the middle, and it bothered me not much. If something about a show grabs me, I'll at least feel the urge to go find out more, watch the earlier episodes, etc.

Didn't happen here. *shrug* I can see the appeal, tho...just not for me I guess.

[Gorgon]

I don't particularly care about any of the characters, the main guy in particular seems to sport a perpetually wounded look that just pisses me off, I feel like smacking him in the face to shake him out of it. yeah so he used to be a drunk, buu-huu.

[Hiro Protagonist]

Latest episode was great. More twists than a bag full of pretzels.

[theslug]

Pretty solid episode. Crazy ending and while the music playing was nice I didn't think it fit at all. Either way crazy stuff and hot lesbianism equates into relative entertainment for 40 minutes.

[Aristes]

Now if it actually goes the way it looked at the end of the previous episode, that will be quite impressive and a true wrinkle.

[Gfted1]

Just caught up with last weeks episode, very good. Although I would like to point out that if our intelligence officials missed

five 100Ft tall towers that have been in satellite imagery for the last 18 years, they should be horse whipped,

but I can let that go, lol.

[vault_overseer]

Was that Orland Bloom playing a gangster?

[Aristes]

The latest episode was the weakest. In fact, I would say that I was irritated. The could have done so much with the end of the previous episode and instead just split the loaf and tried to have it both ways with the chic and then devolved into sucky melodrama.

 

As far as your point, gfted, I think the CIA did know. That's why they wouldn't release the photographs to the FBI. What's weird is that other intel operations didn't see it or were in on it?

 

Anyhow, that episode was quite good, as opposed to the sucky Holloween episode.

[Aristes]

Soooooo Anyone else still watching this? I was quite happy with the latest episode. I guess I better spoilerize it.

 

 

I figured that Al would commit suicide before he did, but not too terribly long before. I mean, my suspicions elevated when he remembered his flash forward talking about having "killed" Cecile and smiling afterwards. He prepared one of the dishes he remembered fondly from his youth. I hadn't figured it out after he grabbed the gun and played Russian Roulette. He really was suicidal at that point. Frankly, they really did have to show, decisively, that something could happen to negate the flash forwards. All in all, I'm still cautiously optimistic. After the Holloween episode, I had my doubts. I actually would rather they'd killed off the chic. I think it would have made more of an impact and I liked the black agent more, but I understand why they did it the way they did.

 

 

I'm looking forward to next episode. I hope they wipe that stinking hung dog look off of Benford's face and give him a stiffer upper lip. Geez, we get it, but stop acting like an idiot already. That and I just couldn't care less about his melodramatic relationship with his wife. I've got my own melodramatic realationships with my family and friends. I watch shows like Flash Forward for the action and mystery, not as an excuse to cry in my damned beer.

[Gorgon]

I didn't buy the premise of the blue hand at all. An s&m club where people pass the time by playing Russian roulette ?, is that really what people would be thinking if they knew they were going to die. It doesn't seem to fit with how people diagnosed with a terminal condition spend their day. It seems to me people in that situation would be looking for purpose, salvation, rather than an orgy. Also there are some excellent possibilities for philosophical comment, the surface of which have barely been scratched.

Edited November 9, 2009 by Gorgon

[Aristes]

Yeah, that's a good point. I was focusing more on Al than the blue hand thing, but it did strike me that folks wouldn't go so nuts just because they figured they were goners. I turned to my wife and made the same observation you just did about folks being diagnosed with terminal illnesses. On the balance, I think the fact that we had such similar thoughts should scare the hell out of you.