MAGIA, ESPADA Y FANTASÍA (VI)

La segunda parte de la monumental adaptación a la pantalla de la obra de J.R.R. Tolkien por Peter Jackson y su equipo da comienzo en el punto en que la Comunidad del Anillo se disuelve: Frodo y Sam siguen su camino hacia Mordor, Merry y Pipin han caído prisioneros de los orcos de Sauron, y Aragorn, Legolas y Gimli, dejando a los pequeños portadores del anillo que encuentren su propio destino, van tras los cautivos para liberarlos, mientras Sauron y su aliado Saruman siguen acumulando fuerzas con las que aplastar a las razas libres de la Tierra Media, desunidas y parapetadas tras sus débiles defensas…

Tras el impactante efecto sorpresa de la primera entrega, Las dos torres ofrece más de lo mismo (pero peor) en la forma, aunque empieza la decadencia en cuanto al fondo. Como dijimos en su momento en esta misma sección, a medida que la trilogía avanza, sus grandes virtudes se van poco a poco diluyendo y los pequeños inconvenientes del primer capítulo, minimizados ante la grandiosidad del conjunto, van creciendo hasta poco a poco adueñarse de este puente hacia la conclusión. El problema, precisamente, es la entrega incondicional a la espectacularidad de las formas y el paulatino descuido de unas, ya de por sí, demasiado elementales, lineales, esquemáticas cuestiones de fondo (personajes, psicología, motivaciones, reacciones ante los hechos…) siguiendo, obviamente, las pautas marcadas por Tolkien pero haciendo que la película, exactamente igual que su antecesora y su continuación, dependa en exclusiva de los conocimientos previos del espectador sobre la obra literaria a fin de que pueda entender la lógica de acontecimientos y personajes, sin que se trate de un producto cinematográfico autónomo. A ello no es ajena la introducción de las grandes batallas y de las escenas de acción propias de la historia en las que la entrega a la espectacularidad es total, y en las que se desvirtúan algunos logros de la primera parte. Por ejemplo, donde hay un ingente esfuerzo por utilizar el maquillaje y la caracterización para la construcción de las diversas criaturas “no humanas” y de ambientación y dirección artística para los espacios, comienza a haber demasiada labor de computadora a fin de recrear enormes ejércitos en movimiento, espacios abiertos o decorados en los que transcurran los combates, auténticamente de videojuego por más espectaculares que sean, y también en el momento de provocar un buen número de efectos de la violencia sobre individuos y objetos. La batalla principal es tan grandiosa como artificiosa, con algún que otro guiño que supera lo humorístico para adentrarse en lo ridículo, completamente fuera del tono general de la historia, y las múltiples y complejas tramas paralelas que como un mosaico van salpicando la narración y cambiando el punto de interés y de tensión a cada momento, unidas a la excesiva duración del film, hacen que el ritmo vaya desde la lentitud más extrema al servicio del crecimiento de una tensión no siempre lograda (porque hay que entender que al igual que se depende del libro para presuponer aspectos de los personajes el espectador ya conoce el desenlace de los hechos sobre los que se pretende cargar emoción) hasta la vertiginosa sucesión de acontecimientos acelerados que siembran la película de altibajos y lagunas de emoción.

El problema es que la ingenuidad y expectación del discurso de la primera parte se torna aquí en una oda a las imágenes animadas desprovistas de discurso de cualquier tipo o, lo que es peor, intentando alcanzar la sublimidad de ciertos mensajes a través de la mera repetición de frases y situaciones pretendidamente trascendentes y decisivas (cuando, insistimos, el lector de Tolkien, espectador a quien va dirigida la película, no como intención, pero sí como construcción, ya sabe qué va a pasar y qué no) pero que, a través de ese culto a lo entendido como modernidad e innovación visuales, son en el fondo de una emotividad vacía, de una emoción nula, sin una aventura real, sin un riesgo o un peligro que realmente cruce al otro lado de la pantalla, sin unos personajes vivos por los que podamos sentir una empatía que vaya más allá de lo que los personajes dicen representar, sin llegar a sentir algo por los personajes en sí.

La película acumula historias que transcurren de manera paralela pero no por ello gana en solidez, muy al contrario, es una forma de perder pulso, de deshilvanar un puzzle que en la primera entrega había quedado ensamblado de manera aceptable. Se vuelve facilona, vulgar, reiterativa, simple y lineal, por más que visualmente pretenda todo lo contrario, resultar majestuosa, abigarrada, rica, espectacular; busca enganchar por la belleza y el impacto de imágenes grandilocuentes, olvidándose de atraparnos por el cariz de los acontecimientos que cuenta, y es ahí donde, a pesar de que engancha y obliga a seguirla, apuesta por explotar los elementos más pobres y simplones del lenguaje cinematográfico y busca convencer a través de algo, en el fondo, tan fácil como es apabullar, embaucar por aplastamiento.

Habiendo alcanzado así la trilogía la cúspide de lo que podía ofrecer, buena parte de esta segunda entrega y toda la tercera parte son un lento caer hacia la superficialidad en el discurso y el tributo a las formas animadas por ordenador en detrimento de la historia misma, al metraje excesivo en la creencia de que la mejor adaptación es la que cuenta todo (ya dijo Voltaire que el secreto de aburrir consiste en decirlo todo), de que a más, siempre es mejor. Y el cine nos ha dado gran cantidad de muestras, seguramente las mejores, de que lo mejor suele ser siempre lo contrario.

Episode 7 – The Gift

Now after what I thought was quite disappointing last week, I found this episode had more going on and a few interesting moments. Especially the ending (yes I know they try to leave you hanging with the ending this week, but I actually said OMG out loud . . . I really was not expecting that).

I new website was formed for the “Ghosts” people who did not have a flashforward and therefore figured they could actually die any day now. “The Blue Hand Club” was set up for these people to go to. They pretty much done anything they wanted, which included some very crazy things that could indeed kill them.

