Flash Forward

[GRT]

reminds me more of Heroes than Lost

which is a very bad thing

[Eaglestrike]

reminds me more of Heroes than Lost

which is a very bad thing

Heroes is retarded because of how people with powers use their powers (or do not use their powers) and so without people that have powers I don't see this being much like Heroes.

[fren.]

Very interesting first episode. The crash scene did remind me very much of Lost, it definitely did feel similar.

I don't get why the Oceanic billboard was in there though? afaik the only relation this show has to lost is the charlie/penny actors.

Looking forward to next week.

..and the weird animal (kangaroo) in a place it shouldn't be in.

[shidobu]

i saw 30 seconds of this show when i walked into a room and the tv was playing it. The part where the FBI agent i guess? (guy wearing a vest) wakes up. I reaaly reaaly wanna watch this now. And now that im reading the easter eggs from Lost. I gotta watch it.

[Norellicus]

I have a bad feeling this show is going to turn into a walking continuity error...time loops are never friendly to plotlines, even if you maintain reasonable suspension of disbelief.

But the pilot was interesting. It'll stay on my radar for a while yet.

[GRT]

Heroes is retarded because of how people with powers use their powers (or do not use their powers) and so without people that have powers I don't see this being much like Heroes.

I disagree. Heroes is retarded because of so many people have unconvincing circumstances, unconvincing reaction to those circumstances, and unconvincing interactions and relationships with each and everyone else. That on top of there being so many characters just made the whole thing unbearable.

This shown has such potential to be great or turn out just like Heroes did.

[kuronosan]

Except Heroes is a pile of shit and didn't turn out great post-1st half of season 1.

Digressing, I watched this last night and never got to watch Lost, so I'm not spoiled on that story.

This series is my new Heroes. It seems like it has a lot of potential to go somewhere.

[Katlan]

Except Heroes is a pile of shit and didn't turn out great post-1st half of season 1.

You never miss a chance to slam on heroes.. aside, the reviews seem mixed, but look forward to watching it tomorrow morning (didn't get a chance to see it yesterday)

[kuronosan]

Hey, I was Heroes' biggest fan on this board. Cut me some slack/

[Null]

You never miss a chance to slam on heroes.. aside, the reviews seem mixed, but look forward to watching it tomorrow morning (didn't get a chance to see it yesterday)

I was thinking the same (about the Heroes slamming).

An encore episode just started.

[kuronosan]

Fair enough. I won't comment on anything Heroes-related ever again.

[Eaglestrike]

I have a bad feeling this show is going to turn into a walking continuity error...time loops are never friendly to plotlines, even if you maintain reasonable suspension of disbelief.

But the pilot was interesting. It'll stay on my radar for a while yet.

As far as I understand there's only one instance of time travel and that's the single flash forward which seemingly already has one exact outcome at the moment. It's not hard to keep continuity with that. If it happens again and again...yeah, sure. But then it's a bit easier to keep things in line if you're only going forward imo, because the future can always be changed by the present.

[tyven]

i am watching this on hulu right now, i think the premise is cool but i cant stand the writing and how fast things are moving along

[ZarakiKujata]

I think this has promise but pilot was trying way too hard to be Lost.

[aduidarnenye]

I watched it. Those had to be the absolute most useless FBI agents ever. They just walked around in a daze and arrested some random chick while thousands of people lay dead and dying around them without even attemping to take control of the situation and help people. And then it's like the whole day where thousands and thousands of people died suddenly did not happen and everyone goes home to make dinner. It was dumb.

[Moosey]

I watched it. Those had to be the absolute most useless FBI agents ever. They just walked around in a daze and arrested some random chick while thousands of people lay dead and dying around them without even attemping to take control of the situation and help people. And then it's like the whole day where thousands and thousands of people died suddenly did not happen and everyone goes home to make dinner. It was dumb.

To be fair, that chick was involved with terrorists and was apparently planning on killing a lot of people anyway, so it is reasonable to think that they would still detain her if she is potentially that dangerous.

[Eaglestrike]

To be fair, that chick was involved with terrorists and was apparently planning on killing a lot of people anyway, so it is reasonable to think that they would still detain her if she is potentially that dangerous.

This and FBI agents aren't EMT's, while they might have some training in regards to such things, they were also victims in the scenario.

[kuronosan]

Also, they were trying to calm people down. They were trying to explain that emergency services were on their way, but nobody was listening. It's hard for two agents to contain a city-wide panic after something like that.

Not to mention - nobody went home for normal life or normal dinner. We're only shown the people that survived. His friend thinks his wife is alive and his life is changed. His wife thinks she is going to cheat on him, so her life is changed. His partner thinks he is going to die, so now his life has changed.

Things have hardly 'gone back to normal'. Although I do wonder if Seth McFarlane's character had a flash forward of The Cleveland Show being cancelled.

[aduidarnenye]

Well, one would believe in a huge city-wide disaster that the authority that be would use any and all law enforcement available to regain order and calm. These FBI agents walked to their nice office with their very calm co-workers and started going on about a huge investigation that really wasn't important at that time (cause of, you know, all the death and destruction outside).

The initial FBI agents didn't try to contact their superiors, didn't try to assess the situation beyond looking down the overpass at the smoke and destruction, and didn't try to help anyone around them except the burning guy. The bit about telling people to be calm seemed shoved in because they didn't actually accomplish anything. The running about in slow motion scene was really stupid too.

Also, the doctor chick's hospital looked almost empty at the end when she was looking at the kid. With that many injuries the halls should have been filled with patients. And how on earth did she manage, being a doctor in a city full of casualities, manage to go home that evening so very calm to eat dinner and sleep with her husband? I would think she'd be in the hospital for days and days after such an event.


Of course, these are all fairly nit-picky complaints and the story is obviously about the reasons behind the blackout and the big conspiracy. The dude walking in the baseball stadium was really creepy and scary at the end.

[Qalbert]

Things have hardly 'gone back to normal'. Although I do wonder if Seth McFarlane's character had a flash forward of The Cleveland Show being cancelled.

One can only hope.