I thought Drive was lame
Tim Swetonic
consider myself to be into "classic" X-Files episodes, and I thought Drive
was far from a classic episode. Does anyone agree with me?
Mrsstetson
>consider myself to be into "classic" X-Files episodes, and I thought Drive
>was far from a classic episode. Does anyone agree with me?
>
Sorry, I liked it. I thought it was interesting. I laughed at a lot of it. I
thought it had some great dialogue. Who could forget Mulder's "I can think of
something else to call you I can put 'mister' in front of that too." Then
there's the much-talked about "Peanut picking" line. I thought the whole
episode was a hoot! :)
Lanie
Lee Stetson: How about dinner tomorrow night at my place?
Amanda King: You don't have any food at your place.
Lee Stetson: Exactly!
Nd1942
But I want more of "why".
ey...@mcia.com
Is S & MK still on in reruns? I can never find it.
Comsig2
wrote:>I'm surprised to hear so many good things about the Drive episode. I
>consider myself to be into "classic" X-Files episodes, and I thought Drive
>was far from a classic episode. Does anyone agree with me?
>
>
Yeah, I agree with you that "Drive" was not a classic, but I don't think that's
what people have been saying about it. The posts that I've read that praise
"Drive" have mostly stated that it was a good episode, but not a great one...
This is the way I feel about the episode. I liked it, but it's not about to
appear on anyone's "best of" list. Although Mulder's joke about giving that a
guy a copy of the Watchtower was a great Mulder line...
----David S.
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Mrsstetson
>>
>> >I'm surprised to hear so many good things about the Drive episode. I
>> >consider myself to be into "classic" X-Files episodes, and I thought Drive
>> >was far from a classic episode. Does anyone agree with me?
>> >
>>
>I
>> thought it had some great dialogue. Who could forget Mulder's "I can think
>of
>> something else to call you I can put 'mister' in front of that too." Then
>> there's the much-talked about "Peanut picking" line. I thought the whole
>> episode was a hoot! :)
>>
>> Lanie
>>
>> Lee Stetson: How about dinner tomorrow night at my place?
>> Amanda King: You don't have any food at your place.
>> Lee Stetson: Exactly!
>
>
>Is S & MK still on in reruns? I can never find it.
No, however, there is a campaign on the internet to get it back on the air.
Lifetime currently owns the rights to it. Right now there's a letter-writing
campagin to them. Besides that, there's also a campaign to get Columbia House
video to release them for sale.
There's some info on the newsgroup alt.tv.smk.
Also, there is a great fanfic site called SMK Universe. There are some
talented people who write for it, myself included. :)
I have 65 out of the 88 eps, and am willing to make a few copies, if there are
some specific ones you're interested in. I have all of season 4, most of season
three and some scattered ones from the first two seasons, including the first 7
eps. A friend of mine is going to make a tape for me, so I'll be closer to
completing my collection.
Bill O'Connell
wrote:
>I'm surprised to hear so many good things about the Drive episode. I
>consider myself to be into "classic" X-Files episodes, and I thought Drive
>was far from a classic episode. Does anyone agree with me?
>
Not a classic, but a solid, entertaining episode. Who knows, it may
be remembered some day as the ep that turned S6 around. I was frankly
worried after FTF and The Beginning that the creative juices at 1013
might have run dry. I have no such fears now.
Now, they've got to prove they can get the mytharc back on track.
MOTW's have been a variable lot in the past seasons, but we could
always depend on some meaty, imaginative story-telling in the mytharc
eps. Drive--even though it was really an Action!Ep--has given me
renewed hope (for some reason) that CC & Co will not abandon the fans
who appreciate mood and complexity. There's XF ambiguity for you.
Bill O'Connell
storml...@hotmail.com
I thought it was pretty solid myself. And it was such a RELIEF to see Mulder
and Scully as partners again, even if they're not the bosom buddies they've
been before. But that hopefully will change, and there'll be more than bosoms
involved...hee hee hee(lascivious chuckle).
Hester
pagan chick
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DarkJewl
>appear on anyone's "best of" list.
<snort!> Speak for yourself! <goes back to watching the ep again..>
~DarkJewl~
~The greatest foe lies within the self~
Debbie Faison
>I kind of do, but I did think the episode showed a different type of X File.
>But I want more of "why".
I enjoyed the episode but my big question was how did Crump
know that constant motion in a westerly direction alleviated the pain.
The only explanation I could come up with was maybe if he tried to
drive his wife to the hospital and she got better with the motion. I
watched the episode two times and I didn't hear an explanation.
Debbie
M: "...He put the whammy on him."
S: "Please explain to me the scientific nature of the whammy."
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Peg Yacobucci
> I enjoyed the episode but my big question was how did Crump
> know that constant motion in a westerly direction alleviated the pain.
He figured it out the same way Mulder did. Recall, as Mulder noted when
looking at the map, that the Crumps started out heading east (presumably
to the nearest hospital), then turned around and went west. Hence, Mr.
Crump must have figured it out by then, most likely aided by the frantic
screams of his wife in the back seat, just as he yelled at Mulder to
change directions.
It's left as an exercise to the viewer to infer from the Crump-Mulder
interaction just how terrifying that drive with his wife must have been.
That's why I liked the episode so much--it was intense and fast-paced,
leaving many emotionally charged elements left unexpressed or only
hinted at, like Crump's frantic attempt to save his wife, or Scully's
fear of being contaminated. Lots and lots of subtext to give the
episode depth.
Daisy
Alisoun
> I enjoyed the episode but my big question was how did Crump
> know that constant motion in a westerly direction alleviated the pain.
>
guess you can call it trial and error. He didn't know why, he just DID.
--
Alisoun
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> > I enjoyed the episode but my big question was how did Crump
> > know that constant motion in a westerly direction alleviated the pain.
>
>
> looking at the map, that the Crumps started out heading east (presumably
> to the nearest hospital), then turned around and went west. Hence, Mr.
> Crump must have figured it out by then, most likely aided by the frantic
> screams of his wife in the back seat, just as he yelled at Mulder to
> change directions.