I just got my glimpse. In six months, FlashForward will be canceled......
I just got my glimpse. In six months, FlashForward will be canceled......
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FlashForward on ABC
Link and more info:
http://abc.go.com/primetime/flashforward/index?pn=index
Debuts Thu Sept 24th 8/7c
A mysterious global event causes everyone to blackout simultaneously for two minutes and seventeen seconds,
and each person sees a glimpse of their lives six months from now.
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FlashForward is actually the trailer I saw in a movie theater (not NBC's Day One). And yes, they did throw a bunch of money into this pilot. It's from the producers of Lost and looks very promising. It even features the actress who played 'Penny'.
It definitely has the "Lost" formula and even its title is inspired from our favorite castaway show. Though it remains to be seen if audiences will have the patience for yet another show with a dragged-out mystery. I'm definitely on board....
http://abc.go.com/primetime/flashforward/index?pn=index
Debuts Thu Sept 24th 8/7c
A mysterious global event causes everyone to blackout simultaneously for two minutes and seventeen seconds,
and each person sees a glimpse of their lives six months from now.
________________________________________________________
FlashForward is actually the trailer I saw in a movie theater (not NBC's Day One). And yes, they did throw a bunch of money into this pilot. It's from the producers of Lost and looks very promising. It even features the actress who played 'Penny'.
It definitely has the "Lost" formula and even its title is inspired from our favorite castaway show. Though it remains to be seen if audiences will have the patience for yet another show with a dragged-out mystery. I'm definitely on board....
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I have to agree with Ken on this, based on how brutally heavily serialized shows have been treated in recent years by the viewing audience. LOST caught on fast, before people realized they'd gotten invested in a sci-fi show. I'd love to see FF succeed, and I'm on board for as long as it lasts. But I don't have much hope.
This sounds very familiar to the book by Robert J. Sawyer:
http://www.amazon.com/Flashforward-R...8710229&sr=8-1
Looks intriguing!
http://www.amazon.com/Flashforward-R...8710229&sr=8-1
Looks intriguing!
This sounds like a very interesting concept. Can I assume it is it based on the book above, and not just an amazing coincidence?
I'll be surprised if it will last, but I'll be watching.
I'll be surprised if it will last, but I'll be watching.
It sounds very familiar to the premise of the book but that could just be a coincidence. I don't know if Sawyer has anything to do with the series.
In the book, the flashforward was 20 years instead of 6 months in the series. If you didn't see anything during the flashforward, it meant that you would be dead at that point in the future. The event was caused by a high-energy physics experiment in the book.
The book is definitely interesting and worth reading.
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Originally Posted by mproper /forum/post/16895421
This sounds like a very interesting concept. Can I assume it is it based on the book above, and not just an amazing coincidence?
I'll be surprised if it will last, but I'll be watching.
It sounds very familiar to the premise of the book but that could just be a coincidence. I don't know if Sawyer has anything to do with the series.
In the book, the flashforward was 20 years instead of 6 months in the series. If you didn't see anything during the flashforward, it meant that you would be dead at that point in the future. The event was caused by a high-energy physics experiment in the book.
The book is definitely interesting and worth reading.
Yes, I enjoyed the Robert Sawyer book and would also recommend it.
As for the TV series -- my flashforward is only two months, and has me DVRing the show and trying it out. Unfortunately, I also recognize that the odds are stacked against this show.
As for the TV series -- my flashforward is only two months, and has me DVRing the show and trying it out. Unfortunately, I also recognize that the odds are stacked against this show.
There is a name for this- it is called alchoholism.
It is based on the book according to an article in The Vancouver Sun , the book's author, Robert Sawyer is Canadian.
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Originally Posted by mproper /forum/post/16895421
This sounds like a very interesting concept. Can I assume it is it based on the book above, and not just an amazing coincidence?
I'll be surprised if it will last, but I'll be watching.
It is based on the book according to an article in The Vancouver Sun , the book's author, Robert Sawyer is Canadian.
I'm on ABC's email list for updates on their shows (the few shows they have I actually care about, such as "Lost").
