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Basebf555 posted:That hasn't really been fully explained. I guess its maybe implied that the "ghost" of their son made it too painful to be around each other. I was asking about writing duo Morgan and Wong, but this is very helpful in answering questions I had about Scully and Mulder too. In the first episode it seemed like they split up because he was aimless and depressed without the X-Files to fixate on, and that fixating on the X-Files was bad for him.
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CountFosco posted:Soooo, Gillian Anderson got some major plastic surgery done, right? As that what I'm seeing? I think her wig makes her look different. Same thing as Portia de Rossi in season 4 of Arrested Development.
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egon_beeblebrox posted:I think her wig makes her look different. Same thing as Portia de Rossi in season 4 of Arrested Development. Scully does not look right at all in this run and it really makes it feel un Xfilesy to me. She's still a fantastic actress though, I just miss the red megabob.
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I haven't seen Jose Chung's From Outer Space in years. What was the name of the alien dude, Lord Steamboat or something like that?
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Relayer posted:Scully does not look right at all in this run and it really makes it feel un Xfilesy to me. She's still a fantastic actress though, I just miss the red megabob. I do agree that the wig is off putting.
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Bulky Bartokomous posted:I haven't seen Jose Chung's From Outer Space in years. What was the name of the alien dude, Lord Steamboat or something like that? Lord Kinbote.
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Stultus Maximus posted:Lord Kinbote. Thanks haha. Knew it was something like that. Also, I just rewatched the Were-man episode, and would have been totally cool if that was the series finale. I admit, it would be a little weird for the overall tone of the show to have ended on a comedy episode. Definitely one of my Top 5 episodes of the series though.
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Mange Mite posted:It's funnier to imagine that's how he actually dies, though, because it's always been hinted that Mulder is a porn fiend and a loser Not even so much hinted. I was just watching an old episode where he's on the phone with Scully and claims he's tailing a suspect so has to go. Then he hangs up and runs into a XXX theatre. I thought the latest ep was pretty good although it was one of those stories where Mulder and Scully don't really accomplish a drat thing. The trash golem kills everyone it wants to kill, they just kind of get to go 'huh' at the end. I did like the artist's 'solution' for hopefully not having the thing be violent any more though.
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Basebf555 posted:I wasn't following the thread live, but has anyone commented about how the scene where "Downtown" is playing probably was actually a reference to Home? It was very very similar to the scene in Home where the family pulls up outside the house and then goes inside and murders the sheriff. The episode title is actually 'Home Again'.
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Gobbeldygook posted:This was an OK monster of the week episode with some great directing and photography, but honestly I'm mostly disappointed because this episode wasn't a sequel to Home. I didn't care for the episode. There were some great touches like Scully kicking an armed man's rear end, the "wearing three-inch heels" comment, the flashlights . . . but they were just touches. I was never a shipper, I never thought baby William was good for the show, I've always found episodes centered on Mulder's and Scully's families to be distracting and uninteresting, and Mrs. Scully reminded me of health problems and deaths in my own family in a really distressing way. I did enjoy Mulder shooting down the "tulpa" concept. Gaz2k21 posted:That bald tattooed dude was Tim Armstrong from the Punk Band Rancid......
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Bulky Bartokomous posted:Please tell us more about the auction. TIA. My prop collection is small (2 items from LOST) but I find the hobby to be fascinating. This wasn't really an auction, it was a liquidation sale for three TV productions in the city. Happens a few times a year and I notice most of the people attending are from the movie industry or resellers. Most of the stuff is usually unlabelled but you can sometimes find some tags/labels on stuff that was featured on camera rather than just background. My favourite piece is some random bullet riddled/bloody uniform from Stargate. I couldn't really tell which things were from X-Files as the show hasn't finished airing yet  I did manage to get the last FBI and Coroner jackets from the X-Files though. There were one or two coroner hats too but oh well. It was pretty depressing when I was looking through the Minority Report stuff as a lot of it still had their tags on them. Guess they'll never get to use them now! There was a bunch of "Fear The Walking Dead" stuff as well but I didn't know enough to buy any of it.     There were also so many ties, wish I had got some.
