Comments on: Fringe – 1×02 – “The Same Old Story”

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By: Waterloo

Waterloo — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 22:15:33 +0000

First, yeah I know he technically didn't create Lost. He was handed the idea of a fictional Survivor. But he's the one that came up with what we know. Once he got the team assembled, he did eventually leave. I don't know that much about Felicity. Never watched it. Had this second episode not turned out so reasonably well, I was prepared to compare Anna Torv to Keri Russell, the appeal of whom I've never understood (my experience with her derives from Mission: Impossible III, and she seemed pretty darn generic to me).

The thing is, when J.J. Abrams is associated with something, it makes a difference. Cloverfield was known as his project, even though he only produced it. Alias is his baby, the one he did start to finish. You can't deny he's the first name most people thought of during the first season of Lost, then Lindelof, then a few other guys. Maybe it's just how I've been following his career personally, but that's the most of what Fringe meant to me when I first heard of it. The media was the same way, but you know it was mostly thinking of Lost, maybe even Cloverfieldd, the new Star Trek movie. I happen to know him best from Alias. And that's what's most clear about Fringe, that this guy J.J. is well-known, and happened to do this other show that's similar in a lot of ways. Fringe distinguishes itself, rises or falls, based on its ability to both live up to the Abrams past as break away from it. At least for me.

By: forst

forst — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 02:27:15 +0000

First, I really miss The Lone Gunmen. Second, I think you are giving J.J. Abrams just a little bit too much credit. With Lost especially, his involvement ended rather quickly. I believe, and Lostpedia backs me up here, he has not done all that much since the first season. Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse have been responsible for the bulk of what has made Lost so great (and, at times, so disappointing).

And if I am not mistaken, Abrams left Felicity to create Alias. So that is two shows he has created and then abandoned (and Abrams actually did not create Lost). Which is not to say he does not deserve praise for the work he has done, or acclaim for all of his shows to date. I do wonder how long it will be before he comes up with another concept and heads off to, once again, make the next “big” thing. What will happen to Fringe then?