When Fringe was first announced and described, everyone at once said, "X-Files?".

 

It seems like J.J. Abrams, Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci's names come up everyday.  J.J. Abrams is the director of the new Star Trek film, he's also been behind LOST and Cloverfield among other hits.  Kurtzman and Orci is the team that penned Trek as well as Transformers one and two.  They're also behind Eagle Eye starring Shia LaBeouf which comes out this Friday.  It should be obvious by those credits that those men are very talented in their line of work; so what is ahead of that team?  In this particular case is the new FOX television series Fringe.  It's the end of the weekend and I've finally been able to watch the first two episodes.  Lead by FBI agent Olivia Dunham played by Anna Torv, a team investigates unknown and unexplained phenomena with a scientist and his son.  John Noble is Dr. Walter Bishop, an institutionalize scientist that was recruited by Dunham and the FBI to help investigate something his research might have caused.  Along for the ride and to make sure his father doesn't do anything crazy is Peter Bishop played by Joshua Jackson.  So is Fringe another X-Files?  No, its not but the similarities are there.  Overall however, Fringe is its own show.  As usual, here are my thoughts:

 

Likes:

Dislikes:

I'm really into this show.  I've loved what I've seen in the first two episodes and I'm expecting I'm going to love the rest of the season.  Fringe is really creepy, funny and intense.  It has an X-Files vibe but it becomes it's own television series with its excellent cast.  If you haven't had a chance to see Fringe yet, I suggest you try it out.  You might be pleasantly surprise how good this show is.  It might actually be the best new show of this year or at least in my book but there is still more new television shows I haven't seen yet.  There's some critics that have said that Fringe isn't that good but as you can tell I don't agree.  As for my part I think Fringe is great but I also really liked Bionic Woman... we know how that went.  So that's it, I don't have much more to say than that.  When more episodes air, I'll post more of my thoughts.  As of now, I'm more interested in what you think of Fringe.  You guys usually have better thought out opinions than I, so fire away.