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‘FRINGE’ CO-CREATOR J.J. ABRAMS SPILLS THE BEANS ON NIMOY APPEARING IN THE SEASON FINALE AND SEASON 2 HINTS

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Leonard Nimoy

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NABBING LEONARD NIMOY TO APPEAR AS THE CONTROVERSIAL FIGUREHEAD WILLIAM BELL ON FRINGE?

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“I called him, essentially begging him,” says Abrams. “I told him, we’re doing this show, he knew of it, hadn’t seen it and I explained that there was a critical character who had been mentioned throughout the first season including the pilot and it was a big deal for the show. Not just where he came from, but the back story of where it’s going. [So I said] ‘it would be an honor if he would consider playing the part.’  He was open to the idea, but wanted to see the show and see the pages. I was thrilled when he called back saying it was intriguing and interesting – that’s how we got him to return to the role of Spock. We pitched him. There was interest and intrigue.”

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OK. so I went to see an early showing of Star Trek.  Amazing movie, by the way, I recommend it highly.  But that’s not what I want to talk about.  You know what I saw in the Star Trek movie?  Blue Lights.  Not just any blue lights, but OUR mysterious Fringe-lights!  What the Fringe is that about?

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So one of two things is happening here:

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#1 – The blue lights in Fringe don’t have any hidden meaning.  They aren’t little Eater Eggs for us to figure out.  They are just special effects that J.J. Abrams seems to like to use.  A new found look.

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#2 – There is some sort of connection between Star Trek and Fringe.  J.J. has thrown an Easter Egg into Star Trek for us Fringe fans.

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I do have a theory, but I will not go into when and how the lights in Star Trek were used, and what the connection to Fringe might be, until the film has been officially released and you have had a chance to see it.  But when you do get to the theater, keep your eyes open, and then get back here and tell me your theories.

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So, as I was writing this post, I thought I would throw in a Star Trek poster, and this is what I found…

J.J. Abrams' "Star Trek"

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Is that poster Red, Yellow and Blue?  Need I say more?

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UPDATE: Thanks to Dennis over at Fringe Television for sending me these images of the blue lights from Star Trek…click any image to view full size.

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SPOILER ALERT

SPOILER ALERT

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J.J. Abrams, co-creator of Fox’s sci-fi series Fringe, told SCI FI Wire that he’s confident the show will return for a second season.

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“It should be returning,” Abrams said in an exclusive interview. “I’m really happy with so much of what we did this year. And I feel like we have barely gotten going. There’s so much that we know we want to explore and knew we did from the beginning. A lot of it is yet to come.”

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Speaking to Abrams and his collaborators about the new episodes. by Eric Goldman

Press tour

This week, during the Television Critics Association press tour, I had the chance to speak to three of the executive producers from Fringe, including J.J. Abrams, Roberto Orci and Jeff Pinkner.

J.J. Abrams, Alex Kurtzman, Rob Orci and Jeff Pinkner

The most recent episode of Fringe was a very impressive one, bringing back plot points and characters from earlier episodes that seemed initially to be completely standalone. When I asked Abrams if that had always been the plan, he said yes and added, “I would say, you should just wait until these upcoming episodes, because that happens again and again. There are payoffs to standalones [where] you don’t have to have seen the show before, but if you’ve been watching, everything comes together.“

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J.J. Abrams

J.J. Abrams, who co-created Fox’s SF series Fringe, told a group of reporters that the series is just hitting its stride in the second half of its first season.

“I think that now more than ever, the show has really found its voice,” Abrams said in a group interview Wednesday in Hollywood, Calif. “The episodes that are airing starting next week are the ones that for me are far and away the best episodes and what the show is. I feel like Fringe is a show about these crazy experiments, but in many ways Fringe is an experiment. I feel like we just found a way that the show works best. Those episodes are coming up next.“

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Included in those upcoming episodes, starting Jan. 20, is a resolution to the arc of Olivia Dunham (Anna Torv) and John Scott (Mark Valley). Abrams warned viewers to expect more questions along with those answers.

“There’s a great resolution that’s coming out in a few episodes, but it takes a lot of loose ends and gives closure to those,” Abrams said. “Any show that is working will tell stories, resolve them; other stories will begin, and it’ll just kind of be this staggered thing. That’s where we are. So I really love the episode, and he’s fantastic in it. If you’re watching the show, it explains who he was, why he was doing what he did, why she’s been seeing him.“

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Earlier in the day, Fox President of Entertainment Kevin Reilly said he was confident the network would pick up a second season of Fringe. “I’m in love with Kevin Reilly,” Abrams joked, before adding that he himself has not thought that far ahead.

“I hope that’s true,” Abrams said. “It’s sort of like being in the middle of lunch talking about dinner. It’s like the idea of a season two is spectacular. I’m sure I’ll be hungry when dinnertime comes, but I’m in the middle of lunch right now, so I just want to get through lunch.“

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In the near future, Abrams is excited about the “slug gigantism” episode.

“Wait until you see this next episode,” he said. “If you’re a fan of gigantic slugs, don’t miss Fringe. That really should be the billboard.”

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Fringe airs Tuesdays at 9 p.m. ET/PT on Fox.

Source

Source: SCI FI Wire

Insight

J.J. Abrams makes reference to gigantic slugs.  Is it possible that this might be an episode solving one of the unsolved patterns from Episode 3 “The Ghost Network”?

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