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heresluck wrote a fantastic write-up on Fringe. Have a quote here:
It is at this point a commonplace to observe that The X-Files is a significant component of Fringe's genre DNA; but in fact Fringe is considerably more to my taste in several ways, perhaps the most important of which is that it is much more of an ensemble show. Olivia and Peter and Walter are the heart of the show, but Charlie Francis and Philip Broyles and Astrid Farnsworth and Nina Sharp play significant, albeit supporting, roles in the week-to-week business of the show.
I also appreciate the way that the tensions between the main characters are not locked into the simple believer/skeptic binary that TXF used (and ran into the ground), but a more complex triad: Walter's a believer, but his responses to bizarre phenomena are not just a matter of belief -- he MAKES this stuff; Peter's a skeptic, but not dogmatically so; Olivia is essentially off that continuum altogether -- she's pragmatic, she's fearless, she wants answers, and when she has exhausted the sane and obvious way to get them, she will put herself in a vat of liquid or drink a flatworm milkshake if she thinks it will get her the information that she wants.
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Everything in the post is why I love the show. It was a really slow start getting there though since the first half of the season was so shaky but once it starts with the mytharc Fringe really took off.
But most of all aside from Olivia, one of the reasons I love this show so much and I think why I would prefer this to X-Files is because it is is more of an ensemble show than X-Files.
I love that Olivia's relationships and support aren't limited to Walter and Peter, I love that she has a family, that she has Charlie, Broyles, Astrid and even Nina to prop her up when the weight of the universe is too much to bear. In a way, I feel like Fringe is so much less of a claustrophobic world than the one X-Files ended up becoming.
(Although,
mswyrr has a really well argued post on why Fringe is a much sadder story than X-Fies.)Another big reason why I love this show is how it deals with ethics. Olivia (and the narrative) doesn't give the scientists or Walter and William Bell's questionable decisions and actions a free pass.
As I've said many times the moment I fell completely for Fringe was the moment Olivia confronted Walter. I loved how her anger was never presented as Olivia being out of control or Olivia being emotional (in fact, never does the narrative ever show that Olivia was wrong to be angry). Olivia's anger is justified and right. No matter the objective or the pretty words Walter or William Bell couch it what they did was abuse and the lives of all those children used during the Cortexiphan trials were forever tainted and broken because of it.
Seriously, though, why aren't more people watching this show? It's sooo good!
C'mon, guys, what can I offer to entice y'all to watch Fringe?
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Oh, Fudge Monkeys.
What is this I hear about Fringe going on a one month hiatus after the Thursday episode??? What is this madness?!!
On the plus side, Fox will show repeats of Fringe on Saturday Night Fringe every 11 PM (10 central) and hopefully through that the show will get more viewers but on the other hand, the show just started! Why is it going on hiatus?!
See, this is the reason why I don't want to catch up, its only going to be a roller coaster of anxiousness from here on out!
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Edited because, actually, I don't need that many actuallys.
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The show actually gets more awesome each season! Unlike Alias I feel like Fringe is more thought out because even the first episode, despite being hit by the dreaded pilot-itis still had hints and clues of what is to come.
Also, I must admit, while I love and adore Anna Torv and Olivia Dunham I can see why people thought she was wooden and that was because Anna Torv was still getting used to Olivia Dunham and, from what I've read of interviews, just literally flew in from Australia the day before shooting started!
Oh, I wrote a handy guide for season 1 if you're interested!
I love Castle too! It is my fun go to show! I love Castle and Beckett and his daughter and mother and Ryan and Esposito. It's just such a fun show!
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BTW, I would advise you skip the second episode since you can go from the first ep to the third episode without missing anything. There's just one plot point there but it would be explained in later episodes. IMO the second ep was a log squicky re: gender and gross out factors too. I think that was a point where I stopped watching before picking up again, that was the only episode in season 1 I really consider bad.
Although other people didn't find it objectionable so your mileage might vary.
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