Your analogy is as apt as it is horrifying.

Your analogy is as apt as it is horrifying.

There were quite a few that borrowed some of the tropes (shapeshifting aliens and the like), but "Ice" from the first season is a direct (and excellent) ripoff. They even set it in an abandoned research station in the arctic circle.

I can't wait until Hutchison eats her liver and goes back into hibernation for 30 years.

I can't wait until Hutchison eats her liver and goes back into hibernation for 30 years.

My friends and I did a variation where instead of using License to Kill, we'd set health to -10. Most weapons would still kill you in one shot, but some of the weaker ones (e.g., the fucking Klobb) would take several. This made it realistic-ish while still giving you a reason to look for bulletproof vests and stronger…

My friends and I did a variation where instead of using License to Kill, we'd set health to -10. Most weapons would still kill you in one shot, but some of the weaker ones (e.g., the fucking Klobb) would take several. This made it realistic-ish while still giving you a reason to look for bulletproof vests and stronger…

See, I took the abrupt ending and the weirdly empty, unstaffed ambulance as a possible hint that they might still be trapped in the hallucination. The whole ending sequence is intriguingly inconsistent in this way — the thing that snapped them out of the second-to last hallucination was Mulder pointing out that you…

See, I took the abrupt ending and the weirdly empty, unstaffed ambulance as a possible hint that they might still be trapped in the hallucination. The whole ending sequence is intriguingly inconsistent in this way — the thing that snapped them out of the second-to last hallucination was Mulder pointing out that you…

I figured that Faxon is playing about four years younger and Johnson is playing about four years older, so he'd be about 33 and she'd be 27 or so.

I figured that Faxon is playing about four years younger and Johnson is playing about four years older, so he'd be about 33 and she'd be 27 or so.

No. A monster like you doesn't deserve even the small satisfaction of mattering enough to be hated.

No. A monster like you doesn't deserve even the small satisfaction of mattering enough to be hated.

I think he's referring to Hicks, who I guess is as close as the movie comes to having a male lead. James Remar (Dexter's dad) was originally cast as Hicks, but "left the picture due to artistic differences with Cameron," according to Wikipedia.

I think he's referring to Hicks, who I guess is as close as the movie comes to having a male lead. James Remar (Dexter's dad) was originally cast as Hicks, but "left the picture due to artistic differences with Cameron," according to Wikipedia.

It would've been better if he'd shown up on the station clean-shaven, only to peel off his entire jawline to reveal a beard.

It would've been better if he'd shown up on the station clean-shaven, only to peel off his entire jawline to reveal a beard.

"Captain, I'm attempting to re-align the inertial dampeners in an attempt to evade taxes, but we'll need to compensate manually."

"Captain, I'm attempting to re-align the inertial dampeners in an attempt to evade taxes, but we'll need to compensate manually."

I disagree. By that rationale, the entirety of Next Generation would be a dull, vamping plod, since it didn't a big, overarching conflict, and consequently no stakes as you're defining them. But that's still a good show.