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So I'm confused. In the first episode Scully is working at the hospital and Mulder is unemployed and by the end of the episode it seems like they're still working outside the government (which is now the enemy they are fighting) but in Episode 2 they working as FBI agents....So did that happen between episodes or something?
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Jan 28, 2016 08:44
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Alucard Nacirema posted:So I'm confused. In the first episode Scully is working at the hospital and Mulder is unemployed and by the end of the episode it seems like they're still working outside the government (which is now the enemy they are fighting) but in Episode 2 they working as FBI agents....So did that happen between episodes or something? It ends with Cancer Man saying the X-files are open again. Right before that Skinner tells them they need to meet him.
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Jan 28, 2016 08:47
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bobkatt013 posted:It ends with Cancer Man saying the X-files are open again. Right before that Skinner tells them they need to meet him. That meeting could have been about a thousand different things (most likely being to back off what they are doing) and I thought smoking man was just referencing the fact that scully and mulder are back together sniffing around. I feel like there should have been a scene or moment where they actually officially rejoin the FBI.
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Jan 28, 2016 09:40
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Mange Mite posted:Well, before it would be just him talking and sounding like a lunatic. This time though it had a bunch of stock video stuff for every beat like a bad youtube video making it sound too authoritative, like if the showrunners are talking and not the character Alan Sepinwall pointed this out in his review before it clicked for me, but for that scene, Carter seems to have been heavily inspired by the infamous Mr.X scene from JFK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSw9sjqYK_I Which it shouldn't surprise me that he's a fan of, but weird to basically lift something from a 1991 film a bit blatantly. Maybe he thought enough people had forgotten it. My Q-Face posted:Tooms was born in the early 1900s, so before the aliens showed up or anybody tried doing cloning experiments. Yeah but, the Mayans somehow knew the Alien Colonists would begin their attack in 2012, so there's the possibility the colonists were active and around long, long before 1945.
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Jan 28, 2016 09:53
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It's pretty obvious as he had an informant named Mr. X
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Jan 28, 2016 10:20
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Alucard Nacirema posted:That meeting could have been about a thousand different things (most likely being to back off what they are doing) and I thought smoking man was just referencing the fact that scully and mulder are back together sniffing around. I feel like there should have been a scene or moment where they actually officially rejoin the FBI. I am pretty sure both Mulder and Scully asked each other if they are ready as they get the call from Skinner, its pretty obvious.
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Jan 28, 2016 10:29
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I actually really liked the stock footage rant. If this reboot has done one thing well so far, it's capturing the conspiratorial zeitgeist. Mulder's long and vague monologues about the truth seem more at home back in the '90s, when calling into shows like Coast to Coast AM and ranting was the biggest platform most individual conspiracy theorists had. Today that platform is the much more visual medium of sites like YouTube.
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Jan 28, 2016 15:37
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He's supposed to sound crazy, right? Like he's an addict who just took a hit? I didn't think we were supposed to take that scene completely seriously, but that it was supposed to make us worry about his state of mind.
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Jan 28, 2016 15:44
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Krenzo posted:This second episode made me think back to the Red Museum episode from season 2. Kids were being kidnapped and injected with alien DNA taken from the alien fetus. I feel like we've seen this all before, but they're trying really hard to pretend that it's new. Exactly my problem. This doesn't feel like a continuation of the existing story, but it doesn't feel like a break with the past either. Its a rehash of stuff they've done before(multiple times even), and it doesn't really feel fresh and new at all, so why not just make this season a direct continuation of story they already had?
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Jan 28, 2016 15:54
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PBS Newshour posted:Don't forget the lovable ghost couple who give sage advice after Mulder loses his way. Those the same ghosts that tried to get Skully and Molder to kill each other? They were cool.
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Jan 28, 2016 17:05
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Jack Gladney posted:He's supposed to sound crazy, right? Like he's an addict who just took a hit? I didn't think we were supposed to take that scene completely seriously, but that it was supposed to make us worry about his state of mind. Yes. Scully is the audience in that scene. "Dear Lord, Mulder, have you been hitting the phenazepam?"
