• Last two episodes...

    From Avon@21:1/101 to All on Sat Jan 27 19:36:01 2018
    I think have been really great.

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  • From Travoltron@21:1/5 to Avon on Sat Jan 27 12:40:51 2018
    On 1/26/2018 11:36 PM, Avon wrote:
    I think have been really great.

    Yeah. First two made me depressed and I just wanted the series to end.
    These two reminded me how good the show works when they really try.

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  • From Avon@21:1/101 to Travoltron on Mon Jan 29 21:34:50 2018
    On 01/27/18, Travoltron pondered and said...

    On 1/26/2018 11:36 PM, Avon wrote:
    I think have been really great.

    Yeah. First two made me depressed and I just wanted the series to end. These two reminded me how good the show works when they really try.

    me too... i wish they had more episodes to play with in a season as these
    short seasons are really only tasters compared to the main course (20
    episodes per season) of old...

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  • From Alexander Shofner-Geidt@21:1/5 to All on Mon Jan 29 16:25:23 2018
    Avon <Avon@f101.n1.z21.fsxnet> posted this via news:3905661888 @f101.n1.z21.fsxnet:

    On 01/27/18, Travoltron pondered and said...

    On 1/26/2018 11:36 PM, Avon wrote:
    I think have been really great.

    Yeah. First two made me depressed and I just wanted the series to
    end.
    These two reminded me how good the show works when they really try.

    me too... i wish they had more episodes to play with in a season as these short seasons are really only tasters compared to the main course (20 episodes per season) of old...

    I'm loving it! My favorite stand-alone episode (so far) was S03-E20's

    "Jose Chung's from Outer Space"

    I love the double entendre of the title and even more the brilliant way
    they exploited all the different perspectives of essentially the same
    story.

    I still get goose-bumps thinking about the ending:

    ...

    (There is another rattling on the window. She goes to it
    and opens it to reveal Harold standing outside.)

    CHRISSY GIORGIO: Oh, it's you. What do you want?

    HAROLD LAMB: I just wanted to tell you I still love you.

    CHRISSY GIORGIO: Love. Is that all you men think about?

    (She closes her window. Harold's eyes tear up. Chung keeps talking.)

    JOSE CHUNG: Then there are those who care not about
    extraterrestrials, searching for meaning in other human beings.
    Rare or lucky are those who find it.

    (Harold starts to drive off.)

    For although we may not be alone in the universe,
    in our own separate ways on this planet, we are all... alone.

    [THE END]


    I am also loving the new tension between Scully and Mulder...
    The seasons of the old run I sort of viewed Scully as pant-suited
    bureaucrat, sort of like Hillary Clinton.

    After the movies, the short season, and now, I believe she's gotten
    even more "fucky" with age. A lot going on with facial expressions
    in this newly revised version of my favorite series of all time.

    The truth is out there.

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  • From Daniel60@21:1/5 to Alexander Shofner-Geidt on Tue Jan 30 19:22:21 2018
    Alexander Shofner-Geidt wrote:
    Avon <Avon@f101.n1.z21.fsxnet> posted this via news:3905661888 @f101.n1.z21.fsxnet:

    On 01/27/18, Travoltron pondered and said...

    Tr> On 1/26/2018 11:36 PM, Avon wrote:
    Tr> > I think have been really great.
    Tr> >
    Tr> Yeah. First two made me depressed and I just wanted the series to
    end.
    Tr> These two reminded me how good the show works when they really try.

    me too... i wish they had more episodes to play with in a season as these
    short seasons are really only tasters compared to the main course (20
    episodes per season) of old...

    I'm loving it! My favorite stand-alone episode (so far) was S03-E20's

    "Jose Chung's from Outer Space"

    I love the double entendre of the title and even more the brilliant way
    they exploited all the different perspectives of essentially the same
    story.

    I still get goose-bumps thinking about the ending:

    ...

    (There is another rattling on the window. She goes to it
    and opens it to reveal Harold standing outside.)

    CHRISSY GIORGIO: Oh, it's you. What do you want?

    HAROLD LAMB: I just wanted to tell you I still love you.

    CHRISSY GIORGIO: Love. Is that all you men think about?

    (She closes her window. Harold's eyes tear up. Chung keeps talking.)

    JOSE CHUNG: Then there are those who care not about
    extraterrestrials, searching for meaning in other human beings.
    Rare or lucky are those who find it.

    (Harold starts to drive off.)

    For although we may not be alone in the universe,
    in our own separate ways on this planet, we are all... alone.

    [THE END]


    I am also loving the new tension between Scully and Mulder...
    The seasons of the old run I sort of viewed Scully as pant-suited
    bureaucrat, sort of like Hillary Clinton.

    After the movies, the short season, and now, I believe she's gotten
    even more "fucky" with age. A lot going on with facial expressions
    in this newly revised version of my favorite series of all time.

    The truth is out there.

    Here, in Australia, we haven't seen these new X-File episodes on any of
    our free-to-air channels .... yet!!

