the x-files s/d

awwww <3

i guess in those early seasons when they were dressing her badly and duchovny out-prettied her gillian anderson could content herself with the knowledge that she could actually act.

omg lol:

David Duchovny had worked in Los Angeles three years prior to The X-Files, at first he wanted to base his acting career around films. But in 1993 his manager, Melanie Green gave him a script of the "pilot episode" of The X-Files. Green and Duchovny were both convinced it was a good script, so Duchovny auditioned for the lead.[35] When Duchovny was auditioning for the part of Fox Mulder, he made a "terrific" audition, but talked rather slow. Chris Carter thought that he was a "good judge of character", and thought that Duchovny wasn't rather "bright". So he went and talked to Duchovny and asked him if he could "please" imagine himself as an FBI agent for the "future" weeks. The casting director of the show, was very positive towards him. While according to Carter, Duchovny turned out to be one of the best-read people he knew.[36] After getting the role, Duchovny thought the show wouldn't last for long or that it wouldn't make as much impact as it did.[35]

duchovny's hair looks adorable in that first season, though

― horseshoe, Monday, June 27, 2011 1:03 PM (56 minutes ago) Bookmark

i don't know, but i feel that that is unfair considering how smoking duchovny was

― horseshoe, Monday, June 27, 2011 1:19 PM (39 minutes ago) Bookmark

Seriously though. He is so damn cute in this series I'm p much fawning over him in every ep. He had his shirt off in one of the ones I watched over the weekend. It was awesome.

Like - I don't know that I've ever realized just how handsome he is until starting this again. Wonder how that whole sex addiction recovery is going for him. He's in some other show now right? I may have to start watching that now too.

yes, i hear that californication is kind of okay and presumably he takes off his clothes in it sometimes

sweet

do you guys remember that david duchovny why won't you love me song? that song otm.

whaaat?

no!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOP5wsSXY8w

um this is a fan video for david duchovny, but the song is playing behind it.

um this is a fan video for david duchovny a couple years ago, but the song is playing behind it.

― horseshoe, Monday, June 27, 2011 2:17 PM (24 seconds ago) Bookmark

now i feel like i genuinely am not sure what year it is out there. this nostalgia is a dangerous thing.

DAMMIT I FUCKED UP

Should have said

um this is a fan video that I made for for david duchovny a couple years ago, but the song is playing behind it.

― horseshoe, Monday, June 27, 2011 2:17 PM (24 seconds ago) Bookmark

:/ I suck.

hahahahahaha busted

Californication is basically a show about David Duchovny's character being a semi-washed up writer who is also a sex addict, so I can't imagine that has been especially conducive to his real life issues.

I definitely have a non-sexual intrigue for Duchovny, but I think it's more one of those "women want him, men want to be him" cliches.

But is it a show about being a semi-washed up writer who is also a sex addict that is worth watching?

depends, do you like looking at Nakedovny?

because from the 2 episodes I saw, the show seems to be mostly about showing dude's ass at different angles moreso than actually telling any kind of story

Have I not made that clear already? Hell yeah I do!

x-post

woah - nice

HS are you hearing this?

Tbh I like his face mostly but the other stuff doesn't really hurt so . . .

oh man, i wish i had accidentally clicked on the jizzbox instead of this thread

lol

because from the 2 episodes I saw, the show seems to be mostly about showing dude's ass at different angles moreso than actually telling any kind of story

― chupacabra - a delicious burrito (DJP), Monday, June 27, 2011 4:19 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

so, a four-star review, basically

i don't remember whether the duchovny-in-the-bathtub episode was in season 1 or in the next couple.

I found most episodes to not have that much Duchovny ass, but they do include a fair number of topless women in their 20s. The main ongoing characters are Duchovny, his character's on-again, off-again girlfriend, daughter, and his literary agent and that guy's wife.

like I said, I only saw 2 episodes!

The specially-catered-for-Dan all-ass eps

I think early in the show they were trying hard to establish the setting, which seemed to be Duchovbutt surrounded by anonymous breasts

Yeah, they kind of went for well-characterized breasts after that. Much fewer random hook-ups, a lot more "oh here's this girl we're going to have linger on for a season and be part of that plot before she disappears before next season"

OK, we're slowly making our way through season one, and the number of outright shit episodes is disheartening. I have a hunch I can just skip a bunch/most, so does anyone out there have an idea of which S1 episodes are must-see, to speed the progress a bit? And does this show ever stabilize, or are future seasons just as hit or miss? If I get enough shit eps in a row my wife will pull the plug.

First season is hit and miss, they only found out they could build a bigger story arc once they knew they had more seasons. I'd say the best seasons are from about 2/3 to about 6/7.

There are shite episodes in every season unfortunately - when I watched it again my with my gf, I made the executive decision to skip ones that I remembered as being rubbish - most episodes have no bearing on the overall story arc and can comfortably be skipped, although actually you will find that overall the monster of the week episodes are generally superior to the mytharc ones. It has been a while since we watched it, but I think we skipped the following from Season 1 (or wished we had):

Ones to skip:
Shadows
Ghost in the Machine
Space <------------ this is the worst X files episode ever made imo
Fire
Gender Bender

Ones I can't remember at all, so are probably terrible:
Lazarus
Young at Heart
Born Again

My favourite 3 from the season:
Beyond the Sea <----------- this was the episode where it clicked for my gf
Eve
Fallen Angel

Are there any mythology-oriented eps is S1 I basically have to watch, so that future seasons/eps make sense?

the monster of the week episodes are generally superior to the mytharc ones.

this, with exceptions

haven't seen the x-files in ages, since it was first broadcast, but as for the mythology episodes, i remember particularly liking "jose chung's from outer space" (season 3) and "musings of a cigarettesmoking man" (season 4)

Yeah, heard good things about those, but if stinker roulette keeps turning up too many, well, stinkers until I hit those high points, there's no way I can keep excusing the show to my wife. I mean, Buffy began like shit, too, but got better very fast. This is more frustrating "Friday the 13th: The Series" level badness. But I want to believe!

I just want to make it up through the first movie, tbh.

Probably only the finale of S1, and maybe EBE are important for the mythology (EBE introduces the Lone Gunmen, and is also a really fun runaround). Fallen Angel is good too, and the main character returns later.

Probably only the finale of S1, and maybe EBE are important for the mythology

no

EVERY LITTLE TIDBIT COUNTS

oh yeah, Mulder's deathly fear of fire comes back in a big way too, make sure you watch that one no matter what

ha just watched Fire last night. Some of them are duds, yeah, but I'm still enjoying it overall.

I still enjoy a lot of the first season! There are some dud eps, though personally I wouldn't include "GenderBender" on that list. The story is a bit of a mess, but it's creepy and has great music.

In any case, "Beyond the Sea" and "EBE" are unmissable.

For me, season five was the point where things started to go awry.

I was laid off last summer and decided to rewatch this show with all my spare time. I had the same experience with season one duds, but then I combed the net for lists of good episodes and it helped immensely. Only made it to Season 5 though.

Recently I watched this show again from season 1 through 6. I think Season 5 was the high water mark, maybe the first half of that season and the whole of the 3rd and 4th season are def. some of the best television made in the 90s. There are various lists of episodes to watch if you just want to catch the mythos/conspiracy subplot but I like them how they were aired - interspersed between scary one-offs.

Just watched "Beyond the Sea". Very Silence of The Lambs.

did horseshoe really make that youtube because I walked into a room last week and some girls were obsessing over it

haha no!