[El Bastardo]

This is a pretty decent concept. Its based on a book written by a Canadian who theorized about what might happen when the scientists at CERN switched on the Large Hadron Collider.

A mysterious global event causes everyone to simultaneously experience, for two minutes and seventeen seconds, his or her life six months in the future. When it is over, many are dead in accidents involving vehicles, aircraft, and any other device needing human control. Everyone who survived is left wondering if what they saw will actually happen.
A Los Angeles FBI agent named Mark Benford tries to figure out what exactly happened and why it happened. Along with his team, he creates a database of people's flash forwards from around the world called the Mosaic Collective (http://www.jointhemosaic.com/site/index.html). Apart from the various catastrophic visions, people also see themselves relapsing into various former vices, such as Benford seeing himself drinking again, and his wife Olivia has a vision of herself with another man.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x002MSETJfU

The book:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flashforward_(novel)

The TV series:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FlashForward




Looks good. Joseph Fiennes. John Cho, Dominic Monaghan, and Seth McFarlane will be in it.

[Hondaracer]

gonna read the book if anything

[El Bastardo]

Bump for LiquidTurbo

[LiquidTurbo]

Oh, you made a thread already. Sorry dude!

[twitchyzero]

looks like it could fill the lost void..great thanks I'm only keeping up with The Office this fall so I can squeeze this show in

Im guessing they're just using the plot elements from the book and wont actually try to follow it?

[CRiXy]

LOL, I thought you were talking about an old family sitcom on Disney Channel, Flash Forward.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3wGhJT9_DA&feature=related

[murd0c]

can't wait to watch this only a couple more hrs to go

[El Bastardo]

So what did you guys think?

[Delish]

I like it, it has a lot of potential. Then again, I'm the hugest LOST fan so... yeah.

[LiquidTurbo]

Anyone see the Oceanic Airlines billboard ? A nice throwback to LOST

[StylinRed]

oh Letterman was talking about this tonight, Cho can't act

but ill give it a shot

LOST.... when the hell is that getting back on the air.... :/

[SkinnyPupp]

This is a pretty fucking awesome show! Cho can act fine, he did a great job of reacting to not seeing a flashforward without giving it away.

[quasi]

This is a pretty fucking awesome show! Cho can act fine, he did a great job of reacting to not seeing a flashforward without giving it away.

No doubt, loved the first episode I think I'm hooked.

[El Bastardo]

Who caught the Seth McFarlane (Family Guy) appearance?

[jlo mein]

Who caught the Seth McFarlane (Family Guy) appearance?

Wikipdia page says McFarlane will not be a regular cast member, but will appear in several episodes during the first season.

[Lomac]

Who caught the Seth McFarlane (Family Guy) appearance?

Wait, who was he?


And yeah, I was pretty impressed with the first episode. I just hope it doesn't turn into a Fringe for me. The first couple of episodes was great, but things started getting a little too X-Files for me... too many things that were too hard to swallow to even accept as reality. Hopefully this wont follow a similar pattern.

[twitchyzero]

i liked episode 1

im not sure how they can adapt a novel into a series..?

unless it's a mini-series or 2 seasons long..or just borrowing in the plot elements

however i feel like there's way too many similarities to lost..The pilot starts off with the protagonist awakening from a chaos accident..explosion happens..exact same pilot opening scene as lost.

[jlo mein]

Wait, who was he?


And yeah, I was pretty impressed with the first episode. I just hope it doesn't turn into a Fringe for me. The first couple of episodes was great, but things started getting a little too X-Files for me... too many things that were too hard to swallow to even accept as reality. Hopefully this wont follow a similar pattern.

At the longtable meeting in FBI headquarters he's one of the agents sitting at the table, and he also has a few lines of dialogue.

[eddoe]

Saw the first episode, great show to replace Lost which is ending this season.

