Comments on: Season 1, Episode 12: Fire

By: Eric S. Smith

Eric S. Smith — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 02:12:26 +0000

As a poster to alt.tv.x-files noted back in the day, Mulder having childhood trauma involving keeping looters away from a burnt out house is a bit South Bronx for a guy who’s otherwise portrayed as having a much more cottage-in-unpronounceable-New-England-town, dad-works-for-the-State-Department kind of upbringing.

Meanwhile, his phobia of fire doesn’t amount to much more than an unwillingness to walk through open flame, so it’s just as well that we never hear of it again. X-Files continuity: you win some, you lose some.

By: HristinaB

HristinaB — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 16:49:29 +0000

>>I would not be at all disappointed if you stopped at season 7 though.<< LOL, Bob! I feel ya!

By: Connor

Connor — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 22:50:23 +0000

If you’ve never had a chance to see it, you should find a dvd copy of thr film Stunt Rock. Not only is it the best film ever, it has an awesome on fire falling off a cliff fire suit stunt.

By: xmung

xmung — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 21:33:01 +0000

That “Oi, guvn’r!” line really made laugh!

By: Bob

Bob — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 19:58:12 +0000

These cartoons are the awesome. I really hope you keep this up until you’ve done all the episodes. Then you should have them made in to a book and invite people to give you money in exchange for a copy. I would not be at all disappointed if you stopped at season 7 though.

By: Lee Swain

Lee Swain — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 18:13:58 +0000

Please keep these up, they are brilliant. Great to see X-Files fandom alive and well in 2012.

By: Dewy

Dewy — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 15:20:06 +0000

I always found the fire suit effect HILARIOUS. Apparently, when the human body catches on fire, not only does every square inch of you go up like a roman candle, but you gain about 50 pounds. Also, those on fire don’t run around screeming in searing pain like you would think, but just sort of stumble around and fall to their knees, like they just thought, “Screw it, I’m done. Put a fork in me.”

It ranks up there with the car flipping when it runs into another car as the most stupid, but funny special effects of all time.

By: Jacob Haller

Jacob Haller — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 13:19:28 +0000

First I thought, the only BBC shows I can think of that are vaguely in that area are all from the point of view of the shadow government (e.g. Torchwood). Then I thought, that would bother Shaenon why?

By: Michael John Bertrand

Michael John Bertrand — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 05:22:15 +0000

Plus, I found the villain truly scary. Mark Sheppard fills L’ively with such menace and malevolence that it compensates for some of the episode’s other weaknesses, like, as you said, its terrible attempt at British.