Tag Archives: The X-Files

Deck The Halls With Bots

Posted on 24/12/2017 by Dee CrowSeer

I only discovered the surreal comedy-genius of Botnik Studios a couple days ago, via an article in The Guardian, but the site’s already given my belly-muscles a serious work-out (which I’m very grateful for, considering all the cheese and cakes … Continue reading →

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Fifty-One Shades Of Fave…

Posted on 25/06/2015 by Dee CrowSeer

I was idly Googling t’other day, when I stumbled on a recent Buzzfeed article in which 51 TV writers were asked to identify a favourite line/scene/episode from their previous productions. Highlights include a sweet anecdote from Chris Carter about meeting a … Continue reading →

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The FBI’s Most Unwanted 10: Drawing It Out

Posted on 28/08/2013 by Dee CrowSeer

When I impulsively picked up that first X-Files boxset, I had no idea that these blog posts would (kinda) coincide with the 20th anniversary of the first TV episode airing in the States (Sept 10th, 1993), and also the launch … Continue reading →

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The FBI’s Most Unwanted 9.5: What’s Up, Doc?

Posted on 27/08/2013 by Dee CrowSeer

[Contains two-headed doggies and SPOILERS!!!] As I said when I began this folly, what frustrates me most about The X Files as a TV series is that the writers never seemed to accept that they were terrible at writing long-term … Continue reading →

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The FBI’s Most Unwanted 9: Bring Me Spanky

Posted on 22/08/2013 by Dee CrowSeer

[Contains bioluminescent shark guts and SPOILERS!!!] Sigh… what can I say about the ninth season of The X Files? Scully was side-lined into a teaching job, and spent most of her screen time fretting over her miracle-baby, before deciding to … Continue reading →

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The FBI’s Most Unwanted 8: A New Wrinkle

Posted on 16/08/2013 by Dee CrowSeer

[Contains spinning metal spinal columns and SPOILERS!!!] By the time it came to shoot the eighth season of The X Files, the show’s stars were starting to get itchy feet. After a rather bitter behind-the-scenes dispute over money owed, Duchovny … Continue reading →

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The FBI’s Most Unwanted 7: God Wants You Hot!

Posted on 09/08/2013 by Dee CrowSeer

[Contains baby snakes and SPOILERS!!!] The seventh season of The X Files saw two plucky new writers joining the creative team… a couple of starry-eyed ingénues named William B. Davis and Gillian Anderson! Davis’ episode (#7.15, “En Ami”) saw his … Continue reading →

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The FBI’s Most Unwanted 6: Save Your Own Ass, Sir!

Posted on 03/08/2013 by Dee CrowSeer

[Contains big piles of manure… also, SPOILERS!!!] Fight the Future was a refreshingly illuminating info-dump for viewers of The X Files, as far as the show’s shadowy “myth-arc” conspiracy was concerned, so fans can be forgiven for expecting that narrative … Continue reading →

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The FBI’s Most Unwanted 5.5: Mulder’s Mucho Macho Movie!

Posted on 27/07/2013 by Dee CrowSeer

I don’t really have any memory of watching the fifth season of The X-Files first time around, so I think I went into Fight the Future (1998) as a lapsed follower rather than a slathering devotee, when it opened in … Continue reading →

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The FBI’s Most Unwanted 5: Snaps To Scully

Posted on 25/07/2013 by Dee CrowSeer

[Contains a syringe of sinister green SPOILERS!!!] According to Chris Carter’s master plan, the fifth season of The X-Files was going to be its last, with the TV show segueing into a series of big-screen adventures, beginning with Fight the … Continue reading →

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