olo Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 Founders Mutation - Much of what Rubin stated. Felt better than the 1st episode, but that ain't saying much. The product placement of the new Ford Explorer was lol. They displayed it's front end camera twice for the sole purpose of showing the feature of the vehicle to consumers. Pathetic really. Yea, the Kyle kid was in the 2nd shot, but c'mon xfiles. I miss the non-product placement and as someone with a nostalgic tendency who watched the original series decade+ after the fact recently, I like seeing the cars they drive in the mid-90s, which were then new: really dull Oldsmobiles, Fords, Lincolns, etc. Almost all of those are now in junk yards or barely running. It wasn't so much the vehicle as the actual incorporation of a new feature of the vehicle in the episode aimed directly at consumers. 180 degree Front end camera. It was laughably bad. it was this... 40 secs in. [youtubehd]fakTNw56mw8[/youtubehd] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nebraska Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 Episode 2: Jeez, the robo-dialogue is getting worse, not better. Even Skinner sounds like he's just reading a text book, c'mon Chris Carter you can do better than that. episode 2 was written by and directed by james wong. obviously chris carter is showrunning and should receive most of the blame, but you'd think wong would've written and directed a better episode considering he wrote some of the best episodes from the show. anyway, another mediocre episode. even though they tried to return mulder and scully back to basics it just felt tired and a little contrived (had trouble believing older mulder in that role. like his passion is gone and he's just now doing things just to get them done. i don't feel his "need to know the truth") the flashbacks were probably the most annoying part of it all. the absolute worst part is when scully said "do you miss william?" then suddenly she's experiencing a flashback. and the kid the picked was also annoying. i don't get how some people enjoyed this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olo Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 Episode 2: Jeez, the robo-dialogue is getting worse, not better. Even Skinner sounds like he's just reading a text book, c'mon Chris Carter you can do better than that. episode 2 was written by and directed by james wong. obviously chris carter is showrunning and should receive most of the blame, but you'd think wong would've written and directed a better episode considering he wrote some of the best episodes from the show. anyway, another mediocre episode. even though they tried to return mulder and scully back to basics it just felt tired and a little contrived (had trouble believing older mulder in that role. like his passion is gone and he's just now doing things just to get them done. i don't feel his "need to know the truth") the flashbacks were probably the most annoying part of it all. the absolute worst part is when scully said "do you miss william?" then suddenly she's experiencing a flashback. and the kid the picked was also annoying. i don't get how some people enjoyed this this guy aint having it Tom Siebert · San Diego, California Gord Walpole -- It felt old school, but in a tired and played out way. It feels much more “TV-like” than the original series ever did in its heyday, and the dialog clanks. There’s been no satisfying explanation of why the heck the X Files even got reopened, and no scene where the dynamic duo get officially reinstated — last night we were just tossed right back into another, typical case, and it felt incongruous. The characters aren’t acting like they experienced ten years of weirdness previously, and are falling into old tropes that don’t fit what they’ve gone through. And the flashbacks to William — which aren’t even real flashbacks, but idealized fantasies — are a waste. Overall, nothing feels right. The writing is bad, the cinematography very standard, the editing a mess. Just not qualty television by a long shot, and a huge disappointment. Tom Siebert · Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nebraska Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 i totally agree with that guy. it just doesn't feel like it's working (at least to me). it's got the same actors, the same writers, same scenario, but it's like they've just lost whatever made it work. https://www.cia.gov/news-information/blog/2016/take-a-peek-into-our-x-files.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rubin Farr Posted January 26, 2016 Author Share Posted January 26, 2016 I thought they gave up the child when he was a baby, and were just fantasizing what it would have been like to raise him, no? I only saw the 2nd movie once so that was years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ragnar Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 the 90's made it work amirite I'm watching some of it online on the fox website. FOX network are douches bc back episodes of the x-files is like the only thing i've failed to find on youtube (completely ignores fox news channel). Seriously all you can find are like TRAILERS for each season and one or two tv commercials and like mulder and scully music vid I'm only 15 minutes in or so so don't ask me my opinion. I WANT TO BELIEVE it's good i hope twin peaks new episodes don't suck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshuatxuk Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 well the 3rd was full camp and a lot of fun seeing scully's cleavage and her fake 50s era-esque bimbo sex talk made this entire 6 episode run worth it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YEK Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 scully has nice titties, i would have never guessed it. back in highschool a friend of mine was passing around a picture of her he got from the internet with her tits out, obvious 'shop. good fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olo Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 I don't know how to describe the 3rd episode. Dat' cleavage tho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rubin Farr Posted February 2, 2016 Author Share Posted February 2, 2016 Rhys Darby was a clear tribute to Kolchak the Night Stalker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azatoth Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 Classic Darin Morgan episode. Thumbs up from me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nebraska Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 didn't work for me. i know they were going for the jose chung from outer space type of camp but it just wasn't funny. the only time i laughed was when mulder is talking to the hotel manager and he says "please leave. otherwise i will have to kill you." and goes back to drinking rubbing alcohol and mulder casually leaves only good thing about this episode: https://i.imgur.com/sxsjyyO.gifv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olo Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 only good thing about this episode: https://i.imgur.com/sxsjyyO.gifv Can't...stop...w.w.watching...gaahhh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshuatxuk Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 Favorite supporting cast so far - Rhys Darby stood out above all the others but Kumail Nanjiani, the stoner couple, the perverted motel owner, and the truck stop hooker were all funny. Dug the whole plot reversal role angle. That tombstone was a nice touch too. I loved the absurdity of the whole episode. Also, are horned toads that obscure? Must be a Texan thing to know about the blood eye shooting. It seemed funny Scully was so skeptical of it as an explanation (I guess that was the joke) only good thing about this episode: https://i.imgur.com/sxsjyyO.gifv Can't...stop...w.w.watching...gaahhh THE BOOBS ARE OUT THERE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joyrex Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 well the 3rd was full camp and a lot of fun seeing scully's cleavage and her fake 50s era-esque bimbo sex talk made this entire 6 episode run worth it Watch Hannibal (the tv series) - really good, and loads more of that (she is in Hannibal). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bitroast Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 god damn and they were trying to pay her less than mulder ???! as the saying goes, Bazinga !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LimpyLoo Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 awooga Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YEK Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 fake or real? edit: i'm guessing pushup bra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olo Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 fake or real? edit: i'm guessing pushup bra They were photoshopped. but, let the gillian anderson pic parade commence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kavinsky Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 never seen such garbage in a long time, its like a B-movie with good effects Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pyramidpanes Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 never seen such garbage in a long time, its like a B-movie with good effects good fun episode, the x-files have always had a b-movie vibe in a lot of episodes, so i think they are playing with that. lol mulder's ring tone for example, alot better then the taking it self too seriously first 2 episodes. It feels like they need more time to adjust back into the roles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest boo Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 probably because old bastard but I found that episode hilarious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nebraska Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 never seen such garbage in a long time, its like a B-movie with good effects good fun episode, the x-files have always had a b-movie vibe in a lot of episodes, so i think they are playing with that. lol mulder's ring tone for example, alot better then the taking it self too seriously first 2 episodes. It feels like they need more time to adjust back into the roles but it's only 6 episodes long and they have 3 more left. i think they're just trying to fit the entire aesthetic of the show into the 6 episodes (the fun shows, monster of the week, on-going conspiracy theory mythos). only the next episode is not written by chris carter, the next two are so they're about to unadjust from their roles again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YEK Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 never seen such garbage in a long time, its like a B-movie with good effects good fun episode, the x-files have always had a b-movie vibe in a lot of episodes, so i think they are playing with that. lol mulder's ring tone for example, alot better then the taking it self too seriously first 2 episodes. It feels like they need more time to adjust back into the roles but it's only 6 episodes long and they have 3 more left. i think they're just trying to fit the entire aesthetic of the show into the 6 episodes (the fun shows, monster of the week, on-going conspiracy theory mythos). only the next episode is not written by chris carter, the next two are so they're about to unadjust from their roles again is this 6 episodes for certain? or might they make more if it's popular? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nebraska Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 is this 6 episodes for certain? or might they make more if it's popular? yes, it's 6 episodes for sure. i think everyone just assumes fox will renew it if it gets good ratings, but since the first episode those have been steadily declining. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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