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2.4 “Momentum Deferred”
Agent Dunham, still recovering from her traumatic visit to the alternate reality, is given a concoction by Walter to help her remember. Another woman being experimented on by Walter is introduced. Meanwhile the Fringe team look into a series of robberies that are linked to shapeshifting.
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Agent Dunham, still recovering from her traumatic visit to the alternate reality, is given a concoction by Walter to help her remember. Another woman being experimented on by Walter is introduced. Meanwhile the Fringe team look into a series of robberies that are linked to shapeshifting.
A man attacks his boss after a disturbing dream and the team travels to Seattle to investigate. Meanwhile, Broyles needs to meet with Nina Sharp.
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loving all the shows have begun again. House is rocking and loving Fringe so far
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I haven't spent time watching it intently. Only a handful of episodes from last season. Someone said last week's episode was a great one-off a la THE X FILES in its heyday and that got me interested. But there's something about the characters I don't find appealing... we'll see.
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Oct 08, 2009 1:43:12 AM CDT
Didn't we get that exact same line in Season 2 of Lost?^
by _palmer_eldritch
RIPOFF!!!
No, but seriously. I think we can all agree that Fringe is just one big X-Files ripoff, right? So is Supernatural, of course, but at least they have quite a few of the old X-Files Crew on board.
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Oct 08, 2009 2:15:08 AM CDT
Every show anymore promises some big war or conflict
by guy who got a headache and accidentally
to come that never seems to get here or play out in any satisfying way
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Fringe just has those screeching to a halt X Files type mysteries that I hate.
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Supernatural and The Xfiles have similarities in their loglines, but not much else.
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The whole concept is, as someone here put it recently, "X-Files with guns" (and teens, I might add). Same concept, same writers, same directors on many early eps. Don't get me wrong, I love my Supernatural. But it is kinda X-Files Junior, don't you think.
Btw, I totally agree about the lack of chemistry on Fringe (and to a lesser extent also Supernatural). X-Files lived off the whole Mulder-Scully raport, and Duchovny and Anderson had great on-screen chemistry.
The irony is that it was that exact chemistry that eventually killed the show once Chris Carter gave in to the hordes of dumbass shippers and came up with the Mulder-Scully-baby. Worst plotline EVER! -
The only current genre TV shows worth watching - Dollhouse, because, hey, it's Whedon, and I'm committed; Doctor Who, if Moffat or Davies is writing; and Flashforward, which inexplicably has caught my interest. Anyone who is interested in any genre television other than that is a fool! I have spoken. Well, typed drunkenly, anyway.
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Fringe is on season 2, episode 4.
FlashForward is on season 1, episode 3.
I'm loving both these shows but with FF having only broadcast 2 episodes I can't see how one can determine that one show is better than the other.
It reminds me of the Heroes > Lost debate/arguments that frequented this site. Heroes turned out to be a turd of a show. Lost is currently shooting its sixth and eagerly anticipated final season.
I'd rather just enjoy them both on their own merits until they conclude or become completely unwatchable (like Heroes).
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The theoretical science introduced
in Fringe will be useful to future generations of physicists when the new models become apparent.
The war between alternate dimensions is something that is close to our current reality, whether or not the majority are ready to acknowledge such things.
note: so called ghosts, shadow people, hearing voices and the like.
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Anna torv has all the charisma of a broken ironing table, and Joshua Jackson is starting to turn into Matt McConaughey's character in DAZED & CONFUSED. Anyone else think it's creepy that's he's still basically Pacey from DAWSON'S CREEK, but is over a decade older? Or is it that JJ couldn't act in the first place, and everyone he plays is basically himself?
Whatever. The most interesting thing about FRINGE is that everytime someone says the word "Dunham" I have to say "dot.com!" in a very high voice. Thank you, Jeff Dun-HAM. -
And the whole ZTF/parallel universe/terorrism angle is awesome. EXACTLY the kind of place THE X FILES should have gone, but never did. If we could lose those two personality vacuums they have fronting the show, and beef up the whole Walter vs William Bell thing, FRINGE may yet become a GREAT show, not merely a REALLY GOOD one.
But yeah - Pacey should stop acting like a teenager (he's got to be in his 30s by now, and that's just creepy) and Torv needs to understand that right now, she is by far the most boring protagonist on TV. She's making Ellen Pompeo look like Dame Judi Dench, and seeing how awful Pompeo is, that's no mean feat. What is it with all these shitty actors and actresses fronting shows nowadays?? -
Oct 08, 2009 5:19:17 AM CDT
Um, yeah, Griefo, that's were scientists should look
by _palmer_eldritch
Also, if you need any advice on how to deal with other people, watch Dexter.
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If you say lizards or Reticulans right now, I will hunt you through every single TB you frequent on AICN from here to the end of time, laughing my ass off at you the whole way.
I love a good conspiracy theory as much as the next person - but parallel universes? I'm guessing the kind of energy you'd need to rip open reality itself is so great, it ain't the kind of thing you can hide in an underground bunker. CERN is about to smash two atoms together at close to the speed of light to measure the result - and it's taking a complex so big to do this, it's built under AN ENTIRE TOWN! You're talking about hidden secret tech that can RIP OPEN THE UNIVERSE. Come ON!
