tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289595359432630118.post4589620469985502226..comments2024-03-18T04:36:26.547-04:00Comments on Paul Levinson's Infinite Regress: Fringe 9: Razor-Tipped Butterflies of the MindPaul Levinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07609987407926836519noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289595359432630118.post-44521756752521092712008-11-30T08:53:00.000-05:002008-11-30T08:53:00.000-05:00Some great moments in this episode, but I found th...Some great moments in this episode, but I found the Peter plot to be rather disappointing. I think it was mostly because it was so isolated from everything else in the episode. We got some glimpse of Peter's past life, though nothing new, really, except for actually meeting the old girlfriend. We already knew that shady characters would be happy to punish Peter for past actions, and we didn't learn anything about who they are, or what he's done. Actually, this was already made sufficiently clear in an earlier episode, when Peter catches someone taking pictures of him in a pancake house and roughs him up. The latest episode didn't move us forward from that point, which is too bad.<BR/><BR/>The problem with veering away from the main mystery to deal with Peter's story in isolation is that it somehow diminished Peter. He was barely involved in the "butterfly plot", which made it seem as if he were driving around town, goofing off, while the other team members were working on something important. Up until now, they've been able to weave the characters' backstories into the main story of each episode, and that works much better. The trouble with introducing separate subplots is that they are, by their nature, "SUB" - less important than what's going on elsewhere. It's much better when they're tightly incorporated into the main story, because then they all share the same urgency.Dr. Mabusehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01792194424034622756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289595359432630118.post-65047308668941442172008-11-26T02:25:00.000-05:002008-11-26T02:25:00.000-05:00Good questions. Only answer I have is that I'm pre...Good questions. Only answer I have is that I'm pretty sure that there was no one from the magic apple on this week's show.<BR/><BR/>The beginnings struck me as a "death by a thousand cuts" too - the beginning are actually all great little set pieces in themselves (like the beginnings on Six Feet Under).Paul Levinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07609987407926836519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289595359432630118.post-72750669745473990602008-11-26T01:05:00.000-05:002008-11-26T01:05:00.000-05:00I loved the leap from the real (experiments with p...I loved the leap from the real (experiments with psycho-somatic burning) to the utterly fantastic (self-slicing from the inside). At first I thought the opening was some kind of metaphorical "death by a thousand cuts". It does feel like it's starting to come together, but it's oddly unclear how. I'd not thought of the possibility of connection between Walter and Olivia that predates the show timeframe...hmmm...will it be as mundane as fathering, or might she have been spawned in some research somehow? Do we know anything about her family of origin? Aside from one of them hanging with his ex, who were the two people talking about Peter at the end? Were the folks with the apple from last time, in this episode at all?<BR/><BR/>Word Verification: "agnstin"--a new pharmaceutical that helps cope with the symptoms of agnosticismAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com