Fringe (new JJ Abrams show) : Mad scientist, flesh eating virus, a cow and talks with the dead

i haven't watched this at all but thought about catching up with the whole thing over the summer. is it better than heroes? cuz I got off that bus after season 2.

lovely final shot to this season.

― abanana, Tuesday, May 12, 2009 10:02 PM (5 days ago)

niiiiice finale. i have no idea how they're going to live up to what they've set up there, but i'm looking forward to next season.

― GÖTT DAT SCHING (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Wednesday, May 13, 2009 11:14 AM (4 days ago)

seriously? didn't life on mars US just do the same thing?

i agree that the ending was interesting, and that i'm hopeful it'll have some sort of relevance in the second season, but my gut is telling me that they're just pulling at your heartstrings.

i'm a bit surprised at how quickly everything is moving from olivia the FBI agent to olivia the transdimensional being.

So many things wrong with the season premiere, but I was kind of distracted so it might be better if I view it again. It might have been all the exposition that's supposed to get new viewers up to speed, but I got annoyed pretty quickly. The entire "we're shutting down Fringe division!" thing was horrible and obviously so much an X-Files rip that they EVEN REFERENCED THE X-FILES in that scene ("the X designation"). Was that X-Files on the tv when the other-dimensional assassin was changing into bald dude, too?

They've got to stop using that dimly lit hallway for all of the climaxes.

I really wish I didn't hate the actress that plays Olivia so much but I do and I can't really pinpoint why either. I just don't think she's very good.

U r crazy episode was awesome.

the debut was pretty cool and thursday's was a good monster of the week thing. the monster was even a little creepy, though it felt like they probably showed a little more of it before the censors got to the episode. i guess it's a fine balance when you're trying to kill a child on television, SPOILER even when said child is some kind of mutant underground scorpion hybrid troglodyte.

to paraphrase the swans, KILL THE C.H.U.D.

Hey there, actual exposition on the show mythology woven into a decent enough episode.

fringe was sick this week

lol i was watching a Lou Reed interview last night and my wife walked by and said "is that Walter from Fringe?"

Just started watching the first season. Seems a mix of X-Files with a bit of Jon Pertwee's Doctor as the not-really-human dude acting as a scientific advisor to a gov't agency.

Everything's shot thru that pale blue tint.

the second season has been consistently good

I disagree, first season was way better. The mytharc is going nowhere right now.

I think the show would benefit from having split up half-seasons as the slow grind it's on isn't moving the arc at all. Doesn't help the Fox's scheduling seems to forget that the show is even on.

Walter remains my co-pilot. Regardless.

Walter is the best.

What happened to the Olivia-having-powers arc?? I want to know about this. Also more J Jackson being a rough-neck, pls. I never liked him before but I'm coming around slowly.

Okay, the tinfoil hats were a nice touch, and Astrid voluntarily joining in on the paranoia and wearing one, too

Really hoped that Broyles was visiting Marla Daniels at the end of cosmonaut episode.

Walter is the best.

― pringles and loving it (latebloomer), Monday, November 9, 2009 3:05 PM (6 days ago) Bookmark

You were abducted, of course you need crepes.

Computer/historic art scene from tonight was straight out of the first Eccleston DW ep.

That Walter. He's a tricky one.

super curious about the double peter thing now

^^ oh my

We've already had the double Walter, when he visits himself in the clinic.

wait what?

i am talking like peter is buried and in the ground so who is this peter we know and love?

for a minute i really hoped that by picking up the observer's hat and gun he would become a new observer!

ke kidnapped peter from the alternate dimension a few eps back

what is the deal with the double walter? i missed that

* he

ok clearly i'm not paying enough attention to this show.

walter visited original peter's grave a while back. i think it may have even been season one. and then in season two, they show peter's "nightmare" which is actually the recollection of his abduction. and then there was a woman who could see a glow that indicated someone was from another dimension and she saw that when she met peter.

ok i remembered the grave part but not the nightmare/abduction. very possible i missed some eps.

the grave was s1 finale cliffhanger, right?

yeah, in the finale, she leaps back & forth between dimensions, and then finally leaps into Wm Bell's office building

http://www.fox.com/fringe/recaps/s1_e8.htm

Walter lies in his old cell, fitful and unable to sleep. Then someone arrives and sits down on the bed. "Welcome back, Walter." Walter looks up to see that his visitor... is a cleaner, healthier version of himself.

yeah i just rewatched that. odd.

OK so they made this last episode's incidental character an attractive lady to make up for subjecting fanboys to that 15-year-old brat last episode, yes? Anyway, best episode this season since the premiere.

Walter looks up to see that his visitor... is a cleaner, healthier version of himself.

Screencaps or it didn't happen.

there was a woman who could see a glow that indicated someone was from another dimension and she saw that when she met peter.

LSD MILF, yes?

ive been thinking about the alter-walter and it really bothers me that they'd bring that up and not have mentioned it again.... so far.

LSD MILF, yes?

― Leee, Monday, November 23, 2009

Theresa Russell!

oh yea, wow

Yeah, one thing I do hope they don't fall into is pulling the BSG thing where you introduce these awesome concepts, ones that fuck with the reality of your genre show that already has mythic elements, and never mention them again or dismiss them out of hand.

So is Fringe moving to Monday nights?

Uhh, did I miss something? SPOILER...

Charlie's back?

yeah I caught it halfway through and I was like WTF? not sure what's happening there...

it's an episode that was meant for season one

first new s2 episode is this thursday

It would be way funnier/cooler if it was an episode set in the alternate universe and they just didn't tell anybody

I'm wondering if we'll see saner, more self-assured Walter in flashback at any point. Seeing him kind of cocky with the little pieces of his brain wired in was a little disturbing.