Looks like they've just added a new one to that list, lol. They just sent a new email about their fall schedule, which included a link where you can watch the first 17 minutes of "Flash Forward," and I'M HOOKED already! It goes up against "CSI," I think, so I'll be doing more time shifting, lol, but I think I'll be watching CSI live, because I definitely wanna be able to run and re-run this one so I can re-watch things -- looks like it's gonna have more little things you have to "catch" than any show since "Lost." Looks like it's gonna be A LOT like "Lost" in some ways, except even MORE of a mystery.
I can't wait!
Jeff
Looks like they've just added a new one to that list, lol. They just sent a new email about their fall schedule, which included a link where you can watch the first 17 minutes of "Flash Forward," and I'M HOOKED already! It goes up against "CSI," I think, so I'll be doing more time shifting, lol, but I think I'll be watching CSI live, because I definitely wanna be able to run and re-run this one so I can re-watch things -- looks like it's gonna have more little things you have to "catch" than any show since "Lost." Looks like it's gonna be A LOT like "Lost" in some ways, except even MORE of a mystery.
I can't wait!
Jeff
It's ABC and I know better then tune in. They will move it around and if it has any semblance of quality, which I'm not so sure of, they will cancel it in a few weeks.
Jaded? Me?
Jaded? Me?
This show is doomed. It looks good, it seems to be a scifi/mystery type of show. And they pair it with Grey's ****ing Anatomy on Thursday!! I get the feeling this is going to follow the same path as Life On Mars did last year.
Why is ABC so stoopid?? A show like this would be PERFECT to pair with Lost. But no, they put it with Grey's Anatomy. What a poor business decision to think teen age soap watchers would also watch this show.
And of course it is on ABC. Call that strike two against it. Just like Eli Stone, Boston Legal and many others, if this show is a quality show it will be dumped to Saturday night in the summer and Wipeout or Primetime will fill it's old time period.
Why is ABC so stoopid?? A show like this would be PERFECT to pair with Lost. But no, they put it with Grey's Anatomy. What a poor business decision to think teen age soap watchers would also watch this show.
And of course it is on ABC. Call that strike two against it. Just like Eli Stone, Boston Legal and many others, if this show is a quality show it will be dumped to Saturday night in the summer and Wipeout or Primetime will fill it's old time period.
Then again, Matt, do you know how hard I had to search to find THIS thread? And THEN, since there hadn't been a posting on it since July 28, AVS' bot considered it a "dead thread" and made me click a little box acknowledging that I realized I may be responding to a "dead thread" before I could post.
And I have the UTMOST RESPECT for AVS (unlike ABC, which I agree with you on, along with CBS, NBC -- and ESPECIALLY FOX, lol). My point is that ABC actually DID leave "Lost" in pretty much the same place MOST of the time and most of ITS problems stemmed from changes in story pacing and direction that didn't hold the audience -- UNTIL they revamped it and set an END-DATE.
Of course I never quit watching, and actually enjoyed whatever direction they took it. But I can see where some folks got upset that with so many unanswered questions with the existing cast members, they just kept adding more without answering the existing ones... I felt there were reasons for adding the new characters and story lines that had to do with the existing ones, and I think I was right, but then I have A LOT more patience with serialized shows than a lot of people.
"Flash Forward" looks to have a good cast, good concept -- GREAT art direction and staging -- really looks like ALL of L.A. is in shambles. I see a lot of potential... Then again, considering the time slot it's going to be in, it faces STIFF competition.
Jeff
And I have the UTMOST RESPECT for AVS (unlike ABC, which I agree with you on, along with CBS, NBC -- and ESPECIALLY FOX, lol). My point is that ABC actually DID leave "Lost" in pretty much the same place MOST of the time and most of ITS problems stemmed from changes in story pacing and direction that didn't hold the audience -- UNTIL they revamped it and set an END-DATE.
Of course I never quit watching, and actually enjoyed whatever direction they took it. But I can see where some folks got upset that with so many unanswered questions with the existing cast members, they just kept adding more without answering the existing ones... I felt there were reasons for adding the new characters and story lines that had to do with the existing ones, and I think I was right, but then I have A LOT more patience with serialized shows than a lot of people.
"Flash Forward" looks to have a good cast, good concept -- GREAT art direction and staging -- really looks like ALL of L.A. is in shambles. I see a lot of potential... Then again, considering the time slot it's going to be in, it faces STIFF competition.
