Does anybody mind if I pass out?

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Boxed Set, Vol. V: Just a Hint of Denial and a Dash of Retcon  

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le nubian - Sep 28, 2012 10:36:56 am PDT #21207 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

Fringe absolutely has me in its grip. I am not sure what it would have to do to get me to stop watching, but I'm finishing this season.


-t - Sep 28, 2012 10:38:33 am PDT #21208 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

This is the final season of Fringe, yes?


Ginger - Sep 28, 2012 11:08:11 am PDT #21209 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

One law of physics that apparently went crazy was momentum, or planes wouldn't have just fallen out of the sky and the scene with the car lights going out would have been a 100-car pile up.

Of course, the banning guns thing seems equally improbable. Attempting to take away guns would probably kill half the population, and all the gun ownership records probably vanished when the computers went down.


Consuela - Sep 28, 2012 11:23:12 am PDT #21210 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

One law of physics that apparently went crazy was momentum, or planes wouldn't have just fallen out of the sky and the scene with the car lights going out would have been a 100-car pile up.

Yeah, that really bothered me. Drama over logic only works if you've earned it.


§ ita § - Sep 28, 2012 11:30:04 am PDT #21211 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

TV physics clearly indicates that planes are propelled through the air by constant conversion of fuel to thrust, and if that stops, they plummet like a stone. Also, if pilots stop paying attention (like, lose consciousness), this also causes gravity to trump everything and suck the planes directly and immediately downwards, with a spiral at best, but more typically lead weight plummeting from great height behaviour.


aurelia - Sep 28, 2012 2:28:57 pm PDT #21212 of 30001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.

This is the final season of Fringe, yes?

Yes. Only 13 more episodes.


-t - Sep 28, 2012 2:33:24 pm PDT #21213 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Bounce bounce bounce. I'm expecting good things!


Matt the Bruins fan - Sep 28, 2012 3:34:05 pm PDT #21214 of 30001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand

I just saw a big fiery explosion on the promo for this week's Revolution, so I assume it's not dampening of catalytic combustion that knocked out all the cars.


aurelia - Sep 28, 2012 5:40:54 pm PDT #21215 of 30001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.

Oh, Fringe. I'm gonna want to listen to Yaz all week now. That ending was kind of beautiful.

The sound during the interrogation was... wow... seriously unnerving. I'm going to take a stand and say I don't like that observer.

Excellent, albeit creepy, use of Markham, beautiful family reunion, and heartbreaking backstory for Peter and Olivia.


JenP - Sep 28, 2012 5:43:09 pm PDT #21216 of 30001

I concur with all of that.