*Very* Cool FRINGE Video

Here's a neat video that was made by fans of the TV show FRINGE. Coordinating the elements of the video through social networking (specifically, Twitter), fans across the world visually asked the question that is on all their minds.

The video gets more impressive as it goes.

One note: Though it goes by quick, you may notice that at the site of a Roman aqueduct in Europe the question is asked in a tile mosaic in Latin. How cool is that?

The producers of the show–Joel Wyman and Jeff Pinker–didn't know about the video until it was done. Here's what they had to say afterwards:

JW: Me personally, I was so floored. And it felt so incredible to see how much the fans love the show and what they’re willing to do and their commitment. It was really moving.

JP: It’s stunning. They played it in a Fox departmental meeting yesterday. That’s not the kind of thing that happens. I’ve never heard of such a thing. And it was a surprise to both of us! Speaking about spoiling, neither one of us had any idea such a thing existed or was in the works until it was presented to us over the weekend. And as I tweeted, at the risk of sounding soft, it choked me up. It was amazing.

And what was kind of amazing about it — or what was additionally amazing about it — is it wasn’t designed as a save the show campaign. It was just a gesture of love, not for us, but for Peter and the actors and the production. It was amazing.

Here's the vid:


 

Since the fourth season of FRINGE starts tonight (that's why all the shots of the number 4 appear in the video), we may soon start getting answers to the question–though in keeping with the rules of good drama, of course, they can't answer it immediately. It'll take a few episodes as we build toward the reveal.

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One extra note: I didn't know about the video when it was being made, but if I had, I would have suggested–at the end of the video–posing the question in large, 3-D floating letters and then pushing the perspective of the shot through them, just like they do with location-identifiers on the show.

Author: Jimmy Akin

Jimmy was born in Texas, grew up nominally Protestant, but at age 20 experienced a profound conversion to Christ. Planning on becoming a Protestant seminary professor, he started an intensive study of the Bible. But the more he immersed himself in Scripture the more he found to support the Catholic faith, and in 1992 he entered the Catholic Church. His conversion story, "A Triumph and a Tragedy," is published in Surprised by Truth. Besides being an author, Jimmy is the Senior Apologist at Catholic Answers, a contributing editor to Catholic Answers Magazine, and a weekly guest on "Catholic Answers Live."

3 thoughts on “*Very* Cool FRINGE Video”

  1. Love the video! I’m on Season 3, Episode 9. I’ll be recording the new episodes so I won’t have to wait for the Season 4 DVDs.
    On a slightly different note: I missed Person of Interest last night, and I forgot to record it. Does anyone know if it was any good?

  2. Very cool video! I love it when the Internet comes together like that.
    Nicholas – I found PoI pretty entertaining, but mostly from the Jim Caviezel side. He’d make an excellent Batman in the inevitable post-Nolan reboot. :/ Michael Emerson wasn’t given much of a chance to shine like he was as Ben. To be fair, it was only the first episode, so I’m sure they’ll let him loose a bit in the weeks to come. I’ll be watching next week, at least.

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