# Flashforward 09/24 -- Opinions? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 25, 2009, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flashforward-09-24-opinions/511452 "2009-09-25T01:52:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 23
**Author:** ![tanstaafl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba8739/32.png) [@tanstaafl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tanstaafl)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2009, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flashforward-09-24-opinions/511452/23 "2009-09-25T13:58:48Z")
People looking for the next _Lost_ may be disappointed. Sonya Walger (Penelope from _Lost_ and Olivia from _FlashForward_ says about the comparison: > [@Sonya Walger](#): > > I think they’re only valid in that they’re both big ensemble shows with one big concept or premise. But after that, they part ways really quite rapidly. FlashForward is definitely not a sci-fi show. It doesn’t have the mythology of Lost. We have one major event that happens that you are asked to buy into. After that, you’re dealing with very human ripple effects - how people deal with it and how they come to terms with it… It’s very, very different [from Robert Sawyer’s original novel]. It’s a good, fun book and it’s a great science fiction read but it’s not the show at all. Full article is [here](http://io9.com/5365044/flashforward-isnt-what-you-expect-says-star). As for the number planes crashing, I don’t find that unlikely at all. I work at the airport here in Atlanta and at just about any point in the day we have 4 planes actively landing or taking off, 4 to 6 on final approach, another 4 to 6 on departure and who knows how many holding in the pattern. Yeah, we’re also the busiest airport but there are a _lot_ of airports. Assume 100 active airports in the US with an average of 8 flights taking off, landing, on approach or departure or holding at any time and you’re there. That’s not even including general aviation flights or things like that helicopter we saw crashed into the side of the building. As for changing the future or leaving notes for yourself, I think the future _has_ to change. One of the characters said that people were already making decisions based on what they saw; that pretty much diverges the timeline there. And they already have paradox loops going on; the one name the FBI agent has he only has because he saw the name in his flash. Hell, the board with all the info on it is only there and arranged the way it is because he saw it in his flash. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flashforward-09-24-opinions/511452)._