We are properly introduced to MI6 agent Fiona Banks, who was in Gough’s flashforward, working on a case which is suddenly made. Gough’s flashforward is explored in more detail with and that he feels responsible for a woman’s death leaving her two children behind. When all of this gets on top of him he commits suicide by jumping off the top of the FBI building, in a very emotional scene with Mark, Demetri and others watching on. He done this so that woman would have a chance to live, also showing Demetri that the future can be changed and he should still have hope of a future and living a happy life. I think this also made Mark realise that he can change parts of his and his wifes flashforwards so they do not come true.

I thought that was quite powerful, and also good turning it around that you can change what you saw. It gives a new edge really. As it goes back to well you can change it or you can conform and do everything in your power to make it happen if that will make you feel better about it all.

The moment which made me say OMG was when Aaron’s daughter was sitting in his house at the end. After Mike had told him that he had seen her die, which she was supposed to of died. I really was not expecting to see her sitting their at the end. Very much the reason I cannot wait for the next episode.

I am actually very much looking forward to episode 8 now, I think possibly I am becoming hooked ever so slowly on this show?!?!?

  Ghosts are described as the disembodied spirit or soul of a deceased person.   In the case of FF it would be more to describe them as people who knew or thought they knew that by April 10th, 2010 they would be dead.  These are people who felt they had nothing left to fear about life so they chose to embrace death.  In all types of horrifying fashions.  Seriously people stop watching Saw. 

Ghosts can also describe thoughts or actions which haunt our minds and hearts.  These ghost are a little harder to grasp and even harder to fight.  Because as Special Agent Al Gough learned you can’t run from your fear of the inevitable.  From the very start of last night’s episode  I knew something was off with who was fastly becoming one of my favorite characters.  But I quickly dismissed any possible notion that Cyclops, oops excuse me Al, was going to be dealt a blow to any future storylines he had coming his way.  Because you see even though Lee  Thompson Young  had been consistently billed as a guest star I just knew that he would soon be made a part of our FF family.  And ooh boy that assurance grew even more when I could have sworn he said “I killed him.”  Huh? What?  Excuse me did you just say that you killed him?  OMG you can’t be the one who kills Demetri!  No not Al anyone but Al. (on a side note I love that even though I later learn that wasn’t what he said I could have sworn that is exactly what he did say)  Oh I could just see the upcoming storylines playing out in my mind.  But let’s remember that I did say that it seemed something was off earlier in the post, but for the life of me I couldn’t put my finger on it.  Whose Celia?  What does she have to do with the Blue Hand group?  Is she important in any way?  Does she have meaning?  Why is it Al’s voice we hear reading the story?  What does she have to do with him if she didn’t have a flash?  Ugh so many questions!  I confess my head started to hurt a little bit.  Apparently she had everything to do with his flash because it wasn’t Demetri he will have killed, it was a single mother of twin boys who from what I could gather was in the wrong place at the wrong time.  So instead of embracing his ghost he decided to estinguish it before it could cause more harm and in the process supply this fan with her first gasp of the season.

Honarable Mentions:

Creepy old man playing Russian Roulette

A child’s bracelet and the name Annabelle

Um excuse me you speak Japanese, fluently?

Demetri faces his ghost and confesses to his fiancee

Our favorite suicidal intern actually gets some storytime

Mark watches as his world begins to crumble

Did they say Jerichos and what do they have to do with Tracy’s sudden appearance?

Leoban!

A Sociedade do Anel

Numa terra fantástica e única, chamada Terra-Média, um hobbit (seres de estatura entre 80 cm e 120 cm, com pés peludos e bochechas um pouco avermelhadas) recebe de presente de seu tio o Um Anel, um anel mágico e maligno que precisa ser destruído antes que caia nas mãos do mal. Para isso o hobbit Frodo (Elijah Woods) terá um caminho árduo pela frente, onde encontrará perigo, medo e personagens bizarros. Ao seu lado para o cumprimento desta jornada aos poucos ele poderá contar com outros hobbits, um elfo, um anão, dois humanos e um mago, totalizando 9 pessoas que formarão a Sociedade do Anel.

As duas Torres

Após a captura de Merry (Dominic Monaghan) e Pippy (Billy Boyd) pelos orcs, a Sociedade do Anel é dissolvida. Enquanto que Frodo (Elijah Wood) e Sam (Sean Astin) seguem sua jornada rumo à Montanha da Perdição para destruir o Um Anel, Aragorn (Viggo Mortensen), Legolas (Orlando Bloom) e Gimli (John Rhys-Davies) partem para resgatar os hobbits sequestrados.

O Retorno do Rei

Sauron planeja um grande ataque a Minas Tirith, capital de Gondor, o que faz com que Gandalf (Ian McKellen) e Pippin (Billy Boyd) partam para o local na intenção de ajudar a resistência. Um exército é reunido por Theoden (Bernard Hill) em Rohan, em mais uma tentativa de deter as forças de Sauron. Enquanto isso Frodo (Elijah Wood), Sam (Sean Astin) e Gollum (Andy Serkins) seguem sua viagem rumo à Montanha da Perdição, para destruir o Um Anel.

And you know what?  I came to a new realization.  If I don’t expect it to be good, and I don’t expect to have a mystery to solve, and I don’t expect to have to use my brain, it’s not a bad show.  I expected so much from FlashForward from the very beginning, as my previous post indicates, that I was overly underwhelmed by what I was shown.  I said I wouldn’t watch it anymore after episode 5, “Gimme Some Truth,” but I found myself with an hour to kill and nothing else to watch last week.  After all, it was the episode that introduced Dominic Monaghan’s character. 

And then, last night, I watched episode 7 (or 107 depending on your preference), “The Gift,” and I was entertained.  I admit it’s fun to watch Joseph Fiennes act — and I do mean “watch him act.”  He doesn’t just rub his jaw.  He makes a conscious mental decision to rub his jaw.  He acts that jaw rub better than any other actor on TV today.  “Hello world, this is me, Joe Fiennes, and I am about to act the part of an FBI agent rubbing his jaw.  Here I go!  There . . .  did you see it?  I’ll do it again.  There!”  That’s right folks, any other actor would just rub his jaw as part of human action, but not Joseph Fiennes.  “Hello Director.  It’s me, Joe Fiennes, and I think this Mark character would rub his jaw at precisely this moment, and he would do it like this.”  Oh Joey.  Why do you try so hard?

