On the Fringe
September 13, 2008 |
Fox’s new show Fringe premiered last Tuesday. I knew two things about it: JJ Abrams created it and the pilot cost $10 million to make. These two things alone would make the pilot worth watching so I set the DVR. I finally got around to watching the episode yesterday and, well, it was good.
Like I said, I knew nothing going in which was probably a good thing. It turns out that Fringe is basically JJ Abrams does the X-Files, underground FBI division and all. Basically someone/thing has been running pseudo-science (fringe science) experiments on people across the world over the last year. Things like teleportation, regeneration, etc. The FBI is investigating and, of course, there is an evil corporation that seems to be behind it all.
There is an ensemble cast featuring Joshua Jackson of Dawson’s Creek fame, a guy from Band of Brothers, the guy who plays Abaddon on LOST, and a cow named Gene.
The pilot episode was really good ($10 million for TV makes that possible). It’ll be interesting to see where the show goes from here with normal episode budgets. It will also be interesting to see if Fringe actually answers questions or follows JJ’s other project and instead of providing answers somehow always seems to provide more questions. Either way, I’ve set the DVR to record Fringe weekly so I’ll ride the wave for awhile.
Did you watch Fringe? What did you think? Let me know in the comments.
trickster_brat
September 13th, 2008 | 3:31 pm
OMG Yes. Fringe was insanely good! It successfully brought together the style of Lost and the essence of X-Files into something that will have me hooked for weeks to come. I was almost ready to write it off as a pale imitation of those shows but I’m glad I was wrong. And Joshua Jackson came off as the son Jack Bauer should’ve had! Shady but almost well-intentioned. After the level of creepy in the first episode, I can’t wait to see where this show is headed!