Fringe Observiews 4.15 A Short Story About Love

Welcome to the Observiews for Season 4 of Fringe. I call them Observiews because they are more visual observations than deep thinking reviews, if that makes sense.

Screen caps from this episode are taken from fringefiles.com. Dialog is from fringepedia.net/transcripts.

All observations are mine and therefore could be totally off the wall and/or wrong. I have not read or looked at any recaps or reviews. I could also have missed a few things, oh well…

4.15 A Short Story About Love

I want to start off with this because I think it was so cool that Fox allowed that.
Birdandbear and Fringenuity – you guys rock!

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Fox fuels Twitter trail to 'Fringe'

Posted: Thu., Mar. 29, 2012, 4:15pm PT
Fox fuels Twitter trail to 'Fringe'
Net to continue on-air stunt aimed at social media users

By Andrew Wallenstein

Fox is bringing together Twitter and TV in an unusual bid to rally the "Fringe" faithful.

The network has decided to extend for the rest of the season an on-air stunt tried during last Friday's episode that sent the series trending on the popular social-media platform.

Fox planted the mysterious phrase "#whereyoubelong" as the Twitter hashtag that appears in the lower right of the screen throughout the episode instead of the title of the series. Perhaps only diehard "Fringe" fans recognized that the phrase -- an allusion to a plot point -- was the latest attempt to get attention for the series on Twitter by the series' cult following, collectively known as Fringenuity.

Now Fox is going to pick a new Fringenuity-inspired phrase to use as a hashtag each week for the remaining seven episodes. That way "Fringe" fans can drive a clearly identifiable spike in social media traffic beginning precisely one hour before the series airs on the East Coast. The March 23 stunt was good enough to get #whereyoubelong trending both in the U.S. and worldwide, not to mention finishing fourth among TV series-related social messages for the week behind only "American Idol," "Dancing With the Stars" and "The Voice," according to Bluefin Labs.

Read Andrew Wallenstein's complete Variety post here.
 
(fo note:Fringedom, it looks like you've already started to "change your world." Keep it coming!)

Fringe Twitter and GetGlue Campaign For 416, "Nothing As It Seems"-#ChangeYourWorld

Fringe Twitter and GetGlue Campaign for 416, "Nothing As It Seems"-#ChangeYourWorld

The last Fringe Twitter and GetGlue campaign, sponsored by Fringenuity on March 23rd was quite successful.
Thanks to Fox Broadcasting's help, for the first time in the show's history the entire episode aired with the Fringenuity hash tag "WhereYouBelong on the screen instead of #Fringe!
There are lots of awesome statistics that emerged from this event, read more here.

Fringe Television is proud to support Fringenuity's efforts to promote "Fringe" in as many social media venues as possible, and asks for your help.
Tomorrow night we want to continue our social media domination, and the Fringedom wants to try to get the hash tag #ChangeYourWorld to trend on Twitter starting at 8PM Eastern.

Please note the start time to tweet is 1 hour LATER than previously, in an effort to increase our chances of trending. That's 1 hour before the new episode airs, and then again at 8PM Pacific time.

Why keep tweeting? Because we know that ratings isn't just about Nielsen boxes anymore. TV networks and their contractors pay attention to which TV shows are 'socially-active' and our show Fringe is very socially-active on Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, and other venues.

Why continue this effort? Last Friday's event catapaulted Fringe in multiple social media platforms, and we need to keep Fringe visible in these platforms in the weeks ahead, especially with the ongoing FOX/Warner Brothers negotiaions for a Season 5.

Please consider joining in tomorrow night at 8PM Eastern and 8PM Pacific to support your favorite show by signing into Twitter and using the #ChangeYourWorld hash tag.

If you are not familiar with Twitter, you can create an new account rather painlessly at http://www.twitter.com/.

For more information on this week's special Fringe Twitter event visit the Fringenuity website here.

You can also adopt a special icon from 4 lovely sets for this event by clicking here.
Please note this week there are also 2 banners you can use. Just click on the link in blue above.


Just a reminder: Please do not tweet with the #ChangeYourWorld hash tag until 8PM Eastern, to increase the likelihood of trending! And volume helps, so tweet slowly, and tweet often after the start time Friday night!

