Flash Forward -- "137 Sekunden" -- 10/08/09
#1
DVD Talk God
Thread Starter
#3
DVD Talk Hero
Re: Flash Forward -- "137 Sekunden" -- 10/08/09
I agree. This show caught me off guard with "extreme like". It's paced well and, so far, and interesting to compare fate with self-fulfilling prophecies.
#4
DVD Talk Hero
Re: Flash Forward -- "137 Sekunden" -- 10/08/09
Re-posting what I just did in last week's thread to hopefully garner more discussion here.
One explanation to the late appointment might be a simple self-fulfilling prophecy. The only reason she wanted to make sure that this occurred during the flash forward was to ensure that she learned about it back then otherwise it wouldn't have happened.
Just watched this one last night. One thing really doesn't make sense to me.
If all the flash forwards are showing 10pm PDT on April 29th, 2010 (5am UTC April 30th), why was that chick getting an ultrasound at night? Unless she was somewhere in Eastern Europe, Asia, or Australia it doesn't make much sense to me. Even Hawaii would be 7pm, right? Seems a little late for your standard OB/GYN appointment.
Regarding Demitri's mysterious phone call, they might as well have just had a Soothsayer in the garage wailing "Beware the Ides of March!" I'm going on record with a prediction that his death is the result of a betrayal. Too bad 3/15/2010 is a Monday and we won't have an episode that day
If all the flash forwards are showing 10pm PDT on April 29th, 2010 (5am UTC April 30th), why was that chick getting an ultrasound at night? Unless she was somewhere in Eastern Europe, Asia, or Australia it doesn't make much sense to me. Even Hawaii would be 7pm, right? Seems a little late for your standard OB/GYN appointment.
Regarding Demitri's mysterious phone call, they might as well have just had a Soothsayer in the garage wailing "Beware the Ides of March!" I'm going on record with a prediction that his death is the result of a betrayal. Too bad 3/15/2010 is a Monday and we won't have an episode that day
#5
DVD Talk Gold Edition
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: S.S.F. CA
Posts: 2,063
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Re: Flash Forward -- "137 Sekunden" -- 10/08/09
I also don't understand why they said Kobe Bryant got injured and is out for the remainder of the season when the season ends 2 weeks before April 29th. Unless they said he was out the remainder of the playoffs and I forgot....
#6
DVD Talk Special Edition
Re: Flash Forward -- "137 Sekunden" -- 10/08/09
Regarding the chick getting an ultrasound at 'night', the way she was carrying on with the crying, I think it may have been in a hospital not an office and something may have happened that made her want to check on the baby.
Sure finding out the sex of the baby can be 'emotional', but she was really going nuts.
Sure finding out the sex of the baby can be 'emotional', but she was really going nuts.
#9
Re: Flash Forward -- "137 Sekunden" -- 10/08/09
I'm hooked on this show. No goosebumps moment at the end of the show. Probably should've cut it at the picture on the computer of the dead crows.
#10
DVD Talk Legend
Re: Flash Forward -- "137 Sekunden" -- 10/08/09
boring episode until the last minute.
the whole thing with the nazi was a waste, they had to do all that to find out he saw dead crows.
and the instant info on crow deaths around the world, ugh.
the whole thing with the nazi was a waste, they had to do all that to find out he saw dead crows.
and the instant info on crow deaths around the world, ugh.
#12
DVD Talk Hall of Fame
Re: Flash Forward -- "137 Sekunden" -- 10/08/09
And apparently the crows mysteriously disappeared before anyone else noticed them. Both in the prison and everywhere else in the entire world.
#13
DVD Talk God
Re: Flash Forward -- "137 Sekunden" -- 10/08/09
I liked it. Question for those that have read the book.
Spoiler:
#14
Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2003
Posts: 630
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Re: Flash Forward -- "137 Sekunden" -- 10/08/09
I am really not caring about a lot of these personal stories. In fact I'm reminded of bad episodes of Jericho. Earth-shattering event, focus on personal drama. I hope these things will weave together in a way that makes them important elements and not just filler.
#16
Suspended
Re: Flash Forward -- "137 Sekunden" -- 10/08/09
Just watched this one last night. One thing really doesn't make sense to me.
If all the flash forwards are showing 10pm PDT on April 29th, 2010 (5am UTC April 30th), why was that chick getting an ultrasound at night? Unless she was somewhere in Eastern Europe, Asia, or Australia it doesn't make much sense to me. Even Hawaii would be 7pm, right? Seems a little late for your standard OB/GYN appointment.
