do you guys remember that david duchovny why won't you love me song? that song otm.
― horseshoe, Monday, 27 June 2011 18:05 (twelve years ago) link
whaaat?
no!
― \(^o\) (/o^)/ (ENBB), Monday, 27 June 2011 18:06 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOP5wsSXY8w
um this is a fan video for david duchovny, but the song is playing behind it.
― horseshoe, Monday, 27 June 2011 18:17 (twelve years ago) link
um this is a fan video for david duchovny a couple years ago, but the song is playing behind it.
― horseshoe, Monday, June 27, 2011 2:17 PM (24 seconds ago) Bookmark
― \(^o\) (/o^)/ (ENBB), Monday, 27 June 2011 18:18 (twelve years ago) link
now i feel like i genuinely am not sure what year it is out there. this nostalgia is a dangerous thing.
― horseshoe, Monday, 27 June 2011 18:19 (twelve years ago) link
DAMMIT I FUCKED UP
Should have said
um this is a fan video that I made for for david duchovny a couple years ago, but the song is playing behind it.
:/ I suck.
― \(^o\) (/o^)/ (ENBB), Monday, 27 June 2011 18:19 (twelve years ago) link
hahahahahaha busted
― horseshoe, Monday, 27 June 2011 18:20 (twelve years ago) link
Californication is basically a show about David Duchovny's character being a semi-washed up writer who is also a sex addict, so I can't imagine that has been especially conducive to his real life issues.
I definitely have a non-sexual intrigue for Duchovny, but I think it's more one of those "women want him, men want to be him" cliches.
― mh, Monday, 27 June 2011 19:02 (twelve years ago) link
But is it a show about being a semi-washed up writer who is also a sex addict that is worth watching?
― \(^o\) (/o^)/ (ENBB), Monday, 27 June 2011 20:16 (twelve years ago) link
depends, do you like looking at Nakedovny?
― chupacabra - a delicious burrito (DJP), Monday, 27 June 2011 20:18 (twelve years ago) link
because from the 2 episodes I saw, the show seems to be mostly about showing dude's ass at different angles moreso than actually telling any kind of story
― chupacabra - a delicious burrito (DJP), Monday, 27 June 2011 20:19 (twelve years ago) link
Have I not made that clear already? Hell yeah I do!
― \(^o\) (/o^)/ (ENBB), Monday, 27 June 2011 20:19 (twelve years ago) link
x-post
woah - nice
HS are you hearing this?
― \(^o\) (/o^)/ (ENBB), Monday, 27 June 2011 20:20 (twelve years ago) link
Tbh I like his face mostly but the other stuff doesn't really hurt so . . .
oh man, i wish i had accidentally clicked on the jizzbox instead of this thread
― Roberto Spiralli, Monday, 27 June 2011 20:22 (twelve years ago) link
lol
― chupacabra - a delicious burrito (DJP), Monday, 27 June 2011 20:22 (twelve years ago) link
― chupacabra - a delicious burrito (DJP), Monday, June 27, 2011 4:19 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
so, a four-star review, basically
― horseshoe, Monday, 27 June 2011 20:23 (twelve years ago) link
i don't remember whether the duchovny-in-the-bathtub episode was in season 1 or in the next couple.
― sarahel, Monday, 27 June 2011 20:55 (twelve years ago) link
I found most episodes to not have that much Duchovny ass, but they do include a fair number of topless women in their 20s. The main ongoing characters are Duchovny, his character's on-again, off-again girlfriend, daughter, and his literary agent and that guy's wife.
― mh, Monday, 27 June 2011 20:57 (twelve years ago) link
like I said, I only saw 2 episodes!
― chupacabra - a delicious burrito (DJP), Monday, 27 June 2011 22:51 (twelve years ago) link
The specially-catered-for-Dan all-ass eps
― mh, Monday, 27 June 2011 22:53 (twelve years ago) link
I think early in the show they were trying hard to establish the setting, which seemed to be Duchovbutt surrounded by anonymous breasts
― chupacabra - a delicious burrito (DJP), Monday, 27 June 2011 22:54 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, they kind of went for well-characterized breasts after that. Much fewer random hook-ups, a lot more "oh here's this girl we're going to have linger on for a season and be part of that plot before she disappears before next season"
― mh, Monday, 27 June 2011 22:56 (twelve years ago) link
OK, we're slowly making our way through season one, and the number of outright shit episodes is disheartening. I have a hunch I can just skip a bunch/most, so does anyone out there have an idea of which S1 episodes are must-see, to speed the progress a bit? And does this show ever stabilize, or are future seasons just as hit or miss? If I get enough shit eps in a row my wife will pull the plug.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 11 July 2011 19:37 (twelve years ago) link
First season is hit and miss, they only found out they could build a bigger story arc once they knew they had more seasons. I'd say the best seasons are from about 2/3 to about 6/7.
