FRINGE: Assembly Required
I recently bought the full DVD set of all season 1 Eps. The DVD Extras are what make it, they explain a lot, many of my conjectures regarding the story are confirmed.
As I reviewed this incredible Pilot Ep - One of the best of all Network TV, It is one piece of quality work. The show, as Lost, begins with an Airplane incident. JJ Abrams himself really did not want to start like this, he had trepidations... But in the end, he stuck with the story as it begins here.
An Airplane flying from Germany to Boston has Richard Stieg's Brother (Both played by Jason Butler Harner). As he has a diabetic attack, he injects himself with what he thinks is his "medicine" - But we get a big surprise and a horror scene to impel us straight into a nightmare realm.
We get a very short and visually stimulating title sequence, and The very next scene has Olivia (Australian Actress Anna Torv) humping agent John Scott (Mark Valley of Human Target). From Horror to Comedy in 5 minutes, we get a clear picture of how this show is to be served up.
As Agent Scott and Olivia investigate an underground laboratory, there is an explosion which causes Scott's body yo begin liquefying... And Olivia's investigation turns up Walter Bishop (Lord of the Ring's John Noble) - The only way to get to Bishop is via "immediate family" - Enter Peter Bishop (Joshua Jackson) as Olivia has to fly to Iraq to pick him up.
Walter is released in Peter and Olivia's care and through a series of conundrums, they solve the dissolving flesh syndrome - But not before Olivia's Boss Colonel Broyles (Lance Reddick) hand picks her for his new team. She reluctantly agrees to continue, and so Olivia, Peter and Walter are joined by Agent Charlie Francis (Kirk Acevedo - Joe Toye of "Band of Brothers") and Astrid Farnsworth (Jasika Nicole). Helping them is the head "Employee" of Massive Dynamics, Nina Sharp (Altered State's Blair Brown).
Assembly Finished, now we have the main parts of FRINGE all ready to go. I never saw this Ep as it was Broadcast, I downloaded it much later. So as I view each Fringe Case in Order, I see an Enigmatic Story unfold which brings me to the edge of the known universe and beyond.
All of the aspects of this show are Feature Quality, but the show itself is not powered just by the strength of it's very well done CGI and practical effects, this is a content based series, each "case" is solidly based on some iota of real "Fringe" science - At least one aspect of each episode can be verified... Although in Fringe these things are stretched to their ultimate limits and then much further as possible to make the story that much better.
What attracted me to Fringe was of course John Noble whose "Denethor" in Lord of the Rings captured the essence of that character perfectly - And so, this show revolves around Walter Bishop.
This World Needs a Walter Bishop - I pray his real-world counterpart shows up soon!
I recently bought the full DVD set of all season 1 Eps. The DVD Extras are what make it, they explain a lot, many of my conjectures regarding the story are confirmed.
As I reviewed this incredible Pilot Ep - One of the best of all Network TV, It is one piece of quality work. The show, as Lost, begins with an Airplane incident. JJ Abrams himself really did not want to start like this, he had trepidations... But in the end, he stuck with the story as it begins here.
An Airplane flying from Germany to Boston has Richard Stieg's Brother (Both played by Jason Butler Harner). As he has a diabetic attack, he injects himself with what he thinks is his "medicine" - But we get a big surprise and a horror scene to impel us straight into a nightmare realm.
We get a very short and visually stimulating title sequence, and The very next scene has Olivia (Australian Actress Anna Torv) humping agent John Scott (Mark Valley of Human Target). From Horror to Comedy in 5 minutes, we get a clear picture of how this show is to be served up.
As Agent Scott and Olivia investigate an underground laboratory, there is an explosion which causes Scott's body yo begin liquefying... And Olivia's investigation turns up Walter Bishop (Lord of the Ring's John Noble) - The only way to get to Bishop is via "immediate family" - Enter Peter Bishop (Joshua Jackson) as Olivia has to fly to Iraq to pick him up.
Walter is released in Peter and Olivia's care and through a series of conundrums, they solve the dissolving flesh syndrome - But not before Olivia's Boss Colonel Broyles (Lance Reddick) hand picks her for his new team. She reluctantly agrees to continue, and so Olivia, Peter and Walter are joined by Agent Charlie Francis (Kirk Acevedo - Joe Toye of "Band of Brothers") and Astrid Farnsworth (Jasika Nicole). Helping them is the head "Employee" of Massive Dynamics, Nina Sharp (Altered State's Blair Brown).
Assembly Finished, now we have the main parts of FRINGE all ready to go. I never saw this Ep as it was Broadcast, I downloaded it much later. So as I view each Fringe Case in Order, I see an Enigmatic Story unfold which brings me to the edge of the known universe and beyond.
All of the aspects of this show are Feature Quality, but the show itself is not powered just by the strength of it's very well done CGI and practical effects, this is a content based series, each "case" is solidly based on some iota of real "Fringe" science - At least one aspect of each episode can be verified... Although in Fringe these things are stretched to their ultimate limits and then much further as possible to make the story that much better.
What attracted me to Fringe was of course John Noble whose "Denethor" in Lord of the Rings captured the essence of that character perfectly - And so, this show revolves around Walter Bishop.
This World Needs a Walter Bishop - I pray his real-world counterpart shows up soon!