Comments on: Fringe – Episode 4: “The Arrival”

By: Deconstruction Review of Fringe, Episode 4 Season 1, The Arrival « Cordial Deconstruction

Fri, 01 Jul 2011 03:05:51 +0000

[...] As always, an episode synopsis will be found over at Scott’s Polite Dissent [...]

By: Deconstruction Review of Fringe, Episode 4 Season 1, The Arrival « Cordial Deconstruction

Fri, 01 Jul 2011 03:05:51 +0000

[...] As always, an episode synopsis will be found over at Scott’s Polite Dissent [...]

By: Marionette

Marionette — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 13:40:40 +0000

In the opening scene the Observer orders jalapeños on the side, but what he is given is a plate of slices of large green capsicum pepper, What an odd error to make.

By: Chris Hamilton

Chris Hamilton — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 08:05:35 +0000

Osmium would have fit better than iridium for the “egg.”

~3x as abundant in the Earth’s crust, is significantly harder (mohs 7.0, opposed to 6.5, though both are unusually high for pure metals) and is even more heat resistant. Tungesten’s melting point is higher still, but it doesn’r share the chemical inertness of Osmium or Iridium and is significantly less dense.
(incedentally Osmium is the densest element, though only very slightly denser than Iridium)

Osmium’s color would match that of the Egg’s “indigo” firly well as it’s a dark bluish colered metal. (similar to Silicon in apearance)

Of course ‘Iridium” sounds cooler…

Also, the density has nothing to do with the ability to penetrate the material (look at lead or gold). However the hardness of Iridium is high (as mentioned), considerably harder than glass and hardened steel. However silicon- tungesten- or titanium carbide cutting/boring tools should have no problem.

By: Chris Stuurman

Chris Stuurman — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:11:40 +0000

>Astrid should have seen what was coming. Iridium is the second densest
>element, how was a tiny syringe going to penetrate it?

As if you could make an assumption based on that. Remember when they sent electric shocks through the corpse’s brain to show the last thing she saw?

By: Ed Hardy, Jr.

Ed Hardy, Jr. — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 05:22:26 +0000

Thanks for the HEAT VISION & JACK reference–that’ll never stop making me smile.

And I still can’t figure out if FRINGE is any good or not.

By: adrienne

adrienne — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 04:43:51 +0000

I’m still waiting for Denathor…er, Walter to go nuts, poor oil over him and Pacey…er, Peter, then jump off a building.

I think I’m the only person who seriously loves this show. It’s so ridiculous, and they haven’t even moved the island yet!

And come on, man, everyone knows osmosis doesn’t work – who didn’t stick the physics book under their pillow in high school because cramming didn’t work?

By: Drieux

Drieux — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 01:41:44 +0000

I’m somewhat surprised that no-one of the bevy of senior observers– including the elegantly informed Mr. Skin^H^H^H^H Broyles– didn’t recognize the fact that the ‘egg’ is, in fact, the same shape as a boat-tailed rifle bullet. Indeed, a very similar shape to that of the current 155mm/205mm artillery round the the US Army knows and…well, likes pretty well.

As I recall, when Keith Laumer first mentioned a sub-crustal torpedo, it was launched by what he called a sub-continental assault unit. Kinda bigger than what we saw in this episode, but Science Marches On, eh?

v/r

Drieux

By: elizabeth

elizabeth — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 00:51:23 +0000

I watched the scene where Baldy ordered lunch, then rewound and called the family in and played it again. It’s the best thing that’s been on the show yet.
So, is what’s-his-face traitor boyfriend alive for realsies?

By: Ryan

Ryan — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 20:17:25 +0000

Osmosis Jones was the coolest cartoon character ever. He made the human body fun.