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mysticxf

fringe - subject 13 review

Mar 05, 2011 10:47

It almost seems pointless to say that this is the best episode of Fringe ever, because you know they're just going to outdo themselves in a week or two, but 'Subject 13' was absolutely amazing. They did a fantastic casting job on the kids (and I was anxious about them from their IMDB photos) and on filling in just a little more information about ( Read more... )

tv: fringe s3

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presquerousse March 5 2011, 16:37:30 UTC

On casting the older kids, I think it's common practice to cast child actors older than the parts because of acting ability and general maturity. I remember being told at a drama class a long time ago that 'short girls get work' because they could play younger characters. I suppose in this case they needed such depth from the young Peter and Olivia that they couldn't use actors closer in age. To be honest it didn't really bother me because as you say they were fantastic right down to their mannerisms ( ... )

mysticxf March 7 2011, 03:00:39 UTC

To be honest it didn't really bother me because as you say they were fantastic right down to their mannerisms.
I'm a stickler for timeline continuity, so it bothered me a LITTLE -- but only when the date appeared on the VHS tape. I think when the show started they meant for these characters to be slightly older than they ended up being, so, flow with it, right? LOL. I'm looking forward to the kids being used more 'cause they were amazing.

I'm still not entirely sure exactly what it is that she can do
Right no I'm leaning towards pretty much "Anything". It seems like she can manipulate the UNIVERSE in a way. She can make fire, affect electricity, remove heat (snow), and shift between the universal fabrics... there's literally NO end to what she can do, but I do think they'll take their time in "perfecting" those abilities, if they ever do at all. It becomes too "easy" if she can just imagine her way out of things, you know? LOL.

To view her simply as an enemy who helped to steal his son suggests he's heartlessYeah, I don't ( ... )

presquerousse March 7 2011, 18:21:15 UTC

It seems like she can manipulate the UNIVERSE in a way.
Surely that's the coolest power ever? But of course, she won't be allowed to figure out how to use it. I'd love it if she could learn to use some part of her ability reliably. It's been said in interviews that her power is crossing between universes, but it's still fascinating to think that she actually has infinite potential. It's also why her determination to find a way to save both universes and even simply her conviction that there is one is so important - 'If you can dream a better world...'

I don't understand how Walternate can rationally blame Olivia (who sees a terrified little girl and thinks 'kidnapper!'?), which I suppose is the point - his son's kidnapping damaged him so much that he became irrational in his quest to get him back. It's an intellectual laziness on his part, where he can't bring himself to see the inhabitants of the blue universe as fully human. Obviously he doesn't really know that Walter's the only one to blame, but that's not the whole story. At ( ... )