*skips the boring monster of the week slop just to watch the mythology episodes*
>>214183530Mythology episodes sucked dick. Big headed grey aylmaos aged like milk.
>>214183530I couldn't get through season 2Shame the show wasn't as good as it is iconic
>*farts*>Mulder, I think this is the alien autopsy room, it smells like death in here
>>214183666Yup the mutantslop or invisible evil guy started getting boring for me around season 3. I'm just sticking around for episodes with the cigarette man
>skips the funyour loss you stupid cunt
>>214183666Stick to Netflix slop broccoli headed fuck
>>214183530>as of this moment, I am changing the lore continuity of the X-files>it's black oil aliens>no wait, its anasazi aliens>no wait, now its alien shapeshifters>now its human alien hybrid super soldiers>lmao, now its actually air force pilots in rubber masks
Remember the Brady bunch episode?
>>214183530I did thatit was completely unsatisfyingthey clearly had no planthere was no plotno pointnothing fucking happened over the course of I don't know how many episodes that wasI should probably go back and watch only the MOTW episodes. I remember enjoying them at the time and they were probably the bestI spent my teen years fantasizing about watching only the alien episodes (and finishing the series; I stopped watching when doucheovni got too big for the show), and then when I finally did it was shitI do appreciate the way they set the mood. but mood pieces only take you so far
>>214183530Dummy you're missing out on so many good episodes that way.
>>214183530>Look at me. No wife, no family, some powerwhat the FUCK was his problem?
>>214184185that cuck bill mulder raised his son to be a retard
>>214183530>monster of the week>slopYou didn't even try. 0/10
>>214183530Seriously are there any people out there who enjoy the shitty mythology episodes?
season 3 episode 1 is when you can officially check out, the writers gave up and went full retard,
>>214184245some of the early ones like the eroenmeyer flask and fallen angel are good, but yeah they fall off real fast, real hard
>>214183530Once the alien bounty hunters show up, the main plot gets really dumb and convoluted.
>>214183530Honestly aside from being visually impressive for a TV show from the 90s X-Files otherwise doesn't hold up. the monster of the week episodes aged terribly and the main line alien stuff is madly inconsistent. Is it still better than current slop? Obviously. But it's on Oz level, pretty good for back then but didn't hold up over time
>>214184375I just watch humbug last night and can safely say that you're wrong
>>214184393This one is particularly bad lmao
>>214184245some of the ones from the first 2-3 seasons are fine. They get shitty pretty early though.
The mythology episode were good but the S10 retroactively ruined them. I just see S1-9 as canon.
>>214184375>the monster of the week episodes aged terriblyNope. I have never not enjoyed the better MotW eps, like Bad Blood, Humbug as the other anon said, War of the coprophages, Small Potatoes, etc.
>>214183530OK skeeter calm down we don't want to hurt nobody. We love x files and leave it at that .
>>214184323>>214184408I don't get why they didn't gave them up. They felt completely pointless after like 2-3 seasons anyways as you mentioned.
>>214184429I mostly enjoyed the virus in the alaska in season 1, any episode including spores or some sort of contagious element. You're right, the cockroach episode was great but it felt a bit surreal, with the beautiful girl casted and all. mutants were hit or miss. Tooms and the sewer grey monster were pretty good. Anything involving invisibility/telekinesy/some sort of frequency or energy thing was a bore
You know, OP, X-Files is one of the last subjects on this board that will get genuine discussion. You don't need to bait.
>>214184375There are a couple of stinkers every now and then but that's kinda inevitable for a long running series.
Lore is bore
>>214184765Yeah. Any time I rewatch it I just skip that "vampire" episode for example. It's just incredibly boring. But not the other vampire episode. That one was kino.
>>214184185>also by the way i'm the MC's muthafuckin DAD
>>214185242>also I raped his partner in her sleep lmao
Kids don't understand the appeal of getting cheap food, watching X-Files then playing Sega while listening to Art Bell. It was a different time that can never be captured again.
The monster episodes are the entertaining ones
>>214183916>he thinks there is only one alien race Ayyy lmao
What are other shows that capture this type of spooky/alien slow burn?
>>214186384Twin Peaks.
>i'm the x files now
>>214184541>I don't get why they didn't gave them up.They were too invested in them, and the mytharc is the "main" part of the show. The monster episodes were obviously better, but doing one of those a week would have resulted in a greater number of shitty motw eps. They couldn't just give up the mytharc stuff. Just too bad they didn't plan that part out really well and have the brains to make it work.
>>214186384kolchak, which was a huge inspiration for the x files
>>214183666>666
>>214184295>The FBI man
I just started watching a few weeks ago. I'm at like Season 2E15 or something and most episodes are good to great. There's a few less so ones, but even those aren't outright bad. Anyway, Duchovny is one of the worst actors of all time but somehow very compelling to watch.Now I'm leaving this thread to avoid any potential spoilers.
>>214183530Monster of the Week episodes are the only ones that make sense. Rest of the show had fuck all to say.
>>214183530Monster of the week is the kinoMythology goes nowhere
>>214187000MULDER IS KILLED IN S6SCULLY IS RAPED BY AN ALIENSKINNER GETS PREGNANT AFTER TROONING OUT
> I woke up with a dead prostitute next to me and no recollection of the previous night> as of this moment I am reopening the X-Files
>>214183530The X-files is a really shit show taped together to a pretty good show. The myth arc is the shit show.
>>214186860>but doing one of those a week would have resulted in a greater number of shitty motw eps.I'd rather have shitty motw episodes than even shittier mythology ones. >Just too bad they didn't plan that part out really well and have the brains to make it work.Just like in Mad Men with Don's stolen identity bullshit.
>>214187217>Just like in Mad Men with Don's stolen identity bullshit.I didn't think that part of MM was anywhere near as sloppy and poorly planned as XFiles mytharc. Why do you think so?
>>214183530Why is Mulder trying to give Scully a prostate check?
>>214187347>Why do you think so?It felt just as pointless and wasn't even really thematised anymore after season 2. It didn't lived up to its build up in season 1.
What the hell was her problem?
>>214187695it basically just introduces anna and california. the department of defence doing a check on don is the last time it even slightly matters, and that's s4
>>214188041>californiaOnly reason they even brought it up again. Some Californian exotic compared to the kinda blame office setting.
>>214183530Bosting in ebin bread :DDD