Jeff
In one of FF's trailers, some agency was investigating the cause of the phenomenon. It was hard to tell, but while viewing various security camera footage during the 2.5 minute "blackout", it looked as though they may have discovered someone concious and moving about.
So I'm wondering if the incident is man-made....
So I'm wondering if the incident is man-made....
It's them DANGED ALIENS again, rezzy!
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Dem shore iz pesky critters!
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It's SOMETHING that happens at a ballpark. I saw that much. They were reviewing camera footage from a major-league baseball game (at least that's what it looked like), and the FBI agent (I know that's what she was because I watched the 17-minute preview, and she was one in that) pointed it out. The male star is an agent who was on a stake-out. He and his partner were following an SVU with three suspects who "made them" and it had turned into a chase, and they were mid-chase when the blackout happened. His wife is a doctor who was mid-surgery at the time. Courtney Vance plays the local FBI director he works for. John Cho plays his partner. I recognized him and his wife, but I don't know either actor's name.
Jeff
Dem shore iz pesky critters!
It's SOMETHING that happens at a ballpark. I saw that much. They were reviewing camera footage from a major-league baseball game (at least that's what it looked like), and the FBI agent (I know that's what she was because I watched the 17-minute preview, and she was one in that) pointed it out. The male star is an agent who was on a stake-out. He and his partner were following an SVU with three suspects who "made them" and it had turned into a chase, and they were mid-chase when the blackout happened. His wife is a doctor who was mid-surgery at the time. Courtney Vance plays the local FBI director he works for. John Cho plays his partner. I recognized him and his wife, but I don't know either actor's name.
Jeff
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It's not like Grey's is the lead-in. But it was certainly stupid to put the most promising of ABC's new series on Thursday night at all, when every network is fielding a solid competitor.
This show should be on Tuesday at 8pm where it might have a chance to grow rather than Shark Tank, which was doomed to fail before it even began regardless of time slot. And if they had put it on Tuesday, they could've paired it with Lost mid-season after Dancing with the Stars finishes.
I'll never understand why every network thinks they have to fight tooth and nail for Thursday. Sure, it's a valuable night for advertisers, but I'd rather have a ratings leader on Tuesday or Wednesday night than a series of failed efforts on Thursdays. Even Fox was foolish enough to get in the game this year.
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Originally Posted by nickdawg /forum/post/17207405
This show is doomed. It looks good, it seems to be a scifi/mystery type of show. And they pair it with Grey's ****ing Anatomy on Thursday!! I get the feeling this is going to follow the same path as Life On Mars did last year.
It's not like Grey's is the lead-in. But it was certainly stupid to put the most promising of ABC's new series on Thursday night at all, when every network is fielding a solid competitor.
This show should be on Tuesday at 8pm where it might have a chance to grow rather than Shark Tank, which was doomed to fail before it even began regardless of time slot. And if they had put it on Tuesday, they could've paired it with Lost mid-season after Dancing with the Stars finishes.
I'll never understand why every network thinks they have to fight tooth and nail for Thursday. Sure, it's a valuable night for advertisers, but I'd rather have a ratings leader on Tuesday or Wednesday night than a series of failed efforts on Thursdays. Even Fox was foolish enough to get in the game this year.
Who knows, Matt?
It's almost like they're competing to see WHO can get the highest-rated, or most-promising show CANCELED! I mean, NOW it's "C.S.I." vs. "Law & Order" vs. "Bones" vs. "Flash Forward!" GEESH, I like ALL of those shows! Good thing I have TWO dual DVRs, huh?
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"Bones" even had Cyndi Lauper on its first episode, last night, as a Taro Card reader, lol!
It's almost like they're competing to see WHO can get the highest-rated, or most-promising show CANCELED! I mean, NOW it's "C.S.I." vs. "Law & Order" vs. "Bones" vs. "Flash Forward!" GEESH, I like ALL of those shows! Good thing I have TWO dual DVRs, huh?
I don't know about this show. It seems like a great movie plot, but how do you make a whole series that goes for more than 1 season about this? Same way with Life on Mars I guess. I liked that show, because I love time-travel plots, but I just didn't see how the story could last more than 1 season, which of course it did not.
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