I PVR'd the premiere of the new JJ Abrams series the Fringe and I very much enjoyed the style and subject matter. Reminiscent of the X-Files and of course more recently LOST, the show features some HBO veterans Lance Reddick (OZ, the Wire and a small role on LOST, I'm sure he's had some roles on Dick Wolf Law and Order shows too) and Kirk Acevedo (Alvarez on OZ and a major role in Band of Brothers). Watching it at first I did not notice, but by the end I recognized many of the locales as areas in and around the University of Toronto Campus. The show deals with lots of themes that were featured on the X-Files and the TMN show ReGenesis nothing really all that original. The show again hints at the importance of numerology that Abrams is reportedly obsessed with(passenger 108 is responsible for unleashing a flesh eating virus on an International flight of course a very important number on LOST, the sum of the sequence hatch members must input every 108 minutes, also the sum of Hurley's Lotto numbers). There was one thing which freaked me out. The final scene of the episode featured an orderly in the basement of an Evil Genetics/Biotechnology military contractor wheeling a body into a mysterious lab, I can only guess for some kind of re-animation procedure. What shocked me was not the fact that the character was about to undergo something pretty much physically impossible, it was the actor portraying gurney man. Having just determined the show which was supposed to take place in Boston actually being filmed at University College, I realized the actor portraying gurney man was Toronto Humane Society Animal Cruelty Investigator and frequent guest of Ann Rohmer on Cp24/ City News Tre Smith. I was stunned, I didn't realize this guy was an actor. He made the news in the summer of 2007 for handcuffing a man to his car while he rescued a Rotweiller the owner had left in blazing heat. Is this just a bit part or is Tre Smith pursuing a career in acting? Just bizarre.
The Fringe airs on FOX and A-TV on Tuesday nights.
2 comments:
Tre got his "start" as a member of the Lofters on Canadian TV. He and some other wannabe actors had their every move recorded Big Brother-style. (Jennifer Hedger also appeared on the show) Check his IMDB profile. He's been in some pretty crappy Canadian stuff...
I remember the Lofters that was some bad stuff. There was really no point to the show. If you like horror movies at all there's a good take on the Big Brother reality show from I think 2002 called "My Little Eye", it's a co-Canadian/British production.
Post a Comment