I also like to watch him run.  Go ahead.  Check out some of the episodes online and watch him run.  He “acts” running.  It’s kind of cute in a sweet, poor puppy dog kind of way.  Poor kid.  He puts so much effort into his posture and facial expressions.  Bless his little heart.

But back to last night’s episode.  I liked it.  I don’t expect thought-provoking dialogue anymore, so I’ve lightened up a bit and allowed myself simply to be entertained.  As a whole, the hour was well spent, but I did not want to see Al go.  He’s one of the better characters, and one of the better actors.  I would have liked more from him in future episodes.  I did like the twist that his sacrifice gave the story, and I think it was well placed within the season.  So, until next week, have a good one.  Maybe I’ll go watch V.

It was a Halloween to remember with kangaroos and blue-handed bodies

In “Scary Monsters and Super Creeps,” the show attempted to answer the question:  “What caused the flashforwards?”   Alas, the answer was perhaps more confounding than the question.  For as Simon (Dominic Monaghan) attempted to explain quantum mechanics in simple terms to the blonde on the train, we were all left scratching our heads over how Schrodinger’s Cat Theory actually worked.  In Simon’s example, you have to imagine that in your hand you are holding a tiny cat and a poisoned sardine, and if you fold your hand closed, the cat is given two choices: either the cat eats the poisoned sardine and dies, or it doesn’t and lives.  You will not know until you open your hand which option the cat chose. Thus, it is up to the cat to decide if it wants to live or die.  It is only after you (the observer) open your hand that you will discover the cat’s fate — and quantum physics says that until you open your hand both eventualities occur at the same time.  But, according to Schrodinger’s Cat Theory, the miracle of quantum mechanics is that the observer gets to decide.

 This is a mind-bender.  Are there two parallel realities?  Is it up to each of us to decide which reality will exist?  However, applying Schrodinger’s Cat Theory, as the woman noted, “The cat had already made up its mind.”

 Also following this vein, the series seems to be focusing on whether each character will choose to eat the poisoned sardine or not.  Does each move forward to make their visions a reality or move away and resist their visions to become a reality?  Mark (Joseph Fiennes) and Olivia (Sonya Walger) are pushing against allowing their visions from coming true.  Mark does not want to return to his dark days of alcoholism and a failed marriage, and Olivia does not want to abandon her marriage and find love with another man she does not know.  Additionally, Demetri (John Cho) does not want his vision to come true either, for he does not want to be murdered.

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Episode 6- Scary Monsters and Super Creeps.

The more I watch this the more I actually wonder when something major is going to happen. I felt that not much really happened in this episode other than the argument between Mark and Olivia about not being honest about their flashforwards. As it is eventually revealed that Olivia has met the man in her flashback and is the father of Dylan who was one of her patients. This was revealed when Dylan got himself to Mark and Olivia’s house and pretty much Olivia’s face said it all when she got there.

The main question you might be asking, and I have been asking myself is if not much is going on and happening then why do I keep watching every week? I was thinking about this while watching this episode, and I think the reason has to be to see if they can actually stop the future happening. If they can stop the flashforward they saw become reality which means there life changing quite a lot in some cases, for the better or indeed for the worse.

I guess I am being quite cliche as it is kind of like fate or destiny, can you stop what is already mapped out for you from happening. Maybe in life somethings and events are always going to happen to matter how hard you try to stop them. This is something I actually have dicussions about with my best friends. We wonder if everything is already mapped out and what will be will be. No use forcing something that is not true or stopping something that is beyond your control.

I can see a lot of that in this show, what if we did get a glimpse so far into the future? Would that be a bad or a good thing? I guess as in the show it really does depend what you happen to see. I guess it can some what be compared to fortune teller’s they might be wrong or right, but will you try to do things in order to meet what they told you? Will some of the character’s in the show do all they can to have the flashforward happen or everything in their power to prevent it?

I guess we will have to keep watching to find out . . . and for that reason I am pretty much hooked.

Ég get ekki orða bundist!

Having an opinion on a tv show should be very low on my list of priorities, as should be writing a review.

I am not going to write a review, I just have to say again: Joseph Fiennes is doing a fine job of interfering with my suspension of disbelief.

I’ve watched some America’s Next Top Model, which is where I get my vast knowledge of acting techniques. If you need to portray a certain feeling, you are definitely not to go for the most obvious expression. It’s all about expression, and with all his studies and experience, Joseph F always manages to land on his feet (?) showing some expression he must have found on Stock Photos. It distracts me, okay, and annoys.

I’ve already mentioned Joseph botching the American accent, but I haven’t mentioned his whispering-habit. Why would anyone speak like that? Now that he’s started to move his head like Horatio Cane from CSI: Miami, I am just not sure if I can watch anymore.

Casting Dominic Monaghan as a brainy lothario slash sociopath is laughable. He doesn’t carry the role in any way, shape or form. I suppose any actor would want to step out of being type-cast, but this is going too far, folks!

Courtney B. Vance as the FBI boss does smug from episode 1-6 no matter what he’s trying to portray, and there is something super dodgy about Brian F. O’Byrne’s accent – he’s likely Irish and not hiding it all too well? Doesn’t bother me though, it’s not phony like Joseph F’s attempt. It’s kinda warm and nice.

I also noticed a couple of discrepancies: In one scene FBI boss says to Marc: ” … and now you tell me you were impaired when you had it”, referring to Marc’s flash forward. He wasn’t impaired when he had it, he was impaired in it. Right?  And there was another one … can’t remember! Doesn’t matter anyway

To be positive I must say this: I just now found out that Sonya Walger, who plays Dr. Olivia Benford, wife of Joseph Fiennes’ character Marc, is from the UK! She doesn’t sound like it at all; I never get preoccupied with how she’s saying things when she’s in the frame. Good work, Sonya

So yes, I will continue to watch despite the obvious huge flaws, flaws that distract which is why I even bother mentioning them. I shall watch bc I like sci fi, and bc of Sonya, John Cho (as Special Agent Demetri Noh), Christine Woods (as Special Agent Janis Hawk), and Lee Thompson Young (as Special Agent Al Gough) who all make it watchable. Doesn’t hurt that Lee has the most beautiful eyes! And these characters all are interesting and rather genuine, so it’s them, and the story line, of course, which will keep me watching.

