Fan Rants

WOOT! I am so doing the happy dance. Though it does bare the question as to what FOX has up their sleeve…perhaps they will change it into a reality TV show mid-season.

Press Release from FOX:

FOX RENEWS “FRINGE” FOR FOURTH SEASON � IN BOTH UNIVERSES

FOX has renewed critically acclaimed thrilling drama FRINGE for a fourth season, it was announced today by Kevin Reilly, President, Entertainment for Fox Broadcasting Company.

“FRINGE has truly hit a creative stride and has distinguished itself as one of television’s most original programs. The series’ ingenious producers, amazingly talented cast and crew, as well as some of the most passionate and loyal fans on the planet, made this fourth-season pickup possible,” said Reilly. “When we moved the show to Fridays, we asked the fans to follow and they did. We’re thrilled to bring it back for another full season and keep it part of the FOX family.”

FRINGE co-creator and executive producer J.J. Abrams said, “We could not be happier that the fans of FRINGE (and our most excellent partners at FOX) have allowed us to continue telling stories from the fringe for another season!”

“This early pickup comes at a perfect time as we start production on the Season Three finale,” added FRINGE showrunners and executive producers Jeff Pinkner and J.H. Wyman. “We join the cast and crew in thanking our loyal fans and FOX for allowing us to have this much fun telling stories we love.”

Since moving to Fridays (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) in January, FRINGE is averaging a 2.2/7 among Adults 18-49 and has established itself as Friday’s No. 1 series in the core adult demographic.

The compelling third season continues tonight, Friday, March 25 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT), on FOX. In the “Bloodline” episode, the intensity of life “over there” accelerates as a pregnant OLIVIA (Anna Torv) is kidnapped and finds herself in mortal danger. As the Fringe Division races against time to find her, agent LINCOLN LEE (guest star Seth Gabel) receives some heartbreaking news as WALTER (John Noble) stops at nothing to preserve the new branch of the Bishop family tree.

Created by J.J. Abrams & Alex Kurtzman & Roberto Orci, FRINGE is produced by Bad Robot Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television. Abrams, Bryan Burk, Jeff Pinkner, J.H. Wyman and Joe Chappelle serve as executive producers, while Kurtzman, Orci and Akiva Goldsman are consulting producers. Additionally, Pinkner and Wyman serve as the series’ showrunners. Become a fan of the series on Facebook at www.facebook.com/fringe and follow the series on Twitter at www.twitter.com/fringeonfox (@fringeonfox).

Someone was kind enough to post the trailer for the next episode of Fringe titled Firefly for the fans!

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An all new story arch based on my favorite TV show ‘Fringe’ will be hitting the comic book store shelves today. Produced by Wildstorm press, “Tales from the Fringe” is a 6 issue mini-series that will delve into the pasts of the main characters.

Pretty pumped by this since they haven’t had much chance to expand on some of the characters too much. This month deals with Peter Bishop, followed by Philip Broyles, Astrid Farnsworth, and then Nina Sharp.

And if you’re not to sure where your nearest comic book store is (SHAME ON YOU!)… go to www.comicshoplocator.com or call 1-888-COMIC-BOOK!

This week we recorded earlier in the day, so Johnny was sober. We talk a little about Splice. We talk about a possible Aquaman movie, among other DC “second tier” possibilities. Michael Bay gets a mention for destroying our childhoods. Apparently, he’s going to remake Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. We talk about Logans Run and how it’s being remade, which turns into a brief synopsis of what Logans Run is all about for those who may not have ever seen it. If you haven’t seen it, we suggest you do. In TV, we finally talked about the Fringe Finale.  We also talk in depth about the Lost Finale.  Yes we know it’s been a while, but it needed some time to sink in.  While we were recording we got the news that Gary Coleman died.  We talked about that a little.  R.I.P.  In comics news we talk about “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep: Dust to Dust” and how it’s totally worth the read.

Did you know you can call us? You can call and leave a nasty message at (405)63-FANTS (405-633-2687). Go write it on some bathroom walls.

Music this week was from the artist Karmafish.  We heard the enitre album “All These Voices” and most of the album “Ultrascope“

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Sweet balls of rum!  This week we get back in the swing of things with rum and beer.  Not mixed together.  Let me say that WE KNOW (now) that we were totally wrong about Fringe.  I didn’t edit it out because I thought it was funny.  There’s movie talk, TV talk, we make fun of Thor, the French, the Germans, ourselves, religious fanatics, Harrison Ford, aliens, among many other things.  Some how we managed to talk about the upcoming Cowboys and Aliens movie for like 10 minutes.

Please tell your friends about the podcast! Please follow us on Twitter (@fantsinpants), Please read the website!  THANKS!!

Music this week was generously provided by Kirby Krackle.  We met them at C2E2 and they were super cool and nice.  They sing nerd rock about video games and comic books.  they’ve got two albums out, E for Everyone and Kirby Krackle, both available on iTunes.  Check them out!

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