And the stuff to do with shadow people, head voices, ghosts, UFOs, etc? Probably more to do with an over-abundance of harmful electrical fields of every wavelength and spectrum, interacting negatively with our own personal electrical fields (or "auras" if you will) and creating all kinds of sensory hallucinations or anomalies. that's certainly more plausible than the idea that FRINGE is preparing us for the Truth.
watch it, enjoy it; but don't start to believe it. The most dangerous thing on this planet, secret or not, is human nature and what we choose to do to ourselves. No benign race from the stars is going to come and save us; we have to do this ourselves. Harsh, but true. -
Well spoken. You are clearly in posession of the truth. And hence, since paranoid logic is all the fashion, you must be keeping it from us!!! Damn you! But we shall learn the truth, despite your lies, and Fringe will lead the way. Let the Church of Griefo begin.
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The guy playing Peter in Fringe seems to be playing a normal man, nothing teenagery about him. I wish most adult males on tv were played that maturely. This is in response to Spuds comments above.
What has hurt this show for me is lack of frequent and good stand alone episodes. There's too much damn arcing on tv these days and this show is a good example. Monster of the weeks were always the best X Files episodes. -
were great on TXF because those stand alone episodes were actually like stand-alone movies (esp in later seasons), with a solid 3-act structure, a morale and in many cases a very unique visual style to befot the episode (think "Triangle", "The Postmodern Prometheus", "The Gift", "Duane Barry", "Jose Chung's ...", "The 6th Extinction", "Improbable" etc etc).
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I don't mean to make anyone angry.
The dimensions are already open and everyone on this planet experiences them in ways they can't readily acknowledge. It's a lot to go into,
and most write off these
events as a form of psychosis.
This is the way we deal with it here.
But, I've been dealing with some very strange awakenings and I know our worldview is going to change soon.
Shows like Fringe, Lost, etc..
and movies like Paranormal Activity, seem to be there to usher us in to these things,
to allow our collective consciousness to absorb these changes easier.
Time will tell.
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Oct 08, 2009 5:48:31 AM CDT
I'm not paranoid! Though Church of Griefo does have a nice ring!
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Perhaps you could elaborate.
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Last season she was utterly bland. This season she has grown aggressively irritating. The relationship between the Bishops is the centerpiece of the show; Torv is a third wheel.
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It seems to me that Internet+SciFi = some nerd who thinks its real. I remember seeing a guy on Compuserve years ago, who was convinced that Sliders was real, and was taking place at Area 51.
I suppose it should be no surprise that in a world where David Icke can command a large audience for his talks, there's no shortage of people willing to believe that the X-Files is real, or Fringe is real, or whatever.
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I'm afraid those nutbars ARE mainstream society.
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Season 2 was building an army. It was Widmore just this past season who said "A war is coming".
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Season 2: Anal Lucia was building an "army" (very sad attempt!) and I'm pretty sure they were preparing for some kind of war with the Others.
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If that's true, then bring on the nukes. As a species, we have jumped the fucking shark.
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Everything he says is uninformed, going against popular opinion to stand out, nonsense. I wish he wasn't on every talkback. Everything he says is retarded.
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Love it. I hope you really believe all that. Also, I hope you are right, because I want all this crazy inter-dimension shit. It's a shame you are a loon though. Get a grip pal.
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Agreed. It's intellectual atavism at its finest.
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the thing about lockeswhatever that fascinates me is he has this uncanny knack for irritating the shit out of people. He is like an idiot savant troll. He is also, as you pointed out, in every talkback, and seemingly online 24/365. Sometimes I wonder if he isn't an alter ego Harry uses to vent.
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Hey Spockm yer mamas a humie
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I like the show a lot, all the episodes so far have been consistantly entertaining. I dont know what some peoples problems are.AS for FlashForward i can see that show getting really tedious, especally if they keep with the same flashback to the same flashforwards of every character everytime they mention there own flashforward(i realise how weird that sentence is!)The show makers should give the audience a bit more credit otherwise its going to lose a chunk of them real soon.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72nClzra1HU
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Well you've missed a large part of the plot then. The Xfiles didn't have parallel universes as a overall story arc. It didn't have John Nobel. And I totally disagree about the chemistry! The chracters are something that continues to attract me ( and others ) to the show. Also it's going somewhere a lot faster than The Xfiles. You know going somewhere! I was a big fan of the Xfiles and like many felt let down in the end because it went nowhere. There was no resolution even in the movies.
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Are you guys kidding! The byplay between Peter and his father is great!
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Love all the characters and the folks playing them
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Has really grown on me in a way not many shows do. It's the show I wait for all week now. I was just commenting to a friend who also likes the show that they seemed to have gotten luck in finding just the right cast and balance of SF, mystery, comedy, and drama. Plus it's made by the same people who pulled Star Trek's fat out of the fire and made it popular again. No small feat.
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I dont even mind JJ. Walter is great, and so is Broyles even if he is basically playing his character from "the Wire". I want to see more monsters, less conspiracy, that was th eproblems with the last few seasons 0f X-Files and Milleneum. It woudl be great to see something as horrifying as the "Home" episode of X-Files.
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Is it the way she squints with her mouth open when wants to convey that she is thinking? That constipated look she gets when she wants to convey that she is angry? How about the way she opens her eyes really wide when she wants you to know she is worried? It is like she has an expression for every mood.
Worst actress on television.
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I'd piss her off just to watch her walk away
Now I like Cate Blanchett too
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I personally think shes...well..good enough is the term I would use. I've been puzzled since the beginning of the show about her because, in my eyes, its like, if you wanted to go with someone much less well-known that a typical tv actress, is she really the best you could get? There are thousands of actresses out there, and you thought she was the best one? That's what confuses me. There isn't anything wrong with her, I don't think she is particularly bad in the role, but i do think someone else out there could have been more engaging. And as far as Torv vs Blanchett theres no contest. Blanchett is obviously the better actress, and I find her sooo beautiful and elegant, and elegant is something Torv will never be. Cate Blanchett really does it for me for being an older woman (I'm 23) Her talent and beauty surpass just about everyone else out there in my eyes. Torv...I stil can't decide if I think she is hot or not. It literally depends on where the camera is angled in relation to her face. Some angles..hot. Others...frumpy and strange.
