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Fringe: The Complete First Season | 
| Actors: Anna Torv, Joshua Jackson, Lance Reddick, Kirk Acevedo, Blair Brown
Studio: Warner Home Video
Category: DVD
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Rating:  68 reviews
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Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), Portuguese (Subtitled), Thai (Subtitled), Portuguese (Dubbed)
Rating: Unrated
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Number Of Discs: 7
Running Time: 1028 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.4 x 1.1
MPN: 1000099996
UPC: 883929075126
EAN: 0883929075126
ASIN: B001C4CI8U
Theatrical Release Date: 2009
Release Date: September 8, 2009
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| • | Teleportation. Mind control. Invisibility. Astral projection. Mutation. Reanimation. Phenomena that exist on the Fringe of science unleash their strange powers in this thrilling series, co-created by J.J. Abrams (Lost, Alias), combining the grit of the police procedural with the excitement of the unknown. The story revolves around three unlikely colleagues a beautiful young FBI agent, a brilliant |
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Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 09/08/2009 Run time: 1272 minutes Rating: Nr
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Teleportation, mind control, astral projection, invisibility, precognition, spontaneous combustion, reanimation: these are among the peripheral sciences--or "pseudo-sciences," as one skeptic puts it--examined during the first season of Fringe, a Fox network TV drama debuting on DVD with the full first season (twenty episodes) offered on seven extras-laden discs. The notion that those phenomena could have a genuine scientific basis is intriguing enough. But co-creator J.J. Abrams (whose bulging resume as a director, writer, and producer includes Lost, Alias, and the 2009 Star Trek feature film) has even more on his mind. Along with the weird science, the series features a multi-agency task force investigating related acts of terrorism that may very well add up to a threat of unimaginable global proportions; people who are exactly what they appear to be (i.e., insane) and others who are anything but; plot twists galore; family drama, interpersonal relationships, corporate evil, cop chases... There's a lot in play here, and while it doesn't always hold together (and like any new series, it takes a while to hit its stride), Fringe is rarely boring, and never less than impressively ambitious. The pilot introduces us to the main characters, principally FBI agent Olivia Dunham (Anna Torv, good but not great in the show's central role) and others on the task force brought in to investigate some gross goings-on aboard a jumbo jet (a "self-eradicating, airborne toxin" reduced everyone to blood and bones). Seems this is but one part of "The Pattern," a series of synchronous, similarly shocking events that unfold as the show progresses; in subsequent episodes, lots of people are killed in graphic fashion by all manner of horrors, including scary monsters (slugs as big as a football, teethed parasites that can crush your heart), a gas that freezes a busload of passengers "like insects trapped in amber," people so radioactive they can literally make your brain boil… it goes on. Helping Dunham and the rest of the force figure it all out are scientist Dr. Walter Bishop (an appealing John Noble), who's spent the past 17 years locked up in the loony bin and whose research may be responsible for some of the crimes we witness, and his son-babysitter Peter (Joshua Jackson). As for the "fringe" element, Dr. Bishop and other, less benign geniuses jump-start a dead man's brain, photograph another victim's cornea in order to access the last thing she saw before death, connect Dunham to her boyfriend so she can experience his memories of the incident that left him comatose, use high-frequency vibrations to enable bank robbers to pass through a solid vault wall, and much, much more. As for where and how all of this ends up, let's just that enquiring minds will have to hang in for the long, complicated run. Bonus features are many and varied; among the best are "Deciphering the Scene" (brief explications of key scenes in every episode) and "The Massive Undertaking" (detailing how certain special effects sequences were pulled off). --Sam Graham
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 Average SciFi show, nothing groundbreaking, watchable November 23, 2009
R. Brokers
Starting to smell a little of the viral marketing hype machine here.
This is a decent television show, better than average for a network, somewhat below average compared to HBO/Showtime shows. The mass audience whose sole experience with Sci Fi is X-Files or BSG will like it. Needs more meat to keep a serious SciFi fan's attention.
The acting is fine, the actors do a good job of making the characters fairly interesting, the writing is often banal and cliched unfortunately. Moves the obligatory government/big corporation conspiracy meta-plot along well and coherently unlike the X-Files, though the meta plot here is not nearly as interesting or intelligent as in the X-Files.
Massive suspension of disbelief issues abound, the explanations for why the plots unfold as they do are usually dumb and unconvincing. We are led to believe that an extremist group is preparing for a war between alternate universes, but not enough convincing detail is given as to why the group acts as it does to allow immersion. Every episode offers really stretched explanations as to why the sect is acting as it is, it's all just backdrop for the monsters and mayhem anyway, so this is forgiveable.
Decent television, yes, the masterpiece some reviews here would lead one to believe? Sorry, no.
 Intrigue, Sci-Fi, Horror, and Laughs November 13, 2009
Eric M. Toft (Pittsburgh, PA USA)
I don't watch much TV at home, but caught one of the early episodes in a hotel room while traveling for work. The combination of intrigue plus the sci-fi/horror plot line grabbed my attention right away; these shows typically hit the ground running. Then I see this familiar face on one of the characters, an actor I've seen before, and then it hits me - Dr. Walter Bishop, played by John Noble, was Denethor in the Peter Jackson "Lord of the Rings" film trilogy, where he played the warped, abusive father of Faramir, the guy who sets himself on fire and runs off the cliff. Now here he is playing another role as a crazy man, but this one is also lovable and often hilarious! As soon as I saw that I was hooked - I can watch the show just to see Walter - John Noble is a tremendous actor and the cast is uniformly excellent. I have only good things to say about the show.
Brilliant, massively fun TV November 12, 2009
The Mandrew (The Dub-V)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I can't say enough how much fun watching Season 1 has been. I rarely catch anything on primetime, so I'm a little behind on the curve in giving Fringe its proper kudos. I approached it somewhat apprehensively, being a big LOST fan but wondering if JJ Abrams sophomore effort could even match his first. Fringe seriously exceeded all expectations.
I think characters are better written in todays television than they have been in decades, and Fringe is no exception. John Noble's Dr Bishop is absolutely phenomenal, and an authentic charaterization of genius/insanity. His comments and outbursts are equal parts funny/interesting/creepy. His son, Peter (Josh Jackson) is the most likeable criminal you'll meet. There's solid chemistry between he and Agent Dunham (Anna Torv, who is probably my least favorite of the main characters), and even Astrid The Lab Agent does what she needs to do to play a good supportive cast member.
The plotlines are far-out but believable enough to be credible and unsettling. Almost never does Fringe give you the feeling that we are dealing with science-fiction, but more with science-gone-wrong (plausible, considering today's high-profit pharmaceutical industry). It has a strong linear episodic path, and really keeps pulling you along from the Pilot on. Special effects work well, and while not cutting edge, do their part.
If dramas like Lost and The X-Files have at least at some point captured your liking, you will become a fan of Fringe very quickly. Highly recommended.
I love Fringe Fries November 5, 2009
B. J. Simmons (Los Alamos, NM United States)
You never know what Dr. Frankenstein may crave as he examines the latest body. It's worth your time to watch this series and find out for yourself what this means!
gave gift to my lover November 2, 2009
Breigh
i gave to my lover a gift she love it she love fringe dvd she said it is best she ever seen she think that fringe movie is almost same as x file sort of .... it s good to go
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