and i thought to myself, where the fuck am i?
well thanks to a cold (the 60th this year) and work overload the old brain has suffered a complete lack of interest in all things. the captain of the brain-ship is asleep at the wheel again.
i bought the entire x-files dvd set from ebay. it turned out to be the korean / english version, which could matter less to me except the resale may be less as the dubious looks about it's quality beam at it from all and sundry. not bad though as for AU$200 (that's US$153 / UK£85) for 69 dvds it's a great set. some scale of viewing.
anyways, i have it playing on my old imac while i work on my new imac (consumer? moi? sheesh) and after series one just cut to series 7 as i stopped watching it when it aired around then. i like the Doggett character who replaced Mulder although i like him as he's the brother of Filter's richard patrick (ex-nin guitarist and the one man lead for the liquid 'band' famous for 'hey man, nice shot' and 'take a picture' - i embarass myself at how shallow i am at times).
i love the series but man, tv-series are made to be seen as a serial with a week between. watch 'em back to back and it'll put you on the ropes. firstly, the undercurrent second-level themes that are constantly bled into each story just drive you nuts. they are there to remind you of them and create depth so that 3 episodes later you get one solely about that theme. all through the first five/six season's the undercurrent theme was 'aliens' and you got little mentions of them while watching crazy tapeworms, kidney eating immortals and killer computers. every now and then you got a full blown episode of alien titilation and conspiracy which kind of brought you up to date without giving overly much away. by season 7 the gloves were off and aliens rulled the roost. 8-9 has got me sick to death of friggin aliens and just want to be invaded so i don't have to hear about it. if i hear anyone call out "oh my baby" in anguished tones (a la dana scully) ever again i'll probably flip-out and kill them with their own shoe.
i wasn't going to start on story 'leaps of faith' but what the hell. while mulder and scully worked as the believer and the devil's-advocate, the season 7-9 murky mixture of the blind leading the deaf is just painful. you have scully telling the hard nosed, straight laced ex-marine partner doggett that some bullshit paranormal-alien-genetic-freak-whatever is 'the only explanation for this crazy turn of events' when you think to yourself 'hell, i can think of two other explanations off hand and i 'aint a scientist nor that smart!'. luckily they quick edit away to something else and cover it all over with the now-cliche musical-tones-of-intrigue. i realise this can be said of most of the series and most other shows (i mean it's friggin entertainment so who cares) but it just seems sloppy and half-arsed. jeez we hung in there for 10 years of tv show for god's sake they could at least try a little.
in fact the whole last two seasons should have had a counter like '24' which counted down the minutes to the death of the show to make it easier for us to push through. the whole of season 9 has a sense of defeat which just drags out to make the full season episode quota (no doubt a contact thing?).
anyways, once i've put the nail in the season 9 coffin i'll simply go back to watching the highlight episodes again and again. there was soem awesome stuff throughout the show and i still really love it but it's horrible to watch something you love turn to shite and rollover for the death-shot.
like i said, slow brain week and nothing of relevance to write. i feel better for the vent though!
quote for the day:
"But here's a little tip from me: people who tell you you're paranoid? They're almost certainly in on the plot."
- from 'Incompetence" by Rob Grant
i bought the entire x-files dvd set from ebay. it turned out to be the korean / english version, which could matter less to me except the resale may be less as the dubious looks about it's quality beam at it from all and sundry. not bad though as for AU$200 (that's US$153 / UK£85) for 69 dvds it's a great set. some scale of viewing.
anyways, i have it playing on my old imac while i work on my new imac (consumer? moi? sheesh) and after series one just cut to series 7 as i stopped watching it when it aired around then. i like the Doggett character who replaced Mulder although i like him as he's the brother of Filter's richard patrick (ex-nin guitarist and the one man lead for the liquid 'band' famous for 'hey man, nice shot' and 'take a picture' - i embarass myself at how shallow i am at times).
i love the series but man, tv-series are made to be seen as a serial with a week between. watch 'em back to back and it'll put you on the ropes. firstly, the undercurrent second-level themes that are constantly bled into each story just drive you nuts. they are there to remind you of them and create depth so that 3 episodes later you get one solely about that theme. all through the first five/six season's the undercurrent theme was 'aliens' and you got little mentions of them while watching crazy tapeworms, kidney eating immortals and killer computers. every now and then you got a full blown episode of alien titilation and conspiracy which kind of brought you up to date without giving overly much away. by season 7 the gloves were off and aliens rulled the roost. 8-9 has got me sick to death of friggin aliens and just want to be invaded so i don't have to hear about it. if i hear anyone call out "oh my baby" in anguished tones (a la dana scully) ever again i'll probably flip-out and kill them with their own shoe.
i wasn't going to start on story 'leaps of faith' but what the hell. while mulder and scully worked as the believer and the devil's-advocate, the season 7-9 murky mixture of the blind leading the deaf is just painful. you have scully telling the hard nosed, straight laced ex-marine partner doggett that some bullshit paranormal-alien-genetic-freak-whatever is 'the only explanation for this crazy turn of events' when you think to yourself 'hell, i can think of two other explanations off hand and i 'aint a scientist nor that smart!'. luckily they quick edit away to something else and cover it all over with the now-cliche musical-tones-of-intrigue. i realise this can be said of most of the series and most other shows (i mean it's friggin entertainment so who cares) but it just seems sloppy and half-arsed. jeez we hung in there for 10 years of tv show for god's sake they could at least try a little.
in fact the whole last two seasons should have had a counter like '24' which counted down the minutes to the death of the show to make it easier for us to push through. the whole of season 9 has a sense of defeat which just drags out to make the full season episode quota (no doubt a contact thing?).
anyways, once i've put the nail in the season 9 coffin i'll simply go back to watching the highlight episodes again and again. there was soem awesome stuff throughout the show and i still really love it but it's horrible to watch something you love turn to shite and rollover for the death-shot.
like i said, slow brain week and nothing of relevance to write. i feel better for the vent though!
quote for the day:
"But here's a little tip from me: people who tell you you're paranoid? They're almost certainly in on the plot."
- from 'Incompetence" by Rob Grant
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