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‘Stains??’ A New 3.5-Minute Trailer For J.J. Abrams’ FRINGE!!

Looks awesome by bullet3	May 17th, 2008 05:44:54 PM
Count me in
Awesome by Crow3711	May 17th, 2008 05:50:58 PM
Looks really solid, another winner from JJ. I just hope his faith in these Transformers writers is misplaced. I hated that movie, mostly because it had the dumbest script/plot imaginable, but also because Bay sucks balls. I hope this is as intelligent as it looks.
Herc, you should put up Amazon links to X-FILES dvds... by YackBacker	May 17th, 2008 05:52:34 PM
Cuz this show is a rip=off of that premise it seems. Might as well go with the original article.
Mad Cow? by rben	May 17th, 2008 05:54:52 PM
Get Denny Crane on the phone! Looks good. Not sure i'd make the X-Files comparisons yet (which would definately be a compliment!) Could do without the Dawson's Creek dude (who did he play? Pacey? never saw the show and yet i know the character's name. scary)but this and Dollhouse and Lost and BG. A new SF TV renaissance definately. Not really a fan of Terminator but i guess you could throw that in there too. Now if only they could do an SF anthology series that people would support. I guess everything HAS to be continuing characters for people to watch....
J.J. Abrams, Joss Whedon, and Lorne Greene. . . by jimmay	May 17th, 2008 05:59:56 PM
The only television producers in the Aintitcool microcosmic universe.
Whoops, forgot Parker/Stone. by jimmay	May 17th, 2008 06:01:00 PM

Lorne Greene was a producer? by Holodigm	May 17th, 2008 06:01:50 PM
fancy that
J.J. Abrams is a cock sucker, by DarkJediStoops	May 17th, 2008 06:02:59 PM
and this site is fast becoming one for that fucking hack Abrams.
Whoops, Lorne Michaels. Who the hell is Lorne Greene? by jimmay	May 17th, 2008 06:06:50 PM

Lorne Greene by DarkJediStoops	May 17th, 2008 06:08:50 PM
Was the original Adama.
A so. by jimmay	May 17th, 2008 06:11:28 PM
Well, I've blown my credibility here in just three posts, a new personal record. Still, the original message stands.
Is that the black dude from Lost? by Grando	May 17th, 2008 06:16:42 PM
I hear he gotta eat!
Don't be so dramatic by Sacredfun	May 17th, 2008 06:17:37 PM
It just so happens that J. J. Abrams and Joss Whedon are BOTH creating new television for the fall that might actually be good. So what's wrong with that. Let's not naysay until we've seen proof otherwise. I think this looks well executed, and it seems to have high production values. I'll be there.
It's not as X-Filesy as I thought it'd be by oisin5199	May 17th, 2008 06:23:13 PM
at least from that short clip, it feels tonally different, and a bit more about science and technology. X-Files had some of those elements but it had a different feel. Aw crap, I can't articulate enough yet. But this will definitely be on the DVR in the fall.
that looks awesome by mansep	May 17th, 2008 06:23:42 PM
could be the new x-files... the new 24 even.....and definately better than the consistantly disappointing alias
Lance Reddick, Kirk Acevedo, Josh Jackson by Charlie Murphy	May 17th, 2008 06:25:10 PM
you can't go wrong. Preview looks great, very excited about this show. hopefully Reddick can find time to appear on Lost now and again. He's such a commanding presence on screen, on the Wire, of course, but his appearances on Lost fucking own, and he looks like he'll be great in this too.
From the writers of Transformers by MeshGearFoxx	May 17th, 2008 06:30:58 PM
why would they want to proclaim that? to scare people away?
Charlie Murphy by password.swordfish	May 17th, 2008 06:32:44 PM
I had that same thought when I saw Reddick on Lost. I think it's because every other actor on the Wire was so fucking brilliant that it's harder to stand out Not that the acting on Lost is bad or even mediocre, but the Wire was mindblowing for finding talent. If he's involved, I'm even more interested in this (not a huge Abrams fan, but I'll definitely give this a shot).
