We all have dreams and fantasies, and when we fantasize, our worlds are divided into two universes, a conscious which is reality and a subconscious that can be understood through dreams.
The producers of the FOX science fiction series, Fringe were not worried about how they were going to be received by viewers, they were certain of the fact that people want to know about the unknown and they created a dramatic and intriguing series that taps into our subconscious and had us hooked.
And, eventually these two worlds will collide.
In my interview with Fringe executive producers Jeff Pinkner and J.H. Wyman, they talked about the alternate universe and their love for each episode, “Our babies.”
Fringe is an American science fiction television series created by J. J. Abrams, Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci. The series follows a Federal Bureau of Investigation “Fringe Division” team based in Boston, Massachusetts under the supervision of Homeland Security. The team uses unorthodox “fringe” science and FBI investigative techniques to investigate a series of unexplained, often ghastly occurrences, which are related to mysteries surrounding a parallel universe.
By: Daedrian McNaughton
Daedrian McNaughton: When you first came up with the alternate world concept, did you have any reservations in the beginning as to how it would be received by viewers?
J. Pinkner: I don’t think we had reservations about how it would be received because it’s not a hard concept to grasp. Everyone dreams and dreaming is just another reality. People believe in heaven and hell, which is just another reality. The notion of an alternate universe is sort of like in human consciousness in all different ways and it’s in public consciousness in all different ways. We’re not the only people who are telling stories about alternate universes and science has acknowledged it for a long time. Our concern was doing it in such a fashion that the audience would get hooked emotionally and making it an emotional story and not just an abstract sort of conceptual one.
Daedrian McNaughton: What episodes did you enjoy working on the most—?
J.H. Wyman: Enjoy working on?
Daedrian McNaughton: Yes, for both of you.
J.H. Wyman: I think—
J. Pinkner: We love all our babies.
J.H. Wyman: We like all our babies but I think we feel particularly close to “Peter.” I don’t want to speak for you but I—this is Joel, I think “Peter,” “August,” “White Tulip”—
J. Pinkner: I think our season premier this year was pretty special for us. The episode “Entrada,” the episode, which is about to come on the air, was sort of like—
J.H. Wyman: Really fun to work on.
J. Pinkner: And a culmination of a lot of things that we had been working on for quite a while. Then the episode that airs right after that one is pretty fantastic as well, it’s call “Marionette,” because it’s one of our most cinematic.
LIVES AND WORLDS ARE IN JEOPARDY ON AN ALL-NEW “FRINGE”
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2, ON FOX
Peter grapples with the aftermath of recent events as Olivia desperately searches for an ally. Meanwhile, the Fringe Team discovers a critical device that communicates between universes in the all-new “Entrada” episode of FRINGE airing Thursday, Dec. 2 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX.