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Poor Reyes really got the short end of the stick and while she wasn't amazing, it's also not really her fault.
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False posted:Both, really. I enjoy reading about why other people enjoy things before I enjoy them (and it helps to avoid the waste of time episodes). The list of mytharc episodes is in this post I made in the old thread: https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?noseen=0&threadid=3601247&pagenumber=34&perpage=40#post450954564 Mytharc gets incoherent at the end, but makes a vague sense till the end of season 7. This is the serialized part of the xfiles. Notable MOTW episodes, by season (these can be watched out of order, but i'd recommend not starting with the lighthearted ones, since they pay off more once you understand the characters better). Italics are the funny ones, bold are the really famous ones that get brought up all the time season 1: Squeeze Ice Fire Beyond the Sea Tooms (follow up to Squeeze) Season 2 Irresistible Die Hand Die Verletzt Dod Kalm Humbug F. Emasculata Our Town Season 3 Oubliette War of the Coprophages Pusher (Vince Gilligan's first episode as a staff writer, he had a previous credit, but it was a submitted script that initially got him the job) Jose Chung's From Outer Space Quagmire Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose Season 4 Home (probably the most famous episode of the x files, because it was only shown on broadcast tv once and then never again) Unruhe Paper Hearts Small Potatoes Season 5 Detour The Post-Modern Prometheus (a weird lighthearted episode that uses what is essentially rape for comedic effect) Kitsunegari (follow up to pusher) Chinga (actually pretty bad, but remarkable because it was written by Stephen King) Bad Blood Folie à Deux Season 6 Drive (Bryan Cranston is in this one) The Rain King Monday Arcadia Milagro The Unnatural Season 7 Hungry Millennium (conclusion to the show of the same name, since it had been cancelled) The Goldberg Variation Orison (conclusion to irresistible) The Amazing Maleeni X-Cops (Cops, but with x files) all things (actually pretty bad, but a favorite for the shippers for reasons that become clear at the very start) Hollywood AD Je Souhaite I dont remember any worthwhile s8 and s9 motw, though I am sure there are some.
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# ? May 8, 2020 16:19 |
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Have to post this Skimmer tribute in every thread: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=kleBbnNXeJwShrimp or Shrimps posted:When I do my rewatches, I typically finish at season 5 plus the first film, Fight the Future. That's also my recommendation for noobs. The movie isn't perfect but it kind of wraps up the colonization plot pretty well. The show is still very good in S6 but either due to LA or change of writers it's just not quite the same from then on. The Robert Patrick seasons are also pretty fun.
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# ? May 9, 2020 08:13 |
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joepinetree posted:The Post-Modern Prometheus (a weird lighthearted episode that uses what is essentially rape for comedic effect) You could say the same about Small Potatoes, to be fair
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# ? May 9, 2020 16:44 |
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NikkolasKing posted:Mulder's arc in S5 has been interesting. My criticisms of how it was done aside, his losing faith in the alien idea and becoming a jaded cynic about the government was an unexpected development in his character. Mulder's a pretty huge and unreasonable jerk about religious stuff. In the one where Scully's in a coma and Mulder is trying to save her by threatening the smoking man and running all over, she tells him at the end that she decided to fight back to consciousness because there was a doctor who said encouraging things to her every day during her coma dreams and that when she asked about the doctor, the staff said that she had died years ago. And Mulder rolls his eyes are her and then she yells at him about how he's always the first one to believe in ghosts that murder people but he's a total hypocrite about ghosts that would do something good for somebody. It's always really stuck with me that her attitude is completely justified, and also that he's incredible insensitive to blow her off mere hours after she almost died and argue with her about the impossibility of a ghost who helps people like he's a reddit atheist.
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# ? May 11, 2020 20:06 |
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Antifa Turkeesian posted:Mulder's a pretty huge and unreasonable jerk about religious stuff. In the one where Scully's in a coma and Mulder is trying to save her by threatening the smoking man and running all over, she tells him at the end that she decided to fight back to consciousness because there was a doctor who said encouraging things to her every day during her coma dreams and that when she asked about the doctor, the staff said that she had died years ago. And Mulder rolls his eyes are her and then she yells at him about how he's always the first one to believe in ghosts that murder people but he's a total hypocrite about ghosts that would do something good for somebody. It's always really stuck with me that her attitude is completely justified, and also that he's incredible insensitive to blow her off mere hours after she almost died and argue with her about the impossibility of a ghost who helps people like he's a reddit atheist. If you're talking about One Breath, the final scene is Scully asking about Nurse Owens, then we get the spooky Twilight Zone twist that she was a ghoooost and it ends. There's no argument with Mulder about it. I dunno, I guess you could be conflating two different episodes? There's some stuff in S5 which I only vaguely remember the details, but I have a feeling there may've been a discussion along those lines.
