i second that emotion.
― s1ocki, Sunday, 13 July 2008 22:31 (fifteen years ago) link
im not latebloomer but
JOSE CHUNGS FROM OUTER SPACE SQUEEZE/TOOMS HUMBUG CLYDE BRUCKMANS FINAL REPOSE PILOT/DEEP THROAT <<<< underrated BEYOND THE SEA
― and what, Sunday, 13 July 2008 22:33 (fifteen years ago) link
clyde bruckman episode is fuckin dope
― max, Sunday, 13 July 2008 22:36 (fifteen years ago) link
Clyde Bruckman: You know, there are worse ways to go, but I can't think of a more undignified way than autoerotic asphyxiation. Mulder: Why are you telling me that? Clyde Bruckman: Look, forget I mentioned it. It's none of my business.
― max, Sunday, 13 July 2008 22:37 (fifteen years ago) link
Not latebloomer either but:
Eve Blood Anasazi Pusher Bad Blood The Pine Bluff Variant
But Clyde Bruckman might be the best one, and the second season's really consistently good.
― clotpoll, Sunday, 13 July 2008 22:57 (fifteen years ago) link
I'd add:
Ice E.B.E. Duane Barry/Ascension One Breathe Die Hand die Verletzt Folie a Deux Paper Hearts Tithonous (a sequel, of sorts, to Clyde Bruckman)
Some fans will recommend "Post-Modern Prometheus" but in my opinion AVOID IT LIKE THE PLAGUE.
― Duane Barry, Sunday, 13 July 2008 23:00 (fifteen years ago) link
did xzibit change his name?
― moonship journey to baja, Sunday, 13 July 2008 23:01 (fifteen years ago) link
always had a soft spot for space, the one about the "face" on mars
― moonship journey to baja, Sunday, 13 July 2008 23:05 (fifteen years ago) link
that was like the most boring episode ever.
― clotpoll, Sunday, 13 July 2008 23:07 (fifteen years ago) link
not for me!
― moonship journey to baja, Sunday, 13 July 2008 23:07 (fifteen years ago) link
vahid u trippin
― max, Sunday, 13 July 2008 23:07 (fifteen years ago) link
but definitely not as bad as the "fight club" one.
― clotpoll, Sunday, 13 July 2008 23:08 (fifteen years ago) link
Space's reputation as worst episode ever is truly undeserved (same for El Mundo Gira)
― Duane Barry, Sunday, 13 July 2008 23:11 (fifteen years ago) link
Humbug is the best
same dude, Darin Morgan, wrote Blood, Humbug, Jose Chung and Clyde Bruckman...and has done pretty much nothing since then
― jabba hands, Monday, 14 July 2008 01:24 (fifteen years ago) link
i've spent a lot of time this afternoon looking at x-files "best and worst episode" lists, and i'm a little disturbed to find a lot of my favorites are on "worst" lists ... see also "genderbender", "el mundo gira" and "firewalker"
― moonship journey to baja, Monday, 14 July 2008 01:38 (fifteen years ago) link
My top "mythology" episodes:
E.B.E. Erlenmeyer Flask Little Green Men Duane Barry/Ascension/One Breath Colony/Endgame Anasazi/Paperclip/The Blessing Way Nisei/731 Piper Maru/Apochrypha
My top "standalone" epsisodes:
Squeeze/Tooms Beyond The Sea The Host Die Hand Die Verletzt Irresistible Humbug Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose War of the Coprophages Grotesque Jose Chung’s “From Outer Space” (single best episode, hands-down) Quagmire Home
― latebloomer, Monday, 14 July 2008 01:41 (fifteen years ago) link
What does X-philes thinks of "The Unnatural," the baseball episode?
― Rock Hardy, Monday, 14 July 2008 01:43 (fifteen years ago) link
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genbderbender is totally underrated!
― latebloomer, Monday, 14 July 2008 01:49 (fifteen years ago) link
that scene with the ritual in the barn is so creepy
― latebloomer, Monday, 14 July 2008 01:54 (fifteen years ago) link
Can we agree the one with the dude who "likes" (they didn't go all the way to making him a necrophiliac) dead people was pretty shit? Even had a "sorry this isn't actually an X-File but's it's just as scary, right?" disclaimer by Mulder at the end.
― S-, Monday, 14 July 2008 02:03 (fifteen years ago) link
Bad Blood
!!! yes all time
in no order
Bad Blood Squeeze/Tooms Die Hand Die Verletzt Irresistible X-Cops Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose War of the Coprophages Jose Chung’s “From Outer Space” The Amazing Maleeni (just for Ricky Jay)
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Monday, 14 July 2008 02:36 (fifteen years ago) link
In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Chris Carter has expressed his ambition to make one more film, if I Want to Believe proves to be a success. He suggests that this film would go back to the mythology and focus on the alien invasion, due to occur on December 22, 2012, which was revealed in the final episode of the series.[30]
shit
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Monday, 14 July 2008 02:38 (fifteen years ago) link
thew alien mythology arc shit went south after season 3 but they dug that hole so they might as well wrap it up somehow. it might work in a movie form, who knows. i liked the first movie ok.
― latebloomer, Monday, 14 July 2008 03:08 (fifteen years ago) link
i find it hard to believe anyone watched the last two seasons. no scully or mulder?
― moonship journey to baja, Monday, 14 July 2008 07:49 (fifteen years ago) link
i find it hard to believe anyone watched the last two seasons
Are you kidding? The audience that provides ratings for the Sci-Fi Channel's primetime line-up also watches the broadcast networks...
