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The X-Files S10 |OT| The Truth Is Still Out There - Mondays 8/7c
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rockman zx
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I liked it (ep.5) but I'm scared about the last episode, let's hope is nothing like the first episode.
This show could be awesome again with right people at the helm, I hope they think hard and long if they do another season.
This show could be awesome again with right people at the helm, I hope they think hard and long if they do another season.
Barry Burton
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1-Awful
2-Good
3-Great
4-Okay
5-Okay (good-to-great if not for the last 10 minutes, which were really poorly written & executed)
Even if the finale sucks, bringing The X-Files back has been worthwhile. If nothing else, we got the Were-Monster episode, Mulder's 'shrooms trip and the privilege of seeing M&S back to work at the FBI, doing what they do best. The season premiere, and the last segment of last night's episode, have been the only really bad aspects of the revival.
If they do get another season (and hopefully they will), I think they need to do 10-to-12 episodes and produce a few more true standalone episodes. Too many of this season's episodes tried to cram two or three episodes' worth of content into one episode.
On the production side, obviously the Morgan brothers and Wong need to return. I think it'd also be worth their while to plan & schedule such that Vince Gilligan, Frank Spotnitz, Howard Gordon, etc. would be able to contribute a script. I also think it'd help the show to get that sort of Bowman/Manners/Nutter sort of consistency at director. I think rather than having the writers directing their own episodes like this season, they'd be better served finding one or two directors specifically to handle directing duties for the season.
As for a third film, I'm not sure I really want that. I think X-Files works a lot better in the TV/episodic format. I think that's where it should stay, as long it makes sense.
2-Good
3-Great
4-Okay
5-Okay (good-to-great if not for the last 10 minutes, which were really poorly written & executed)
Even if the finale sucks, bringing The X-Files back has been worthwhile. If nothing else, we got the Were-Monster episode, Mulder's 'shrooms trip and the privilege of seeing M&S back to work at the FBI, doing what they do best. The season premiere, and the last segment of last night's episode, have been the only really bad aspects of the revival.
If they do get another season (and hopefully they will), I think they need to do 10-to-12 episodes and produce a few more true standalone episodes. Too many of this season's episodes tried to cram two or three episodes' worth of content into one episode.
On the production side, obviously the Morgan brothers and Wong need to return. I think it'd also be worth their while to plan & schedule such that Vince Gilligan, Frank Spotnitz, Howard Gordon, etc. would be able to contribute a script. I also think it'd help the show to get that sort of Bowman/Manners/Nutter sort of consistency at director. I think rather than having the writers directing their own episodes like this season, they'd be better served finding one or two directors specifically to handle directing duties for the season.
As for a third film, I'm not sure I really want that. I think X-Files works a lot better in the TV/episodic format. I think that's where it should stay, as long it makes sense.
User 479360
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Stupid Grammys.
It was nice seeing Lauren Ambrose again. I thought she did a good job, and I like her a lot from Six Feet Under.
It was nice seeing Lauren Ambrose again. I thought she did a good job, and I like her a lot from Six Feet Under.
Woody Invincible
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I must be the perfect mark for the show, as I thought everything other than the first episode were great.
1 - I've made a huge mistake
2 - Pretty damn good
3 - Easily top 5 episode ever
4 - Good, felt like a season 1 or 2 throwback
5 - Really good for a Chris Carter episode
Bring on another season, no ragrets
1 - I've made a huge mistake
2 - Pretty damn good
3 - Easily top 5 episode ever
4 - Good, felt like a season 1 or 2 throwback
5 - Really good for a Chris Carter episode
Bring on another season, no ragrets
User 479360
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I think I enjoyed last night's episode more than a lot of people. Before I watched it, though, I did quickly check review headlines and saw that the first paragraph in one said it was horrible upon first viewing.
Dat backhanded compliment.
I want to wait until next week before I rank them. Who knows? Maybe we won't get Chris Carter'd so bad for the finale...
The Elite
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This is about right. Though I wouldn't give Carter that much credit last night. The actors saved that one as the script was shit.
With the exception of the werehuman episode, the scripts for all of these episodes has been pretty shit for the most part. It's a wonder it hasn't diminished my hardon for more X-Files. I'll take another season of mediocre X-Files episodes any day.
Pretty much. I think a lot of it has to do with it only being 6 episodes so they're trying to cram as much as possible. I'm assuming the finale will be bad as well because CC has proven he doesn't have it in him anymore to write anything that isn't garbage. At the very least we got one great episode (Ep 3) out of it, so it wasn't a total loss. I would've like it if Duchovony wrote some episodes. His episodes were always great because he understood what the fans of the show wanted.
