Fringe

[Jakester]

The pilot is floating around teh interwebz.
I'm ~30 minutes in, and I must say, that as much as I love Abrams, this is pretty darn bad.

The writing is all over the place with huge plot holes, and horrible dialogue. Did I mention the horrible dialogue?

Ouch!

[Strider]

Hmmm...that's too bad. I was hoping this one would be good. Hopefully they will iron out some kinks before it hits the air.

[Jakester]

Bloody Disgusting has a review up at their site. It's blocked for me, so I can't link to it, but it's not too far out.

I really was hoping this would be a real home run for Abrams, but it's really not very good at all.

I'll stay away from spoiling it -- heck, I still have not finished watching it, mostly because I just don't care a whole lot (pretty sad, innit?) about finishing the ep, until it premieres. There's time to work out script issues are re-shoot scenes (barring a SAG strike). But wow. As it stands, it's worse than the Knight Rider backdoor pilot, by a lot.

[Strider]

OUCH! :eek:

[Strider]

I finally watched the pilot for Fringe (during its reairing yesterday), and I liked it. It certainly has room for improvement, but I still enjoyed the pilot quite a bit.

[Jakester]

I DVR'ed the pilot, and I'll get around to watching it and see what's changed. I understand they cleaned a few things up and made some things make more sense.

I think one of my biggest gripes was that Noble's character was in an insane asylum, and he couldn't have visitors without a family member agreeing? Even for official federal government business? Huh? SRSLY? And then he just checked out?

There was just too much that seemed entirely too clumsy to me. But what the hell do I know? I liked Drive.

[neglet]

Well, Drive had Capt. Tightpants in it, so of course it was enjoyable.

The pilot was kinda, well, weird, but the production values were very very good, and I enjoyed Denethor doing the crazy bit. So I'll watch a couple more and see if they get any stupider.

Oh, and as soon as they showed the FBI dude saying "I love you" to the blonde? I said, either he's going to die, or he's going to be behind the conspiracy. He actually did a little of both!

Maybe Abrams should hire me for his staff.

[Jakester]

Oh, today I came to understand that the pilot was written in a few days to get it done before the strike. I can perhaps forgive some of the more pedestrian bits, then.

[The Tyrant Virus]

This was my most anticipated show, and I finally got the time to watch it last night. I liked most of it, but there were some awful bits of acting and/or dialogue. That one FBI agent guy was painful to watch, as was the boss.

I thought the main characters were good though. I've always liked Joshua Jackson, and he didn't disappoint.

Overall, I think the previews for the upcoming season they showed at the end looked like the show is going to get better. I liked the pilot enough to keep watching for now.

[Strider]

I liked Drive too! :D

I'm definitely tuning in tonight to see how the second episode turned out. They showed the first scene from it on Sunday after the re-airing of the pilot, and it was suitably creepy. I can't wait to see what they do with it.

I also like John Noble being "crazy". He definitely had the best line from the pilot: "Excellent! Let's make some LSD!"

[KingVoyeur]

Interesting 2nd ep, but it's still feeling kind of "X-Files"-ish to me. Love John Noble's characterization of the dad, you never know what's gonna come out of his mouth.

On a side note, the location texts got kind of annoying. I like the idea of how they're placed, I just wish they weren't so freaking big!

[livewiremaxx]

Actually Iwas kinda thinking the same thing after episode 2 (x files ish) But I kinda like it that way.

[mckracken]

KINDA FEELING like X-files?

holy SHIT guys gimme a break... FWINGE shoulda been called X-FILES:REDUX because its exactly like x-files!

stand or fall, even X-files was firmly based on Kolchack: the night stalker, but the similarities between Fwinge and X-files borderlines on copywrite infwingement.

BAH! i already own all 9 season of Ecch-files.... fuck this imitation shit.

[The Tyrant Virus]

I liked the second episode enough to give the 3rd a shot. I guess I'm on a week-by-week basis here. I really want to like it because I like Joshua Jackson, and that FBI agent chick is oddly alluring to me.

