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FRINGE Season 3 |OT| Inexplicably renewed for a 4th season!
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PhoncipleBone
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Yup.DarthWoo said:
Gah, I wish everything on Thursdays could coexist and all succeed. Except Outsourced. According to anecdotal evidence from Twitter and Facebook, people actually liked that shit. Fucking a.
Seeing a lot of comments that this was boring. I'm surprised at that, because I felt the pacing, cinematography, and acting came together to deliver a super tense episode. For one, imagine season 1 Olivia doing an episode like "Olivia." I wouldn't have been able to conceive it. But truly, she shines in this episode. I've been a huge Peter/Walter fan from the beginning. Yet Olivia gets more and more interesting every season.
I mean hell, imagine doing all that to escape and going to so many locations, only to come to one and realize that nothing is the same and you're as far from home as you can be. That shot where she's alone in the park is beautiful, and really shows off what the episode is getting across: Olivia is in deep shit.
More titles and press releases:
Preview clip for 3.02: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jL_Zmc6ncFs
H8 u
And a really cool easter egg that I didn't see really discussed: You know the flights to the moon from Glatterflug? Everyone is saying that's a cool alt-difference, but in the Pilot, the airline that 627 was on: Glatterflug. And what Olivia flies to Germany in Mr. Jones: Glatterflug.
Seeing a lot of comments that this was boring. I'm surprised at that, because I felt the pacing, cinematography, and acting came together to deliver a super tense episode. For one, imagine season 1 Olivia doing an episode like "Olivia." I wouldn't have been able to conceive it. But truly, she shines in this episode. I've been a huge Peter/Walter fan from the beginning. Yet Olivia gets more and more interesting every season.
I mean hell, imagine doing all that to escape and going to so many locations, only to come to one and realize that nothing is the same and you're as far from home as you can be. That shot where she's alone in the park is beautiful, and really shows off what the episode is getting across: Olivia is in deep shit.
More titles and press releases:
I'm gonna call Alt Brandon: Andon. DWI.3.03 said:
Ugh I love that title. Oh and waitwaitwait3.04 said:
Henry in an Our Side episode? Hooooooly shit. Not to mention Newton's bustin heads another week.
Preview clip for 3.02: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jL_Zmc6ncFs
H8 u
bolivia
And a really cool easter egg that I didn't see really discussed: You know the flights to the moon from Glatterflug? Everyone is saying that's a cool alt-difference, but in the Pilot, the airline that 627 was on: Glatterflug. And what Olivia flies to Germany in Mr. Jones: Glatterflug.
The premiere was good, I'm glad they're not painting the Olivia/Altlivia situation totally black and white. This episode did a good job of making the alternate Fringe team more sympathetic and I have a feeling Altlivia isn't going to really be a villain. Overall I'm excited to see where the show goes.
big ander said:
What a great phrase First People is. It's captured my imagination more than almost anything else on the show and it's just two words, we literally have nothing more than that. It just suggests something ancient, epic, and somewhat otherworldy, I'm dying to learn more about them.
I thought the return episode (which I've learnt is part of a 2 part starter) was sort of dull, especially after last seasons epic finale. The fact that they start with Olivia escaping after what looks to be prolonged imprisonment was a bit ... hmmmm
From the fact that she was at the theatre while the amber containment dust was released, she was held... maybe oh, a week?
should have been focused on the other side and then after 3-4 episodes, back to olivia.
From the fact that she was at the theatre while the amber containment dust was released, she was held... maybe oh, a week?
should have been focused on the other side and then after 3-4 episodes, back to olivia.
It truly does make me think of something beyond Earth. I can't wait to see this mythology slowly reveal itself.Spire said:
They're switching off universes every episode. Next week will be entirely Our Side, week 3 Over There, week 4 Our Side, etc.Jax said:
this continues until about week (I want to say) 8.
EDIT: Also, 3.03 might actually be titled
The Plateau.
Escape Goat
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This is the first episode I've seen since the pilot. At first I thought the characters were pretty lame and the show was just a rip off of the X-Files. Olivia didn't really grab me and all I could see from Josh Jackson was Pacey so there was very little incentive to watch.
But I recalled hearing something back in Season 1 about Olivia and a car crash and alternate realities. Sounded interesting but I never tuned in. And out of boredom I watched Season 3 opener and loved all that alternate reality junk. So now I have to go back and watch all of Season 1 and 2.
I hate watching a show then having it get canceled 10 episodes in. Fuck you, Fox. Fuck you.
But I recalled hearing something back in Season 1 about Olivia and a car crash and alternate realities. Sounded interesting but I never tuned in. And out of boredom I watched Season 3 opener and loved all that alternate reality junk. So now I have to go back and watch all of Season 1 and 2.
I hate watching a show then having it get canceled 10 episodes in. Fuck you, Fox. Fuck you.
PhoncipleBone
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Oh damn. Then you are in for a treat. There are some bumps here and there, but when this show is on it is ON.Teh Hamburglar said:
As for the preview clip listed above: it bothers me that Peter hasn't picked up on the fact that that isn't "his" Olivia. I would think Peter would figure it out pretty damn quick.
