Originally posted by Infra_red
Originally posted by TH3ON3
I really wish the mainstream movie producers would stop putting out unbelievable movies and television series. Fringe was a big disappointment because I know we don't have any chemical agent that can dissolve human flesh that fast with such a small quantity administered.
Do they think we are all retards or something, and that because it has numerous flashes and explosions we will overlook the absurdity of the science. Just more of the same old crap that plays down to most of us.
Since you are posting as a skeptic, I will try to direct my answer with fact that can be researched. From watching the first episode, I think that the series could be a hit and shed some light on topics discussed here if presented within reason. I look forward to future episodes.
Necrotizing Fascitis
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I'm not posting as a skeptic, but as a realist. I know about necrotizing facieitis, and yes that would have been very believable, maybe a designer strain that when they landed they were pretty sick. But the face meltng away in a matter of a few seconds, please. Also, plugging in to the dead guy to talk to him.
Take the Indiana Jones movies, the first one was awesome, and it featured a face melting away, but that was caused by a supernatural force, which a large segment of the population can believe, and I loved that movie.
Then they follow that up with the dismal Temple Of Doom, and the scene where the guy gets his heart removed and he is still alive screaming ike a banshee while the heart continues to pump, and then the scene where the runaway boxcar with four people inside all with very different weights jumps the broken rails and just happens to land perfectly on the other side about 20 feet away, from that moment on believable story lines were in a downward spiral, and Hollywood has only proven my point with most all of the big releases since then being too fantastic to really take serious.
I'm talking about the stories set in real time without any paranormal/supernatural reasons for the unbelievable occurances.
I understand you want it to be a hit, and so do I, but if they don't start writing some believable stories that a large segment of the population can find plausible it will fail in short measure.
[edit on 12-9-2008 by TH3ON3]
