Fox Takes J.J. Abrams' Fringe

[Gold Samurai]

http://www.collider.com/2010/12/14/fringe-friday-death-sentence-promo/

FOX is using the negative attention to it's advantage.

DEATH!

As one of the many people worried about J.J. Abrams mysterious series Fringe getting moved to Fridays, this new promo fighting the negative connotations of a Friday time slot is just what the doctor ordered. Aside from the fact that it features a prominent quote from yours truly, the series aims to make Fridays freaky and shows no signs of assuming an impending death from their midseason schedule change in January. As an inside joke referencing another Friday ridden Fox series, the first episode back from the winter break is titled Firefly. Fringe returns Friday, January 21st, and if you want to make sure it doesn’t end up doomed by its new time slot, make sure you tune in every single Friday. Check out the fantastic new promo:​

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[carrrnuttt]

http://www.collider.com/2010/12/14/fringe-friday-death-sentence-promo/

FOX is using the negative attention to it's advantage.

DEATH!

That was freakin' brilliant. They're certainly freaking me out by showing hints of a sense of humor and irony coming from FOX, of all things.

 

[KALEL114]

This is very interesting.

Spoiler

As if you needed another reason to follow Fringe to its new Friday time slot, sources confirm to me exclusively that later this season, producers are planning to introduce a new Big Bad — perhaps the largest, worst Big Bad of them all: Olivia’s abusive (and never-before-seen) stepfather.
As you know, a 9-year-old Olivia — tired of watching her stepdad mercilessly beat her mother — shot and nearly killed the evil-doer. He eventually disappeared to parts unknown but has continued to send her cryptic messages every year on her birthday.

http://www.tvline.com/2011/01/fringe-olivia-stepfather-spoiler/

 

[Maximus One]

WHAT?!?!?! I dont remember that being mentioned before

 

[wiegeabo]

I remember the birthday message being in an episode. Completely forgot about her almost killing him.

 

[Sawyer]

Maybe this time, she'll finish the ****ing job.

 

[Maximus One]

Yea the bday letter sounds familiar but not the rest

 

[Hunter Rider]

I remember the birthday message being in an episode. Completely forgot about her almost killing him.

Same here, I wonder if he's going to be somehow coneccted to Earth 2.

 

[KALEL114]

It was Season 1-Episode 6, "The Cure". I don't think she mentions him at all since then. Glad to see them come back to it and not let it just hang there.

Olivia hesitantly tells him a traumatic story from her childhood. When she was a little girl, her stepfather would get drunk and abuse her mother. One day, when she was nine, after her mother had suffered a particularly harsh beating, Olivia mustered the courage to find his gun and shoot him, but she didn't finish him off. They took him to the hospital, and one night he slipped out, never to be seen again. Every year he sends Olivia a card on her birthday, just to let her know he's still out there. Peter then realizes that today is her birthday.
....

On returning home, Olivia finds an envelope inside her door bearing no postage or return address. She opens it up and removes an unsigned card that reads "Thinking of you." Concern shows in her face.

http://fringe.wikia.com/wiki/The_Cure

 

[DawnWarrior]

Something hit me the other day: in the last season finale, we learned that Alt-Olivia has a boyfriend, Frank, played by Philip Winchester. Our Olivia was aware of the guy, but tells Broyles that the guy was out of town the whole time she was trapped Over There. So why did the writers introduce the character at all if they didn't use him for anything? Was Winchester unavailable to come back?

 

[Sub-Zero]

he's there to show how olivia2 can balance her work and social life. olivia2 is a more together person. olivia1 is all about the next case. also he's kind of a nod to mark valley's character from the first season/episode.

 

[elgaz]

I thought he was also there as a plot device to show how deceitful and how far Olivia2 was willing to go (even though she obviously loved him, she had no problem sleeping with Peter and feigning a relationship with him in order to keep her cover).

 

[DawnWarrior]

It still seems weird that they never showed our Olivia interacting with him. Gotta be some potential there. Just seems like kind of a wasted opportunity.

