This show is a tribute to Mark Snow's music.
Today's show is ST16 - Squeeze
The music you're hearing in the background is from 'Roland'
Today's Snow TraX are called:
Red Eyes
The Vent
Profile
Hiding in Plain Sight
Down the chimney
It Ain't Enough
So here's the music of Squeeze
[MUSIC]
That's all the music of Squeeze.
If you have any comments, please contact me at:
SnowTraX@live.com
[EMAILS]
Next show will be Conduit.
Thanks for joining me for the latest episode of
Snow TraX
Saturday, February 5, 2011
Thursday, January 6, 2011
Episode 1 - Pilot [Field Report]
=============== CLASSIFIED ===============
"THE FOLLOWING STORY IS INSPIRED BY ACTUAL DOCUMENTED ACCOUNTS"
SCOTT BLEVINS: We see you've been with us just over two years.
SCULLY: Yes, sir.
SCOTT BLEVINS: You went to medical school but you chose not to practice. How'd you come to work for the F.B.I.?
SCULLY: Well, sir, I was recruited out of medical school. Um, my parents still think it was an act of rebellion, but, uh... I saw the F.B.I. as a place where I could distinguish myself.
THIRD MAN: Are you familiar with an agent named Fox Mulder?
SCULLY: Yes, I am.
THIRD MAN: How so?
SCULLY: By reputation. He's an Oxford educated Psychologist, who wrote a monograph on serial killers and the occult, that helped to catch Monty Props in 1988. Generally thought of as the best analyst in the violent crimes section. He had a nickname at the academy... Spooky Mulder.
SCOTT BLEVINS: What I'll also tell you is that Agent Mulder has developed a consuming devotion to an unassigned project outside the bureau mainstream. Are you familiar with the so-called "X-Files?"
SCULLY: I believe they have to do with unexplained phenomena.
SCOTT BLEVINS: More or less. The reason you're here, Agent Scully, is we want you to assist Mulder on these X-Files. You will write field reports on your activities, along with your observations on the validity of the work.
********************************
Agent Donald and Agent Chelsea are on a plane heading to Oregon when the plane hits severe turbulence. Donald doesn't even wake up but Chelsea is shaken. She looks towards the cockpit and yells: 'Pilot'
********************************
PILOT
X-FILE # UNKNOWN
MY FILE # X33-1.01
1st category is
SNOW TRAX:
Mark Snows music that was in this episode,
but was not on the sound track.
Todays Snow TraX are called:
1121
Implant
The Other 2 Graves
What Are They?
The Woods
It's happening Again
The Orange X
Scully's Entrance
The Meeting (History is Made)
A few of these tracks have a strong 'John Carpenter' sound,
like in the movies THE FOG and HALLOWEEN. Very eerie but
fitting well with the episode.
Mark Snows music seems to take a slight change in course
after the music for PILOT, to more of the 'Snowy' that we know.
*One note: Some clips may sound similar.
This is because some songs were played more than once in the episode, but I still recorded both parts.
To get these Snow TraX without me talking over them,
plus other projects, just launch iTunes and subscribe to
Snow TraX.
ZERO SUM:
Pluses and minuses that don't add up to anything.
Like most people, I really like this episode because
it has a lot of firsts.
The episode would be great by itself but being the 1st X-File,
it's place in history is cemented.
On Ray Soames: The body in Ray Soames' grave looked like an alien, not a human or ape. It also was in advanced stages of decomposition so it had to have been there for a while - or at least dead for a while and then put there.
Either way there was a cover-up... which makes the X-Files so great.
Speaking of 'cover-ups':
Here's the first mention of a government cover-up in the X-Files:
SCULLY:
"You didn't mention yesterday, this case has already been investigated."
MULDER:
"Yeah, the FBI got involved after the first three deaths when local authorities failed to turn up any evidence. Our boys came out here, spent a week, enjoyed the local salmon which, with a little lemon twist, is just to die for, if you'll pardon the expression. Without explanation, they were called back in. The case was reclassified and buried in the X-Files, till I dug it up last week."
My favorite part is at the end when C.S.M. is putting the implant into a storage container in the huge Pentagon vault, with Mark Snows music creating a "this is very important" feeling to the scene.
RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES:
Episode Influence
http://ufos.about.com/od/aliensalienabduction/a/bestabductions.htm
http://www.ufoencounters.co.uk/truth-about-alien-implants-human-bodies.html
MULDERIZMS:
Mulder: It's probably a safe bet Ray Soames never made the Varsity
Basketball team.
X-IMPACT: BY AGENT JAMES
[Impact that the episode had on the audience]
The Fox network first of all denied Chris Carter's request to broadcast the X-Files. But Carter forked out his own money to make the pilot episode and Fox immediately changed their minds plus critics also liked it as it was a little higher budgeted but the pilot is to draw people in.
MYTHOMETER:
Monster, Hybrid or MythArc
MYTHARC***
STRONG HYBRID
WEAK HYBRID
MONSTER
THE SEQUELIZER:
The potential the episode had for a sequel
Pilot had a HIGH potential for a sequel because of the
unidentified object found in Ray Soames' nasal cavity,
and the mysterious activity in the woods.
Plus, it's a Mythology so subsequent Mytharcs are kind of
sequels.
Finally,
MY 1-10 RATING:
Compared to other Mythologies I give Pilot an 8,
very good but they get better.
Compared to ALL X-Files episodes I give it a 9.
Compared to other shows on TV it's probably a 10.
So...
Pending any further evidence, this case,
My file # X33-1.01
is filed: OPEN
"If you'd like to read this report yourself,
go to: AGENTSHADOWX.BLOGSPOT.COM
or:
MYSPACE.COM/AGENTSHADOWX
[CLOSE QUOTE]
SCOTT BLEVINS: Agent Mulder, what are his thoughts?
SCULLY: Agent Mulder believes we are not alone.
C.S.M.
DENY EVERYTHING
"THE FOLLOWING STORY IS INSPIRED BY ACTUAL DOCUMENTED ACCOUNTS"
SCOTT BLEVINS: We see you've been with us just over two years.
SCULLY: Yes, sir.
SCOTT BLEVINS: You went to medical school but you chose not to practice. How'd you come to work for the F.B.I.?
SCULLY: Well, sir, I was recruited out of medical school. Um, my parents still think it was an act of rebellion, but, uh... I saw the F.B.I. as a place where I could distinguish myself.
THIRD MAN: Are you familiar with an agent named Fox Mulder?
SCULLY: Yes, I am.
THIRD MAN: How so?
SCULLY: By reputation. He's an Oxford educated Psychologist, who wrote a monograph on serial killers and the occult, that helped to catch Monty Props in 1988. Generally thought of as the best analyst in the violent crimes section. He had a nickname at the academy... Spooky Mulder.
SCOTT BLEVINS: What I'll also tell you is that Agent Mulder has developed a consuming devotion to an unassigned project outside the bureau mainstream. Are you familiar with the so-called "X-Files?"
SCULLY: I believe they have to do with unexplained phenomena.
SCOTT BLEVINS: More or less. The reason you're here, Agent Scully, is we want you to assist Mulder on these X-Files. You will write field reports on your activities, along with your observations on the validity of the work.
********************************
Agent Donald and Agent Chelsea are on a plane heading to Oregon when the plane hits severe turbulence. Donald doesn't even wake up but Chelsea is shaken. She looks towards the cockpit and yells: 'Pilot'
********************************
PILOT
X-FILE # UNKNOWN
MY FILE # X33-1.01
1st category is
SNOW TRAX:
Mark Snows music that was in this episode,
but was not on the sound track.
Todays Snow TraX are called:
1121
Implant
The Other 2 Graves
What Are They?
The Woods
It's happening Again
The Orange X
Scully's Entrance
The Meeting (History is Made)
A few of these tracks have a strong 'John Carpenter' sound,
like in the movies THE FOG and HALLOWEEN. Very eerie but
fitting well with the episode.
Mark Snows music seems to take a slight change in course
after the music for PILOT, to more of the 'Snowy' that we know.
*One note: Some clips may sound similar.
This is because some songs were played more than once in the episode, but I still recorded both parts.
To get these Snow TraX without me talking over them,
plus other projects, just launch iTunes and subscribe to
Snow TraX.
ZERO SUM:
Pluses and minuses that don't add up to anything.
Like most people, I really like this episode because
it has a lot of firsts.
The episode would be great by itself but being the 1st X-File,
it's place in history is cemented.
