Apparently the least believable occurence in episode one of Fringe

[andrewducker]

Julie: "I can't believe that Harvard left that basement lab vacant that long. Universities are usually crying out for space!"

Comments

[joexnz.livejournal.com]

she wasn't the only one to have this thought

[jack-ryder.livejournal.com]

Yeah, as I work in a university, I thought exactly the same thing.

But then I realised we're talking about Harvard and Walter had probably set up some kind of endowment for the psychochemistry faculty or something.

[celiaka.livejournal.com]

Me too, and I don't even work at a university.

[del-c.livejournal.com]

In reading or watching fantasy, belief is a restricted good, which is why people have problems with the endless stew and the tireless maintenance-free horses, in a book with magic in it. A true realist would complain about the magic, but probably wouldn't be reading the fantasy in the first place.

[marrog.livejournal.com]

FRIIIIIIIIINGEEEEEEEEEE

That is all.

[andrewducker]

The first episode is good fun. Nice mix of FBI stuff, weird science, and fun character interactions.

Sadly, I was fairly sure that _something_ was going to happen to the boyfriend from the start, since you don't get shows where the main character is in a nice, loving relationship. Writers seem to feel that in that state you don't have enough drama. Which I think is ridiculous, and keep meaning to post about.

[alitheapipkin.livejournal.com]

One of the reasons I love How I Met Your Mother is that Lilly and Marshall have a proper relationship rather than the usual TV fodder where couples have endless pointless conflict because they never communicate about anything.

[andrewducker]

Yup - I love the way they're portrayed. Sometimes they don't communicate as well as they could do, but that's true of everyone, and at least they aren't generally portrayed in an awful manner.

[0olong.livejournal.com]

It's good then?

[marrog.livejournal.com]

I wouldn't go so far as to say it was good. But it's very entertaining, and the father-son relationship is great fun to watch.

[0olong.livejournal.com]

I'll leave it on my 'shows to probably download after running out of actually-good things, or when in the mood for stupid' list, then.