MamaGravity good back-story, and good acting

Taraparain Tells a fascinating and unsettling true story, and does so well, without pretending to have all the answers.

Roman Sampson One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.

Matylda Swan It is a whirlwind of delight --- attractive actors, stunning couture, spectacular sets and outrageous parties.

meros-2 I thoroughly enjoyed this series from beginning to end. So many twists and turns, surprise additions throughout to keep us off our feet. All the actors where wonderful. Except for falling asleep due to sleep deprivation (I can only go so long without sleep) I watched as much as I could in 1 go. My only questions that kept repeating near the end were: which is correct, flash forwards or flashes forward? What is being repeated for some of the characters? Did they experience multiple flashes that showed them the future, or were they moved forward multiple times using flashes? Do we have any English majors who can answer this? I haven't completed watching the last couple of episodes so am not sure how it ends, if it ends, but I sure hope that no one else gets hurt cause 20 Million People in the countries that were awake when it happened is a lot of lives to be responsible for. I suppose if everyone knows far enough in advance the date and time of the event concessions could be made for every one to lie down, pull over, etc. although not everyone listens to the news so there could still be people hurt. I hope they have an interesting solution.I know it was cancelled after the last episode, but it is still possible to have it revived if there is anyone out there with ideas on how it should continue. I hope there are because this was a very interesting series. Then again, perhaps I don't want someone to keep repeating the flashes, just resolve it finally.

SnoopyStyle Due to an unexplained phenomenon, the entire world's population blacks out for approximately 2 minutes and 17 seconds, and almost everybody sees a glimpse of life 6 months into the future. An elite FBI task force is formed to investigate.This is high concept sci-fi that devolves into chaos as more gets revealed. It lasted one season for 23 episodes in total. It became chaotic after the winter break. I would have liked to see if the show could recover some of its original tension in a second season. The other problem may be the large cast. It tends to dilute the emotional tension of each individual character's storyline.

Branko One of the best TV serials ever, very interesting and intrigue story, breath taking moments and philosophical way of thinking. It's a real shame that this show was canceled, it should have 3 seasons at least to be considered and captured in movie history as one of the best shows ever made...but still it's not to late to take in consider this question once more and put on-air the show again. I have watched a lot of more expensive movies and series that this one, and they were way bellow this one. I think this TV show deserves a better treatment in the movie industries, because the viewers are too bored watching the same or nearly the same stories and scenarios in all other serial or non serial movies. Audience needs something fresh, something different and deeper than the ordinary, something that not only will entertain people, but increase the level of thinking and knowing of life and things around itself.Thank you!

bayou_hannibal When I watched the first few episodes of this show, I was immediately hooked. The sci-fi premise was fascinating, and it looked like the show was accurately capturing the effect that a massive unexplained scientific event would have upon society. Just about everyone in the show had interesting flash forwards, and I was eager to see how the events in their lives would play out to make them come true. After the first few episodes though, the series stalled, and by the time that it ended, it was so bad that it was downright painful to watch.The biggest problem with this series is that the main plot – i.e. the most intriguing reason to keep watching the show – never goes anywhere. Flash Forward reeks of a series that was being made up as it went along, with plot twists coming from further and further in left field until the show just ends without explaining any of it. When you watch a movie or a show like this, you are captivated at first, but then you gradually become disappointed as you slowly realize that the mystery will never be even partially explained. And that is because the authors themselves have no explanation. There never was one to begin with. The events in the story are not manifestations of an underlying phenomenon. They are just twists that were made up to keep you guessing. At the end, when the credits roll, you feel cheated, because you invested so much time and thought into it all, and all that you got were vaguely suggested conspiracies and a new unanswered question every week. Instead of a brilliant scientific mystery, you get a bunch of twaddle that a high schooler could have written.Defenders of this type of trash will say "but it's not about finding out what happens, it's about the characters and their stories". Or, they will say that "it's more fun not knowing and deciding for yourself". This is like saying that the Harry Potter series would have been better if you cut out the last four chapters of every book, or that an Agatha Christie mystery would be better if it never revealed "whodunit". It's hogwash. The brilliance of a mystery is in its ability to have a relatively simple underlying explanation for a bunch of bizarre or unpredictable events. The Dr. Who series manages to do this somewhat. Each episode contains a mystery, and then there is often a greater mystery in each season that is wrapped up well in the finale.What's actually in the series becomes progressively more idiotic with each episode, passing through mediocre and descending into painfully predictable and unintentionally funny. The characters don't garner any of the sympathy that they are supposed to. Lots of them, especially Joseph Fiennes and his wife, are imbeciles. A big part of the hook in the series is finding out how some of the strange flash forward visions come to pass. A recovering alcoholic is drunk in his flash forward. A wife is with another man. A guy with cancer meets a love interest. A single woman is pregnant and having an ultrasound. To my disappointment, the story arc that led to all of these being fulfilled was horribly contrived and lame.While all of these characters are experiencing their lives (which we don't care about), a massive conspiracy story develops to explain the blackout event. Conspiracy after conspiracy unwraps in front of us. Some ultra secret organization with pretty much unlimited resources is basically responsible for it all. Why did they do this? Who are they? What was their ultimate goal? What are these experiments that they have been doing? Nothing is ever even remotely explained. The series ends, with a cliffhanger that was obviously intended as the lead-in for season 2. There never was one. If there had been, it would have just been more stringing along the viewer until the ratings finally couldn't keep the show afloat. Good riddance.