Comments on: “Fringe” (2008) http://www.cineblog.us/2008/12/fringe-2008/ ...because it's not about the popcorn. Thu, 20 Jan 2011 23:31:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Anne http://www.cineblog.us/2008/12/fringe-2008/#comment-171 Anne Fri, 05 Dec 2008 20:27:18 +0000 http://cineblog.us/?p=285#comment-171 I gave Fringe my standard 3 hours I give to a new drama before I make a judgment (well, in this case 4 since the first ep. was 2 hours). Maybe it just got started too slowly but I wasn't grabbed. The antagonistic relationship between Dunham and her boss was too ramped up; the science geek father professor just a little too whoo-whoo out there; the global conspiracy theory too much to swallow in an era of corporations that can't even manage to make a profit and what seems like a 26hr news cycle churning constantly to give us the latest and greatest. That said, recent episodes have looked more intriguing so perhaps I'll take another look. I gave Fringe my standard 3 hours I give to a new drama before I make a judgment (well, in this case 4 since the first ep. was 2 hours). Maybe it just got started too slowly but I wasn’t grabbed. The antagonistic relationship between Dunham and her boss was too ramped up; the science geek father professor just a little too whoo-whoo out there; the global conspiracy theory too much to swallow in an era of corporations that can’t even manage to make a profit and what seems like a 26hr news cycle churning constantly to give us the latest and greatest.

That said, recent episodes have looked more intriguing so perhaps I’ll take another look.

]]> By: -B. http://www.cineblog.us/2008/12/fringe-2008/#comment-168 -B. Thu, 04 Dec 2008 05:06:22 +0000 http://cineblog.us/?p=285#comment-168 It looks like you can catch all the full episodes online for free if you miss the TV broadcast at http://www.fox.com/fringe/ The thing is at least on the episode I watched there was the same truck commercial every 10 minutes. It looks like you can catch all the full episodes online for free if you miss the TV broadcast at http://www.fox.com/fringe/
The thing is at least on the episode I watched there was the same truck commercial every 10 minutes.

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