FlashForward

[R.N7]

A mysterious global event causes most people 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.

Premiere:
US - September 24, 2009 on ABC
UK - September 28, 2009 on Five

The first episode of this has leaked and can be found on various torrent sites (Disgusting I know!). The quality is bad though.

I just watched it and I thought it was pretty decent. Very Lost-esque.

 

[The Flying Potato]

lost esque you say...count me in!

 

[Mockney]

The advert I saw ran..."From the Network that brought you Lost" which roughly translates as..."The People who had nothing directly to do with Lost, but paid the people who did, are now paying some other people to do something similar"

 

[Alwyn]

Is it based on real events?

 

[R.N7]

Is it based on real events?

Yup...from the future...

 

[R.N7]

They are apparently looking to air it alongside Lost and when Lost ends they're hoping it's gonna replace it and become a big show.

The actors who played Charlie and Penny is in it.

 

[The Flying Potato]

The advert I saw ran..."From the Network that brought you Lost" which roughly translates as..."The People who had nothing directly to do with Lost, but paid the people who did, are now paying some other people to do something similar"

They are apparently looking to air it alongside Lost and when Lost ends they're hoping it's gonna replace it and become a big show.

The actors who played Charlie and Penny is in it.

Definately watching this then, whens it out in the uk?

 

[R.N7]

Sep 28

 

[datura]

It was sounding good until you mentioned that whiny little fecking hobbit is in it.

The first 2 episodes of Bored to Death have leaked too, with Jason Schwartzman, the beardy guy from the Hangover and Ted Danson. Might be worth a look.

HBO: Bored To Death

 

[datura]

This is the forthcoming schedule for US premieres:

September 16
The Beautiful Life (The CW), 9:00 PM/ET

September 17
Survivor: Samoa (CBS), 8:00 PM/ET
Bones (Fox), 8:00 PM/ET
Saturday Night Live Weekend Update (NBC), 8:00 PM/ET
Parks and Recreation (NBC), 8:30 PM/ET
The Office (NBC), 9:00 PM/ET
Fringe (Fox), 9:00 PM/ET
Community [moves to 8:00 PM/ET October 8] (NBC), 9:30 PM/ET
It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia (FX), 10:00 PM/ET

September 21
Heroes (NBC), 8:00 PM/ET
Dancing with the Stars (ABC), 8:00 PM/ET
House [2 hour premiere] (Fox), 8:00 PM/ET
How I Met Your Mother (CBS), 8:00 PM/ET
Accidentally On Purpose (CBS), 8:30 PM/ET
Two and a Half Men (CBS), 9:00 PM/ET
The Big Bang Theory (CBS), 9:30 PM/ET
CSI: Miami (CBS), 10:00 PM/ET
Castle (ABC), 10:00 PM/ET

September 22
NCIS (CBS), 8:00 PM/ET
NCIS: Los Angeles (CBS), 9:00 PM/ET
The Good Wife (CBS), 10:00 PM/ET
The Forgotten (ABC), 10:00 PM/ET

September 23
Mercy (NBC), 8:00 PM/ET
The New Adventures of Old Christine (CBS), 8:00 PM/ET
Gary Unmarried (CBS), 8:30 PM/ET
Criminal Minds (CBS), 9:00 PM/ET
Law and Order: Special Victims Unit (NBC), 9:00 PM/ET
Modern Family (ABC), 9:00 PM/ET
Cougar Town (ABC), 9:30 PM/ET
CSI: NY (CBS), 10:00 PM/ET
Eastwick (ABC), 10:00 PM/ET

September 24
Flash Forward (ABC), 8:00 PM/ET
Grey’s Anatomy (ABC), 9:00 PM/ET
CSI (CBS), 9:00 PM/ET
The Mentalist (CBS), 10:00 PM/ET

September 25
Brothers (Fox), 8:00 PM/ET
Law and Order (NBC), 8:00 PM/ET
Smallville (The CW), 8:00 PM/ET
America’s Next Top Model [repeats] (The CW), 8:00 PM/ET
Ghost Whisperer (CBS), 8:00 PM/ET
Dollhouse (Fox), 9:00 PM/ET
Medium (CBS), 9:00 PM/ET
Numbers (CBS), 10:00 PM/ET

September 26
Crimetime Saturday (CBS), 8:00 PM/ET
Dateline NBC (NBC), 8:00 PM/ET
Trauma [repeat] (NBC), 9:00 PM/ET
48 Hours Mystery (CBS), 10:00 PM/ET
Law and Order: Special Victims Unit [repeat] (NBC), 10:00 PM/ET
Saturday Night Live (NBC), 11:30 PM/ET