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Tilda Swinton I'd gone into vapor lock
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A season+ of bullshit backstory that just don't fuckin matter
And don't BSG us with *God did it*
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JJ interactions with Walter are priceless. Torv's character strikes me as the worst FBI agent, she makes way too many mistakes. Do they have a technical advisor on the show for law enforcement? I'll still watch anyway. ijs
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Exactly. It isn't even that she is so awful - she is just so average. And awkward. When she screamed "get that bitch" a couple eps back or when she suddenly whipped out her gun on her bowling therapist (no idea where they are going with that plot line, btw) it was like watching one of those robot dogs sony used to make.
It doesn't help that they save all of the best lines for the Bishops, either.
In the end, I think she got the job because she is Rupert Murdoch's niece. Nothing else makes any sense. I'm betting he tried to get in her pants at some family gathering and she is cashing in on the threat of going public.
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in an unreal environment
She's the ground rod
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seems like we've gone thru 2 decades of squeaky voiced chicks
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No matter how some people try to tell you that it takes place, you know they're completely full of shit.
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I just imagine them as herc refusing a deleviry on a t-shirt
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I hope you are kidding. If not, find a therapist. If you can't afford one, see a free one at a college campus.
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I hope Chris Carter sues you.
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you will still be stuck with shitty writing.
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I don't care if they have shitty actors in CSI or Jag or Greys Anatomy or any of the other shows I don't watch. I like Fringe; the writing could be better at times, but all of the performances, particularly Noble, are fun and entertaining. All except Torv. She is so bland she sucks the life out of every scene. At the begining of this season I got the impression that they were making a serious effort to scale back her role in favor of JJ. I hope that trend continues.
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She is plays the part of a professional FBI agent well. She does not sex it up. She wears that black sports bra... I am not sure what else you want? Stana Kotic (sp?) from Caste? Who appears that she just participated in Fashion Week?
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Delusions like that, even if genuinely held, are not the sort of thing you see a therapist about.
Bad advice there, I think.
Now, if he thought people from another dimension were coming after him, possibly by replacing their counterparts in this dimension, then yes, it's time to get the schizoid-drugs into his system.
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Paris Hilton.
There's a wiseass joke in there somewhere, but I can't find it. Probably because I'm actually going to watch Supernatural. (And The Office, dammit. What the hell is wrong with you, Thursday night?)
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nonbelievers are either not a human male or some to be inserted later derogatory term
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Really digging this show and I hardly watch TV. I'm wary by anything put out by FOX these days and it wasn't a good move putting them on a different day and starting to tank in the ratings. I will be severly pissed if it gets cancelled and I have blue balls again (DEADWOOD, FIREFLY, etc.)
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Griefo's posts were the best I've read in awhile - earnest and bonkers. I wish he would come back and clarify them. I love it when people say things like "The war between alternate dimensions is something that is close to our current reality, whether or not the majority are ready to acknowledge such things." Exactly - if we would all just open our minds we would finally understand that the shit on tv is real, damn it. Not unlike the ep where Peter Bishop encounters the dude who believes the Federation is real. Live long and prosper, Griefo.
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I'd like to ask Astrid out but how do you compete with Walter
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You could accuse the X-files of being a Night Stalker rip off along with inspiration from any of a number of 70s conspiracy films.
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Forget it - Walter is a crazy genius pimp. You are a guy hanging out in an aicn talkback. Unless she is really into action figures, you have no hope.
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I don't watch this show. I just wanted to comment that it seems like there are an awful lot of mythoi lately that depend upon letting you know in a very foreboding manner that THERE IS A WAR COMING!
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Anna's hot, your naught
small penis, blah, blah, blah
Yea I win
you suck
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Just ask my cat
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suddenly my cat doesn't know me?
is that even legal
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Having cameos from some of the original cast, or better yet, giving one or more of them, like Nimoy, a big role to play wouldn't hurt. http://nickleshi.blogspot.com
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Walter: *I don't know if you were aware of it but Scraps is a boy dog*
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Fair enough. A good psychiatrist would probably be better for Griefo.
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I'd give her a believable smile. On Fringe, she has a smile that would make school children run the other way it's so fake.
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Boy I wouldn't be nice
Walter: We're going have to open your skull*
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after all this time the lack of formating on this site
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Oct 08, 2009 12:37:54 PM CDT
"With FF having only broadcast 2 episodes I can't see how one ca
by 3 bag enema
Easy. Fringe is, and always has been, an unwatchable piece of shit X-Files rip-off that I cannot believe is successful on any level. If Fastforward turns into that, then fuck that show, too.
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Oct 08, 2009 12:45:49 PM CDT
My biggest issue with Fringe is their lack of geographical knowl
by rob0729
I like the show overall. I agree that Anna Torv is not a great actress and can slow the show down. I am not always thrilled with the monster of the week format (like most shows that follow that, it makes uneven storytelling at times). But my biggest problem is their lack of knowledge of geography.
