Orci Snapshots: Fringe Set Mockups

Fringe supervising producer J.R. Orci posted these photos up on his blog. They are scale models of two Fringe sets: The FBI offices and Walter's Lab.

Walter's Lab

The FBI Offices

Fringe Tonight: The Ghost Network

Our unlikely trio investigates a horrific bus incident in which the dead bodies of commuters are frozen inside a bus like insects in amber. Led by the unconventional Dr. Bishop, who requests a piano in the lab to help him process data, the team uncovers a man who has visions of Pattern-related disturbances before they happen, and race to decipher the distraught man's thoughts to prevent another atrocious event from occurring.

Tonight's episode of Fringe is an encore performance (repeat) of The Ghost Network (103). But as the saying goes, if you haven't seen it, it's new to you.

The Ghost Network links:

• Episode discussion can be found over in the Fringe Episodes section
• Screencaps and Easter Eggs are in the Fringe Screencaps section
• Screenshots of the entire episode can be found in the Fringe Gallery
  
• The Ghost Network wiki page is at Fringepedia.net
• Podcasts for this episode are on the Fringe Podcast network
  

The next two weeks will be repeats as well; next week will be The Arrival (104), and the following week is Power Hungry (105).

The next new Fringe episode is Bound (111) on January 20th.

Walter's Lab Notes: Fringe 110

Walter's Lab Notes from Fringe episode 110 Safe, features the severed hand of the botched bank robber Raul Lugo, a photo of Raul stuck in the safe wall, what looks to be a safe deposit box. In the notes, Walter mentions:

• Transcendentalists, who believe the spiritual state 'transcends' the physical and empirical
  
• Ralph Wald Emerson, who was himself prominent transcendentalist
• Ernest Rutherford who devised the planetary model of the atom
• Rutherford's Geiger-Marsden experiment, also known as the Gold Foil experiment, which led to that discovery
• "Space is ample, east and west, But two cannot go abreast" is a quote from Emerson's The Over-soul
• Pythagoras, best know for the Pythagorean theorem, believed in something called the "harmony of the spheres", or Musica universalis. He believed that the planets and stars moved according to mathematical equations, which corresponded to musical notes and thus produced a symphony.

- Project 1069 - Exploration 1 -

The Transcendentalists has the right idea, they merely lacked the technological tools. How did Raph Waldo put it? Oh yes;

Nature shows all things formed and bound. The intellect pierces the form, overlaps the wall, detects intrinsic likeness between remote things, and reduces all things into a few principles.

Or in this case, a few particles. Yet those particles fill less than one percent of the space within the atom, virtually all of it contained within the nucleus. The protons and neutrons themselves consist mostly of space between their constituent up and down quarks. Subatomic vibration (of an origin that I cannot fathom) could in principal disturb the energy fields between, allowing the penetration of other particles through the open doors. To break on through to the other side!

Yet just as some small fraction of Rutherford's electrons failed to pierce the gold foil and bounced back instead, some fraction of the particles within the perpetrators' atoms must have collided with particles in the wall -- resulting, of course, in the release of ionizing radiation! It is perfectly obvious, upon reflection: "Space is ample, east and west, But two cannot go abreast." Although that well-endowed Baltimorean woman might beg to differ. Harmony of the spheres indeed! Pythagoras, you dog.

- Cleveland: homeless man with superfluous nipple hidden beneath his grimy coat
- Baltimore: idle ditty whistled by street vendor, every D was just a little flat
- Philadelphia: fabulous crusty cheesesteak sandwich at Beach and Palmer

So many details, yet none that actually matter! Where oh where have my details gone? Lost -- or stolen. I asked the Summoner if I could search for my errant thoughts in his lost and found, be he refused, said I'd find the missing friars in Satan's hindquarters. Curse him! I know the rule: "cannot build phallic puzzles inside the lab." I still know the numbers, too -- well I damn well should, it's a simple second-order recursive algorithm -- but a mnemonic is worthless without its contents. Like a sad coat rack with empty pegs.

Fringe Dwellers Podcast: Episode 13

Part 1 - The Dreamscape: Jen and Adele reunite to talk about their differing opinions on Dreamscape, their shared Nina feelings, and how scary butterflies really can be.

