As this week’s episode of Fringe demonstrated, it just might be the end of the world(s) as we know it – but who, exactly, is feeling fine? Here’re five questions about the earth-shaking “Worlds Apart.”
How important is knowing what you’re going to get when you watch to a television series? We’ve gotten so used to shows being either long-form arcs with “mythology-based” episodes or self-contained procedurals with little-to-no episode-to-episode continuity that it feels like a strange question to ask, but nonetheless: How much is continuity – and consistency – central to our entertainment and enjoyment? Do we want to be surprised, or do we want to know what we’re getting?
If there’s one thing that a quick look at the current state of television and movies will tell you, it’s that there’s not much need for original ideas when there’s so much out there ready and waiting to be adapted, updated or just outright ripped off. That’s why we’ve decided to help in that process with a series which offers up some of the things we’d like to see being brought to big screen or small. This week’s suggestion? A musical based on the music of Britpop band Blur.
After weeks of hinting at the subject of time-travel, last night’s Fringe on Fox took us into the future, and dropped more than a few bombshells about what’s been going on in our present. No wonder we have questions about “Letters of Transit.”
It’s the question on everyone’s lips: Why can’t Americans watch the BBC’s Gardener’s World show? Okay, so maybe not. But that particularly personal problem does highlight a wider question that I’ve been wondering about: Why don’t international broadcasters use the internet to their advantage more?
Syfy’s long-running Eureka returns tonight for the first half of its fifth and final season. We’ve previously suggested five episodes of the series that could win you over to the show, but this time around, it’s time to tell you all you need to know before the end begins.
We’re heading towards the endgame for the fourth season of Fringe, so it’s no surprise that Friday’s episode brought a few revelations, a little bit of confusion, and, of course, nowhere near enough of David Robert Jones. Here’re five questions about “The Consultant.”
Finally, some good news for Disney in a year that’s seen John Carter bring some ridiculously heavy clouds to the skies over the Magic Kingdom just for being a (relative) flop: Marvel’s The Avengers looks like it’s going to be a big hit, with pre-release tracking giving it an opening weekend of somewhere in the region of $125 million. Impressive? Sure. But also, just maybe a little low…?
I’m not entirely sure how this has happened… Should I chalk it up to the recent flu that has, apparently, boggled my mind in ways that I hadn’t realized (I blame the coughing that made my head hurt from its violence)? Is it the result of years of use and misuse changing my mind? I have no idea, but somehow, I think I’ve come to the realization that “jumping the shark” isn’t actually a bad thing.
It’s with something approaching surprise and sadness that I read the news that – now that Fox appears to be considering moving Cops from its long-standing Saturday night slow – America’s broadcast networks appear to have abandoned Saturday nights as venues for original programming. How, exactly, did that happen?
If you’ve been following the weekly Fringe “5 Questions About” posts here every week, it’s more than likely you have a question of your own about them: When, exactly, did Lincoln Lee die in the original timeline? The short answer is, he didn’t.
If there’s one thing that a quick look at the current state of television and movies will tell you, it’s that there’s not much need for original ideas when there’s so much out there ready and waiting to be adapted, updated or just outright ripped off. That’s why we’ve decided to help in that process with a series which offers up some of the things we’d like to see being brought to big screen or small. This week’s suggestion? Angry Birds.
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