Yes, I know it sounds minor, but their utter lack of this knowledge is jarring to me. Being from the Boston area, it may be worse for me than others. But they have had episodes where scenes take place in a shipping harbor of a town that in real life is completely landlocked. They have major four lane highways to small rural routes. The most jarring to me is the episode two weeks ago where they made it like the trip from Boston to Pennsylvania was a short half hour drive with the main characters making round-trip trips three or four times in what seemed to be matter of days as if it was 15 minutes. A round trip that distance would be about 11 hours. In fact, at the beginning of the episode, Peter claims to not need a plane because PA is so close.
I know it is nitpicking, but errors as bad as these can take you out of the show. The sad thing is they could correct these things pretty easily. The fact they get so many of these things wrong, I am starting to believe that they are setting us up for a shocker that we find out that the setting for this show isn't even our universe. It would be the only thing that makes sense other than sloppy writing. -
I think our friend Conspiracy is right, Nimoy is being blackmailed to be forced to work with those assclowns' shows.
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Yes...that line was already said in Season 2 of LOST...and was repeated LAST season by Charles Widmore.
Hmmm...Maybe JJ will give us:
STAR TREK II: THERE IS A WAR COMING WITH KHAN!
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Last week they went all the way to Baghdad and back in about 5 seconds. Plus, they pulled the ultimate location 'cop out' by having all the Iraq scenes take place INDOORS. All interior scenes, save the obligatory Helicopter Establishing Shot over a random desert.
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It's VERY uncomfortable,
Alright...I'm leaving!! -
I remember Widdy saying that last season but don't remember them saying it in Season 2 at all. Unless you mean Jack's "build an army" line.
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thats right, TEH, fick off
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I'll be in my fuckin bunk
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"your ass is mine now, bitch! Bend over! And when i'm done with you, i'll lend you to Jar Jar. He didn't fucked with you enough with his movie. And bring the pointed ears".
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pinnacle of his career
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I kinda figured that they would do indoor scenese for Iraq just because they film in Vancouver and it would be expensive to do on location desert scenes since the closest desert is SW USA. But I figured they could have used some stock footage as an establishing shot to make it seem like they were there like they do with skyline views of Boston.
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"They all swallow the bullshit i made for Transformers, Shit Trek and my lame ass TV show Fringe. I'm the rulez!!!"
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Fuck Bob Orci up his fucking ass.
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You make engorged penis happy?
Me make language, not so much
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It has an intriguing premise, solid production values and a great character played brilliantly by John Noble. But despite these strengths, it has a long way to go before it can be deemed “great”.
Torv and Jackson have actually improved since last season (Torv much more then Jackson), but unfortunately, the criticism directed at them is still justified. In Torv’s case, part of the blame can be placed with the writing. Her character (as well as many of the others) is rather flat and written more or less to service the plot and not much more. In contrast, Noble, and in many ways Jackson, are given roles that “add spice” to the show. That being said, a better actor would be doing more with the same material. We’ll see how she does as her character (presumably) becomes more important to the plot.
The other major issue with Fringe is it’s lack of focus in style and story. Style wise, (and I’ve said this before), Fringe is an entertaining-enough scifi, action, drama, horror, mystery etc show but it’s not particularly great in any of those categories.... there’s no real strong emotional hook or adrenaline rush inducing moments that makes you eager to see the next episode. The show would be better served if it tried to be great at one or two things instead of decent at everything. This directive would have to come from the very top and would affect everything from the writing, dircting, lighiting, music etc.
Story wise, things aren’t as tight as they could or should be and episodes can often feel a bit diluted. As an example, the first season of “Damages” (on the FX network) had every character, every thread, every moment spiraling/converging around a single person and towards a singular moment. It was a thrilling ride because you could feel the plot pull you along to that point with force.
I wouldn’t advocate this structure for just any show or even to this degree but a show like Fringe, with it’s strong premise could really benefit. And actually, Fringe already has a similar sort of convergence already setup around Olivia (supported by the mysteries of Walter, Bell, Massive Dynamics etc). And I would argue that Fringe’s best episodes last season were the ones (mostly with Jared Harris) that moved along the path surrounding Olivia.
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for some reason my mocking gene is itching
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but those stupid Fringe writers just don't know how to write for them. So the actor/s get written out of the show.
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She's fine on the show. She plays a controlled, grounded, professional female. You could go through all the 'lady detectives' on all the CSI and LAW AND ORDER shows on other networks, and every one is a practically an exaggerated cartoon by comparison.
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Star Trek was a good, successful, and critically acclaimed movie. Just wanted to remind you.
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Or at least the actress who plays her is.
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"FIRST THAT SLUT APPEARS IN THE ABORTION KNOWN AS THE NEW TREK, THEN HE DECIDES TO SHOW UP IN SCIFI'S WORST FUCKING SERIES SINCE BABYLON 5. THE PRICK."
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CHRIST BUT YOU PEOPLE ARE FUCKING THICK. FRINGE IS THE SINGLE MOST AWFUL THING ON TELEVISION RIGHT NOW. MY GOD. IT TAKES THE WORST BITS FROM THE LAST SEVERAL SEASONS OF X-FILES AND SEEMS TO CELEBRATE THEM.
THE CHARACTER OF THE MAD SCIENTIST BELL WAS TOTALLY FUCKING WRONG. THE WRITERS ARE CLUELESS TWATS. HE SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN ENDEARING IN THE LEAST BIT. HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN OUT OF HIS FUCKING MIND CRAZY AND SINISTER AND OUT OF CONTROL. THE CHARACTER WAS PLAYED LIKE THAT FOR 5 MIN DURING THE AWFUL 'SILENCE OF THE LAMBS' LIKE INTRO IN THE PILOT, THEN BECAME A COMPLETE FUCKING NONCE.
