WATCH FRINGE

Magus · 04-21-2012, 12:50 PM

Any Fringe fans? Even lapsed fans? Even people maybe marginally interested in the show?

I command you all (and by "you all", I mean everyone on the internets) to watch Fringe in order to inflate its ratings so it might get renewed! It is, at the moment, on the knife's edge. According to the show creators, there are two alternate endings for this season finale, one that attempts to "wrap things up", and another that opens up the show for a fifth season.

And what a fifth season it would be. I don't want to spoil too much, so if you haven't been following the show this season, BE WARNED! The parallel worlds plot-line seems to be coming to a head through a final confrontation with the villain, David Robert Jones, in the next few episodes, but now they have really shook up the series starting with last night's episode:

SPOILERS
So last night they introduced a new storyline where both parallel worlds are ruled by a dystopian government headed by Observers from the future. Etta, the daughter of Peter and Olivia, is a key member of the resistance, as are future Nina and possibly future Broyles, and busts Walter, Peter, and Astrid out of amber they have been kept in stasis in.
END SPOILERS

This would be an amazing fifth season if the show were renewed.

Thus, I command you all to watch the show! Taping it via your DVR might be enough, or perhaps even watching it on Hulu/Hulu Plus or the FOX website, as supposedly because the show is on Friday nights the people in charge of such things actually look at "secondary ratings", since the first run is always so abysmally low.

Anyway, general Fringe discussion for anyone who is interested in the show?

The Artist Formerly Known as Hawk · 04-21-2012, 03:06 PM

I still haven't seen most of season 3, I really need to catch up at some point.

Magus · 04-21-2012, 07:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hawk

I still haven't seen most of season 3, I really need to catch up at some point.

You are in for a treat.

I urge you to catch up post-haste!

Archbio · 04-26-2012, 03:16 AM

Give Fringe a fifth season, allow Chaltlie Francis back!

Seil · 04-26-2012, 03:35 AM

Isn't 'Fringe' that crime show with that psychic?

Archbio · 04-26-2012, 04:02 AM

Isn't every television series, in this day and age?

Seil · 04-26-2012, 04:29 AM

Sorry, that was 'Medium.' I got my prime-time/on-word titled crime shows/paranormal shows confused.

Magus · 04-26-2012, 10:20 AM

Medium's premise simply allowed her to solve basic murders and other crimes, whereas Fringe is more like the X-Files, with an overarching storyline involving parallel universes, shapeshifters, genetic experiments, etc.

EDIT: Wasn't Medium on CBS and also really crappy, too? Fringe is a FOX show.

**Satan's Onion** · 04-27-2012, 12:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Magus

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EDIT: Wasn't Medium on CBS and also really crappy, too? Fringe is a FOX show.

It started out as a crappy NBC show, which was never one of my favorites (her psychic power was basically a spell of Dispense Plot, with side effects of whatever the fuck the writers wanted it to do at the moment). Just as it was about to finally die, CBS picked it up for a season or two.

Anyways, I've heard quite a few good things about Fringe, for the most part (I hear the first part of the first season was kind of dire, but that it picked right up after that). I wouldn't mind getting into it, but how how continuity-heavy is it? How much homework would I have to do in order to jump on board this fucker?

Azisien · 04-26-2012, 05:00 PM

I watched a big chunk of the first season and found it cool but inevitably irritating. Interest dropped off cliff resulting in termination of said watching.

Like, the main plot seemed to go out of it's way to never resolve or evolve. Some crazy cool shit would happen within each episode, they'd maybe kinda figure it out, and then they'd all look seriously at each other and be like, THE PATTERN DUH DUH DUUUUUUUUUUH.

04-21-2012, 12:50 PM	#1
Magus Archer and Armstrong vs. the World Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 7,164	WATCH FRINGE Any Fringe fans? Even lapsed fans? Even people maybe marginally interested in the show? I command you all (and by "you all", I mean everyone on the internets) to watch Fringe in order to inflate its ratings so it might get renewed! It is, at the moment, on the knife's edge. According to the show creators, there are two alternate endings for this season finale, one that attempts to "wrap things up", and another that opens up the show for a fifth season. And what a fifth season it would be. I don't want to spoil too much, so if you haven't been following the show this season, BE WARNED! The parallel worlds plot-line seems to be coming to a head through a final confrontation with the villain, David Robert Jones, in the next few episodes, but now they have really shook up the series starting with last night's episode: SPOILERS So last night they introduced a new storyline where both parallel worlds are ruled by a dystopian government headed by Observers from the future. Etta, the daughter of Peter and Olivia, is a key member of the resistance, as are future Nina and possibly future Broyles, and busts Walter, Peter, and Astrid out of amber they have been kept in stasis in. END SPOILERS This would be an amazing fifth season if the show were renewed. Thus, I command you all to watch the show! Taping it via your DVR might be enough, or perhaps even watching it on Hulu/Hulu Plus or the FOX website, as supposedly because the show is on Friday nights the people in charge of such things actually look at "secondary ratings", since the first run is always so abysmally low. Anyway, general Fringe discussion for anyone who is interested in the show? __________________ The Valiant Review Last edited by Magus; 04-21-2012 at 01:35 PM.

04-26-2012, 03:16 AM	#4
Archbio Data is Turned On Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 3,980	Give Fringe a fifth season, allow Chaltlie Francis back! __________________ 6201 Reasons to Support Electoral Reform.

04-26-2012, 04:02 AM	#6
Archbio Data is Turned On Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 3,980	Isn't every television series, in this day and age? __________________ 6201 Reasons to Support Electoral Reform.

04-26-2012, 10:20 AM	#8
Magus Archer and Armstrong vs. the World Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 7,164	Medium's premise simply allowed her to solve basic murders and other crimes, whereas Fringe is more like the X-Files, with an overarching storyline involving parallel universes, shapeshifters, genetic experiments, etc. EDIT: Wasn't Medium on CBS and also really crappy, too? Fringe is a FOX show. __________________ The Valiant Review Last edited by Magus; 04-26-2012 at 10:24 AM.

04-26-2012, 03:35 AM	#5
Seil Super stressed! Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: British Columbia Posts: 8,081	Isn't 'Fringe' that crime show with that psychic?

04-26-2012, 04:29 AM	#7
Seil Super stressed! Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: British Columbia Posts: 8,081	Sorry, that was 'Medium.' I got my prime-time/on-word titled crime shows/paranormal shows confused.

04-26-2012, 05:00 PM	#10
Azisien wat Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,177	I watched a big chunk of the first season and found it cool but inevitably irritating. Interest dropped off cliff resulting in termination of said watching. Like, the main plot seemed to go out of it's way to never resolve or evolve. Some crazy cool shit would happen within each episode, they'd maybe kinda figure it out, and then they'd all look seriously at each other and be like, THE PATTERN DUH DUH DUUUUUUUUUUH.