It’s the Upfronts?: Fringe on FOX
It’s upfront season!
Unfortunately, the strike has effed everything up and it’s not really the same week-long parade of new programming we used to know. Maggie used to handle this beat, but I’ll handle it this weird year. However, now I’m adding a question mark to the “It’s the Upfronts” title because it all seemed very after-the-fact and unceremonious.
Instead of highlighting all the inevitably crappy programming that is bound to pop up, I’m going to spotlight some stuff that might actually be good. First stop: Fringe.
First of all, I think J.J. Abrams should buy me a pony. Between Alias, Lost, Felicity and that vomit-orious movie Cloverfield, he must be making enough money that he can buy me and every other red-blooded American boy a pony… on whose head I can superglue a cone and make into a unicorn.
The reason I say this is that Fringe is his ninety millionth new series. If I had Abrams cash, I’d dedicate a room in my house just to store my Judaica.
Fringe looks like it could be intriguing although I have my reservations.
- They boast that it was done by the writers of Transformers.
- There’s a high probability it might be in the distinctive JJ Abrams category of high concept, uneven payoff.
However, it does have some things working for it.
- The always adorably apple-cheeked Joshua Jackson (who, by the way, has one of my favorite celebrity mug shots ever).
- An obviously large budget.
- A strong cast including that mysterious fellow who keeps popping up in flashbacks/flashforwards on Lost.
What do you think? Any other shows you’re looking forward to?
3 comments May 23rd, 2008