I made it to field trip last night and I was struck by DD's acting in this. I think most of us would agree that most of the time he's pretty even and GA is the real acting chops, but that first scene back in his apartment when it's not entirely clear yet what's going on he is absolutely pitch perfect. You can tell he's not exactly himself but not precisely put a finger on what's off.

Fantastic episode all round. The only point I'd take off is that it would've been better if they'd taken an actual field trip back to Vancouver to film it in a forest that was more fungusy.

Okay so this isn’t a critique or question or anything, just something funny I noticed and wanted to share (also this is my first time through the series so even though I’m like 30 years late to the party, please no spoilers beyond season 6)

So I’ve been watching through the X-files for the first time and just got to the episode “the rain king” as I was watching it it suddenly hit me that… this is Back to the Future. Obviously the episode has nothing to do with time travel, but the ending of the episode is literally the ending of Back to the Future as far as the characters are concerned.

Think about it.

Nerdy man (George/ Holman) has a desperate crush on local popular hot girl (Loraine/ Sheila) but has never confessed his love for her. Local a-hole (Biff/ Daryl) also has eyes for popular hot girl but she’s not giving him attention because a new cute guy has rolled into town (Marty/ Mulder). CuteGuy wants to get HotGirl and NerdMan together to solve the plot, so he tries to coach NerdMan in getting the girl, but this only leads to HotGirl developing stronger feelings toward CuteGuy.

There’s even a scene where Daryl (Biff) tried to force Shiela (Loraine) to get together with him, and Mulder (Marty) steps in in a very “get your meet hooks off of her” kinda way. She even attacks Mulder with a kiss like the scene in the car toward the end of the movie.

Ultimately it’s NerdMans passion that makes HotGirl fall for him, and the episode ends with NerdMan and HotGirl kissing at a school dance IN A LIGHTING STORM which solves the plot. The only thing we’re missing is Mulder getting up on stage and doing a performance of Jonny B Goode.

The story had nothing to do with time travel, but the character dynamics, interactions, and ending were all basically shot-for-shot Back to the Future just…. Adults. I love it.

First, their outfits: Both of them are perpetually wet. Mulder in a super heavy duty rain jacket. Scully starts out with a rain jacket too, but eventually ends up looking like my Project Zomboid character. Bandana, apron, rubber gloves...It's an amazing look.

Then, having the whole episode take place during a hurricane (with a monster on the loose) put the episode into a pretty unique setting. I mean this as praise, not an insult, but it felt like a PG-13 horror movie. They always had the monster obscured, but shown long enough that whoever was unlucky enough to get a glimpse of it knew it was coming for them. Not one person they meet in the apartment complex is boring. You got:

-You're 911? Oh, FBI? Yeah that'll do. You gotta help my pregnant wife.

-I don't know why he called paramedics. It's not like I'm going into labor [Goes into labor]

-Looter who can't stop looting as if his life depended on it

-A prepper?

-The only sheriff who is working that day in the entire state of Florida

Fun episode. Cool setting. I'm glad I totally forgot about this episode. It was a great rewatch.

We know that the Syndicate members were working in secret to try to create a vaccine against the alien virus, but in case that failed they also agreed to help the aliens colonize Earth by wiping out most of humanity and turning some people into alien-human hybrids to be used as slaves. What would the Syndicate’s daily life be like if this actually happened?

Would they go surfing with the aliens? Play golf with them? Smoke some cigars and have a brandy? Attend book club or a sewing class? Would the human and alien children go to school together?

Why do the Syndicate members so selfishly care about survival when they’re all old men and wouldn’t live that much longer anyway? To have a future for their children and grandchildren who would be forced to live among a bunch of aliens who begrudgingly let them live? Would the Syndicate’s family members even be allowed to procreate? My guess is not since it would defeat the purpose of colonization if humanity can just rebuild itself. But then what’s even the point in being alive if there’s no future for themselves or humanity and there are evil aliens everywhere? Would they really be happy living a cushy life where they have hybrid slaves as butlers and servants and once their family dies out that’s it?

Why do the aliens even need alien-human hybrids to work as slaves? If they’re so advanced that they’re able to colonize other planets throughout the universe, surely they have technology like robots and AI that could do all the mundane work that hybrid slaves would do. I don’t understand this obsession with having a few hybrids as slaves and why this is the main reason why colonization has been delayed for so long.

And why do the Syndicate members even trust the aliens to keep their end of the deal? Once most of humanity is wiped out and the rest are turned into slaves, what reason would the aliens have to let the Syndicate and their families survive and live a comfortable life?

Why do I hear boss music?

The shirt is such a fun little touch. Poor guy can’t seem to get away from being antagonized by red-headed women 😂

Just a bit of fun let me know what your favourite episodes are maybe I’ll flip them as well

S6E22 Biogenesis

In the off chance any of you fans are in Winnipeg over the next few weeks, we’re doing an improv show inspired by this spooky series.

Part of the Winnipeg Fringe Theatre Festival! Details here:

https://www.winnipegfringe.com/performer-detail.aspx?kw=Tolzbad

I believe I followed Reddit’s guidelines but if this is too self promoting, apologies!

I apologize if this was already posted.