[StylinRed]

Watched the first ep finally, i was right CHO can't act for shiet

some stupid moments


but it looks like its going to be a good show! i wonder how many more lost cast members are going to be in it

[twitchyzero]

anyone still following this show
i find it so silly how they have now 2 cast members from lost it's so awkward...they dont usually do this in western shows only chinese dramas haha

might as well add in the stupid smoke monster

[Delish]

^ actually I think it's 3
Dominic Monaghan (Charlie), Sonya Walger (Penny Widmore) and Kim Dickens (minor character, played Cassidy, the woman who had Sawyer's baby)

Flash Forward isn't progressing the way I want it to.. it might turn out to be a show I wait until the whole season's finished and watch it all at once

[jlo mein]

People still watching this? Its one of my favourite shows this season. One thing I still don't understand is that they found the Somalia photos several episodes ago, yet they haven't followed up on it and gone to Somalia to investigate.

[illicitstylz]

this is progressing pretty slow imo

[SkinnyPupp]

Yeah it's going way too slow.

[Gridlock]

Watched the first ep finally, i was right CHO can't act for shiet

some stupid moments


but it looks like its going to be a good show! i wonder how many more lost cast members are going to be in it

I like Cho...its the main FBI character that obviously attended the William Shatner School of Acting that gets on my nerves. I get it...your the brooding type. Move on.

Love the show though. Concerned about burn out. I hope they have a long term plan and aren't just flying by the seat of their pants. I suspect there may be an issue as the main show runner has already been replaced. Says to me that they aren't going somewhere specific and thats important with a show like this.

[rsx]

Agreed, show's going too slow. They need to move it along.

[jlo mein]

For anyone that thinks this show is moving too slowly, they should really stay tuned for this Thursday's midseason finale. Its already aired in the UK and made it online, and its a packed episode with a lot going on.

[twitchyzero]

^ just watched it..pretty good turning point ..last episode of 2009.

i think it's stupid how Simcoe and his Simon buddie already told the media they started the blackout....there won't be that hysteria among the public that makes this show suspenseful

[murd0c]

do u have a link?

[TopazX5]

the main charater is boring as hell and the acting in this shows sucks

[RFlush]

the main charater is boring as hell and the acting in this shows sucks

Agreed. It's a good show, but the main character is such a bore and the acting is really bad.

Starting to get boring now though, probably turn into a Heroes.

[LiquidTurbo]

I stopped watching this show after being excited for the first 6 or so episodes. Numerous plot holes, really bad acting from the main character...

This ain't no substitute for Lost.. that's for sure.

[SkinnyPupp]

Their portrayal of Hong Kong was so fucking bad :lol

Rickshaws, chinaman hats, traditional chinese clothing, people on old Shanghai bicycles, it was hilarious!

[twitchyzero]

bump
dont know if anyone's still following this show
but part 2 so far has been pretty great
lotss more action than just only your lame fate vs destiny lost themes

[SkinnyPupp]

I'll check it out again, but man it wasn't looking so good. The terrible HK depiction just put things over the top for me.

V is coming back too, but likewise it's another boring show.

All these shitty shows, and they are cancelling the good ones like Ugly Betty. Does not compute.

[twitchyzero]

aaron stark (the protagonist's sponsor) and his daughter's subplot is what's keeping me hooked. i hope they don't make season 2 though

[xtacy777]

i like the show so far but i have a feeling its gonna turn out like heroes if they drag it out any longer

[LiquidTurbo]

Gotta say, this show really picked up again with its recent developments and twists and turns..!

[fsy82]

alot of actors are jumping ship for next season as they views by week has dropped dramatically. i see this being cancelled after this season

[LiquidTurbo]

alot of actors are jumping ship for next season as they views by week has dropped dramatically. i see this being cancelled after this season

Source?

[aikenluu918]

Who knew harold could act with out kumar =)

[fsy82]

Source?

http://www.tvrage.com/FlashForward/news/?read_news=5653

[Expresso]

ABC has decided not to pick up the show next season. Which is good because I didnt really want to see it go past the first season and end up like Heroes or something. I hope they have a proper conclusion though.

[LiquidTurbo]

Too bad they cancelled the show. The finale was great! I enjoyed it more than the Lost Season finale, lol.

[murd0c]

I havent watched it yet but does it leave you hanging waiting for the next year show with a big twist or does it actually all come to a close?

I hate shows that do it, its like you wasted watching that whole show.

[LiquidTurbo]

There was a pretty decent cliffhanger.. but it wasn't annoying. Too bad the show got cancelled!

[fsy82]

just caught the finale..too bad there is no second season