Archive for 'FlashForward'
FlashForward: 5 Burning Questions
Posted on 24. Sep, 2009 by gertiebeth.
FlashForward, ABC’s intriguing new drama (premiering Thursday at 8/7c), chronicles a frightening world event in which everyone loses consciousness simultaneously for two minutes and 17 seconds. During that time, each person experiences a “flash-forward” to the same date about six months into the show’s future: April 29, 2010. FBI agent Mark Benford (Shakespeare in Love’s [...]
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Flash Forward TV Show Hopes for Bright Future
Posted on 24. Sep, 2009 by gertiebeth.
The “flash forward” is a TV-show concept made popular by Lost. Now flash forward has its own TV show, as the Flash Forward TV show is the first to try and succeed Lost. ABC has both Flash Forward and V as new TV shows that could take over Lost’s bizarre sci-fi throne when the island [...]
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Is ABC’s Flash Forward the new Lost?
Posted on 24. Sep, 2009 by gertiebeth.
All the hype is right. Flash Forward really is the new Lost. After the premiere on September 24, get ready to read into things and obsess over subtle details. It’s totally compelling. Flash Forward opens in the middle of a crash, just like Lost did. The Greeks called it “In medea res.” We get all [...]
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Can FlashForward Get Lost?
Posted on 24. Sep, 2009 by gertiebeth.
When I pot my Test Pilot first impressions of new shows over the summer, I make the point of stressing that they’re not reviews, because the pilots can be reworked before they’ve aired. That’s not a lie, but in the case of ABC’s FlashForward, the for-air pilot hasn’t changed from what I saw in June [...]
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ABC’s Top 5 Questions Clip
Posted on 23. Sep, 2009 by gertiebeth.
Video clip of Sonya and Joseph Fiennes (who plays Mark Benfield on FlashForward) answering questions for fans.