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Jan 28, 2016 17:06
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MariusLecter posted:Yes. Scully is the audience in that scene. Works in theory, but in practice what ended up happening was more like: "Dear Lord, Carter, have you been hitting the phenazepam?"
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Jan 28, 2016 17:11
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I really enjoyed Mulder's rants, if only because it made him sound like a MGS character.
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Jan 28, 2016 17:12
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I kinda hope they touch on what happened to Gibson Praise. I wound up liking the kid more on my recent rewatch. I'd forgotten how many seasons he appeared in, and Fox spent something like a hear chilling with him in the desert. He's someone I could see them getting in touch with given the whole thing with him supposedly having alien DNA.
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Jan 28, 2016 17:41
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Basebf555 posted:Works in theory, but in practice what ended up happening was more like: He needs to keep hitting it hard and hitting it deep.
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Jan 28, 2016 17:46
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Mortanis posted:I kinda hope they touch on what happened to Gibson Praise. I wound up liking the kid more on my recent rewatch. I'd forgotten how many seasons he appeared in, and Fox spent something like a hear chilling with him in the desert. He's someone I could see them getting in touch with given the whole thing with him supposedly having alien DNA. Yea but for a long time he was "the key to the X-files" because of his alien DNA. Now it seems like there's probably a shitload of Gibson Praise's out there.
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Jan 28, 2016 18:11
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bobkatt013 posted:Kill Jack Black then direct a movie where you get a blow job? Giovanni Ribisi is not Vincent Gallo. Giovanni Ribisi was the lightning kid. Vincent Gallo directed Buffalo 66 and The Brown Bunny.
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Jan 28, 2016 18:37
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Mortanis posted:I kinda hope they touch on what happened to Gibson Praise. I wound up liking the kid more on my recent rewatch. I'd forgotten how many seasons he appeared in, and Fox spent something like a hear chilling with him in the desert. He's someone I could see them getting in touch with given the whole thing with him supposedly having alien DNA. He'd be college age now. Maybe if there's another season he'll be Skinner's new intern or something.
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Jan 28, 2016 19:10
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Talked to a coworker about the last episode and was surprised that he didn't like it at all, actually even less than the first one, he said. Apparently the issue is that it felt like a genre B-grade stuff... which I thought was exactly the point of the show. What he apparently expected, and actually how I could see it going before the premiere too, was just Scully and Mulder investigating a single big mystery over the 6 episodes, something like True Detective with (actual) monsters, more or less. But as we've seen, it's quite easy to mess up, and the moment the cold open started, I was glad it was what it used to. I guess I would still be open to such a season, but I don't think it's necessary for the show to reinvent its format just because most other shows work differently nowadays.
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Jan 28, 2016 20:57
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mobby_6kl posted:Talked to a coworker about the last episode and was surprised that he didn't like it at all, actually even less than the first one, he said. Apparently the issue is that it felt like a genre B-grade stuff... which I thought was exactly the point of the show. Yea sounds like a guy who hasn't seen the original episodes in a long time. There were soooo many episodes that were way more influenced by B-movies than this one.
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Jan 28, 2016 21:05
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Basebf555 posted:Yea sounds like a guy who hasn't seen the original episodes in a long time. There were soooo many episodes that were way more influenced by B-movies than this one. I can think of one that was just a remake of The Thing
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Jan 28, 2016 22:30
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bobkatt013 posted:I can think of one that was just a remake of The Thing 'Ice'. Still holds up well for a season one episode.
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Jan 28, 2016 22:58
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Octy posted:'Ice'. Still holds up well for a season one episode. Mulder jokes about his tiny dick. The best ep ever.
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Jan 28, 2016 22:59
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MariusLecter posted:Mulder jokes about his tiny dick. The best ep ever. Ah, but there's a season two episode where we see Mulder in his speedos and he's not too badly off. Guy is just modest.
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Jan 28, 2016 23:06
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bobkatt013 posted:I can think of one that was just a remake of The Thing There's an episode in season 2 that is basically The Thing set in a volcanic research base.