Setzer
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Agree with pretty much all of this with the exception of the first episode, which I thought was good. I think Chris Carter has said he has a script for a third film but I'd much rather have this show return to television....even if we only get 10-12 episode seasons.
firehawk12
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They should just do a spinoff series with the two new agents... it's basically what they tried to do with the last season of the show before it got cancelled anyway.
wanderingprostheyltite
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Eh I had fun with it, the trip sequence was a bit much and too long but whatevs. Ambrose was by far the standout of the episode, and her chemistry with Duchovny was great. Agreed with poster above, do a spin off with her and...someone else that isn't the Mulder alike from the episode 
TheSadRanger
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Best part of last nights episode pretty summed up in a few gifs.
Damn you Chris Carter to hell.
Your doing the lords work sir.
Also I bet if you showed that scene off hand to someone and asked them what it was from I bet most would say Californication before X-Files lol.
David Duchovny really looks like he's phoning it in here.
firehawk12
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Hey, at least the Lone Gunmen are still alive.
Extra Sauce
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Only in the Shroomverse.
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I bought the Lone Gunmen show's box set when it came out, but only watched part of the series. Now I can't find the first disc, and the thing's become a dust collector. I'd like to watch it one day, though.
Extra Sauce
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I am currently watching it.
So far it is a lot of fun. After the accidentally depressing first episode, that is.
There is a character that feels like the embodiment of a network note, but somehow they make it work perfectly within the show.
That's just his californication persona.
My wife kept talking about the buzz around episode 3 so we decided to dive in. Just finished watching it last night. If that episode was great by x-file standards then maybe this show's revival isn't my cup of tea.
I was never a must see viewer during the original shows airing, but I'm pretty sure I caught a quality episode here and there. So far, I've not been impressed with these first 3 episodes.
Hope it picks up.
I was never a must see viewer during the original shows airing, but I'm pretty sure I caught a quality episode here and there. So far, I've not been impressed with these first 3 episodes.
Hope it picks up.
It might not be for you then.
Joel Was Right
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The acting....it's so bad.
The last scene made up for it, though. The new agents? Do not want. I really hope the producers aren't trying to continue the series with those two.
The last scene made up for it, though. The new agents? Do not want. I really hope the producers aren't trying to continue the series with those two.
So through some random force of will Mulder communed with a dying man?
Aside from some of the Mulder/Scully interactions in the beginning and the goofy drug trip, I thought that was atrocious. Chris Carter trying to tackle terrorism, racism, etc along with the muddled mess that was the multiple feeble attempts at talking to a coma patient. Ugh.
This was only just barely more tolerable than the premiere.
Aside from some of the Mulder/Scully interactions in the beginning and the goofy drug trip, I thought that was atrocious. Chris Carter trying to tackle terrorism, racism, etc along with the muddled mess that was the multiple feeble attempts at talking to a coma patient. Ugh.
This was only just barely more tolerable than the premiere.
The buzz around ep 3 is that it's kinda fun and fan-servicey. It only really works if you're a big big fan of the original. It would have been an average episode if it ran during the original Vancouver run.
Yeeeaaaah... it was super-uncomfortable. Very clunky.
brianjones
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Hope the twin peaks revival isn't this bad.. Sheesh
Dragon1893
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Didn't like this one. I hope the season ends on a high note.
I don't think so, it would still be considered one of the best episodes alongside Darin Morgan's other episodes
Have to say, not really digging the reboot or whatever you want to call it. The episodes that are supposed to be funny, aren't. They are trying too hard. Back in the day, the comedic episodes were like a once in a blue moon thing, but just seems like they have been trying to ham it up in every episode, other than the first one(or second. Cant recall exactly).
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I do wish that they wouldn't have gone for so much humour during a short, six episode season, but I've enjoyed every episode. I hope there will be more, because it's great to have my childhood favourite TV show back.
paradox121
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There were so many times during that episode when I actively thought 'Well, naturally they're going to skew this somehow. They won't just leave it at that'. But no.
The Scully and Mulder clones? Just Scully and Mulder clones.
The somewhat uncomfortable portrayal of terrorism and its links to Islam? Just that.
The odd, overtly racist outbursts from supposed members of authority? Just a thing. (Exacerbated by the fact that both Mulder and Scully encounter clearly racist tirades and at most respond with 'Well that's not a nice thing to say')
The mushroom trip whose sole purpose was clearly to be GIFed and shared and hey look how kooky the X-Files is?
