Comments on: Fringe – Episode 13: “The Transformation”

By: DJB

DJB — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 09:58:29 +0000

They’ve used bad pun names a bit too much…lol!

By: The non-science of Fringe: The Transformation « weak interactions

The non-science of Fringe: The Transformation « weak interactions — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 10:59:36 +0000

[...] episode is debunked at Popular Mechanics and Polite Dissent, and you can read more about it at Fox, IMDb and the A.V. [...]

By: Ledasmom

Ledasmom — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 18:58:03 +0000

The half-nipple rule certainly doesn’t apply to guinea pigs, and, if I remember correctly, twins are more common in goats (two) than cows (four).
I wonder under what circumstances it would be useful – really, whenever would you be in a position to count a critter’s nipples, but not to see how many young were following it?

By: E

Fri, 06 Feb 2009 16:49:30 +0000

The doomsday clock has moved back! YAY!

As well as the conservation of mass (and energy) issues, the fact remains that the half-nipple rule (ignoring its merits or lack thereof) only applies to placental mammals, which the opossum is not. (It’s a marsupial.) And the standard opossum compliment is typically 13, not 15 as stated on the show, and are within the pouch, not on the chest.

By: LurkerWithout

LurkerWithout — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 07:13:31 +0000

I know you don’t review either Grey’s or Private Practice (anymore) but I caught part of the first tonight and I had to wonder. Do surgeons actually wear ear-rings? Every female character had them during surgery. Some of them were big dangly ones…

By: Synth

Synth — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 23:28:26 +0000

When the guy at the beginning started getting spikes, I already thought we’re getting an even bigger cold virus, maybe a “human cold virus” chimera (something like in The Fly films, just with a virus instead of a fly) :)

By: Scott

Scott — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 15:20:00 +0000

Slarti:

Geez. I can’t believe I missed that. D’oh!

By: FlowerPower

FlowerPower — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 13:58:01 +0000

A little Fringe-related news: I just read that the actors that portray Dunham and Scott were recently married. Best wishes to the happy couple!

By: Slarti

Slarti — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 07:00:01 +0000

I typically enjoy it more when Olivia’s allowed to show some competence and that she’s not keeping her job just by stumbling into the cases’ solutions. I’m also glad they’re bringing Charlie into the loop of what’s going on, and am hopeful that this will now lead to a tapering-off of the Dead Traitor Coma Boyfriend plot arc.

The one thing about the episode that kicked me in the face, though? When, at the end, we find out that Conrad, the scientist with a virus which turns people into animal things, has the last name of “Moreau.” Total “oh, you guys did not just do that” moment, right there.