Something is wrong with the world by kwisatzhaderach	May 17th, 2008 06:36:37 PM
when people know who J.J. Abrams is, yet don't know who Lorne Greene was.
Hey it's Future Walt! by theredtoad	May 17th, 2008 06:38:50 PM
This is gonna be a good show. I trust that J.J. can make good on any project he does.
Not X Files rip off, more like female Quatermass, meets The Wire by wowsah156	May 17th, 2008 06:51:14 PM
JJ Abrams is doijg what the English done in the sixties.
the Transformers angle is supposed to be a GOOD thing? by TheSeeker7	May 17th, 2008 07:03:46 PM
Maybe their marketing dept wants to rethink that one...
Not an exqctly original concept. by BrandonGK	May 17th, 2008 07:11:04 PM
TXF comparisons aside, there's also The Eleventh Hour, another show about people trying to fight abuses of science coming to Fall on CBS. Going back further Strange World a show from X Files producer Howard Gordon also dealt with abuses of science and predated these shows by nine years.
Looks good by Ashok0	May 17th, 2008 07:33:04 PM
Looks more fun than 24 S7 or Prison Break S4. Count me in.
Looks good, like a worthy X-Files offspring. by SID 8.0	May 17th, 2008 07:37:03 PM
Just happy to see colonel Daniels has landed on his feet since leaving The Wire.
Abadon's a fed? by newc0253	May 17th, 2008 07:46:34 PM
scary.
Lance Reddick... by Greenleaf1	May 17th, 2008 07:48:45 PM
...appears to be the only reason to watch this show. The rest of the characters look boring, and I'm not a big fan of the whole "introducing science fiction concepts into the real world" thing. I'll probably watch the pilot, and if it doesn't wow me I'll stop watching.
call the cast of OZ! by Judge Briggs	May 17th, 2008 08:08:26 PM
funny to see Joshua Jackson working
Uh.... it IS a sci-fi show. by Ashok0	May 17th, 2008 08:11:35 PM
How dare those blasted writers introduce science fiction elements into a sci-fi series on FOX!?!?!
I can't tell if I like this or not by kyle051554	May 17th, 2008 08:31:09 PM
It seems cool one second, then lame the next. I dunno, I'll give it a shot, but I'm far less optimistic than I was before I saw this preview.
"From the writers of..." by john truckosaur	May 17th, 2008 08:35:12 PM
I'm amazed that some people don't get what's going on there. The studio is probably contractually obligated to put that in their promo materials, so more than likely they don't care if they've got the writers of Transformers writing their show, they're just doing their job.
To answer your questions... by Larry of Arabia	May 17th, 2008 08:55:34 PM
1) Twin Peaks would still have died because it was too weird. Brilliant, but weird. 2) The X-files would have been more interesting, but wouldn't have had the shelf life and it has in reruns. 3) Alias wouldn't have shed viewers like it did towards the end.
Female lead is a big ? by G100	May 17th, 2008 09:07:12 PM
She looks as if she has to have enough weight to carry us along with with some freaky stuff almost single handedly, certainly to begin with, so her acting and character will have to be interesting, subtle and not cliched. (Lance Reddick will be able to point Abrams to some top class acting talent via the Wire too.) But it certainly looks to be solid so far. Even the Whedon thing doesn't stink to high heaven of cheese yet. Some genuinly intriguing new stuff on the small screen.
JJ Abrams is way overrated by krushjudgement	May 17th, 2008 09:54:52 PM
I can't suspend my disbelief that that blonde chick is a hardcore FBI agent. Abrams is so Hollywood.
How do you have a 3 1/2 minute trailer... by geraldbeans	May 17th, 2008 10:37:05 PM
and I still don't know what your show is about?? Of course I'll give it a chance cause it's JJ. But the "from the writers who brought you... the scene where Transformers hide in a boy's backyard" doesn't exactly inspire confidence. On first glance, this show looks like it's trying too hard
can we please cast more people from the wire on shows by bacci40	May 17th, 2008 10:37:43 PM
one just aint enuf...im going through serious the wire withdrawal
Looks potentially interesting.... by JacksParasites	May 17th, 2008 10:45:59 PM
...and I have to admit that I always had a soft spot for Joshua Jackson as an actor. I rooted for him and Tom Cruise's wife and I'm glad to see him move into a more adult role. Also, glad to see Abrams doing something different like producing a show involving a mysterious crashed airline and that black guy from Lost.