The fact that Mulder garners key information from said trip, deus ex machina style, even though its revealed to be a placebo, and everyone's like 'Oh Mulder, you weirdo' rather than 'Hey, how the fuck could you know this'?
That horrible, ponderous conversation at the end, that by now you would think Carter would realise was one of his worst traits, and would try to curtail somehow, but instead manages to double down and make it even more horrible and ponderous than anything he's written before, finished off with the cliche zoom out from people to the Earth to show how small they are?
Nope, take it as it comes.
The Scully and Mulder clones? Just Scully and Mulder clones.
The somewhat uncomfortable portrayal of terrorism and its links to Islam? Just that.
The odd, overtly racist outbursts from supposed members of authority? Just a thing. (Exacerbated by the fact that both Mulder and Scully encounter clearly racist tirades and at most respond with 'Well that's not a nice thing to say')
The mushroom trip whose sole purpose was clearly to be GIFed and shared and hey look how kooky the X-Files is?
The fact that Mulder garners key information from said trip, deus ex machina style, even though its revealed to be a placebo, and everyone's like 'Oh Mulder, you weirdo' rather than 'Hey, how the fuck could you know this'?
That horrible, ponderous conversation at the end, that by now you would think Carter would realise was one of his worst traits, and would try to curtail somehow, but instead manages to double down and make it even more horrible and ponderous than anything he's written before, finished off with the cliche zoom out from people to the Earth to show how small they are?
Nope, take it as it comes.
User 479360
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I'd be okay if Lauren Ambrose's character stuck, but I wasn't a huge fan of the other guy.
RPGCrazied
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So I got the first 3 seasons on bluray. Can I just say this is some of the cheapest cases I've seen? I guess for $15 you can't complain. Will start watching tomorrow.
Yep. Was waiting for the twist that never came.
If it's anything short of Inland Empire, it won't be.
But I have lower standards for Twin Peaks since the show had some pretty terrible aspects, with some nice gems here and there.
Let's not act like the X-Files doesn't have its own moments of garbage that could easily rival the first half of Twin Peaks season2
The Elite
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Can't argue with any of this.
Jay Shadow
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Wouldn't be surprised if they don't make it out of this season alive, since they're in next week's episode and are basically just clones of Mulder and Scully anyways instead of their own people.
wanderingprostheyltite
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I feel a bit more optimistic for TP knowing Lynch is doing it all, with Frost collab of course. No way it's gonna be like Inland, nor look as butt ugly. Thank christ he's got the Mulholland dp.
Something I noticed. Episodes 1&2 (which have Mitch Pileggi added to the opening credits) use the correct font while 3&4 use the bluray opening which has a different font.
I love the blurays but this is the one tiny thing that bugs me (as well as the different font used for the on-screen text).
like i said last week, you people are nit picky as fuck.
I thought she was terrible. Whether it was the script or overacting, everything was like an insult to her intelligence and she was angry about it all. Just bad. Take a chill pill woman.
Are we supposed to pretend that muslim terrorists dont exist? The message was not at all that all muslims are bad or that only muslims are terrorists. Yeesh.
Racists outbursts from authority figures surprise you? Have you been living under a rock the last 15 years? We have, in the year 2016, preisdential candidates garnering support by saying hispanics are sending their rapists and criminals to the USA, and that all Muslims should be barred entry from the US, all Mosques should be shutdown. But a few racist outbursts from authority figures in a TV show, surprises you?
i think the x-files might not be for you.
It was an ok episode.
eyeball_kid
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I'd give it a 3.5/5, the extra half-star obviously because of the Tom Waits song during the drug trip.
I think everyone gets what Carter was going for, because he bludgeoned all of us with a hammer. I was really hoping the setup would be that everyone thought the Muslims committed the bombing, but instead it was some spontaneous combustion guy or something. But no, it was just a terrorist episode with a hamfisted message.
I really thought Mulder and Scully were going to kiss at the end though.
I think everyone gets what Carter was going for, because he bludgeoned all of us with a hammer. I was really hoping the setup would be that everyone thought the Muslims committed the bombing, but instead it was some spontaneous combustion guy or something. But no, it was just a terrorist episode with a hamfisted message.
I really thought Mulder and Scully were going to kiss at the end though.
Miss.Selfdestruct
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Show would die quicker than a mayfly. General consensus is no one liked Carter's fanfic agents.
I would love to see what potential MOTW episodes got scrapped for this shitfest.
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