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# ? Jun 6, 2020 12:15 |
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Maelstache posted:If you're talking about One Breath, the final scene is Scully asking about Nurse Owens, then we get the spooky Twilight Zone twist that she was a ghoooost and it ends. There's no argument with Mulder about it. I swear there’s one where they’re on a bench together and Mulder laughs at her for thinking there could be good ghosts and it’s because of something that happens in her part of the story. Maybe it was the ghost of a priest or something? I’m pretty sure it was in the earlier part of the series. Do they ever talk about the events of that episode later?
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# ? Jun 7, 2020 03:30 |
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I'm going to start watching the show from the start
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# ? Jul 5, 2020 23:34 |
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Milo and POTUS posted:I'm going to start watching the show from the start I'm in the process of doing this, thanks COVID. It was a huge part of my childhood (on DVD), but it's been a few years since I've done a back to back watch, and I'm well overdue for how much I love it to this day. This rewatch has really given me a realisation of how much I'd want to punch Mulder in his beautiful face constantly if I knew him irl, he's an extremely punchable character. My personal favourite episodes (from memory) are Beyond the Sea, Arcadia, Paper Hearts, Chinga, The Field Where I Died, and A.D. Skinner. I don't think it's a coincidence they're all MotW episodes. I've always hated the mytharc episodes, even though I love CSM as a character.
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# ? Jul 6, 2020 15:36 |
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Baby Seth Green the moped driving stoner in episode 2
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# ? Jul 6, 2020 22:14 |
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Dog_Meat posted:Whatever happened to UFO hysteria anyway? One day people just suddenly stopped caring. I know camera phones killed most things like this and I guess the fact that we can now buy drones that "move like nothing I ever saw in the sky" popped the alien tech bubble, but we just don't hear from people saying they got probed anymore 9/11.
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# ? Jul 7, 2020 06:23 |
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I cut the AI one off after about a third of the way so I could go to bed.
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# ? Jul 7, 2020 20:48 |
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Doodley-doodley-doodley dododo
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# ? Jul 8, 2020 01:38 |
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I might join this rewatch too. I always drop off right around the first movie.
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# ? Jul 8, 2020 01:40 |
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Pumped af to watch "The thing but bad" episode now
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# ? Jul 8, 2020 06:36 |
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Ice is loving citizen kane compared to space good lord
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# ? Jul 8, 2020 09:38 |
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There are too many kinds of loving aliens on and around Earth in season one. The conspiracy aliens cannot be cool with a mars face alien ghost and amish date rape aliens running all over the place. To say nothing of the volcano parasite aliens. But at least the brain worms from Ice were just prehistoric Earth life.
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# ? Jul 9, 2020 05:13 |
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Ghost in the machine and Ice were both much better than Fallen angel which was also much better than Space which was loving lame and it's a good thing for DD and GA's careers it wasn't the pilot
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# ? Jul 9, 2020 06:22 |
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Am I high or is Eve pretty great? Or maybe it just seems that way compared to other season 1 fare
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# ? Jul 9, 2020 07:31 |
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Milo and POTUS posted:Am I high or is Eve pretty great? Or maybe it just seems that way compared to other season 1 fare Eve is great. Am I right in thinking that it's also part of the myth arc? But it's one of those subtle connections IIRC, not an explicit connect.
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# ? Jul 9, 2020 09:11 |
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Antifa Turkeesian posted:I might join this rewatch too. I always drop off right around the first movie. While there's good stuff after, I don't think you can be blamed.
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# ? Jul 9, 2020 09:36 |
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Open Source Idiom posted:Eve is great. Am I right in thinking that it's also part of the myth arc? But it's one of those subtle connections IIRC, not an explicit connect. Deepthroat* shows up but it turns out he shows up constantly so far *lol
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# ? Jul 9, 2020 10:25 |
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I think I remember a lot of people saying they hated Fire but I'll say this for it, it's not Space.
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# ? Jul 9, 2020 14:15 |
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The early episodes really throw a lot at the wall as far as what kind of lives Mulder and Scully have led, and boy do a lot of those things not matter at all. Mulder especially seems to have a lot of exciting past experiences that go absolutely nowhere as the show settles into a consistent characterization of him and his life story. Does him attending Cambridge or wherever come up even once after that?