Another way to waste time

So a strange thing has happened over the past six episodes.  I am actually beginning to like FlashForward.  I know I don’t really understand it either.  At first I watched it because BSG was no longer on, FNL wouldn’t be on for another month, and Lost might has well of been years away.  So needless to say I was desperate for a new addiction and FlashForward seemed to be the answer.  That’s right I said seemed to be.  Because frankly the first four episodes just irritated me.  Granted they provided clues in each episode that allowed the viewer a broader picturer, instead of keeping them hidden for long periods of time.  But still I didn’t like it. 

So why did I keep watching you wonder?  Simple, two words: Dominic Monaghan.  That’s right I kept watching because I wanted to see “My Hobbit” once again on my screen.  No, Wolverine does not count.  And boy let me just tell you that when he finally showed up for more than a few moments he did not disappoint.  What seemed like a casting gimmick soon proved to be an asset.  With his smooth demeanor and his voice gliding over his lines I just knew that something really good was going to happen.  I wasn’t wrong.

But if  you are thinking the only reason I began to like the show was because of the mysterious physics genius.   Oh yeah that’s right Dom is a freaking genius!  Who would have thought the FF could have been used as a pick up line.  Ok anyways, sorry I got off track there for a moment, Dom is not the reason I started to like the show.  That happened in the 3rd episode.  Or more to the point in the first few minutes of last weeks episode.  I don’t know whose idea it was to film the all inclusive flashback in slow motion, but damn it was beautifully filmed.  It was also the first episode that I didn’t feel as though they were shoving the point of the show down my throat.  I got it the first time and I didn’t need it spelled out for me every episode.  Thankfully they seemed to have realized that the viewers aren’t stupid. 

For the first time since the show began airing I felt these characters had a purpose.  What this purpose is I could not begin to fathom.  Demetri was no longer walking around as though he was waiting for an anvil to drop on his head.  He became the man of action I had always thought Mark was going to be, but who had not yet lived up to his potential.  Mark who always held such conviction in his flashforward that he did not bother to notice that his present world is slowly coming apart at the seems.  Olivia, who after weeks of living in fear of a sin she had yet to commit, learned her husband had been lying all along while still holding her responsible for an act she had no intention of carrying out ( I have a theory on that but that will come later).  Janice discovered as we often do that sometimes you don’t realize you want something until you can no longer have it.  Which by the way I truly enjoyed how the writers managed to in one fell swoop let the audience know that just because they saw something in their flash that it doesn’t mean it will come true (again I have a theory on that).  But the two things that are probably the most surprising of all is that 1) Agent Al Gough (I wonder if that is a not so subtle nod to Smallville?) has apparently been keeping a secret and 2) Lloyd Simcoe and Simon are a part of an as of yet unnamed group that is responsible for the blackout or more accurately the death of millions of people. 

For the first time since FF began I can honestly say I am looking forward, no pun intended, to next weeks episode.  I’m not addicted yet, but I am getting there. 

  Theories:

My first theory of the show is in regards to Olivia, Lloyd, Dylan, and Charlie’s respective flashforwards:  I don’t believe that Olivia and Lloyd have an affair.  I believe that Olivia was talking to Charlie, who we learn was in the house at the time along with Dylan.  My theory boils down to the reason Lloyd and Dylan are in the house is because they are in protective custody.  I mean why else would Charlie tell Dylan that it was his house now too.  I base this on the knowledge that kids do not react that well to their parents breaking up and a new family moving in in such a short period of time.

My second theory of the show is based on the flashforwards themselves and that is that the future is always changing.  It never stays the same or constant.  Whatever path we are on now is not nessarily the path we will end up on and that is because the choices we make in the present effect the outcome of the future.  For instance if you were told without a doubt that if you turn right you will get into a car accident would you turn right?  Of course not, you would turn right and in effect change the outcome of your future.  Therefore it would be foolish to believe that all the flashes are going to come true.  But then again they are only theories. 

Special mention:  In Simon’s flash the man he was fighting with was played by Rodney Rowland who also played Liam Fitzpatrick on Veronica Mars.

Best line of the night:  Aren’t you glad you asked?”

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1.06 Scary Monsters and Super Creeps

Happy Halloween

Remember this will be a SPOILER review.

It’s October 31st in the world of flashforward, everyone is dressing up and having a good time, hopefully for one day trying to forget about the flashforwards, no such luck I’m afraid.  This episode addressed one key plot, Lloyd has discovered that Olivia is the woman who was in his flashforward.  Though honestly does anyone really care?  There’s a little bit too much soap elements in flashforward right now.  I like a balance in my shows but the whole Olivia/Mark/Lloyd thing is just too much for my tastes.  The only interesting aspect is that Lloyd is somehow responsible for the blackout.  Without that element, this would be a plot that I would be very disinterested in.

We get a proper introduction into Dominic Monaghan’s character Simon.  He’s certainly very different to Charlie, he has the charm and from his flashforward he’s also very dangerous.  He kills a man by strangling him to death.  I can’t wait to find out more about him and how he and Lloyd are responsible.

Janice obviously survives her shooting but due to complications through surgery will apparently now be nearly impossible for her to get pregnant.  I’m in the camp that you probably can’t change your flashforward, so she’ll somehow get pregnant.  Impossible as a word would be meaningless after the whole world passed out and had a vision of themselves six months in the future.

Dimitri shaken up by the shootout he was in from the previous episode is hell bent on finding out who was behind the attack.  He believes these men are probably responsible for his ‘death’ and wants to find them before they get him.  It seems they’ve found another piece of the puzzle which will obviously lead them to the next.  What is the significance of blue hand?  Who is Ian Rutherford?

