I didn't hate the Fringe pilot, and like you I see a great show kind of dying to come out of what is for me a hot mess of boring and overbaked mixed with compelling and intersting in a funny-gross way. I used this analogy somewhere else but I think JJ needs to take off a few pieces of jewelry, y'know, there's just TOO MUCH going on without a strong enough center.
The second ep didn't help matters since the main issues for me is that I think Kirk has the best chemistry with the lead, and yet his character is almost superfluous at this point, and it still feels way too disjointed. Denethor/Peter are great, Nina/Broyles are great, Charlie/Livvie are great, but Torv just doesn't work for me as the third wheel to Peter/Dad, nor does her chemistry with Josh seem solid enough to build a show around ala The X Files. It's frustrating because I really want to like the show, but at some point I'm going to have to question how much I have to work to like it.
Hee which all boils down to there is not enough Kirk Acevedo in this show for me, and why will no one recognize that Kirk is not a side dish, he is the main dish, you are not going to find a better actor people WTF! *g*
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The second ep didn't help matters since the main issues for me is that I think Kirk has the best chemistry with the lead, and yet his character is almost superfluous at this point, and it still feels way too disjointed. Denethor/Peter are great, Nina/Broyles are great, Charlie/Livvie are great, but Torv just doesn't work for me as the third wheel to Peter/Dad, nor does her chemistry with Josh seem solid enough to build a show around ala The X Files. It's frustrating because I really want to like the show, but at some point I'm going to have to question how much I have to work to like it.
Hee which all boils down to there is not enough Kirk Acevedo in this show for me, and why will no one recognize that Kirk is not a side dish, he is the main dish, you are not going to find a better actor people WTF! *g*