J.J. Abrams' Fringe

[Maglor]

 

[morbidaj]

Looking forward to Eric the Midget's debut on Fringe..ACK ACK!

 

[Darth Snoopy]

2night is the season premiere

 

[Maglor]

Without LOST, Fringe is the best drama on television this year.



...will see how The Event turns out...

 

[plasmid303]

Woohoo! This week brought a ton of series/season premieres, but Fringe and Modern Family are the only ones I bother to tune into.

 

[Matt S]

Fringe, along with Big Bang Theory, are my two most anticipated season premiers

 

[plasmid303]

Who watched the premiere? I thought it was a good jump off point, but I wish there was more Walter (Walternate doesn't count). Also, I've said it before and I'll say it again: I think the writers made a bad move in progressing Liv and Peter's romance so quickly. Most of the time when this happens in a serial tv show it tends to write itself into a corner that can only be fixed in a contrived way.

 

[-jay-]

I just got done watching it and really enjoyed it, it was a great episode to kick the season off and it could turn out to be a pretty amazing season.

I also agree with Maglor that it's one of the best shows on tv.

 

[jrice73]

Just watched the premiere for a second time to see things that I missed the first time. So cool to be able to slow down things or freeze frame scenes to see things that stick out. Earth 2 is just packed with crazy stuff. Love the Amber Alert signage. And the protesters in the background too. And JFK stepped down from a position. The dergible that disappeared will probably be making an appearance again, this time in Earth 1. Too cool. Overall, another high mark for Fringe. 9/10.

 

[Hulksmashed]

Who watched the premiere? I thought it was a good jump off point, but I wish there was more Walter (Walternate doesn't count). Also, I've said it before and I'll say it again: I think the writers made a bad move in progressing Liv and Peter's romance so quickly. Most of the time when this happens in a serial tv show it tends to write itself into a corner that can only be fixed in a contrived way.

Normally I would agree. Love tensions between characters is usually prefered over actual relationships. Ross and Rachel, Lois and Clark, Sam and Diane/rebecca.

In this case though, I think they progressed the relationship in order to rip it apart. The fact that Peter and Liv are in a romantic relationship adds to the drama of the Liv switch.

The love interest will allow for Peter to quicker figure out its not the right Liv and/or the alternate Liv to actually fall in love with Peter and switch sides to some degree.

Further more, they gave Peter's Liv, alternate Liv's memories which I have a feeling arent taking complete control because of her "treatments" with walters drug (cant remember the name). Once the real Liv makes it back to Peter, the alternate memories of love for another man and another life will lead to tensions between Peter and Real Liv and ultimately reset the relationship.

 

[Hulksmashed]

Just watched the premiere for a second time to see things that I missed the first time. So cool to be able to slow down things or freeze frame scenes to see things that stick out. Earth 2 is just packed with crazy stuff. Love the Amber Alert signage. And the protesters in the background too. And JFK stepped down from a position. The dergible that disappeared will probably be making an appearance again, this time in Earth 1. Too cool. Overall, another high mark for Fringe. 9/10.

No dude, the derigible didnt disapear. That was just the shift marker between thier world and our world. The story shifted into our world to focus on Peter, so the camera was supposed to be shifting as well and we the audience were informed of the shift by the lack of a derigible in a similar skyline.

 

[-jay-]

No dude, the derigible didnt disapear. That was just the shift marker between thier world and our world. The story shifted into our world to focus on Peter, so the camera was supposed to be shifting as well and we the audience were informed of the shift by the lack of a derigible in a similar skyline.

Yep Hulksmashed is correct!

 

[Matt S]

I prefered the love story between peter and Liv's sister in season 1 - or the hint of one, anyway...well, that got dashed under the rug, so the whole 'Liv/Peter' story seems sorta rushed


Liked the season premier - this is a show where you gotta watch 3 in a row anyway..........wouldnt mind spending a lot of time in this other world this season

 

[-jay-]

I prefered the love story between peter and Liv's sister in season 1 - or the hint of one, anyway...well, that got dashed under the rug, so the whole 'Liv/Peter' story seems sorta rushed


Liked the season premier - this is a show where you gotta watch 3 in a row anyway..........wouldnt mind spending a lot of time in this other world this season

I was thinking the same while watching it and i hope we see more of the cab driver, i thought he was great.

 

[DinoDB1975]

Just watched the premiere for a second time to see things that I missed the first time. So cool to be able to slow down things or freeze frame scenes to see things that stick out. Earth 2 is just packed with crazy stuff. Love the Amber Alert signage. And the protesters in the background too. And JFK stepped down from a position. The dergible that disappeared will probably be making an appearance again, this time in Earth 1. Too cool. Overall, another high mark for Fringe. 9/10.

Yeah, it was awesome how they tied that back to Season 1 and the gas bomb that solidified in to Amber.

I also like how in the opening scene after the intro, it established the setting as "Manhatan".

 

[Matt S]

I gotta say on an unrelated note, MKV files are GORGEOUS!!!

 

[Hulksmashed]

Yeah, it was awesome how they tied that back to Season 1 and the gas bomb that solidified in to Amber.

I also like how in the opening scene after the intro, it established the setting as "Manhatan".

So, you gotta wonder. Was it just a spelling mistake that they will stick with, or was that on purpose? It works cause its in the other world, but was it previously established as the spelling for thier world?

 

[UTtoyfan]

So, you gotta wonder. Was it just a spelling mistake that they will stick with, or was that on purpose? It works cause its in the other world, but was it previously established as the spelling for thier world?

Yes, there was an episode in season 2 (I believe "Jacksonville") where they spelled it Manhatan as well, and that's when we knew it was the alternate universe. I think we even mentioned it in this thread about their poor spelling at the beginning of the episode.

 

[Mad Old Lu]

Just watched it last night. Great start! The show has really grown on me. At first I felt like they really didn't know where they were going with all of this. But now it looks like they're really getting a good focus. I missed seeing our world, though. I wish they would have cut to it more throughout.

 

[Maglor]

Still lovin' this show.

I hope they get the real Liv back to Earth 1 this season, because it's gonna be a little distracting while they are solving the cases and we know it's not her.