For the past few episodes there has been a stall on the overall mystery of the blackout.  There is nothing right now that is grabbing me and keeping my attention.  The character of Simon and his relationship with Lloyd is the only thing that intrigues me at the minute.  The awful fights between Mark and Olivia have to stop.  Get back to Mosaic, get Mark back on the trail because they are ruining their main character by constantly having him bitch about what his wife might do in the future.  Hopefully we’ll get back to what the show should be about, who or what caused the blackout.

Favourite Scene: Not a standout scene really to mention.  Though Simon and Lloyd’s experiment, whatever it is, caused the blackout.

Episode Title Meaning: The episode title is the title track from David Bowie’s 1980 album Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps).

Si hablamos de Cibercultura no podemos dejar de hablar del audiovisual en la web. Dejando de lado el debate sobre los derechos de autor y la legalidad de los sitios que almacenan contenidos permitiendo su reproducción o descarga, podemos decir que actualmente es más fácil, más barato y más común medir el grado de aceptación de una nueva propuesta ya sea cinematográfica o televisiva a través de foros y blogs e incluso de comentarios y grupos que surgen en las redes sociales.
Y si nos preguntamos de qué se habla ahora mismo en la red una respuesta sería FlashForward (visión del futuro), la nueva serie de ciencia ficción de ABC (American Broadcasting Company) que hasta ahora se ha ganado gran parte de la cuota de pantalla mundial con Lost (Perdidos) que acabará el año que viene tras finalizar su sexta temporada. FlashForward se presenta como la gran sucesora que la cadena andaba buscando y la comparación no se hace en vano ya que comparten algunos protagonistas (Dominic Monaghan, Sonya Walger).

La serie comienza con la imagen del transcurso de un día cotidiano en el cual de repente toda la población mundial pierde el conocimiento durante 2 minutos y 17 segundos. En ese transcurso tendrán una visión de su futuro, se verán a sí mismos dentro de seis meses, en concreto el día 29 de abril de 2010 a las 22:00 hs. La historia gira alrededor del agente del FBI de Los Angeles, Mark Benford (interpretado por Joseph Fiennes (“Shakespeare in Love”), que será el encargado de investigar lo ocurrido; y lo hará en base a su propio flashforward ya que en él se ve llevando a cabo la investigación. Logra visualizar un tablón en su oficina que contiene los puntos vitales del hecho. Crean lo que llamarán “Mosaic Collective” un sitio donde toda la gente del mundo puede contar lo que vió en su flash y de esta forma irán atando cabos con la esperanza de encontrar a los responsables ya que no creen que haya sido un hecho fortuito.

Está producida por David S. Goyer y Brannon Braga y se dice que el piloto costó unos 7 millones de dólares. Está basada en la novela del canadiense Robert J. Sawyer que lleva el mismo nombre aunque existen varias diferencias con ésta, tanto en el protagonismo de los personajes como en algo tan importante como es la duración y el periodo futuro que se ve en el FlashForward.

La apuesta por la serie ha sido muy grande. Comenzó a emitirse el 24 de septiembre de forma casi simultánea en todo el mundo. En España puede verse en Cuatro todos los martes a las 22:15hs y lleva un retraso de solo dos capítulos con al emisión original americana.

En el cibermundo la serie también tiene su hueco. En la página de ABC se pueden ver los capítulos completos y se ha reproducido el Mosaico, si te registras puedes dejar grabado en el mapamundi que aparece cual es tu flashforward. El sitio además permite enlazar con una aplicación en Facebook que lee tu perfil y te hace ser uno más en la investigación. En esa red social tiene también una página oficial que cuenta ya con más de cien mil fans.

No queda más que dejarse atrapar. ¿Te ves en tu futuro viéndola?

The truth never sets anyone free, it just shackles them to a nightmare

Following the premise, “What if it happened before?” Mark Benford (Joseph Fiennes) enlisted fellow FBI Agent Al Gough (Lee Thompson Young) to contact a hacker to get CIA satellite imagery on Somalia from December 1990 – and they got just what they needed:  photos showing several tall pylons in the middle of nowhere in Somalia.  However, before they can run down this lead, the team is called to Washington, D.C. to answer to a Senate Intelligence Committee who is vetting each intelligence branch to determine which one should run point on the black-out investigation.  It wants to consolidate money and data under one government branch. Thus, the FBI has to justify its Mosaic investigation or they could lose their funding.     

 With an admonishment from Stanford Wedeck (Courtney B. Vance), “Just keep your mouth shut.  If you tell anyone else about this, we are DOA,” Benford must hide what he saw in his flashforward vision about his drinking.  For once anyone hears that he was impaired at the time, it casts doubt on the credibility of the FBI’s entire investigation.  But, at the Senate Intelligence Committee hearings, everyone subjected is to lie detector testing because the “CIA believes this was a targeted event designed to bring about the collapse of our government.”  Despite passing the lie detector test, Mark is asked to testify before the committee and, while subject to cross-examination before the committee, he revealed that he was investigating crow attrition (the mass death of crows) as a sign that the black-out was not an isolated incident and may have happened before.  He was also forced to reveal that he saw masked gunmen coming to kill him in his vision, which he felt validated the Mosaic investigation as it must have yielded fruit or why would anyone want to kill him.  But when asked, “Why is everything in your recollection so hazy and disjointed?” Mark could not give an adequate answer as to why he could not remember more than 30 seconds or so, when everyone else could remember in startling clarity every moment of their 2 minute and 17 second visions.  He only continued to state that the Mosaic investigation is a way to construct a picture of what the world will look like in 6 months and it has proven more reliable than theories that the black-out was due to the work of aliens, pharmaceutical companies, or China.

Unbeknownst to Mark, Senator Joyce Clemente (Barbara Williams) had a personal ax to grind.  As she reminded Wedeck, if only she could prove what he did 6 years ago, she would be the President of the United States.  But then she cryptically said, “If you sit by the river long enough, you’ll see the bodies of your enemies float by,” and shared that in her flashforward vision, she saw herself as President.  It was chilling as she said, “As impossible as that may be, it’s a nice thought, isn’t it?”   But it was also prophetic.

