New York Magazine had some pretty good reviews of Fringe.
Worth a season pass? Yes. An X-Files with the mythology laid out from the get-go, Fringe promises to ride grody special effects, the chemistry of its oddball trio, and Lance Reddick’s basso profundo to the genre promised land. After watching the pilot, we can only say: More, please.
And great things to say about Anna Torv:
Between her Blanchettesque good looks and willingness to strip down to her underwear in the pilot, we feel pretty confident that Torv will be appearing in the fevered dreams of nerds all too soon.
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E! Online and other Press representatives got to view a press screening of Fringe last Thursday. E! Online wrote a review. Here is the main summary:
Have you seen the Alias pilot? How about the Lost pilot? Did you think those were OK? If yes, you’ll like this. It is of equivalent quality, if perhaps a bit less grandiose than the Lost pilot. Still, the story structure of Fringe feels perfect. All the narrative pieces that need to fit together, in the end, do. Guns placed on tables in act I go off in act III. Loose ends are tied up or are drawn out enough to be a season-long story threads. Anna Torv’s Olivia Dunham is a woman of substance and grace. Joshua Jackson, for his part, is what they call laugh-out-loud funny.
I don’t want to outline it too closely, but there is a “stock” TV scene where two characters face a medical crisis and are rushed into a hospital. As directed and edited together here, it is easily the best and most correct that I have ever seen, both visually and emotionally.
In terms of series style, theme and structure, there’s a lot of Alias and X-Files at work here, but there’s also a fun little Lost shout-out. Look for it in one of the FBI scenes.
It is a great review and worth a full read. There is even a Lost crossover mentioned:
In terms of series style, theme and structure, there’s a lot of Alias and X-Files at work here, but there’s also a fun little Lost shout-out. Look for it in one of the FBI scenes. There is also a nice interview with Joshua Jackson and Anna Torv on the E! Website.
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