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Sep. 11th, 2011
Wishing for the Dateless Day
Sep. 11th, 2011 02:11 pmIf I could erase the date from today, it would be an ordinary September day in New York City. Not too hot and not too cold...a soft wet breeze in the air. The sky as has often been the case these past few weeks the color of a hard boiled egg, a water brushed white. Or dull gray. The streets busy with farmer's markets, and church-goers. Kids rocketing down my sidewalk on scooters, bikes and roller-skates, making me wonder about their parents. The last breath of summer...scenting the air, with just the mildest taste of fall. And traces of last night's block party on stoops and windows, a half filled coke can here, a bit of sprayed sticky thread there.
Any other day.
( personal mood essay on today )
Any other day.
( personal mood essay on today )
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Sep. 11th, 2011 07:28 pmFinished the next round of Fringe viewing. They manage to conclude the John Scott arc just before starting the real arc of the series. The John Scott was somewhat cliche and up until the episode Ability - Fringe has more or less the same formulaic approach as Body of Proof, House and so many others in this genre, melded with the X-Files. Olivia forming a connection with her sister and niece, the Olivia/Peter relationship building steam, and a clear indication that Peter has a crush on Olivia, but Olivia is blissfully unaware of it. We also see more and more allusions to something not quite right between Peter and Walter, Walter did something in the past...in regards to Peter, either to save him or...that has resulted in well a ripple affect. Or at least that's the hint.
At any rate...the episode that sets this arc into motion, is not exactly Ability, even though it appears to be. It's actually Where We Meet Mr. Jones. A rather innocuous episode with a lot of important back story. I'd say start there and skip the episodes leading up to it, but if you do that - you'll be completely lost in regards to the John Scott back-story/arc which sort of dovetails into it.
The science is...well gross still. It entails bits that bother me, like parasites, viruses that turn people into monsters, all sorts of nice stuff. At least so far we've avoided the spiders, X-Files had a thing for arachnids, which is yet another reason I was not much of a fan of that series. My brother warned me off of at least two episodes. (I hope I didn't jinx myself when I said that. Sooner or later all horror series seem to have spiders...even Buffy. It's annoying.)
I'm hoping we'll eventually move away from the forensic science case of the week - but having watched one episode last season (which dealt with gravity shoes) - I somehow doubt it. If the back story weren't thrilling me and I didn't love the characters, which I do right now - I'd give up.
At any rate...the episode that sets this arc into motion, is not exactly Ability, even though it appears to be. It's actually Where We Meet Mr. Jones. A rather innocuous episode with a lot of important back story. I'd say start there and skip the episodes leading up to it, but if you do that - you'll be completely lost in regards to the John Scott back-story/arc which sort of dovetails into it.
The science is...well gross still. It entails bits that bother me, like parasites, viruses that turn people into monsters, all sorts of nice stuff. At least so far we've avoided the spiders, X-Files had a thing for arachnids, which is yet another reason I was not much of a fan of that series. My brother warned me off of at least two episodes. (I hope I didn't jinx myself when I said that. Sooner or later all horror series seem to have spiders...even Buffy. It's annoying.)
I'm hoping we'll eventually move away from the forensic science case of the week - but having watched one episode last season (which dealt with gravity shoes) - I somehow doubt it. If the back story weren't thrilling me and I didn't love the characters, which I do right now - I'd give up.
