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could it be our ABC? 

I seriously doubt it, but I suppose you never know.

Season seven of the X-Files is just plain AWFUL! Rapid quality drop from the quality of season six (not to suggest season six or the previous few seasons were flawless). No wonder Duchovny was so eager to move on. Glad certain circumstances prevented me from watching these when they originally aired, might have left a bad taste in my mouth and made me have thought less of what has been one of my favorite shows since I was a teenager.

Edit: Last episode I watched was "First Person Shooter", to give some perspective to those familiar with the show. Absolutely painful to watch, as was the previous episode "X-Cops". Not sure if I am going to be able to make it to the end of the series. By this point it is almost a parody of what it originally was. Feels like it is intentionally making fun of itself at times.

I think Dave came back for the Series Finale.  And of course he did the second movie too.

I own S1 thru S7 on DVD.  Stopped there.  I actually like many of the individual S7 episodes but overall it definitely showed the end was nigh.

I was primed to like X-Files, I heard about it long before most people in the UK through the Twin Peaks fanzine Wrapped In Plastic and the readership were giving it favorable reviews.

The first few seasons just seemed to be one film pastiche after another (this week, The Howling, this week The Thing).

I gave up on it for quite a while.

Then I noticed a few odd ones where the story went in off into more original material and had a few laughs on the way one of them was ironically X-Cops which I thought was genuinely funny at the time (but I've only seen it once) that's the one where a witness describes a monster to a crime scene artist which turns out to be Freddy Krueger?

I like the monster-of-the-week episodes much better than the mythology episodes.  Actually, I liked the mythology at the beginning, but it eventually collapsed under its own weight.

All this reminds me of the early days of the Fox network here in the states.  For a while, it was that channel with The Simpsons and Married... With Children.  Pretty edgy stuff for TV back in the day.  Then the X-Files came along and Fox seemed to be able to compete with the big three.

xhonzi said:

Crap, I haven't watched 7 yet.  6 was my last season, before I had too much other real life stuff to do.  I really liked 6, mostly the clever/funny episodes.  Are those long gone in 7, then?

And Duchovny does come back, right?

Duchovny comes back for guest appearances throughout 8, I think, and he does come back for the finale in 9.

Oh, seven has its fair share of "funny" episodes, which it what spurred my "parody of itself" comment. Lots of over the top camp.

TV's Frink said:

I like the monster-of-the-week episodes much better than the mythology episodes.  Actually, I liked the mythology at the beginning, but it eventually collapsed under its own weight.

Feel the exact same way. I used to enjoy the mythology more, but it got too convoluted and ridiculous. The monster-of-the-week stuff are the ones I really enjoy. So much so that every time I come to a two parter episode I think, "Crap! Another mythology episode."

CP3S said:

xhonzi said:

Crap, I haven't watched 7 yet.  6 was my last season, before I had too much other real life stuff to do.  I really liked 6, mostly the clever/funny episodes.  Are those long gone in 7, then?

And Duchovny does come back, right?

Duchovny comes back for guest appearances throughout 8, I think, and he does come back for the finale in 9.

Oh yeah, forgot about that.  I believe he was in roughly half of the episodes.

Bingowings said:

that's the one where a witness describes a monster to a crime scene artist which turns out to be Freddy Krueger?

Yeah, that's the one. I found it entirely humorous-less and just over the top silly. Felt like an X-Files parody staring the actual cast of the X-Files. Absolutely painful.

Sluggo's comments about the FOX network reminded me of this older guy I work with. He is a big time self proclaimed liberal. A political activist back in his younger days. He also tends to come up with conspiracies theories about the place we work, which amuse me a lot, so I listen even though I don't take him seriously. Once I mentioned something about the X-Files in response to one of his theories, his response? "Blah! The X-Files! That was just one big movement by FOX to get people to distrust the government as much as possible before they launched their government hating FOX New bullshit!" BAM! Love that guy!

What was the one where the guy gets abducted by a saucer and there's a Grey in a cage which is really a hoaxer who has been also abducted by real aliens (or did I dream that one)?

I seem to remember liking that one at the time (if it actually happened).

Random thought....I'm completely confused on what to call CP3S now.

Maybe CQFT?

No, Jose Chung's From Outer Space was great. One of my all time favorites. The older "funny" episodes were a lot of fun, and when watching the series on DVD one episode after another, they provide much needed comic relief from the darker episodes. Confessions of a Cigarette Smoking Man was another fun but not so serious episode I really liked.

Season seven's funny episodes are just corny and not at all amusing, IMHO. And the corniness and self parody are injected into the regular episodes in all too liberal doses.

RE: My name, if I could recover my old pw I would. Don't plan on staying back for long though.

CP3S said:

And the corniness and self parody are injected into the regular episodes in all too liberal doses.

I see what you did there. ;-)

Oh my giddy aunt Jesse Ventura's in it (I have to see that one again).

