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September 25, 2008
Fringe = X-Files
Watched the first episode of "Fringe", the new SF series from the US. It was just like an episode of "X-files".
No Mulder or Scully, but a pair of not dissimilar stars - nerdy genius male, emotional but resourceful female. Obviously some kind of relationship will build between this couple.
Mysterious happenings that seem to be outside normal science. Very familiar look and feel - did they use similar locations?
I'm not saying it's a bad thing to be like another successful series, but somehow this first episode, even though it reportedly cost $10M to make, didn't really grab me that much. Where did they spend that money?
Hopefully it will get better as we get used to the characters.
Update:
In 5 episodes, it probably got worse. Each episode has so much kooky 'science' it makes me want to throw stuff at the TV. I think there is an underlying story arc that has a lot of promise, to do with some bald dude observing everything, but I'm not sure I have the patience to go on.
Update 2:
Reluctantly I continued and finished the whole first series. I actually got used to seven impossible things happening before breakfast every day, and got quite interested in the story arc instead. Quite looking forward to series two.
Posted by se71 at September 25, 2008 11:29 AM
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