InaudibleWhispa
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I didn't like the old woman, she wasn't as sweet and charming as I'd like, but I don't think the actor was bad. The old man was far worse.
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FRINGE Season 3 |OT| Inexplicably renewed for a 4th season!
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ElRenoRaven
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Fatalah said:
Having trouble seeing it, some help?
Um yea same here. I think someone was high when watching the episode.
Neither of them were particularly good -- the old man was definitely the worse of the two. Arguably my biggest issue with the episode though was how quickly and conveniently they wrapped it up on other side. GTFO, that's now how they'd operate! Ugh, it was just bad.InaudibleWhispa said:
Escape Goat
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wait how do you spell Fringe again?
Jay Shadow
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I never noticed her acting because the old man's acting was so bad.wetwired said:
I'll see if I can play with it at home to make it more clear, but when I saw the show, the word FRINGE really jumped out at me from that scene. It's not really the corpses per se, but the environment itself I guess? I admit I could easily be seeing something that's not really there though.
The F is in the upper left corner, the R in bottom left, I is the space between corpse 2 and 3, N is space between corpse 3, the cloth, and corpse 4, the G is in the upper portion of the scene, made up of the cab door and the lady and the doorman (this one is a stretch), and the E is made up of the wooden stakes on the black cloth.
*shrugs*
The F is in the upper left corner, the R in bottom left, I is the space between corpse 2 and 3, N is space between corpse 3, the cloth, and corpse 4, the G is in the upper portion of the scene, made up of the cab door and the lady and the doorman (this one is a stretch), and the E is made up of the wooden stakes on the black cloth.
*shrugs*
Keyser Soze
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ElRenoRaven
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big ander said:
I think you're reeeeally stretching.
I think he was higher then a kite and tripping something fierce.
The best thing about next week's episode will obviously be the return of this awesomesauce: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IM6cUKQu5lo
Guardian Bob
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Solo said:
Yup. Going to be awesome.
Escape Goat
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Solo said:
Haha, i never saw that before. Awesome.
PhoncipleBone
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Finally got to watch the newest episode. Another fantastic one. I like that the rifts are opening on our side now, because it means one thing:
Shit just got real.
And DAMN to that preview for next week.
EDIT: Oh, and Walter's comment about "soul magnets." Bell has to come back after that comment.
Shit just got real.
And DAMN to that preview for next week.
EDIT: Oh, and Walter's comment about "soul magnets." Bell has to come back after that comment.
iNvid02
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i heard about fringe a while ago but left it because i decided to watch some other stuff, what a stupid decision. took me about a month to catch up and its pretty amazing.
the start was slow and i knew the monster-per-week thing had to stop, and when it did shit got real.
i heard fringe is one of the shows fighting to be renewed, i hope it's not a case of firefly because its become one of my fav shows.
the start was slow and i knew the monster-per-week thing had to stop, and when it did shit got real.
i heard fringe is one of the shows fighting to be renewed, i hope it's not a case of firefly because its become one of my fav shows.
ElRenoRaven
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iNvidious01 said:
Well it won't be a case of Firefly because this is season 3. Firefily didn't get past season 1. lol.
PhoncipleBone
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And Fringe is better anyways.PsychoRaven said:
There were a lot of little things that went wrong with Fringe that is making it have to fight to stay alive now. The one thing it didn't mess up was the storytelling and having a passionate fanbase. The issue arose with the schedule shuffle between seasons.
ElRenoRaven
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Yup it was the shift to Thursdays with very little advertisement. Then follow that with the move to the Friday Death slot and you have a recipe for killing a great show.
PhoncipleBone
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Critics love it. The fans love it. But the problem is that the show is too far gone in the rating department and too far off the deep end of the mythology and weirdness that it will NEVER recover. It can only hope to tread water from now on and maybe get enough of a blip in viewers to stay around.
It is sad really, because the show has done an amazing job of keeping a long mythology going while still being somewhat newbie friendly. They keep things mysterious enough, but answer things in a timely manner. They leave just enough crumbs to keep us coming back, but still give us a satisfying meal on a consistent basis.
It is sad really, because the show has done an amazing job of keeping a long mythology going while still being somewhat newbie friendly. They keep things mysterious enough, but answer things in a timely manner. They leave just enough crumbs to keep us coming back, but still give us a satisfying meal on a consistent basis.
ElRenoRaven
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PhoncipleBone said:
Pretty much. I think they could recover a decent little chunk if they moved it back to Tuesdays where it was originally. It wouldn't gain back all they lost but I think you could regularly see it above a 2.0 if they did.