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1.05 Gimme Some Truth

Politics and gunfights in Washington D.C

Remember this will be a SPOILER review.

So the action takes us to Washington D.C for this episode as our characters face a hearing over why they started their own investigation into the flashforwards.  We get to meet the President who has had an affair with another women and seemed to have had a child with her.  Wedeck used this to get funding for the investigation.  Though he once regretted it once he found out that Mark was drunk in is flashforward.

Though the Asian gunmen at the end who shot at Mark and co. and shot Janis will probably put Wedeck’s mind at ease that he has done the right thing.  So are these men the same organisation that comes after Mark in his flashforward? I would say so.  So Janice has been shot and we know in her flashforward she is alive so if we are to believe that these do come true then she’ll be fine.  Will her being shot put things in perspective for her?  Will she go back to her new girlfriend?

Geeky Thoughts:-

• We didn’t get any new information on Dominic Monaghan’s character which was annoying.  Hopefully next week we will find out more.
• Another cliffhanger at the end which will make sure you tune in for the next episode.  It’s like 24.
• Who sent the text to Olivia about Mark being drunk in his flashforward?  Simon?

A different type of episode which focused on the politics of the blackout.  I guess for realism the show had to have this sort of episode.  The LA branch just started up their own investigation of the blackout and you can’t do that without some explaining to do.  Anyway things have kicked up a gear and we have this group of antagonists who want to kill Mark and the team.  Things have got interesting again.

Favourite Scene: The shootout scene.  I love shootout scenes with cheesy music over the top.

Episode Title Meaning: This is a good one.  ‘Gimme Some Truth’ is a song written and performed by John Lennon.  The song expresses Lennon’s opinion on politicians.

Der Womanizer

Bitte Lächeln – und Knips! Machen Sie sich ein Bild von Mode-Fotograf Connor, der seine Freiheit liebt und seine Freundinnen nach Lust und Laune abserviert.

In der Nacht der Ex-Freundinnen führen ihm drei ganz besondere Geister alle seine gescheiterten Beziehungen vor: Der Womanizer.

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Hugh Jackman schlüpft wieder in die Rolle, die ihn zum Superstar machte: Wolverine – der Mann mit den unverkennbaren Stahlklingen, bemerkenswerten Selbstheilungskräften, ruppigem Charme und einer gehörigen Portion trockenem Humor. ‘X-Men Origins: Wolverine’ erzählt die Vorgeschichte Logans mit Augenmerk auf seine mysteriöse Vergangenheit, seine komplexe Beziehung zu Victor Creed (Liev Schreiber) und das ominöse Weapon X-Programm. Der Zuschauer erfährt, wer Wolverine wirklich ist.

Slumdog Millionär
Für Jamal Malik (Dev Patel) ist es der größte Tag seines bisherigen Lebens. Nur noch eine Frage trennt ihn vom 20 Millionen Rupien-Hauptgewinn in Indiens TV- Show ‘Wer wird Millionär?’. Doch was in aller Welt hat ein mittelloser Youngster aus den Slums von Mumbai in dieser Sendung verloren? Und wie kommt es, dass er auf alle Fragen eine Antwort weiß…

Duplicity
CIA-Offizier Claire Stenwick (Julia Roberts) und MI6-Agent Ray Koval (Clive Owen) standen früher im Geheimdienst ihrer Regierungen. Derzeit haben sie in die Privatwirtschaft gewechselt, um mit lukrativen Verträgen das meiste aus dem Kalten Krieg herauszuholen. Beide jagen jeweils für ihre Bosse Tully (Tom Wilkinson) und Garsik (Paul Giamatti) einem milliardenschweren Patent nach. Keiner ahnt, dass sie eine heimliche Affäre und eigene Pläne haben…

Männersache
Tagsüber arbeitet Paul (Mario Barth) in einer Berliner Zoohandlung und abends an seiner Karriere als Komiker. Zugegeben, seine Auftritte laufen mies… bis Paul anfängt, Witze über seinen besten Freund Hotte (Dieter Tappert) und dessen Freundin Susi (Anja Kling) zu reißen. Auf einmal läuft es auf der Bühne: Pauls Gags über Hottes Beziehungsgeschichten, nicht enden wollende Shopping-Orgien von Susi und den Pärchen Kaffeeklatsch bei den Schwiegereltern sind ein Renner…

The International
Im Mittelpunkt steht die Entschlossenheit von Interpol-Agent Louis Salinger (Clive Owen) und der New Yorker Staatsanwältin Eleanor Whitman (Naomi Watts), eine der mächtigsten Banken der Welt zu Fall zu bringen. Während sie eine Reihe illegaler Aktivitäten aufdecken, folgen Salinger und Whitman der Spur des Geldes von Berlin nach Mailand, New York und Istanbul. Bald schon befinden sie sich mitten in einer hochriskanten Hetzjagd rund um den Globus, bei der sie durch ihre kompromisslose Hartnäckigkeit auch ihr eigenes Leben aufs Spiel setzen…

Defiance – Unbeugsam
Kriegsjahr 1941: Zu Tausenden werden Juden in der Sowjetrepublik Weißrussland von den Nazis ermordet. Darunter auch die Eltern und weitere Familienangehörige der drei Bielski-Brüder. Um ihre nackte Haut zu retten, fliehen sie in die undurchdringlichen Wälder der Umgebung. Als sich die Kunde ihres Partisanenkampfes gegen die deutschen Besatzer verbreitet, stoßen immer mehr verzweifelte jüdische Landsleute zu ihnen. Unter der Leitung von Tuvia Bielski bereitet sich die Notgemeinschaft auf die unabsehbar lange Zeit im Versteck und den harten Winter vor…

Willkommen bei den Sch’tis
Der Postbeamte und Südfranzose Philippe Abrams (Kad Merad) wird unfreiwillig in den rauen Norden versetzt – zu den Sch’tis, wie die ‘Ureinwohner’ wegen ihres Dialekts genannt werden. Zwei Welten prallen aufeinander! Schnell merkt Philippe, dass er den Sch’ti-Dialekt zwar überhaupt nicht versteht, die Menschen aber unglaublich herzlich sind…

