Trouble brewing...
I have two papers to write in the next five days, and I just discovered that the entire run of The X-Files is on Netflix Instant View!
In this moment, I am desperate for some supernatural investigation and mid-nineties style. (Oh, Scully. The poofy hair. The big burly business suits. She was only 25 in the first season of that show, but she looked 40. Of course, Gillian Anderson looks awesome now, and Duchovny is crawling with sleaze.)
I occasionally catch The X-Files playing at 2am on the no-longer Sci-Fi channel, what is it again? but that's not exactly a prime time to catch up on my high school viewing pleasures.
When these papers are written, I am hitting Season One SO HARD! "Tooms"! "Beyond the Sea"! "E.B.E." and the introduction of the Lone Gunmen! Not to mention the awesomeness of playing Spot the Now-Famous Bit Player! (Oh, right, Jack Black was in this episode! Hey, is that Lucy Liu? I think that high school boy is Ryan Reynolds never mind he's already dead!)
P.S. One of my favorite current shows, Breaking Bad (in its third season on AMC right now! how about some money, AMC?) is heavily populated with X-Files alumni behind the scenes. Both shows are thus similar stylistically even if their content is pretty different. Just a word to those who might not have known of the connection.
P.P.S. And now back to, you know, the work.
Comments
Posted by: Little Sis
Posted on: April 15, 2010 10:34 AM
The theme song to this show is playing in my head...
And I am laughing hysterically at...Duchovny is crawling with sleaze.
Posted by: people search affiliate program
Posted on: April 17, 2010 04:21 PM
I loved the x-files, but wasn't aware of the connection with Breaking Bad - I can see it now.
Posted by: Gumbo
Posted on: April 29, 2010 12:25 AM
If you consider addiction to be "crawling with sleaze" I can see why you had trouble with The Glass Castle.
Posted by: Erin W
Posted on: April 29, 2010 01:27 PM
No addiction that Duchovny has copped to precludes him from combing his hair or getting his suit pressed before he walks a red carpet.
Also, I'm not even engaging on the Glass Castle thing again.
Posted by: Leanne
Posted on: May 11, 2010 01:51 PM
I just read the Glass Castle! It makes me feel chilly. Living in that soggy moldy house in West Virginia. Having buck teeth. Eating discarded lunches out of the trash bin. It's a good counterpoint for the argument that poverty prevails for generations. I love those kids, they just crawled over their nasty parents and succeeded.