Lance Reddick needs to do voice over work by bacci40	May 17th, 2008 10:46:41 PM
everytime i hear him speak, i get chills up my spine...and charlotte rampling is in the pilot..so thats cool...and the writers of transformers??? transformers had a script?? who knew
FBI blonde chick special agent will save the world. by kabong	May 17th, 2008 10:51:18 PM
JarJar has to compete with "Dollhouse." Was that Blair Brown in a scene? She got old. JarJar must be hoping for an "Altered States" connotative boost.
It's not the black guy from lost by aversiontherapy2	May 17th, 2008 11:16:52 PM
It's the black guy from The Wire who was in Lost.
Yes it is the black guy from lost and the Wire by Stormwatcher	May 17th, 2008 11:22:30 PM
Dumb ass. And he rocks. So does this trailer.
JJ is overrated, Alias Sucked, so did that other show is Lost is by Stormwatcher	May 17th, 2008 11:24:30 PM
Lost is the best show bar none but all JJ did was direct some episodes, He so does not deserve credit for that.
You can't really call anyone from The Wire by BrandonGK	May 17th, 2008 11:34:28 PM
The "black guy from the wire" seeing as how 75 percent of the show's entire cast is black.
Lance Reddick is not a black guy from Wire by Ashok0	May 18th, 2008 12:30:20 AM
He is *THE* black guy from Wire.
Note to J.J.: by topaz4206	May 18th, 2008 01:12:47 AM
Try finishing a show properly before you go starting new shit. Thank you.
Badass by happybunni	May 18th, 2008 01:20:09 AM
All will depend on the details of the actual show. But that is a really good trailer.
What's up with that cheap 3D title font? by DerLanghaarige	May 18th, 2008 01:35:29 AM

Too late to recast the lead? by Mr. Profit	May 18th, 2008 01:50:38 AM
She's cute but from the video she's looking like a blonde boot leg Sydney Bristow minus the acting skills of Garner. I'm going to give it a chance because I adored Seasons 1 and 2 of Alias (the Francie vs Sydney fight in season 2 owned Peter vs Sylar). Hopefully this show won't disappoint. Just iffy on the lead being likeable enough for me to keep tuning in.
Who is Lorne Greene???? by bacci40	May 18th, 2008 01:53:14 AM
google Bonanza, you heathen scum, you....christ, i hate being old, but this is fucking rediculous
Transformers had writers? by Madeline Ashton	May 18th, 2008 02:43:48 AM
who knew?
Lorne Green= TV Legend by Carl's hat	May 18th, 2008 02:50:34 AM
Geez, do all the people in these kind of shows have to be so boringly perfect? Even when they're flawed, they're perfect. Every fingernail, strand of hair, piece of clothing, pout, look, word spoken is so deliberate, so bloody perfect. They're always so goddamn serious. It's boring and utterly charmless.
J.J. Abrams by Kromag	May 18th, 2008 03:13:00 AM
HATES airplanes.
JJ's involvment in Lost by Cartman86	May 18th, 2008 03:49:57 AM
He was very heavily involved in creating the show. Probably the main guy. Damon Lindelof came in to help develop more of the story initially. He continued to executive produce while filming MI:3, but eventually Carlton Cuse was brought in and JJ basically stepped down. He still's gets a producers credit, but the day to day things that occur at Lost don't involve him anymore. So he directed the Pilot and wrote an episode of season 3. That is it.
