Courtesy of @tomteotico, the FRINGE S4 Art Department book. It’s absolutely gorgeous, and they are utter geniuses. (As if you couldn’t tell from just watching the episodes…)

Fringe: “Nothing As It Seems” - New Footage or Old?

Some of us were debating about last week’s FRINGE ep and whether they reshot the teaser or used old footage, since it matches the season 1 episode “The Transformation” so closely.. I was still curious, so I asked the director. From Fred Toye:

No, we only shot the scene where Bowman looks and his eyes turn yellow and the moment where the air Marshall opens the door. It was a challenge to match the location and make it look the same since the season 1 shoot was on 35mm film and now we shoot HD. Thought the Cameraman did a great job! Obviously the whole sequence in the TCA was new.

The Multiple Observer Conundrum

For all you FRINGE fans out there: time to vote! Yesterday they were filming a scene with many of the follicularly-challenged enigmas, which led to a discussion on Twitter about what exactly we ought to call large gatherings of Observers. There were a lot of awesome, hilarious, and brilliant suggestions, all of which I’ve included below (in no particular order).

Which ones are your favourites? Anyone have any others? I was honestly astounded at how many different suggestions people had!

My Favourites:

  • A Calendar of Observers (from @MuseZack)
  • A Glimmer of Observers (from @apndrgn)
  • A Year of Observers (from @Furious_Ringo, @GingerPatti, @frozenaura)

Funniest:

  • A Bald Patch… (@sizemore)

All:

  • A Hatrack… (@FringeFridayNet)
  • A March… (@marklunn321)
  • A Year… (@Furious_Ringo, @GingerPatti, @frozenaura)
  • A Shiver… (apndrgn)
  • A Pair.. even if there are more than two (@lunarobverse)
  • A Murder… (@apndrgn)
  • A Shadow.. (@apndrgn)
  • A hollow… (@GloryisBen)
  • A Convocation… (@killmotion)
  • An Audience… (@leifwells)
  • An Observertory… (@archie_91)
  • An Observatory… (@jmimi)
  • A Calendarium… (@punslingerr)
  • An Abstraction… (@LetItPlayOut)
  • An Insurance Salesman Convention (@tehjams)
  • A Corporate… (@tessacpliu)
  • ObserviCon2012 (@Alart6)
  • A Quadrum… (@umbra117)
  • A Troupe… (@F2Az)
  • A Collective… (@F2Az)
  • An Assemblage… (@MannyManpreet)
  • A Conspiracy… (@isisisabella)
  • An Ogle… (@Fringeship)
  • A Clowder… (@MeaganSue)
  • A Parliament… (@xerophytes)
  • An Obsession… (@lemoneyes)
  • A Hattery… (@DixieGirl256)
  • The GreySuit Contingent (@DixieGirl256)
  • A Collective… (@rytechgeek)
  • A Coven… (@rytechgeek)
  • An Observicon.. (@RiskyWolfe)
  • A Deck… (@gillybee66)

How to closetalk.: Fame, insincerity and other weird things

I haven’t really weighed in on the whole “OMG Jasika Nicole quit Twitter!” thing because while I do adore FRINGE (and here those of you who know me are probably rolling their eyes at the understatement of the century), I felt no need to comment on what is obviously - although apparently not to some - simply a personal choice. And if someone quitting Twitter, for whatever reason, makes you feel outraged, I think you need some experience with real-life issues and stressors, because  seriously, people…

Since I can’t possibly phrase it any better than this, give the blog post below a read. Even if you don’t agree with everything, or if you’ve been one of the people completely outraged by the whole thing, please just take a second to sit back and think about the issue from someone else’s perspective. 

For what it’s worth: I’ve lost no respect for Jasika in all of this. If anything, I respect her more for how she’s responded in the aftermath. 

sugarbooty:

THIS IS THE LAST OF IT fellow tumblrers, i swear….no more after this! it’s just so good, tho!

textualdeviance:

Following up a bit on the Jasika Nicole thing …

Some folks seem to think she’s being ungrateful. Which, A) she isn’t and B) dude, that’s icky. It sounds like some creeper telling…

Source: textualdeviance

FRINGE - Two Nadines and the Composer. (Or, from left to right, me, composer Chris Tilton, and actress Michelle Krusiec, who played the shapeshifter Nadine/Seven earlier this season).  I know some of you have seen this on Twitter already, but I’ve had quite a few questions about it. I was down in LA for a holiday, and Chris was awesome enough to invite me along to the Fringe recording sessions that coincided with my being in town. I watched them score the next two episodes, and I can tell you that even without dialogue they look highly intriguing! And just for the record, as good as the soundtrack sounds during the episode, it’s a million times better hearing it live. That is one seriously talented group of people! 
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FRINGE - Two Nadines and the Composer. (Or, from left to right, me, composer Chris Tilton, and actress Michelle Krusiec, who played the shapeshifter Nadine/Seven earlier this season). 

I know some of you have seen this on Twitter already, but I’ve had quite a few questions about it. I was down in LA for a holiday, and Chris was awesome enough to invite me along to the Fringe recording sessions that coincided with my being in town. I watched them score the next two episodes, and I can tell you that even without dialogue they look highly intriguing!

And just for the record, as good as the soundtrack sounds during the episode, it’s a million times better hearing it live. That is one seriously talented group of people! 

Fringe Review: "Nothing As It Seems"

My thoughts on last night’s ep… Who else loved it?!?