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Well, this will be easy to quit this show before it becomes hopelessly mired in seasons-long conspiracy theories. This latest episode completely put me off. Or maybe I just wasn't in the mood to watch some other women-as-prey/victims thing. Why exactly would this person need to kill young attractive women for something that's found in everyone? And why would he need to extract part of their brain while they were conscious for it? That's just sadistic torture right there, made no sense to the plot and so was completely gratuitous for shock value. And the guy said "he should have let me die" at the end (referring to the guy who created him) - um, if you wanted to die so bad, you could have refused to kill anyone. So the whole thing was gratuitous.

Bye, Fringe. Oh, and screw you. I really don't need to see this kind of shit.

On to lighter things...

Kenley? You really need to shut up now. But looks like she might be in trouble next week. Anyway, I don't have a whole lot to say other than I agree with kicking off Joe - it was a business suit from the 90s. And a really frumpy looking one at that. He obviously got stuck in thinking that if you're going for an interview, you need a suit. I also agree that Jerell should have won. I want to wear that outfit.

On to wackier things...

For some strange reason I dreamed I got my hands on a new DW episode - one where Ten, Rose and Donna were all traveling together. They got to a planet and Rose got infected with something that made her mute. And turned her hair black, turning her into a emo kid. Something like that. The Doctor was completely useless since he didn't really care about Rose when she was all emo and strange. Donna was at least concerned, looking out for Rose as she proceeded to dust the grand piano in the TARDIS. (She really liked doing that.)

Whatever it was finally wore off, Rose got her voice back and her hair turned blonde again. The Doctor was happy to hug her again after that. And Donna declared that she would be happy to put the Doctor and Rose's five kids to bed, which she did, not that she had to do anything since they were perfect little angels. You know, like kids are.

I then debated whether or not to post about the episode on LJ since I really didn't like it much, but decided that

shinyopals would really want to know that they finally were going with the Doctor, Rose and Donna on the show. My first remark was to wonder how Rose could still look 22 and have 5 kids of varying ages. And then I woke up.

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Totally agree on Fringe. Buh-bye. Not only for the reasons you state, but also that it's derivative of not one but two X-Files episodes (and perhaps more if I were to really put my thinking cap on), and for some reason that I spent a long time in the shower trying to figure out, the bullshit science in Fringe really irked me. Now, as an X-Phile andWhovian, BS science should not bother me. Yet in Fringe it really really did.

The "science" of it was bugging me last week. Not even so much the fringe science stuff - that's wacky nonsense - but they were getting ordinary stuff wrong. It's all really pretty lazy.

Why exactly would this person need to kill young attractive women for something that's found in everyone?
Um, easier to lure away? I guess he could seduce young attractive men...
And why would he need to extract part of their brain while they were conscious for it
Huh, no excuse for this one... and why am I trying to defend this badly done hi-tech rip-off of the X-files?? I'll give it one more episode in honor of my old crush on Joshua Jackson, but if that's as crappy as this one, bye bye Fringe.

Um, easier to lure away? I guess he could seduce young attractive men...

See, I could think of other ways he could go about this without any sort of seducing or luring.

Huh, no excuse for this one... and why am I trying to defend this badly done hi-tech rip-off of the X-files?? I'll give it one more episode in honor of my old crush on Joshua Jackson, but if that's as crappy as this one, bye bye Fringe.

He really is the best part of the show. Probably because his attitude is "WTF?" most the time. :D

He really is the best part of the show
Yeah, the only part I liked were his interactions with his dad.
Do you know how it's doing rating-wise? Just wondering wheter we're the voices out of the chorus.

According to this (http://www.zap2it.com/tv/ratings/zap-ratings091608,0,3498639.story), it seems to be doing pretty well. MEH.

Mmm. I don't figure on the ratings, but I bet lots of those viewers were like you, just giving it a chance. We'll see how they are next week. If it weren't for Joshua Jackson, I'd pray for it to be scrapped...

Could be there will be an audience for this. I'll be looking elsewhere, thanks.

Kenley? You really need to shut up now.
FOR SERIOUS. Also, I don't understand someone who is all "I NEVER listen to Tim. Why the hell would I do THAT?" O_o

I kind of really want to see your dream as an episode. I'm sure it would be REALLY funny. :)

♥!

