I saw Flashforward last night and thought it was pretty good. It was a Fringe/XFiles combo. If they throw in a little Lost in the mix it would probably be a hit. The Lost moment during the show was the kangaroo hopping down the street. Also the guy in his underwear. Was he in a building or doing something weird?
> ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Tracey de Morsella" <tdli...@multiculturaladvantage.com> > To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 2009 1:57:21 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern > Subject: [scifinoir2] FlashForward on Thursday Anyone?? > > > > Is anyone planning on checking out FlashForward on Thursday? Anyone read > the book? > > http://scifiwire.com/2009/06/we-saw-the-pilot-heres-wh.php > > *We saw the pilot, and here's why we think you're going to like > FlashForward* > > We got an early look at ABC's upcoming sci-fi series *FlashForward* on > Wednesday night at Disney/ABC's mothership in beautiful downtown Burbank, > and while we can't give you a proper review, we can tell you this: > > Watch it. > > We were asked not to divulge any spoilery details or to tell you much about > what we saw—which was the one-hour pilot episode—but we can tell you what > it's not. > > It's not *Lost*, though it has elements of that show: a high-concept > sci-fi premise, told intimately through the lives (present and future) of > about 10 main characters, as well as a deep, abiding mystery that will be > unraveled over the course of the first season and subsequent seasons right > up to the last minute. > > It's not *The X-Files*, though it has an FBI agent (Joseph Fiennes) at its > heart and a procedural element to its storylines, with potential criminals > and other bad guys and creepy weirdness here and there. > > It's not *ER, Fringe, Heroes* or any other hit drama, though it shares > elements with all of those shows, including a main character who's a > surgeon, weird science and people who may or may not have access to strange > visions. > > No, it's that rare thing in television: something completely new. And, at > least judging by the big-screen Blu-ray version we saw, it will look > absolutely gorgeous, not to say epic, for a TV show. > > Based on the novel by Canadian SF author Robert J. Sawyer, *FlashForward*(not > *Flash Forward*) begins when every person on Earth blacks out for 2 > minutes and 17 seconds, during which time each has a vision of his or her > future six months from now. > > "There have been comparisons to *Lost*, ... [that the show is] a > *Lost*replacement," executive producer David S. Goyer told an audience on > Wednesday. "[But] it was written as a spec and originally was even > anticipated to be an HBO show. So it wasn't written at all for ABC or to be > a *Lost* replacement. And I think the comparisons are accurate in that we > also have a very large cast and are telling a very big, cinematic, ambitious > story, but I think once you see the pilot ... that's where the similarities > end." > > Goyer and show runner Marc Guggenheim are big TV fans themselves and > promised that they have a plan for the show that will play out in season one > and then in subsequent seasons in a way that is deliberate and not vamping. > Seriously. > > For one thing—and this is a spoiler we can reveal—the first season is > designed to reach a kind of climax on the very real date of April 29, 2010. > There's no getting around it. > > So what happens if the show does get picked up for a second season? > > "Well, obviously, we're not going to tell you that right now," Goyer says > with mock exasperation. "You know? But I will say that at the end of the > first season, the promise of the first season is all the glimpses of the > future that you've seen of our series regulars, that we've teased, we will > know whether those particular futures have come to pass or not. > > "In terms of what happens next, we're not going to tell you; that's part of > the fun," Goyer added. "And part of the fun in the breaking of the stories > is also subverting expectations. Because you plant this big flag saying, > 'OK, April 29, six months from now.' I think it's natural for the audience > to assume that we're just going to vamp until episodes 20 and 21, and then a > bunch of s--t's going to happen. But—f--k you guys—by the end, it will > become evident. ... We've already ... finished the first seven episodes, and > it will become crystal clear by the end of those seven episodes that that's > not what we're doing. And ... we're never going to lie to the audience. > We're going to play by the rules. ... But what we'll tell you in the pilot > is, you haven't seen all the chess pieces yet, and you don't know what all > the rules are." > > *FlashForward* debuts Sept. 24 and will air Thursdays at 8 p.m. ET/PT. > Goyer and Guggenheim also promise they'll preview the show at this year's > Comic-Con International in San Diego. > > > > Tracey de Morsella, Managing Producer > > The Green Economy Post > > http://greeneconomypost.com > > tra...@greeneconomypost.com > > > > > > > > > > -- Bringing diversity to perversity for 9 years! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
