Fringe Observiews 5.08 The Human Kind

Welcome to the Observiews for Season 5 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.

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…

4.14 The End Of All Things

DAVID JONES: "Your love for this man must be something quite profound."

It is. And just how profound? We will find out!

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The Fringe Podcast Episode 517-Feedback For The Human Kind

In episode 517 of The Fringe Podcast, we share some of the listener feedback we received for the Fringe season 5 episode titled, "The Human Kind." We hear some new theories about Peter and Windmark, we hear positive and negative reactions to Peter taking the Observer tech out of his head, and we hear opinions about Olivia's character improvements in the episode. We also hear two different takes on Simone and how she might tie in to cortexiphan, we discuss the pros and cons of having a shorter episode season, and even a new theory that could mean that Etta's not dead and more!

Send in your thoughts and feedback to 304-837-2278 or feedback@thefringepodcast.com.

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Fringe 5.08 Review - The Human Kind

Smoothing Out Brain & Time Wrinkles

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Olivia - ‘Why are you smiling?’

Simone - ‘I believe you can’t know everything.’

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Peter - ‘Etta’s gone.’

Olivia - ‘Etta’s not gone.  She saved my life today.’

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Wow!  Did not see that coming.  Peter’s Observerification was resolved much quicker than anticipated even in this shortened 13 episode season.

I’m glad for it on several fronts though.  First it kills any worries about Peter becoming an Observer ie September. Second, it allows Peter and Olivia to be working together in the last handful of episodes the series have left.  Far preferable than the two of them remaining at odds till the series finale.

Observer or Human?

Fringe has played the, ‘love conquers all,’ card several times and this hand was the weakest the series has dealt out. Partly because of its repeated reuse and partly because of the way the season has been structured.  There has been little to no positive emotional connections and investments maintained in Season 5 to deeply invest the viewers into the final scene between Peter and Olivia.

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Fringe Benefits Inc Podcast - 5.08 Review

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

Joining us this time is special guest:

John Myers - a listener who has faithfully promoted our podcast on Twitter.  Thanks John!

Subbing for Max this week is Karen Lindsay from the FarScape - Scaper Chronicles & Castle - Storming The Castle Podcast

Downloadable MP3 version

Intro Music: Intro - 'Lunatic Fringe' - Tom Cochrane

Outro Music: 'Olivia' - Chris Tilton

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Fringe Benefits Project

A few days ago the Gallery 1988 twitter account (@Galleries1988) tweeted a picture of a Fringe hand glyph.

This of course set my senses tingling as Gallery 1988 is well known for TV show tie in art projects, I'm sure some of you will remember the LOST art series, Damon Carlton and a Polar Bear, that they produced and perhaps more recently the Breaking Bad art project called Breaking Gifs.

Yesterday the URL - FringeBenefitsProject.com was tweeted which takes you to the website you can see in the screenshot to the left. (I'm assuming this is nothing to do with our podcast friends, but I'm sure they will tell us if they are involved)

On visiting the site you can see there are six spaces with question marks, which will more than likely be for six limited edition silk screened posters.

Below that is a list of episodes that you can vote for, and I think the implication is the winning episode, or possibly episodes, will be represented by a new piece of Fringe art.

The information at the top of the website mentions Mission Continues and the Galleries 1988 twitter account also tweeted this URL - MissionContinues.org/. This website is for a charity that works with veterans and I am guessing that some, or possibly all, of the profits from the sale will go to help charity.

If there are any more details I'll try and post update here but if previous Gallery 1988 campaigns are anything to go by things can happen very quickly and with little warning.

I do also help to run a site called Printvengers and we will be definitely be covering this art project in more detail.

Fringe Review: The Human Kind

“You are here.”

I hope I’m not the only one enchanted by the common statement “You are here.” From mall maps to novelty tees, this simple, obvious sentence seems to sum up all the things we do wrong: worry, plan, lose sight of the beauty before us while questing after more beauty, further down the line. (Or maybe those are just things I do wrong.) “You are here” refuses solipsistic complexity to remind us of the one thing we can’t overthink: simple existence. Hopefully not a lonely one.

