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OXBALLS DOT COM posted:The X-files was all about dealing with the aftermath of the cold war and talking about all the awful stuff the US did during its height through the lens of alien conspiracies from that time. A lot of the stuff, like secret human experimentation, mind-control, cover-ups, assassinations, etc., are all direct allegories to actual known US government programs from the 50s-70s. It was all stuff people knew was happening and spread through these half-truths even before the real proof came out slowly as it was declassified, in various accidental document leaks, etc. I wonder if anyone's written a good piece on the various types of conspiracy/supernatural theories and fads and how they correlate to current events and zeitgeist.
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mastershakeman posted:Last year I watched seasons 1-6 and kind of lost interest, then finished 7-9 just now. Holy moly the 9th season was rough to slog through, I was completely checked out for most of it (so was everyone else but Robert Patrick, to be fair). I can't believe they thought an hour long trial that consisted of thrown together clips with narration was the best way to end things Honestly, I can't think of many TV shows that have a half-decent finale. The X-Files one was certainly forgettable, and as much I love Doggett, I could have done without seasons 8-9.
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Going through a re watch and hit War of the Coprophages. I think it was one of the most enjoyable thing Ive seen all year l'd already seen it a few times before
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Dec 27, 2017 08:20
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I really like War of the Coprophages. It's a shame it doesn't seem to get as much love as Darin's other episodes (including from Darin himself, though the guy does seem like his own toughest critic).
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Dec 27, 2017 16:12
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I will take mediocre seasons if we get at least one Darin-written episode out of it.
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Dec 27, 2017 16:44
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Season 7's finale works as a series finale tbh. I'm pretty sure it was written as a potential series finale too.
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Dec 27, 2017 21:28
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Frankly once Duchovny went into special guest star mode the show was over, and the show was spinning its wheels for a while before that.
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Dec 27, 2017 21:43
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Octy posted:Honestly, I can't think of many TV shows that have a half-decent finale. Just watch the finale of M*A*S*H over and over.
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Dec 29, 2017 16:39
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I’m in the minority but I thought the ending of LOST was perfect.
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Dec 29, 2017 16:51
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I liked the Battlestar finale but I know a lot of people don’t.
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Octy posted:Honestly, I can't think of many TV shows that have a half-decent finale. Millennium. Shame it only had two seasons, though.
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Bulky Bartokomous posted:I’m in the minority but I thought the ending of LOST was perfect.  Just watched Small Potatoes and Zero Sum today, both excellent episodes.
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Bulky Bartokomous posted:I’m in the minority but I thought the ending of LOST was perfect. I don't think it was perfect, but it was satisfying and moving and probably the best we were ever going to get.
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Hannibal Rex posted:Millennium. Shame it only had two seasons, though. Indeed. That said, for a finale, "All Good Things" was a decent episode.
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Gravitee posted:I will take mediocre seasons if we get at least one Darin-written episode out of it. This. The guy is five-for-five as far as I'm concerned, and season 10 was worth it for a new Darin Morgan episode. If season 11 gives me another one of those plus some other decent entries I'll be happy.
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Dec 29, 2017 23:13
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Parks and Rec stuck the landing. But, yeah, X-files has one of the worst finales I've ever seen. And then coming back to I Want to Believe was just... wow. It was so, so bad.
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Dec 30, 2017 00:06
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I recently read that Gillian wanted out after this season, do you folks think they'll kill Scully off and leave us with Einstein (terrible name)?
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Acer Pilot posted:I recently read that Gillian wanted out after this season, do you folks think they'll kill Scully off and leave us with Einstein (terrible name)? God, Fuuuuuuuck I keep forgetting and then subsequently remembering that they saddled Lauren Ambrose with this loving stupid gimmick name. She's a good actress, like, why.
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LividLiquid posted:Parks and Rec stuck the landing. But, yeah, X-files has one of the worst finales I've ever seen. And then coming back to I Want to Believe was just... wow. It was so, so bad. having slogged through every episode of the x-files should i get myself amped up for the 2nd movie? I'm really unmotivated for it and theres plenty of good series finales, even in scifi. TNG, Bab5, BSG, i'm sure there's others
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mastershakeman posted:having slogged through every episode of the x-files should i get myself amped up for the 2nd movie? I'm really unmotivated for it There’s really no point watching IWTB
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Acer Pilot posted:I recently read that Gillian wanted out after this season, do you folks think they'll kill Scully off and leave us with Einstein (terrible name)? I'd be genuinely surprised if Fox greenlighted that after the disaster that was 24 Legacy.
