I watched the first episode and promptly deleted my Tivo Season Pass. It was comparable to Armageddon in terms of bad, cliche’d sci-fi. They actually have a real mad scientist working in a dark, dusty laboratory with food coloring filled flasks and dry ice bubbling away! And 17 year old neglected equipment that just needs to be plugged in and it still works. Very lame, I was unable to suspend disbelief.
I guess I’m better at suspending disbelief than the previous poster, because I loved the pilot. The second one also made me want to see more. I *love* Lost, and this has that J. J. Abrams weirdness that I really enjoy. Definitely on the DVR.
I agree with Mark – in the pilot, the number of times I had to “overlook” flaws was extreme. I know the Homeland Security badge will make a lot of things happen, but sheesh – the way she waved it around in the first episode, you’d thought it was one of Harry Potter’s wands!!!
It got better in the second episode. I’ll give it 2 more to try and hook me, otherwise, deleted. Too many other good shows out there this year – SCC – Terminator is really starting to shape up. Again, the first episode was a stretch, but the second is getting interesting.
Magesssays
It seems to me to be a modern X-Files. The format is almost identical. The bigger plot seems almost identical too. So I think it will come down to whether or not the actual stories they’re telling are creepy or interesting enough to make it last.
I watched Dawson’s Creek for its whole run, so I enjoy watching Joshua Jackson and will probably watch just for him, even if the show itself isn’t that great. But what I would like to see is the show creep me the hell out like X-Files did a few times.
Peter is the skeptic/Scully. If they can keep him that way for a decent amount of time, there should at least be amusing, sarcastic dialog. He’s had some good lines so far. But I can see how they’d easily lose that if it turns out that his father is right every single time. He’d just start seeming dense with all the evidence of weird stuff staring him in the face.
Zeetsays
In reference to the 2nd episode of Fringe, did anyone else notice the blatant rip-off of a Kolchak story? I’m talking about the 1970’s Kolchak here. That was the 2nd Kolchak TV movie “The Night Strangler”. They ripped the whole idea off right down to the climax where the antagonist is quickly aging and then dies.
tallgrrlsays
I liked the pilot and I’ve enjoyed each episode so far. I don’t know what y’all are bitching about. You need to be glad it’s on at all.
Zeet, that idea was old BEFORE it was done on Kolchak.
It’s been done numerous times in movie and TV history.
What’s your point?
I watched the first episode and promptly deleted my Tivo Season Pass. It was comparable to Armageddon in terms of bad, cliche’d sci-fi. They actually have a real mad scientist working in a dark, dusty laboratory with food coloring filled flasks and dry ice bubbling away! And 17 year old neglected equipment that just needs to be plugged in and it still works. Very lame, I was unable to suspend disbelief.
I guess I’m better at suspending disbelief than the previous poster, because I loved the pilot. The second one also made me want to see more. I *love* Lost, and this has that J. J. Abrams weirdness that I really enjoy. Definitely on the DVR.
I agree with Mark – in the pilot, the number of times I had to “overlook” flaws was extreme. I know the Homeland Security badge will make a lot of things happen, but sheesh – the way she waved it around in the first episode, you’d thought it was one of Harry Potter’s wands!!!
It got better in the second episode. I’ll give it 2 more to try and hook me, otherwise, deleted. Too many other good shows out there this year – SCC – Terminator is really starting to shape up. Again, the first episode was a stretch, but the second is getting interesting.
It seems to me to be a modern X-Files. The format is almost identical. The bigger plot seems almost identical too. So I think it will come down to whether or not the actual stories they’re telling are creepy or interesting enough to make it last.
I watched Dawson’s Creek for its whole run, so I enjoy watching Joshua Jackson and will probably watch just for him, even if the show itself isn’t that great. But what I would like to see is the show creep me the hell out like X-Files did a few times.
Peter is the skeptic/Scully. If they can keep him that way for a decent amount of time, there should at least be amusing, sarcastic dialog. He’s had some good lines so far. But I can see how they’d easily lose that if it turns out that his father is right every single time. He’d just start seeming dense with all the evidence of weird stuff staring him in the face.
In reference to the 2nd episode of Fringe, did anyone else notice the blatant rip-off of a Kolchak story? I’m talking about the 1970’s Kolchak here. That was the 2nd Kolchak TV movie “The Night Strangler”. They ripped the whole idea off right down to the climax where the antagonist is quickly aging and then dies.
I liked the pilot and I’ve enjoyed each episode so far. I don’t know what y’all are bitching about. You need to be glad it’s on at all.
Zeet, that idea was old BEFORE it was done on Kolchak.
It’s been done numerous times in movie and TV history.
What’s your point?