Fringe Available on Amazon and iTunes

Fringe is now available on Amazon's Video On Demand (formerly Amazon Unbox) and iTunes for $1.89/$1.99 per episode.

Fringe Pilot: Leaked Epiosde vs. Final Cut

When the Fringe pilot episode was "leaked" onto the internet back in June, J.J. Abrams and crew were quick to point out that the editing was not finished, scenes were missing, and different music would be used. Interestingly, even the "final cut" version we received in the Fringe Press Kit was slightly different from the broadcast. The run times were about the same, so what were the changes?

A lot of very minor edits were scattered throughout, mainly tightening up scenes. For example, some dialogue from an earlier scene between Charlie and Olivia was cut.

The opening title sequence was completely new (you can see the original version here).

Four big changes were added to the story line:

• Olivia tears up seeing John for the first time after the explosion, reinforcing her feelings for him
  
• The entire Steig interrogation scene with Oliva Dunham and Jack Bauer Peter Bishop
• Most of the audio from Steig's tape recorder
• The scene where the dead Agent Scott is wheeled away into the "Leaf" room

Also added was the glyph sequence at the very end, which may be some sort of key to hidden Easter Eggs.

Massive Dynamic not only changed names (from Massic Dynamics), they changed locations. The original building was modeled after the The Royal Ontario Museum, where as the new building is a typical New York skyscraper.

The Synaptic Transfer sequence has subtle changes, mostly a darker mood. The inscription on the Kayak changed from CONSTANT 1.61803 to ZENO, the tombstone changed from BLANK to HE'S NOT DEAD, and the screen monitoring John and Olivia got a makeover (although you can still see the old screen in some shots)

Nina Sharp's robotic are got a slight makeover, making it a little more see-through.

Fringe Digest: A Summary Of What You Might Have Missed?

Video: BuddyTV's Fringe set visit with Jasika Nicole.

Free Stuff: NiceGirlsTV is giving away Fringe swag from their Comic-Con visit. All you have to do is leave a comment.

Fringe Pilot Encore: "On Sunday, Sept. 14 (8:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) FOX presents a Sunday night like no other. The evening kicks off with an exclusive first look at an extended scene from the highly anticipated film “The Day The Earth Stood Still,” followed by a preview of 24: REDEMPTION, the two-hour special event airing this November on FOX. Immediately after the exclusive previews, the series premiere of FRINGE will encore, followed by an exclusive preview of the not-to-be-missed, heart-pounding first four minutes of the series’ second episode."

Viral:

MassiveDynamic.com went live and it's HUGE.

A screencap from the Pilot reveals a new viral website, GlowingMonkeys.com, and it's HUGE too.

...speaking of Easter Eggs: There's more where that came from.

More Free Stuff: In case you missed the Pilot, it is available in HD at Fox On Demand.

The Reviews: Speak for themselves.

The Ratings: TV By The Numbers - "The premiere of Fox’s Fringe averaged 9 million viewers and a demo adults 18-49 rating of 3.2 to lead Fox to a nightly 18-49 demo win with an average demo rating of 2.9 and the 18-34 demo win with an average rating of 2.4. Some posters in our earlier thread expressed disappointment in those numbers, but I think Fringe’s permanent 9PM home following House will likely boost its numbers starting next week. Update: The Fringe 30 minute breakdown is below and it did build its audience through the show." More...

Did we miss anything?

Fringe Episodes available on FOX in HD

If you forgot to set your TIVO for FRINGE last night, don't worry. The entire episode is now available in "High Definition" at the Fox On Demand website. The quality will vary based on your internet connection speed, and of course there are commercials, but you can watch it full screen, and you can't beat the price - FREE!

You can also watch the episodes here, in the Episodes section.

Fringe Trivia Quiz: Episode 1

I have created a simple Fringe trivia quiz, for the Pilot episode. Leave a message in the comments on what your score was, or you can even post your own Fringe quiz.

Fringe Trivia Quiz: Episode 1 - Pilot

Fringe Viral: GlowingMonkeys.com?

In front of the Massive Dynamics building in New York, the light post was a large sticker that reads www.GlowingMonkeys.com.



The site was registered in June of this year, so it's entirely possible that it is "in-game". There are currently 237 posts, many of which seem to revolve around Fringe science - Large Hadron Collider, Cloning, Dark Matter, etc. That's a lot of posts just to make for a TV show. Could this website actually be a reference for the show's writers, a part of the Viral world, or could it all be a huge coincidence?

Fringe Episode 101 - Pilot

When an international flight lands at Boston's Logan Airport and there are no signs of life, FBI Special Agent Olivia Dunham, a scientist, Walter Bishop, and his son Peter uncover a deadly mystery involving a series of unbelievable events.

How many stars do you give the Pilot?

MassiveDynamic.com site now LIVE!

The FRINGE viral website for Massive Dynamic launched today. The site is HUGE, and reminds me of The Lost Experience's Hanso Foundation website - with lots of information and sections to check out.

