1. "RE: JJ Abrams' Fringe pilot leaked." In response to Reply # 0
thought it was quite good.... but why do these shows always have to involve some big multinational organisation with creepy links to all the weird ish that happens...
still, fairly enjoyable.... like to see if this'll have steam... not sure about Pacey though.
11. "inbox ..if possible...lol" In response to Reply # 0
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> >but i'll watch because joshua jackson is That Dude for me. >lol
But I was glad to see dude getting some work. I always felt like he was the better of the Dawson actors and I was disappointed to see he didn't really do much after the show.
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26. "This show is absolutely ridiculous" In response to Reply # 0 Tue Sep-09-08 11:41 PM by SoulHonky
Or if I was one of the writers, I'd make a stupid "udderly ridiculous" cow reference. The dialogue was weak, the jokes poorly placed, the chyrons were just silly. The score was overdone and they are going to kill the Lost violin crescendo. Josh Jackson's character was maybe .5 dimensional at best.
I mean, that whole last half hour was nonsensical. The guy being in a random hospital, he's in the same place with the Steig guy, the main girl watching the guy die and wanting to know more but forgetting that the scientist said they could talk to people for six hours after death.
It definitely played like the writers of Transformers trying to make Lost meets X-Files.
EDIT: Actually, it felt like Garth Marenghi wrote a version of the X-Files.
It got better as it went along, and the presence of the wacky scientist guy seemed to help counteract the silly-in-its-over-seriousness tone... But MAN, what a cheeseball show!
Is JJ Abrams intentionally trying to pay homage to silly sci-fi b-movies? Did Fox come to him and say, "We want something like Lost, only stupider?" This shit was almost 'Heroes' bad.
That said, there was still *just* enough entertainment value that I might stick around for a couple eps and see what happens. I still can't quite figure out how sincere this show is trying to be, so maybe the hamfistedness and ridiculously convenient plot holes are supposed to be part of the 'charm'.
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31. "They know it's ridiculous. Hence Josh Jackson's one-liner:" In response to Reply # 28
Dad: "It isn't an exact science." Josh: "That's because it isn't science."
I think they're not gonna play the "all this shit could happen in real life" card. But they will play the unbelievable things with a straight face, just like X-Files/Lost/etc.
35. "The science was the most believable part though" In response to Reply # 31 Wed Sep-10-08 12:50 PM by SoulHonky
Once they had the passenger jet that lands itself, the whiz kid who owes money to a loan shark so he goes to IRAQ, and basically every b-list plot device known to a Seagal/Madsen action movie, I was happy when they got to the stuff that was supposed to seem implausible.
And nevermind that the main girl KNEW they could interview people 6 hours after death and did nothing about it.
People compare it to Lost and X-Files when it's really more of a Friday The 13th: The Series with a 10 million dollar budget.
36. "Yeah seemed like the show didn't adhere to its own logic" In response to Reply # 35
What little of it there was.
Plus the characters lacked anything resembling depth or motivation. I think the cow gave the most convincing performance of the night.
Whether I'm laughing at this show or with it (it's laughing at me?), the important thing is I'm laughing. Plus I like how the show numbed my brain a bit so I could manage to sit through 'Hole in the Wall'. I'll be there next week.
45. "Yeah, pilots are often the weakes eps. Abrans even said this wasn't..." In response to Reply # 44 Wed Sep-10-08 10:55 PM by SoulHonky
what he really wanted the show to be. He said that the following episodes are more like the actual show: more episodic, more focused on relationship between characters, etc.
Although all that being said, the show was immediately deleted from my DVR to do list. I doubt I'll watch.
40. "RE: JJ Abrams' Fringe pilot leaked." In response to Reply # 0
I've enjoyed everything that abrams has been behind and this in no exception. i dont really consider myself an old x-files fan, i watched it with my parents and it intrigued but there are no lasting memories. the show was great.
It was your average episode of X-Files with a outrageous mythology that also hard to believe.
Anna Torv character did not intrigue me. NOT AT ALL. I actually wanted her to die, where Abrams would turn this around and surprise us. It's like when Jack was suppose to die on the pilot of Lost.
Joshua Jackson character was somewhat interesting. His dad, played by John Noble, was refreshing as the show was progressing.
The minor characters where cool.
As for the story, it was really hard to like it. But I guess I'll still watch it, I feel like this is going to turn into Heroes. I'll be disappointed when all is said and done.
55. "i like the father best" In response to Reply # 0
might like it more if they let that lady speak with her accent or make her character more engaging. if i'm supposed to feel for her i dont. right now it feels like everyone is ACTING except for the father and son. would like to see more of the guy from oz and the guy from 4400. if i had cable, i would not be watching this mess
they just HAPPENED to have a "take a picture from a dead persons eyeball" tool laying around in the massive tech or wthatever the fuck company's name is warehouse.
and thne they got an image that didn't match up to the story of what the chick saw last, which is sloppy
then they run down there...no backup necessary...why?
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64. "and they're guaranteed to have about 6 more episodes where" In response to Reply # 63 Sat Sep-20-08 07:00 PM by rob
super satellite tracker + eyeball-bridge angle-figure-outer program would be a key to a problem they'll spend half an episode looking for a wacky way to solve.
fuck that, keep that satellite and super picture triangulator warm.
i don't have a problem with any of the out there shit, but make your investigation of it plausible even if your methods involve jars from the lab.
66. "If they were able to really do that..." In response to Reply # 63
wouldn't it kind of revolutionize police work? I mean, wouldn't this case be one of the biggest new stories of the decade?
I broke down and watched the second ep. I liked the Dad (especially his dialogue with Pacey) but it's one of those shows that seems like 40 minutes of filler and then in the last four minutes they come up with some wacky way to catch the killer.
There was actually an interesting story there (the guy needs to kill 12 people in order to stop his pituitary glands for the next five years or however long it was between the last killings) but the execution of the idea was poor.
67. "the dad is one of the worst parts to me" In response to Reply # 66
Not only is this man just parading around willy nilly fresh out of a mental hospital, he also specialized in a kabillion different fields of "science", on top of the 'hidden' cars he has spread around the city, which he brought on a government salary. Plus he worked for government on a secret project, yet his labs were on a college campus? I'm not feeling the dad at all, seems like he's going to be some sorta fall back guy for whenever there's a scientific problem they can't solve. I mean Imma still watch, but still.
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68. "it's kind of funny to me" In response to Reply # 63
The parts where it got needlessly unreasonable were where the show shined. It's like once they were acknowledging that it was ridiculous so it was okay by me.
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