Showing posts with label ABC. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ABC. Show all posts

Sunday, October 4, 2009

2 Minutes 17 Seconds

I'd like to direct attention to ABC's new FlashForward. I just caught the Pilot on TV and the opening 20 minutes were awesome.



We get shots of a cop chase, a surgery, and a suicidal man at a beach followed by car wrecks, crashing helicopters, and explosions. The production values were very well done.

I'm worried this will evolve into story-telling style of Lost-light especially with the announcer saying "Get more clues about that tattoo online!". Opening a show with so many planted mysteries tend to be dangerous. If the writers don't know where they're going and get canceled after a few episodes, it will be a complete waste of time.

Hopefully Penny and Sulu will deliver a good plotline. The show is based on a novel of the same name by Canadian author Robert J. Sawyer, who has written a number of interesting 'what-if" sci-fi novels.

Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Fall 2009 TV Lineup

I'll just say it: the Fall 2009 lineup kinda sucks.

NBC's Heroes went so sharply downhill after season one I just stopped watching it completely.

Showtime's Dexter will probably be alright. I haven't seen season three yet for some reason. It's sitting there waiting to be watched but something's turning me off from it. Maybe I'm just tired of the premise. With season two investigating himself, I don't know where else the show can go.

Fox's Sons of Anarchy sounds interesting. I may look into this over time. Fringe has also been on my scopes but, being an X-Files veteran, I don't know if I want to venture on another government conspiracy universe.

ABC has something called Flash Forward, some sci-fi about people on Earth getting visions.... That sounds a bit tired even for me. I give it one season before it gets axed.

Then of course we have the classic comedies like The Office and It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. When does 30 Rock and South Park come back? :(

Sunday, July 26, 2009