UNCUT - The X-Files S2E16 - Colony
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Watching this episode a second time, I think I liked it even more this time, and I'm not saying that because of any other episodes. I just like how it has a lot of interesting stuff in it, and it moves like a movie pace.
You guys making the comment about Brian Thompson auditioning for the Terminator was pretty hilarious & spot on because Brian Thompson plays one of the punks at the beginning of the first Terminator film… was the first guy Arnold kills & then he wears Brian Thompson’s clothes for the rest of the movie.
Hmm, very curious. Just realizing now, not sure why it's taken me so long but, Josh you don't enjoy speculation and theorizing about what may come later on eh? Back in the day, watching X-files, Smallville, Stargate, The Mentalist, Supernatural... countless shows where there are future threads to pull on, I'd be scouring forums (before even reddit existed lol) engaging with people trying to dissect what the mystery nuggets could be! It was a game & thrill in of itself. The end commentary about the ease at which one can accidentally leave a spoiler was well-said. We have to be very careful indeed because so much can be said or implied without directly saying it.
Thought you guys would enjoy this one more. It's at least a B+ for me. Brian Thompson is pretty intimidating as the alien bounty hunter(and as a klingon, and just about anything else). While I'll grant it's not the first time we've seen aliens on Earth, the hybrid back in the S1 finale was a human injected with alien DNA. Also Mulder survived exposure to the toxic gas from his blood, so presumably it's nowhere near as potent as the pureblooded aliens. If Mulder's blood turned into jelly, he'd be DEAD dead. Still seeing full on aliens running around on Earth, looking and talking like humans, infiltrating society, and the apparent return of Mulder's sister, it's pretty good stuff in my book. Some people are more for the MOTW eps, others for the mythology. I like both, and having a string of MOTW episodes builds anticipation for the next step on the mythology arc. This episode certainly raised more questions than it answered, and I can understand judging it cautiously for that, but I do hope the next part landed for you guys.
They are judging it as a whole story instead of separate parts, which is cool. But yes, this is S-tier for me, both part 1 and 2. :) In fact if there were anything above S-tier, I'd give it that rating, but S-tier the maximum, lol.
They should have titled this episode "Phone Tag."
Frantic catch up after being on holiday! Missed the Patreon comments for the next episode, too :( Love this episode but the most triggering thing for me, as a Brit, is Scully pushing to the front of the queue when the bus arrived. If that happened here, the tutting would be heard from where you're sat ;) I appreciate your thoughts on this episode and hear where you're coming from. This episode, like many of the mythology episodes have so far, sets up more pieces on the board, answers some questions, possibly, but leaves lots more questions. Look forward to seeing your reaction to the next episode,
looking forward to part 2, the only thing I can add to this one is note the digital clock toward the end that says 11:21
I finally caught up. After Alex's comments in Voyager on Brad Douriff, I had to start watching. I'm an X-files fan now, thanks to you guys. Happy to be on this ride.
Great two-parter, A-tier for me. I love the mythos episodes the most, always more at stake in these.
Love this episode. Love the two parter. Can't wait for your reaction AFTER the 2nd episode. I can't really comment until AFTER the 2nd episode.
Alex snapping with the light change was like ADR
Lot of night and dark shoots for this episode - no day-for-night. I bet the cast and crew hated it.
this ep is not a fav of mine, but I do not care for the mythology eps
David has a masters in English, and almost got his PhD in English... I trust him with story
Brian Thompson being in this and To the Death is like Tony Todd all over again. Insane.
Interesting reaction, to say the least! Not what I expected... at... all xD. I'm curious how other fans will feel. In any case, just a reminder (for the sake of continuity) that the green blood in "The Erlenmeyer Flask" was toxic as well. The alien-human-hybrid in that episode, Dr. Secare, was bleeding green blood, and Mulder was exposed to it near the end. It also happened to the EMTs in that same episode (S1 finale) when they try to perform a procedure on Dr. Secare. But yeah, that was a while ago, easy to forget. Other than that, this is probably the most interesting and unexpected reaction out of all XF episodes I've seen, for sure. And yeah, "trust everyone"! Lulz.
Yeah I was waiting for one of the guys to at least say “haven’t we seen this before” 😀(re the green blood and reaction to it).
Brian Thompson + '90s sci-fi = shit gets real. I can't wait for part two.
This is a pivotal episode for me because this was the moment where I was sold. I needed to someday catch up on the past, but I wasn’t missing any of the future.
Same here. I remember re-watching it the next day immediately. Except that I didn't need to catch up on the previous stuff, as I literally started with the Pilot.
https://youtu.be/OxALGutAues?is=Oco5rDdV16R3oQVb
This is a very cool video but I honestly do not recommend that Josh and/or Alex watch it, the reason being that it might lead to other videos being seen that pop up, containing possible spoilers. :/ My two cents.
Finally. :) Can't wait to hit play.