[Belledame]

I like it so far. The production values are definitely topnotch. The first ep was a bit better but the hard, transparent skin was straight out of the X Files movie (#1). The assistant agent needs to dial it up a bit.

I hope Bill Gates and Steve Jobs are laughing it up.

[Belledame]

Wow. Third ep was pretty great. I loved the whole 'ghost network' being a little out of focus so the guy was going nuts from the images. And the silica the guy unleashed on the bus? Wow. It's hard to believe no one got off the bus considering they saw him put the mask on and freaked out immediately. No one thought to pop the emergency windows? They were sitting right next to them.

How did the disc get inside her hand? There were no surgery scars and I will not believe she concealed it there herself.

"You may experience an involuntary bowel movement." :lol:

[Strider]

Is anybody still watching this? The last episode with the "Observer" bald guy was pretty good, but the show isn't really doing anything to compel me to watch. Each week, I've been kind of like "well, I guess I'll watch it since there's nothing else I want to watch right now". The main reason I've tuned in is John Noble. His character is the best one on the show by far.

[The Tyrant Virus]

His character is the best one on the show by far.

Completely agree. I liked this week's episode, and some of the mystery/backstory that they started building up with him and his son. I kind of wish they'd explained what the thing was, but maybe they'll get back to it eventually. I'll keep watching for now. I'm not totally hooked, but I don't hate watching it.

On a related note, Fox has picked up Fringe for a whole season.

[neglet]

Oh, well, if Fox isn't screwing us out of a whole season, I might watch some more. I'm DVRing the series, but have only watched the pilot so far. I've got too many other things to catch up on, so I'll probably not get to this until December.

[rappites]

I miss x-files. So, I can get my fix by watching this.

I too wish they would do away with the big text of locations. Just a small blurb at the bottom is fine by me.

Maybe they did not want to do that then they would be alot like x-files.

[Strider]

With a few exceptions, I don't think they need the location text at all.

[livewiremaxx]

that location text looks stupid. Hell i can make that stuf on my computer its cheasy

[kah]

I kept up with the show and I'm totally hooked now. It's still a little hokey, but compelling and endearing.

[Strider]

I think I've missed one or two episodes, but I kept up with the show fairly well. It's enjoyable, but still not at "can't miss" status for me.

[Jakester]

The location text reminds me of Panic Room a little too much, but it doesn't bother me. Also, I found myself more and more interested in the show as it progressed from the horrible (imo, of course) pilot.

[kah]

The pilot was bad. The next couple of episodes weren't much better, but it's definitely improved to where I make sure I stay caught up within a week or so.

[mckracken]

Fringe is a blatant (but good) Ecch-Files rip-off... only this time it actually worked. It managed to convince the fans they were watching something original.

I have a feeling thats why its not on many peoples "must see" TV radars.

[Jakester]

For a time, I had also picked up Eleventh Hour, but dropped it because it just wasn't interesting enough. Although I like Sewell and the chick is hot, it just was too much like all of the other procedurals out there.

Fringe is very X-ish, but since we haven't really had anything like that on TV for a while, that's not so bad.

[Jakester]

Wow. What a God-awful return last night.
First, This: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Rhinovirus.PNG/190px-Rhinovirus.PNG is a rhinovirus, which causes the common cold.
Second, a virus is not, strictly speaking, a living organism. It is not a cell, despite what Walter claimed. It doesn't slither or try to escape anything. And I don't want to hear how the average person wouldn't know that. This shit is high school bio. If they don't know it, then they're fucking morons.
Third, how the hell would whatever was in the water cause only ONE virus to grow, and not several hundred to thousands which would be living in the body?
Fourth, creepy sexual assult guy. No where in even a distant alternate universe where a government even pretends to be responsible would he get oversight on whether his accuser/prosecutor gets to keep her job.

Abrams seems to have trouble writing this show. He should stop.

[Skiv]

I got soooo behind on these with all the moving, does anyone know if/when the 1st season is coming out?

[Hamon]

I got soooo behind on these with all the moving, does anyone know if/when the 1st season is coming out?

Well Dude, season 1 has been started and also finished. Now Fringe season 2 is going and I have enjoyed it's latest episodes.:)