*Fringe* the series Official thread
 

New JJ (Lost) Abrams series. Starts tonight on FOX.

Ive got the TIVO set!

http://www.fox.com/fringe/

Tivo set as well, it better not suck.

i downloaded the leak last month. i found it, dare i say, boring.

maybe episode 2 will be better

Just finished watching it. I liked it. There's a little more humor than I expected, and it's got that Abrams slick/polished look.

Obviously influenced by the X Files.

Very cool show. Lots of potential. Your right, definately X-File inspired.

Wasnt sure about "Pacey" being in cool sci-fi stuff, but hes ok.

I wonder whatever happened to James Van Der Geek? LOL

I was hooked when I saw Giacchino as the composer.

I was happy I was able to call the agent working with that informant.

Also, I loved the limited commercial interruption, which is a draw for the show since it's one of two test shows they're doing it with.

I thought the first 15 minutes was absolutely awesome. But then the second quarter hour just dragged for me. After that, I thought it was pretty solid. Definitely a show with some promise.

Isn't Dollhouse the other test show?

Oh Hell YES!

That was the shit.

I was a kid when the X-Files was on so I cant quite remember, but I think that the X-Files were like CSI, in that each episode was its own story for the most part, while it sort of followed a general story line.

The previews for the upcoming shows make it look like its more like Lost/Heroes where the whole show follows a basic storyline, where you had to watch last weeks episode to get this weeks.

I really liked it, and I think that the actors did a pretty good job, it didn't feel like any kind of fake acting.

I will definitely be watching this show this season.

I'm in. It didn't hook me like LOST did from the first episode, but Fringe was good enough to get the record series treatment on my DVR.

Yes, Dollhouse is the other one.

Yeah, that violin upsweep takes me out of Fringe and has me thinking, 'when's Lost coming back again?'

I streamed it from fox.com, great show so far... I will be watching.

I know, right? Sucks I have to go a whole season without it. Oh well, maybe I can catch up on it.

Wow. I'm surprised at some of the comments.

I thought the score was awful. Totally derivative. It sounded like a "Pilot", not a series.

The story was "okay" but nothing special. What's JJ's fascination with planes?

This would have been a C Minus if it had been an X-Files episode. I'll watch again, but if episodes two and three aren't better than the pilot, they'll definitely lose me as a viewer.

I thought the score was good. However, I wonder how much of that is because it reminds me of LOST and how I miss it.

I would have liked JJ to direct the pilot. That was probably my only complaint. If there's anything I learned from LOST, it's that when the creators come in and take over, things change for the better.

I do agree with other comments I've read online that the dialogue left a lot to be desired. A lot like Transformers with characters saying stupid things.

That's what I mean by derivative. It sounds like he was sleep walking through the score.

I liked the production, camera angles, and first/third person view switching.

I could see that.

I for one didn't really like the Pilot of Lost. It was a good storyline and all, but the acting seemed fake.

I'm not 100% sold on this series yet, but I will definitely be watching the first season.

Yeah, the first 15 minutes was cool, got me excited. Then, it gradualy put me to sleep, at least up until she did that whole psychic communication deal. It does seem like it could get interesting though.

That was actually my only real beef with Fringe. The female lead just seemed 'off' somehow, to me.

I thought Jackson was off. Of course, I knew that was the writing more than anything.

I enjoyed it. I'll give it a shot this season.

How long until we see special guest star: James Van Der Beek ??

Now this is a badass show

Altered States

I thought the ending was dumb though, they just had talked about how you could "communicate" with a dead person up to 6 hours after their death, yet they(the good guys) didn't think to talk to the dead agent?????

I thought that leap off the roof to the fire escape to ground was some decent stunt for a TV show.

So?

It was highly theoretical

:p

Good episode, its definitely showing its infancy, but I think I'm already addicted.

Lost me at 30 minutes in. Bad music, cookie cutter performances, direction and production.

It may have been good after that but they lost me.

And the chick sucks.

Deleted from the DVR.

Just finished this week's ep, not bad. Some interesting developments in the last 5 minutes.

Is it something I should re-visit?

Because seriously, it was like watching a horrible X-files episode with actors and directors from "Numbers".

Well, I'm assuming it's serial, so I'd probably wait the season out, catch up on DVD if it survives. I'm not 100% sold yet.

Cool, thanks.

It just felt so much like "paint by numbers". My wife hated it and predicted the first 30 minutes to a tee. Add to that the horrible score and we just said **** it.

Out loud? At the same time? cool.:D

As a matter of fact, yes.

We do other things in unison as well.

