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The X-Files
July 22, 2017 at 2:15 pm
I plan on rewatching the entire series of The X-Files.
I plan on using this thread as a place for me to mention/discuss certain aspects regarding the series as I watch each episode, sort of a supernatural random thoughts thread.
To start:
Fox wears glasses in the beginning when we first see Dana introduce herself to him, though I do not recall him wearing glasses throughout the series.
Fox's love for sunflower seeds is something else they only briefly touched upon, something they did not quite stick with I believe.
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RE: The X-Files
July 22, 2017 at 2:16 pm
I watched for a while but it became too dull and convoluted.
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RE: The X-Files
July 22, 2017 at 2:19 pm
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Fox stops the car and uses red spray paint to place a large "X" on the road. I cannot remember if that spot is shown later in the episode or later in the series, but I thought I would mention it here so as to not forget.
(July 22, 2017 at 2:16 pm)downbeatplumb Wrote: I watched for a while but it became too dull and convoluted.
It's not for everyone, just as perhaps a show you might find entertaining I would find boring.
To most easily describe Fox and Dana in relation to their beliefs of the supernatural using terms we know on this forum:
Fox is a theist and Dana is an atheist.
Ah, yes, there's the red "X". Lost time.
It has clearly been too long since I last watched this show, for it is basically as though I am watching it again for the first time. I love that feeling of rediscovering something amazing.
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RE: The X-Files
July 22, 2017 at 2:57 pm
I was a huge X-Files fan.
(July 22, 2017 at 2:15 pm)Lutrinae Wrote: I plan on rewatching the entire series of The X-Files.
I plan on using this thread as a place for me to mention/discuss certain aspects regarding the series as I watch each episode, sort of a supernatural random thoughts thread.
To start:
Fox wears glasses in the beginning when we first see Dana introduce herself to him, though I do not recall him wearing glasses throughout the series.
I presume he switched to contacts.
(July 22, 2017 at 2:15 pm)Lutrinae Wrote: Fox's love for sunflower seeds is something else they only briefly touched upon, something they did not quite stick with I believe.
Same with his penchant for pornography and masturbation. LOL
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RE: The X-Files
July 22, 2017 at 3:05 pm
A recurring theme throughout the series is that Dana always misses the supernatural events that Fox witnesses. I suppose that is the only way she can retain her analytical, scientific approach to what happens.
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RE: The X-Files
July 22, 2017 at 3:07 pm
(July 22, 2017 at 3:05 pm)Lutrinae Wrote: A recurring theme throughout the series is that Dana always misses the supernatural events that Fox witnesses. I suppose that is the only way she can retain her analytical, scientific approach to what happens.
If only she took the same approach to her Catholicism. I found that to be an interesting juxtaposition - Dana the Catholic, skeptical about everything Mulder believed in that, in the X-Files universe, was nonetheless true.
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RE: The X-Files
July 22, 2017 at 3:09 pm
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(July 22, 2017 at 3:07 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote: If only she took the same approach to her Catholicism. I found that to be an interesting juxtaposition - Dana the Catholic, skeptical about everything Mulder believed in that, in the X-Files universe, was nonetheless true.
Interestingly, I remember an episode involving Buddhism where her mind is supposedly opened to the truth.
Now it is time for S01E02, Deep Throat.
That epithet makes me think of someone without a gag reflex.
The word hooey was used, lol.
Seth Green is in the second episode.
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RE: The X-Files
July 22, 2017 at 4:10 pm
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The second episode was not the first time Fox was "abducted". He sure likes to make a habit of it.
Dana was pretty badass pulling that gun on the military security guy.
Quote from the military security guy:
"Everything you've seen here is equal to the protection we give it. It's you who has acted inappropriately."
Oh, please!
Seeing the cross necklace around Dana's neck this early in the season does corroborate the reference made to her Catholicism later in the series. Though if I remember correctly, I think the necklace had more to do with her father than anything else....I could be wrong.
Two episodes is enough for now. I shall watch more later.
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RE: The X-Files
July 23, 2017 at 1:23 pm
I watch it sometimes for 90s nostalgia, especially first seasons when they had those 90s cars. You know I haven't watch one episode with Robert Patrick. Are there any worth watching with Doggett & Scully?
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RE: The X-Files
July 23, 2017 at 4:07 pm
(July 23, 2017 at 1:23 pm)Fake Messiah Wrote: I watch it sometimes for 90s nostalgia, especially first seasons when they had those 90s cars. You know I haven't watch one episode with Robert Patrick. Are there any worth watching with Doggett & Scully?
From my perspective, every episode of the series is worth watching. I'm such an X-Files nerd.
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