J.J. Abram's Fringe, like most of the things to which the maestro attaches his name, has quickly risen through the ranks to become one of my guiltiest pleasures. It's not a particularly great television show, and the pseudo-science is often utter drivel (most of the time they don't even try, i.e. deja vu is actually you experiencing an alternate universe...uh, ok, sure), but sadly it's better than most of what's currently on the tube. At the very least it's an attempt at serialization in a sea of murder-of-the-week shows.
The intro theme (composed by Mr. J.J. himself) is all kinds of great. The strange thing is – I knew I’d heard it somewhere else. So I did some serious YouTube digging and finally found this:
That’s the intro theme to the short-lived 2005 ABC series, Night Stalker, which starred that dude who’s banging Charlize Theron (and then forced her star in the eye-meltingly awful The Battle for Seattle), and the lovely Gabrielle Union. A remake of the cult classic, and run by X-Files alum Frank Spotnitz, it aired just six episodes.
Now here’s the intro to Fringe:
See any similarities? Something’s not right here people. Or maybe I'm just taking crazy pills.
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