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Subject: 2x19 "Brown Betty" Sun Apr 25, 2010 7:49 am
Trailers
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Press release
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While Walter deals with some very upsetting news, he tells Olivia’s niece, Ella (guest star Lily Pilblad), a fairy tale that includes musical performances by Olivia and Agent Broyles in the all-new “Brown Betty” episode of FRINGE airing Thursday, April 29 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX. (FR-219) (TV-14 L, V)
Cast: Anna Torv as Olivia Dunham; Joshua Jackson as Peter Bishop; John Noble as Walter Bishop; Lance Reddick as Phillip Broyles; Blair Brown as Nina Sharp; Jasika Nicole as Astrid Farnsworth
Guest Cast: Ari Graynor as Rachel Dunham; Michael Cerveris as September; Lily Pilblad as Ella; Ryan McDonald as Brandon
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Cathy904 Unearthed Rank
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And I appreciated the Mark Valley homage in the framed pic. No, didn't know Lance Reddick would sound so nice! We got a little more information, none expected for a musical show. But, only 3 more episodes left, Captain Pinkner! Give me some solid info! Please! *looks for begging emoticon*
Elliot Seeing the man from the other side
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Production values? Yes, amazing. As a techie and an artist--scrumptious. There's fanart for me to work on for days and days, I will be re-watching and re-watching. Color! Visuals to die for--sets, props, great cars like boats...
But the story! The story! In the best tradition of Hammet and Chandler ---and Bradbury. I could so see Ray Bradbury having made this,it was like 'Dandelion Wine' wrapped in Earle Stanley Gardner. A dark morality tale set in sunny......Los Angeles-meets-Boston? With the otherworldly touches Bradbury would have loved.
Roundabout! Perfect for Walter. Gene! No licking! (Yep, she could have knocked down little Ella, and erm, ugh, cow spit. I'll bet Noble added that line, he's a farm boy. But I digress.)
Nice way of dealing with the Rachel storyline, guys! Pow! And thank you. *Hugging Ella and the writers*.
Now we have to figure out some way for Broyles to sing again, Reddick has a great voice.
And the props! That blower of Nina's! Her black widow veil! All the costuming was excellent. The lab!! OMG, it was psychedelic, the props folks must have gone bonkers doing the set dressing--spectacular. I want my house to look like that at Christmas.
All the echoes and calls--Peter hauling Olivia up out of the water, the recurrent 'operation' game......... and enough romance and love metaphor (I almost said religious!) to feast on for weeks.
Great fight scene! Olivia kicking that guy in the brisket in her bare feet!! You go, girl! Torv was excellent here, nice, so nice to see her off her leash emotionally. (Tip to BR: do this more often, please!).
Peter rocking the vest...... looking mighty nice clean shaven, too...and what a nice scene they have, him steadying her... there is the burgeoning of a wonderful partnership of equals there on the brink, I am sure. I can't wait for that.
Olivia's serenade for Peter.... O, my heart. Someone to keep her warm and feed her and dance with her, and she's losing him now she's found him.... crying again here.
-----------> see, TV critics and writers? This is how romance can be written that feels like real humans live it.
Bad Robot don't write down to us, they give us something to think about and reach for. They packed more in this one hour (it was only an hour, right?) than many series do in a season: drama, a mystery, great bold splashes of character, intrigue, twists....high octane stuff. It only looks like candy.
Yay for Gene in her Party Dots! And what great roles for the Watchers! Nina communicating with the cartoon Bell through Walter's window!! And the creepily fun Brandon, smarmy even in a pre-MD incarnation--perfect! He could do Peter Lorre roles...
Nice how the story doubles back, as the regular Fringe story has, without the Byzantine antics of Lost..even within the framework of Walter's medications the characters came through as believable. With the sorrow of last week, and the sorrow to come, and the re-positioning of roles, this was a great gift--helping Walter and us along. Solid 10.
Encore! Encore!
Elliot Seeing the man from the other side
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Oh, and hats off to the designers of the fabulously beautiful heart enclosures for the Bishops! Like reliquaries, really. Something you'd find a saint's heart in, in an old cathedral. Even the glyphys spelled out heart........ that's in the Head over Heels lyrics too, off to look for the Roundabout ones........
