PhantomKnight
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Post by PhantomKnight on Mar 5, 2024 23:23:08 GMT -5
Vince Gilligan continues to be one of the MVP writers on this show.
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PhantomKnight
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Post by PhantomKnight on Mar 22, 2024 18:40:13 GMT -5
I still haven't started Season 7 yet, but I DID spring for the Complete Series Blu Ray Box Set -- which is out of print, so I had to pay a pretty penny for one in quite good condition on eBay (thanks, Paypal Pay in 4 plan). And I'm glad I did, because it's quite nice. Simple presentation/packaging, but effective.
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Post by Neverending on Mar 22, 2024 19:24:08 GMT -5
I still haven't started Season 7 yet, but I DID spring for the Complete Series Blu Ray Box Set -- which is out of print, so I had to pay a pretty penny for one in quite good condition on eBay (thanks, Paypal Pay in 4 plan). And I'm glad I did, because it's quite nice. Simple presentation/packaging, but effective.
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PhantomKnight
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Post by PhantomKnight on May 16, 2024 18:41:41 GMT -5
Finished up Season 7 last week. Still some good stuff here. The wrap-up of the Samantha storyline was legitimately moving, the episode Hungry from the POV of the Monster of the Week was really strong, the episode in the style of Cops was a lot of fun, as was the one about the guy with extremely good luck, the genie episode was a blast, I enjoyed David Duchovny's second written and directed episode, plus the season finale was excellent. Buuuut I would still say that this is probably the weakest of the first seven seasons, at the same time. Because there's still some duds in here. Such as Gillian Anderson's writing/directing debut, which came off as pretentious to me, Fight Club has got to be one of the worst episodes of the series so far, First Person Shooter was very meh to me, as well as a few others that felt kind of tired-out to a degree. I still enjoyed the season overall, but it did feel like there was some complacency settling in at times. Oh, and all the Christ parallels with Mulder in the two-part season opener felt heavyhanded.
Now, I'm aware that Seasons 8 and 9 aren't as well-regarded as 1-7, but with 8 at least, I'm still legitimately curious if the absence of Mulder gives it a new jolt of any kind. I'll get to that after another little break, though.
Got some other shows I want to give a go in the meantime. Shogun, Gen V, Fallout, Sugar...don't think I'm forgetting anything...
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IanTheCool
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Post by IanTheCool on May 16, 2024 18:50:51 GMT -5
Sweet. I gotta run but will come back with my thoughts later
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