Denethor the crazy scientist,YES! by G100	May 18th, 2008 04:13:44 AM
I think John Noble and Riddick tells you there will be some solid acting from the start. And though Joshua Jackson looks bland teen fodder he may surprise.(or get killed) Remember some of the greatest actors on Lost were completely unexpected (Go Benry!) As for a it being a trailer for the Pilot Ep well, A/ The Pilot Ep is supposedly 10 Million so, yeah, I'd trailer it heavily. and B/ anyone who thinks fringe is goin to have an easily summarised story arc clearly hasn't been paying attention to Lost. Good. I wan't it complex and far from obvious. Personally I think it will try and subvert X-Files expectations yet keep the Twilighty Zone feel. From the little I can gather there may be some intriguing "mind-voyaging" via crazy scientists apparatus. That could prove interesting and extracting information from corpses via this method may well get quite freaky. Hard to tell much of anything about a series from a Pilot Trailer though but I for one welcome it above 10 New Ugly Betty Housewives type shows or 20 New Reality fests. P.S. Remember Wire fans Generation Kill is coming in July. :)
Lance Reddick RULES! by ianrewel	May 18th, 2008 04:32:17 AM
glad to see the best actor on tv back in a major role, not like his cameos in Lost aren`t cool, but the man deserves his own show. Hope Cedric and Ronnie are happy in TV heaven
Yes, Lance Reddick does rule... by Sledge Hammer	May 18th, 2008 05:04:14 AM
...too bad it looks like he's just playing the black Skinner role, hopefully they'll give him more to do than that though. After Oz, The Wire and some guest shots on Lost it's cool to see him get a big money lead role on a network show. Cool to see fellow Oz alumni Kirk Acevedo too. And can't argue with the casting of vets like John Noble and Charlotte Rampling. But the lead actress unfortunately utterly fails to impress me there, in fact she comes off as decidedly dull...still, I'll watch and see.
Fox is bullshit, ABC isn't as Politically motivated by fisheater	May 18th, 2008 05:31:15 AM

STAINS ON A PLANE!!! by Nosferatu Jones	May 18th, 2008 06:06:29 AM
And that lead actress has an extremely forced "American" accent... foreign actors always talk slower and overenunciate when tackling an American accent. I'm betting she's probably British or Australian?
eh.. by TimMighty	May 18th, 2008 07:00:36 AM
ill torrent it. I gotta say..TV is getting better and better these days.
I thought it was a bit underwhelming... by IAmMrMonkey!	May 18th, 2008 08:27:47 AM
I'll give it a go but it doesn't look like it'll replace Lost, BSG or even Doctor Who in my favourite sci-fi tv list. Kinda looks like pieces of other better shows bolted together. Nice look to it though. Very movie-like.
Looks Good by Cobbio	May 18th, 2008 08:50:02 AM
It's tonally and thematically quite different from the X-Files. I didn't even think about The X-Files until I read talkbacker postings, actually. I'll tune in for it.
What if someone at Fox said by Avengerdude	May 18th, 2008 09:00:45 AM
lets start a program with quirky supernatural/sci-fi undertones and not kill off the main character half way trough or otherwise ruin it and then cancel it after one season for poor ratings.
Wouldn't it be cool if..... by BetaRayBill07	May 18th, 2008 09:43:02 AM
When the FBI boards the plane, Kumar and his smokeless bong bursts out of the lavatory? Yeah, I didn't think so either.
Lorne Green? by Ashok0	May 18th, 2008 10:17:04 AM
Right, because BSG 1980 was SUCH amazing television (sarcasm).
Reddick's Lost Character by ColorBlind Pilot	May 18th, 2008 11:07:47 AM
Reddick's Lost character (according to IMDB) is Matthew Abaddon... Anyone ever look up just what Abaddon means? (Sorry, know this has nothing to do with Fringe, which looks alright to me, but who cares what I think?) Cheers.
Damn, I don't even like Abrams... by password.swordfish	May 18th, 2008 12:51:44 PM
but this looks cool. Let's hope it's not another Alias (great set-ups with profoundly disappointing reveals).
Looks amazing. by Yeti	May 18th, 2008 01:00:39 PM
I know they filmed the pilot here in Toronto. Are they filming the whole series here?
this is nice and all by punto	May 18th, 2008 01:15:30 PM
but is nowhere near David Lynch.
