Huuuge deep dive on the show and awesome nostalgia fest for lovers of this (probably underrated) show!
I’ll never forget Walter Bishop. He’s the best mad scientist ever written.
Fringe is awesome, my professor told me to watch it early this year.
Hard disagree. The first season was just awful.
Every fucking episode:
(Something weird happens)
“Walter! Could this be related to your research?”
(Walter acts twitchy)
“WE HAVE TO GET THIS BACK TO MY LAB!!!”
(More weirdness)
Walter: “This is just like when x in the y in 19-dickety.”
“Oh Walter! You so crazy!”
(Walter was right)
(Alien eating hot sauce)Yeah, I think the show had some fun ideas, but Walter ruined it for me. His absent minded scientist routine was really stale and forced.
Besides that they made no attempt to make the science somewhat believable. The man might as well just be a wizard.
I’m with you, I’m a big nerd but rarely bounced so hard off a sci-fi show as I bounced off Fringe.
Why the but? Maybe you being a big nerd is the reason you didn’t like Fringe (because it wasn’t nerdy enough). At least that’s how I usually see if I don’t like something
Yea, it was about the characters not the sci fi. The appeal for those who like the show was watching Walter be Walter and piecing together where he was coming from and what
partpast was behind his behaviours.Not for every one. But the bit you disliked is I think the quirky charm that attracts others.
I really didn’t like how they disrespected Walter most of the time. If you weren’t interested in his opinions, why do you ask him?
It just got super tiresome super quickly. I never finished the first season.
s/Alien/Man from the future/, but otherwise on point.
It was great starting out but I feel it jumped the shark in a way that made it just, bland and meh. It worked when it initially was a bit more Sci than Fi, but later it upped the drama aspects and went all in on Fi with some handwavy Sci mumbo and it just lost me.
Yea, been a while since I’ve seen it, but I feel like it’s pretty obvious that the core of the shows value is that opening 1.5-2 seasons where you learn about these characters and the world that made them.
I’ve rewatched this series a few times and I love it! Walter is by far my favorite.
Enjoyed fringe a lot for what it was. Good cast - John noble was great. Enjoyed all the seasons. Masterpiece though? No.
Mmmm … I’m rather open to the argument of the video which is that for its time it probably did very well at the things we’ve come to value about TV more and more over time. You know, compare it to something like Marvel and Star Wars, which feel like they’re dominating the sci fi tv space at the moment. The amount of grey-ness the characters have while also being portrayed sympathetically and even endearingly without shying away from what they are … it worked for me when I watched it and I wouldn’t be surprised if it has aged rather well.
Marvel is lazy. The Orci/Kurzmann/Abrams brainchildren are clumsy.
This is a show I’ve tried to get into multiple time, but I made it a couple episodes and lost interest. I’m a big sci-fi fan (all kinds), but for some reason I didn’t click with it. I hear people talk about loving it though, and it’s always sitting on my recommended list based on shows I watch. Maybe someday I’ll get through the first season.
The disrespect to Jasika Nicole has soured the show for me, and I liked it quite a bit the first time.
Forgotten? I hear about it every other day, people don’t stfu about it
Geee thanks, ANOTHER awesome show I need to re-watched.
the last couple seasons were a slog… the show lacked cohesion
Anna Torv is attractive and charismatic, but finding out that Rupert Murdoch is her uncle just ruined it for me.
According to her Wikipedia, through her estranged father. You can’t pick your relatives and you’re not the same as them. Seems a superficial reason to dislike an actor.
