Fringe Season 1 discussion

[TENSE]

man i love this show!
especially the begining zombie part lol..!!

[Roland1919]

Originally Posted by SquidPuppet

This show needs Nick Cage as a rogue cop and it would be the best show ever.

Thats good SQUID, now I'm coming for YA be affraid be very afraid......UGGG...Hold on Nick wants to say hello:

SQUID? IS that you buddy, Thanks for the great idea. Miss you SQUID, write me some time. HUGS and KISSES. NICKY "TWINKLE TOES" CAGE

[MATTYBLU2]

really thought it was a good first episode. The wife and i really enjoyed it. cant wait for heroes and 24 to start

[SquidPuppet]

Originally Posted by Roland1919

Thats good SQUID, now I'm coming for YA be affraid be very afraid......UGGG...Hold on Nick wants to say hello:

I put "The Shield" season 1 in my NETFLIX queue. It aint at the very top, but its in there.

[Dogslyf]

I really don't care for JJ Abrams' work. He seems like a light weight to me. I guess he does some enjoyable decent things but for the most part, he's kind of a flavor-of-the-month kind of director. Fringe seemed to me like an X-Files rip off. It seemed so self-conscious of its coolness that it was tiresome. I am biased because of my status as an admitted X-Phile, but we'll see what happens. It might get better...or worse...or canceled.

[Marine Mike]

I liked how they casted Gywneth Paltrow and Jennifer Garner's love child as their lead role.


Seriously though, I thought that if you ignore that The X-Files ever existed, then its a very interesting and new show. That was my difficulty though was ignoring The X-Files and trying to take it on as itself.

Right now its too early for me to tell if I'll continue to watch the entire season, but it definately has caught my interest for the next episode.

[Go Blue]

Originally Posted by acme3dmax

i thought it was really good as well. i liked the choice of john noble as sort of the mad scientist role. he was good as denethor in return of the king. i think it will be interesting to see what they do with it.

I agree. I thought the "mad scientist" was hilarious! I lost it when he was in the back seat of the car and all of a sudden said "I just peed my pants...just a squirt".

While I will watch this show every week, it felt a bit like a X-Files rip off. Should be entertaining though, as long as they continue to give out information.

[Roland1919]

Originally Posted by Marine Mike

I liked how they casted Gywneth Paltrow and Jennifer Garner's love child as their lead role.


Seriously though, I thought that if you ignore that The X-Files ever existed, then its a very interesting and new show. That was my difficulty though was ignoring The X-Files and trying to take it on as itself.

Right now its too early for me to tell if I'll continue to watch the entire season, but it definately has caught my interest for the next episode.

I think the show would have benefitted from a *Darker Edge* like X-Files. Gives more depth to the realism.

[john_1958]

Originally Posted by M

I'm about to watch the pilot episode and can't wait to see what is in store as it sounds like a new style of X-Files.

Had anybody else heard anything about this, it does look promising, expecially from J.J. Abrams, the creator of LOST.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1119644/

saw it last night not bad i'm looking forward to seeing 2nd show

[alexakajeff]

I watched it and I thought it was okay. Wasn't what I expected it to be, kind of like a wanna-be X-Files.

[Arvin Clone]

I'm a big fan of J.J. Abrams and Alex Kurtzman. I really liked the pilot. I can't wait to see the other episodes in the series. I have found that the sixth episode of a series is the episode that tells how good a series is going to be. I understand the X-Files comparisons, but J.J. will throw some original stuff in there too. J.J. has always been inspired by other movies/shows, but also put his own spin on them. I suspect he'll do the same with Fringe.

[Red Hood]

If enough people like this show, fox will cancel it.

[PCiAM]

Originally Posted by mrgreed202

So far I also say its too soon to start judging the show. These are fairly new actors and they definitely have potential. The story wasn't bad and it overall suprised me how "big budgeted" it looked. Picture quality was by far amazing, that was the first thing that struck me. It's definitely a show I'll stay interested in for a while. It could start off alot like lost. In my opinion, lost's first episode wasnt the best, but it got a LOT better from there.

Really? I thought the PQ was sort of subpar. A little too grainy for my tastes, but I realize I'm in the minority when it comes to not liking an overly noticeable amount of grain. I don't mind a little bit of grain at all, but this was sort of interefering to me. The show itself was ok... I'm not sure I'll stick with it. I'll give ti a few more episodes.