September 27
60 Minutes (CBS), 7:00 PM/ET
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (ABC), 7:00 PM/ET
The Amazing Race (CBS), 8:00 PM/ET
The Simpsons (Fox), 8:00 PM/ET
The Cleveland Show (Fox), 8:30 PM/ET
Desperate Housewives (ABC), 9:00 PM/ET
Dexter (Showtime), 9:00 PM/ET
Family Guy (Fox), 9:00 PM/ET
American Dad (Fox), 9:30 PM/ET
Brothers and Sisters (ABC), 10:00 PM/ET
Cold Case (CBS), 10:00 PM/ET

September 28
Lie To Me (Fox), 8:00 PM/ET
Trauma (NBC), 9:00 PM/ET

September 29
Hell’s Kitchen (Fox), 8:00 PM/ET
Shark Tank (ABC), 8:00 PM/ET

September 30
Hank (ABC), 8:00 PM/ET
The Middle (ABC), 8:30 PM/ET

October 1
Private Practice (ABC), 10:00 PM/ET

October 2
Star Wars: The Clone Wars (Cartoon Network), 8:00 PM/ET
Til Death (Fox), 8:30 PM/ET
Stargate Universe (SyFy), 9:00 PM/ET

October 4
America’s Funniest Home Videos (ABC), 7:00 PM/ET
Three Rivers (CBS), 9:00 PM/ET

October 6
Scare Tactics (SyFy), 9:00 PM/ET

October 9
Ugly Betty (ABC), 8:00 PM/ET
Sanctuary (SyFy), 10:00 PM/ET

October 15
30 Rock (NBC), 9:30 PM/ET

October 16
Supernanny (ABC), 8:00 PM/ET

October 23
Southland (NBC), 9:00 PM/ET

November 3
V (ABC), 8:00 PM/ET

November 7
The Wanda Sykes Show (Fox), 11:00 PM/ET

Community has had some good initial reviews.

 

[R.N7]

The hobbit was not in the pilot though.

 

[olesmyhero]

Will have to set the DVR for this one. Looks decent.

 

[datura]

The hobbit was not in the pilot though.

Good, hopefully they realise early on that he's terrible and off him in a nasty way.

I saw the webrip up but will prob wait for the proper tv rip since it's only a week away.

 

[Ekeke]

From the name, it sounds like the complete opposite of Lost.

 

[The Flying Potato]

From the name, it sounds like the complete opposite of Lost.

yes because flash forward is the opposite of the word lost.

yes i know your reffering to flash backs in lost

 

[101]

From the name, it sounds like the complete opposite of Lost.

There were flashforwards in Lost (as opposed to flashbacks)

 

[R.N7]

Well, it was nice to see it in better quality.

I initially thought that it was the guy who plays Richard Alpert who had the main role when I watched the shit web rip.

 

[USDevil]

Just watched it, great episode. I'll be watching this, I'm hooked.

Not sure if that schedule is wrong, or if it aired two nights in a row, but I just watched in on TV.

 

[The Flying Potato]

whens this out in the uk

 

[Decotron]

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[Member 5225]

might make an effort for this

 

[vanthaman]

whens this out in the uk

Monday on Channel 5 i think

 

[Alex]

Thought it was good, very interesting development with the hooded guy who didnt pass out. The trailer at the end of episode one was very insightful, hopefully they do well with it as it is brilliant.

 

[Alex]

You bastard Nillson I started a thread on this earlier biotch!

 

[USDevil]

You bastard Nillson I started a thread on this earlier biotch!

I thought this was yours! Paid no attention to the OP.

 

[USDevil]

Thought it was good, very interesting development with the hooded guy who didnt pass out. The trailer at the end of episode one was very insightful, hopefully they do well with it as it is brilliant.

Who do you think it is?

Spoiler

I was thinking the guy who claimed the kid at the hospital at the end, but I'm not sure. A lot of info given in that first ep.

 

[Alex]

Not sure yet, they were in LA and I think that the baseball game was in Philly

 

[kietotheworld]

I'd say that guy is probably

Spoiler

the Hobbit from Lost. He's an important actor who we know is in the programme and he didn't appear in the episode.

Did anyone else notice the Oceanic Airlines advert?

 

[gaffs]

Starts tonight on Channel 5. Looking forward to this.

 

[MadDogg]

Started tonight in Australia. Looked good, definitely the kind of show that will hook me in.