    Are Scully and Mulder the original (now 50's-60's y.o) actors or have
    they been "re-imagined"/re-cast??

    --
    Daniel

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  • From Travoltron@21:1/5 to All on Tue Jan 30 11:51:52 2018
    On 1/30/2018 12:22 AM, Daniel60 wrote:
    Are Scully and Mulder the original

    Yes.
    Although they introduced two new characters that resemble them. My
    cynical side tells me that Chris Carter wants to do a spinoff with them eventually.

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  • From Alexander Shofner-Geidt@21:1/5 to All on Tue Jan 30 20:08:33 2018
    Daniel60 <daniel47@eternal-september.org> posted this via news:p4pa08$qar$1 @dont-email.me:

    Alexander Shofner-Geidt wrote:
    Avon <Avon@f101.n1.z21.fsxnet> posted this via news:3905661888
    @f101.n1.z21.fsxnet:

    On 01/27/18, Travoltron pondered and said...

    Tr> On 1/26/2018 11:36 PM, Avon wrote:
    Tr> > I think have been really great.
    Tr> >
    Tr> Yeah. First two made me depressed and I just wanted the series to
    end.
    Tr> These two reminded me how good the show works when they really
    try.

    me too... i wish they had more episodes to play with in a season as
    these
    short seasons are really only tasters compared to the main course (20
    episodes per season) of old...

    I'm loving it! My favorite stand-alone episode (so far) was S03-E20's

    "Jose Chung's from Outer Space"

    I love the double entendre of the title and even more the brilliant way
    they exploited all the different perspectives of essentially the same
    story.

    I still get goose-bumps thinking about the ending:

    ...

    (There is another rattling on the window. She goes to it
    and opens it to reveal Harold standing outside.)

    CHRISSY GIORGIO: Oh, it's you. What do you want?

    HAROLD LAMB: I just wanted to tell you I still love you.

    CHRISSY GIORGIO: Love. Is that all you men think about?

    (She closes her window. Harold's eyes tear up. Chung keeps talking.)

    JOSE CHUNG: Then there are those who care not about
    extraterrestrials, searching for meaning in other human beings.
    Rare or lucky are those who find it.

    (Harold starts to drive off.)

    For although we may not be alone in the universe,
    in our own separate ways on this planet, we are all... alone.

    [THE END]


    I am also loving the new tension between Scully and Mulder...
    The seasons of the old run I sort of viewed Scully as pant-suited
    bureaucrat, sort of like Hillary Clinton.

    After the movies, the short season, and now, I believe she's gotten
    even more "fucky" with age. A lot going on with facial expressions
    in this newly revised version of my favorite series of all time.

    The truth is out there.

    Here, in Australia, we haven't seen these new X-File episodes on any of
    our free-to-air channels .... yet!!

    Are Scully and Mulder the original (now 50's-60's y.o) actors or have
    they been "re-imagined"/re-cast??

    That's what makes it even more great. They're both the original actors:
    David Duchovny as Mulder, Gillian Anderson as Scully and also Mitch Pileggi
    as Skinner, with William B. Davis as "The Smoking Man".

    You know when the show ended in the 90s it was basically over a real-life
    feud between Duchovny & Anderson. She kept winning Emmy's but he *knew* he
    was the reason for the show's success. Anderson was able to leverage her
    awards for bigger paychecks, but Duchovny didn't have the leverage so he gambled by playing coy for a season while Chris Carter wrote him out. As Duchovny faded out of the series, the ratings perportionatly tumbled and
    the addition of Robert Patrick did not help with the ratings tumble. I
    guess the show's producers weren't going to give in, so they let it cancel.

    I enjoyed both the movies too, but I can see why some people were
    disappointed. The movies did not have the addictive qualities of the
    series.

    It was that tension between Muldar and Scully as well as them becoming intertwined in the mythology sub-plots that was the sublime attraction most viewers had for their addiction to the series.

    In the 3 episode teaser/tickler (mini-series) they released last year they introduced a young couple, male & female apparent counterparts to Mulder
    and Scully, but they haven't developed them yet. They showed enough of them
    to reveal that the counterparts each have personalities like their predecessors; however, it seems the female is more like Muldar and the male
    is more like Scully... we'll have to see how that shakes out... I might be over-thinking it. (*(^:

    The "Conspiracy" or "Mythology" sub-plot has been updated, but it's not completely revealed yet. The tension between Muldar & Scully has matured
    and is very evident deep in the storyline, but it's not overbearing or the predominant element of the overall plot (so far). It develops in bits and pieces in each progressive episode.

    Like I say, I'm as hooked as I was from the very first episode when I was a kid.

    I know you guys will enjoy when it finally comes to your neck of the woods.
    I wish someone would upload DivX or MP4 rips of the entire series from the beginning in the binary group, because this is one of those stories that I believe will stand the test of time - perhaps into the next century.