:evil:

Do I think it's as good as say, LOST? No.
Do I think it's good enough to keep me entertained for an hour a week? Yes.

You mean TSCC has this trumped? :D

THIS

I missed the second episode, so I'm not sure how much my opinion matters...

BUT... There are about a billion worse shows out there...

I'm not sure I'm a big fan. I enjoyed the first weeks episode, but I'm beginning to think that they may be trying to gross a person out more than make a good story.

I went ahead and watched the first two eps online. It is no X files. That much is certain.

It really looks like it wants to be Lost with the questions it keeps creating. I really don't want to see this turn into a show that has to go ep to ep for the storyline. I was expecting it to be more like each ep was stand alone.

I don't get everyone's obsession with the X-Files. Though it was a show before my time...

Just watched the first two episodes, had them DVR'd and I am a fan ... love both episodes so far

Have you seen any episodes of it?

Here and there. And I saw the first movie.

Nothing to special.

I didn't see any of the commercials, some friend told me that it was on, so I gave it a shot. I prefer my scifi type shows to have an ongoing story, the cool thing is that you don't have to go to the well with it every episode. But eh, that could just be me...

Does this not have an ongoing story?

Don't get me wrong, I like the ongoing stories. Just didn't expect that with this show. And with Abrams being involved, I don't know that i need 2 shows frustrating the crap out of me with new questions posed every week.

Definitely DON'T go by the movie. Rent seasons 1-3 if you have a chance and see what you think. If you want to take the time that is. That is a lot of eps to try and fit in.

Yes it does.

Ha! I can see your point there.

I'm worried now how lame the story is going to feel if, just guessing, the son is really a clone of his Dad and he starts to worry that he is going to go nuts as well.

Damn, that sounds almost inevitable.

That blonde chick is ugly, and her acting ability is somewhere close to Keanu Reeves.

Yep.

Abrams isn't known for taking the obvious route, fortunately. Him being a clone would I think ruin the show for me. It's probably something else, though, something crazy.

I'm going to guess that rather than him be a clone of his dad, he is his dad, as a younger self, due to time travel.

Time travel seems like fringe science.

They made a point about his medical history. Wonder what it is and why he doesn't want the kid to know.

I know.

Throwing out all the absurd possibilities. ;)

Walter is by far my favorite character.

Last nights episode was pretty bad, I have to admit. Worst episode so far.

I think I liked last night's most out of the four that have aired. Different strokes, I guess...

Really? I thought it was by far the best. Really set up a lot of story.

I actually thought it was the best as well.

I must be trippin then.

I didn't like it because it just seemed like filler to me.

I still don't know what the hell that cylinder is, I guess thats what bugged me. While we got some closure in the first few episodes, they left this episode open-ended.

I like shows with a continuing story line but I don't like it when they just tease you with new info every week. Give me 24.

Count me in that group too. In fact, i think they could have done the whole season with The Observer and finding out what he was. I would have been pretty content with that. I hope The Observer doesn't just disappear now.

I posit that this show will continue to be great with each episode

I think that's what I liked most about it. It was a break from the formula established in the initial 3 episodes. It was also the furthest removed from 'reality', and the most 'fringe' so far, in terms of subject matter.

The only thing I didn't like was that they only gave cursory information on the guy who was killing/torturing everyone. I think they gave a name and an origin (both mundane, and brushed over) but didn't go into why he was doing it or where the weapon he was using came from.

I'm guessing we got our first glimpse into time travel last night, and they left many more questions than they answered. Which gives me a reason to keep watching.

Good Point, they may have a pattern of a few episodes that are single-episode based, then one that is continuing storyline based.

In simple terms, I think they're establishing a mythology for the show, kind of like the X-Files with the alien colonization theme. They had many great shows outside of that mythology and hopefully "Fringe" can do the same, but they need solid foundation and a recurring theme.

I hope they stick with it.

I do, as well.

I also hope they do a better job than the x-files did, because while I loved the show, and particularly the alien arc, they really went to shit with that storyline through the latter half of the series.

The movie ruined everything. Besides being a piece of crap, that whole arc became worthless as they tried to resolve something that couldn't be resolved in the real world.

There were very few episodes from 1998-2000 that I thought were even worth a crap. It's too bad because from 1993-1997, the show was awesome.

Glad I'm sticking with it. Three was better than two, and four was a real step up. It still isn't great, or anything, but it's worth keeping tabs on.

No, not great, but definitely the best thing on Tuesday nights :)

Well, it's official - the old coot and his son's relationship is getting on my nerves but the rest of last nights episode was pretty cool. Looks predictable though, x-files mixed with the aimless wandering of LOST...typical jj abrams (spelling?)