And, though he's not quite right ... I do have another year to live inside the 18-49 demo ... you can't blame his logic. He's not speaking for himself, of course, he's talking for the network when he says that.
Goyer (The Dark Knight), who with Brannon Braga (24, Enterprise) created the ABC series FlashForward spent some time on Thursday with my friends Carrie Keagan and Shark Firestone (see image above) at the No Good Television studios in Beverly Hills (man, I hate the traffic on the west side) love the idea of making smart television for smart people and I love them for it.
Now, I don't wanna give away too much of what went on the in room, but it was a far-ranging and rollicking conversation that started with "No Joe, we're not going to tell you what happens" and then veered into a conversation about merkins, 80's straight porn (in which, thanks to college roommate Dave I'm pretty well schooled) to that mysterious kangaroo from the pilot.
(About the kangaroo, btw, I never did hear a definitive response on why the kangaroo ... hmmmm.)
Why 80s porn? Because it's No Good Television, of course. And we're always talking about 80s porn there, though in defense of the golden age of porn arguers (talkin' to you, Braga) I'd have to say that the mid 70s is the golden age of straight porn, what with The Devil & Miss Jones, Deep Throat and Behind the Green Door all being part of what I consider the 1939 of the X-rated movie business. Oh, and add the rest of the Mitchell Bros. stuff from up in San Francisco.
Of course the 80s, with the advent of video cassettes in one's home and the war between Beta and VHS being won by the latter because the porn industry embraced the format were the beginning of the power and money years for the industry.
Okay, I digress. Sorry. It's been on my mind ever since Thursday.
What so impressed me about the pilot (which is all I had seen at the time) was all the money they spent, especially on all the action that took place on and above the 101 Freeway in downtown Los Angeles. Goyer seemed particularly thrilled about having stopped traffic on the 101 in both directions for 20 minutes while they shot parts of that sequence.
When you see this interview in the next two weeks or so, and I'll have it right here for you, Goyer talks about getting texts from friends while on location there bitchwailing up and down at him for bringing LA to a standstill, and when you think about that it's quite the accomplishment.
More, including a full episode embed from Hulu of this past Thursday's show (US only, sorry) and a preview of next week, after the jump.
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As you can see, FlashForward is on my watchlist, and tomorrow I'm headed up to No Good Television, invited by Carrie Keagan and the Big K (Kourosh, you rule!) to meet series creators Brannon Braga and David S. Goyer, so if you have any questions for them I'm here to be your conduit!
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