Variety has a review of Thursday’s premiere of “Flash Forward”
“FlashForward’s” bold leap into the future would benefit from an ability to erase the past, or at least eradicate memories of all the “Lost”-like concepts — dense, heavily serialized and generally short-lived — that foundered long before they could be resolved. Strictly grading the pilot, it’s an intriguing, mind-bending concept that’s mostly well executed, with a built-in payoff cleverly timed to coincide with the May rating sweeps. The bottom line is after one hour, there’s a solid desire to see more, but not such wonderment as to proclaim unwavering fealty until the show peers a little farther down the road.
The premise is certainly arresting: At the same moment, everyone in the world blacks out for 137 seconds. Beyond the mayhem that ensues — planes crashing, cars overturning, etc., in a break-the-bank special-effects sequence near the outset — everybody has glimpsed a surreal but grimly convincing vision of the future exactly six months ahead. (As in April 30, the first Thursday of the spring sweeps period. Nifty.)
You can read the full review HERE.
Gotta say….I liked this pilot episode of Flash Forward and am looking forward (no pun intended) to next week’s episode. Tonight is the return of Ghost Cleavage…er Whisperer and that is always a joy on a Friday night. Thank God we had Sookie during the summer to take care of our Love-Hewlitt fix. 😉
But, my big excitement is being reserved for Oct 2 with the premiere of SGU.
I could watch Joe Fiennes just walk down a street, all disheveled and stuff. Damn.
That having been said, the show was quite compelling…until the 2nd commercial break. Then I got pissed off and turned it off.
Hello, BT Airlines? I need a ticket please.
I agree with the reviewer, it was smart and fun and while I will definitely come back for more, it wasn’t the end all and be all it was built up as. This show could be very compelling but I hope the writers really have a plan and don’t start to meander like Lost did for a while.