Der fremde Sohn
Los Angeles, 1928. Die alleinerziehende Mutter Christine Collins (Angelina Jolie) verabschiedet sich morgens von ihrem Sohn Walter und geht zur Arbeit. Am Abend ist der Neunjährige spurlos verschwunden. Fünf verzweifelte Monate später bringt ihr die Polizei einen Jungen, doch Christine ist überzeugt: das ist nicht ihr Sohn! Die Behörden tun alles, um Christine zum Schweigen zu bringen, aber die kämpft unbeirrt weiter. Ihre Suche nach der Wahrheit bringt einen Sumpf aus Korruption und Lügen ans Licht, erschüttert die Öffentlichkeit und verändert L.A. für immer…

Appaloosa
Virgil Cole (Ed Harris) und Everett Hitch (Viggo Mortensen) werden als Unterstüzung gegen die Herrschaft des Ranchers Randall Bragg (Jeremy Irons) in einer kleinen Stadt angeheuert. Schnell bekommen sie die Situation in Griff. Als jedoch die junge attraktive Witwe Allison French (Renée Zellweger) anreist, ändern sich die Pläne für die beiden…

Hilde

Hilde
Hildegard Knef geht einen langen Weg, bis sie zu sich selbst findet: Aus bedrückenden familiären Verhältnissen gelingt ihr der Sprung in die Schauspielausbildung, doch in den letzten Kriegswirren zählt nur mehr das blanke Überleben. Nach Filmerfolgen und Fehlgriffen, falschen und richtigen Männern, lähmender Langeweile in Hollywood und einer turbulenten Hass-Liebe mit dem deutschen Publikum muss die Kämpfernatur Hilde lernen, dass manchmal andere Dinge zählen als der Ellenbogenkampf im Showbiz: In ihrer eigenen Geschichte und im Inneren ihrer Seele findet sie die Substanz für die ‘Hilde’, auf die sie selbst aber auch das deutsche Publikum immer gewartet hat… Einer der deutschen Lebenswege nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg. Hildegard Knef war die Sünderin, ein Kinotraum, ein Weltstar, eine Ikone. Und sehr, sehr cool. Dies ist ihr Leben.

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Después de presentar por primera vez a Dominic Monaghan como Simon, la cadena ABC presentó los primeros adelantos oficiales del quinto episodio de la primera temporada de Flashforward, llamado Gimme Some Truth.

En este episodio, Mark (Joseph Fiennes) se encuentra a la defensiva mientras es cuestionado sobre los detalles de su flashforward durante una sesión del Comité de Inteligencia del Senado, que decidirá si se continua financiando el equipo de Wedeck.

Al mismo tiempo, Janis (Christine Woods) se pregunta si su flashforward tendrá algún efecto en su actual relación, y Olivia (Sonya Walger) recibe un misterioso mensaje relacionado con el flash forward de Mark.

La primera temporada de Flashforward es presentada los jueves por ABC.

By Katelyn

I proposed the question before, is Charlie Pace alive?  We saw Dominic Monaghan at Comic Con with what looks like “Am I Alive?” scribbled on his palm as he waved to adoring fans.  But now according to Kristin Dos Santos at E! Online, we will be seeing more of Charlie Pace in the upcoming season six.

His appearance on stage as the grand finale of Lost’s panel all but confirmed that Mr. Pace would be back for the final season of Lost. But is it true? And if so, how much might we see of him? Here’s what we’re hearing…

Sources tell us exclusively that, yes, Dom’s deal to reappear on Lost is done and that the original castmember is set to appear in three episodes in season six.

No word yet on the answer to the big question: Is Charlie alive? We’ll have to wait until Lost returns to ABC in January 2010 to find out.

I don’t know about you guys but three episodes are just got enough, especially since I am a firm believer that Charlie is still alive.

I mean, three episodes are better than none!

Ayer comencé a ver Flashforward, la tan comentada nueva serie de masas que dejará a todo el mundo perplejo, lleno de misterio y miseria hasta su desenlace final. Que se calcula será entre 2015 y 2018 o así. Algo de suspense. Personajes, en principio, bien planteados. Y un misterio. La misma fórmula que con LOST. Nada más ni nada menos. Si algo funciona, ¿Para qué cambiarlo?

Estamos tan faltos de creatividad, que mal no está eso de cambiar La Isla por Los Angeles, a Matthew Fox por Joseph Fiennes y un monstruo de humo negro, por un tío de negro que a muchos ya les está haciendo echar humo.

Debutó con el share que abajo se adivina. Bajó hasta el 9% registrado en el cuarto capítulo, aunque estabilizado con respecto al tercero. Perdió el liderato en su franja horaria en EEUU de mano de Till Death, el nuevo invento de la FOX y, encima, cayó otro puesto una semana más tarde ante un veterano que aburre mucho más que cualquier CSI de la vida, Bones. Los jueves americanos son como un duelo en el oeste más salvaje a las puertas de un Saloon lleno de mujeres de dudosa moralidad, y ganas de hacer dinero. Mariquita el último.

Jueves 24/09/2009 a las 20h: 1×01 ‘No More Good Days’ – 12.410.000 y 13%

Jueves 01/10/2009 a las 20h: 1×02 ‘White to play’ – 10.780.000 y 11%

Jueves 08/10/2009 a las 20h: 1×03 ‘137 Sekunden’ – 9.050.000 y 9%

Jueves 15/10/2009 a las 20h: 1×04 ‘Black Swan’ – 9.120.000 y 9%

La cuestión es que todos los FANES de Flashforward, que más que forward parece ser back, pueden estar tranquilos. No era suficiente plantear una historia con condimentos similares. Ahora, un poquito más allá, Dominic Monaghan a.k.a. Charlie a.k.a. Meriadoc Brandigamo (Merry), sale a escena en el capítulo que se podrá ver mañana en los States, y dentro de unos días en nuestra Nación de Naciones. Flash¿WHAT?