On Ray Soames: The body in Ray Soames' grave looked like an alien, not a human or ape. It also was in advanced stages of decomposition so it had to have been there for a while - or at least dead for a while and then put there.
Either way there was a cover-up... which makes the X-Files so great.
Speaking of 'cover-ups':
Here's the first mention of a government cover-up in the X-Files:
SCULLY:
"You didn't mention yesterday, this case has already been investigated."
MULDER:
"Yeah, the FBI got involved after the first three deaths when local authorities failed to turn up any evidence. Our boys came out here, spent a week, enjoyed the local salmon which, with a little lemon twist, is just to die for, if you'll pardon the expression. Without explanation, they were called back in. The case was reclassified and buried in the X-Files, till I dug it up last week."
My favorite part is at the end when C.S.M. is putting the implant into a storage container in the huge Pentagon vault, with Mark Snows music creating a "this is very important" feeling to the scene.
RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES:
Episode Influence
http://ufos.about.com/od/aliensalienabduction/a/bestabductions.htm
http://www.ufoencounters.co.uk/truth-about-alien-implants-human-bodies.html
MULDERIZMS:
Mulder: It's probably a safe bet Ray Soames never made the Varsity
Basketball team.
X-IMPACT: BY AGENT JAMES
[Impact that the episode had on the audience]
The Fox network first of all denied Chris Carter's request to broadcast the X-Files. But Carter forked out his own money to make the pilot episode and Fox immediately changed their minds plus critics also liked it as it was a little higher budgeted but the pilot is to draw people in.
MYTHOMETER:
Monster, Hybrid or MythArc
MYTHARC***
STRONG HYBRID
WEAK HYBRID
MONSTER
THE SEQUELIZER:
The potential the episode had for a sequel
Pilot had a HIGH potential for a sequel because of the
unidentified object found in Ray Soames' nasal cavity,
and the mysterious activity in the woods.
Plus, it's a Mythology so subsequent Mytharcs are kind of
sequels.
Finally,
MY 1-10 RATING:
Compared to other Mythologies I give Pilot an 8,
very good but they get better.
Compared to ALL X-Files episodes I give it a 9.
Compared to other shows on TV it's probably a 10.
So...
Pending any further evidence, this case,
My file # X33-1.01
is filed: OPEN
"If you'd like to read this report yourself,
go to: AGENTSHADOWX.BLOGSPOT.COM
or:
MYSPACE.COM/AGENTSHADOWX
[CLOSE QUOTE]
SCOTT BLEVINS: Agent Mulder, what are his thoughts?
SCULLY: Agent Mulder believes we are not alone.
C.S.M.
DENY EVERYTHING
Thursday, December 30, 2010
Field Reports: SQUEEZE and DEEP THROAT
Field Reports: SQUEEZE and DEEP THROAT
=============== CLASSIFIED ===============
[OPEN QUOTE]
DEEP THROAT: Leave this case alone Agent Mulder.
MULDER: What?
DEEP THROAT: The military will not tolerate an FBI investigation.
MULDER: Who are you?
DEEP THROAT: I, er, can be of help to you. I've had a certain interest in your work.
VOICE: Sorry.
MULDER: How do you know about my work?
DEEP THROAT: Well, let's just say that I'm in a position to know quite alot of things, er, things about our government.
MULDER: Who are you? Who do you work for?
DEEP THROAT: It's unimportant, I came here to give you some valuable advice. You are exposing yourself and Agent Scully to unnecessary risk, I advise you to drop the case.
MULDER: I can't do that.
DEEP THROAT: You have much work to do Agent Mulder,
don't jeopardize the future of your own efforts.
***************************************
Agent Donald and Agent Chelsea are sitting in a D.C. pub when a man walks up to them and hands them a menu. Donald opens the menu. Inside the menu is a folder with an X on it.
Donald opens it.
It reads:
DEEP THROAT
X-FILE # DF101364
MY FILE # X32-1.02
1st category is
SNOW TRAX:
Mark Snows music that was in this episode,
but was not on the sound track.
Todays Snow TraX are called:
Deep Throats Theme (parts 1 and 2)
Intense Indiscretion
Restricted Area
Yellow Base
Col. Budahas
D.C. Pub
To get these Snow TraX without me talking over them,
plus other projects, just launch iTunes and subscribe to
Agent Shadows Field Reports.
ZERO SUM:
I love this episode.
