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The X-Files: Babylon

That was fucking awful, even for the generally awful new series.
posted to FanFare by Artw at 8:03 AM on February 16, 2016

On the plus side no mention of DNA baby.

I assume the finale will be all DNA baby, all the time.
posted to FanFare by Artw at 8:07 AM on February 16, 2016

In more pleasant news Vince Gilligan is still good.
posted to FanFare by Artw at 8:16 AM on February 16, 2016

Im hoping there will be some kind of series retro post, because I certainly have some thoughts on What Went Wrong.
posted to FanFare by Artw at 8:21 AM on February 16, 2016

The attempted murder...
posted to FanFare by Artw at 9:23 AM on February 16, 2016

I doubt I was five seconds in before thinking "oh no, this'll be a terrorism one", then I thought it might be the fake out but no.

What I wasn't expecting was the back and forth between hamfisted seriousness and hamfisted comedy, so I guess they surprised on that point?
posted to FanFare by Artw at 12:05 PM on February 16, 2016

(The thing that tipped me off it would be a terrorism one was that someone was depicted as Muslim on screen.)
posted to FanFare by Artw at 12:07 PM on February 16, 2016

Well, you know, they'd gotten a random hotel name out of someone's drug trip, they have to go all in...
posted to FanFare by Artw at 1:56 PM on February 16, 2016

The slightly wooden child actor playing mini-Mulder? Though I guess that could be direction since wotsit from Sux Feet Under wasn't much better in her role.
posted to FanFare by Artw at 3:46 PM on February 16, 2016

Is Carter maybe one of those people who went a bit weird after 9/11?
posted to FanFare by Artw at 4:20 PM on February 17, 2016

Hrrrmmm.
posted to FanFare by Artw at 5:43 PM on February 21, 2016

But the poop emoji is a sign of happiness!
posted to FanFare by Artw at 6:08 AM on February 22, 2016

Mulder probably has a whole monotone speech on it in case it ever comes up in a case...
posted to FanFare by Artw at 6:09 AM on February 22, 2016

The X-Files: Home Again

This is the second best episode of this series so far and it's basically half an idea not executed well.
posted to FanFare by Artw at 8:09 AM on February 16, 2016

Episode four - episode five is fucking garbage.
posted to FanFare by Artw at 6:50 PM on February 16, 2016

Movie: Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens

Blood and souls for my Lord Vader!
posted to FanFare by Artw at 7:22 AM on January 26, 2016

/Actually would watch an Adam Driver as Elric movie, come to think of it.
posted to FanFare by Artw at 7:32 AM on January 26, 2016

The dark side is feels.
posted to FanFare by Artw at 8:52 AM on January 26, 2016

You're tearing me apart!
posted to FanFare by Artw at 9:06 AM on January 26, 2016

On the other hand Palpatine just wears his role as chancellor/emperor like a suit and uses it to seed general shitbaggery.
posted to FanFare by Artw at 11:34 AM on January 26, 2016

I don't recall if this is before or after he admits to killing a bunch of sandpeople kids and it just sits there.
posted to FanFare by Artw at 11:47 AM on January 26, 2016

I think that still stands as the worst movie, despite some bits with Obi-Wan being fun. The final prequel movie is probably way worse than you remember it though.
posted to FanFare by Artw at 11:58 AM on January 26, 2016

It's like the dialogue consists entirely of placeholders that are supposed to have a particular subtext, but they just put them all in as text.
posted to FanFare by Artw at 12:06 PM on January 26, 2016

Let us know. When you are caught up reading the thread.
posted to FanFare by Artw at 2:35 PM on January 27, 2016

Aetheric flux.
posted to FanFare by Artw at 5:52 PM on January 27, 2016

I of course sniff at all this and will be over here listening to First Order play Blue Lifeday.
posted to FanFare by Artw at 6:54 AM on February 3, 2016

Like an energetic new electronic spin on Jizz music with only slightly worrying fascist implications in the name and uniforms.
posted to FanFare by Artw at 7:05 AM on February 3, 2016

Jizz!
posted to FanFare by Artw at 7:22 AM on February 3, 2016

Jism dates to the 19th century, may actually be the root for Jazz.
posted to FanFare by Artw at 7:35 AM on February 3, 2016

Do books exist in Star Wars?
posted to FanFare by Artw at 8:43 AM on February 6, 2016

Reading is for slaves, clones and robots.

