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    Always Wear Your Tinfoil Hat Inside Massive Dynamic

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    Image of Trai_Dep Trai_Dep
    11/15/09

    In reply to Always Wear Your Tinfoil Hat Inside Massive Dynamic
    No cow!
    No cow! #fringe
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    Image of gd01skorpius gd01skorpius
    11/14/09

    In reply to Always Wear Your Tinfoil Hat Inside Massive Dynamic
    To be honest I found this particular episode to be very predictable, and right from the opening sequence I knew what was going on. #fringe
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    Image of DrMathochist DrMathochist
    11/13/09

    In reply to Always Wear Your Tinfoil Hat Inside Massive Dynamic
    (a) Hasn't Walter heard that tinfoil hats amplify signals?

    (b) I want to see Walter back in the belly of the beast more.

    (c) though they really telegraphed the fact that it was really the kid all along, Joe Chappelle has some serious directing chops. The fall through the parking garage was great, as was the very well-done palming of the knife. Chappelle also directed "Momentum Deferred", incidentally. #fringe
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    Image of Roklimber Roklimber
    11/13/09

    @DrMathochist:

    "they really telegraphed the fact that it was really the kid all along"

    Agreed.

    "The fall through the parking garage was great, as was the very well-done palming of the knife."

    Agreed on the fall, but not so sure about the knife palming. I watched the palming several times (I'm an amateur magician, a very lousy one, but still interested in close-up magic) and it looks to me that the knife was digitally removed. #fringe
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    Image of DrMathochist DrMathochist
    11/13/09

    @Roklimber: I went back and saw it slide up his sleeve. It's there all right, but very slickly done and shot. #fringe
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    Image of Roklimber Roklimber
    11/14/09

    @DrMathochist: Yes, but what I meant was: is the knife real or digital? It seemed to me that he went through the motions with an empty hand and the knife was a digital effect. #fringe
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    Image of Roklimber Roklimber
    11/13/09

    In reply to Always Wear Your Tinfoil Hat Inside Massive Dynamic
    I wish I had seen this episode before halloween, 'cause then I'd have worn a foil hat as a costume. Oh well, there's always next year. #fringe
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    Image of phoghat phoghat
    11/13/09

    In reply to Always Wear Your Tinfoil Hat Inside Massive Dynamic
    Yeah I'll watch the last season of Lost, but for my money Fringe is the best #fringe
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    Image of acrobatic rabbit acrobatic rabbit
    11/13/09

    In reply to Always Wear Your Tinfoil Hat Inside Massive Dynamic
    Glad they're getting back to Massive Dynamic's seemingly strange involvement in EVERYTHING.

    On another note, I love Astrid. #fringe
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    Image of Atomictao Atomictao
    11/13/09

    In reply to Always Wear Your Tinfoil Hat Inside Massive Dynamic
    chicks look hot in foil hats. There, I said it. #fringe
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    Image of Chip Overclock Chip Overclock
    11/13/09

    @Atomictao: True that!

    I guess I'll have to make one for Mrs. Overclock (etc.) this weekend...
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    Image of CParis CParis
    11/14/09

    @Chip Overclock: At least put Mrs Overclock's tinfoil hat in one of those nice blue boxes - chicks like Tiffanys. #fringe
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    Image of Darklighter Darklighter
    11/13/09

    In reply to Always Wear Your Tinfoil Hat Inside Massive Dynamic
    She drives the car while what?! The suspense is killing me!

    And can it be next Thursday now? I really want to see the observer episode. Holy crap. #fringe
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    Image of Bigdamnhero Bigdamnhero
    11/13/09

    In reply to Always Wear Your Tinfoil Hat Inside Massive Dynamic
    Hell yeah. Fringe is starting to take off. Last week, Fringe was taxing down the tarmac, not bad TV, but not the best it's been. This week, it finally got off the ground again.

    Last night's episode was similiar to the standalones last season, where they all pointed to The Pattern/Massive Dynamic. Unless Scorpion Boy and Shadowy Alien have something to do with The Pattern, I don't give a damn about them. Tell me more Pattern stories -- even if they are just peripheral to the main arc.

    "Clause Penrose is the creator/father of Christopher Penrose, the pituitary-eating fellow from last season."

    And thanks for the reminder -- I was trying to remember if we had seen that name.

    Can't wait for the Observer ep next week.
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    Image of Roklimber Roklimber
    11/13/09

    In reply to Always Wear Your Tinfoil Hat Inside Massive Dynamic
    "Plus, how great is it that Walter tries to counteract Tyler's mind control by playing the sounds babies hear in the womb?"

    Maybe I heard it wrong, but I thought Walter said the sound he was using was white noise, which - by the way - it was not (since it had a repeating section).

    I thought the "villain" was the kid the first time I saw the expression in his eyes. Knowing this was Fringe, it was pretty obvious. #fringe
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    Image of ElimGarak ElimGarak
    11/13/09

    @Roklimber: Yea, good point - they screwed up on the white sound thing. For a sciency show Fringe makes a rather large number of obvious scientific mistakes.

    They need a better science adviser. Or one with more power among the writers. #fringe
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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    11/13/09

    In reply to Always Wear Your Tinfoil Hat Inside Massive Dynamic
    I love the Walter and Astrid moments. She really cares about him. The Peter and Walter relationship is very nice too.

    Besides the tinfoil hat and speculating on the taste of humans, that was a lovely scene where Walter said "Peter helps me, I can't do it without him." He's a damaged man, trying to overcome it.

    But you left out the scene of Nina typing on an old-school terminal, sending a message to William Bell! She doesn't know if her messages are getting through, but she's been trying to keep him up to date on everything MD is doing in our universe -- including, this week, the Tylers. Probably has been for decades. #fringe
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    Image of goldfarb goldfarb
    11/13/09

    In reply to Always Wear Your Tinfoil Hat Inside Massive Dynamic
    we need a Massive Dynamic/Veridian Dynamics crossover. #fringe
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    Image of GodofMonkeys GodofMonkeys
    11/13/09

    @goldfarb: Oh. My. God. That's the most brilliant thing EVER! Massive Veridian Dynamic(s). Bringing the world to you in f***ed up little bite-sized pieces of weird. #fringe
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    Image of Roklimber Roklimber
    11/13/09

    @goldfarb: Hostile take over! #fringe
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    Image of Starwatcher Starwatcher
    10/18/09

    In reply to Scientists Rewrite Flies' Memories, Bring the Dollhouse Closer
    Experiments on memory are among the most worrisome in my book. Memory is plastic enough and can be strongly manipulated just with selective propaganda, and now scientists want to go mucking around with it. Be very concerned. #neuroscience
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    Image of firstanointed firstanointed
    10/17/09

    In reply to Scientists Rewrite Flies' Memories, Bring the Dollhouse Closer
    Good lord, they wasted money doing this study? Really? I could have done this using a whoopee cushion and video of Rush Limbaugh. #neuroscience
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    Image of ParryLost ParryLost
    10/17/09

    @firstanointed: You could have mapped out the exact individual neurons responsible for associative learning in a simple brain with a whoopee cushion and a video of Rush Limbaugh? :P #neuroscience
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    Image of firstanointed firstanointed
    10/18/09

    @ParryLost: Yes! You'll have to take my word for it. It's a delicate but precise science. #neuroscience
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    Image of Bigdamnhero Bigdamnhero
    10/17/09

    In reply to Scientists Rewrite Flies' Memories, Bring the Dollhouse Closer
    This will never work on humans. When I turn on the TV most nights, an awful odor begins to permeate the room... and yet I'll continue to watch SyFy. #neuroscience
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