Fringe: The Complete First Season | 
| Actors: Anna Torv, Joshua Jackson, Lance Reddick, Kirk Acevedo, Blair Brown
Studio: Warner Home Video
Category: DVD
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Rating:  154 reviews
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Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), Portuguese (Subtitled), Thai (Subtitled), Portuguese (Dubbed)
Rating: Unrated
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Number Of Discs: 7
Running Time: 1028 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.4 x 1.1
MPN: 883929075126
UPC: 883929075126
EAN: 0883929075126
ASIN: B001C4CI8U
Theatrical Release Date: September 9, 2008
Release Date: September 8, 2009
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| • | Teleportation. Mind control. Invisibility. Astral projection. Mutation. Reanimation. Phenomena that exist on the Fringe of science unleash their strange powers in this thrilling series, co-created by J.J. Abrams (Lost, Alias), combining the grit of the police procedural with the excitement of the unknown. The story revolves around three unlikely colleagues a beautiful young FBI agent, a brilliant |
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Teleportation, mind control, astral projection, invisibility, precognition, spontaneous combustion, reanimation: these are among the peripheral sciences--or "pseudo-sciences," as one skeptic puts it--examined during the first season of Fringe, a Fox network TV drama debuting on DVD with the full first season (twenty episodes) offered on seven extras-laden discs. The notion that those phenomena could have a genuine scientific basis is intriguing enough. But co-creator J.J. Abrams (whose bulging resume as a director, writer, and producer includes Lost, Alias, and the 2009 Star Trek feature film) has even more on his mind. Along with the weird science, the series features a multi-agency task force investigating related acts of terrorism that may very well add up to a threat of unimaginable global proportions; people who are exactly what they appear to be (i.e., insane) and others who are anything but; plot twists galore; family drama, interpersonal relationships, corporate evil, cop chases... There's a lot in play here, and while it doesn't always hold together (and like any new series, it takes a while to hit its stride), Fringe is rarely boring, and never less than impressively ambitious. The pilot introduces us to the main characters, principally FBI agent Olivia Dunham (Anna Torv, good but not great in the show's central role) and others on the task force brought in to investigate some gross goings-on aboard a jumbo jet (a "self-eradicating, airborne toxin" reduced everyone to blood and bones). Seems this is but one part of "The Pattern," a series of synchronous, similarly shocking events that unfold as the show progresses; in subsequent episodes, lots of people are killed in graphic fashion by all manner of horrors, including scary monsters (slugs as big as a football, teethed parasites that can crush your heart), a gas that freezes a busload of passengers "like insects trapped in amber," people so radioactive they can literally make your brain boil… it goes on. Helping Dunham and the rest of the force figure it all out are scientist Dr. Walter Bishop (an appealing John Noble), who's spent the past 17 years locked up in the loony bin and whose research may be responsible for some of the crimes we witness, and his son-babysitter Peter (Joshua Jackson). As for the "fringe" element, Dr. Bishop and other, less benign geniuses jump-start a dead man's brain, photograph another victim's cornea in order to access the last thing she saw before death, connect Dunham to her boyfriend so she can experience his memories of the incident that left him comatose, use high-frequency vibrations to enable bank robbers to pass through a solid vault wall, and much, much more. As for where and how all of this ends up, let's just that enquiring minds will have to hang in for the long, complicated run. Bonus features are many and varied; among the best are "Deciphering the Scene" (brief explications of key scenes in every episode) and "The Massive Undertaking" (detailing how certain special effects sequences were pulled off). --Sam Graham
Product Description
FRINGE-COMPLETE 1ST SEASON (DVD/FF-16X9/7 DISC/VIV
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 Great T.V. watching... March 10, 2010
C. Blackiston (Philadelphia, PA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Keeps you interested, and all ways has a different story, but gives you much information on the underlying storyline!
 Great New Show March 9, 2010
S. Heller (Philly, PA)
The first season fringe is great. It is really entertaining and a terrific new show. We can't wait until they release the second season on DVD and we will be sure to order from Amazon because of their excellent service. I got the first season while it was on sale and it was shipped to me within two days. Thanks Amazon!
Addictive! March 9, 2010
Jeremy Pemberton
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This series is definitely addictive! I found myself staying up late watching hours of episodes. Great buy!
EXCELLENT! March 9, 2010
Nicole (Los Angeles, CA USA)
Fast, quick and reliable! I ordered this dvd and received it the next day, tax free and free shipping! GREAT.
Great characters, great story. March 5, 2010
T. A. Clark (Spring Valley, MN United States)
I'm not a big fan of TV, so I first saw this series on disc (and now have the DVD and Blu-Ray versions of this). The Blu-Ray version definitely looks better, and it's worth picking up if you have the hardware to play it; it's less discs to manage, and the picture quality is terrific. The menus are a little awkward compared to the standard DVD release's menus, but definitely not bad once you get used to them.
Fringe unexpectedly became my favorite show I've ever seen, for a number of reasons. The story is intelligent and well-handled modern sci-fi, and unlike almost anything else on TV the show actually has a purpose. It's not just showing you things to fill a time slot; even spanning into the second season Fringe continues to create an ongoing story out of each show. They're going somewhere with it, and like a good book it's fun and entertaining to find out where it ends up.
More than anything else, the show is character driven. The story revolves around Walter Bishop, a not-so sane scientist, in a role that's played so well that I can't imagine anyone NOT liking him. Emotional, often hilariously funny, and sometimes a little disturbing and even scary... he's one of, or should be considered to be, the most iconic supporting characters on TV. His son, Peter, has a harsh relationship with Walter and the first season of the show builds upon the always interesting friction resulting from the forced end of their estrangement brought on by the main character, Olivia Dunham, during the beginning of the show. Olivia is the serious edge that drives the show forward, the almost-archetypal courageous white knight that's universally been played by a male character everywhere else. She's perfect here; stoic and determined, full of raw emotion that nobody else gets to see outwardly if she can help it, and it's acted and written well enough that she never becomes that stereotypical tough girl who has to act like she's a man fitting into a man's world. It's nice to finally have a strong female lead character who can be tough and still be feminine, something exceptionally rare in films or television.
I love it, five stars. Pick up the Blu-Ray if you're torn between formats, but the DVD version is great enough to recommend as an alternative.
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