It was spelled correctly within the episode summary you posted.big ander said:
Yeah, I didn't keep watching after the pilot until the first season's hiatus when I heard about some interesting developments then I went back and caught up. There's a definite march towards real quality around the halfway point of season one.Teh Hamburglar said:
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
Goodness gracious. They've actually made Olivia Dunham an interesting character.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
Also, the red flares in the sideways universe were really well done, I thought.
Hmmm... I just looked it up and it seems it was Oct 21st to November 11th and Oct 15th to November 5th in Seasons 1 and 2. So it was shorter then. Only two weeks off I guess (three week break if you think of it that way). I think I took the one month off comment different than you just explained it.Yaweee said:
Crazymoogle
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Loved the episode, but the vancouver references kept distracting me. While the Orpheum actually is the name of that Opera House, the "Manhattan" shot was just the Cambie street bridge, and Fringe HQ is our public library. :lol
(I kept thinking: how sinister! there's a pizza place in there!) :lol
(I kept thinking: how sinister! there's a pizza place in there!) :lol
Larson Conway
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anyone noticed the abundant use of purple lights/flashes especially in the taxi scenes with Olivia and Henry? I don't know if it's a deliberate blue + red hint by the team, in that two people from different universes are talking/making friendship there.
Yaweee said:
Angry Olivia is angry.
Yeah, I realized this later. Yet another reminder that posting at 4am is a bad idea :lolZoe said:
But still, if
he's featured at the end of an episode, I think we can figure it's a pretty good cliffhanger. I think.
I did notice it, but didn't think it was about Henry also, that's a good point. He could have a secret past or something.Larson Conway said:
Opener was OK. A little... boring. I want to see Fringe division (EITHER Fringe division) spend their 42 minutes actually investigating crazy Fringe events, dammit.
I don't think Olivia is faking it in order to put a stop to her imprisonment. I HOPE that she is, but... I don't think so. Think about how she was already becoming confused in the taxi when it was just her and Henry, and how she was a crack shot.
Her thinking she is Bolivia is not a great story arc, TBH. So fingers crossed she is faking, but the evidence points to the contrary.
Also, some of the alt. universe stuff is a little over the top. Old timey bikes! Hit broadway musical DOGS! Derp derp derp.
Lastly, what was with that zeppelin that flashed and disappeared at the end of the ep?
I don't think Olivia is faking it in order to put a stop to her imprisonment. I HOPE that she is, but... I don't think so. Think about how she was already becoming confused in the taxi when it was just her and Henry, and how she was a crack shot.
Her thinking she is Bolivia is not a great story arc, TBH. So fingers crossed she is faking, but the evidence points to the contrary.
Also, some of the alt. universe stuff is a little over the top. Old timey bikes! Hit broadway musical DOGS! Derp derp derp.
Lastly, what was with that zeppelin that flashed and disappeared at the end of the ep?
I'd say the most likely outcome is that she's faking the bit about believing she's Bolivia. She's retaining her real memories but also incorporating the knowledge and abilities of Bolivia. Maybe there will be times when she can't quite separate those different histories, but at the end of the day I expect she'll be able to tap into both.GDJustin said:
Larson Conway
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Yeap, pretty much my bet tooDan said:
BenjaminBirdie
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Solo said:
I understood what they were TRYING to do, but what they actually did was make it look like the zeppelin was disappearing into our world. They have already established that shit drifts between the universes all the time.
It was ill conceived, distracting, and stupid; considering the logic they've already set up on the show.
Don't slam the "people" for "[not] understand[ing] [that]" when it's the show that established the logic we're trying to follow.
Maleficence
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BenjaminBirdie said:
Yeah this bothered me too.
SolidusDave
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BenjaminBirdie said:
uhm, the whole sky changed and a flock of birds appeared, plus the story continued in our universe (to which the zeppelin would have teleported to, your logic makes no sense then. You would think they should be surprised when they leave the building and find a zeppelin somewhere close by). Also, nothing of equal size was teleported to their universe, only then the show's logic would apply.
I guess the reactions mean no more cool scene transitions for the next episodes
water_wendi
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The scene change wasnt confusing to me.
BenjaminBirdie
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SolidusDave said:uhm, the whole sky changed and a flock of birds appeared, plus the story continued in our universe (to which the zeppelin would have teleported to, your logic makes no sense then. You would think they should be surprised when they leave the building and find a zeppelin somewhere close by). Also, nothing of equal size was teleported to their universe, only then the show's logic would apply.
I guess the reactions mean no more cool scene transitions for the next episodes
Like I said, I understand what happened. I wasn't confused. The problem is that the show was using an active process it has established on the show to describe a passive one, the transition between scenes.
It's just poor fundamental storytelling, and no details you've unearthed will change that.
Christoff Yurievich
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Catching up, just watched it last night:
RE: breaks - let's just hope everyone hits the balls, makes the scores, and wins all the game so all the games are sweeps.
:lolThe Big Rig said:
good point, it'll be interesting to see it play out.Exclamation-One said:
RE: breaks - let's just hope everyone hits the balls, makes the scores, and wins all the game so all the games are sweeps.
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