Let's dominate Twitter Friday night, and make our hash tag and our show trend worldwide!


***ButWait! There's more!***

Another social network platform that needs our attention on Friday nights is GetGlue.com.
If you are not familiar with getglue.com it is a very clever advertising site married to social networking.
GetGlue merges fans with their interests, and their interests' sponsors.

If you have a GetGlue account you can "check-in" to Fringe. The shows that get the most check-ins are highly visible to the networks and the show's sponsors. As a matter of fact Joshua Jackson and Fringe were ranking quite highly this week already!

It is recommended you start checking into GetGlue closer to the start time of Fringe to increase the chance of trending there.

You can also look up Fringe's sponsors on GetGlue, check-in to them, ie. Nissan Leaf, Sprint, etc., and thank them for supporting Fringe. Think it doesn't make a difference? Guess again.

For the last few weeks, due to our GetClue check-ins, the Nissan Leaf was one of the most checked-in sponsors on the site.

Let’s make it a combined effort to not only check-in to the show, but to also check-in to the show’s advertisers and comment, “Thank You for your support of Fringe! @FringeOnFox”

If you don’t have a Getglue account, make one at http://www.getglue.com/.


You can post your check-ins to Twitter and/or Facebook.
The more activity, the better, as this may also get other Fringies involved in the GetGlue check-ins.

GetGlue also has convenient mobile phone aps for iphone, Android, and Blackberry.

THE BOTTOM LINE: Please, enjoy the new episode tomorrow night, and support high visibility of your show by tweeting on Twitter with the special hash tag, and checking into Fringe at getglue.com and thanking at least 1 of Friday night's many sponsors. Your efforts will not go unrewarded, and may help increase our chances of getting a Season 5.

Fringedom, the time is now! If you want your Season 5, Watch "Nothing As It Seems" LIVE tomorrow night, and join in this Twitter/GetGlue event!
Make sure FOX Broadcasting and the Fringe sponsors know that you want another season of FRINGE!!

Fringe 416 Sneak Peek #2:"Nothing As It Seems"

Here's a second new preview video for upcoming episode 416, titled "Nothing As It Seems" which airs this Friday on FOX.

Fans Ask Fringe: Joshua Jackson on Pecoln

Joshua Jackson answers a fan question in this latest Fans Ask Fringe interview:

"For those of us who ship Peter/Lincoln (Pecoln), any good news for us?" - Buffyundercover / Larissa

If you would like to get your own questions answered, send a tweet to ‏ @jonxproductions with the hashtag #FansAskFringe

Fringe FBI Podcast Season 4 Episode 15

Frea, Jan, Lou, & Maximus get together after each Fringe episode in this temporarily constructed shared reality known as a podcast to discuss the Fourth Season of Fringe.

'A Short Story About Love'

 AKA
Peter & Olivia Convergence Crippled By Creepy COTW  
 Agenda:
1) Intros

2) Episode Easter Eggs  

3) Quick Thoughts 

4) RoundTable 

5) Ep Rating - out of 10 Genes

Intro Music: Intro - 'Boy Inside The Man' - Tom Cochrane - Symphony Sessions

Exit Music: Chorus -  'Boy Inside The Man' - Tom Cochrane - Symphony Sessions

Leave us feedback here or on Twitter:

Frea - @Frea_O

Jan - @happydayz3

Lou - @olddarth

Maximus - @mxpw999

Jan's Fringe Recaps can be found at NiceGirlsTV

FBI Inc Podcast graphics designed by Frea_O

On the run all the time? A commuter? Listen to our portable version
via iTunes - Alternate Reality Version.

Beyond The Fringe Comic #5: Chapter A

DC Comics has released the ninth comic in the "Beyond The Fringe" direct-to-digital series.

Beyond The Fringe #5: Chapter A was written by Jhonen Vasquez, is available now for $0.99 via Comixology.com.

Here is the official description:

Ghost Writer - Part 1

"Ghost Writer" is a two-part story written by acclaimed animation and comic book creator Jhonen Vasquez and drawn by award-winning comic artist Becky Cloonan. When Nina Sharp's arm appears to be acting on its own, it may have a connection to experiments conducted by Walter Bishop and William Bell back in the 1970s. Continued in BEYOND THE FRINGE Chapter 6A.

Order "Beyond The Fringe" here

Fringe Review: A Short Story About Love

“It’s every human being’s right to know love.”

Alan Carr locked his victims in what appeared to be an iron lung crossed with a ricer in order to distill their pheromones and experience the love of his victims’ partners for a few brief moments. While his deeds were despicable, it was impossible not to sympathize with him and his silent, conversation-less existence: he rarely spoke and was rarely spoken to. He was quietly, desperately, lonely.

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Fringe 416 Preview: "Nothing As It Seems"

Here is the preview from the end of "A Short Story About Love" for the Fringe episode "Nothing As It Seems", which airs on FRIDAY, March 30th at 9:00PM on FOX.

Head over to the FringeTelevision YouTube channel (and click the "pop out" button) to watch it in full-sized HD.

Screenshots from this preview can be viewed at FringeFiles.com.

Fringe Glyph Code in "A Short Story About Love"

The Glyphs code in the Fringe episode "The End Of All Things" spelled out QUILL.

For more information on the Fringe Glyphs, check out Fringepedia's Glyph / Symbols page, which has all the previous glyphs and codes.

Joshua Jackson and Executive Producer Joel Wyman Live Tweeting on Twitter After Tonight's Episode!

As if you didn't have enough great reasons to participate in the Fringe Twitter/GetGlue campaign tonight, hosted by Fringenuity, I give you a few more!

Two days ago, executive producer Joel Wyman dropped by at Twitter(and we always love it) and answered many fan questions. One fan asked if he would be live tweeting after the airing of episode 415 tonight. Joel posted the following:
" I will. Barring any unforeseen circumstances. For sure."

At 10PM last night Joshua Jackson, who plays Peter Bishop on our favorite show, started tweeting on Twitter. That's right! Joshua Jackson has a Twitter account and has been quite actively tweeting since 10PM Eastern US time last night.

Of course many Fringe fans were skeptical that @VancityJax was the real Joshua Jackson, so executive producer Joel Wyman appeared and tweeted the following around 3AM Eastern:
JOEL WYMAN ‏ @JWFRINGE
 Popping on to say @vancityjax is the great Josh Jackson. It's true. 'Night!


Now, in addition to joining Fringe fans on Twitter last night and today in between filming on the set in Vancouver, Josh tweeted the following reply when asked if he was going to live tweet during episode 415 tonight:
"as much as I can. I'll be at work, but I'm going to join @JWFRINGE in the fun."

So Fringe fans, I present you two more reasons to get onto Twitter tonight after episode 415 ends:
Joel Wyman and Joshua Jackson.

(And please be aware that Jasika Nicole sometimes joins us as well as long time fan Rebecca Mader, and past guest actress Michelle Krusiec.)

If you are not familiar with Twitter you can make an account here: http://www.twitter.com/.

Fringe Episode 415: "A Short Story About Love"

BREATHTAKING EVENTS UNFOLD

Following the recent shocking revelations and emotional events, Peter weighs his options as the Fringe team investigates a killer targeting love

Happy Fringe Friday! Fringe returns tonight with 8 new episodes in a row, leading up to the Fringe season 4 finale on May 11!

During tonight's episode, you can chat LIVE in the Fringe Chat Room, and help promote Fringe by tweeting about the episode using this week's hashmark #WhereYouBelong (don't use any other #hashtags!), plus please add the word Fringe (without a #) into your tweet, if possible.

If you are lucky, you may even get a chance to tweet with Joshua Jackson, now that he has an official Twitter account: @vancityjax

Also, don't forget to check-in to Fringe at GetGlue to get this week's Fringe sticker.

After the episode airs, continue the discussion here in the comments, and get more Fringe information at the:

• Episode page on Fringepedia
• Transcript on Fringepedia
• Screenshot gallery at FringeFiles
• Promotional photos at FringeFiles

Check back here soon for Observer sightings, Glyph codes, and other Fringe Easter Eggs.

How do you rate the Fringe episode "A Short Story About Love"?