If all the flash forwards are showing 10pm PDT on April 29th, 2010 (5am UTC April 30th), why was that chick getting an ultrasound at night? Unless she was somewhere in Eastern Europe, Asia, or Australia it doesn't make much sense to me. Even Hawaii would be 7pm, right? Seems a little late for your standard OB/GYN appointment.
Spoiler:
As for this week's episode, am I really supposed to believe that an imprisoned Nazi is 1) the only person in the world to connect the number 187 with Kaballah and 2) the only person in the world to notice the mass death of crows? I mean, Benford and Hawk go and pull up the Audobon data that shows a huge drop-off in the crow population. Wouldn't someone from the Audobon Society (let alone all the non-Nazis who woke up to find piles of dead birds) have reported that to the government?
#17
Suspended
Re: Flash Forward -- "137 Sekunden" -- 10/08/09
This post contains spoiler for the book, but not (as far as I am aware) for the TV series.
There is an answer in the book. The answer is:
I'm 99% sure they are going in a different direction with the TV series, since in the book, there was no:
There is an answer in the book. The answer is:
Spoiler:
I'm 99% sure they are going in a different direction with the TV series, since in the book, there was no:
Spoiler:
#18
DVD Talk God
Re: Flash Forward -- "137 Sekunden" -- 10/08/09
apparently i wasn't clear enough when i only wanted a yes/no answer if they answered it in the book. damn it for reading that.
#19
Suspended
Re: Flash Forward -- "137 Sekunden" -- 10/08/09
(Sorry for spoilering you. I figured I'd give the answer with spoiler protection so that people who wanted to know could read it and those who didn't could skip it.)
Last edited by JasonF; 10-09-09 at 12:05 AM.
#20
DVD Talk God
Re: Flash Forward -- "137 Sekunden" -- 10/08/09
And apparently, I wasn't clear when I said "This post contains spoilers for the book" and "There is an answer in the book. The answer is:"
(Sorry for spoilering you. I figured I'd give the answer with spoiler protection so that people who wanted to know could read it and those who didn't could skip it.)
(Sorry for spoilering you. I figured I'd give the answer with spoiler protection so that people who wanted to know could read it and those who didn't could skip it.)
#21
Suspended
Re: Flash Forward -- "137 Sekunden" -- 10/08/09
Sorry. I didn't consider something that high-level to be a spoiler, but obviously different people have different standards of what constitutes a spoiler. Hope I didn't ruin your enjoyment too much.
#22
DVD Talk Hall of Fame
Re: Flash Forward -- "137 Sekunden" -- 10/08/09
'So the earth farted and we passed out'
The Nazi filler was boring.But I have faith it will start to get exciting.
#23
DVD Talk God
Re: Flash Forward -- "137 Sekunden" -- 10/08/09
#24
Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2003
Posts: 960
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Re: Flash Forward -- "137 Sekunden" -- 10/08/09
was that the v spaceship taking a detour in africa?
and those FBI computers are really sophisticated... crow death pattern stats and graph in 3 seconds flat
was the guy that exumed the body telling the truth?
and how is it that Gabrielle Union saw him alive in her FF, but Noh gets murdered a month earlier (and i guess nazi-guy was referencing Noh's murder?)
the fat guy saying "so, do i get a gun and stuff...." made me laugh for some reason; also thought nazy-guy calling ole girl a lesbian was funny
i suspect if she does end up pregnant it's probably gonna be Benford (maybe that is what kills the marriage)
liked where the lady discovered the child at the service... but it looked like he already had a mom next to him and the father was fallen fbi agent...so how does he end up with her?
and those FBI computers are really sophisticated... crow death pattern stats and graph in 3 seconds flat
was the guy that exumed the body telling the truth?
and how is it that Gabrielle Union saw him alive in her FF, but Noh gets murdered a month earlier (and i guess nazi-guy was referencing Noh's murder?)
the fat guy saying "so, do i get a gun and stuff...." made me laugh for some reason; also thought nazy-guy calling ole girl a lesbian was funny
i suspect if she does end up pregnant it's probably gonna be Benford (maybe that is what kills the marriage)
liked where the lady discovered the child at the service... but it looked like he already had a mom next to him and the father was fallen fbi agent...so how does he end up with her?
Last edited by ATX; 10-09-09 at 06:41 AM.
#25
DVD Talk God
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Directionally Challenged (for DirecTV)
Posts: 130,284
Received 616 Likes
on
495 Posts
Re: Flash Forward -- "137 Sekunden" -- 10/08/09
I didn't get this. You'd think if there were tons of crow deaths that coincided with the blackout, they would have been investigating it from the start. It was obviously known, since they basically googled it with their supercomputer.