FlashForward

There you go.

Or SPACE PORN.

Oh no - here we go again!

I see we all deal with the same sport.

Did anyone catch the premiere of this? It was actually pretty damn good. It hits the ground running (maybe even too fast) and combines the sci-fi elements of Lost (Desmond's episodes in particular) with the action and pace of 24.

The cast is likeable (apart from Sonya Walger's American accent), and there are a lot of familiar faces in it (I smiled when we saw Seth Family Guy McFarlane, and Dominic Monaghan in the preview for the next few episodes!)

There are also a few easter eggs for other ABC shows. Aide from the uninspired "let's put a Desperate Housewives advert on the side of a bus" ones, there are some more thoughtful Oceanic Airlines billboards around and probably a few other bits I missed.

Djawadi's music sucks as expected, but the show honestly doesn't need anything more complicated.

With a seemingly decent budget a dodgy-CGI kept to a minimum I'm already looking forward to the next episode.

Highly recommended!

I downloaded it, but it airs on channel 5 on Monday at 9.

The opening scene is exactly the same as Lost but in Los Angeles rather than an island.

I can't remember how I felt after watching the pilot for Lost, but I also haven't watched a new show in ages that managed to keep my attention for 40 minutes, so it can't be that bad!

Edit: Decent article you might want to read before watching.

Regular TV sucks, hence why I get anything I want to see in 720p off the net.

David S Goyer directs, and he wrote the new Batman movies, but also things like Jumper. Brannon Braga is also co-creator and producer, and he's a familar face (well, name at least) from season 7 of 24.

I thought it was a great pilot. Obviously inspired by Lost´s spectacular first act, but after that getting more interesting. I don´t see the concept work as a series, but I´m hooked and will watch until it starts to suck.

I didn´t notice the composer´s name and thought it was a good score, nothing out of the oridinary, but certainly not bad.

We'll be watching it too on Monday. Sounds quite interesting.

I wonder how long the series can continue for. Currently 13 episodes have been commissioned but it's not confirmed if this is only half of the whole season.

I had quite the opposite impression. I thought it was extremely underwhelming, with completely unrelatable and idiotic characters that behave at the whim of writers too fascinated with their own plot than the people that populate it. After the most catastrophic event of all time, the two main characters start going about their regular jobs rather than giving a crap about, I don't know, their daughter? The cares for their daughter is addressed in a throwaway line said by the main character's wife that she "spoke to her earlier and she's fine" and that the babysitter can "stay with her until they get home." Apparently it's too much of a bother to go home and see their daughter after, again, the most catastrophic event OF ALL TIME, as they don't ever show up until midnight or so. And, I guess the babysitter must not have a family she cares to go back to. Everything everyone does in the premiere is inhuman and fucked up. The show has potential, I guess, but the character writing is laughably bad.

For any UK viewers that haven't seen it already, the first episode premiers on channel 5 in about half an hour!

I also thought that the show was quite enjoyable. But, as you say James, how are they going to last for 22 episodes!! And I think I read that Jack Davenport has signed on for 5 years!!