Igual, de todas maneras, aquí estamos más engañados. O quizás más faltos de algo decente. Ojo, que Flashforward me parece de lo mejor que hay ahora, no sus equivoquéis conmigo. La historia se cuenta según se escribe, y la historia de las series la escribe la gente, y la gente, aquí, está viendo la serie con constancia y seriedad. Casi 14% en su tercera semana. Dato más que aceptable. Además, en el sectorial no cede, cosa que sí ha sucedido en EEUU.

P.S.: Lo mejor de todo esto, es que es una oferta más que pone un poco más atrás a cualquier mierduca de Telecinco. Todo sea por echarles del mapa.

P.S.: Vale. Todo es mentira. No es una burda copia de LOST porque viene de un texto original, pero es que al verla me recordó tanto…

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Il diario di Locke

DVD Top 10.
Bestsellerliste der Woche
von Illuminati bis State of Play

Illuminati:
Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks) entdeckt Beweise, dass die mächtigste Untergrundbewegung der Geschichte, ein uralter konspirativer Geheimbund, den man als ‘Die Illuminati’ kennt, wiederauferstanden ist. Kurz darauf wird er damit konfrontiert, dass die katholische Kirche, der zutiefst verhasste Erzfeind der Illuminaten, einer tödlichen, existenzvernichtenden Bedrohung ausgesetzt ist…

Nachts im Museum 2:
Seine Tage als Museumswärter sind passé: Larry Daley ist als Erfinder nutzloser Dinge erfolgreich, kehrt jedoch ins Museum zurück, als er erfährt, dass die seinerzeit zu Leben erwachten Ausstellungsstücke in den Keller des Smithsonian in New York verfrachtet werden sollen. Ruhe ist allerdings auch dort nicht angesagt, weil auch die mystische Tafel von Akhmenrah, die den Exponaten Leben einhaucht, versehentlich zum neuen Ausstellungsort transportiert wurde. Nun bricht dort das Chaos aus, und Larry muss für Ordnung sorgen…

Slumdog Millionär:
Glauben Sie an das Schicksal? Für Jamal Malik (Dev Patel) ist es der größte Tag seines bisherigen Lebens. Nur noch eine Frage trennt ihn vom 20 Millionen Rupien-Hauptgewinn in Indiens TV- Show ‘Wer wird Millionär?’

Der Womanizer:
Der Junggeselle Connor Mead (Matthew McConaughey) gehört zu den Typen, die drei Freundinnen den Laufpass geben. Gleichzeitig. Per Telefonkonferenz. Auf der Hochzeitsfeier seines Bruders hat er also nur ein Ziel: Er will die einzige Brautjungfer herumkriegen, die er bisher irgendwie übersehen hat. Doch der Geist seines verstorbenen Onkels Wayne (Michael Douglas) – der Connor beigebracht hat, die Frauen zu wechseln wie die Hemden – verfolgt ein ganz anderes Ziel…

Star Trek – Die Zukunft hat begonnen:
James T. Kirk ist ein rebellischer Hitzkopf im amerikanischen Niemandsland, der nie den Tod seines Vaters bei einem Angriff eines romulanischen Raumschiffs verkraftet hat. Nach einer seiner Prügeleien fordert ihn Captain Pike, einst ein Freund seines verstorbenen Vaters, auf, der Sternenflotte beizutreten. Dort macht sich Kirk zunächst keine Freunde, bis ihn eine Mission zwingt, endlich Verantwortung zu übernehmen: der Romulaner Nero bedroht Vulkan, den Heimatplaneten von Kirks späterem Weggefährten Spock…

Transformers 2:
Nachdem Sam Witwicky (Shia LaBeouf) die Welt mit Hilfe der gutmütigen Autobots vor den bösartigen Decepticons gerettet hat, freut er sich auf ein normales Leben. Als er aufs College geht, lässt er nicht nur Freundin Mikaela (Megan Fox) zurück…

X-Men Origins: Wolverine:
Hugh Jackman schlüpft wieder in die Rolle, die ihn zum Superstar machte: Wolverine – der Mann mit den unverkennbaren Stahlklingen, bemerkenswerten Selbstheilungskräften, ruppigem Charme und einer gehörigen Portion trockenem Humor. ‘X-Men Origins: Wolverine’ erzählt die Vorgeschichte Logans mit Augenmerk auf seine mysteriöse Vergangenheit, seine komplexe Beziehung zu Victor Creed (Liev Schreiber) und das ominöse Weapon X-Programm. Der Zuschauer erfährt, wer Wolverine wirklich ist…

Duplicity:
CIA-Offizier Claire Stenwick (Julia Roberts) und MI6-Agent Ray Koval (Clive Owen) standen früher im Geheimdienst ihrer Regierungen. Derzeit haben sie in die Privatwirtschaft gewechselt, um mit lukrativen Verträgen das meiste aus dem Kalten Krieg herauszuholen. Beide jagen jeweils für ihre Bosse Tully (Tom Wilkinson) und Garsik (Paul Giamatti) einem milliardenschweren Patent nach. Keiner ahnt, dass sie eine heimliche Affäre und eigene Pläne haben…

Männersache:
Tagsüber arbeitet Paul (Mario Barth) in einer Berliner Zoohandlung und abends an seiner Karriere als Komiker. Zugegeben, seine Auftritte laufen mies… bis Paul anfängt, Witze über seinen besten Freund Hotte (Dieter Tappert) und dessen Freundin Susi (Anja Kling) zu reißen. Auf einmal läuft es auf der Bühne: Pauls Gags über Hottes Beziehungsgeschichten, nicht enden wollende Shopping-Orgien von Susi und den Pärchen Kaffeeklatsch bei den Schwiegereltern sind ein Renner…

State of Play – Stand der Dinge:
Ein junger aufstrebender Politiker und ein Washingtoner Enthüllungsreporter finden sich mitten im Epizentrum einer Reihe von Morden wieder, die nur scheinbar nichts miteinander zu tun haben. Der Kongressabgeordnete Stephen Collins (Ben Affleck) ist Hoffnung und Zukunft seiner Partei – ein aussichtsreicher und ehrenhafter Newcomer, unter anderem im Vorsitz des Komitees für Verteidigungsausgaben…

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