First up is Fringe premiering on FOX September 9th at 8/7c.
who's in it:
Anna Torv: the Secret Life of Us, Young Lions
John Noble: All Saints, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, Home and Away
Joshua Jackson: Dawson's Creek
Lance Reddick: The Wire, Oz
Kirk Acevedo: The Black Donnelly's, Law & Order: Trial by Jury, Oz
Mark Valley: Swingtown, Boston Legal, Days of Our Lives, Shrek 3
Jasika Nicole
who's responsible:
J.J. Abrams : Lost, Alias, Felicity, etc, etc, etc
Alex Kurtzman : Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, Xena: Warrior Princess, Jack of All Trades, Alias
Roberto Orci: Alias, Jack of All Trades, Xena, Hercules
Alex Graves: Director
What other's say:
the Futon's First Look
TV.Com Review Roundup
What I say:
This show was on my short list of fall series and one of the few offered in the meager pickings for scifi fans. Zap2it described it as, A young FBI agent has to team up with an eccentric, volatile scientist and his estranged genius son to solve crimes involving fringe science, the science of the supposedly impossible.
I call it X-Files meets Miracles meets 4400 meets The Cell meets...well you get the picture. Other than the X-Files (and The Cell) this show is every recycled plot from previously canceled scifi series that's been on television for the last 10 years. There were a few times I was even expecting crystal trees or Captain Jack to show up.
The pilot is such a mishmash of miscellaneous scifi plots I began to wonder if the writers had a spinning wheel of previously used ideas that they continuously spun to find what came next. Spin the wheel and land on infected plane. Need another idea, spin the wheel and land on cynical partner.
JJ: "What should we do next?"
Alex: *shrugs shoulders* Got me. Any suggestions Roberto?
Roberto" *yawning* Why not just spin the wheel to find out.
JJ spins wheel landing on "conspiracy theory".
Alex: JJ, you're a genius.
As much as I was looking forward to seeing this series I'm sad to say there wasn't an original idea in the 1 1/2 hour pilot. I found myself with, "Been there, seen that, lamented the cancellation" feelings. Given the unoriginality of the series I doubt the show will hold on to many of the viewers that were brave enough to last the complete premiere.
Ratings:
Watchability: 2 out of 5
Second Season Chances: 0 out of 5. I doubt it will get past the magic 13. Don't get to involved.
I wasn't expecting to hate this series as much as I do. There are times like this when as I read other reviews I begin to wonder what I missed...or how much they were bribed to write a good review.
Until next time.
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