tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4512901970142754617.post6142476990160891732..comments2023-10-28T07:08:29.965-07:00Comments on Right Fans: Sci Fi from the Other Side: NEW!: FlashForward 1:1 – No More Good DaysSABR Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00879056167130238382noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4512901970142754617.post-53340177767501192352009-10-19T15:21:43.823-07:002009-10-19T15:21:43.823-07:00Did you notice that BRANNON BRAGA!! is the executi...Did you notice that BRANNON BRAGA!! is the executive producer of this show? One of the most hated men in Star Trek history? That's stunning to me.SABR Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00879056167130238382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4512901970142754617.post-63141078212621024152009-10-19T12:36:01.082-07:002009-10-19T12:36:01.082-07:00I think the danger of determinism...which I sat th...I think the danger of determinism...which I sat there thinking about for most of my time spent viewing these early episodes...is mitigated by the uniqueness of the revelations themselves. What's great about this concept is that because the flash forwards were GLOBAL...there are people working very hard to make sure their flash forwards come true (the ones who liked what they saw) and people feeling like they're doomed to live out a negative endgame (and thus taking no action to try to change it) and people fighting to prevent things from happening...<br /><br />So even if the creepy and very suspenseful "oh God it's happening just as we saw" stuff goes on...it doesn't mean the writers are supporting determinism...the collective free will of 7 billion people may result in chains of events that are unstoppable even for those who are trying to stop them. Know what I mean?<br /><br />In a later episode, agent Noh has the chance to turn in a bong-sucking aspiring customs agent seen in the flashforward of an imprisoned Nazi...I would like to have seen him do that just to see if it affected the future in some way...not that we'd know immediately, but it'd be nice to see him doing lots of little things to try to change future events.SABR Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00879056167130238382noreply@blogger.com