Fringe

Fox 6 · 09-15-2008, 08:20 PM

So this is the new TV show by J.J. Abrams, the guy who did LOST, Cloverfield, and the new Star Trek, etc. Did anyone catch it? I saw the last half and I was intrigued. Has a touch of LOST in it but also some other stuff. Think I need to see some more before I decide if im going to follow it or not.

thatmariolover · 09-15-2008, 08:31 PM

It just looks like a rip off of Heroes from the perspective of the people trying to control the people with abilities.

Not saying I won't watch it, but it hardly seems like an original premise.

Swan · 09-15-2008, 09:12 PM

Yeah, caught this last week.

Need to see more to get a better opinion of the show. Right now I am sort of digging

Fox 6 · 09-15-2008, 09:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Swan

Yeah, caught this last week.

Need to see more to get a better opinion of the show. Right now I am sort of digging

yeah im leaning on will watch, but its not definite. IT will also make it hard to watch since it starts a half hour after I get out of school :P

Combine 017 · 09-16-2008, 01:51 AM

Yeah, ive heard/seen commercials for it and it sounds/looks somewhat interesting.

GameMaster · 09-16-2008, 04:03 AM

Got it downloaded but haven't sat down and watched it yet.

Haven't seen Joshua Jackson on the screen since his days as fun-loving prankster, Pacey Witter.

thatmariolover · 09-17-2008, 08:11 PM

After watching the first couple episodes I would like to revise my opinion. It's not at all like Heroes, I think it was misrepresented in the previews.

It's more like CSI meets Eureka meets X-Files. I've rarely seen a pilot where the actors were already so well into their characters. I will be watching this weekly.

Fox 6 · 09-18-2008, 02:13 AM

I want to watch this too.

Happydude · 09-28-2008, 11:23 PM

been watching it, and so far so good. I think it has a unique story behind it, and it might bring up some topics of current technological speculation...

Also gives us a good look at things certain governments might already have in their possession.

And yes...i am still here...in the shadows...

Angrist · 09-29-2008, 10:52 AM

Wassupe dude, still a happy guy?

Xantar · 09-29-2008, 11:42 AM

Sorry. I watched two episodes of this show and then stopped. It's too dumb and formulaic for me to stay with it.

It's not that I mind the whacked out, totally unrealistic science. I mean, I watch Heroes and Pushing Daisies, after all. The problem is the science in this show is totally arbitrary (kind of like Heroes lately) and also implausibly convenient. I don't even mind that all the unusual events always seem to have something to do with this one scientist's research back in the day, but when he keeps coming up with a whacko solution that always works perfectly the first time, you just throw plausibility out the window.

Plus, the acting and writing is just not very good. My brother and I watched the pilot, and when we weren't laughing at some of the overly portentious lines, we were trying to predict the next line of dialogue (and we often succeeded which is not good). The genius father and son team are actually ok, but the lead actress is kind of blank. She may be the new J.J. Abrams lead, but she's no Jennifer Garner.

Speaking of which, does anybody here actually think J.J. Abrams has a full, finished plot laid out for this show? Because if you do, I've got a Rambaldi Device to sell you.

I won't say the show is bad or that there's no chance that it will become good later on. But there's just too much other good TV on the air for me to waste my time on the off chance that this one will be good later. I gave on Lost after it became clear that the writers were just making it up as they go along, and even though it's apparently better now, I've never regretted leaving it. The kind of cheap manipulation indulged by Lost and Alias is a little insulting to the audience's intelligence, and I have no reason to think Fringe will be any different.