Is Flashforward as a Standalone Season worth watching ?
 

I've got the whole season saved up, now i've found out it's been cancelled

Please NO SPOILERS

Is it still worth watching ?

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If you're bored and have nothing better to watch, you might as well watch it because it's free, right? It was intriguing, but it will likely leave you disappointed since the producers didn't get to finish their story.

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How much have you seen? If you are halfway, you might as well finish it but if you haven't started or you have seen only the pre-hiatus episodes, I would stop.

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No. I gave up after about 6 eps or so.

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Nope.

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Invasion (2005) > Flash Forward

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:lol: good lookin' out - I had been meaning to stop in and ask the same thing. I need the DVR space so [delete]

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It was decent but far from standalone.

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Me too, and I seldom quit shows. They seemed to go around in circles way too much for every little step forward.

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I watched all 22 episodes and it doesn't work as a standalone season. It was entertaining for the most part and had some good action. Joseph Fiennes was the lead, but I thought Christine Woods outshined him even though she was only a supporting character. They designed the show for a 5-season arc and unfortunately they never got that. Episode 22 was filmed before ABC canned them and they didn't have time to work it as a series finale with closure.

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Not one bit

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Yes. While it lasted, I enjoyed it. The finale was a let down, but it was worth the ride. Watch the first few episodes, and if you don't like it, then don't watch it. But it's definitely worth a try.

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No, mostly because it's just not a good show.

As far as whether it works as a standalone, I would say yes, kind of. As a barely spoiler I will say the finale episode leads up to and covers the time that everyone flashforwards to in the pilot. So as far as what people see during the blackout, everything is resolved. The greater questions of the who, what, why and how behind the blackout are explored, many issues are addressed but everything is not fully resolved.

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The pilot was excellent, the mid-season opener was excellent. The finale was entertaining, but not fulfilling. About 3-4 of the shows in-between were entertaining. The rest of the season was not too great. If I had to do it again, I would skip it. But if you have nothing better to do...then maybe.

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It's a show that had a ton of both dramatic and thought-provoking potential ... and didn't realize it. The second-half relaunch episode was decent and I certainly dug the excellent premiere that ignited the whole thing, but the full season made several of the same mistakes over and over by sticking to bloated, blunt-headed drama and low plot revelation.

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No. Not in my opinion, it isn't.

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This.

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Edit: wrong thread.

But no, not worth it.

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I like looking at Christine Woods, so I say yes... especially if you start with the pilot, skip ahead to the mid-season premiere and watch that through the end.

The show had potential, but as others have said, it didn't live up to it.

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If the 22 episode season had been condensed into the first ten episodes or so they might have had something. They spread it way too thin with too much filler and too many characters I didn't care about.

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Interesting premise. Great pilot episode. The later episodes that focused on plot rather than the interpersonal drama of the unlikeable cast had at least some entertainment value.

Without getting into spoilers, I'll just say that Flash Forward was a chore to watch... and I'm glad it's over.

I can only hope that it doesn't become one of these shows that people refer to as "it was cancelled just as it was getting great!" because, again, it was a chore to watch.

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Don't waste your time like we did. Besides going nowhere, it ends on a cliffhanger - just pointless all around.

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I watched this through the end and I would say no.

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I don't think it's worth it, either.

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Not worth it, unless you're doing a study on how not to dub in dialogue after the fact.

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no.

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Watched them all and another no.

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Can someone spoil this show for me? I watched the first 5 or 6 episodes but lost interest.

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Soooooo... Survey says:


a.) THE SHOW SUCKS, DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME WATCHING THIS BULLSHIT.
&
b.) CHRISTINE WOODS IS HOT.


/THREAD

Re: Is Flashforward as a Standalone Season worth watching ?
 

Original Desmond: If your bored out of your skull and have absolutely nothing to watch, then fine sit through all 22 episodes. For the most part, I think you will be entertained. But, it seems to me that you download shit like crazy and have months worth of material to watch through the Winter (since it's Winter in your parts.) Plus, there is already quite a few new scripted shows airing this summer. You also mentioned that you still have a ton of other shows you still haven't watched yet from this past TV season.

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No. And I watched all the episodes.

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Wouldn't have stuck around if not for her so I think that should be your "A"

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There are a lot of shows that lasted one season that are probably better.
Wonderfalls...
Firefly....

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Wikipedia has brief summaries of all 22 episodes; some have links to a detailed synopsis.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_FlashForward_episodes

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At least she has a new show in the Fall (Perfect Couples) and is playing a straight woman. ;)

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I haven't seen even 1 episode and i got plenty else to watch so thanks everyone, i will put it on an archival drive only to be dug up if really really out of stuff to watch which is virtually never gonna happen

I found Baltar oddly entertaining.

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I just read that show description. Ugh. I think I've already seen every episode. I'd rather they kill off more than half the cast of Flashforward and bring that back.

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That is too much digging. Can someone just give a quick summary in like 2-3 sentences on what caused the flashforward.