Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Themes of Fringe Violence

Science, or more accurately fringe science, is the theme present in all violence in the series. The mystery and danger of fringe science is key to the suspense and action revolving around Fringe Division. We see the importance of fringe science to the show directly in the title sequence, with text such as "Teleportation", "Precognition", and "Psychokinesis" which clearly tie in with the pseudoscience the Fringe Division deals with. The title sequence even eludes to the overarching plot in the "reintegration" of the FRINGE letters at the end by referring to the spontaneous existence of objects in relation to the parallel universe. In addition, the mysterious and futuristic music composed by the creator, J.J. Abrams, gives the series a pseudoscience feel. To enhance the mystery, a few images from the glyph code (from which the divider to the right is constructed) in Fringe appear briefly. The violence is themed, therefore, as mysterious, complex, pseudoscience titularly dubbed fringe science.


The Fringe title sequence above displays the main themes of Fringe right at the beginning of each episode, and sets the tone of the episodes. ©2008 Fox Broadcasting Company