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27 October 2009
The Grauniad seems to want to skewer Flash Forward with bitchy analysis – why be so serious about entertainment? It’s a television series aimed at distracting us from our real lives, not a documentary or dramatisation of something that actually happened. I don’t care if there are plot holes and silly moments. In fact, these ‘moments’ prevent the series from being shite due to excessive gravitas.
It’s also science fiction (the sample chapters I’ve read actually seem quite good). If we aren’t suspending our disbelief and having expectations of it making a whole lot of sense, we’re being pretty damn stupid.
(Terry — gee, thanks pal, heh — mentioned in the comments in an earlier post about critical reviews of the programme that got me curious enough to look things up. I’m done looking up any episode blow-by-blows, it’s a waste of time.)
If it starts taking itself way too seriously I’ll stop watching it. In the meantime I’m being entertained. What more do I need?
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Continuing on the subject of SciFi, can you get the new Stargate Universe on Hulu in the UK?
Comment by Terry — 28 October 2009 @ 1:18 am
Um, I think I tried to watch something on Hulu once, but it was blocked. So I have no idea. And I’m not actually into Stargate…
Comment by Andrea — 28 October 2009 @ 12:37 pm