We get introduced to Deep Throat who is one of the best all-time characters in The X-Files.
Plus it deals with a secret base and UFO technology.
Also the X-Files case # has a '1013' in it - DF101364.
RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES:
Episode Influence
http://www.freewebs.com/area51topsecret/
http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread70259/pg1
MULDERIZMS:
(Scully comes running from the reception to Mulder's room. Mulder sees her running towards his room and gets up opens the door)
MULDER: You didn't come to raid my mini-bar, did you?
MYTHOMETER:
Monster, Hybrid or MythArc
MYTHARC*****
STRONG HYBRID
WEAK HYBRID
MONSTER
THE SEQUELIZER:
The potential the episode had for a sequel
DEEP THROAT had a HIGH potential for a sequel because of all the
top secret craft at the base and the technology they used to
'take memories' from people.
Finally,
MY 1-10 RATING:
Compared to other Mythologies I give DEEP THROAT a 9.5
Compared to ALL X-Files episodes I give it a 9.5
Compared to other shows on TV it's probably a 10
So...
Pending any further evidence, this case,
X-FILE # DF101364
My file # X32-1.02
is filed: UNSOLVED
If you'd like to read this report yourself,
go to:
AGENTSHADOWX.BLOGSPOT.COM
or:
MYSPACE.COM/AGENTSHADOWX
[CLOSE QUOTE]
DEEP THROAT: Your lives, may be in danger.
MULDER: Why?
DEEP THROAT: Mmm, you've seen things that weren't to be seen. Care and discretion, are now imperative.
MULDER: I saw something I...
DEEP THROAT: As I said, I can provide you with information, but only so long as it's in my best interest to do so.
MULDER: What is your interest?
DEEP THROAT: The truth.
MULDER: I did see something, but it's gone, they took it from me, they erased it. You have to tell me what it was.
DEEP THROAT: A military UFO? Mr. Mulder, why are those like yourself, who believe in the existence of extra terrestrial life on this earth, not dissuaded by all the evidence to the contrary?
MULDER: Because, all the evidence to the contrary, is not entirely dissuasive.
DEEP THROAT: Precisely.
MULDER: They're here, aren't they?
DEEP THROAT: Mr. Mulder, they've been here for a long long time.
DENY EVERYTHING
Scully:
"After a careful review of the violent and powerful nature of these murders, I believe the killer to be a male, 25 to 35 years of age, with above average intelligence.
His matter of entry has so far been undetectable, this may be due to his superior knowledge of the inner-structure of buildings and duct works. Or that he in fact hides in plain sight, posing as delivery or maintenance workers.
The extraction of the liver is the most significant detail of these crimes. The liver possesses regenerative qualities, it cleanses the blood.
The taking of this trophy is the transferring act for the killer to, cleanse himself of his own impurities. I think he is acting under, the classic form of obsessive compulsive behaviour."
*************************************
Agent Donald and Agent Chelsea are investigating the
mysterious murder of a businessman in his own office.
Donald notices a screw on the floor beneath a wall vent.
Chelsea reaches up and pulls off the face-plate.
She reaches into the opening and feels something touch her hand.
She pulls it out.
It's a folder with an X on it.
She opens it.
It reads:
SQUEEZE
X-FILE # UNKNOWN
MY FILE # X31-1.03
1st category is
SNOW TRAX:
Mark Snows music that was in this episode,
but was not on the sound track.
Todays Snow TraX are called:
Red Eyes
The Vent
Profile
Hiding in Plain Sight
Down the Chimeny
It Ain't Enough
To get these Snow TraX without me talking over them,
plus other projects, just launch iTunes and subcribe to
Snow TraX.
ZERO SUM:
I like this episode. It's the 1st monster of the week and Tooms
is an iconic monster.
SQUEEZE has the 1st mention of "hiding in plain sight".
You heard Scully say that phrase in the 'open quote' section a
moment ago.
RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES:
Episode Influence
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contortion
http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/handbook/mutationsanddisorders/genemutation
AGENTSHADOWX.BLOGSPOT.COM
or:
MYSPACE.COM/AGENTSHADOWX
MULDERIZMS:
SCULLY: "Apartment 203. He killed the guy above him."
MULDER: "Maybe, his neighbor played the Victrola too loud."