― kingfish, Monday, 14 July 2008 07:53 (fifteen years ago) link
x-ost
scully was in the last two seasons plenty, but more as a upporting character. but yeah, the show was just almost impossible to watch by then. it was really sad, like seeing a family member die slowly to some horrible disease.
― latebloomer, Monday, 14 July 2008 07:55 (fifteen years ago) link
I liked Robert Patrick, though. He tried his best.
― latebloomer, Monday, 14 July 2008 07:56 (fifteen years ago) link
awesome cant wait to watch these... i was a watcher when it was on but not really that faithful and i'm pretty sure i missed a ton.
i did see that HORRIBLE last episode tho :( :( :(
― s1ocki, Monday, 14 July 2008 08:42 (fifteen years ago) link
I really hate what they did to Scully in the last two seasons. She was always sobbing and crying her eyes out. Robert Patrick was the best thing about the last two years, despite how inconsistent his character was (all the writers' fault, obviously).
There is a later mythology episode, "Tempus Fugit/Max" which harks back to the really early UFO epsodes, that's definitely worth checking out.
― Duane Barry, Monday, 14 July 2008 10:16 (fifteen years ago) link
Slocki otm that final episode was ridic, especially that pukesome final scene where they were in bed, wth was that all about.
I like an ep I think is called "Hiding in the Light"? About a creepy telemarketing company that was mind-controlling its staff and customers. I guess I related to it being on a helpdesk at the time.
― Trayce, Monday, 14 July 2008 11:25 (fifteen years ago) link
The episode's named Folie a Deux ("a madness shared by two") - the manager was a giant insect.
― Duane Barry, Monday, 14 July 2008 21:31 (fifteen years ago) link
So, this movie's out in a couple of days? No buzz whatsoever?
― StanM, Tuesday, 22 July 2008 21:36 (fifteen years ago) link
Talk to my Dad. He's psyched.
― gnarly sceptre, Thursday, 24 July 2008 16:43 (fifteen years ago) link
scifi xfiles marathon today. now i am mildly psyched for the movie. mission accomplished.
― adam, Thursday, 24 July 2008 21:19 (fifteen years ago) link
I am kind of excited about the movie, but this may be due, in part, to my longtime crush on David Duchovny.
― Sara R-C, Thursday, 24 July 2008 21:37 (fifteen years ago) link
this is really coming out in two days? it's getting dumped, it seems. maybe they're hoping for word of mouth.
it's kidn of weird to think that this show had such a grip on popular culture for as long as it did. I didn't see any of the last few years either, they really squandered their good will. I'll only go see this if people tell me it's great.
― akm, Thursday, 24 July 2008 22:25 (fifteen years ago) link
well i just watched the trailer and that turned me right off
― akm, Thursday, 24 July 2008 22:28 (fifteen years ago) link
i would really like it if they'd repackage and sell separate box sets of the mythology episodes and the standalone episodes
I can't believe no one responded to this yet. Check it out!:
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Four sets of mythology eps, but no standalone sets. I think this series is best served by Greatest Hits compilations. I recently rewatched the series up through season 6 or so, and, although there was a lot of good stuff that held up well, an awful lot of it was lackluster.
― Deric W. Haircare, Friday, 25 July 2008 00:57 (fifteen years ago) link
Well, that almost worked. Super job, bbcode!!!
― Deric W. Haircare, Friday, 25 July 2008 00:58 (fifteen years ago) link
o sweet haircare thanks
― max, Friday, 25 July 2008 00:59 (fifteen years ago) link
Although, in retrospect, it might've seemed lackluster in the same way that The French Connection seems lackluster to me now: it was such a trailblazer that all of its good stuff has been pilfered and done better in the years since, leaving the original work looking a bit like a cliche-riddled husk.
― Deric W. Haircare, Friday, 25 July 2008 01:01 (fifteen years ago) link
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080829/ap_on_en_tv/people_david_duchovny
― latebloomer, Friday, 29 August 2008 11:02 (fifteen years ago) link
mulder stalks a murderer on a moving train!scully meets the remnants of a leper colony!
― ian, Sunday, 6 September 2009 03:30 (fourteen years ago) link
Nisei/731
― OTM Level III (latebloomer), Sunday, 6 September 2009 03:32 (fourteen years ago) link
<3!!!!!!!!
― ian, Sunday, 6 September 2009 03:32 (fourteen years ago) link
excellent pair of mythology episodes imo
― OTM Level III (latebloomer), Sunday, 6 September 2009 03:33 (fourteen years ago) link
the dude with the garrote was pretty badass. does he reappear in any other episodes?
― we like cars, we like cartoons (dyao), Sunday, 6 September 2009 03:34 (fourteen years ago) link
"a place where society sent its monsters to live in shame and isolation."
― ian, Sunday, 6 September 2009 03:35 (fourteen years ago) link
Always thought it was hilarious/awesome that the masters of the conspiracy all had prominent Canadian accents.
― OTM Level III (latebloomer), Sunday, 6 September 2009 03:38 (fourteen years ago) link
Nope. *spoiler* he dies in the explosion at the end iirc *spoiler*
Played by Stephen McHattie, who was Hollis Mason in the Watchmen movie.
― OTM Level III (latebloomer), Sunday, 6 September 2009 03:39 (fourteen years ago) link