THE CHICK IS ANNOYING AS FUCK BUT I BET SHE'S GOT VERY NICE AND DELICATE BLONDE LITTLE HAIRS SURROUNDING HER PINK ASSHOLE. AT LEAST THAT'S SOMETHING.
THE SON IS....FUCK ME I CAN'T EVEN BEGIN TO DESCRIBE HOW ANNOYING THAT CHARACTER AND ACTOR IS. IT'S LIKE A FAG VERSION OF SKULLY. HORRID. FUCKING HORRID. -
The premise of Fringe is that it doesn't understand the difference between radical, fringe science and pseudo-science bullshit. Which is very fitting for the retarded uncultured illiterated fuck asses that are Bob Orci and fucking Jar Jar Abrams.
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I don't give a shit if Shit Trek was sucessful. And only tools think it's good. Bob Orci and Jar Jar Abrams had you fooled, and you ate it all up like lemmings without question, without thinking. God for them, i guess, made millions out of others' gullability. That' an easy way to make money right there, making the movie's equivalent of a Ford Pinto and sell it as a Ferrari.
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a younger version of Cate Blanchett. And she's australian too! Actually, i quite fancy her, i think she has talent, too bad she's being wasted by an abortion show created by those fucking stupid talentless hacks Bob Orci, Alex Klutzman and Jar Jar Abortion Abrams.
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Tell us what you think of Spock's moving chair! Are you still fascinated with it?
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Oct 08, 2009 3:18:15 PM CDT
Bob Orci: " i wrote the most retarded script in the history of f
by asimovlives
"... and the fucking geeks ate it all up. I FUCKING FOOLED THEM ALL! I'M SO THE AWESOME!!!"
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... in the history of Star Trek and the fucking geeks ate it all up. I FUCKING FOOLED THEM ALL! I'M SO THE AWESOME!!! AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH"
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... in the history of Star Trek and the fucking geeks ate it all up. I FUCKING FOOLED THEM ALL! I'M SO THE AWESOME!!! AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH"
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... in the history of Star Trek, got fucked in the ass by Bob Orci and Jar Jar Abrams, and i ate it all up. I'M SUCH A FUCKING FOOLED SLAVE! I'M SO THE AWESOME!!!AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH"
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Probably not. There's no comparison to Star Trek at all. Not even close. You're really stretching on this one, buddy. You're hate has blinded you.
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FOR MY SINS!!! I felt punished as if by god himself. A very piss off god! Lovely leading lady, though.
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...ARE THE FUCKING WORST. HE NEVER SEEMS TO FORGET SOME OBSCURE FUCKING SCIENTIFIC FORMULA, BUT CAN'T OPERATE A TUBE OF TOOTHPASTE?
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"Suck it good!! Your asses are belong to me!!!"
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FOR EVERYTIME THAT DOUCHEBAG USES THE WORD 'POSTULATE'. FUCK ME.
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AND FOR THAT HE DESERVES A NOBEL PRIZE YOU FUCKING MONG.
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"Suck it good!! Your asses are belong to me!!!"
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"Suck it good!! Your asses are belong to me!!!"
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"Suck it good!! Your asses are belong to me!!!"
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I take it you did not like Star Trek... way to express that opinion in a way that made you come off as pathetic and lonely. Nothing better to than flame AICN? Of course not. I am now going to go out of my way to watch and enjoy Fringe tonight, just because anyone enjoying something HE doesn't drive Asimov crazy. HOW DARE YOU GEEKS ENJOY SOMETHING I DON'T LIKE! NOW I MUST GO AND JERK OFF! Thanks for the laugh Asimov. I only hope the next post makes me giggle this much. So sad... so very very sad. Hahahahaha.
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the typo king! That's what I get for typing and laughing that hard at the same time.
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I'VE REGISTED AT AICN PURELY TO INFORM YOU THAT YOU ARE A CUNT.
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I also thought Star Trek was lame as hell ..and I've also come to realise that for some reason my opinion of the film alone is enough to piss off a whole talkback. Ireally don't get the undeserved and irrational love for that film.
But anyway, I still think JJ is a talented director. And his name on Lost is proof enough that he can do great stuff as a producer, too. -
"AND THAT'S WHY YOU SEE ME DOING HORRIBLE SITCOM DRECK LIKE FRINGE."
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its basically like lost, all the haters complain about writing and shit cause their tiny brains can't follow along. It's quite sad actually but that's why God made American Idol.
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BRAVO SHITHEAD.
AND GOD MADE AMERICAN IDOL AS A COMPANION PIECE TO FRINGE. THAT'S WHY THE BALD HEADED PRICK ACTUALLY MADE *GASP* AN APPEARANCE ON IDOL. SO TWATS LIKE YOU CAN GIGGLE AT THE CLEVER TIE-IN. -
Probably about the right size, too. LOOK AT ME! I CAN TYPE IN ALL CAPS! LOOK AT MEEEEE!!!!
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As I see it, just coming onto this board, the two of you have spent the better part of the last two hours of your lives on an AICN talkback hurling expletives at the people who make and like this show like they were the only words you both know, with nothing that even REMOTELY resembles an intelligent argument as to why you hate the show (other than clever quips like "this show and you bastards suck fuck dick cock"), and you then have the nerve to present yourselves as the superior opinion? I'm guessing neither of you ever had to debate anyone. If you're going to basically hate on the show and everyone on this TB, at least present your side with something a bit more creative than what sounds like it came from a tourette's-stricken retard.
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YOU FORGOT THE PART WHERE I HURL EXPLETIVES AT PEOPLE WHO MAKE AND LIKE THIS SHOW BECAUSE THEY FUCKING WELL DESERVE IT.