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I just started wondering why this episode was titled "Home Again" anyway. I mean the murder set to Downtown was obviously like the one in Home, but other than the theme of homeless people being pushed out of their "home" and into a new "home", and the NIMBY theme of the lady not wanting them near her home, why the title? I'm wondering if it's just supposed to be literal as in "Home, Again." due to that one scene and the graphic violence, or maybe it is figurative because Mulder and Scully are back running around in the dark with flashlights working a MOTW and yet again a Scully is in a coma. Also, I too would like to know why Glenn Morgan and Wong stopped working together around 10 years ago or so. Is it because they made some lovely to mediocre movies? (Didn't stop Wong.) Edit: vvv Oh, duh. That makes obvious sense. Longbaugh01 fucked around with this message at 12:42 on Feb 10, 2016 |
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I think it had to do with Scully going back to her family and finding things so changed (mother is dying and changed her living will, estranged brother is on her mind, usually reliable brother is MIA), as in the old saying "you can't go home again."
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Basebf555 posted:That hasn't really been fully explained. I guess its maybe implied that the "ghost" of their son made it too painful to be around each other. Aren't they together in the second movie and we then also see their split?
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Junkenstein posted:Aren't they together in the second movie and we then also see their split? I can barely remember that movie, but I thought they were still together in that. I mean there were no emotional romantic scenes or make-out sessions but I thought they were staying in the same motel room at least. I should watch it again, I actually liked it more than most seemed to at the time.
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This B plot William stuff has poo poo up two otherwise good episodes so far. Too bad they didn't just dedicate an episode to resolving William and leave the others alone.
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Basebf555 posted:I can barely remember that movie, but I thought they were still together in that. I mean there were no emotional romantic scenes or make-out sessions but I thought they were staying in the same motel room at least. I should watch it again, I actually liked it more than most seemed to at the time. They are together to begin with, they're actually shown in bed with each other. The second movie is fine. It came along at a time when everyone had moved on from the X Files and was pretty much literally a double length standard MOTW episode, so it was a bit underwhelming. But as a lost episode? It's pretty good.
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Junkenstein posted:The second movie is fine. It came along at a time when everyone had moved on from the X Files and was pretty much literally a double length standard MOTW episode, so it was a bit underwhelming. But as a lost episode? It's pretty good. That's the problem with the second movie, I feel like the basic concept could have been boiled down to a decent episode, but ended up stretching a good episode to three times its length. The first movie too I thought was good enough on its own but could have made a killer two-part episode.
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GutBomb posted:He had a sense of humor, and the autoerotic asphyxiation was a joke, not a prediction. Yeah, he said something like "well Mulder you know, I think the most undignified way to go for you would be something like autoerotic asphyxiation" and gives him a funny look. That whole episode is hilarious, Peter Boyle especially.
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I like the TRASHMAN but Mulder and Scully didn't do or solve poo poo this episode. Very season 2ish. I like having old writers back, but if they do another miniseries, I think it's time to bring in some new blood. Darin Morgan is the only one who proved he still has it 100%.
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I'd love for it to become like an anthology where writers who watched the show when it was first on try out doing episodes.
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Now I don't watch much TV, but is it just me or do these new X-Files episodes just feel a little off (barring the were-lizard)? Mulder and Scully are fine, but it just seems a little weird and loose and the other actors just seem kinda lovely and everything just feels kind of cheap somehow, and everything is tinted blue. There's something about it that just feels bad.
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Feb 11, 2016 03:09
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Because Fox is a cheap, and uses cheap cameras and makes all their shows look glossy and fake.
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CelticPredator posted:Because Fox is a cheap, and uses cheap cameras and makes all their shows look glossy and fake. Well I stopped short before asking - do TV shows these days just look like poo poo???? I guess the answer to that is yes?
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Not all. But the ones of Fox sure do. Other networks tend to allow the filmmakers to let their shows have a distinct style.
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This revival isn't ugly because that's just what TV looks like now; on the contrary, it looks ugly because it's so outclassed by the amazing-looking television that exists these days. When Fargo has more gorgeous and memorable UFO scenes than the X-files, it's pretty clear who's dropping the ball.
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Fargo had ufo scenes???? Maybe I need to go watch Fargo.
