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12-12-2006, 05:29 AM
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x-files question for vod:
hey i saw the 'cockroach' episode from season 3 last night ..
i take it that it was supposed to be more of a comedic episode.. at one point a roach crawls past the screen ... the characters didnt notice it and then i realized that we - the viewers - were supposed to think that one just crawled across the TV screen ... kinda funny - kinda lame at the same time. is there a fan history to this show ? (was it a big deal at the time ?) 
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12-12-2006, 05:46 AM
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I think it's called "War of the coprophages" right (War of the shiteaters, har har)
Yes it was a huge deal back in the day. i actually started watching the show right around that time period and the other people i worked with that watched it went apeshit over it. honestly, i dont remember all the details of what they talked about, but i remember lots of conversations about were there alien roaches, Bambi was hot, blah blah. I always got a kick out of it just because they really heavily played with preconcieved notions in that one.
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12-12-2006, 05:53 AM
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If I may say so... That was one of my favorite episodes. I thought that one was a scream.
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12-12-2006, 05:58 AM
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yeah - i'm seeing a pattern to the show .. they try to address a social issue as an underlying plot device (sexism, religious conviction, etc)
the roach episode seemed to be primarily a comedy - but it also addressed the posibility of coincidences being used to come to innapropriate conclusions ... and then they throw in a robot roach just to complicate things more. i thought the roach running across the screen was pretty hoaky though .. it gave me the feeling that by 1/2 way through season 3 they were feeling pretty big for their britches - enough to break the 4th wall ..
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12-12-2006, 07:29 AM
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I remember when it first aired there were a couple of news reports about dumbshits who cracked their picture tube trying to smack the roaches.
A tv commercial followed that was even worse. it starts off as an ad for something innocuous and then a roach crawls across the screen, and then another and another and soon the screen is filled with bugs. A lot of busted sets over that one.:)
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12-12-2006, 07:36 AM
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Tell me you're joking... Please tell me that they didn't try to file some lawsuit.:D
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12-12-2006, 08:34 AM
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Fortunately, things werent THAT terribly bad back then....
God, was that a decade ago?
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12-12-2006, 08:43 AM
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Quote:
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12-12-2006, 08:47 AM
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you mean a flashback ? because they introduced the Lone Gunmen in season 1 i think .. i bought the Lone Gunmen box set last night :)
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