FOR SERIOUS. Also, I don't understand someone who is all "I NEVER listen to Tim. Why the hell would I do THAT?" O_o

I don't understand it either.

I kind of really want to see your dream as an episode. I'm sure it would be REALLY funny. :)

It probably would be! Although I was getting pretty annoyed with the Doctor about his complete indifference to Rose. HEH!

Although I was getting pretty annoyed with the Doctor about his complete indifference to Rose. HEH!

Perhaps he just didn't want to admit an attraction to brunettes? (Because, seriously, Ten especially has a blonde fetish).

♥!

HA! Now I kind of want to see Rose change her hair color. :D

I have ficced this. Also, Alt!Doctor grew a beard.

:D Now that'd make for an interesting-looking pair!

According to some rule I just made up, you are not allowed to mention that you have written fic without providing linkage to said fic.

:P

~Salutes~ Yes ma'am or sir!

My fic journal is

the_tenzo and the fic in question is crazily long and at this tag.

I think I could go either way on Fringe, I liked the first episode, but the second episode wasn't my cup of tea (though I did love the ending when what's his name sang "Row, row, row your boat")

That's an interesting dream.

I think I could go either way on Fringe, I liked the first episode, but the second episode wasn't my cup of tea (though I did love the ending when what's his name sang "Row, row, row your boat")

The best part of the show really is the father and son. (Although who knows if he's really his son, what with the comment at the end.)

That's an interesting dream.

*blames the drugs*

The best part of the show really is the father and son. (Although who knows if he's really his son, what with the comment at the end.) I agree. Ooh, good point, I thought... well I don't know what I thought, but it didn't occur to me that the father may not actually be the father.

*blames the drugs* Drugs are good, except penicillin which is just gross.

I agree. Ooh, good point, I thought... well I don't know what I thought, but it didn't occur to me that the father may not actually be the father.

Another thought I had was that he could be his clone.

Ooh fun! Why did I think of Doctor Who right away though?

The problem with DW dreams is that they don't always go quite the way you want them to. I think I actually had one where I (as Rose) snogged Jack when Ten wasn't looking. (Then I found Ten again, but still, it wasn't very nice of me, even if Jack had just saved my life.)

But LOL at emo!Rose.

I then debated whether or not to post about the episode on LJ since I really didn't like it much, but decided that shinyopals would really want to know that they finally were going with the Doctor, Rose and Donna on the show. My first remark was to wonder how Rose could still look 22 and have 5 kids of varying ages. And then I woke up.

BWAHAHAHA.

My reaction when I read this was something like: "Well it's fairly obvious that Rose has been affected by the Bad Wolf and is going to live for the same length of time as the D- HANG ON... did she just say she dreamed about posting on LJ to keep me up-to-date on DW?"

I don't *think* I've ever dreamed about posting on LJ. But then I usually am a character when I dream about Who! XD

This was the first episode of Fringe that I saw, and I was totally put off. An entire teaser that consists women screaming? Sadly, there's really very little that could've won me over after that, and Joshua Jackson just wasn't enough (he seemed to be the only consistantly good thing about the show).

(Plus, Abrahms apparently sucks at the continuity, and this really isn't a show where you can be lazy about that.)

The Doctor was completely useless since he didn't really care about Rose when she was all emo and strange.

Awww...maybe he was just afraid of catching the emo? I mean, we've seen what he's like with only mildly increased emo...enough emo to turn his hair black might destroy the world.

This was the first episode of Fringe that I saw, and I was totally put off. An entire teaser that consists women screaming? Sadly, there's really very little that could've won me over after that, and Joshua Jackson just wasn't enough (he seemed to be the only consistantly good thing about the show).

Yeah. Just...yeah. It was this vague sort of feeling of being insulted while my IQ dropped.

(Plus, Abrahms apparently sucks at the continuity, and this really isn't a show where you can be lazy about that.)

I really don't put much faith in him having a plan for this show other than "A Shadowy Conspiracy" that lets him do X-Files-type plots.

Awww...maybe he was just afraid of catching the emo? I mean, we've seen what he's like with only mildly increased emo...enough emo to turn his hair black might destroy the world.