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Acer Pilot posted:This wasn't really an auction, it was a liquidation sale for three TV productions in the city. Happens a few times a year and I notice most of the people attending are from the movie industry or resellers. Most of the stuff is usually unlabelled but you can sometimes find some tags/labels on stuff that was featured on camera rather than just background. My favourite piece is some random bullet riddled/bloody uniform from Stargate. Very nice finds. It has to be kind of weird looking at random stuff and wondering if you won't kick yourself later for passing on it when you see it in an episode.
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Hooooly poo poo I just finished X-Cops and holy poo poo holy poo poo what a great episode. That humor is loving pitch black, the interaction with COPS camera crew is amazing (Scully telling them not to follow but then the next segment stops with Mulder getting into the format 100 loving percent while Scully glares from the passenger seat yes, this is everything I ever wanted)! that poor sex worker! the rookie deputy! I love the deputy in charge, she was so loving great! STEVE AND EDI. You can see everyone just trying not to lose it laughing while they're filming. Mulder and the rookie cop having that heart to heart, that was such a great conversation. the camera crew at the end!!!! "AND YOU'RE ON NATIONAL TELEVISION SO COWBOY UP!" Do not skip it on your X-Files watch, what a great episode.
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HIJK posted:Hooooly poo poo I just finished X-Cops and holy poo poo holy poo poo what a great episode. That humor is loving pitch black, the interaction with COPS camera crew is amazing (Scully telling them not to follow but then the next segment stops with Mulder getting into the format 100 loving percent while Scully glares from the passenger seat yes, this is everything I ever wanted)! that poor sex worker! the rookie deputy! I love the deputy in charge, she was so loving great! STEVE AND EDI. You can see everyone just trying not to lose it laughing while they're filming. Mulder and the rookie cop having that heart to heart, that was such a great conversation. the camera crew at the end!!!! "AND YOU'RE ON NATIONAL TELEVISION SO COWBOY UP!" Season 7 has some real poo poo episodes but there's still an X-Cops for every First Person Shooter.
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Season 7 is one of my favorite seasons of the show, because it has this weird groove of trying things which lead to some stinkers and some winners
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PBS Newshour posted:Season 7 is one of my favorite seasons of the show, because it has this weird groove of trying things which lead to some stinkers and some winners Gotta take the all thingss with the Je Souhaites
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Someone mentioned Mulder and Scully don't really resolve anything in this latest episode, and then either them or someone else mentioned that happened a lot in Season 2. I'm only in Season 4 right now on my rewatch, but Mulder and Scully not actually tying up the case with a nice pretty bow happens all the loving time even after S2. And honestly, that's fine. The ambiguity at the end of a lot of the MOTW episodes seems a lot more realistic.
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Longbaugh01 posted:Someone mentioned Mulder and Scully don't really resolve anything in this latest episode, and then either them or someone else mentioned that happened a lot in Season 2. I'm only in Season 4 right now on my rewatch, but Mulder and Scully not actually tying up the case with a nice pretty bow happens all the loving time even after S2. Every time there's a ghost getting revenge they basically just stand there and watch.
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Man I love this show. I like the new stuff but watching old stuff 😍😍 I'm obsessed. Again.
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It always really bugs me when Scully is doing an autopsy with gloves on, but then touches her tape recorder or cellphone with a gloved hand that was just handling a severed head or vital organ. I mean I know microorganisms can't exist for very long on an inorganic surface, but still. Is this normal procedure for pathologists and coroners?
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Jack Gladney posted:Every time there's a ghost getting revenge they basically just stand there and watch. Yeah, they're sometimes like the Ghostbusters, if the Ghostbusters didn't have any ghost-busting equipment. And only one of them believed ghosts were real.
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How do you guys feel about that episode Duchovny wrote where an alien just wanted to play baseball except maybe he wasn't an alien and it was just a very clumsy allegory for racism?
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Good Soldier Svejk posted:How do you guys feel about that episode Duchovny wrote where an alien just wanted to play baseball except maybe he wasn't an alien and it was just a very clumsy allegory for racism? baseball episodes are always the best episodes in a tv show
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Good Soldier Svejk posted:How do you guys feel about that episode Duchovny wrote where an alien just wanted to play baseball except maybe he wasn't an alien and it was just a very clumsy allegory for racism? I watched that one recently and really liked it. I even liked the conversation dwelling on what it is to be human. Plus the ending with Mulder and Scully at the baseball field was nice.
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