Re: 1st Season Flash Forward - Believe - 5 star poll - SPOILERS AHOY !

[clouddreamer]

George Avalos wrote:
> "Believe"
> 11-19-09 Flash Forward
>
> 5 stars (Jesus)
>
> 0-1 stars (Judas)
>
> -George
>
>

4.0 + .2 for next weeks preview proving this was a filler to set things
up. But I liked the story.

..

--
We must change the way we live
Or the climate will do it for us.

[Obveeus]

"clouddreamer" <Reuse....@nd.Reduce.now> wrote:
> George Avalos wrote:
>> "Believe"
>> 11-19-09 Flash Forward
>>
>> 5 stars (Jesus)
>>
>> 0-1 stars (Judas)
>>
>> -George
>
>
> 4.0 + .2 for next weeks preview proving this was a filler to set things
> up. But I liked the story.

Don't get too excited about the preview for 'next week'. After all, next
week is Thanksgiving (in the USA), so no episode of Flash Forward will air.
I assume that the Canadians will probably have to wait two weeks for thier
next episode as well.

[clouddreamer]

Barry Margolin wrote:
> In article <he6bv4$9gk$1...@news.eternal-september.org>,

> "Obveeus" <Obv...@aol.com> wrote:
>
>> I assume that the Canadians will probably have to wait two weeks for thier
>> next episode as well.
>

> Ugh, that means next week we'll get a flood of posts from that stupid
> guy who doesn't understand that his TV schedule is dependent on OUR
> holidays.
>

I was about to post a warning to him....lol

;]

[Fred Ellis]

George Avalos wrote:
> "Believe"
> 11-19-09 Flash Forward
>
> 5 stars (Jesus)
>
> 0-1 stars (Judas)
>
> -George
>
>

I give it 5.0 Stars. I like the part where Dr. Bryce Varley goes all
the way to Japan to try to find the young Japanese girl (Keiko) in his
flashforward only to find out he will meet her in LA. Nice twist.

Fred Ellis
--
"Who do you serve.... And who do you trust?"
(To e-mail me, remove the X from my address)

[Fallen]

George Avalos wrote:

> "Believe"
> 11-19-09 Flash Forward
>
> 5 stars (Jesus)
>
> 0-1 stars (Judas)
>
> -George
>

2.

Extra .5 because cancer nurse and japanese woman's storyline didn't suck
as much as most of the others and another extra .5 for the doctor woman
saying 'maybe you're alive because you took this drug' as it's about the
only intelligent thing any character has uttered since the start.

Fallen.

[David]

On Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:27:06 -0800, "Ian J. Ball"
<ijball-...@mac.invalid> wrote:

>In article <he65ru$s18$1...@news.eternal-september.org>,
> jewahe <reg...@comcast.net> wrote:

>> The soap opera episodes don't work - this shows works best when it's
>> focusing on the mystery and investigation.
>
>You're *kidding*, right? You and David both?

I just thought this episode was weaker than the rest. I like the
characters and my favorite part of the show is how different people
with diverging philosophies react to seeing the future and the
questions and beliefs it raises.

I wouldn't call any episodes of the show "soap episodes." That implies
particular types of storylines and a high level of melodrama, and
while the show does "go there" sometimes, it earns it by coming at it
from a fascinating angle and by having interesting characters.

I don't despise conspiracies the way you do but I'm interested in it
more from the perspective of the people inhabiting this world (the
distrust of China, what Charlie and the British guy will do and how
will people react to them) than I am in what the reveal will be.

[Jim Gysin]

Ian J. Ball sent the following on 11/21/2009 9:29 PM:
> In article <he787t$li2$1...@news.eternal-september.org>,
> Jim Gysin <jimg...@geemail.com> wrote:
>
>> Words can't describe how little I care about Aaron the Whiner or his
>> daughter formerly known as Ruby, so they're always gonna be a negative
>> in my book. Still, I loved the Bryce story line enough to give this one
>> a 4.2. I guess I can handle *some* soap opera-y stuff, after all. Even
>> the babysitter's "Come home" line had me wondering where Bryce's story
>> might be headed.
>
> And, speaking of that, I *really wish* they'd finally move Peyton List's
> story along - I'm getting tired of waiting for them to do something with
> her besides having her sit around and twiddle her thumbs...

Yep. Kinda makes me wonder if they're not sure where to go with her story.

--
Jim Gysin
Waukesha, WI

[Ian J. Ball]

In article <hevi52$dc3$1...@news.eternal-september.org>,
Jim Gysin <jimg...@geemail.com> wrote:

> Dawnie sent the following on 11/24/2009 8:30 PM:
>
> > In
> > FF, it feels like they're secondary to the conspiracy arc, written in
> > such a way as not to exist independently or realistically, but instead
> > for the sole purpose of furthering the conspiracy arc. That's what
> > it's felt like to me consistently. LOST doesn't do that.
>
> While I'm enjoying FF to a certain extent, it's a poor, poor substitute
> for what we got from season one of LOST.

It's a poor, poor substitute for what got from *season #2* of "Lost"!!
:o

--
"There's no business, like Cho business."
- Patrick Jane, "The Mentalist", 02/11/09

[Ian Galbraith]

On Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:22:59 -0600, Jim Gysin wrote:

> Ian Galbraith sent the following on 11/30/2009 8:59 PM:

>> On Sun, 29 Nov 2009 22:36:47 -0600, Jim Gysin wrote:
>>
>>> Dawnie sent the following on 11/24/2009 8:30 PM:

>> [snip]
>>
>>>> Actually, it's not because of the time travel bit or crossover actors
>>>> at all, it's because IMHO the human stories in LOST and the character
>>>> interactions are a lot more realistic and well-written than in FF.
>>> I agree that the FF writers should be studying from the LOST masters,
>>> but that speaks more to the fact that FF is compared unfavorably, rather
>>> than to the tendency to compare in the first place.
>>>
>>> I'm referring to the fact that the shows were being compared even before
>>> FF began to air, which I think was due largely to the aforementioned
>>> casting choices and use of time travel.
>>
>> I actually see similarities in the structure of the 2 series but FF has a
>> different emphasis.
>
> What difference are you seeing?

More focus on the conspiracies and less on the characters.

--
"Past hope. Past kindness or consideration. Past justice. Past
satisfaction. Past warmth or cold or comfort. Past love. But past
surprise? What an endlessly unfolding tedium life would then become." -
Deadwood

[Little Green Man]

On Nov 20, 11:15 am, clouddreamer <Reuse.Recy...@nd.Reduce.now> wrote:
> Barry Margolin wrote:
> > In article <he6bv4$9g...@news.eternal-september.org>,
> >  "Obveeus" <Obve...@aol.com> wrote:
>
> >> I assume that the Canadians will probably have to wait two weeks for thier
> >> next episode as well.
>
> > Ugh, that means next week we'll get a flood of posts from that [insult
> > deleted]

No, Barry is the stupid one.

None of the nasty things that Barry has said or implied about me are
at all true.