TV series FlashForward

from The American Culture:
The new ABC drama series FlashForward (Thursdays, 8 p.m. EDT) tries rather successfully to recreate the mysterious atmosphere of the network's hit show Lost, beginning with a global catastrophe that takes the plane crash that began that series and hikes it to a far more spectacular level. It's an impressively well-directed scene in the pilot episode and sets a suitably mysterious and dramatic tone for the series--well, a frankly melodramatic tone, in fact.

But it's quite entertaining despite the overwrought nature of the premise and the writing. The scenes after the initial catastrophe employ imagery reminiscent of the 9/11 attacks, urban warfare, and the evangelical Christian notion of the Rapture. What they resemble most, however, are the similar scenes in the great number of megadisaster films and TV documentaries of the past couple of years.