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FlashForward: Enter the Nihilists

News Type: Opinion — Seeded on Fri Nov 6, 2009 12:38 PM EST

Article Source: New York Magazine

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excerpt:"Ken Tucker pointed out in his recent Entertainment Weekly review that, unlike on Lost, FlashForward's creators "don't test our patience in teasing out info — if anything, they dump new pieces of the puzzle into our heads every week." Instead of the puzzle work, this week we get shovelfuls of emotion as several characters confront the meaning of fate, as well as a slew of plot points and the most dramatic twist to date. And finally, someone @!$%#s with the future.

The curtain rises on a woman frolicking in the gauzy afternoon light with her children. Back at her car she finds a flier under her wiper with a blue hand symbol and the URL alreadyghosts.com (it just forwards to ABC's site — we checked!), and a note on the back that says, "We know you are one of us."

"You ever try dirty rice?"

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Good review of FlashForward last night. My review of it is here

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#2 - Fri Nov 6, 2009 12:56 PM EST

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Have to admit, from this seasons new show offerings, I've dropped Flashforward from my recording list. The topic just doesn't interest me... Feels like a rehash of unimagined conspiracy theories focused around terrorism with a twist using the black-out effect to try and make it stand out from 24 or <pick any crime drama>.

Sorry, the series just doesn't grab my attention, the writing is slow paced, the narrative has already been displayed through the flashforwards... so where could the show going for the next 9 episodes to keep my attention?

If they were trying to do a series on the human aspect of how knowing how a person's future could turn out and how they would handle that knowledge, they've missed the mark with dry dialog that's been played out so many times in other series that's it's stale while still being a new series. Maybe if it didn't focus on storyline about "Us vs Them" - which is so mainstream headlines news. Maybe if they didn't focus on specific characters trying to understand the flashes but used the part about it effecting every person on the planet to tell their stories each episode at least I might watch because the dialog and characters would be fresh each week.

It just seems old and tiring while still being in the first season.

As for Heroes, they lost me at the end of the first season for pretty much the same reason, same old story line, same characters replaying their same plot with guest hero/antihero spots.

Fringe somehow is still interesting while keeping the same characters

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