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Their formula seems to be to show a human being dying an agonizing death via some new way at the beginning of every show. We all tune in to be entertained by this. But on network television, if someone uses the word fuck or a female nipple slips into view it is treated as some big deal. We live in interesting times.
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you're now at two and a half hours...dude, get a girlfriend. as for unoriginal screen names, taintlick taint very original itself, so pot, this is kettle, you're black, too, little buddy
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He's basically TOTAL FUCKING DESTRUCTION sans the wit and repartee, and definitely entertaining enough to keep laughing at whenever he appears. And though he's fucking batshit insane, I don't think Taintlick believes that FRINGE is preparing us all for The Truth.
Loving the Tourette's Stricken Retard tag for Taintlick. TAINT - You are. Kaiser's right. -
that believes we are on the verge of a war with an alternate dimension and that shadow people and ghosts are real... has chosen to give himself the name "GRIEF-O" ?
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At first he tried to be articulate. Multiple, long-winded posts. Even the handle "AsimovLives" is sort of a pretentious spin on "Frodo Lives", except you know he's into SERIOUS Science Fiction (tm) if he's name-dropping Asimov, right? And so it goes for months. And now he's reduced to ripping off Kevin Smith lines from "Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back". And using the term "Jar Jar Abrams" like it's actually witty and/or insightful. I wonder what he'll be reduced to by January 2010? Just "OCRI BAD! SUCK!" call caps illegible posts? Only time will tell. But it is entertaining to watch someone that pathetic keeping going on a pathetic crusade that NOT a single SOUL on the planet even cares a whit for. Funny, really.
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By everyone's favorite producer tandem: http://tinyurl.com/yj8b3nf. As in Kurtzman and Orci. It will be on CBS.
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Fuck JJ Abrams!
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You fucking morons.
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3D Lens Glare & Shaky Cam?
Oh, Yeah! Can't wait! -
At least he doesn't do 1000 Zombie movies.
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As I'd like to see a JJ Abrams style Zombie flick.
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It's like she is incapable of ageing
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I was wondering if she'd notice Peter didn't belong.
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I need to speak to Nina Sharp
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all the way down
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all other women spontaneously combust
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Schoolboys out
In his defense, pretty sure if Theresa Russell came on to me *in a very squeeky voice* 'please be gentle' -
Hits it out of the park
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Although I may have to divorce my wife. I said "THERESA RUSSELL!" and she said "Who?" "Go make me a sammich whilest I jack it over here, k?"
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could see it again an hr later, and again and again throughout the week
and I need to see this again
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Mercury medical thermometers?!? Yeah, I know they still make them, but try to buy one at the local drug store. The only place you will find those are online or a medical supply warehouse. They don't sell them easily accessible to consumers because the dangers of mercury poisoning.
If you watch this show there are a lot of subtile mistakes and discrepencies about the world on this show. I just thought it was poor facts checking on the showrunners' part, but now I wonder if they are all clues. I hope the latter because many of these mistakes are easy to detect.
If these are subtile clues, this show is more brilliant than we think. If they are just because of sloppy writing, then I am ashamed for them.
Pretty good episode overall, but again that one obvious error was distracting. -
that is the last time I check Hulu
Fucking shit is like marvel digital, get partial stories
Marvel digital can slowly suck the salt off my nuts too -
Heh. Yeah, that was the first thing we both went WTF about too. And I'm wondering about the clues thing too..maybe they're not in OUR world either? I dunno. That, or what my wife brought up, they've already made it clear with stuff like the typewriter that people know these guys are here...maybe there's a particular store they always go to for them.
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The government banned the sale of mercury thermometers in 2002.
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at the moment of death do you think he filled his britches with mercury?
We need a poo scientist
Damn you fate
I could have been a poo scientist, but I chose to be an alcoholic -
Sorry hit the post button by accident. The Mercury Reduction and Disposal Act of 2002 banned the sale of all mercury based fever thermometers. I am beginning to think the universe of Fringe is also another alternative universe. Maybe Peter is the only one from our universe since he was obviously swiped from another universe.
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And did anyone else see the back of the Observer's head?
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Oct 08, 2009 9:49:37 PM CDT
I hated the new "Star Trek" movie. I really, really like "Fringe
by starwarsredux
It's possible to like one without having to like the other. Let's all calm down, yes?
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I'm gonna go break the law
Gee I hope I get away with it
Hate to have stalone screaming *I AM THE RAW* while spraying spittle and near light speed
while jamming syringes full of *mecury* home
And if you accidently walk into a room at the wrong time...
IT'S PERFECTLY NATURAL! LIKE BREAST FEEDING! -
Just skeptical that the more that is revealed about the "plot" the less interesting it will become. The shapeshifting robots really aren't all that interesting. But Walter is. I could watch him do a cooking show God help me!!!!
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need to start a club.
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I got called out by a guy calling himself TAINTLICK? God, I love this site... The hits just keep on coming. AND he called me a cunt! Beautiful. Most fun I've had all day. (no sarcasm. I'm really laughing a lot at this point!)
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If Comcast, which is still trying, succeeds at purchasing NBC/Universal, they have stated that one of their top priorities will be to remove the ability for the user to basically get for free what they charge their customers for. Any current network or cable programming on hulu, they said, will either be removed or have fees added to viewing.
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You should know that calling someone Fag, really makes YOU come across as the Supreme King of Cock Chugging, which I'm sure wasn't your intention... or was it? Taintlick, are you coming on to me? Is that why you've come on here just for me and called yourself Taintlick? I'm flattered. Thanks for the love buddy.
