tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2756369649414088624.post306657842596128213..comments2023-11-02T10:31:11.830-04:00Comments on (Some of) Ryan Wynns' Assorted Thoughts: (Some) Assorted Thoughts on: The X-Files, season 10, episodes 5 and 6: "Babylon" and "My Struggle II" (2/15/16 and 2/22/16)Ryan Wynnshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00477919968924048814noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2756369649414088624.post-76411596047134670612016-05-07T07:46:01.276-04:002016-05-07T07:46:01.276-04:00Hex: Very sorry for the two-month-plus neglect of ...<b>Hex</b>: Very sorry for the two-month-plus neglect of my blog and thus neglect to respond to your comment until now. (Seeing that <i>X-Files</i> is a subject that I can easily talk about for hours... what's been wrong with me?!) ;)<br /><br />Re: the Lone Gunmen, writer Joe Harris handled their return in a PERFECTLY appropriate way in IDW's <i>The X-Files: Season 10</i> comic. In regards to them specifically, I _DEFINITELY_ wish Carter had taken a cue from Harris for television's version of season 10. There's a few other lessons Harris could teach Carter, but none I feel so staunchly about as the Lone Gunman return that wasn't!<br />_____<br /><br />I've actually felt, for all too long, that all too many of the non-Mytharc episodes -- of all seasons -- as "boring fillers". I'm definitely a Mytharc Man, to a fault. Last year, my ex-girlfriend began watching for her first time the first season straight through, and I was flabbergasted when she raved how much she was "enjoying" every last episode. I was like, "WHAT?! You mean your fuse isn't completely burnt out, not even ashes left, and itching to to get to the three remaining first-season Mytharc episodes and skip the other 15?!" :D<br /><br />But with the new six episodes, I managed to accept prior to their airing that it wouldn't be a straight-through serial, gave each one a fair chance, and with one exception, was considerably pleased. <br /><br />A few people that I know loathed the finale, assorted reasons being, fore example, 1) too many (at least perceived) absurdities and improbabilities (everything from Cancer Man surviving being hit square-on by a missile at the end of "The Truth" to suspension of disbelief at the sudden, total spread of the plague); 2) getting a cliffhanger when expecting a proper ending; and 3) (related closely with 2), cramming way too much into too little time.<br /><br />The latter may well account for there suddenly out of nowhere being a global plague in full swing. And also, for why there was a cliffhanger and not a conclusion -- i.e., they ran out of time! Well, more accurately, Carter rushed through so much so as to get to his intended cliffhanger "on time" for the end of the episode. <br /><br />I can see these flaws, but as I wrote above, I _LOVED_ "My Struggle II" anyways, if only because it was doing so many things that I'd been wanting to see for yeras.<br />____<br /><br />Re: "Mulder and Scully, Jr.", I had at first thought they were a joke exclusive to "Home Again", so was aghast when I first saw the female one in the trailer for "My Struggle II". As I wrote, their roles in that episode worked better than I'd expected, but I'm definitely conflicted about their emergence -- they put an all too familiar bitter taste in my mouth.<br />____<br /><br />Re: potential renewal, since "My Struggle II" premiered, all has been quiet on the <i>X-Files</i> front... really, the hoped-for announcement could come next week or not until fall. However, with the entirety of summer still ahead of us, there's ample time for shooting and production targeting a January return. So there's definitely cause to be optimistic!<br /><br />-- RyanRyan Wynnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00477919968924048814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2756369649414088624.post-79074023936921385342016-02-24T08:40:27.359-05:002016-02-24T08:40:27.359-05:00I was really disappointed with the way they handle...I was really disappointed with the way they handled the "return" of the Lone Gunmen too! It could have been an ok little easter egg, but by announcing their return I expected more. I even went back and re-watched their last episode before the mini-series as to get clues on how they could have survived...<br /><br />Generally I think a 6-part mini-series would have worked better as one storyline in parts instead of putting in those monster-of-the-day episodes in the middle. They work better in a full season, but in this miniseries I thought they were more like boring "fillers" while we waited for the last episode.<br /><br />And I didn’t expect the show to end with such a cliffhanger, so I’m excited for any news about a new season. David Duchovny said in interviews that he was open for more, so I hope that will happen. But the Mulder/Scully "clone" agents sure smells a lot like a backup plan in case David and Gillian doesn’t want to do a new full season. <br />Hexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01244652285314152842noreply@blogger.com