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Everything boils down to Walter.
WalterP(rime) stole WalterO(ther)U(niverse)'s son, and WalterOU is obviously pissed, so he starts a war to destroy WalterP's universe in order to get his son back.
right?
Kinda messes with the audience and I like it. #lost
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Also, V has now added hybrids to resurrection. When do we get one in a bathtub saying "All this has happened before...and will happen again." #lost
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So basically, it could be any episode of Smallville ever. #lost
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And I still can't remember what their names are - I still refer to them as "post-drunk FBI", "slutty but probably not a bad person babysitter" etc.
Even with last episode's "thing" I find I just don't care.
And while I'm ranting - why didn't Fox give $$$ to Whedon to bridge Dollhouse into post-apocalyptic Dollhouse. If the show had been like that mythic episode, I'd be there every freakin' week. #lost
11/12/09
Flashforward is only one of the shows I'm walking away from, but it's a stand out in its mediocrity.
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Maybe it'll get better, but I have nothing much else to do so Ill keep watching it. #lost
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Simply revealing bits and pieces of a story over three seasons won't make them any friends. It's like having a friend who tells long-winded tales that go on forever; after a while you say "Oh for Zod's sake get to the point!"
BSG (which I liked) pulled and Lost (which I don't) is pulling this off because the writers supply interesting characters whose actions drove the plot forward. Yes, there's a long wait for the big reveal and some don't like it (A*G*LS? Really?) but they're keeping people engaged.
More often than not, the characters on Flashforward are acting like a Greek Chorus -- constantly explaining what we're seeing. They've been doing a bad job at that as they often just belabour points or restate what we can easily see for ourselves. (During the last episode I decided the junior FBI agent should be awarded a Masters in Obviousness from Redundancy Univ. until, well, the end.) #lost
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And the overuse of the Ally McBeal stalwart montage of long shots on sombre characters set to music is making me focus on things like, "Huh. Joseph Fiennes and Alex Kingston are ex in-laws. Is that weird for them?" instead of, y'know, the "plot." #lost
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I may finally stop watching.... #lost
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HA! Indeed. But what was that bit about a Gate? Just another hint at The Doctor's imminent doom, is my guess. #doctorwho
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I forgot the words. #doctorwho
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who are you.? the man who has lost everything and dares to speak to me of lonelyness..
...and the gate is waiting for you...
something like that :)
11/02/09
Ooh that's quite good. I might use that. :)
I quite like how, after a moment to absorb the awesomeness that is the Doctor, they took the situation in hand as equals rather than 'kids', tho Rani was a bit underwritten. The Doctor did not underestimate them, unlike the Trickster. #doctorwho
11/02/09
seriously it is this Doctor's catch phrase. That and, the whole "hello, who/what are you". But the whole, "i'm so sorry", is always so well played.
soul crashing accepted regret. #doctorwho
11/02/09
"I'll explain later."
(I can't be the only one who giggled uncontrollably and thought of "The Curse of Fatal Death" at that point.) #doctorwho