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She was the only thing that made the extremely crappy Exit to Eden watchable, if only for her in the dominatrix gear. Too bad it also had Rosie O'Donnell in dom gear. Fucking-yuck!
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This ep floored me so hard I forgot to watch SN
goddammit -
nooooooo
thats in my brain now you jackoff -
Se-VERE-ly bangable chicks over 50.
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randy sez *please let me leave*
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Janine Turner
pretty sure she refuses to age also -
still working on the word to properly define her
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Oct 08, 2009 11:44:53 PM CDT
But, Bell didn't pull her out of a car. She was in an elevator..
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What's the deal?
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is some kind of detachable co-joined twin
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physics is physics, inertia is inertia
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thats why you only ever had one role dewd
Be gratefull for the gravy train you got
Stunt casting him in this show is just that, anything could play the part.
A sock puppet
So Spock, count your money and your blessings and if some nerd asks for an autograph, suck his dick like a good fellow -
Gooooo FRINGE!!!
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When the Lt/commisioner from the wire was in the hearing on the first episode of the season they said something along the lines of this program not producing results when it was the x division and still not producing results now. So, it's basically the same thing except with more emphasis on science instead of aliens.
On an unrelated note, that experiment with the worms is actually real (except for the feeding it to humans). And it's far from cutting edge. They taught worms to run a maze and ground them up and fed them to new worms that could then run the maze on the first try. Another example of how the show is actually using real science and building on it. -
who can't watch Twin Peaks or The Wire.
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I got my superpowers from a vampire
plus vampires represent eternal youth and blood and sex
Yeah vampires rool
Except in D&D 3.5 where Clerics with a 2h axe rool -
DOES THAT COUNT?
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Remember that near fender-bender that Olivia got into while driving to the restaurant where she was going to meet Nina Sharpe? THAT was when she "crossed over" to the alternate universe.
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Ann Curry from The Today Show. I *live* for the mornings when she's wearing a skirt as opposed to pants...
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This episode is the first this year that is the style that attracted me to Fringe last year. A lot happened and the story moved forward. This is why this show isn't another Xfiles. Stuff happens. Gotta say I loved when Walter put on the Yes song. And Teresa Russell! This show really has some style. And I'm sorry I DON'T find Torv a bad actor. For one she's Austrailian. I couldn't tell until I heard her speak in an interview. I like her strong no nonsense attitude toward things ( plus yes she's hot to look at ) but I suspect that threatens some guys ( not me and I'm a guy ). And of course Nimoy! And by the way I loved Star Trek! In was a really good movie and did really well despite all the trolls predictions.
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Jack takes on Black Bauer and screams "Dammit!" at Olivia Dunham!
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Maybe it was low hanging fruit, but when Walter put the Yes song on before he tripped the chick out on drugs, you've got to admit that was a moment that was uniquely FRINGE.
As for Torv, I love her and her character. Y'see, I've watched years of genre shows portraying female agents, scientists and cops as unfailingly perfect. They beat burly men while arm wrestling, they always guess who the bad guy is first and they never get their hair ruffled. It's like the writers feel somehow that if they're going to portray a tough female character, they have to go overboard and make her a caricature of perfection and bad assery. (Yes, I'm looking at you BSG)
Anyway, here's a show where the female lead has EARNED EVERY BIT of the respect of the other characters. She's been kidnapped, experimented on constantly, jerked in and out of parallel universes, smashed up in a car accident, had numerous close associates murdered and even LOST, yes dear reader, LOST, to the bad guys repeatedly. She's basically been beaten to a pulp, the Fringe team has been repeatedly outflanked by other factions and yet they keep getting up off the mat.
If they're working up to a point where Dunham and her peeps take the fight to the bad guys, for once it will be 100% believable and 100% earned. I love that.
I never knew the actor that played Peter before this show either, and I guess that's good for me. But, I think he's awesome. He can be charming, but he's not of this world and he's getting more opportunities to show his more menacing side. His happy go lucky demeanor is merely a front. Dude has done bad things, IMHO.
One word of caution for the showrunners though. I haven't heard much, if any, mention of ZFT, their manifesto or the pattern of weakening the barrier between worlds by concentrating fringe happening in New England. Are these ideas from the first season being jettisoned? That would be a huge disappointment and would be similar to the way we no longer hear about the Hanso Corporation, the numbers or the oh so important devil baby of Clair's on Lost. Please don't repeat the mistake of discarding earlier reveals just because something more shiny (Widmore vs. Linus) has caught your eye. -
My first thought when seeing the headline to this article was: "Wow. Sam Kinnison is in Fringe now?"
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are sad little creatures. They doubtless have few friends (would YOU want to hang out with such shitbags?) and choose to define themselves by their shrill, irrational hatred. This is the only way they have found to make anyone else pay them any attention. With every post they become more pathetic. Almost brings a tear to my eye...
Back on topic, I thought this ep was pretty damn good. The series has been a little up and down but imho has steadily improved. I'm pretty sure JJ and company are very aware of X-Files' problems and will try to avoid the same pitfalls, which will probably lead to them making their own mistakes along the way. So far they're doing pretty good in my book. -
Throwing the frozen heads like bad cabbages, Walter's musical choices, Astrid in general, and the terrific job Charlie did playing the shapeshifter.
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as a casual viewer of fringe i really am too stupid to 'get it' without the demo.
as with heroes - cool concept, lame execution. i still watch though.
if anyone here thinks fringe is a better show than that, you're an idiot. -
...that Nimoy was using is for real. He seemed to have a tough time breathing while delivering his dialogue. I don't remember it being that bad in in Trek `09.