[PCiAM]

Originally Posted by Dogslyf

I really don't care for JJ Abrams' work. He seems like a light weight to me. I guess he does some enjoyable decent things but for the most part, he's kind of a flavor-of-the-month kind of director. Fringe seemed to me like an X-Files rip off. It seemed so self-conscious of its coolness that it was tiresome. I am biased because of my status as an admitted X-Phile, but we'll see what happens. It might get better...or worse...or canceled.

I'm not a big fan of JJ Abrams either for one reason only: inconsistency. I loved the first two seasons of Alias (two seasons of perhaps the best television ever), but the show eventually turned into a convuluted mess that was extremely testing all of my patience. Same with Lost... the first episode was awesome, but it also eventually turned into a mess. I heard Lost got better again, but I never stayed with it long enough to reach that payoff.

Plus, here's my thing... JJ Abrams always comes up with amazing plots and premises... but after about a season, it seems that he starts to make it up as he goes. There's no long-term plan.

That's why I love Joss Whedon. He seems to have a set plan of where he wants his series to go even seasons in advance as evident by the foreshadowing in all of his series (done best in Buffy since it lasted the longest). Sure, there are always some things you create as you go, but with Whedon, it always seemed that he always had the large idea of where he wanted his series to go and he filled in as necessary to meet that end goal. JJ Abrams has a good initial idea but he fails to execute the rest after the first good season or so.

Personally, I'm very eager to catch Whedon's new series Doll House in January, especially with Buffy alum Eliza Dushku as the lead role. Hopefully it won't disappoint. But i'm pretty sure that if I end up loving it, Fox will eventually cancel it (i.e Wondefalls, Firefly, etc).

[Titan]

Originally Posted by PCiAM

Plus, here's my thing... JJ Abrams always comes up with amazing plots and premises... but after about a season, it seems that he starts to make it up as he goes. There's no long-term plan.

It's funny you say that because I am re-watching LOST from the beginning now cause my wife missed the first 3 seasons and you really get to see how it all fits together, that there really was a master plan from the beginning.

[mrgreed202]

Originally Posted by PCiAM

Really? I thought the PQ was sort of subpar. A little too grainy for my tastes, but I realize I'm in the minority when it comes to not liking an overly noticeable amount of grain. I don't mind a little bit of grain at all, but this was sort of interefering to me. The show itself was ok... I'm not sure I'll stick with it. I'll give ti a few more episodes.

yeah. but me, on the other hand, i cant stand shows that look so clean, i think it almost looks "less hd" to me. i dunno why it just does. the more grain the more sharpness. its the same with lost too.

[PCiAM]

Originally Posted by mrgreed202

yeah. but me, on the other hand, i cant stand shows that look so clean, i think it almost looks "less hd" to me. i dunno why it just does. the more grain the more sharpness. its the same with lost too.

I don't mind some grain. For example, Xmen 3 has a fine coating of grain all throughout due to being filmed on Super35mm... it doesn't look bad to me at all even with a thin film of grain throughout the entire film; it even enhances the film-like look. Fringe to me, though, had an excessive amount of grain that almost interfered with my enjoyment. I even felt the urge to cut my Noise Reduction setting on my Sammy to high, when I usually leave it off, and even then I still noticed a fine amount of grain, though it was less intrusive.

I guess to each his own.

[poopshoot]

Originally Posted by Gambit

If enough people like this show, fox will cancel it.

haha that is sooo true! I read a review somehwere where someone said the same thing.

I think it will stay one for a while....hopefully. I enjoyed the the pilot...although I did feel some Lost rip-off moments. Especially the music right before they would cut to commercial. You know, the violin or cello or whatever sounds getting louder and then wham! cut to black and then commercial...lol.

The scientist pissing his pants in the car was hilarious. I think the actor plays him very well and Joshua Jackson is pretty good when he shares a scene with him. I'm sold on this show

[poopshoot]

Originally Posted by PCiAM

Fringe to me, though, had an excessive amount of grain that almost interfered with my enjoyment.

Same for me...especially the scene in the beginning when the two FBI agents are in what I think was a hotel room...so much grain...I even saw white patches of it too.

[awesomest cory]

Yeah, this show definitely caught my interest. Haven't seen the pilot yet but I'll watch the encore repeat tonight. Also, need something to watch until 24 and Lost come back on the air in January. Also, to mention they'll be showing a trailer for 24: Redemption tonight during the show.