Boxed Set, Vol. V: Just a Hint of Denial and a Dash of Retcon
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It would be awesome if either of the Brians came to Fringe. Or both. Both would be cool.
Both Brians, fer sure!
In the webcast post-NOVA broadcast, Greene did a bunch of quick Q&A involving questions asked via Facebook and Twitter. One of the questions was "do you think there is a parallel universe where you are, in fact, Brian Austin Green?" Being a good sport, he of course replied "I sure hope so, or else all this work would have no meaning." Hee!
During the webcast, there was also a boy about 8-years-old, who very politely and earnestly asked Brian Greene to explain string theory in a way that he could understand. Which Greene proceeded to do. At the end, you could totally see that the boy had STARS in his eyes, and just made up his mind to become a quantum physicist when he grew up. It was super-adorable.
Awwww. Do they post links to those webcasts after the fact? I looked (for all of two seconds) and didn't see anything.
And also,
"I sure hope so, or else all this work would have no meaning."
Heh.
I would love to hear Greene talk about the Fringe parallel universes! This would require his having watched the show, I suppose. He should go on Star Talk and do that. NDT just had someone on there talking about the
TheBig Bang Theory.
Maybe I'll tweet him the suggestion. Hee.
Do they post links to those webcasts after the fact?
Here you go!: [link]
It's a full hour long and there is no scroll button back and forth, just a pause button. I missed the first 20 minutes so I'm about to watch it again myself.
Poor Walter. Poor Peter. Walter has always been a woobie, but now Peter is too, poor boo.
It would also be interesting if Walternate wasn't the one responsible for the new shapeshifters, otherwise I'm not terribly interested in that as a story-line. Also, what was up with that weird moment with Olivia, Lincoln and the files?
At first, I thought that the shapeshifter had infiltrated the headquarters, but now I think it has more to do with next weeks previews.
Yeah, that was a time slip like what happened when Peter was a big glowy ball of energy.
Peter is such a woobie now. Not only does he have memories of his past with everyone else, he remembers 15 years of future. I like the way Josh Jackson is playing that so far.
I have this idea knocking around in the back of my head that an AltNina will end up being involved with these shapeshifters. I also wonder if Peter might be able to find a way to reprogram the mission objective in a shapeshifter. That was one of the 3 things he said was in the disc, right?
I have not been paying enough attention to this season of Fringe. I am missing key details. I feel bad.
I have a Chuck question: I'm also not paying enough attention, evidently. How is he a competent agent without the Intersect? When did he actually learn spycraft? I thought he had just been operating under implanted knowledge and not learning anything. Now he's a handler and a "real spy"?
Also, why is Justin Hartley wearing a shirt?
How is he a competent agent without the Intersect? When did he actually learn spycraft? I thought he had just been operating under implanted knowledge and not learning anything.
All the Intersect gave him was information about people and the occasional fighting/technical skills. I assume he picked up spycraft by, you know, going on missions all these years. He knows how things work in general.
But he never trained. He never was instructed. He just showed up and flashed, it seemed like. He was pretty much a comedic doofus until they yanked the thing out of his head, and that he'd never passed the test they set for him.
Now he's all serious competentballs.