TV-Fringe--Season Premiere 9/2008

[NightOwl]

I was out and DVR didn't tape. Is it availible on line from whoever put it out?

I saw a link to the full episode earlier on the MSN TV home page and it is still there when I checked a few minutes ago.

MSN - TV: Home

 

[Krug]

Thought it was rather blah mix of X-Files and CSI, except using psuedo-science psychobabble. With not very good ratings I doubt if it'll last beyond a season.

 

[Elodan]

I was out and DVR didn't tape. Is it availible on line from whoever put it out?

It's being shown again on Sunday night @8pm.

 

[Crothian]

Thanks

 

[GlassJaw]

I DVR'ed it and watched it last night. An obvious super-science X-Files ripoff. Some parts were wonky and rushed but I'll at least check out ep2.

 

[Mustrum_Ridcully]

Interesting, apparently it was supposed to be a German plane with a German crew. But none of the actors actually knew English, as one could hear by their accent, pronunciation and grammar (one of the last sentences of the pilot stands out).

 

[Gidien]

Watching the pilot

You can also catch it on hulu, which is where I saw it. You can see a lot of things on hulu...

Hulu - Watch your favorites. Anytime. For free.

 

[Mistwell]

With not very good ratings I doubt if it'll last beyond a season.

It won its demos, and had 9 million viewers. Hardly not very good ratings, despite spin about matching it to prior Abrams shows (which is not actually relevant).

 

[Umbran]

The characters and acting weren't too bad. However, the egregiously blatant bad science stucks in my craw.

If you're going to do science fiction, either get the science right, or be vague about it. If you try to actually justify in real-world terms, all you do is sound really stupid to anyone who knows the sciences.

 

[Sir Brennen]

The characters and acting weren't too bad. However, the egregiously blatant bad science stucks in my craw.

If you're going to do science fiction, either get the science right, or be vague about it. If you try to actually justify in real-world terms, all you do is sound really stupid to anyone who knows the sciences.

Well, the focus on the show is on Fortean Fringe science, which is egregiously blatant bad science by its very nature. But can make for entertaining television.

I liked the actress playing the lead, and thought she makes for a believable FBI agent (or "liaison"). There's something about her look which keeps her away from being too distractingly Hollywood pretty.

Abrahms has mentioned he's learned some lessons from his other shows and Fringe will be more episodic and less serial in nature. Still, there has to be some attention paid to the over arcing conspiracy plot... we'll see how well the mystery and frustration levels are balanced.