Comments on: Fringe – 1×04 – “The Arrival” http://www.lowerdecks.com/2008/10/02/fringe-1x04-the-arrival/ Where everyday fans of science fiction, fantasy and horror gather to discuss their favorite television shows, movies and comics. Fri, 06 Jan 2012 08:16:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Waterloo http://www.lowerdecks.com/2008/10/02/fringe-1x04-the-arrival/comment-page-1/#comment-17 Waterloo Tue, 07 Oct 2008 03:31:41 +0000 http://www.lowerdecks.com/?p=243#comment-17 It's seems funny to say, but I ran out of room, otherwise I would have mentioned Josh's performance, which also starting this episode I started to "get" more, how it works for the show. I think after an episode like this, you can count on things changing, and as Peter makes a transition this episode, so will Josh as his character grows more comfortable. Here Peter was at his least comfortable, and that's why the performance clicked so well. I don't suppose you can say I was ever really a fan of Josh before, and he is certainly not pulling off a Matthew Fox (I had never seen Party of Five, and my experience to that with him was with the promos for Haunted, which I can still not believe no one has thought to stick on DVD), but he's becoming more tolerable. It's seems funny to say, but I ran out of room, otherwise I would have mentioned Josh's performance, which also starting this episode I started to “get” more, how it works for the show. I think after an episode like this, you can count on things changing, and as Peter makes a transition this episode, so will Josh as his character grows more comfortable. Here Peter was at his least comfortable, and that's why the performance clicked so well. I don't suppose you can say I was ever really a fan of Josh before, and he is certainly not pulling off a Matthew Fox (I had never seen Party of Five, and my experience to that with him was with the promos for Haunted, which I can still not believe no one has thought to stick on DVD), but he's becoming more tolerable.

]]> By: forst http://www.lowerdecks.com/2008/10/02/fringe-1x04-the-arrival/comment-page-1/#comment-14 forst Sun, 05 Oct 2008 02:13:39 +0000 http://www.lowerdecks.com/?p=243#comment-14 I also felt that "The Arrival" did the most to elaborate (and in some cases establish) the backstory of Fringe, thanks to the introduction of the Observer and his relation to Walter and Peter. It may also have been the best offering of the series to date, although that is not saying much this early. <br><br>Am I the only one getting a little tired of the way Joshua Jackson (as Peter) delivers his lines? It seems as if he has only one way of inflecting and a lot of what he says seems repetitive, having to do with the latest unbelievable thing Walter says. It could be the way the character is written, or it could be the acting. I also felt that “The Arrival” did the most to elaborate (and in some cases establish) the backstory of Fringe, thanks to the introduction of the Observer and his relation to Walter and Peter. It may also have been the best offering of the series to date, although that is not saying much this early.

Am I the only one getting a little tired of the way Joshua Jackson (as Peter) delivers his lines? It seems as if he has only one way of inflecting and a lot of what he says seems repetitive, having to do with the latest unbelievable thing Walter says. It could be the way the character is written, or it could be the acting.

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