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# ? Jul 9, 2020 14:22 |
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Antifa Turkeesian posted:Does him attending Cambridge or wherever come up even once after that? Didn't he have a British ex for about five minutes? Or is that from the same episode...
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# ? Jul 9, 2020 14:38 |
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Mulder's a real rear end in a top hat in Beyond the Sea.
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Milo and POTUS posted:I think I remember a lot of people saying they hated Fire but I'll say this for it, it's not Space. What? Fire was awesome! That was the first episode I ever watched as a kid and I as instantly hooked.
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# ? Jul 9, 2020 16:32 |
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im molder's waterbed
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# ? Jul 9, 2020 23:38 |
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Antifa Turkeesian posted:The early episodes really throw a lot at the wall as far as what kind of lives Mulder and Scully have led, and boy do a lot of those things not matter at all. Mulder especially seems to have a lot of exciting past experiences that go absolutely nowhere as the show settles into a consistent characterization of him and his life story. Does him attending Cambridge or wherever come up even once after that? Well, obviously not given he attended Oxford.
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# ? Jul 10, 2020 00:03 |
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The last rewatch I did, which was the first in about a decade, I was surprised at how much it stuck out to me that Mulder is a complete rear end in a top hat to basically everybody around him, especially Scully. However, Mulder is always vindicated (and forgiven).
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# ? Jul 10, 2020 00:40 |
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Beyond the Sea is 100% Mulder going you're not allowed to believe in stupid bullshit, that's my job. Gender bender is next and I remember really enjoying this episode back in the day. It's insanely creepy at the end. No clue how well it aged, though
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# ? Jul 10, 2020 01:40 |
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Shrimp or Shrimps posted:The last rewatch I did, which was the first in about a decade, I was surprised at how much it stuck out to me that Mulder is a complete rear end in a top hat to basically everybody around him, especially Scully. However, Mulder is always vindicated (and forgiven). I really like the episodes where Mulder is presented as a loser, because realistically even if you look like David Duchovny, a dude like Mulder is going to be a social outcast. He can't really function in normal society, he has no interests outside of paranormal things and pornography, and he'll randomly disappear for huge stretches of time with no explanation. As a teenager I loved Mulder because I saw a lot of myself in him. As an adult? Skinner is where it's at. Just trying to keep your poo poo together, your boss is always trying to gently caress you over, you get some small moments of victory every so often, and you have to deal with constant insanity in your professional life.
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# ? Jul 10, 2020 13:26 |
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Mulder must be infuriating to work with. Like, you work for the FBI, you can't tell the Baltimore police dept that a ghost did murder someone--it means you have to PROVE THE GHOST EXISTS AND FIND A WAY TO BRING IT TO JUSTICE. HOW????
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# ? Jul 10, 2020 13:35 |
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A Fancy Hat posted:he has no interests outside of paranormal things and pornography, and he'll randomly disappear for huge stretches of time with no explanation. I think he'd probably do fine at this point in history
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# ? Jul 10, 2020 15:47 |
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A Fancy Hat posted:As a teenager I loved Mulder because I saw a lot of myself in him. As an adult? Skinner is where it's at. Just trying to keep your poo poo together, your boss is always trying to gently caress you over, you get some small moments of victory every so often, and you have to deal with constant insanity in your professional life. I loved the turn they did with Skinner where he spent 95% of his time protecting two terrible insubordinate employees that never actually resolved a case and kept submitting reports that ended with "and then I shot in its general direction and it slithered down the drain."
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# ? Jul 10, 2020 16:29 |
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Is the old lady in the bus station the person who gives scully the bugged pen?
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# ? Jul 11, 2020 17:54 |
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Milo and POTUS posted:Is the old lady in the bus station the person who gives scully the bugged pen? I don’t know what episode you’re on, but there weren’t that many tv actors in Vancouver in 1993, so sometimes you’ll see the same people over again.
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# ? Jul 11, 2020 17:59 |
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Woops. Forgot to include the episode. It's EBE
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# ? Jul 12, 2020 01:44 |
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oh but seriously I posted:im molder's waterbed "I think it was a gift" Antifa Turkeesian posted:I don’t know what episode you’re on, but there weren’t that many tv actors in Vancouver in 1993, so sometimes you’ll see the same people over again. That's the charm imo
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I remember really loving miracle man first time. It seems the start of Mulder the 15 year old atheist so far. Needless to say, I'm loving it so far e: holy poo poo, is he buying it Milo and POTUS fucked around with this message at 22:23 on Jul 15, 2020 |
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