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  • c.d.
    Commissioner
    • Feb 2008
    • 6555

    #1

    The X-Files Return

    Watched the first episode of the new series. A little slow but a very interesting twist on the original plot. I have always had a crush on Gillian Anderson. She still looks good thirteen years later but she seemed to have taken about ten valium and somehow trained her face to show no expression at all.

    What did you think?

    c.d.
  • Wickerman
    Commissioner
    • Oct 2008
    • 14864

    #2
    Originally posted by c.d. View Post
    Watched the first episode of the new series. A little slow but a very interesting twist on the original plot. I have always had a crush on Gillian Anderson. She still looks good thirteen years later but she seemed to have taken about ten valium and somehow trained her face to show no expression at all.

    What did you think?

    c.d.
    Mulder was a little overweight and Scully always looked tired to me.
    Anyhow, the revamping of the series was delivered over here as in two parts, Part 1 & part 2.
    Neither the missus nor myself saw any connection between the two stories, did we both miss something?
    Regards, Jon S.

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    • c.d.
      Commissioner
      • Feb 2008
      • 6555

      #3
      Hi Jon,

      I only saw the first episode so can't comment on a connection.

      Agree that Mulder has gained weight (haven't we all).

      c.d.

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      • Pcdunn
        Superintendent
        • Dec 2014
        • 2323

        #4
        I've only seen part 1 of the first episode, but enjoyed seeing the actors slip into their familiar roles again. Mulder's enthusiasm for his new bugaboo ("hey! it was a hoax all along!") is dampened a bit by Scully's revealation re the alien DNA. I think he'll do another about-face soon. And wasn't it great to see Cigarette-Smoking Man (or what's left of him) fielding mysterious phone calls again?
        I enjoyed it.
        Pat D. https://forum.casebook.org/core/imag...rt/reading.gif
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        Von Konigswald: Jack the Ripper plays shuffleboard. -- Happy Birthday, Wanda June by Kurt Vonnegut, c.1970.
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        • Geddy2112
          Inspector
          • Dec 2015
          • 1299

          #5
          Fox looked rather plastic to me, his face would hardly move

          It's a six part mini series which I thought would be all 'mythology' episodes but after seeing episode 2 it appears to follow the original format of a mythology episode now and again.

          Probably testing the water to see if a new 20 odd episode series is worth it.

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          • Wickerman
            Commissioner
            • Oct 2008
            • 14864

            #6
            If they are testing the waters, they blew it with the third show, it's so bad its not even funny, unless the script writer is a 10 year old.
            Regards, Jon S.

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            • Pcdunn
              Superintendent
              • Dec 2014
              • 2323

              #7
              I thought it was funny. Reminded me a bit of something Douglas Adams might have written, about life, depression, and death. Loved the ending.
              Pat D. https://forum.casebook.org/core/imag...rt/reading.gif
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              Von Konigswald: Jack the Ripper plays shuffleboard. -- Happy Birthday, Wanda June by Kurt Vonnegut, c.1970.
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              • Wickerman
                Commissioner
                • Oct 2008
                • 14864

                #8
                They're back on track with this next episode...
                Regards, Jon S.

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                • Pcdunn
                  Superintendent
                  • Dec 2014
                  • 2323

                  #9
                  Originally posted by Wickerman View Post
                  They're back on track with this next episode...
                  Watched it this morning. I think it is one of the best of this new batch, possibly of the classic series, as well. A fresh approach to the "thought form" that can become real enough to have a mind of its own.
                  Pat D. https://forum.casebook.org/core/imag...rt/reading.gif
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                  Von Konigswald: Jack the Ripper plays shuffleboard. -- Happy Birthday, Wanda June by Kurt Vonnegut, c.1970.
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