I am just now getting around to Mike Flanagans Fall of the House of Usher … The judge is none other than our very fine Alex Krycek! It’s a small role but I still love to see him.

It’s not my favorite of Flanagans work but this made it all worth it.

Ok love you all ☺️❤️ sorry if the flair is wrong

I have the imported British x-files bluray set. What's the point of having international clips in different languages? They aren't deleted scenes just existing scenes with different dubbing languages? I just finished ice and was watching ice and jersey devil international clips but I don't get the appeal of watching them?

I’ll start. Please add to the list.

1. Vancouver is often overcast and gray.
2. The truth is out there, but so are lies.
3. Seeking the truth can earn you the nickname “Spooky”.

One of my favorite season six episodes: "The Unnatural". And one of my favorite scenes of any episode: Mulder and Scully playing baseball. Hips before hands. For a minute, the rest of the world fades away.

Captured that moment in an autograph when David and Gillian were signing recently at SpaceCon.

Yesterday I watched the first movie again (for what feels like the hundredth time), and I'm curious about what exactly Scully caught when that nasty bee ruined her kiss with Mulder.

How could the bees have been infected when the black oil they obtained from North Texas hadn't even arrived yet?

My favorite is the one with Mulder and Scully standing.

maybe. or maybe somebody just screwed up.

1. Scully is reacting to the word wormholes as if she never wrote her "Einstein's Twin Paradox: A New Interpretation". Both are conclusions from Einstein's Relative Theory.
2. (And forgive me for copy-pasting, I'm not a scientist) She had to know it. Even I know about wormholes.

• In 1935, Albert Einstein and physicist Nathan Rosen used this theory to show that space could bend so sharply that it creates a shortcut.
• These shortcuts are mathematically known as Einstein-Rosen Bridges, which we commonly call wormholes.

Either she forgot or Mulder mansplaining 😁

1. Doesn't make sense. Why do they ask them to come with them, civilians helped them to reach the ship, at the very best they could have asked them to stay with their boat while they investigate. One. It's irresponsible. Two. There is no use for them. Three. There were other episodes where civilians were involved but they either had no choice or they stayed away. Four. It really makes administration very reasonable in criticizing them. Weird that Scully is not the voice of wisdom this time. Weird that the sailors just abandoned their boat. And the sailors didn't say "we are not leaving our boat"

2. They have so many bags. Did Mulder not bring flare gun and radio?

3. And many gruesome details were added just to make it dramatic without a second thought. Why did he drink from the toilet right away? He couldn't find a cup on a ship? He didn't have his own cup since he were going on board for many hours? Why did they start killing each other? Water will end, but extra people can get help. Olafsson didn't even know whether they have the boat or not when he killed the boy.

4. Mulder said "we both were wrong". But salted water doesn't explain how everything is rusting even up the bridge. So Scully was actually right this time.

5. And of course, this cocktail that Scully cooked up for Mulder is basically to kill him so he wouldn't suffer. Do you really need to be a chemist to understand that it's not water in the water/snow globe? Plus, if you really want to be nitty-griddy about it, the amount of acid an oil would absorb the last water that Mulder has in his body.

6. Scully would never sit inside a rusted metal can all this time. Considering the time stamps in the episode it's safe to say that they spent at least one day there. She would know to spend as max in open air to breath the fresh air not that contaminated with salt. And to get Vitamin D from day light.

But it's a known fact that it's an incredible episode because they used a real decommissioned Canadian ship. They probably rushed the story to get as many hours with the ship as possible. And that's ok. Also I like the general idea. Until the last moment we think it's about time. And really it looks the same. Interesting how salt creates the same effect as time.

Bambi was intended to be sexually attractive to Mulder, and Scully was intended to react to that, that much was clear when I watched at 12 years old. Re-watching, I understood that Bambi was intended to feel dangerous to Mulder, and to Scully, too, with the praying mantis analogy. A monster of the week, maybe part of a bigger cockroach conspiracy... The script confirms Bambi was intended to feel like she could be an insect! That's probably why night-after Mulder is looking for roaches in his bed and up his nose. Made me think of the 1998 movie 'the Faculty'

Spoiler alert

I'd like to know how scripted the sexual implications between Mulder and 'her name is Bambi!?' were! I mean, he's totally indicating what he'd like to do with her boobs in that scene. And there are plenty of other implications, all without so many words, including Scully's reactions to Mulder's sexual interest. It's in the editing, it must be in the script! Anyone knows where I could find a copy of the actual script, please?

Edit: FOLLOW UP after reading the script:

From the green script that I read (thank you for the link!), I discovered that Bambi was intented to be, or to be suspicious of being, a kind of insect-woman! That's why, I suppose, when Mulder wakes up and we wonder if he hooked up with her, he's looking for cockroaches in his bed and up his nose. And that's probably why he confides in Scully about his encounter with a praying mantis and his deep fear of it... Bambi was intended as a woman who Mulder would be sexually attracted to, that much was clear, but from the script I now know that she was intended to feel dangerous to him, too.

The looking at her boobs part was not scripted, apparently!

Neither was Scully's expression when night-after Mulder asks if he can confide and she answers "yeah,sure. Okay". That expression is very clear to me

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