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Acer Pilot posted:I recently read that Gillian wanted out after this season, do you folks think they'll kill Scully off and leave us with Einstein (terrible name)? I don't think they'd kill Scully straight-up, but I'm fully expecting Carter to end it with hooks for continuation with other characters.
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mastershakeman posted:having slogged through every episode of the x-files should i get myself amped up for the 2nd movie? I'm really unmotivated for it  in movie form. I remember coming out of it both disappointed and wondering what the hell I just watched, and now all I can recall of the story is that it somehow went from Billy Connelly as a repentent paedophile priest having visions of dead kids to gay Russians doing head-swap surgery. I have no idea at all what happened between those two things.
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I didn't find I Want To Believe all that objectionable, if anything it was the  factor that kept me drawn in. Also it had a pretty rad end credits sequence. 
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I remember when they were filming IWTB, Carter had fake werewolf suits made so that pictures of them leaked and for a while people thought that the movie was going to be about werewolves. Still kind of wish it was. The only things about it that really stuck out were that the villains ticked off every single conservative nightmare of the Bush era (Russians, illegal immigrants, stem cell researchers, gay marriage) and Duchovny blamed the movie tanking on The Dark Knight coming out the previous week. Pops Mgee posted:I liked the Battlestar finale but I know a lot of people don’t. I've warmed on it a bit over the years (almost 8 years now... drat) but I still think their original plan for the final season, before they changed it during the writers' strike, would have been a lot better.
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Chairman Capone posted:I've warmed on it a bit over the years (almost 8 years now... drat) but I still think their original plan for the final season, before they changed it during the writers' strike, would have been a lot better. What was it? It's always interesting to me to see how many huge events in TV shows end up just being sort of...a whim. If you read Memory Alpha when you're watching Star Trek there's shitloads of things that they just decided to do at the last minute and I'm sure Xfiles has that in spades.
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From what I remember, the mutineers were going to be successful in the rest of the fleet, which would have jumped away from the Galactica and been destroyed by the Cylons, leaving the Galactica as the last human ship. After the final battle in the Cylon HQ, the Galactica would jump away to Earth but be damaged enough to crash on it, rather than going into orbit (and causing the survivors to be stranded on Earth rather than by choice). The ending shot would have been archaeologists digging beneath an ancient temple and finding the Galactica. There were a few other things with changed character motivations - I think Ellen Tigh would have actually joined Cavil's side - but at this point I can't remember the specifics.
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Gillian Anderson is done with the show after this season, officially. So as far as I'm concerned, The X-Files is dead.
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Stare-Out posted:Gillian Anderson is done with the show after this season, officially. So as far as I'm concerned, The X-Files is dead. It lived too long in the first place and then came back from the dead twice. That’s a pretty good run.
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If this season is as dismal as the last then good for her. edit: Six Feet Under, Angel, and Babylon 5 are the most memorable series finales to me. hope and vaseline fucked around with this message at 01:53 on Jan 1, 2018 |
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Stultus Maximus posted:Indeed. For my money, the two best series finales of all time are quite probably All Good Things, and Futurama's Devil's Hands are Idle Playthings. Both episodes are not only fantastic episodes of their respective shows in and of themselves, but both also sort of serve to encapsulate and echo the themes of their series as a whole, and provide both an excellent sense of closure, as well as the feeling that the adventures will continue all the same, even though we as the audience wont necessarily be privy to them.
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hope and vaseline posted:If this season is as dismal as the last then good for her. What do you think about family meetings?
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RoboChrist 9000 posted:For my money, the two best series finales of all time are quite probably All Good Things, and Futurama's Devil's Hands are Idle Playthings. The finale of Fringe left me a blubbery mess. That dang white tulip  I binged through the last three episodes of season 10 last night, and I cannot believe Babylon exists 
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New season tonight. Wonder how they'll cop out of the finale last season...
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Acer Pilot posted:New season tonight. Wonder how they'll cop out of the finale last season... It was all a dream.
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Jan 3, 2018 22:02
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I'm weirded out its on at 8EST.
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They should stick it back into the Friday-night death slot it inadvertently gave birth to all those years ago.
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A solid open.
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Get hosed for saying the moon landing was faked Carter.
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