Exclusive: Fringe PaleyFest09 Round-table Interview

The Target-exclusive edition of the Fringe: The Complete First Season DVD came with an extra disc featuring video from the Fringe round-table discussion at PaleyFest09.

The panel was moderated by Ken Tucker from Entertainment Weekly, and features J.J. Abrams, Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman, Jeff Pinkner, Bryan Burk, Anna Torv, Joshua Jackson, and John Noble.

While other panels at PayelFest09 are available for purchase on iTunes, this is the first time the Fringe panel has been available anywhere.

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You can also watch all the videos together in the FringeTelevision YouTube channel.

Fringe Season 2 Publicity Photo Shoot

A behind-the-scenes look at the Fringe Season 2 "Photocast" publicity photo shoot.

It's interesting to see how some of the S2 promotional photos and S2 posters were shot. As suspected, the group shots were photoshopped together.

Fringe & Bones 'Answers Are Coming' Commercial in HD

Here is the new Fringe & Bones "Answers Are Coming" Commercial.

Head over to the FringeTelevision YouTube channel to watch it in full HD.

Fringe in SciFi Magazine

The October issue of SciFi magazine features a story on Fringe, in their Fall TV Preview section.

Fringe Blu-ray Contest: Tweet My Fringe

We have one Blu-Ray edition of Fringe: The Complete First Season to giveaway, courtesy of the Warner Bros. Blu-ray Facebook page - www.facebook.com/warnerblu.

For your chance to win, write a Twitter-style summary of a Fringe episode - in 140 characters or less. Extra points for a "Twoosh" - a summary that is exactly 140 characters long.

You can choose any season one episode you like, but you need to start your summary with the full name of the episode, followed by a colon. For example:

Pilot: FBI Agent Olivia Dunham recruits mental patient Dr. Walter Bishop and son Peter to investigate a plane with dead passengers and crew.

Boom! 140 characters exactly. Since you have a limited amount of words, you should probably at least cover the "A-story", i.e. the Pattern event of the week. You can find summaries and complete recaps of every Fringe episode at the ultimate Fringe wiki - Fringepedia.net.

Email your summaries to FringeS1BlurayContest@FringeTelevision.com before midnight of September 16th. Entries will be judged on length, content, and creativity. Good Luck!

Official Contest Rules

• Contest open to US residents only.
• Summary must start with episode title: and be 140 characters or less (including title).
  
• Emails must be sent to FringeS1BlurayContest@FringeTelevision.com
• Please include your real name and phone number in the email (I will only call you if you win
  
• Entries not following these rules may be ineligible to win.
  
• Contest ends at 11:59 pm EDT on September 16th.
  

Blu-ray Exclusive: Fringe Pattern Analysis

One of the exclusive features found only on the Blu-ray edition of Fringe Season 1, is the "Fringe Pattern Analysis", which mixes Fringe's science with expert commentary, show notes, photos, and diagrams. There are six different episodes that are analyzed. Here is the FPA from the Fringe episode "The Transformation".

Fringe Gag Reel: Unusual Side Effects

Here is the "Unusual Side Effects" blooper video from the Fringe Season 1 Blu-ray / DVD, which went on sale today.

UPDATE: Flickr user larissalsf has some great screenshots from this video.

Fringe Season 1 DVD and Blu-Ray Out Today

The Fringe Season 1 Blu-ray & DVDs come out today. But, before you head off to your local video store, you may want to consider your "exclusive bonus" options.

Best Buy is featuring an exclusive mini-comic book.

UPDATE: The comic book is essentially a combination of the Fringe Preview Comic from ComicCon 08, some of the Fringe Preview Comic profiles (Charlie, John Scott, and Nina are missing...), and the first Bishop & Bell comic - "Like Minds".

Target is including a bonus DVD which includes the 30 minute Q&A session at PaleyFest 09. You can see a 5-minute preview of the video at the PaleyFest website


If you are planning to order from Amazon, you can order them here:

• Fringe Season 1 DVD
• Fringe Season 1 Blu-Ray
  

The DVD box set is very nicely packaged. The slip-cover features a lenticular design that changes between the faces and the symbols when you look at it from different angles. The actual DVDs are housed in a plastic case that allows you to flip throught the seven discs (eight with the bonus DVD). Each of the DVDs are adorned with one of the Fringe Symbols. There is also a 16 page episode guide booklet, with photos and brief summaries.

The Blu-ray is packaged identically to the DVD, with the exception that there are only 5 discs instead of 7. (you don't get the smoke, hand, or apple)

Secrets of Fringe: A Look Ahead to Season 2

On this episode of "Secrets of Fringe", executive producer Jeff Pinkner talks about what to expect in season 2.

Fringe Commercial - Extended Paranoia in HD

Here is an extended version of the Fringe "Paranoia" commercial, with more footage of the first two episodes of Fringe Season 2.

Head over to the FringeTelevision YouTube channel to watch it in HD.

Also, I have uploaded some of the more interesting spoilery screenshots to FringeSpoilers.com.

Fringe Crossword Puzzle Solved

The Fringe crossword puzzle from The New York News paper has been solved.

Click here to see the solution

There don't appear to be any hidden Easter eggs, but there are some Fringe-related clues. Some of the interesting answers: Clone, Cryo, Nano, Gene [the cow], Empath [Inner Child], Virus [Bound], Bell [William], Mutate [The Transformation], Brane & String [String Theory], Max [Planck - founder of Quantum Theory].

* Special thanks to Alyson & DocH for sending in the completed crossword!

William Bell's New York Post Newspaper

The Season 1 finale of Fringe "There Is More Than One Of Everything" featured a look into the alternate reality where William Bell is living (hiding?). Bell's office, located in NYC's World Trade Center, suggests that events in this Earth Prime have played out a little differently than in our reality. The most powerful example in Bell's world: instead of the Twin Towers being destroyed on 9/11, it was the White House.

The newspaper shown on William Bell's desk hints at some other "roads not taken". Included in the Fringe Season 2 press kit was a 4-page replica of the newspaper from another world. Below are scans/photos of the entire paper. The "New York News" contains the following alternate realities. There are too many items to cover individually, but some of the more intersting ones are:

• Former Pres. Kenedy to Address UN - John F. Kennedy is still alive, set to talk to UN about "ex-deceased citizens"
  
• NTSB Withholds transcript from Flight 718 Black Box - Flight 718 was the plane that crashed in the Fringe episode The Transformation.
• Kelvin Genetics Moves HQ to Manhattan - Kelvin Genetics is the company that Dr. Walter Bishop worked for with William Bell.
• Weather Report - "No corrective action by NWS expected" - Weather can now be controlled by the government
• Cartoon - Solar, Wind, and Oil made obsolete by Zero-Point Energy - an alternate energy source developed by Massive Dynamic.
• Genetically Engineered pets
• FDA approves facial landscaping - a facial reconstruction technique developed by Intrepus. David Esterbrook, the R&D officer at Intrepus is also mentioned. Intrepus and Esterbrook can be seen in the Fringe episode The Cure.
• Star Trek is still the top movie at the box office :)
• Daily Horoscopes - all seem to apply to Olivia Dunham...
• Massive Dynamic Ad - There's no mention of the R.E.M. pod on the Massive Dynamic website...
  
• Crossword Puzzle - If anyone wants to solve this and send in the answers, maybe there are some clues hidden in it?
• Bar code - The bar code on the back page is 09172009 002 - as in 9/17/2009, Season 2