The Racialicious Bye Week Roundtable For ‘Flash Forward’
Hosted by Special Correspondent Arturo R. García
What, you thought these guys taking a week off was going to stop us?
First off, we’re happy to welcome a new addition to Team Snarklight Express: the boss of bosses at New Demographic herself, Carmen Van Kerckhove!
Carmen: Hey there! Thought it was about time I started pulling my weight. And if that means taking on the burden of watching John Cho every week, so be it.
Andrea: Hey Carmen! Welcome to the ‘Table. Soooo…now that you’re here, can we officially make John Cho the new Patron Hottie of the R?
Mahsino: I agree, ’tis a heavy burden having to watch all that hotness surrounded by wooden acting.
Diana: Welcome to the snark fest, Carmen! Ditto, Andrea, on Cho as the Racialicious Patron of Hotness.
jen*: Welcome, Carmen! (two hands up for Cho-licious moments at The R)
To prep everyone for the return of the show this week, we sat around and tossed some ideas back and forth, mostly from these clips we found on a FF site … uh, Andrea, where did we find this, again?
Andrea: The site is in Polish. I recognized the language on the site before I saw the extension. Eight years of going to Catholic mass where the misalettes were in Polish and English.
Carmen: I sure hope that Mark and Demitri just happened to wander onto the set of a TVB costume drama or something, cause believe it or not, people in my hometown of Hong Kong don’t usually walk around dressed like this:
Andrea: ::winces:: Just wow. This show is is working hard to be half-assed about different East Asian cultures. Japan, now China …
Arturo: I don’t know if I’ve ever heard a line as clunky as “the act of telling you may end up bringing about the unfortunate incident we’re all trying to avoid.” It’s the kind of thing you write when your character really has nothing to add to the scene or the story. I hope this is the kind of thing that got addressed by the production hiatus, but I’m wary. And by the way, Mark trying to be a badass is laughable, isn’t it?
Carmen: It also doesn’t make sense. If the act of telling him will make it happen, why did she call him in the first place?
Andrea: LOL Carmen, your question is too much like right. And Arturo, Mark’s been pretty laughable as a lead character since Episode 1. But I did agree with what he said to Shoreh –maybe because I would’ve said the same thing to her. (Does she even have a name on the show? “Woman with Sexy Voice Calling Demetri” isn’t catchy.)
Arturo: Oh no, she’s the new Haitian!
Mahsino: Only if her name ends up being something all disappointing and anticlimactic.
Arturo: The evil part of me now wants her to end up being named Renee.
Andrea: I just want Shoreh to call me. ::blush::
Diana: I think Mark’s prickiness may be coming in handy after all.
jen*: Mark just seemed like a spoiled child here – but I *would* like to know why the lady thought Noh would just roll over and be like – ooh, I’m gonna die – guess I better go to Disney World while I have the chance…
Carmen: So according to Raspy-Voiced Lady, Demetri likely knows the person who’s going to murder him. I originally thought that when Al found out in his flashforward that he killed someone, his victim was Demetri. I think that would’ve been an interesting way to go. But now I’m thinking it’s gotta be Mark. What do you guys think?
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