― StanM, Monday, 11 July 2011 20:06 (twelve years ago) link
There are shite episodes in every season unfortunately - when I watched it again my with my gf, I made the executive decision to skip ones that I remembered as being rubbish - most episodes have no bearing on the overall story arc and can comfortably be skipped, although actually you will find that overall the monster of the week episodes are generally superior to the mytharc ones. It has been a while since we watched it, but I think we skipped the following from Season 1 (or wished we had):
Ones to skip:ShadowsGhost in the MachineSpace <------------ this is the worst X files episode ever made imoFireGender Bender
Ones I can't remember at all, so are probably terrible:LazarusYoung at HeartBorn Again
My favourite 3 from the season:Beyond the Sea <----------- this was the episode where it clicked for my gfEveFallen Angel
― ears are wounds, Monday, 11 July 2011 21:47 (twelve years ago) link
Are there any mythology-oriented eps is S1 I basically have to watch, so that future seasons/eps make sense?
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 11 July 2011 22:05 (twelve years ago) link
the monster of the week episodes are generally superior to the mytharc ones.
this, with exceptions
― Little GTFO (contenderizer), Monday, 11 July 2011 22:15 (twelve years ago) link
haven't seen the x-files in ages, since it was first broadcast, but as for the mythology episodes, i remember particularly liking "jose chung's from outer space" (season 3) and "musings of a cigarettesmoking man" (season 4)
― Little GTFO (contenderizer), Monday, 11 July 2011 22:26 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, heard good things about those, but if stinker roulette keeps turning up too many, well, stinkers until I hit those high points, there's no way I can keep excusing the show to my wife. I mean, Buffy began like shit, too, but got better very fast. This is more frustrating "Friday the 13th: The Series" level badness. But I want to believe!
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 11 July 2011 22:30 (twelve years ago) link
I just want to make it up through the first movie, tbh.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 11 July 2011 22:32 (twelve years ago) link
Probably only the finale of S1, and maybe EBE are important for the mythology (EBE introduces the Lone Gunmen, and is also a really fun runaround). Fallen Angel is good too, and the main character returns later.
― i had to take him to that bovine university (JoeStork), Monday, 11 July 2011 23:36 (twelve years ago) link
Probably only the finale of S1, and maybe EBE are important for the mythology
no
― Rachel Puppetry (latebloomer), Monday, 11 July 2011 23:38 (twelve years ago) link
EVERY LITTLE TIDBIT COUNTS
― Rachel Puppetry (latebloomer), Monday, 11 July 2011 23:39 (twelve years ago) link
oh yeah, Mulder's deathly fear of fire comes back in a big way too, make sure you watch that one no matter what
― i had to take him to that bovine university (JoeStork), Monday, 11 July 2011 23:43 (twelve years ago) link
ha just watched Fire last night. Some of them are duds, yeah, but I'm still enjoying it overall.
― my ponies hate you (ENBB), Tuesday, 12 July 2011 00:45 (twelve years ago) link
I still enjoy a lot of the first season! There are some dud eps, though personally I wouldn't include "GenderBender" on that list. The story is a bit of a mess, but it's creepy and has great music.
In any case, "Beyond the Sea" and "EBE" are unmissable.
For me, season five was the point where things started to go awry.
― Duane Barry, Tuesday, 12 July 2011 01:00 (twelve years ago) link
I was laid off last summer and decided to rewatch this show with all my spare time. I had the same experience with season one duds, but then I combed the net for lists of good episodes and it helped immensely. Only made it to Season 5 though.
― sofatruck, Tuesday, 12 July 2011 02:13 (twelve years ago) link
Recently I watched this show again from season 1 through 6. I think Season 5 was the high water mark, maybe the first half of that season and the whole of the 3rd and 4th season are def. some of the best television made in the 90s. There are various lists of episodes to watch if you just want to catch the mythos/conspiracy subplot but I like them how they were aired - interspersed between scary one-offs.
― the three stigmata of a (Viceroy), Tuesday, 12 July 2011 02:48 (twelve years ago) link
Just watched "Beyond the Sea". Very Silence of The Lambs.
― (。◕‿‿◕。) (ENBB), Tuesday, 12 July 2011 03:06 (twelve years ago) link
did horseshoe really make that youtube because I walked into a room last week and some girls were obsessing over it
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Tuesday, 12 July 2011 03:23 (twelve years ago) link
haha no!
― horseshoe, Tuesday, 12 July 2011 14:02 (twelve years ago) link
what do you people think i am
this is kind of the standard line now, and it's true of season 4 and afterward. but during the first three seasons the conspiracy eps were the heart and soul of the show!
― latebloomer, Sunday, June 26, 2011 10:36 PM (2 weeks ago) Bookmark
this is otm btw, in terms of skipping the mytharc episodes. don't skip them!
― horseshoe, Tuesday, 12 July 2011 14:13 (twelve years ago) link
yeah if you dont watch the mytharc episodes in the first few seasons you dont really "get" the x-files
― ☂ (max), Tuesday, 12 July 2011 14:17 (twelve years ago) link
btw duchovnys guest stints on larry sanders are great. apparently him and garry shandling are close friends irl too
― ☂ (max), Tuesday, 12 July 2011 14:18 (twelve years ago) link
lol HS I wanted to let you address that question yourself :)
― (。◕‿‿◕。) (ENBB), Tuesday, 12 July 2011 14:32 (twelve years ago) link
Twenty years on...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scnPMpDHmrM
― Elvis Telecom, Thursday, 25 July 2013 05:45 (ten years ago) link
damn those are some pretty government employees
― j., Thursday, 25 July 2013 05:55 (ten years ago) link