The X-Files: "I've Been Getting My Ass Chewed"

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Chairman Capone: Dec 17, 2008

computer parts posted:

And then there's a bunch that are just "let's get the hell out of here and then have the military firebomb it", like Ice or Darkness Falls.

Both of these are still among my favorites of the entire series. In particular, for some reason when I saw Darkness Falls when it first aired it really stuck with me, and it's always been an episode that's stayed with me since.

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Big Mean Jerk: Jan 27, 2009; Well, of course I know him.
He's me.

I like the episodes that end with the government taking over because it ends up retaining part of the mystery behind the X-File. Mulder and Scully shouldn't be Shaggy and Velma. Not everything they encounter should have a logical explanation.

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cenotaph: Mar 2, 2013

Chairman Capone posted:

Both of these are still among my favorites of the entire series. In particular, for some reason when I saw Darkness Falls when it first aired it really stuck with me, and it's always been an episode that's stayed with me since.

I read the juvenile novelization of Darkness Falls before I saw it and it got me really hyped to watch the episode. I finally saw it when I got it on tape as a gift and it didn't disappoint. I still get all :unsmith:

when I watch it.

# ? Feb 13, 2016 23:48

Longbaugh01: Jul 13, 2001; "Surprise, muthafucka."

UnknownMercenary posted:

That's probably a good thing because the only good follow up was Tooms.

I haven't rewatched it yet, but isn't the follow up to Pusher considered good? Both Vince Gilligan iirc.

# ? Feb 14, 2016 00:33

JNCO BILOBA: Nov 22, 2005

cenotaph posted:

I read the juvenile novelization of Darkness Falls before I saw it and it got me really hyped to watch the episode. I finally saw it when I got it on tape as a gift and it didn't disappoint. I still get all when I watch it.

Same here! One of the series standouts for me.

# ? Feb 14, 2016 00:57

Ignis: Mar 31, 2011; I take it you don't want my autograph, then.

Hulu put up the next episode three days earlier by accident. It's down now, but beware of spoilers for the next days and all.

# ? Feb 14, 2016 07:55

FilthyImp: Sep 30, 2002; Anime Deviant

cenotaph posted:

There were a bunch of episodes that end on ominous "he'll be back" note that are never followed up on.

That's one of those odd little touches that was aped by Buffy the Vampire Slayer back in its first season or two -- battle's over and then before the end of the episode an ominous "nope, not over" stinger that usually never went anywhere.

# ? Feb 14, 2016 09:48

Snooze Cruise: Feb 16, 2013; hey look,
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I just assume the real finale of the show is going to be everyone of those "I'll be back" monsters troubling Mulder and Scully all at once.

Too many X-Files!

# ? Feb 14, 2016 13:59

QuickbreathFinisher: Sep 28, 2008; by reading this post you have agreed to form a gay socialist micronation.
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PBS Newshour posted:

Too many X-Files!

For some reason I'm imagining this as the title/premise of a bottle episode where they get stuck in Mulder's office trying to clean out their filing cabinets and I'm loving it.

# ? Feb 14, 2016 18:46

Longbaugh01: Jul 13, 2001; "Surprise, muthafucka."

QuickbreathFinisher posted:

For some reason I'm imagining this as the title/premise of a bottle episode where they get stuck in Mulder's office trying to clean out their filing cabinets and I'm loving it.

A bottle episode where their office gets possessed and starts trying to kill them might be pretty awesome. The literal X-Files come to life. Imagine the paper-cuts. (The end involves a desk for Scully materializing out of nowhere that tries to crush Mulder.)

Also, that tattoo episode is weird as heck, like the whole thing. Even weirder that it was supposed to originally air BEFORE Leonard Betts and therefore before Scully found out she might have cancer. It's still weird, but it would've made even less sense if Scully went so out of character without that revelation. It'd just make Mulder look like a complete dick. Interestingly enough, Anderson said she would've played that episode differently if she had known the air date would get switched, so...ahahahaha.

Edit: Now that I think about it, anytime Morgan and Wong either referenced Space Above And Beyond or cast one of their buddies from it in an episode, the episode is always weird. Sometimes good and sometimes bad. Good: Josie Chung, Musing of CSM. Bad: That waco/civil war/wacky voices one, tattoo episode.

Longbaugh01 fucked around with this message at 21:10 on Feb 14, 2016

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I AM GRANDO: Aug 20, 2006

That same lady from Space was in the best non-Darin Morgan episode of Millennium, though.

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Hakkesshu: Nov 4, 2009

Is there like a blog or podcast or something that's doing rewatch reviews of whole run?