The site is broken into five main sections: Aerospace & Transportation, Biological & Medical, Computing & Communications, Energy & Environment, and Life & Leisure.

There's sure to be more there than meets the eye, so check it out, and let us know what you find!

Fringe Series Premiere Tonight!

If you weren't aware that the series premiere of Fringe was tonight... welcome to FringeTelevision.com for the first time!

We've added two new sections to Fringe Television for tonight's debut - Episodes and Screencaps.

The Episodes section will have posts for each week's new Fringe episode, where you can discuss the episode, analyze the clues, and talk with fellow Fringe fans. Check out TheLostCommunity.com for an example of how this will work. Episode posts will be available as soon as the show starts, generally 9/8c, however don't forget tonight's episode starts at 8/7c. The episode section is a spoiler-free zone, so please read the posting guidelines before you begin.

The Screencaps section will be the place to see screenshots of Easter Eggs and clues hidden in the show. As soon as the episode ends, we'll start posting up interesting frames. If you see anything we might have missed, leave a comment in the Screencap Request post, and we'll try to get to it. Head over now, to get a sneak peek at an Easter Egg from tonight's episode.

Also, don't forget to check out the original Fringe Wiki - Fringepedia.net. Fringepedia.net contains a wealth of information about the latest episode, characters, and "The Pattern". Just like Lostpedia or Wikipedia, any one can join and help contribute to the ultimate Fringe Encylopedia.

News Update: Fringe Fresh, Fringe Sunday, Fringe Fans

Listen to an interview of J.J. Abrams on Fresh Air, Life On The 'Fringe'.

TVWeek - Fox Offers Previews of ‘Fringe,’ Feature Films on Sunday:

Fox is doing everything it can to turn Sunday’s encore presentation of the “Fringe” pilot into an event—including offering viewers advance looks at feature films “The Day the Earth Stood Still,” “24: Redemption” and the second episode of “Fringe.”

In an unusual move, Fox will follow Sunday’s 8 p.m. “Fringe” repeat with a broadcast of the first four minutes of the second episode of the series.

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Forbes - Q&A: JJ Abrams Talks 'Fringe':

Your work tends to generate a lot fan interest online--do you read what your viewers write? How has it impacted your story telling?

J.J. Abrams: I do read it. Not all of it, of course, because there's a lot out there. We're living at a time where if you do a Google search for a 'show, review and network,' you'll get The New York Times and Pete Billingsley from a town you've never heard of on the same results page. It's kind of democratizing the process so that everyone has access to a distribution system to express themselves.

It's amazing to me how the consensuses is no longer [garnered from] ripping open the newspaper or getting the printouts from the studio or network, but rather going online and seeing what the people--paid professional, amateur fan, casual viewer--have to say.

How does that impact where you take a story and how you tell a story?

J.J. Abrams: The experience of doing a TV show is a very unique one--and it's one of the reasons that I wanted to do a show again. Unlike a movie, which is sort of a one-off, there's an evolution, an ongoing transformation that happens when you do a TV series. You're always reacting to the stuff that you're seeing, whether it’s the stuff on screen in the editing room or the stuff on screen on your computer at home.

So I wouldn't say the fan's reaction ever dictates anything, but they are not only appreciated and in many ways the reason that we're doing the show, but also people with whom we have a dialogue. We take what they think and what they feel to heart.

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Fringe on MySpace

The MySpace front page has a Fringe theme today, with a cool fringe background, and a new video, titled "Rorschach".

There is also an official Fringe MySpace page: MySpace.com/FringeOnFox

News Update: J.J. Abrams, Blair Brown & Remote Free TV

Advertising Age - 'Remote-Free TV' Debuts With Fox's 'Fringe':

Fox's gambit will let the method stand for an entire season's run of programs. A mock "Remote-Free TV" version of "Fringe" reviewed by Advertising Age doesn't break for an ad until the episode runs for 16 minutes. Only one ad appears. The next break comes at 32 minutes into the program, with two ads. A third break, at 39 minutes, contains two ads and a single promo for a Fox show. Breaks grow more frequent the longer the show goes on; presumably, viewers who have stuck with the plot this deep into the episode will want to stick around and see how the stories end. No ad break contains more than two commercials.

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Hollywood.com - Five Questions for 'Fringe' Creator JJ Abrams:

Hollywood.com: Can you shed some light on Blair Brown’s character [Nina Sharp]?

J.J. Abrams: In the shows that we’ve been working on since the pilot, too, the question of sort of, you know, is she to be trusted? Is she good or bad? She’s sort of the kind of like guru character. She is sort of this amazing font of information and I think that the fun about who she is and what she is obviously will reveal itself as the show goes on, but what I love is the ambiguity of her character, that you think from the beginning this Massive Dynamic company sort of looks like, oh, it’s the big bad conspiracy company, but you start to get a different taste of that as the thing goes on.

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