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craigoxbrowBy the power of getting S1 in a charity shop and borrowing S2 from Chris, I am now more than halfway through all available Fringe.
It's pretty much "What if The X Files answered a decent number of the questions it raised?" - The Series.
"Mad scientists did it!" being the main answer, including the "mad scientists From Beyond!" subset. It explains vampires, werewolves, ghosts and the like in the first season alone, like aliens in Doctor Who. Their clearup rate is higher too - if guest stars don't die in the pre-credits they actually stand a fair chance of surviving.
Funny, good with callbacks and ongoing plot strands but not too buried in its mythology, and occasionally grotesque.
Biggest weird-out moment yet is a cameo in S2. That, or the behind-the-scenes extras where we hear just how Aussie John Noble actually is.
Somewhat more game-related talk here.
It's pretty much "What if The X Files answered a decent number of the questions it raised?" - The Series.
"Mad scientists did it!" being the main answer, including the "mad scientists From Beyond!" subset. It explains vampires, werewolves, ghosts and the like in the first season alone, like aliens in Doctor Who. Their clearup rate is higher too - if guest stars don't die in the pre-credits they actually stand a fair chance of surviving.
Funny, good with callbacks and ongoing plot strands but not too buried in its mythology, and occasionally grotesque.
Biggest weird-out moment yet is a cameo in S2. That, or the behind-the-scenes extras where we hear just how Aussie John Noble actually is.
Somewhat more game-related talk here.