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Slate Action: Feb 13, 2012; by exmarx

Hakkesshu posted:

Is there like a blog or podcast or something that's doing rewatch reviews of whole run?

http://www.feralaudio.com/show/x-files-files/

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Hedrigall: Mar 27, 2008; by vyelkin

Slate Action posted:

http://www.feralaudio.com/show/x-files-files/

The best part of this (all-round amazing) podcast is when he digs up comments and theories from Usenet newsgroups posted the date of the original airing.

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Chairman Capone: Dec 17, 2008

Yeah, my favorite one of those were people theorizing during season 1 that Scully was Mulder's sister, or that CSM was an alien.

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Wheat Loaf: Feb 13, 2012; by FactsAreUseless

"Detour" is an episode which is pretty decent up until the explanation of the MOTW. The disembodied red eyes coming towards you is pretty creepy, but the whole "they're Spanish conquistadors who evolved into tree monsters" thing undermines it a bit.

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Supercar Gautier: Jun 10, 2006

I recall that was also during the awkward period of the show where Mulder and Scully were off the X-Files but kept running into paranormal stuff by pure chance.

# ? Feb 15, 2016 01:18

Longbaugh01: Jul 13, 2001; "Surprise, muthafucka."

Supercar Gautier posted:

I recall that was also during the awkward period of the show where Mulder and Scully were off the X-Files but kept running into paranormal stuff by pure chance.

Somewhat related, the whole "THE X-FILES ARE BEING SHUT DOWN" plot device has been used a bit too much, right?

# ? Feb 15, 2016 01:38

Stultus Maximus: Dec 21, 2009; USPOL May

Jack Gladney posted:

That same lady from Space was in the best non-Darin Morgan episode of Millennium, though.

Speaking of Darin Morgan, Millennium, and ladies from X Files, I re-watched Somehow Satan Got Behind Me last night (which also had Alex Diakun). That was a great episode, although way too little Lance Henriksen.

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Castor Poe: Jul 19, 2010; Jar Jar is the key to all of this.

Longbaugh01 posted:

Somewhat related, the whole "THE X-FILES ARE BEING SHUT DOWN" plot device has been used a bit too much, right?

Almost as much as 'HI FOX IT'S ME SAMANTHA I'M TOTALLY NOT A CLONE".

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Dessel: Feb 21, 2011

Were the scenes from the past in this episode ripped straight from the old episodes?

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Gravitee: Nov 20, 2003; I just put money in the Magic Fingers!

Dessel posted:

Were the scenes from the past in this episode ripped straight from the old episodes?

Yes

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computer parts: Nov 18, 2010; PLEASE CLAP

Die Hand Die Verletzt is an amazing episode, especially since it features lapsed Satanists.

# ? Feb 15, 2016 03:28

Longbaugh01: Jul 13, 2001; "Surprise, muthafucka."

Castor Poe posted:

Almost as much as 'HI FOX IT'S ME SAMANTHA I'M TOTALLY NOT A CLONE".

This made me laugh.

Those loving Hybrid clones. They pop up everywhere.

# ? Feb 15, 2016 04:43

Krenzo: Nov 10, 2004

The clones were a whole lot better than, "HI FOX IT'S ME SAMANTHA I'M TOTALLY A GHOST NOW JUST BECAUSE". Don't forget we got the alien bounty hunter out of all those clone plotlines. He was awesome until he captured Mulder and just stretched his cheeks out for some reason.

Krenzo fucked around with this message at 06:07 on Feb 15, 2016

# ? Feb 15, 2016 06:05

sticklefifer: Nov 11, 2003; by VideoGames

Supercar Gautier posted:

I recall that was also during the awkward period of the show where Mulder and Scully were off the X-Files but kept running into paranormal stuff by pure chance.

They did that a few times. Season 2 is them working on getting the X-Files reopened, Season 5 is stumbling into X-Files, and Season 6 is them being reassigned but secretly working on the X-Files.

Season 6 is a lot better than I remembered. It's surprisingly consistent for being relatively late in the show, and has a lot of greats like Dreamland, Drive, Monday, and Field Trip, as well as the mytharcs with Spender and Fowley (though I always thought they could've done more with them as rival agents if Mimi Rogers had been available more).

I also love that the most recent episode had a callback to S6, specifically differentiating that the Trashman wasn't a tulpa because Mulder's already seen a trash tulpa in Arcadia.

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Longbaugh01: Jul 13, 2001; "Surprise, muthafucka."

At this point, I feel like "HI FOX IT'S ME <insert some x-files trope all in caps here>!" should just be a thing.

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Quasipox: Sep 6, 2008

So I've been slowly making my way through the series as I've only seen a few here and there and I watched "Excelsis Dei" last night. That was...something.

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