Elliot Seeing the man from the other side
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My Mom used to hum it to me when I was a kid, dance around with me on her toes...Rodgers and Hart, I think?
some lines of the text:
Blue Moon, you saw me standing alone, Without a dream in my heart, Without a love of my own, Blue moon, you knew just what I was there for, You heard me saying a prayer for, Someone I could care for,
And then there suddenly appeared before me, Someone my arms could really hold, I heard you whisper "Darling please adore me," And when I looked to the moon it had turned to gold,
And really, there could always be more Django...*sigh*.
lezario Wearing MIT shirt
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I love how several things that happened without Walter seeing or hearing made it into the story that way.
And him taking her hand when he said he was dying...calming her hands so she could steady and save him...they really did that scene beautifully. Impressive.
lezario Wearing MIT shirt
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it's just me or there were lots of references of previous episodes ??? I think at the "You did it" from ability, "You're gonna be fine" from the transformation, "who cares about you?" referencing at the "I care about you" from bound... and I certainly miss some others...
BTW, it was great to see Olivia like that and her tirade about a guy who keep her warm etc... even if it just was fiction... and I agree with you Lez... PETER ! *sighs*
Elliot Seeing the man from the other side
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Subject: Re: 2x19 "Brown Betty" Sat May 01, 2010 2:04 am
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Elliot wrote:
I thank you to be allowed to use it ! Did you notice how Olivia is looking at the photograph of John Scott and how she throws it ? Her expression ? That made me smile...
You're quite welcome.
I did notice! There were lots of nice little touches like that.
Lunastelle wrote:
it's just me or there were lots of references of previous episodes ??? I think at the "You did it" from ability, "You're gonna be fine" from the transformation, "who cares about you?" referencing at the "I care about you" from bound... and I certainly miss some others...
BTW, it was great to see Olivia like that and her tirade about a guy who keep her warm etc... even if it just was fiction... and I agree with you Lez... PETER ! *sighs*
There were lots of those references!
And often mirrored, from her to him..as when he is dead and gasps alive as she goes to kiss him goodbye, same as her in the hospital and him bringing her back to life.
Though that list of what she wants was "fiction", it is fiction within a fiction, and if Shakespeare can use it to get at the truth, so can Bad Robot. They wouldn't have written the whole thing this way if their hearts weren't in it.
Stephy Staring at Peter's MIT shirt
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Subject: Re: 2x19 "Brown Betty" Sat May 01, 2010 7:38 am
Oh my. It was a wonderful episode. So original. I loved it really. Of course, many references and a visible symbolism, but the script was very good. This tale, this fantasy, coming from Walter, was very special and very beautiful. Very funny, too (I think about the corpses singing, lol) I am happy that they took this kind of risk. The actors have beautiful voices. I've loved Jasika when she sang her part. It was great. All of them were perfect. I applaud !!! I'll rewatch it with a great pleasure !!
Lunastelle Superhearing flies
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Subject: Re: 2x19 "Brown Betty" Sat May 01, 2010 7:40 am
Elliot wrote:
Though that list of what she wants was "fiction", it is fiction within a fiction, and if Shakespeare can use it to get at the truth, so can Bad Robot. They wouldn't have written the whole thing this way if their hearts weren't in it.
I love this idea !
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Subject: Re: 2x19 "Brown Betty" Sat May 01, 2010 7:53 am
Olivia's ready, now.
lezario Wearing MIT shirt
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Subject: Re: 2x19 "Brown Betty" Sat May 01, 2010 8:24 am
Noble Interview about 2.19 "Brown Betty"
The Frigne science in 2.19 "Brown Betty"
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Lunastelle Superhearing flies
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Subject: Re: 2x19 "Brown Betty" Sat May 01, 2010 8:31 am
I think she was ready since jacksonville
and even if writers give us a so beautiful episode, they have a little heartless side... I think at Olivia finding out the truth about Peter just when she's ready to open to him, Peter finding out the truth just when he's ready to call Walter Dad... it's so sad...