[Mandy]

The FRINGE Discussion Thread

* The 'FRINGE' Discussion Thread - Part #1

PRODUCTION COMPANIES
Warner Bros. Television
Bad Robot Productions

EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS
J.J. Abrams
Roberto Orci
Alex Kurtzman
Bryan Burk
Jeff Pinkner
Alex Graves (pilot)

WRITERS
J.J. Abrams
Roberto Orci
Alex Kurtzman

DIRECTOR
Alex Graves

CAST
Anna Torv as Olivia Dunham
Joshua Jackson as Peter Bishop
John Noble as Walter Bishop
Lance Reddick as Phillip Broyles
Kirk Acevedo as Charlie Francis
Mark Valley as John Scott
Blair Brown as Nina Sharp
Jasika Nicole as Astrid Farnsworth


Fringe Plot Outline
From J.J. Abrams ("Lost"), Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman, the team behind "Star Trek," "Mission: Impossible III" and "Alias," comes a new drama that will thrill, terrify and explore the blurring line between science fiction and reality.

Pilot
When a Flight 627 lands with all the passengers and crew dead, FBI Agent Olivia Dunham is called into investigate. A search for someone to help leads her to Dr. Walter Bishop, our generation's Einstein. There's only one catch: He's been institutionalized for the last 20 years, and the only way to question him requires pulling his estranged son, Peter, into help. Under Agent Phillip Broyles, our trio will discover that what happened on that fatal flight is only a small piece of a larger, more shocking truth.

Writers: J.J. Abrams, Alex Kurtzman, and Roberto Orci
Director: Alex Graves

Official Fringe Promo Trailer I
Official Fringe Promo Trailer II



Season Premiere Date
Tuesday, Sept. 9
8:00-10:00 PM - FRINGE (2-Hour Series Premiere)

[IloveJosh]

Thanks for the new thread, Mandy!

This is going to be a super hit!

[Meluffy]

it sure is! I just saw the premiere and OMG cant wait for more! Josh is smoking hot and so good in his role and the story seems awesome! JJ Abrams sure is good with those kind of stuff!

TFTNT Mandy!

[ScarletGirl]

FYI, "Fringe" starts filming next week.

[notdatbigyet]

Thanks for starting this new thread, Mandy.

Scarlet, thanks for letting us now.

Hee! All New Yorkers, hope you'll see JJ in person.

[Ten My Love]

The FRINGE site has added a few more symbols to its legion of indecipherables. Besides the leaf with the triangle in it and the six-fingered hand, etc. etc., they have added a speckled frog with the Greek letter phi on its back and a daisy which has as one of its petals either an insect wing or a maple tree seed. (I'm gonna need some spoon-feeding to figure out all this stuff!)

"Find the pattern..."

[Meluffy]

Do you have a link for the site? I would like to check it out to see what's the game playing there

I wish i would live in NYC

[Ten My Love]

Meluffy, I just went to fox.com and clicked on Fringe.

Also, something I hadn't noticed before, in between the fade in/fade out of all the symbols, they've added the word "calculating". Hmm.

[Mandy]

It's calculating and when you mouse over the highlighted feature on the symbols, it's the Fibonacci sequence

The official website is found here: FOX Broadcasting Company

You can view all the HQ video clips (that are airing on TV) of the various symbols within apples, leafs, etc. below:

FOX: FRINGE

Per this article:

Buster Design Goes "Beyond the Fringe" With New Animation Promo Campaign for FOX - ShootOnline

For the on-air tease animation promotion for "Fringe," Buster worked from the initial graphic symbols found in nature that had been developed by the internal design team at FOX. These symbols are key points for viewers to key into, and to tap into the show's science and nature themed premise. Buster developed a number of 10-second on-air tease animations which have been seen on FOX Television since mid June. Says Jonas Morganstein, Buster's Executive Creative Director and Executive Producer, "When Michael Vamosy and Justin Owens from FOX showed us their print campaign for 'Fringe,' we knew their approach would translate well to on-air. The print campaign features a series of elements found in nature, like a leaf or an apple, that appear to look normal at first. But after closer inspection, you realize there are incongruous elements in the imagery – a geometric pattern in the leaf and two human embryos inside the apple. To translate these concepts into a series of 10-second teaser promos, we decided to create that same sense of surreal discovery, by opening the visuals on a normal (though eerie) scene, and then slowly revealing a tweaked/unusual detail. Our challenge was to amp up the show's promise of mysterious storytelling, while keeping the imagery subtle enough for the viewer to say, 'Woa– did I just see what I think I saw?" Michael Vamosy, Senior Vice President, Design, FOX, "Buster did a great job of bringing our 'Fringe' icons to life. We've been using these icons in an interesting and mysterious way to lure viewers into the show with a visual puzzle. By seeing these elements move and listening to the sound design that Buster created for us, our viewers get a chance to react to them in a whole new way." Said Justin Owens, Director, Broadcast Design, FOX, "Buster took the already intriguing and mysterious icons from 'Fringe' to a whole new level. They pushed past the expected and delivered, well, the unexpected. They not only helped to graphically build the entrance to the rabbit hole, but helped send viewers right down it as well." Kurt Spenser, Buster Creative Director & Head of Production, adds that, "Michael Vamosy and Justin Owens always stand at the forefront of exciting new promotional ideas. It's an honor to be right there with them on this campaign. The new 'Fringe' franchise will no doubt break new ground not just on television, but across all media, and it's awesome to be part of that creative team at the early stages."

If you have problems viewing the videos via the link above, they're now on YouTube:

[jen4ever]

Thanks for all that, Mandy!

[JamieScott]

Thanks for the new thread and videos, Mandy!

[Meluffy]

thanx Mandy, this is really awesome and interesting! can't wait to see more of those!

[IloveJosh]

Thanks so much for posting those vids, Mandy!

[Meluffy]

on the site there are also the hand/finger thing (which i didnt even see at first thats creepy) and the flower one! it makes me curious! lol

[Mandy]

On IMDB, someone posted some filming locations in NYC for next week:

I saw signs posted up today that Fringe is filming in Brooklyn on Monday (July 7) morning. Signs are on Lafayette St, bet. St. James (Hall) St. and Grand Av, in front of the main entrance to Pratt Institute.