Five Reasons You Should be Watching ABC's "Flash Forward"

I had no intention of tuning in to the show until I saw that Zachary Knighton was in the cast. Having seen Zack show the full monty in a movie, I was curious if he could act with trou.

It turns out he can ... but I still prefer him without.

I have to admit that I watch "FF" for Ralph. Unfortunately he hasn't taken his shirt off as much as I would like. I like the show but I find it a little slow and convoluted. There has been some interesting stuff. I was most intrigued when they found the connection with the dead crows. Overall I just don't think they have revealed enough to make me look forward to the next episode.

I love "Fringe". I love the stories and the characters. It really reminds me of the "X-Files" which was one of my favorites. It seems that the character of Olivia has replaced Mulder and Peter has replaced Scully. The way they feed the bits of information is exactly the way the "X-Files" did. I also think Joshua Jackson is pretty hot. I didn't find him that attractive on "Dawson's" but I like him now that he is older.

I love Flash Forward. It really is a great show. I love that every episode is still centered around the Flash Forwards, but also give us a little more character development every time. I love how they are examining the impact the Flash Forwards have had on everyone's lives and the decisions they are making regarding their own future. Some are giving in to the "inevitable", some are trying to fight it, some are trying to make things happen sooner, some are trying to find hope in what they saw. I am enjoying every minute of it and at the end of every episode I'm finding it harder and harder to wait until the next week.


"It's weird. It's just different. It's not men. It's just him. It's only him." - Ianto Jones

i have never been a fan of reality tv so i jump on any new tv show at give it a chance..(harpers island).... but my boy friend and i really like flashforward... but we have a debate.. he likes joseph finnes and i like zachary knighton... now dont get me wrong joseph finnes is cute, but he squints way to much for me.. ok stop with the frickin' squinting already will ya... but dr hottie.... oh yeah...

I've watched every episode so far - on account of doing so with family - but I'm finding it a real chore.

Just not finding any characters to get behind; the Joseph Fiennes is the closest to sympathetic, and even he is barely communicative and/or whiny at least half the time.

The rest of the characters are just so self-absorbed and meandering - hardly anyone seems to care that millions of people just died and (so far as they now) millions more could be killed any second!

Cannot even get a freakin' plane ticket without someone whingeing, or even a modicum of support for the bizzaro leads that have 100% success rate.

I also cannot shake the feeling that absolutely everyone we see is going to end up entwined in some nonsensical Lost web too, where it turns out every one of the many characters seen is vital to events.

Janis and Evil Charlie are about the only tolerable aspects of the show at the minute.

I like the thought experiments more so from the show. Like if the future is pre-destined or not. Also how some characters (like Nicole who saw herself being drowned) react to the world now. Granted some things suck like how Mark and Olivia aren't pulling out all the stops to prevent their future. But didn't Lost have some awkward parts at the start as well? Still willing to give the show a chance. Mainly cause I need to find out why a kangaroo was hopping around in two episodes.

I hate the show. I really do.I had really high hopes with Goyer at the helm, but it's just a mess of story logic.

One small example... during the flash forwards, no one acknowledges their supposed knowledge that the specific moment in time is important. The FBI boss dude is even in the restroom.

If these people know the specific date and time that the flash forwards took them to, don't you think they would at least have their pants fully up at the time it happens.

The whole time travel thing is stupid. Time Travel is only plausible in science through quantum mechanics, and even then it isn't really time travel at all.

I'll fully admit enjoying "V" 100 times more than I enjoy Flash Forward.

I like this show a lot but I was pretty angry when they killed off Gough... I just felt like his character had a lot of potential. I would much rather have watched his story play out than the babysitter... Man she is just irritating.

Also, what is with American TV shows using Japanese dialogue? It is great, because I speak Japanese, I just feel like I see it a lot.

Anyway, I hope they add a gay/bi man or trans character to the cast so you can start covering the show here!

I love this show. I agree that the men are HOT. The multicultural aspect is especially great; all kinds of beauty. Re the mess of story logic, they have just revealed that the futures are not set in stone, so they may or may not be where theyre FFs have indicated; the possibilities are endless. That's why I LOVE this show

John Cho is yummy! Hoping this article will bring in a few more viewers as the show is struggling from what I have read.

As an aside for "V" viewers, did anyone think the scenes with Visitor Joshua and his compatriot were a little more intense than just being Fifth Columnists?

Is it possible we have gay Visitors?

 James

Frankly, FF is far more annoying to me than Fringe. Fringe makes no bones about dealing with things that seem like sience but aren't. FF deeply bothers me because they pretend to be realistic, yet they ignore these pesky people called scientists, some of which are actually experts in the field of time theory. It took them, what, ten episodes (and weeks of show time) to come to a conclusion that the average scientist would have discovered in a couple hours in the real world. Perturbations in ongoing sensitive experiements already running and data from orbiting satelites (which normally experience time drag anyway) would be check, and theories forwarded pubically within hours or perhaps a few days. FF is fun, but it's certainly no more real than Fringe. Personally, as ridiculous as the science is, I find Fringe vastly more entertaining than the glacially paced Flashforward.

Red Alert AfterElton writers, my own flash foward just alerted me to the fact that there is clearly a giant Thanksgiving sized gift basket from ABC hidden behind Michael's desk, packed with Magnolia bath pearls, Butterscotch body paint and other ABC stuff, all nestled in Oliver Fish's damp towel from OLTL two weeks ago.

Really Michael, I have never come across such shameless pandering to a particular network's promising (I grant you) but otherwise pretty run of the mill spec fic series. pfft!

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religiously a few times a day...I LOVE FF.Thanks for recommending!!

I caught up with this show on DVR finally and have two episodes left to finish but I really like it. It is simple sci fi in my mind and that is why it works for me. I am a huge LOST fan but this one allows me to be a little less sci fi but still have the thriller aspect. Sure the whole idea that the LA office of the FBi would be heading this up sounds crazy, but the show does see where its flaws are and points them out thereby filling them in by bringing us into the whole sketicism whithin the show. The debate I love the best in the show is the whole "do you believe, or don't you?" The whole discussion of whether you can change the future is a good one too and how sometimes people are like lemmings in life, resigned to their fate rather than champions regardless of the windmill.

As for the men Zachary Knighton is a definite hotty but I was really surprised that I was really attracted to Lee Thompson Young a lot, I was really moved by his character and his sacrifices. I did also like the evil machinations of Dominic Monaghan. His initial episode on the train where he seduces the blonde woman was actually entrancing. (Note: ABC the bed scene with DOminic and this woman was a lot risque for 8pm dont you think?)

The lesbian storyline is one I really like and we have to see where it goes to truly judge it. This show is on at the 8pm hour so ABC did at least give visibility to a lesbian kiss in the "family hour" (ahem and Adam Lambert at 11pm was bad ABC?) I do like the actress, very Jorja Fox. I do like the fact that the show does build in the bureaucractic part of the government into this and Peter Coyote is one of those actors you can't tell if he is evil or not. I also like the electrician character only because the actor is really good. And the supporting cast they bring in as episode specific are actually top notch people you recognize and go "oh! I am glad they gave them some work!"

I also find it humorous that at least in FlashForward time the British Coupling's "Steve" (Jack Davenport) end up with the American "Coupling "Sally" (Sonya Walger).

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