tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1031498593064294214.post4097383631734762954..comments2024-03-13T14:53:58.150-04:00Comments on MUSINGS OF A SCI-FI FANATIC: SciFiNow: The Best & Worst Episodes Of The X-FilesSFFhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04256589316922398158noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1031498593064294214.post-61392621007655411092011-07-19T10:16:40.290-04:002011-07-19T10:16:40.290-04:00Hey- good to hear from you C-man!
Curvy delicious...Hey- good to hear from you C-man!<br /><br />Curvy delicious! Amen brother.<br />sffSFFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04256589316922398158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1031498593064294214.post-49369546125283245672011-07-18T19:13:40.851-04:002011-07-18T19:13:40.851-04:00In regards to your first comment, you are absolute...In regards to your first comment, you are absolutely not the only one! I started getting into The X-Files for the first time around 2007, and it wasn't long before I developed a massive crush on Agent Scully. I could scarcely imagine a more perfect woman: hot, curvaceous, FBI agent who can kick ass with her gun or her hands, and she's a scientific skeptic! Definitely my kind of woman.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1031498593064294214.post-50491845749874028652011-05-20T10:52:52.894-04:002011-05-20T10:52:52.894-04:00Right?! Honestly John. The series is so complex....Right?! Honestly John. The series is so complex. Millennium is right there too. It's all Carter, but to take time to put this whole thing together. It's quite a feat.<br /><br />I'm sort of absorbing Season One at the moment and writing something of it, but I'm letting it take my entry where it takes me.<br /><br />I've definitely got a focus, but it is such a thick series, you really have to sort of pick and choose how you want to approach a certain aspect of it.<br /><br />But like you said, it's slowing me down a little bit on the writing side in general.<br /><br />BEst and thanks for stopping back by. I'd love to see a JKM arc analysis.<br /><br />Best back at you<br />sffSFFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04256589316922398158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1031498593064294214.post-55514593486219779482011-05-20T10:24:01.568-04:002011-05-20T10:24:01.568-04:00Hi SFF:
I understand what you mean. I have wante...Hi SFF:<br /><br />I understand what you mean. I have wanted to write this big analysis of some of the Mulder/Samantha arc and what I think it means, but there are so many pieces to fit together, I have to watch like 20 episodes to accumulate it all. Isn't that terrible? I'm just too lazy to do it. (Or, more realistically, it's just that time is too short...I wouldn't blog for a week or two while getting it together.).<br /><br />One of these days!<br /><br />best,<br />JKMJohn Kenneth Muirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15629979615332893780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1031498593064294214.post-35601835622975044752011-05-17T09:12:55.176-04:002011-05-17T09:12:55.176-04:00Thanks John. I really look forward to that entry....Thanks John. I really look forward to that entry.<br /><br />Like you, I always loved The X-Files. It was indeed appointment television.<br /><br />I'm not sure how much I'll write about it here, because, like Millennium, it's so dense and intricate in its weaving of material, but I'm sure I'll find a way to offer some reflections on the series in my own way because I really do want to write about some aspects of Season One when I've completed watching it.<br /><br />Cheers my friend.<br />sffSFFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04256589316922398158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1031498593064294214.post-35099120250232998232011-05-17T06:01:33.606-04:002011-05-17T06:01:33.606-04:00SFF:
Home is incredible, hardcore horror, so just...SFF:<br /><br />Home is incredible, hardcore horror, so just be warned. Some of the imagery in it is simply unforgettable. Every time you think the episode can't possibly get any more disturbing...it gets more disturbing. <br /><br />I love that you're revisiting The X-Files. It's one of my all-time favorite shows...<br /><br />best,<br />JKMJohn Kenneth Muirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15629979615332893780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1031498593064294214.post-89861027393111949782011-05-16T21:24:17.407-04:002011-05-16T21:24:17.407-04:00Hi John
It would have been a major mess as a resu...Hi John<br /><br />It would have been a major mess as a result. We were fortunate.<br /><br />Well, I really look forward to seeing Home. I've seen many of The X-Files but placing names with episodes has been somewhat elusive until now. <br /><br />I'm correcting that glaring problem for myself as we speak.<br /><br />It was something I needed to do. Millennium really opened up that door. So thanks again.<br /><br />If Home is anything like Lamentation it will be a treat.SFFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04256589316922398158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1031498593064294214.post-98012902450409992011-05-16T15:54:37.259-04:002011-05-16T15:54:37.259-04:00Hi SFF:
Boy are you right about dodging a blogger...Hi SFF:<br /><br />Boy are you right about dodging a blogger bullet during the L.H. Blogathon the previous week. I've had that thought myself. That would have been...catastrophic!<br /><br />You're absolutely right too about "Space." That's an uncharacteristically bad episode of The X-Files; just a disaster on so many levels. The first season is really very strong, overall, and this episode just sticks out like a sore thumb.<br /><br />I also love "Darkness Falls," and the others J.D. mentioned...a good list. I also agree that "Ice" -- while exciting (and a good homage to Carpenter) -- is hardly the best episode of the series.<br /><br />My nominee is "Home." I still can't believe it aired on network television, in prime time. And it still scares the crap out of me...<br /><br />best,<br />JKMJohn Kenneth Muirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15629979615332893780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1031498593064294214.post-34282141288291547032011-05-16T15:09:28.421-04:002011-05-16T15:09:28.421-04:00By the way, Ice is a nice episode paying a signfic...By the way, Ice is a nice episode paying a signficant bit of homage to John Carpenter's The Thing, but it's hardly noteworthy as the BEST episode of Season One.<br /><br />I would give that honor to Beyond The Sea before Ice.SFFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04256589316922398158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1031498593064294214.post-3119687196270191902011-05-16T14:57:55.309-04:002011-05-16T14:57:55.309-04:00Like you J.D., I always loved the mythology arc st...Like you J.D., I always loved the mythology arc stories. They were by far and away my favorites despite some strong standalone moments.<br /><br />I just finished watching Beyond The Sea, with Brad Dourif. A solid episode and very Millennium in execution.<br /><br />Thanks<br />sffSFFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04256589316922398158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1031498593064294214.post-62869102311190306652011-05-16T12:11:29.710-04:002011-05-16T12:11:29.710-04:00Nice list! I would also add:
SOFT LIGHT (heartbre...Nice list! I would also add:<br /><br />SOFT LIGHT (heartbreaking peformance by Tony Shaloub - love the final image!)<br /><br />E.B.E. (love the mythology episodes and this is one of the best)<br /><br />DARKNESS FALLS (I really love the mood and atmosphere of this one - the way the forests are shot in this ep. are fantastic)<br /><br />DIE HAND DIE VERLETZT (a pretty cool and creepy take on Satanists/witches via high school?! Love it)<br /><br />HUMBUG (maybe my fave ep. of all time for this show - great use of the Jim Rose Circus and the mix of humor and horror is perfecto!)<br /><br />WAR OF THE COPROPHAGES (another top notch ep. with a wicked sense of humor - you need these kinds of episodes every so often to break things up.)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08164105442273577128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1031498593064294214.post-60210046764825471262011-05-15T15:00:08.890-04:002011-05-15T15:00:08.890-04:00Thanks as always L13 and John.
You guys have me e...Thanks as always L13 and John.<br /><br />You guys have me excited about checking out many of the holes in my X-Files viewing. X-Cops is one of them.<br /><br />I must admit. I would agree with the list on its inclusion of Space on the list. I have been in the midst of a thorough Season One immersion and Space was a real clunker. What a disappointing episode. Of all the episodes from Seaosn One that deserves to be on the list.<br /><br />One other point, thankfully that horrible little blogger outage and cluster did NOT take place during the Lance blogathon. I kept thinking we dodged a bullet there.<br /><br />Book arrived yesterday!<br /><br />Best to you both.<br />SFFSFFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04256589316922398158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1031498593064294214.post-51894028411563954492011-05-15T14:01:18.997-04:002011-05-15T14:01:18.997-04:00Hi SFF:
Another interesting Sci-Fi Now List (and ...Hi SFF:<br /><br />Another interesting Sci-Fi Now List (and one which I don't agree with...). I second Le0pard13 about X-Cops. That episode is a hell of a lot of fun, and who can resist an X-Files case that (seems to...) involve Freddy Krueger.<br /><br />I also don't understand why "Folie a Deux" placed so poorly. That's another good episode, about evil hiding in plain sight (in the workplace, no less).<br /><br />But as always, these lists are extremely interesting to debate.<br /><br />best,<br />JKMJohn Kenneth Muirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15629979615332893780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1031498593064294214.post-49196317989736516832011-05-13T23:42:16.246-04:002011-05-13T23:42:16.246-04:00I LOVE that magazine cover! This makes me want to ...I LOVE that magazine cover! This makes me want to revisit them all. Believe or not, but I enjoyed X-COPS episode.le0pard13https://www.blogger.com/profile/09421175808461787862noreply@blogger.com