Strike what was originally here. So, does this mean we'll get a full version of the alternative version in the future? God, I hope so.

THE VIDEO CANNOT BE SHOWN IN MY COUNTRY!!! WHAT THE FUCKING FUCK, USA? I HATE THAT SHIT!!!!

I IS NOT HAPPY!!!

^ I'm sorry you guys can't see or hear it, because it's fucking awesome.

Now if J.J. Abrams would just produce and/or direct some Year Zero stuff...

I dont hear the difference

There are NEW lyrics, there's new whispering Trent and I think some of the effects are different.

can anybody please upload Fringe promo on youtube or elsewhere for us, unlucky non-americans? thanks.

Oh man, that's awesome. So what's the spectrograph image? Where my ARGers at?

relevant quote:

While I agree with you--With Teeth is a wonderful album despite its adherence to many mainstream music conventions--I disagree with your emphatic refutation of popularity being a barometer for suck. (Yes, that's correct: "suck" is here being used as a noun.) Before I proceed with my argument, a boring but necessary warning. It may be more pleasurable to skip it, and then read it if and only if you're outraged at my conclusions.

For the purposes of the following example, I'll be using IQ. IQ tests often aren't worth the paper they're printed on, and the particularly bad ones (culturally specific and unfair) have been misused by bigots the world over to "prove" the inferiority of whatever race is on the hate menu. They aren't a pseudoscience like phrenology, but they have been both abused and some engineered to produce similar results as pseudosciences, which usually have a specific political agenda. But IQ scores are easier to state and understand than the findings of a whole hell of a lot of other standardized intelligence tests--all of which paint the same general picture of society (even if individual results do vary and the idea that one race is inherently less intelligent than another is idiotic and assuredly unsupported): the distribution of human intelligence follows a standard bell curve. That caveat in mind, I have this to say.

The average human IQ is between 85 and 114. High functioning mental retardation occurs in people whose score falls between 70 and 84--think Forrest Gump. People between 115 and 129 are "bright," and people between 130 and 144 are "moderately gifted." A genius IQ is equal to or greater than either 145 or 160, depending on who defines the term. So. Generally speaking, your average human being is very probably closer to a state of mental retardation than he or she is to genius. Koko the gorilla--the one that has a 1,000-word sign ASL vocabulary--tests between 78 and 95, for instance. Knowing this, it's actually a pretty sound notion to deduce that, if something appeals to the masses enough to be termed "mainstream," it probably is exceedingly accessible, undemanding, pandering, and something that appeals to lowest common denominators. For the "mainstream" to like something, the mainstream has to be able to at least sort of understand it, which means it's got to be within their capacities. More or less. Friends is within most everyone's capacity for understanding. Arrested Development was less so. Finnegan's Wake is barely within anyone's capacities.

So, yeah, if something has garnered mainstream approval, that's generally indicative of an unchallenging and LCD nature, which in turn probably indicates a certain inherent amount of inherent suck. It's not because a lot of people like something that it sucks, it's just that, for a lot of people to like something, it tends to have to suck. (And yes, that time, "suck" was a verb.)

Are those new bits all him? The article seemed to imply that they were Leonard Nimoy. I can't imagine I'd get the two confused--they do sound rather more Trentish (by a longshot)--but the article leads me to believe otherwise. And Spock can pretty much do anything--even imitate Reznor himself.

Is that a butterfly?

That editing makes realize how much I really love this song.

So can anyone make out all the lyrics?

And while they are playing some clips from the show, are those alternate chorus lyrics as well?

You have guessed correctly!



Edit: I only got the first part. "And I have seen history repeat itself enough times to know, a war is coming" I hear after that "you'll have to trust (me)?"

I figured out most of the lyrics. They are taken from Nimoy's dialouge in the episode Momentem Defferred. It goes as follows:

"and ive seen history repeat itself enough times to know

a war is coming

you don't have to trust me, or even like me

but you can't deny i hold a unique perspective shaped by having lived in two worlds

i've seen first hand the difference a wrong choice can make"

<then clips from the show, in the background trent is singing softly along with the beginning of the chorus and i can't make out what he is singing, it may have been a layer from the original version that i never noticed, it may be new lyrics. the two sections of it that you hear vaguely sound like he is singing "it's not enough" or "is that enough" and the other part seemed to be "*syllable* *syllable* the sky">

interesting to note that the last line was changed, in the episode he simply says "i know the difference the wrong choice can make" also in the episode he says "i have a unique perspective" versus "i hold a unique perspective". also the "trust me/like me" line in the show goes "you don't have to trust me, you don't even have to like me"

How long does it take for youtube to process a video? I uploaded it to YouTube for those of you that can't watch it yet... But it's still "being processed..."

Nevermind, I dunno what "being processed" means since, it's already available to view:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHXjTo_OLEA

Enjoy!

thanks a million!
sounds awesome
but no... I won't start watching this stuff anyway :)

Thank you so very much! <333333

And WOW! How awesome is that promo? It makes me want to watch that show, darn it.

Putting off homework and real work, I watched a few of these online. They made me remember why I don't have a TV. Shame. I would have loved them when I was a kid. They'll go over great with folks who loved the DaVinci Code, but have darker sensibilities. Or people who like Star Trek, but also CSI.

That isn't to say they're not still more interesting than 95% of the schlock out there. Formulaic, yes. But I suppose fun--with less compelling characters than The X-Files. I'm still angry at America for making Everybody Loves Raymond a success. And let's not even talk about reality TV.

Question: If this is a clip of the promo, does that mean there will be a complete version? And will that complete version contain the entirety of "Zero-Sum"?

I know you didn't just diss Everybody Loves Raymond :O

*pulls video off youtube*

Yeah, I've grown to love that show too.

I've avoided Fringe because it looked like a blatant X-Files ripoff and I have yet to enjoy any of the other rip offs that have since come and gone. But after watching this promo, I might have to check out a few Fringe episodes.