Factual Inaccuracies

Limegirl — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 07:15:10 +0000

So Seuss has been watching Fringe lately. I say that he has been watching it lately, because every time I watch an episode, someone makes some scientific claim that is so blatantly false, I want to jump through the TV and strangle them.

Apparently I’m not the only one who feels this way. I decided to look for Fringe TV inaccuracies, and stumbled across a thread at the Straight Dope forum. I’ve been reading this thread for an hour, and I can’t get enough. So many examples of factual inaccuracies, and so funny. I’m so glad I’m not the only one who twitches every time someone uses made-up science.

I’ll continue to passively absorb bits and pieces of episodes, if only so that I can feed the nitpicking fire.

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Update:
Oh TV Tropes, how I love you and never knew. A quote from You Fail Biology Forever,

“Fringe. Dear god, the science in this is horrible. Given the premise it seems clear they are deliberately invoking Rule Of Cool, as they don’t even try to make sense. Perhaps it takes place in an alternate dimension with different rules…which would be appropriate for the show”

and

“Fringe is Hollywood Science taken to its illogical extreme – given time, it will offend all disciplines. Biology and physics are just the regular whipping boys.”

I believe J.J. Abrams lives by the Rule Of Cool, and would apply it in real life if he could. I believe he has a condo over the shark.

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