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The Fringe Podcast Episode 516-“The Human Kind”

In this episode of The Fringe Podcast we share our thoughts on the Fringe season 5 episode, “The Human Kind.” We talk about Peter’s decision to remove the Observer tech from his head and the events that lead up to it. We talk about Simone and share some audio clips from a conference call we had with Jill Scott, the actress who played Simone. We also talk about the mini arc that we got with Peter as an Observer, the musical score of the episode, and we also talk about some of the things we did not like about the episode.

We also share information learned from the Fringe wrap party, episode titles and schedule for the remainder of the series, and we give an update on our finale party in Oklahoma City.

Send in your thoughts and feedback to 304-837-2278 or feedback@thefringepodcast.com.

The 8 Most Important Episodes of Fringe-Part 8

Welcome to Part 8 of 'The 8 Most Important Episodes of Fringe.'
Every day until the next episode airs on Fringe Friday, December 7th, I will post a review of an episode I believe is most important to the series, and a commentary on why I believe it is so.

Episode 4.19 Letters Of Transit
Fringe Observiews by cortexifan 4/26/2012
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.

4.14 The End Of All Things

THE OBSERVER: “We are you-- we're human... many generations after your lifetime. We are one of countless possible futures for humanity. Our technology has uniquely afforded us the ability to travel within and outside of time so that we may observe our beginnings.”

PETER: “But you've done a lot more than observe.”

You can say that again, Peter.

Glyphs spelled: QUAKE

I usually post a picture of where the Observer is in the episode but I just couldn't find him. LOL.

And how come they are all male?

“In a galaxy far away” Oh wait wrong movie, lol.

The opening crawl of this episode sure reminded me of Star Wars.

2015 is only 3 years away, guys. Let’s hope this future can be prevented.

I thought of Agent Jessup in 2.01 A New Day In The Old Town when she was adding Bible references next to the case files.

Revelation 19:18-19 – so that you may eat the flesh of kings and the flesh of commanders and the flesh of mighty men and the flesh of horses and of those who sit on them and the flesh of all men. And I saw the beast and the kings of the earth and their armies assembled to make war against Him, who sat on the horse and against His army. (New American Standard Version)

“… Some Native factions became ‘Loyalists’ and were marked by the Observers”

Revelation 13:16 – And he causes all, the small and the great, and the rich and the poor, and the free men and the slaves, to be given a mark on their right hand or on their forehead…

(New American Standard Version)

I’m sure there were people back then who freely took the mark of the beast because without it they were not able to buy or trade.

This is just what I thought of when I saw the crawl.

Broyles stuck in the office to police the Natives. I wonder what happened that made him decide to work with the Observers.

Mwahaha!

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Fringe 509 Preview: "Black Blotter"

Here is the preview from the end of "The Human Kind" for the Fringe episode "Black Blotter", which airs on FRIDAY, December 14th at 9:00PM on FOX.

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

Fringe Glyph Code 508: "The Human Kind"

The Glyphs code in the Fringe episode "The Human Kind" spelled out PLEAD, like how Olivia pleaded with Peter to remove the observer tech from his head.

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

Fringe Episode 508: "The Human Kind"

Happy Fringe Friday!

PETER PRESSES ON IN A PASSIONATE MISSION TO DEFEAT THE OBSERVERS
Olivia encounters a very intuitive and oracle-like person named Simone (guest star Scott) as she looks to recover a key piece of equipment for Walter. Meanwhile, Peter finds himself in a perilous situation as he observes Windmark.

During tonight's episode, help promote Fringe by tweeting about the episode using this week's hashmark #HumanKind (Wait until 8pm, and don't use any other #hashtags! - plus please add the word Fringe (without a #) into your tweet.)

While you are on Twitter, keep your eye out for live tweeting by:

• Fringe editor Ari Margolis (@jonxproductions)
• Fringe executive producer Joel Wyman (@jwfringe) 
• Plus other fringe cast and crew???

Also, don't forget to check OUT our LIVE Fringe Chat Room, and 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 "The Human Kind"?