Flash Forward

[Humanoid]

Originally Posted by Jacob Singer

Not to mention it was hilarious that they wanted to zoom in on the guy's jewelry to try to identify him, and not, you know, his fucking face.

There are over 6 billion people on this planet, identifying one man by his face would be near impossible. A ring, on the other hand...

[Richard Dickson]

This past episode was probably the best one so far because it actually felt like stuff happened.

[The Prankster]

I'm kind of agog that we're not in Somalia yet. I thought for sure that was going to be the sweeps week thing. Now, suddenly, it's off to...Hong Kong! The fuck?

That said, I thought they actually finally managed an effective character story this week. Too bad it's so incredibly irrelevant to the main story. Also...I thought the fact that no one seemed to acknowledge their Flashforward in their Flashforward was setting up something interesting, but now we're suddenly getting people acting in their Flashforward in ways that were clearly influenced by having seen the future, which just looks sloppy, like the writers didn't spend any time thinking about this.

Also also, I thought suicidal dude, who I hereinafter dub "Cancer Boy", saw himself married, not just meeting a girl.

Also also also, if he deciphers "Believe" in the Flashforward itself, why did he need it translated last week?

Yeah, this show is headed off the rails. Nothing earth-shattering yet, but the signs are there that they don't know what the fuck they're doing.

[dajuice7]

Originally Posted by The Prankster

I'm kind of agog that we're not in Somalia yet. I thought for sure that was going to be the sweeps week thing. Now, suddenly, it's off to...Hong Kong! The fuck?

Right? Although, it did appear in the previews for next episode that someone was looking at the satellite shot of the pylon in Somalia. Hopefully they're getting back to that thread really soon. The Hong Kong stuff looks interesting to me. And I'm a fan of Shohreh Aghdashloo and her 20 packs-a-day voice. The line about the killer sitting at the table was intriguing.

That said, I thought they actually finally managed an effective character story this week. Too bad it's so incredibly irrelevant to the main story.

Exactly my thoughts. I felt this ep was probably the best since the pilot since they actually got me to care about a character. Unfortunately, I have no idea how it relates to the larger mystery. At least Benson's sponsor's daughter is military and tied to a shady private contractor that may be involved in the Flashes. I'm hoping the Japanese woman's Engineering background, or the robotics company she was working for is tied someway into the mystery or this whole ep will have been useless for me.

Also...I thought the fact that no one seemed to acknowledge their Flashforward in their Flashforward was setting up something interesting, but now we're suddenly getting people acting in their Flashforward in ways that were clearly influenced by having seen the future, which just looks sloppy, like the writers didn't spend any time thinking about this.

Yes! This stuck out to me like a sore thumb. Now the events in the flashes seem to be influenced by a past where the flashes occured. This is a slippery slope that has to be addressed or the internal logic just will not hold.

[dajuice7]

Oh, and I thought it was hilarious that they tried to address the idea of "enhancing" a video image. A lot of techno-babble that I'm not sure holds up. They just so conveniently couldn't enhance the face, but could do so for the ring because it has sharp edges and reflects more light, or some such explanation... Points for trying.

[dontEATnachos]

How can a face be 'washed out' from too much light but a highly reflective metal ring NOT be. Oh well, ENHANCE, ENHANCE, ENHANCE. Also, FBI dad why are you such a dick to your friends ... just look at your wife's phone, text messages say what number they're from.

[The Prankster]

Every so often this show seems to backtrack and attempt to retroactively explain some implausibility from a previous episode. I dunno, like you say, I'll give them points for trying on the ring thing, it sounded semi-plausible the way they described it.

Now for the episode where they explain why everyone in this world is immune to rocket launchers.

[Richard Dickson]

I'm a little surprised they're letting Simcoe out the conspiracy so soon. I figured we were in for a few episodes of back and forth wrangling and the revelation coming at the end of the season.

[Dr. Murder]

Man, that was such a load of fucking dull shit.

Anyway, retardation of the week award for the FF writers goes to the moment where Suicide Doc talks to the one Japanese patient that knows the exact Sushi restaurant in Japan where the t-shirt comes from. Out of a population of 137 million people, the Doc is tending to the one that knows this tiny little place. Amazing.

And then there's the zoom that creates pixels that don't exist, and FBI guy not even bothering to find out where the text actually came from instead of being a douche. Oh and that unintentionally hilarious teaser, "YOU'RE DEAD MAN!" hahaha