Maybe that was it. Maybe he was trying to protect the universe! And he figured that Donna would be immune to that kind of thing, so best let her deal with it.

Heh. I'm a bit amused by this review (http://blog.zap2it.com/ithappenedlastnight/2008/09/fringe-that-age.html).

"...but one does not bust into a potential murder scene with only Pacey as backup. Just not how it's done. Maybe Olivia was worried that her colleagues would be unable to leave the office in any case, what with the enormous, floating "BOSTON FEDERAL BUILDING" block letters blocking their exit."

MWAH!

HA! My dad complained about that. I just assumed they didn't have the option of back-up. I'm going to pretend that's still true. And the floating block letters totally caught me off guard. I was all, "That's an interesting new architectural design. Do they have a lot of visitors coming in by helicopter, then?"

(You know, thinking about it again finally got the opening to make sense for me. I still don't like it, or the subsequent torture scenes.)

And the floating block letters totally caught me off guard. I was all, "That's an interesting new architectural design. Do they have a lot of visitors coming in by helicopter, then?"

The block letters were even weirder in the first episode. :D

(You know, thinking about it again finally got the opening to make sense for me. I still don't like it, or the subsequent torture scenes.)

Oh, it was confusing you? Although, at first I thought the point would be trying to get people pregnant, but turns out it was an accident.

Oh, it was confusing you? Although, at first I thought the point would be trying to get people pregnant, but turns out it was an accident.

I think part of it was that I didn't think either of them knew what was going on. But mostly it's literally unthinkable to me that one might not use protection if you meet a guy in a bar. This either makes me very naive, or the product of a really good sex education program. I don't know which.

They did mention later that condoms aren't 100% effective, so I sort of got the notion that they did use a condom, but whoops!

I am so done with Kenley. I want to give her a piece of my mind sometimes. I dunno, her head is just a little too big for my liking... plus, Tim Gunn is like God of Parsons, why wouldn't you listen to him? Aye yai yai.

Yeah, I keep hoping she'll wind up on the bottom now, just to knock that arrogance out of her.

They got to a planet and Rose got infected with something that made her mute. And turned her hair black, turning her into a emo kid. Something like that.

*blinks*

I tried opening your brain to take a look inside, but I was repelled by all the singing munchkins.

Lalalalalala!

Meh, I kept rolling my eyes during Fringe so many times I feared of becoming cross-eyed by the end of the episode. I don't think I'll be sticking with that for long either (though the father/son plotline interests me).

My main problem with that show is... it looks so artificial, in a way The X-Files didn't. Like they're saying, "Hi, look at us, we're so cool, you know we are, don't you? DON'T YOU?" It kind of makes an opposite effect and makes me want to run for the door.

And wtf at that dream. I guess the long break inbetween the episodes does that to you. o_O

My main problem with that show is... it looks so artificial, in a way The X-Files didn't. Like they're saying, "Hi, look at us, we're so cool, you know we are, don't you? DON'T YOU?" It kind of makes an opposite effect and makes me want to run for the door.

It does suffer from that, doesn't it? Like the overly-dramatic music cues. And lots of concerned staring at things. :D

And wtf at that dream. I guess the long break inbetween the episodes does that to you. o_O

Apparently!

It does suffer from that, doesn't it? Like the overly-dramatic music cues. And lots of concerned staring at things. :D

I guess if I were 10 years old, it would actually work but somehow I doubt that was the target audience. I mean, this is the man who created LOST, for Pete's sake! Maybe he is upset he doesn't get to use a lot of CGI there because they're on an island, so he went a little overexcited here. I have a feeling it will be like, "No, don't do that. No, really, just... don't." all the time. :D

Yeah. And the big block letters still crack me up.

Mainly because they look kinda pastede on yey. :D

Totally. :D

Fringe is unbelievably boring. I ended up reading manga while listening to the second episode.

The only character remotely interesting is the mad and odd scientist.

first remark was to wonder how Rose could still look 22 and have 5 kids of varying ages. And then I woke up.

That is a truly awesome dream.

Fringe is unbelievably boring. I ended up reading manga while listening to the second episode.

The only character remotely interesting is the mad and odd scientist.

He's fairly interesting. Not enough to save the show for me though.

That is a truly awesome dream.

:D

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