 

[wiegeabo]

I think they were keeping her free, possibly a little bit for the shippers, so Olivia wasn't 'cheating' on Peter.

I also think he was shooting another show, but I'm not sure exactly when Camelot was being shot compared to Fringe.

 

[Morg]

Fox on 'Fringe': 'Don't write the eulogy'
by James Hibberd


Fox executives told TV critics at press tour that just because Fringe is moving to Fox’s sci-fi death slot on Fridays doesn’t mean the show is necessarily going to suffer the same fate as Dollhouse … and Sarah Connor Chronicles … and Prison Break … and Wonderfalls … and Dark Angel … and — sniff — Firefly.

“I appreciate the support in this room, and I beg you not to write the eulogy prematurely,” said entertainment president Kevin Reilly. “Friday is a troubled night. We are continually looking for a solution on the night. I was happy that Fringe turned up on a number of top-10 lists. We’re looking for it to go a little bit broader with ratings. I really hope fans go with it. Right now, we’re down to a core loyal audience.”
After Fox’s panel, one critic asked if Reilly is worried about Fringe facing The CW’s sci-fi show, Supernatural.

“It’s already been up against much stiffer competition [on Thursdays],” Reilly pointed out (including Supernatural, for that matter), then added that he didn’t know Supernatural was in the same slot so, really, that’s how unworried he is.

“It’s probably a little difficult to join it in progress,” Reilly admitted of the Fringe storyline. “But the show is where it should be. It’s now playing to its fans.”

Reilly also refused to write off another, even more troubled, Fox show, Lie to Me: “It can come back. It’s really found its groove. It delivered a very loyal audience wherever we put it.”

Who here thinks Fringe (which costs quite a bit more to produce than Supernatural) can survive on Fridays?

I wish it wasn't moved to Fridays

 

[wiegeabo]

I've got to admit, Fox seems to be promoting the hell out of Fringe and it's move right now. Even during football games. Not really the thing you'd think they'd do for a show they expect to die.

I've read some articles that say this could actually work. Thursday became a super competitive night this season (as if it hadn't been already). There is much less competition of Friday. Yes, it's a slower night, but if it keeps most of its viewers, it should still compete for 3rd place. And I'll give up watching Supernatural live for Fringe

 

[Marvolo]

Given the love and apparent backing Fox is giving this move to Fridays, I am cautiously optimistic. At this point it would seem that it is up to the audience to show Fox we will got wherever Fringe goes.

 

[Morg]

Well airing on Friday now, so far good episode, not sure how I will watch it when Supernatural airs

 

[wiegeabo]

If it'll help give Fringe another season, I'll give up watching Supernatural live. It's already got 6 good years behind it. And CW shows don't need as big ratings as Fox shows.

I think Fringe and SN conflicted once before, and I did the same thing.

 

[Donut]

Spoiler

I guess this is the end game for the show if it were to ever end ? Walter going back in time to set things right ?

 

[wiegeabo]

J.J. Abrams Promises 'Fringe' Will Die Fighting

 

[KALEL114]

Great episode! It hit me that I forgot to post this a while ago. Pretty cool.

Allow me to explain: In Fringe‘s Jan. 21 episode (its first in its new Friday time slot), Walter comes face-to-face with his musical hero — the keyboardist for the ’70s band Violet Sedan Chair, Roscoe Joyce, played by Christopher Lloyd (Back to the Future).
As a genius tie-in, producers created a vinyl album for the group titled Seven Suns and shipped it to select independent record outlets nationwide. “They’ve been in stores for a couple of months now,” says a show insider.
The best part: Each individual album is different, including specific spoilers and clues about the show embedded in the lyrics (and possibly elsewhere). “They all have unique properties,” says the source.
Now fans just have to find the stores that carry the album. Well, that and figure out who are the real musicians behind the faux group. Says the insider: “We’re keeping that a secret for now.” (Sure, now they decide to be tight-lipped!)

http://www.tvline.com/2011/01/fringe-spoilers-violet-sedan-chair/

http://www.wired.com/underwire/2011/01/fringe-violet-sedan-chair/?pid=2594&pageid=56686&viewall=true

 

[kvz5]

Great episode! I missed this show...

