Doo-doo-doo-doo-dee-dooooo....
Apr. 29th, 2007 01:10 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
icepixieToday, for some reason lost in the mists of my short attention span, I went looking for X-Files music vids. One site also had Farscape vids, which of course I had to peek at. And naturally, now I want to rewatch both shows from the beginning. Well, minus most of S8 for XF...and some chunks of S7...maybe a couple episodes from S6 as well... (Nearly ten years later and I am still pissed off about that "children of starlight" crap. BOO, CHRIS CARTER, BOOOOOOOOOOO.) There are a few S4 episodes of Farscape I could skip as well...Lobster of Truth, anyone?
Yeah, now I'm wishing I hadn't canceled my Netflix subscription. Although if I watch TV, then there's less time to write and read books... Decisions, decisions.
(I think I would get twice as much out of TXF now that I've got both an academic education, courtesy of college, and an innuendo education, courtesy of fandom and ballroom.)
Anyway, I realized three things while watching said vids:
1. First-season M&S are so young OMG. They both look like kids. Gillian Anderson was only 24 when she took the job. SHE WAS ONLY A YEAR OLDER THAN ME. I...what?
2. M&S really spent quite a bit of time touching each others' faces, especially in the later years. And the Doctor and his various companions have been given a run for their money on the hand-holding front.
3. Either there are very few good vids out there, which I find exceedingly hard to believe for a fandom of this size, or I'm no good at Googling today. Anyone got recs? I'm partial to humor, Mulder/Scully, character study, and--should there actually be any beyond the three I've seen--Doggett/Reyes vids, but anything well-done good.
Yeah, now I'm wishing I hadn't canceled my Netflix subscription. Although if I watch TV, then there's less time to write and read books... Decisions, decisions.
(I think I would get twice as much out of TXF now that I've got both an academic education, courtesy of college, and an innuendo education, courtesy of fandom and ballroom.)
Anyway, I realized three things while watching said vids:
1. First-season M&S are so young OMG. They both look like kids. Gillian Anderson was only 24 when she took the job. SHE WAS ONLY A YEAR OLDER THAN ME. I...what?
2. M&S really spent quite a bit of time touching each others' faces, especially in the later years. And the Doctor and his various companions have been given a run for their money on the hand-holding front.
3. Either there are very few good vids out there, which I find exceedingly hard to believe for a fandom of this size, or I'm no good at Googling today. Anyone got recs? I'm partial to humor, Mulder/Scully, character study, and--should there actually be any beyond the three I've seen--Doggett/Reyes vids, but anything well-done good.
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Date: 2007-05-02 02:48 am (UTC)I don't think I can think of anything in particular...um...whatever you think I'd like that'll fit on the remaining CD space?
Oooh, hey, have you ever seen Remember WENN? It's about a radio station in Pittsburgh in the 40's and is absolutely hilarious.
I've heard of it, but never seen it. I'd be game to try it, though!
Aaha. Aww, I can feel the love from here. Kinda tickles.
*mutters*
Yep, that monstrosity. I really like the episode, but it's often better to listen to it than watch the wardrobe horror.
Indeed...
Here's sort of what I'm talking about. You can see where the shirt's actually buttoned, anyway. This and this are more like it. Again, fine from the front, but if you are kinda towering over Scully and right up close...
Bwah! Yeah, the links didn't work, but I went to the episode pages and looked for myself, and, um, yeah.
I know I've found a season set for no more than $20 recently. Used place, I think. I'm not sure if you can get much lower. Sarah has a great place near her that she might be able to check.
Hmmm. $20 isn't a lot. I should look into this... (Or maybe I'll just get Netflix again and watch them that way. Or record the reruns that come on at 3 in the morning or whenever...)
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Date: 2007-05-02 04:34 am (UTC)Cool, will do. I'll plan to look through stuff this weekend.
I've heard of it, but never seen it. I'd be game to try it, though!
*cackles evilly*Yay!Bwah! Yeah, the links didn't work, but I went to the episode pages and looked for myself, and, um, yeah.
Haha, yes. I wish I could find the fic tht brought it to my attention in the first place.
Hmmm. $20 isn't a lot. I should look into this... (Or maybe I'll just get Netflix again and watch them that way. Or record the reruns that come on at 3 in the morning or whenever...)
They repackaged the sets at some point, so they're generally cheaper. I've found that the Campus Y has SciFi, so I've caught a couple reruns in the later afternoon. "Pine Bluff Variant" was nice blast from the past.
Oh, I do have some old (official) tapes of XF if you want them. It'd be late May before I could send them, but you're certainly welcome to them.
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Date: 2007-05-03 01:44 am (UTC)You rule. :)
*cackles evilly* Yay!
Oh, my...what am I getting myself into?
Oh, I do have some old (official) tapes of XF if you want them. It'd be late May before I could send them, but you're certainly welcome to them.
Thanks! I think it would probably be easier to stick with reruns and/or the library, though. But I do appreciate the offer. :)