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I think there is supposed to be new footage of the new season during this week's episode of Gotham, whenever that is. No idea what will be shown- anyone know?
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# ? Oct 26, 2015 20:59 |
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corn in the fridge posted:honestly its hard to imagine there being a worse xfiles episode than that video game one in season 7 That ep had a pretty weak feminist message that shoots itself in the foot. It could have been done a lot better but Duchovny and Anderson in paintball gear look pretty sweet.
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# ? Oct 26, 2015 21:13 |
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pahuyuth posted:I think there is supposed to be new footage of the new season during this week's episode of Gotham, whenever that is. No idea what will be shown- anyone know? Tonight at 8 I think.
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# ? Oct 26, 2015 21:56 |
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corn in the fridge posted:honestly its hard to imagine there being a worse xfiles episode than that video game one in season 7 Yes but that was also simultaneously the best goddamn episode ever. It was so bad, looked so awful, and was written so horribly it was just beautiful.
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# ? Oct 26, 2015 22:50 |
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I have friends that still use "cowboy up" out of awe for that mess. We saw it on the first airing.
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# ? Oct 27, 2015 00:42 |
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New promo time! Featuring shirtless Mulder! https://youtu.be/szVb8-c9oH4
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# ? Oct 27, 2015 02:29 |
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What are some good non-American folklore episodes? The ones that immediately spring to mind are Hell Money, Teso dos Bichos, and Teliko, but I know there are more. I always found those interesting because they use mythology in other countries I never would've known about otherwise.
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# ? Oct 27, 2015 02:39 |
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What!?!? Teso is TERRIBLE
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# ? Oct 27, 2015 03:42 |
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The Gift. Native American folklore is American folklore, though. e: Actually, it looks like the writers just made that stuff up and/or threw together aspects of a few different folkloric traditions for that. The Choctaw soul eater doesn't work like that at all. Never mind, carry on. Still a good episode. Feedbacker fucked around with this message at 04:11 on Oct 27, 2015 |
# ? Oct 27, 2015 03:52 |
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Teso dos Bichos has this on its IMDB trivia page: Originally the script called for hordes of common house cats to attack Mulder and Scully. Unfortunately, the cats refused to attack under direction and did pretty much nothing. All felines, from little kitten to big tigers, are absolutely lazy when having well fed and not in danger. 14 of 15 found this interesting | Share this I saw that the other day, and something about it cracked me up.
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# ? Oct 27, 2015 03:55 |
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sticklefifer posted:What are some good non-American folklore episodes? The ones that immediately spring to mind are Hell Money, Teso dos Bichos, and Teliko, but I know there are more. I always found those interesting because they use mythology in other countries I never would've known about otherwise. Yeah, Teso, Hell Money and Teliko are all kinda horrible to me, especially in the way they treat the cultures they're taking about. I like Arcadia as an even further westernized version of the Nepalese tulpa. Fresh Bones is cool if you consider voodoo non-american. Je Souhaite is pretty great for a later season comedy episode. A lot of eps about non-western mythology are very much a product of their time and feel kinda wtf as a viewer in 2015. Lots of casual stereotyping and weird Mulder witticisms.
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# ? Oct 27, 2015 04:04 |
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I think Teliko is a decent MotW episode, and I feel like its cultural stuff is more... awkward and unfortunate than malicious, I guess. Teso and Hell Money are no good.
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# ? Oct 27, 2015 04:34 |
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Gravitee posted:New promo time! Featuring shirtless Mulder! "It has a monster in it." I am losing the battle with not flipping out over each of these, and I don't care anymore. edit: confirming that Teso Dos Bichos sucked, and continues to suck into eternity
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# ? Oct 27, 2015 07:51 |
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Which is the one where terminally ill people get eaten and barfed out healthy by some kind of Native American spirit?
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# ? Oct 27, 2015 16:23 |
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Hell Money isn't too bad, it's just incredibly boring. You get one cool visual in the cold open and everything after is just a big wet fart.
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# ? Oct 27, 2015 16:56 |
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haveblue posted:Which is the one where terminally ill people get eaten and barfed out healthy by some kind of Native American spirit? This is The Gift.
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# ? Oct 27, 2015 19:05 |
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I'm sure others have made this connection.
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# ? Oct 28, 2015 03:39 |
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Oh because they're black? Shame on you.
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# ? Oct 28, 2015 04:30 |
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Met posted:Oh because they're black? Well, there probably actually is something to be said about these two characters existing in a sea of whiteness
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# ? Oct 28, 2015 06:25 |
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Met posted:Oh because they're ...There we go. Yes.
