Finally got around to the final two episodes. More than anything I was fascinated with the emphasis on facial texture. Even went as far as to emphasize a zit on Olivia's cheek. The boy was like a human orange. Broyles was leathery, every crack and crease in Walter's face was emphasized. Pacey had a shaving scar. Everyone's facial flaws were exposed. Dunno if it was a function of HDTV, or a purposeful decision, but it was explicit.
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Getting ready to watch the final season tonight.
Really didn't like how they introduced the new (Bell is God) storyline before fully explaining wtf was going on with Peter/altered timeline. How can he both be in the right timeline but at the same time the timeline is changed? He died but is still there? I never really felt that was explored/explained enough. A few time travel issues (like in the White Orchid episode) still trouble me but all in all I've enjoyed this more than X-Files. I hope it goes out on a high note... |
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Ok, so 3/4ths the way through season 5 and I'm not happy.
By the way, nice Matrix rip off there in the middle. Complete with the words "meaning" and "purpose" and "destiny" as well as the judo punch to the chest of the "Agent" (I mean, Observer) right before we go to Neo-future-vision. ****. Really? This show was better than this. I thought... |
The last season was disappointing. Last seasons are sometimes. Let me know when you finish so I don't ruin any spoilers for you.
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I thought the finale would be Walter waking up in a mental hospital, coming off a 5 year LSD binge, and the whole show was just a dream. Liv was a nurse, Peter was his doctor, Broyles was an orderly.........etc. just my two cents. Enjoyed the daughter this season. Like to see her naked.
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Has JJ Abrams and friends -ever- produced a series that ended well? Or has any network scifi show in recent history?
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Ok, got my dad hooked on it now after NETFLIX.
Now that I know there's an "observer" even if I'm bored with a bland episode I find myself looking for that. 2nd time around I still love this series. Walter might be the best TV character in 20 years. I'd say that easy. Walter finds one thing or one way per episode to remind you how life is wonderful and underappreciated . He's such a magnificent b@st@rd... |
In my opinion the last season was ****ing horrible. When they told us that Walter had planted multiple videotapes and that they had to find each videotape in order to figure out how to save the world, I thought I was watching a show written by a kindergartner. The best thing about the early seasons was the interaction with the parallel universe, and that was all flushed down the toilet until the last couple of episodes.
The only good thing was that the last couple of episodes were 1000 times better than everything else in the final season. I almost quit watching halfway through the season, and the abomination that was the last season killed any interest I have in watching Fringe reruns on the Science channel. Compared to Fringe's last season, the final season of Lost was a masterpiece. At least Lost kept you hooked right up until the very end before it left you bitterly disappointed. |
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I just finished watching the first 4 seasons of this show with my wife on Netflix and I wasn't sure if or when season 5 would be available. Turns out, it's available on Netflix streaming starting tomorrow, Sept. 12, 2013, in case anyone else wants to rewatch or catch up on it.
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Struggling to remember how this one ended. Enjoyed it, but it seems like a distant memory, indeed.
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The show started as an X-Files wanna-be with "Monster of the Week" episodes mixed in with The Observers. In the end, it was a giant mish-mash mess that made absolutely no sense. The series should have ended when Bell disappeared after his universe was destroyed. But since Fox needed a few more episodes in order to syndicate, they came up with that lame "Flash Forward" half-season that was half-baked. It will be a cold day in SoCal before I ever watch another Abrams/Orci/Kurtzman TV program or movie. The fact that Abrams is running Episode VII makes me ill when I think about it. |
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I've watched and mostly enjoyed the first four seasons. I'm about to start the fifth. I hope it's not as horrible as you guys say, but the one flash forward episode they had near the end of the fourth season didn't bode well. It just seemed like a sharp departure from what the show's been so far.
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I will say that I liked the last 2-3 episodes of Season 5 a lot more than anything else that season, so the good news is that it gets better.
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I can spend time looking for the early hints and the "catch the observer in every episode" game. I really liked the characters. Peter was a witty, smart, mystery of a character that you wanted to learn more about (and I wish they would have explored his history more.) Walter might be my favorite character on TV of all time and his performance throughout the series was great. During the first season it felt a lot like an X-Files ripoff show that I kept watching because of Walter. By season 4 I was hooked and this is one of my top 10 favorite shows. I really enjoyed season 5. It was the science/how come of season 5 I felt was a let down. When you make a show with so damned many elements and easter eggs that are all important you make every little detail important. This was the one season it seemed like they didn't take care with the little details and it was a disservice to what the show deserved... |
I just finished the series and I ****ing loved it. Easily my favorite tv show of all time. Walter, or John should've won multiple awards for his acting. I laughed a lot watching it because Olivia kept making that "someone farted" face. Peter was cool but he was number three on the list behind Walter then Olivia. The last season seemed to turn in a completely different direction which is cool, but kinda sucked also. It was like they just came up with that story on the spot? When you create a show, don't you go start to finish. Does it always have to be this rushed ending? Lost was the same way and holy ****ing shit I was so pissed with that show. Anyway, best show ever. I didn't want some lollypop bubblegum ending, but after going through the shit they went through, I guess it's good to give them something "normal" for a change.
One of many questions though, were they still in the Fringe unit in 2015 when they were playing in the park with Etta? |
Man, it took me over a year to finish Season 1 of this show. I don't know what it was, but I couldn't get into the characters... then I finally just sat down and forced myself to watch the rest and now I am addicted. Season 2 was fabulous and within a couple of days I am already half way through season 3.
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started watching this a few days ago on netflix and im on season 2 now. lol When it first aired i seen the first few episodes and was like eh, its ok. Now i cant stop! The dull chick grows on you and Walter is just ****ing hilarious.lol
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