Sunday was better. Not by a whole lot, but any infinitesimal improvement over Saturday was much appreciated. All-in-all, I'm not sorry to see that weekend hit the road and join all the other weekends, wherever it is they go when they're done.

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I try to resist new series on TV for the simple reason I don't really watch a lot of TV coupled with the fact the series I seem to enjoy the most are the ones usually axed by the network. For example, "Firefly", "Carnivale", and "Defying Gravity". Add "Flash Forward" to the bunch. Bastards at ABC sucked me right in with this show, then after one season gave it the old heave-ho. I feel like the Typhoid Mary of sci-fi type television. *sigh*

The premise is just fascinating to me. The entire planet blacks out for two minutes and seventeen seconds. In that time, of course millions perish because -- well, pilots pass out, drivers pass out...you get the picture. When everyone regains consciousness, it is discovered 1) most everyone has had a "flash forward" of their future in six months (those that have not experienced a vision presume they will be dead in six months) and 2) the blackout was man-generated.

It is loosely based on the novel by Robert J. Sawyer. Very loosely.

Thus, the FBI forms the Mosaic team to find out who caused the blackout and to try to prevent another one, all the while these sub-plots of flash forwards play out. Can the future be changed? Are the vision of the blackout immutable, or can the actions of one change the fate of another? Can Dimitri evade his destiny of being murdered? If he does, is he still on borrowed time? Why is his girlfriend such a bossy bitch? And why, oh why, can't Mark talk in a full voice instead of whispering everything?

Anyway. Loved the show, pissed off it's canceled. I wrote to the president of ABC (who probably now has a restraining order against me) and participated in an online blackout sponsored by fans of the show. "Save Flash Forward" has organized sending friendship bracelets to ABC (these bracelets figure significantly in the series) in addition to staging blackouts at major cities all across the GLOBE. They have instigated a letter writing campaign to ABC, the sponsors, and to any network who has shown an interest in picking up the show (HEL-LOOOOO SYFY! ARE YOU PAYING ATTENTION?) and the Facebook group is still coordinating other events as well.

I'm sure it will make no difference whatsoever in the red shift of the universe.

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So, as a general rule, I'll wait until a series is established before committing myself. Now that LOST is on DVD, I may give that a whirl. But right now, it's all about True Blood.

Wasn't sure I was going to like it -- the Sookie Stackhouse books are strictly the M&M's type of literature, which is fine, but I've only read the first two or three. I like the characters well enough, but somehow the execution did not thrill me. I was skeptical of how it all would translate to the small screen. And, of course, there's always the chance that the fucktards at HBO would cancel it just like they did Carnivale.

But, True Blood is a bona-fide hit, and while the show was on hiatus between seasons two and three, I caught up and am totally hooked through the bag. Fabulous, I love it.

It'll probably be canceled next week.