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Check out the Criterion edition of Bad Timing (A Sensual Obsession), where she stars with Art Garfunkel for some reason. She was 22.
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I think that watching Abrams-produced programming slowly rots away at the national IQ.
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Great episode !!!!
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A couple scenes were lighted and shot in such a way that it appears Torv has some bad acne all over the left side of her face. HD acne
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Half the stuff you come out with is gibberish.
I imagine you look like Mr Bean. -
I really thought it might have been the creepy German dude..
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...with the beautiful and sexy Sela Ward. Or a sock puppet. or just about anything or anyone else. I'm sorry, but Ms. Torv has absolutely no presence whatsoever and, in my opinion, she just drags down a potentially great series. I'm on the fence about Joshua Jackson, but I must admit that he and the Walter Bishop character do have a great chemistry, much more so than he has with the virtually inert Ms. Torv. To be honest, I'd love to see Olivia Dunham permanently killed off at the end of this season and replaced by the far more interesting Astrid. And, no, I don't care that she's a daughter of Sappho; anything to resuce her from becoming the "Uhura" of Fringe. Astrid's got more presence in ten seconds of screen time than Ms. Torv manages to generate from September to May.
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...DISCUSS THIS SHOW IN SERIOUS AND MEANINGFUL TERMS. PRETENDING ALL THE WHILE THAT IT'S NOT SIMPLY REGURGITATED ASS JUICE FROM CHRIS CARTER'S BUTTHOLE. FFS.
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..IS THAT THEY CAN'T FUCKING ACT THEIR WAY OUT OF A WET PAPER BAG.
THAT'S WHY THERE'S NEVER BEEN ANY MEANINGFUL FILM INDUSTRY IN AUSTRALIA AND THAT ALL THE ACTORS EVENTUALLY JUST SHOW UP ON DAYTIME CHAT SHOWS WHERE THEY END UP INTERVIEWING SOME OLD BAG ABOUT HER POODLE.
OR THEY COME TO THE STATES WHERE THEY AFFECT A HORRID AMERICAN ACCENT.
IT'S ALWAYS PRETTY MUCH ONE OR THE OTHER, ISN'T IT? -
PERIOD.
WAIT. THAT'S DOING AN INJUSTICE TO MANIMAL. -
i've liked him ever since oz and im sorry to c him go i hope he gets
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yawn.
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"I need to sleep with Nina Sharp!" - Olivia Dunhim, from 'NOT Fringe'
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IT'S *YAWN* YOU TWAT.
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Keep talking. It's helping out the cause of everyone that disagrees with you.
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So I can eliminate the illiterate ramblings of AsimovLives and Taintlick from these talkbacks? If you don't like the show, kindly fuck off.
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ILLITERATE? FRANKLY I THINK MY MANIMAL COMPARISON WAS AS FUNNY AS IT WAS POETIC.
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Sorry Charlie, you were good.
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It's awesome when you type in all caps to make sure people read your inane posts. You're clearly not insecure at all. Not. At. All.
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ACTUALLY, it's
">yawn<, you twat<, you twat
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The more I like it! The thing I wonder is how far they'll take this parallel universe war. By season 3 or 4 will the storyline be about fighting the war? Whatever it is I can't wait to find out! Which to me is the mark of a good show.
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Kirk Acevedo was seen on the Fringe set filming this week. Bring on Alter-Charlie!!!
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brought alternative universe Peter over. Oh well, there goes the theory that Peter is a clone of Walter.
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I like him as Peter, but I find myself wondering a lot if he got to play with Katie Holmes' titties back on the Dawson Creek set ... because she was a fine little piece of ass before Tom Cruise went and fucked it all up.
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This show will capture my interest if and only if they kill off Anna Torv. I swear, I'm usually an apologist for marginal actors trying to step up their game. I enjoy seeing unlikely thespians grab my attention. It makes me pump my first and say, "fuck yeah!"
Anna Torv gives me the exact opposite reaction. She's so wooden and utterly unconvincing I almost wonder if she's playing her role as a joke. I wonder if she's purposefully trying to fuck over the show for some reason.
And, obviously, I'm not the only one who thinks this.
The first several minutes of season two's premier were actually pretty good. I was thinking, "I hated the first two episodes of last season, but maybe things have changed." I enjoyed the banter between father and son as the plot started to unfold. I even grabbed a beer and got comfortable in my seat.
Then Anna Torv showed up and instantly made me cringe. Her reaction in her hospital bed to what was happening was laughably fucking wrong. Almost like she's never delivered even one line of dialogue in her life. Like she doesn't know how to rehearse, to learn the truth of her character, or even TRY to do these necessary things. It struck me as I was watching: she doesn't have a fucking clue. She's out of her league.
So I've skipped the second, third, and now the fourth episode of the season.
I beg you, Fox producers: kill off Anna Torv, reduce the show's primary drama to Joshua Jackson and his dad, and I'll tune in again.
Because Torv flat out SUCKS. She's somewhat cute but not nearly cute enough to overlook her wooden, show-killing acting.
With her in it, I can't think of "Fringe" as anything other than an exercise in futility. -
and anyone who's not happy with that can STFU and go watch Cougartown and Eastwick. this is a FORMER CHILD SOLDIER, you people who are whining about how "bland" she is and why she isn't more sassy and witty – WTF is wrong with you? the woman is a survivor of some heinous stuff, nobody gives a fark if you don't feel like Torv's portrayal is exciting enough for you, this is new and different and not a character we've seen before. back the hell off!
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