I refused to watch the trailer for the next episode though, I always find that wrecks it for me. All these kinds of shows (24, Lost, Heroes, etc) are better without knowing that kind of stuff in advance.

Did anyone else notice the Oceanic Airlines advert?

lol, no. Where was that?

 

[kietotheworld]

Started tonight in Australia. Looked good, definitely the kind of show that will hook me in.

I refused to watch the trailer for the next episode though, I always find that wrecks it for me. All these kinds of shows (24, Lost, Heroes, etc) are better without knowing that kind of stuff in advance.


lol, no. Where was that?

When they're sat under the bridge waiting for the terrorists. Camera pans out and it's on a billboard.

 

[MadDogg]

Hmm, I wonder if they'll actually try to link the shows? Maybe something they do to the island in Lost will ultimately be what causes the flashforward.

Just thinking out loud here (damn I'm going to look like a genius if they do this)...

 

[The Flying Potato]

Hmm, I wonder if they'll actually try to link the shows? Maybe something they do to the island in Lost will ultimately be what causes the flashforward.

Just thinking out loud here (damn I'm going to look like a genius if they do this)...

No chance, if they would have linked it with anything it would have been Fringe (JJ Abrams latest show)

 

[The Flying Potato]

Not to mention there are people from Lost in it.


Am watching this on Five now, good stuff so far

 

[101]

Right I'm keeping up with this on C5. So far, I've noticed that they've already hinted plenty at Lost e.g. ad board with Oceanic Airways plastered on it, and the whole waking up with one guy saving some people then a big explosion. Very similar to the Lost pilot. I hope it's all not like this.

 

[Solius]

It's on channel 5 which isn't a good start.

 

[The Flying Potato]

It's on channel 5 which isn't a good start.

Not realy a bad thing is it, Its a completely new show, Lost only started on 4 due to the success it had in the States

 

[101]

Seth MacFarlane was a bit random, made me chuckle. They seemed to workout that it was a FlashForward very quickly. I don't know... still not convinced.

 

[The Flying Potato]

Also, Oceanic Airlines was used in shows way before Lost

 

[The Flying Potato]

For example, here is a list of shows that use OA:

* Executive Decision: Oceanic Flight 343 from Athens to Washington, DC was skyjacked by Islamic terrorists.
* For Love Of The Game: An Oceanic flight is announced over the PA system in the airport lounge near the end of the movie.
* Nowhere to Land: A Boeing 747-200 from Sydney to LAX flying with a bomb programmed to detonate one hour prior to landing at LAX.
* Code 11-14: an FBI agent searches for a murderer aboard Oceanic Flight 816, a Boeing 747SP, bound for Los Angeles from Sydney.
* Lost: The show explores the aftermath of the crash of Oceanic Flight 815 from Sydney to Los Angeles. The producers of Lost also created a website for the fictional airline, including clues and references to the show's plot. In flashforwards, a group of the characters that survive the crash are nicknamed the "Oceanic Six" (Hurley, Kate, Jack, Sayid, Sun, and Aaron).
* Alias: Oceanic's flight to Sydney is briefly mentioned in an announcement when the show's lead character Sydney Bristow is at Los Angeles International Airport. Alias and Lost were both created by J. J. Abrams.
* LAX: 01.13 "Senator's Daughter" (first aired 16 April 2006): Advertisements and computers in airport terminals in LAX read "Oceanic Airlines".
* Pushing Daisies: 01.01 "Pie-lette" (02 October 2007): An Oceanic Airlines advertisement is displayed in the travel agency.
* Chuck: 01.02 "Chuck versus the Helicopter" (01 October 2007): Chuck is viewing a series of photographs when one prompts him to recall the secret information to which he had been exposed by Bryce Larkin. He begins revealing apparently unconnected secrets, including, "Oceanic Flight 815 was shot down by a surface-to-air..."
* Fringe: 01.09 "The Dreamscape" (25 November 2008): When the FBI was checking the apartment of a murdered Massive Dynamic employee, Agent Olivia Dunham found an airline ticket from Oceanic Airlines. The flight destination printed on the ticket was Omaha, Nebraska, and the date of the flight, 22 December.
* Alex: Bankers Alex Masterley and Clive Reed appear as the only survivors of an Oceanic Airlines aircrash in the Amazon Rainforest in Brazil.
* FlashForward: When the two policemen are staking out taking photos of a woman, a billboard with the Oceanic Airlines logo can be seen. The tagline states "Perfect Safety Record."