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Just started Fringe
Posted on 5/7/14 at 7:33 pm
Posted on 5/7/14 at 7:33 pm
I am 10 episodes in and already hooked. I remember watching the first 3 episodes when they premiered and lost interest because of the "monster of the week" model. I guess being 5 years older makes me not mind it so much.
However, I am wondering if the entire season is like this. When does it start to really build on itself? I know it is doing that now but very slowly and only a few scenes at a time. I cant wait for shite to get real as I've heard it does. I wonder what sort of research they did to come up with some of these ideas.
anyone read an interview where they talked about the "science" behind the show? really fascinating show all around.
However, I am wondering if the entire season is like this. When does it start to really build on itself? I know it is doing that now but very slowly and only a few scenes at a time. I cant wait for shite to get real as I've heard it does. I wonder what sort of research they did to come up with some of these ideas.
anyone read an interview where they talked about the "science" behind the show? really fascinating show all around.
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Posted on 5/7/14 at 7:37 pm to BlacknGold
quote:
However, I am wondering if the entire season is like this. When does it start to really build on itself?
Yes, first season is monster of the week and then they start tying an overall arch together towards the end of the first season/second season. Then each season has a story arch that it builds on.
I wasn't crazy about the final season as a whole so i might eventually drop back and blow through all of them again.
Posted on 5/7/14 at 7:37 pm to BlacknGold
quote:
"monster of the week" model
quote:
I am wondering if the entire season is like this
not even a little bit. one of the most well written storylines in the history of television
eta: I thought you said entire series just notice you said season. the second half of season 1 starts to go away from monster of the week
This post was edited on 5/7/14 at 7:38 pm
Posted on 5/7/14 at 8:11 pm to BlacknGold
I loved it from
Beginning to end
Beginning to end
Posted on 5/7/14 at 8:14 pm to BlacknGold
I envy you
Posted on 5/7/14 at 8:16 pm to KingRanch
I don't think I actually ever finished the series.
I made it to the last or second to last season I believe. Started traveling for work or something, can't remember. Life got in the way I suppose.
Will look it up and probably finish it as soon as I finish Breaking Bad.
I made it to the last or second to last season I believe. Started traveling for work or something, can't remember. Life got in the way I suppose.
Will look it up and probably finish it as soon as I finish Breaking Bad.
Posted on 5/7/14 at 8:28 pm to BlacknGold
Damn, another Fringe thread. Love it.
Posted on 5/7/14 at 9:15 pm to BlacknGold
quote:
However, I am wondering if the entire season is like this. When does it start to really build on itself?
Everything you see from the first minute of the first episode is rather important. The "monster of the week" vibe is both a deliberate move to have easily identifiable episodes, but also a ruse. The show is as serial as they come.
Posted on 5/7/14 at 9:31 pm to Freauxzen
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The show is as serial as they come.
you must dispute everything
i think it becomes serial but at first Abrams admits to wanting to make a show you could jump on at a random part. he said he saw an old episode of alias and had no clue what was going on. he wanted to make this very different.
the fake science really intrigues me though. seems very well thought out.
Posted on 5/7/14 at 9:32 pm to BlacknGold
quote:no he is 100% right. this show IS as serial as they come. everything is important
you must dispute everything
i think it becomes serial but at first Abrams admits to wanting to make a show you could jump on at a random part
This post was edited on 5/7/14 at 9:33 pm
Posted on 5/7/14 at 9:34 pm to Fearthehat0307
right but the way the first season seems to be designed is very viewer friendly. if you first saw episode 10, you could probably pick up everything going on rather quickly.
Posted on 5/7/14 at 9:57 pm to BlacknGold
quote:
you must dispute everything
Not this time
Just a huge Fringe fan. quote:
i think it becomes serial but at first Abrams admits to wanting to make a show you could jump on at a random part. he said he saw an old episode of alias and had no clue what was going on. he wanted to make this very different.
The problem with Alias wasn't that it was serial, but because it started to suck. Same with Lost essentially. It just became too much. Too loose. Too convenient. They INTENDED to trick the viewer, rather than tell a good story. So every season, every cliffhanger, was designed to trick the audience.
Fringe is the opposite of those. It just gets tighter as it moves along, but doesn't stray too far from center. Fringe just wants to tell a good story, not trick the audience. It just happens to do that sometimes. And that makes those moments far more important.
You shall see, no worries.
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the fake science really intrigues me though. seems very well thought out.
It gets better.
This post was edited on 5/7/14 at 10:01 pm
Posted on 5/7/14 at 10:01 pm to BlacknGold
quote:just remember everything begins and ends with this character
BlacknGold
Posted on 5/7/14 at 10:09 pm to Fearthehat0307
i thought it could use more cowPosted on 5/7/14 at 10:18 pm to Freauxzen
i saw it has 2 other executive producers besides JJ. has he worked with them on other stuff or have the other creators done anything else?
ive given a handful of JJ abrams produced shows a shot and fringe seems like the best of the bunch
ive given a handful of JJ abrams produced shows a shot and fringe seems like the best of the bunch
Posted on 5/7/14 at 10:25 pm to BlacknGold
He has worked a ton with Alex Kurtzman who is great.
Posted on 5/7/14 at 10:48 pm to BlacknGold
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i saw it has 2 other executive producers besides JJ. has he worked with them on other stuff or have the other creators done anything else?
Kurtzmann and Orci who both lent a hand to Lost and Alias at some point.
quote:
ive given a handful of JJ abrams produced shows a shot and fringe seems like the best of the bunch
Exactly. This is what I've always said. Out of his TV fare, Fringe is his best achievement. And that's probably more because of Orci and Kurtzmann and not Abrams.
Posted on 5/8/14 at 8:46 am to Freauxzen
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Same with Lost essentially. It just became too much. Too loose. Too convenient. They INTENDED to trick the viewer, rather than tell a good story. So every season, every cliffhanger, was designed to trick the audience.
Let it go, man. frick. You have to bring up Lost constantly.
To the OP, keep bumping this thread and let us know your thoughts as the show progresses. It's fricking awesome.
Posted on 5/8/14 at 10:41 am to CocomoLSU
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Let it go, man. frick. You have to bring up Lost constantly.
I mean I don't mean to, but how can you talk about all of JJ Abrams shows and NOT talk about Lost?? That would be an incomplete assessment, that's all.
Posted on 5/8/14 at 10:48 am to Freauxzen
never watched LOST, but didnt JJ's influence end pretty quickly into the show? I thought it was mostly the hack Damon Lindelof
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