• Egbert   829 - 839
• AEthelwulf   839 - 858
• AEthelbald   January 13, 858 - December 20, 860
• AEthelberht   860 - 865  
• AEthelred   865 - 871
• Alfred The Great   April 23, 871 - October 26, 899
• Edward the Elder   October 26, 899 - July 17, 924
• AElfweard Of Wessex   (perhaps)July 17, 924 - August 2, 924
• AEthelstan   924 - October 27, 939
• Edmund I   October 27, 939 - May 26, 946
• Eadred   May 26, 946 - November 23, 955
• Eadwig   November 23, 955 - October 1, 959
• Edgar The Peaceful   October 1, 959 - July 8, 975
• Edward The Martyr   July 8, 975 - March 18, 978
• AEthelred The Unready   March 18, 978 - 1013
• Sweyn Forkbeard   1013 - 1014
• AEthelred The Unready  1014 - April 23, 1016
• Edmund Ironside(Edmund II)   April 23, 1016 - November 30, 1016  
• Cnut The Great   1016 - 1035
• Harold Harefoot   November 12, 1035 - March 17, 1040
• Harthacnut   March 17, 1040 - June 8, 1042
• Edward The Confessor   June 8, 1042 - January 5, 1066
• Harold Godwinson   January 5, 1066 - October 14, 1066
• Edgar The AEtheling(Edgar II)   October 15, 1066 - December 10, 1066
• William The Conqueror   December 25, 1066 - September 9, 1087
• William II  September 9, 1087 - August 2, 1100
• Henry I   August 2, 1100 - December 1, 1135
• Stephen   December 22, 1135 - April 1141
• Matilda   April 7, 1141 - November 1, 1141
• Stephen   November 1141 - October 25, 1154
• Henry II   October 25, 1154 - July 6, 1189
• Richard I   July 6, 1189 - April 6, 1199
• John   April 6, 1199 - October 19, 1216
• Henry III   October 19, 1216 - November 16, 1272
• Edward I   November 16, 1272 - July 7, 1307
• Edward II   July 7, 1307 - January 25, 1327
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• Henry V   March 21, 1413 - August 31, 1422
• Henry VI   August 31, 1422 - March 4, 1461
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• Henry VIII   April 21, 1509 - January 28, 1547
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• Elizabeth I   November 17, 1558 - March 24, 1603
• James I   March 24, 1603 - March 27, 1625
• Charles I   March 27, 1625 - January 30, 1649
• English Council Of State   February 14, 1649 - April 30, 1653
• Oliver Cromwell(Lord Protector)   December 25, 1653 - September 3, 1658
• Richard Cromwell   September 3, 1658 - May 25, 1659
• English Council Of State   May 25, 1659 - May 28, 1660
• Charles II   May 29, 1660 - February 6, 1685
• James II   February 6, 1685 - December 11, 1688
• William III and Mary II   February 13 1689 - December 28, 1694
• William III   December 28, 1694 - March 8, 1702
• Anne   March 8,  1702 - August 1, 1714
• George I   August 1, 1714 - June 11, 1727(os) June 22, 1727(ns) (switched to new style dates)
• George II   June 22, 1727 - October 25, 1760
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• George IV   January 29, 1820 - June 26, 1830 
• William IV   June 26, 1830 - June 20, 1837
• Victoria   June 20, 1837 - January 22, 1901
• Edward VII   January 22, 1901 - May 6, 1910
• George V   May 6, 1910 - January 20, 1936
• Edward VIII   January 20, 1936 - December 11, 1936
• George VI   December 11, 1936 - February 6, 1952
• Elizabeth II   February 6, 1952 - present
• Prince Charles  
• Prince William
• Prince George
• ? . . .

I'm hoping that William will name his first male child Prawn Bhuna.

Britain the land where curry is King.

Warbler said:

Egbert

AEthelwulf

AEthelbald

AEthelberht

AEthelred

Alfred The Great

Edward the Elder

AElfweard Of Wessex

AEthelstan

Edmund I

Eadred

Eadwig

Edgar The Peaceful

Edward The Martyr

AEthelred The Unready

Sweyn Forkbeard

Aethelred The Unready

Edmund Ironside(Edmund II)

Cnut The Great

Harold Harefoot

Harthacnut

Edward The Confessor

Harold Godwinson

Edgar The AEtheling(Edgar II)

William The Conqueror

William II

Henry I

Stephen

Matilda

Stephen

Henry II

Richard I

John

Henry III

Edward I

Edward II

Edward III

Richard II

Henry IV

Henry V

Henry VI

Edward IV

Henry VI

Edward IV

Edward V

Richard III

Henry VII

Henry VIII

Edward VI

Lady Jane Grey

Mary I

Elizabeth I

James I

Charles I

English Council Of State

Oliver Cromwell(Lord Protector)

Richard Cromwell

English Council Of State

Charles II

James II

William III and Mary II

William III

Anne

George I

George II

George III

George IV

William IV

Victoria

Edward VII

George V

Edward VIII

George VI

Elizabeth II

Prince Charles

Prince William

? . . .

 

 

 

 

Cliff Clavin said:

Who are seventy-six people who have never been in my kitchen?

Any of those will do just fine.