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# ? Oct 28, 2015 08:59 |
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Trip report after two X-Files viewing nights: First night, I stuck with Pilot/Deep Throat. Pilot was very well received, Deep Throat went over OK, but not as well as Pilot (although people enjoyed Seth Green as a youngster). With Pilot, everyone reacted big at the nosebleed-at-the-diner scene, which made me happy because that's one of my favorite moments from that episode. A lot of "oh shiiiiits" when that happened. Second night was even more of a hit. I showed "Beyond the Sea" and ended up going with "Home" because I just thought this crowd would enjoy it. Was correct with Home. Lots of screams and "what the fucks," especially with the "I'm ready" line. Also got a big laugh at the Elvis scene. I was proud, though, because they really seemed to enjoy "Beyond the Sea" the most. The ending is so effective, and everyone was totally silent when Scully delivered her final line. Then applause. One of my friends that came said he already watched the first 5-6 episodes of season 1 after the first night we did this, and everyone requested we do a third viewing, so I'd like to think I've converted some folks. Success!
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# ? Oct 29, 2015 06:13 |
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68k posted:Trip report after two X-Files viewing nights: You know cool and good people. Congrats on a successful X-Files night!
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# ? Oct 30, 2015 11:06 |
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Teso Dos Bitches posted:You know cool and good people. Congrats on a successful X-Files night! Time to show X-Cops
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# ? Oct 31, 2015 05:00 |
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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/30/arts/television/the-x-files-home-scary-tv.html?_r=0 Neat article/interview with Morgan and Wong about "Home". The most interesting bit in it is that they had been ready to start working on a script for Millennium that would have Frank Black find the remaining members of the Peacock family when Fox found out and told them that "those characters are never to appear on TV again." Luchadork fucked around with this message at 19:44 on Oct 31, 2015 |
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Require More Fire posted:http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/30/arts/television/the-x-files-home-scary-tv.html?_r=0 Whew, I was about to go apoplectic, as I read that as "Frank Black should never appear on TV again"... then I actually read the article and it was all good. I miss Millennium. Hello, Chris Carter? Hi. Yes, please do a new short run of Millennium. Thanks!
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# ? Oct 31, 2015 19:36 |
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I would love for one of the motw episodes to feature a team-up with Frank Black.
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# ? Nov 1, 2015 07:27 |
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I remember the one we actually got not being very good.
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# ? Nov 1, 2015 19:06 |
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So I just started listening to The X-Files Files podcast - I'm still on the first episode, but I can tell I'm going to love it, when they were talking about their experiences first watching the show, it's like they're talking directly to me. Also I loved listening to Kumail talk about his experience watching the second movie on opening night.
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# ? Nov 19, 2015 00:34 |
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Chairman Capone posted:So I just started listening to The X-Files Files podcast - I'm still on the first episode, but I can tell I'm going to love it Oh mannnn you're in for a treat! Kumail and his guests are all fantastic.
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# ? Nov 19, 2015 05:00 |
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I'm watching the x-files for the first time since I was in high school and actually I don't think I've ever seen season 1 at all, this show is dumb as hell and I love it for it.
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# ? Nov 23, 2015 22:11 |
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Ugh. Starting Season 6 finally and I forgot how much of a slog it is. What's the main episodes I should be watching from here on out so I can finish this series up?
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Casu Marzu posted:Ugh. Starting Season 6 finally and I forgot how much of a slog it is. What's the main episodes I should be watching from here on out so I can finish this series up? This, more or less. I've followed this a bit and some of them are monster of the week episodes with a random mythology related scene which isn't really absolutely necessary to see. joepinetree posted:Season 1
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# ? Nov 24, 2015 02:38 |
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I think season six is one of the worst seasons. Like, worse than at least one of the Doggett seasons. It's been a while since I watched any in order, though. I just remember having really bad reactions to more of season six than season eight or nine.
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# ? Nov 24, 2015 03:12 |
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Doggett is awesome, the problem is Reyes.
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# ? Nov 24, 2015 04:12 |
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egon_beeblebrox posted:I think season six is one of the worst seasons. Like, worse than at least one of the Doggett seasons. It's been a while since I watched any in order, though. I just remember having really bad reactions to more of season six than season eight or nine. Six is definitely where the mytharc should have just died. Some of the MotW episodes are actually pretty fantastic though. Arcadia, Monday, Triangle, and Field Trip are all season 6.
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# ? Nov 24, 2015 05:38 |
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Big Mean Jerk posted:Doggett is awesome, the problem is Reyes. He totally is- they just forgot how to write him for like 90% of season 9, where he goes from the decent pragmatist of season 8 into just a dick. Reyes isn't even awful in the 2-parter where they introduce her, or when her and Doggett are getting their swerve on, but outside of that, yeah, yikes.
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# ? Nov 24, 2015 05:43 |
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Doggett is rad and it's a drat shame he didn't come back.
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# ? Nov 24, 2015 06:04 |
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QuickbreathFinisher posted:Six is definitely where the mytharc should have just died. Some of the MotW episodes are actually pretty fantastic though. Arcadia, Monday, Triangle, and Field Trip are all season 6. You forgot Drive, Terms of Endearment, Unnatural, and Three of a kind.
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# ? Nov 24, 2015 16:11 |
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Is Dreamland a mytharc episode? That was pretty good too.
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# ? Nov 24, 2015 18:32 |
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Dogget is a Cool Dude and his seasons aren't as bad as I thought them to be when I watched everything last year.
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