 

[carrrnuttt]

Jesus ****ing Christ, I love this show.

I don't think I even have the time to go through all the subtle nuances this episode had, but I'll try as best as I can:

Spoiler

The possible reveal that AltLivia might be pregnant, for one.

The discussion of time travel with Doc Brown, of all people.

The dual purpose of the Observer's "experiment":

Spoiler

To save Walter AND to test whether he'd be willing to sacrifice his son to save another.

To be able to see two of my favorite mad scientists co-mingling.

The MAJOR Twin Peaks reference:

Spoiler

Walter's glasses from his old friend "Dr. Jacoby in Washington State."

 

[carrrnuttt]

Great episode! It hit me that I forgot to post this a while ago. Pretty cool.

Allow me to explain: In Fringe‘s Jan. 21 episode (its first in its new Friday time slot), Walter comes face-to-face with his musical hero — the keyboardist for the ’70s band Violet Sedan Chair, Roscoe Joyce, played by Christopher Lloyd (Back to the Future).
As a genius tie-in, producers created a vinyl album for the group titled Seven Suns and shipped it to select independent record outlets nationwide. “They’ve been in stores for a couple of months now,” says a show insider.
The best part: Each individual album is different, including specific spoilers and clues about the show embedded in the lyrics (and possibly elsewhere). “They all have unique properties,” says the source.
Now fans just have to find the stores that carry the album. Well, that and figure out who are the real musicians behind the faux group. Says the insider: “We’re keeping that a secret for now.” (Sure, now they decide to be tight-lipped!)

http://www.tvline.com/2011/01/fringe-spoilers-violet-sedan-chair/

http://www.wired.com/underwire/2011/01/fringe-violet-sedan-chair/?pid=2594&pageid=56686&viewall=true

http://www.flickr.com/photos/58483111@N02/sets/72157625853997252/

The whole album is downloadable here(!): http://k1k1chan.tumblr.com/post/2813689587/here-at-last-are-some-clear-shots-of-the-back

EDIT:

From fringe-forum:

Things we have already discovered in the old thread:
- Violet Sedan Chair is an anagram for Olive can read this
- The front cover reminds of Olivia in the sensory deprivation tank
- There are seven suns which remind of the yellow dots
- The listed 11th song Greenmana seems to be missing on the LP (maybe there are multiple grooves?)
- Greenmana could be an anagram for Enneagram, possibly a clue to Fourth Way Enneagram
- The plants branches besides the womans face (maybe Olivia) are looking like a gate

ETA: Take a look at the link about the Fourth Way Enneagram. That's amazing! The strange "words" of the 10th songs Re Fa Mi Si Sol La are all in there. I have no time now to read the text about what you have to do with this method. But I'm 100% shure that there is something to this title and the fourth way enneagram is the key!

Just some things I noticed:

The song 500 years seems to be written as 50 0 years

The first letter in each word that's capitalized (Not lowercase words "of" and "in") is boxed in a color, with the exception of Si Sol La and Greenmana

I looked up the Enneagram thing, and it's pretty weird stuff. I don't understand what it is, exactly, but I read the part about the diagram and the musical octaves. I tried to put numbers to Re Fa Mi Si Sol and La, but each of them appear multiple times. For example, Re appears in the diagram as 1, 4, and 7. Here's writing all of the numbers out (using the wikipedia diagram).

147 (Re); 47 (Fa); 258 (Mi); 8 (Si); 58 (Sol); 7 (La)

I highly doubt that means anything, but this song has to have something to do with Enneagram. It would be too much of a coincidence for Greenmana to be an anagram for enneagram and the song before it have to do with the enneagram diagram. Definitely some sort of relation, just maybe not with the numbers.