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  • From Daniel60@21:1/5 to Travoltron on Wed Jan 31 14:53:58 2018
    Travoltron wrote:
    On 1/30/2018 12:22 AM, Daniel60 wrote:
    Are Scully and Mulder the original

    Yes.
    Although they introduced two new characters that resemble them. My
    cynical side tells me that Chris Carter wants to do a spinoff with them eventually.

    Thanks.

    --
    Daniel

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  • From Daniel60@21:1/5 to Alexander Shofner-Geidt on Wed Jan 31 14:53:11 2018
    Alexander Shofner-Geidt wrote:
    Daniel60 <daniel47@eternal-september.org> posted this via news:p4pa08$qar$1 @dont-email.me:

    Alexander Shofner-Geidt wrote:
    Avon <Avon@f101.n1.z21.fsxnet> posted this via news:3905661888
    @f101.n1.z21.fsxnet:

    On 01/27/18, Travoltron pondered and said...

    Tr> On 1/26/2018 11:36 PM, Avon wrote:
    Tr> > I think have been really great.
    Tr> >
    Tr> Yeah. First two made me depressed and I just wanted the series to >>> end.
    Tr> These two reminded me how good the show works when they really
    try.

    me too... i wish they had more episodes to play with in a season as
    these
    short seasons are really only tasters compared to the main course (20
    episodes per season) of old...

    I'm loving it! My favorite stand-alone episode (so far) was S03-E20's

    "Jose Chung's from Outer Space"

    I love the double entendre of the title and even more the brilliant way
    they exploited all the different perspectives of essentially the same
    story.

    I still get goose-bumps thinking about the ending:

    ...

    (There is another rattling on the window. She goes to it
    and opens it to reveal Harold standing outside.)

    CHRISSY GIORGIO: Oh, it's you. What do you want?

    HAROLD LAMB: I just wanted to tell you I still love you.

    CHRISSY GIORGIO: Love. Is that all you men think about?

    (She closes her window. Harold's eyes tear up. Chung keeps talking.)

    JOSE CHUNG: Then there are those who care not about
    extraterrestrials, searching for meaning in other human beings.
    Rare or lucky are those who find it.

    (Harold starts to drive off.)

    For although we may not be alone in the universe,
    in our own separate ways on this planet, we are all... alone.

    [THE END]


    I am also loving the new tension between Scully and Mulder...
    The seasons of the old run I sort of viewed Scully as pant-suited
    bureaucrat, sort of like Hillary Clinton.

    After the movies, the short season, and now, I believe she's gotten
    even more "fucky" with age. A lot going on with facial expressions
    in this newly revised version of my favorite series of all time.

    The truth is out there.

    Here, in Australia, we haven't seen these new X-File episodes on any of
    our free-to-air channels .... yet!!

    Are Scully and Mulder the original (now 50's-60's y.o) actors or have
    they been "re-imagined"/re-cast??

    That's what makes it even more great. They're both the original actors:
    David Duchovny as Mulder, Gillian Anderson as Scully and also Mitch Pileggi as Skinner, with William B. Davis as "The Smoking Man".

    You know when the show ended in the 90s it was basically over a real-life feud between Duchovny & Anderson. She kept winning Emmy's but he *knew* he was the reason for the show's success. Anderson was able to leverage her awards for bigger paychecks, but Duchovny didn't have the leverage so he gambled by playing coy for a season while Chris Carter wrote him out. As Duchovny faded out of the series, the ratings perportionatly tumbled and
    the addition of Robert Patrick did not help with the ratings tumble. I
    guess the show's producers weren't going to give in, so they let it cancel.

    I enjoyed both the movies too, but I can see why some people were disappointed. The movies did not have the addictive qualities of the
    series.

    It was that tension between Muldar and Scully as well as them becoming intertwined in the mythology sub-plots that was the sublime attraction most viewers had for their addiction to the series.

    In the 3 episode teaser/tickler (mini-series) they released last year they introduced a young couple, male & female apparent counterparts to Mulder
    and Scully, but they haven't developed them yet. They showed enough of them to reveal that the counterparts each have personalities like their predecessors; however, it seems the female is more like Muldar and the male is more like Scully... we'll have to see how that shakes out... I might be over-thinking it. (*(^:

    The "Conspiracy" or "Mythology" sub-plot has been updated, but it's not completely revealed yet. The tension between Muldar & Scully has matured
    and is very evident deep in the storyline, but it's not overbearing or the predominant element of the overall plot (so far). It develops in bits and pieces in each progressive episode.

    Like I say, I'm as hooked as I was from the very first episode when I was a kid.

    I know you guys will enjoy when it finally comes to your neck of the woods.
    I wish someone would upload DivX or MP4 rips of the entire series from the beginning in the binary group, because this is one of those stories that I believe will stand the test of time - perhaps into the next century.

    Thanks for that, Alexander, seems I've got something to wait for!!

    Are Mulder and Scully still single, or have they got back-story
    suggesting they're married/divorced/got kids/whatever??

    --
    Daniel

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