The Fringe, new tv show
Sept 13, 2008 14:45:28 GMT -5
Post by RedRock on Sept 13, 2008 14:45:28 GMT -5
This had its pilot on Fox earlier this week. I missed it, but it is on Hulu, and I just watched it there.
www.hulu.com/watch/33786/fringe-pilot#s-p1-so-i0
The Fringe deals with fringe (or pseudo) science, such as teleportation, reanimation of the dead, telepathy, shared brain waves including interviewing the recently dead, etc. Obviously, the characters in it make a lot of unrealistic and dangerous decisions, that's part of the genre, but if you can ignore that, it seems to be a very interesting sci-fi/fantasy series. It's being compared to X-files meets Twilight Zone and is by people who've done Alias, Lost, and Star Trek, but to me it's X-files meets CSI meets Heroes. I never watched X-files, but it does mirror CSI's unrealistic approach to science and forensics, but again, that makes for some fun watching. And it seems as if, while introducing one more mystery, or at least one more part of the bigger picture, it is planning to answer the "what is going on and how did it happen?" as the story transpires each week, unlike the X-files (?). The overall big plot of someone or some agency using/seeking/experimenting with these paranormal/fringe sciences on different people from various walks of life with different abilities reminds me a little of Heroes, too. The lead female is pleasant to look at, in a girl next door sort of way (Anna Torv), and Blair Brown is in it, but she's look a bit rough around the (weathered) edges, although her part is not meant to be an attractive one, I gather. The guys, well, they're guys, some old, some young, some exotic, some funny, some eccentric.
At any rate, even if you watch nothing but the pilot, it is a standalone story, almost like a novel, and is worth watching, imho. 1 hour, 21 minutes, plus some commercials.
If they continue to have it online each week, I'll watch it at my leisure that way.
Check out the wiki, too, after you watch, if you're interested.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fringe_(TV_Series)
There's even a Joss Whedon tie-in, of sorts.
www.hulu.com/watch/33786/fringe-pilot#s-p1-so-i0
The Fringe deals with fringe (or pseudo) science, such as teleportation, reanimation of the dead, telepathy, shared brain waves including interviewing the recently dead, etc. Obviously, the characters in it make a lot of unrealistic and dangerous decisions, that's part of the genre, but if you can ignore that, it seems to be a very interesting sci-fi/fantasy series. It's being compared to X-files meets Twilight Zone and is by people who've done Alias, Lost, and Star Trek, but to me it's X-files meets CSI meets Heroes. I never watched X-files, but it does mirror CSI's unrealistic approach to science and forensics, but again, that makes for some fun watching. And it seems as if, while introducing one more mystery, or at least one more part of the bigger picture, it is planning to answer the "what is going on and how did it happen?" as the story transpires each week, unlike the X-files (?). The overall big plot of someone or some agency using/seeking/experimenting with these paranormal/fringe sciences on different people from various walks of life with different abilities reminds me a little of Heroes, too. The lead female is pleasant to look at, in a girl next door sort of way (Anna Torv), and Blair Brown is in it, but she's look a bit rough around the (weathered) edges, although her part is not meant to be an attractive one, I gather. The guys, well, they're guys, some old, some young, some exotic, some funny, some eccentric.
At any rate, even if you watch nothing but the pilot, it is a standalone story, almost like a novel, and is worth watching, imho. 1 hour, 21 minutes, plus some commercials.
If they continue to have it online each week, I'll watch it at my leisure that way.
Check out the wiki, too, after you watch, if you're interested.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fringe_(TV_Series)
There's even a Joss Whedon tie-in, of sorts.
