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Why J.J. Abrams’s Fringe is losing my patience
Call me provincial, call me a relative realist, but is it so much to ask of television shows that take place in certain cities to have actually done some research into their respective cities? It’s as if J.J. Abrams and company have never once visited Boston for his new show Fringe.
Only two episodes into the spooky paranormal show and I can look past the crazy science of the show and suspend my disbelief over things like an excellerated birth wherein a conception occurs and the baby grows to 80-years-old within four hours. Or pulling retina images off a dead girl, et cetera.
But one thing I can not over look is playing fast and loose with the physical locations. I get that television shows are rarely, if never, filmed on location in the cities they take place in. But, it is no unreasonable to assume the producers do some homework first. Take for example episode number two of the Fox show Fringe. MORE »
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Tags: Boston, Fringe, Williamsburg Bridge |
