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Post by Deleted on Sept 23, 2009 6:21:25 GMT
Anyone know anything about this new series, which starts Monday 28th Sept at 2100 on Five? Apparently has gone down a storm in the States, and has been likened to Lost. Has a fair few Brits in the cast-list - Joseph Fiennes, Jack Davenport, Alex Kingston, and Dominic Monaghan. Premise of the series is that everyone simultaneously loses consciousness for two minutes, and in that two minutes, they see a glimpse of their future. Well if it's half as intriguing as Lost or Heroes, I'll be hooked in no time!  More detailed plot synopsis (from Wiki):- 'A mysterious global event causes everyone on the planet to simultaneously experience, for two minutes and seventeen seconds, his or her life six months in the future. When it is over, many are dead in accidents involving vehicles, aircraft, and any other device needing human control. Everyone who survived is left wondering if what they saw will actually happen. A Los Angeles FBI agent named Mark Benford (Joseph Fiennes) tries to figure out what exactly happened and why it happened. Along with his team, he creates a database of people's flash forwards from around the world called the Mosaic Collective (for which a website has been launched). Apart from the various catastrophic visions, people also see themselves relapsing into various former vices; Benford seeing himself drinking again, and his wife Olivia has a vision of herself with another man.' |
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Post by sootycat on Sept 23, 2009 11:19:11 GMT
From the clips of this I have seen, ( and there have been many! ) it looks like my kind of thing.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 24, 2009 6:16:03 GMT
LOL! I haven't seen one, but then I rarely watch Five, and am watching far less TV of any sort since I changed shifts. Well I know our tastes are similar in this type of show, so you've helped to convince me. |
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Post by sootycat on Sept 29, 2009 14:51:41 GMT
Well, I watched this and really enjoyed it. It is high quality, and it is obvious no expense has been spared making it. I have a feeing we are going to be as confused over things in it as in 'Lost' It makes me wonder...Do we really want to know what happens in the future ( even though it is only six months ) I am not sure I do.  |
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Post by Nick on Sept 29, 2009 20:59:05 GMT
We watched it and it had a good start...my only worry with US shows is that as long as the sponsors will sponsor it it will never come to a conclusion..then either get snapped up by Sky where us freeviewers can't watch it or the sposors will lose interest and the US network will drop it.
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Post by sootycat on Sept 30, 2009 11:37:58 GMT
I know what you mean Nick, those are the reasons I am unable to watch Lost, Prison Break and House.  |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 3, 2009 7:02:50 GMT
Watched first episode last night - very promising!
Good acting, interesting characters, great production values.
I'm hooked already! ;D
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Post by Nick on Oct 22, 2009 15:04:57 GMT
It seems to be developing nicely
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Post by pearly queen on Oct 23, 2009 6:56:51 GMT
This is really good - I can't wait to see how it ends
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Post by Nick on Oct 23, 2009 10:44:17 GMT
The way they have timed it it will end at the time of everyone's flash forward
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Post by sootycat on Oct 23, 2009 11:13:13 GMT
Great cliffhanger every week.
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Post by pearly queen on Mar 30, 2010 8:43:34 GMT
I can't really get back into this after their mid-season break. Why have the break? It's spoilt the whole thing for me.
The whole thing is based on suspense - they can't just stop for several weeks and expect everyone to still be interested.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 30, 2010 10:26:28 GMT
Must admit it took us a while to 'catch up' too, but still enjoyed it.
Liked the more detailed scenes of the day it happened.
Like the Dominic Monaghan character - nasty but very charismatic (good actor - liked him in Lost too)
Not sure why the break happened - there was some talk of it being because the viewing figures (in the USA) were going down, and they called it a 'Get Well' break (also happened with 'V'). Funnily enough the viewing figures here in the UK were good (for a 5 series), and had remained constant.
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Post by sootycat on Mar 30, 2010 14:57:01 GMT
I can't really get back into this after their mid-season break. Why have the break? It's spoilt the whole thing for me. The whole thing is based on suspense - they can't just stop for several weeks and expect everyone to still be interested. I am afraid my interest has gone too. I haven't watched it at all. Also, since they put Heroes on at a ridulous time, I've stopped watching that as well. |
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Post by Nick on Apr 5, 2010 21:39:38 GMT
We are trying to get going with it agian..but there are characters we had forgotten about !!
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Post by Nick on Jun 3, 2010 9:01:39 GMT
What a dissapointing end to the series..one or 2 loose ends were tied up,but it's obvious the ABC network are going to spin this out like 'Lost'
We shan't bother if it comes back for a 2nd series
When Dominic Monaghan tried to act all tough we just couldn't take him seriously lol
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Post by sootycat on Jun 3, 2010 12:12:39 GMT
There seem to be quite a lot of series been cancelled.
Heroes, Flashforward and Law And Order to name but three.
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Post by Nick on Jun 3, 2010 21:37:10 GMT
So FF has been axed..I can't say I'm sorry..I feel as if I have wasted 1 hour every monday for 6 months watching it
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Post by sootycat on Jun 4, 2010 10:47:24 GMT
I do hate it when they axe stuff like this, leaving loads of loose ends.
It makes you wish you hadn't bothered watching in the first place.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 5, 2010 4:20:39 GMT
Well, despite all the rumours/stories about the show being cancelled, we both enjoyed the last episode - it answered lots of questions, and plenty of potential for a return if/when.
I thought they resolved many of the character's flashforwards in an interesting way, as with Nicole who thought she was being drowned but was in fact being saved from drowning.
...and big 'Aaaaahhh' moment when Keiko and Bryce finally got together.
Will be disappointed if there's no sequel, and certainly don't feel we've wasted time watching it. Will have to try and get hold of the novel by Robert J.Sawyer that it was based on.
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