1) Well, directing a movie is harder work than directing a TV show — that's just a simple fact (have you ever seen or read any behind-the-scenes stories from ANH?? Your post would seem to indicate otherwise. Dude almost died).

I think the only time I ever liked it was in Fight Club.

Yeah, I'm with ya — I think the real key to the M&S interpersonal chemistry is that they both prioritize cerebral professionalism over their emotional desires, which is backdoor-smexy in a very clever (and probably repressed) sorta way.

The series has always been episodic in nature, and shows have been broadcast "out of production order" since literally the invention of the television.

"And I don't want them to get the kid in the end, because really, what good would that do?"

So you like XF because it doesn't play out "like a film" (unlike TD), but watching XF is so great because it's like watching a "mini-movie?"

I think the primary culprit here is the incredibly short run, which has put an incredible amount of pressure — however self-imposed it may be — on Carter and his homies to deliver all diverse looks and feels the show had during its original run (although I still feel like this could have worked if everyone's work was…

That may very well be true, but an even HUGER percentage of X-Files fans, relatively speaking, never even bothered with "Requiem" — let alone the rest of S7 (and who could blame them?).

"Looks like I picked the right week to stop wearing eye makeup."

"We, the audience, don't actually have to care about William. We just
have to know that Scully that does, and very much, when she feels his
loss and is shattered by it."

Part of my issue with this six-episode revival thus far (save for last week's ep.) is that they don't really seem to be taking full advantage of the long layoff.

Apparently all the italics, too.

I miss Brisco County, Jr.

"The best thing about X-Files: IWTB was…"

"Ruby, ruby soho!"

Ah, okay — fair enough, then.

Errr…the vast majority of those episodes are definitely not very highly-regarded in the circles I travel in (I guess you have a different experience, though, so fair enough).

If you haven't watched Morgan's "Jose Chung's From Outer Space," I do think that is the "better version" of this installment (thematically, that is…as far as subject matter it trolls the UFO mythology of the show instead of MotW).

"Morgan and Wong wrote only 15 episodes, many of which have been forgotten (the bad ones)."

"Lucas has written and directed exactly one acclaimed movie from his own franchise and let others do the best work for it."