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Old 09-09-2008, 07:48 PM
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Ok I just watched the new Fox Network show called "Fringe"...Wow, I think this is gonna be a good show...anyone else catch it?
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Old 09-09-2008, 08:04 PM
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It looked like a good show, but I could not get over how bad the sound was. One minute you'd be listening to people talk at normal volume then all of a sudden everyone was whispering or a conversation would be on tape. I had to constantly adjust my volume, so I stopped watching.

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Old 09-09-2008, 08:19 PM
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It seemed good enough that I'd watch another episode, but it was a little bit all over the place...and science-fiction as it may be, I had trouble suspending disbelief for a lot of the sequences.
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Old 09-09-2008, 09:59 PM
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It looks like the kind of slow paced methodical X-files suspense type show, only fast paced. But that was the pilot, I suspect the actual series will be more of a CSI science intrigue type show, or perhaps it will take a more fast paced action aproach.
The pilot we saw was very fast paced, almost hectic at times...

I think for a nerdy action show it was pretty light on "science content", but I'm sure that's just me...
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Old 09-09-2008, 10:50 PM
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The suspended hallucinatory state was a direct rip-off of the movie Altered States. But with that said, I'd watch another one or two episodes to let it get rolling.
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Old 09-10-2008, 12:28 AM
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*Note to self* Look out for Fringe when it hits Australian TV in 5 years.
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Old 09-10-2008, 08:45 AM
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I would be willing to give it a fair shake, but it sounds way too close to the X-Files from what I've heard for me not to think "ripoff". I could very well be wrong though - I haven't seen it yet.
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Old 09-10-2008, 10:56 AM
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I missed the first 10 minutes and never had a clue what was going on after that.
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seemed "ok" to me.

it was pretty fast paced .. a lot of stuff happening real fast. the acting didn't seem that great to me either.

we'll see, i'll watch a few more episodes to see if i takes on.
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Old 09-10-2008, 11:58 AM
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I channel-flipped back to it a few times, watched for a few minutes here and there. It was OK. The only part that really grabbed me was the X-ray images they used at each commercial break.
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I thought it was alright. The see-through skin was freaky. I'll watch it again.
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Since I was busy when it was on, we recorded it (DVR) and watched it later in the evening. Well, really my wife watched it while I slept. She said it was OK though.
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