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Jan 28, 2016 23:16
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Castor Poe posted:There's an episode in season 2 that is basically The Thing set in a volcanic research base. That one rules because it has homicidal Josh Lyman in it
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Jan 28, 2016 23:23
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Man, the pilot looks great in HD.
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Jan 28, 2016 23:43
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Octy posted:Ah, but there's a season two episode where we see Mulder in his speedos and he's not too badly off. Guy is just modest. I mean David Duchovny has posed nude. I can't remember if he went full frontal or if the funbits were "tastefully covered up" though
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Jan 29, 2016 05:33
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Holy moly, I can't believe how bad these are. Did Duchovny get worse at acting or am I just older now and have seen more acting? Maybe this will all tie together better but so far it feels like a bunch of fanfiction nuts got together and wrote a script after reading an issue of infowars to make it seem contemporary.
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Jan 29, 2016 09:21
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Every time they make a very strained attempt to be like "hey it's 2016" I cringe. The Obamacare and Uber comments were the worst parts so far, but there've been a lot. They don't have to ignore the fact it's 2016, but it would be nice if it came up naturally instead of being so hamfisted.
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Jan 29, 2016 16:56
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Khanstant posted:Holy moly, I can't believe how bad these are. Did Duchovny get worse at acting or am I just older now and have seen more acting? Maybe this will all tie together better but so far it feels like a bunch of fanfiction nuts got together and wrote a script after reading an issue of infowars to make it seem contemporary. He's always had a somewhat monotone, unemotional affect. He's capable of strong emotion but its not his natural acting style.
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Jan 29, 2016 17:12
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egon_beeblebrox posted:Man, the pilot looks great in HD. My wife and I just watched this last night on Netflix and I'm in agreement there. She never saw the show when it was on, just the 2 newest episodes when I watched them so I'm picking episodes that are good from the previous 9 seasons for her to see. I didn't remember Mulder being so emotive. It's almost a completely different character.
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Jan 29, 2016 18:29
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GutBomb posted:My wife and I just watched this last night on Netflix and I'm in agreement there. She never saw the show when it was on, just the 2 newest episodes when I watched them so I'm picking episodes that are good from the previous 9 seasons for her to see. Issues involving his sister and Scully he gets pretty emotive. See the episodes where she has been abducted and missing.
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Jan 29, 2016 18:31
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFP-hW7JpUQ
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Jan 29, 2016 19:05
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bobkatt013 posted:Issues involving his sister and Scully he gets pretty emotive. See the episodes where she has been abducted and missing. Oh yea, he gets pissed when they take Scully. Like, I'll burn this whole loving thing to the ground pissed.
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Jan 29, 2016 19:05
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Viewership numbers for 'My Struggle' are now up to 20.3 million, making it one of the most-watched episodes of the show's entire run. For comparison, during the show's peak season it averaged 19.8 million viewers per episode.
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Jan 29, 2016 19:06
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Basebf555 posted:Oh yea, he gets pissed when they take Scully. Like, I'll burn this whole loving thing to the ground pissed. He nearly strangles Duane Barry. It's too bad Krycek killed him off, that two-parter works so well because the guy who plays Barry is so good at playing an insane abductee.
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Jan 29, 2016 19:09
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Big Mean Jerk posted:He nearly strangles Duane Barry. It's too bad Krycek killed him off, that two-parter works so well because the guy who plays Barry is so good at playing an insane abductee. Have you ever seen Lifeforce?. Its the guy who played Duane Barry starring in a batshit insane, yet very high budget sci/fi-horror movie and the characters are very similar. His name is Steve Railsback, he's really good at playing unhinged, yet still good-hearted characters.
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Jan 29, 2016 19:16
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Slate Action posted:Viewership numbers for 'My Struggle' are now up to 20.3 million, making it one of the most-watched episodes of the show's entire run. For comparison, during the show's peak season it averaged 19.8 million viewers per episode. Not that it isn't impressive, but jumps in viewers like this after 14 years can be explained with rising population numbers.
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Met posted:Not that it isn't impressive, but jumps in viewers like this after 14 years can be explained with rising population numbers. Except, isn't TV viewership pretty much down across the board from the 90s?
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