PhoncipleBone
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Only because of the carry over from Glee really. Even on Mondays as a follow up to House it could do better.PsychoRaven said:
ElRenoRaven
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PhoncipleBone said:
I wouldn't say it would be because of them. I think a lot of fans just can't watch things on Fridays. I think more people are may be just watching it online now or DVRing it because well they want to go out on Friday nights. If it was back on Tuesdays I think they would watch it live.
Zoe said:
Oh it wouldn't happen anyway. First off Fox would never put their big shows over on Thursday and Fridays. Also despite what they say they've written it off. You don't move a show to Fridays unless you intend to kill it. Well if you are FOX that is. It never fails. They kill almost every damn show they put on Fridays. Occasionally one will beat the odds. It's then moved off of Fridays when it does.
PhoncipleBone
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It was dead last season on Thursdays. It was a miracle we got a third season. The ratings dropped big, but at least stayed consistent with the initial big drop.PsychoRaven said:
ElRenoRaven
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PhoncipleBone said:
Yup. The lack of advertisement so hurt it. I never had a clue it was moving even. Course after the initial push before it premiered they never advertised it.
Also like I said that's why I think if it was moved back to Tuesdays you'd see them come back up some. If they moved it back to Thursdays you wouldn't see that jump. In my opinion Thursdays while not as bad as Fridays is still a bad night for shows. That's mainly because they have to go up against NBC's Thursday comedies, CBS's CSI, and other such shows.
PhoncipleBone
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They are not quite the ratings powerhouses they were a decade or so ago. Only The Office pulls in big ratings of those. And they arent that big. CSI and Grey's Anatomy are the big boys at 9.PsychoRaven said:
ElRenoRaven
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PhoncipleBone said:
Ah see. That shows you how much I watch NBC anymore. Heroes was the last straw with me. They are almost as bad as fox at killing shows.
Heroes
Night Rider
Studio 60
Black Donnally's
My Name is Earl
Those were just the recent shows in the last two years canned by them That I liked. Two of those were taken off the air after only 2 weeks which is funny because one was brought in to replace the other. Through the years they've killed too many to count.
I don't think any moves would really help it all that much. It has what loyal viewers it has, and even with advertising and a move back to a better day, the average viewer is too dumb to catch up with a show that has had a continuous primary storyline. Maybe if they had a long string of MotW episodes to coincide with such a move it might help, but then that might annoy regular watchers. It seems to be the curse of serials.
Finally got around to watching The Firefly (was about to expire on Hulu in about 5 hours now)...
Great episode. I loved the Twin Peaks reference, it took a minute to get it.
I was like "Dr. Jacoby...why do I know that?" And then I saw the glasses, and I was like..."I think they're trying to reference..." Then Walter said Washington State and I was like "OH SHIT THEY ARE!!!"
Awesome reference.
Great episode. I loved the Twin Peaks reference, it took a minute to get it.
I was like "Dr. Jacoby...why do I know that?" And then I saw the glasses, and I was like..."I think they're trying to reference..." Then Walter said Washington State and I was like "OH SHIT THEY ARE!!!"
Awesome reference.
Subterranean
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New episode is about to start!
heliosRAzi
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It is a great introZoe said:
heliosRAzi
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I'm so glad it wasn't my TV.ultron87 said:
This is some heavy shit
ElRenoRaven
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Yup. Gotta love the intro. Also wow what a start. This episode is gonna be good.
Escape Goat
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Very intriguing first act so far. So much backstory being filled in.
heliosRAzi
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White tulips!
DoctorWho said:
Yeah, same for me.
Anybody else a bit annoyed with the way the kids are speaking the way no child has ever spoken in history? It's like this was written for full sized Peter and Olivia, and nobody bothered changing any dialogue once they went with the flashback.
ElRenoRaven
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DoctorWho said:
Yea it does look to be a bit blurry. I wonder if that was intentional or maybe an error.
KibblesBits
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PsychoRaven said:
It's intentional.
NOSTALGIA TOYS! Yay!
Escape Goat
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As far as child actors go these are pretty good.
ElRenoRaven
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Yea at this point it indeed has to be intentional. I do agree that the child actors are pretty good.
Just had a thought. Could it be that we're seeing a memory someone is having or something? That would explain the fuzziness.
Just had a thought. Could it be that we're seeing a memory someone is having or something? That would explain the fuzziness.
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