1. JDaveM

   10

   All of you have got to be kidding me! This show was great! I just finished the whole first season on Netflix and i cant wait to see the second, and then i learn that the show was canceled?!?!?! So i read the reviews and people were complaining about the characters the plot and a whole bunch of other moronic stuff. So for anyone reading this let me explain why these people who gave this show a bad rating were wrong. First of all the characters were complex and changed through out the entire show, I don't understand why anyone wouldn't enjoy that, nowadays people like the plain, boring and/or idiotic characters like the ones from "Jersey Shore." The plot was great, the show tried to give an answer to an age old philosophical question "Fate vs. Free-Will", but i now see that people have completely forgotten what makes a good show good. Its NOT just some steroid filled idiots arguing all day and fist pumping, a good show is one that helps people learn or at least helps them to think about things outside of their miniature world.… Expand

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2. averyc

   5

   I watched the first episode. The show's premise is compelling, even to me, who isn't really a fan of sci-fi. S,as an idea driven show, it may be good. However, it shouldn't be compared with LOST, which is both an idea driven show and a melodrama. I've seen all of LOST, but I have almost no interest in the sci-fi/fantasy parts of the show. I sort of ignore all the Dharma stuff. I watch LOST for the lover triangle (Jack/Sawyer/Kate), for Locke's story of redemption, and for Michael Emerson's (and O'quinn's) acting. I enjoy LOST like I enjoy Hitchcock's 'Lifeboat'. LOST has a lot of human drama. So, far FF doesn't seem built to have that. What made LOST so absorbing at the beginning were the incidental moments that displayed good writing and good character dynamics, such as the moment when Jack, who's wounded, asks Kate if she can sew. Lesser shows ignore such texture. and LOST is all about backstory and character development, which is what makes it ENTIRELY different from Heroes. Anyone who can't see that is a dope.… Expand

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3. JM

   3

   Pilot was not bad but the next two episodes are terrible. Even Michael Rymer, one of the best directors from Battlestar Galactica cannot save this dog. The plotting sucks, the dialog sucks, and the acting...well, sucks. The show is also sloppy. In the last episode, a graph based on an internet search is supposed to show a drop off in the crow population at the time of the flash forward (just a few days earlier). The graph shows two MONTHS after flash forward. Were we not supposed to notice? And why the hell did they need a convicted Nazi criminal to tell them that a bunch of crows died? Was he the only one who noticed? There would have been widespread reports of crows dying. This show is another turd from the colon of Brandon Braga.… Expand

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