Post by starrieskies on Jan 11, 2013 18:51:49 GMT -5
I really enjoyed Fringe. I started watching it when it first came out, then turned off the cable to save some money, and tried to come back to it 2 years later. I'm more than a little bit lost. But I do like it!
ETA: All that to be said, Yes, start at the beginning.
I started watching it when it first aired and I really enjoyed it. But somewhere in season 2-season 3 I was just tuning out because I was getting so lost and I finally decided to quit watching it.
I really like Fringe, and yes, I'd start from the beginning!
Look who emerged from the fireswamp. How have you been?
Bowies, I have no idea if it is on Netflix. I was assuming.
SInce you asked, I checked. It is not instant.
LOL! I've been good! This whole "SAH"M thing is not as "SAH" as it used to be. Now that the Geekling is getting older, he wants to have friends and do stuff. I pop in in the evenings after he's in bed but by that point it seems like its dead in here so mostly I just lurk when I have the time. I have turned into a creepy internet stalker
Oh, and I accepted a WAH job doing customer service in the evenings - woohoo! Maybe being forced to be in front of my computer for several hours will allow me to pop in more often in between things!
No aliens. That I know of, at least. A scrappy and offbeat group of people work to investigate weird phenomena. It's overseen by the FBI. Phenomena include things like teleportation and spontaneous combustion.
Not aliens (although I do believe that's part of it. But no, it's not like X Files). It's about the "fringe sciences". Things like reanimation, alternate universes, etc. It's about a secret division of the FBI that investigates things that occur that can't be explained by traditional science. There is a main detective (Olivia Dunham), an older scientist who just got out of the crazy farm for 17 years (Walter Bishop), his brilliant but wayward son (Peter Bishop) and an FBI agent who basically acts as their assistant and Walter's babysitter (Astrid Farnsworth). There are other characters, but those are the biggies.
It's a FASCINATING show. I wholeheartedly believe in all that stuff. And I do believe that the government DOES have a section that investigates this type of thing (not in a tinfoil hat, conspiracy theory type way). And the characters are AWESOME. You will fall in love with Walter. H doesn't even watch the show but he'll catch something Walter will do or say and just yell "I LOVE THAT GUY!"
How can he not be!!!? Even when you learn of what he did/started... he's still so freakin' lovable! He's not the guy he was prior to St. Claires. He's learned a lot and he's trying to redeem himself every single day. And he's just the coolest. Sad Walter is the WORST though. When Walter cries, I'm fucking DONE!
On very rare occasions, I can contain myself, but that usually means that I'm pissed.
I'm the exact same way! I'm glad I'm not alone.
You know, I know people think I have a heart of stone... but I'm actually a compassionate/empathetic crier... even for strangers. I bet most people wouldn't guess that about me. SEE! I'M NOT DEAD INSIDE!