Maybe the secret to Anakins alleged technical prowess is he can actually read the labels on things.
posted to FanFare by Artw at 6:27 AM on February 7, 2016

Search the ReadMe, you know it to be true.
posted to FanFare by Artw at 10:12 AM on February 7, 2016

Most teasing teaser ever.
posted to FanFare by Artw at 6:54 AM on February 16, 2016

NEWMAN!
posted to FanFare by Artw at 7:53 AM on February 16, 2016

I'll bet someone backronymed it.
posted to FanFare by Artw at 2:46 PM on February 16, 2016

Better Call Saul: Switch

Immediately shut things the fuck down as soon as Talking Saul popped up - happy for such things to exist as standalones but I hate being plunged into them, also they are always spoilerfests.
posted to FanFare by Artw at 11:24 AM on February 16, 2016

Movie: The Fifth Element

Oh look, it's Tricky. Remember when Tricky would be in things?
posted to FanFare by Artw at 11:19 AM on February 13, 2016

The 90s were weird.

Poor Bjork and her film outing.
posted to FanFare by Artw at 4:54 PM on February 13, 2016

Honestly there was a time when you could get hyped for a movie because Ice-T, Henry Rollins and Iggy Pop were in it then get crushed with disappointment when it inevitably turned out to be a bit poo - I think Fifth Element's cameos come off not to badly amidst all that.
posted to FanFare by Artw at 4:58 PM on February 13, 2016

Iggy Pop was there too!

And me. In the audience. In ducking stunned belief at what a turd this movie of a favorite comic had turned out to be.

Was that before or after Judge Dredd? Anyway the comics weren't bad time to see your edge comic book fave hit the big screen.

Though, now I think of it, Fifth Element is a pretty good Incal.
posted to FanFare by Artw at 9:52 PM on February 13, 2016

Hardware is practically an 1990, and a pretty good adaptation of a Dreddworld tale even if they never paid for it, but I'd lump it in more with Robocop or the very 80s recent Dredd movie - they share a kind of grit.

Judge Dredd and Tank Girl were both 95 and feel soooo mid 90s. There's a particular kind of cheese there.

I could have sworn Element was 95, but no, I'm two years out there.
posted to FanFare by Artw at 10:48 PM on February 13, 2016

Weirdly I first becevaware of garbage strikes through Fat Freddie's Cat comics.
posted to FanFare by Artw at 10:35 PM on February 14, 2016

Movie: Showgirls

"What did you win?"
posted to FanFare by Artw at 10:58 PM on February 13, 2016

Movie: Ed Wood

This movie about terrible movies really fills me with the joy of the creative process, and after watching it I become enthused about making stuff - if not movies then comics or whatever. It's infectious, even when fairly honest about the quality of Woods output.

Probably the best Burton, too.
posted to FanFare by Artw at 10:56 PM on February 13, 2016

The X-Files: Founder's Mutation

This was merely quite terrible, though the flashbacks were very bad indeed. Also when an X-Files episode feels like a rip off of Fringe it feels like a violation of causality.

Roll on the one that's supposed to be good.
posted to FanFare by Artw at 10:47 AM on January 27, 2016

Mulder would be such a shit dad.
posted to FanFare by Artw at 7:12 PM on January 27, 2016

BTW if like me you're hazy on the X-Kid and look it up you fall into a well of shit.

This is really not the thing people wanted back.
posted to FanFare by Artw at 2:40 PM on February 1, 2016

The X-Files: My Struggle

This was bad, so very bad. I understand episode 3 is supposed to be good, but maybe this whole thing was a bit of a mistake?
posted to FanFare by Artw at 10:46 AM on January 27, 2016

Nothing that is surprise or that isn't thoroughly recycled happens here, and it's all executed so very badly.
posted to FanFare by Artw at 11:44 AM on January 27, 2016

I guess I've gotten out of the habit of accommodating networks and their stupid scheduling decisions.
posted to FanFare by Artw at 9:07 AM on January 28, 2016