Part 2 - Safe: Jen and Adele discuss the tenth episode, Safe. They wrap thier minds around wall sandwiches, Mr Jones' return, Loeb's motivations and the manifestation of John's memories in Olivia.

Show notes are available at the Fringe Dwellers homepage.

Part 1 - The Dreamscape:


Part 2 - Safe:


You can also subscribe to the Fringe Dwellers podcast on iTunes.

If you have a comment or question for Adele & Jen, you can email them at fringedwellers@gmail.com. You can also leave a voicemail for them at (206) 333-0072, or reach them on Twitter as fringedwellers, or Facebook as Gene the Cow Worshippers

For more Fringe podcasts, check out the Fringe Podcast Network.

Fringe Nominated For WGA Awards

The nominations keep piling on... this time from the Writers Guild of America (yes, that WGA...).

Fringe was nominated for two WGA 2009 Awards:

BEST NEW SERIES

Fringe, Written by JJ Abrams, Jason Cahill, Julia Cho, David H. Goodman, Felicia Henderson, Brad Caleb Kane, Alex Kurtzman, Darin Morgan, J.R. Orci, Roberto Orci, Jeff Pinkner, Zack Whedon; Fox

Also nominated: Breaking Bad, In Treatment, Life on Mars, True Blood

BEST LONG FORM – ORIGINAL (over one hour – one or two parts, one or two airing times)

“Pilot” (Fringe), Written by JJ Abrams & Alex Kurtzman & Roberto Orci; Fox

Also nominated: An American Crime, Recount

The 2009 Writers Guild Awards takes place on February 7, 2009, in Los Angeles and New York.

Vote For Fringe: Best New Fall Show 2008

TV.com has a Best of 2008 poll, and Fringe has been nominated for Best New Fall Show 2008. Currently Fringe is in a neck and neck race with True Blood (90210 and The Mentalist in a very very distant 3rd and 4th place.) It doesn't say how long the voting period last, but make sure to vote early, and often!

Also, Don't forget Fringe was also nominated for a People's Choice Award, and there is only two days left to vote.

Fringe Scenemaker 110: Safe

Scenemaker is a behind-the-scenes look at the making of Fringe. This episode shows the making of the Olivia kidnapping scene in Safe.

You can watch previous episode's scenemaker videos here.

The Observer: Catch Him If You Can

Fox has released a series of videos, confirming the hidden location of The Observer in each Fringe episode, with the exception of The Observer-centric episode The Arrival, and his recent appearance in Safe. I have compiled all the videos together into this one clip, but you can also watch them individually in the FOX YouTube channel.

We have been tracking the Observer since the beginning in our Screencaps section, along with other Easter Eggs, including hidden Massive Dynamic logos, and the Next Episode Clues (clues hidden in each episode which foreshadow what will happen in the next episode.)

Fringe Episode 110: Safe

While investigating a series of bank robberies, Olivia, Walter and Peter are shocked to find one of the suspects inexplicably trapped inside a vault wall as if it solidified around him. Walter realizes that the high-tech thieves have figured out a way to defy the law of physics and that, much to his dismay, the crooks are after something of his. As the ongoing investigation unfolds and the mystery deepens, the perilous situation climaxes when a member of the trio is ambushed.

Dr. Bishop vs. Dr. House

This amusing clip features Dr. Walter Bishop from Fringe, and Dr. Gregory House from House.

Exclusive: Chance Kelly Interview

We recently had the opportunity to talk with Chance Kelly, who plays rogue FBI Agent Mitchell Loeb on Fringe. Chance was on the set, filming the episode we will see after the break - Bound on January 20th. He discussed what it's like to work on Fringe, and gave some interesting insight into his character - that maybe his character might end up being a good guy, and the reason for shooting Joanne Ostler:

That broad might have had it coming, kidnapping little kids...

Listen Now:


We would like to thank Chase Kelly for his time, and to Jen and Adele of the Fringe Dwellers Podcast (The official podcast of FringeTelevsion!) for conducting and recording this interview for us.

Fringebusters: The Dreamscape

Each week, Popular Mechanics brings in experts to analyzes the science of Fringe, and separate the science fact from the science fiction.

For the latest episode of Fringe, "The Dreamscape," their resident brain expert tackles the memory-erasing experiment and fatal hallucinations.

PopularMechanics.com: How Fringe Gets Memory Science Wrong: Hollywood Fact vs. Fiction