News flash: Don't watch this! (Flashforward)

Member Name: Claribella

Product:	Flashforward
Date:	14/11/09 (39 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: The flash forwards are quite interesting

Disadvantages: goes down hill very quickly

Flash forward is the new TV series from America whereby the whole world have a complete black out and millions die in the process. The ones who survive have some sort of vision so the FBI embark on a mission to try and piece together the evidence and catch the culprit.

The first episode of this was brilliant and I was gripped from the start. The storyline was original and I was sure I was going to be a commited watcher no matter how many series they decided to make.

By the time the second episode finished, I was pretty bored and although I continued watching, it didn't grab me and keep me interested. I watched a few more episodes after that before I gave up altogether.

There is a lot of thrilling action scenes going on which are done well and I also liked the fact that every now and again, you'd find a character having a flash forward so you could see what they dreamt during the black out. I must admit that part did keep me interested which is probably why I kept watching.

The humour is unbelievably corny and the acting is down right awful. It's almost like they are trying to be a little bit comical but it doesn't quite fit in with the seriousness of the storyline. I didn't recognize any of the actors and I'm pretty sure none of them have the ability to have a long career or maybe they do and it was just the script that made them bad.

As the episodes unfold the questions that I found that were unanswered also did too. Every question seemed to unfold into a million others and to me it was starting to feel like 'Lost' all over again which I just couldn't be bothered with.

All in all this series had a promising start but went down hill very quickly!

Summary: Don't bother