ColourBlindPilot - Abaddon by Yeti	May 18th, 2008 02:15:03 PM
It means the Destroyer. Subbosedly a Demon or Dark Angel. (And I suspect the human incarnation of Smokezilla)
Is that the black dude from Lost? by smackfu	May 18th, 2008 02:17:30 PM
No, that's the black guy from The Wire. He's doing a bit part on Lost, but what you just said is like seeing Robert De Niro and saying 'hey isn't that the guy from Hide and Seek?'.
Lance Reddick is so badass by smackfu	May 18th, 2008 02:29:26 PM
It's a shame it will probably take hollywood years to realize he should be 'the main guy' of all the shows he's in rather than a character actor. Sadly, he suffers from the same affliction that Yaphet Kotto had of being 'too black'...Kotto once said that even black people cross the street when they see him coming.
"I'M THE GUY WHO WROTE TRANSFORMERS" by wash	May 18th, 2008 02:33:04 PM

95lb hot blond FBI agent going to save the world...lol. by Sappers Forward	May 18th, 2008 03:18:51 PM
"I've been trained for a lot"...lol. This would have actually worked if they had just used a believable protagonist. Just like Hilary was going to save America...lol.
Abrams should have done a new series based on Rambaldi. by Christopher3	May 18th, 2008 03:30:48 PM
There were enough of those dangling threads from Alias to fuel another show.
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Let's try and cram another "Transformers had writers!?" joke in! by Angry Mean Panda	May 18th, 2008 04:36:17 PM
It was funny the first time. Not so much the 30th.
Production values look kinda spiffy by blindambition238	May 18th, 2008 04:37:31 PM
but the content not so much. Gonna have to wait for the consensus on this.
Man, Kristen Bell..... by arzbest	May 18th, 2008 05:08:34 PM
...would totally rock in the role of the female FBI agent. This actress is fine, though. Maybe I'm still getting over the still-born "Veronica Mars: FBI" series proposal :(
I'm surprised it's not on ABC? by kirttrik	May 18th, 2008 09:19:51 PM

Kristen Bell = Most overrated actress on Earth by Ashok0	May 18th, 2008 09:31:03 PM
Sue me.
They forgot to add..... by closeencounter	May 18th, 2008 10:48:10 PM
at the end of the trailer: "See the exciting new show on Fox that will be cancelled by Fox two weeks after airing." Heh.......
Pass... by Sakurai	May 19th, 2008 08:52:40 AM
no thanks.
THRESHOLD, BUT GOOD!!!! by Squashua	May 19th, 2008 09:36:57 AM
YES!!!!!
They should have called this "Hanso Foundation: The Series" by mthrndr	May 19th, 2008 11:31:16 AM
If the show is as much of a dick tease as that 'trailer' was, count me out. I don't think I can deal with another slow moving serial where the characters forget to ask obvious, vital questions just so the writers can stretch their one idea out over 5 seasons. And I'm a Lost fan. I will give this a try, but the first MOMENT it seems like the circle jerk that the X-Files became or that some episodes of Lost have been, I'm dropping it.
They left out why we should care about this... by -guyinthebackrow	May 19th, 2008 05:22:01 PM
... and any kind of overall story or concept. They did get a pretty good cast, however.
JJ is Spread Too Thin- and this looks like ass... by Rubiks Doob	May 19th, 2008 09:31:51 PM
Yeah I said it...
Fox Needs a Megan Fox Series by chromedome	May 20th, 2008 08:22:13 PM
wouldn't need much plot, just great HiDef imagery. "Fox on Fox!" catchy, eh? buncha suits at Fox are running to get this greenlit right now. back on topic, this looks like it has potential--until Alias went stupid, it had a lot of potential: if JJ stays with this, instead of handing it off, like Alias, it might have legs.
And, Herc, Sydney's boring half-sister.... by chromedome	May 21st, 2008 10:37:31 PM
...was played by the beautiful Mia Maestro, and the most unforgivable sin of the final season was sidelining her with the coma. Guess Jennie G couldn't stand having someone more beautiful than her on the show. They killed off Melissa George for the same reason, no doubt.

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