MYTHOMETER:
Monster, Hybrid or MythArc
MYTHARC
STRONG HYBRID
WEAK HYBRID
MONSTER*****
THE SEQUELIZER:
The potential the episode had for a sequel
Squeeze had a HIGH potential for a sequel because it had a
sequel-Tooms
Finally,
MY 1-10 RATING:
Compared to other Monster of the Weeks, I give Squeeze a 8.5
Compared to ALL X-Files episodes I give it a 8
Compared to other shows on TV it's probably a 9.5
So...
Pending any further evidence, this case,
My file # X31-1.03
is filed: OPEN
"If you'd like to read this report yourself,
go to: AGENTSHADOWX.BLOGSPOT.COM
or:
MYSPACE.COM/AGENTSHADOWX
[CLOSE QUOTE]
MULDER:
"All these people putting bars on their windows,
spending good money on hi-tech security systems,
trying to feel safe. I look at this guy and I think,
it ain't enough."
Sunday, November 21, 2010
SNOW TRAX
STX1, ThanXgiving Special 2010
- This show is a tribute to Mark Snow's music.
Today's show is STX1, ThanXgiving Special 2010.
This is the first Snow TraX bonus show.
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
And if you don't live in America then here's an early Christmas present for you.
The music you're hearing in the background is - Torch of Remembrance
by Vidna Obmana
Today's Snow TraX song is called:
"Must Be An X-File"
subtitled:
"No One Can Kill Me"
If you are a regular subscriber to Snow TraX then this episode will be slightly different, because this song is not in an episode
per se.
If you are hearing this through the Reopening the X-Files feed then I hope you like this show enough to subscribe to Agent Shadows Field Reports.
So, here's My Thanksgiving Day remix
of Robert Miles' remix of
Mark Snow's Main X-Files Theme.
STX1, ThanXgiving Special 2010
Must Be An X-File:
I hope you liked the song.
It took a while to get all those clips together.
To get all my Snow TraX episodes covering Mark Snows music that you can't hear on the soundtrack just launch iTunes, search for Agent Shadow, and click subscribe.
You can read the text version of Snow TraX and all my Field Reports
at AGENTSHADOWX.BLOGSPOT.COM or at MYSPACE.COM/AGENTSHADOWX
If you have any comments, please contact me at:
AGENTSHADOWX@MYSPACE.COM
Next show will be ST11, the music of Miracle Man
Thanks for joining me for the latest episode of
Snow TraX
========================================================
Snow TraX ST10 - E.B.E
This show is a tribute to Mark Snow's music.
Today's show is ST10 - E.B.E.
The music you're hearing in the background is 'Unfold Gradient 2'
by Vidna Obmana
Today's Snow TraX are called:
�
Breakdown is 'Defringo'
Pen bug is 'Penicillus Cimex'
Don't stop swimming is 'Facio haud conquiesco natatio'
Scully's briefcase is� 'Scullys concido scrinium'
'Breakdown' is when Ramstein's truck loses power.
'Pen bug' is when Scully finds the electronic bug in her pen.
'Don't stop swimming' is when Deep Throat is talking to Mulder at the aquarium and says that to him.
'Scully's briefcase' is when Scully sees that her briefcase has been moved from where she put it in Mulder's office.
So, here's the music of E.B.E.
If you have any comments, please contact me at:
AGENTSHADOWX@MYSPACE.COM
[EMAILS]
Next show will be ST11 - Miracle Man.
Thanks for joining me for the latest episode of
Snow TraX
========================================================
-
Snow TraX ST9 - Young at Heart
This show is a tribute to Mark Snow's music.
Today's show is ST9 - Young at Heart
The music you're hearing in the background is
Lifecycle by Telomere.
Today's songs are called:
�
Safe at Home
A Hunted Fox
Young at Court
Safe at Home is when Barnett is stalking Scully in her apartment.
A Hunted Fox is when Barnett leaves photos he took of Mulder
on Mulder's windshield.
�
Young at Court is when Mulder remembers the court room scene
when Barnett is on trial.
So here's the music of Young at Heart
If you have any comments, please contact me at:
AGENTSHADOWX@MYSPACE.COM
Next show will be E.B.E.
Thanks for joining me for the latest episode of
Snow TraX
========================================================
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Snow TraX with Agent Shadow: ST8 - LAZARUS
========================================================In the Movies / Films category
This is 'Snow TraX' with Agent Shadow
This show is a tribute to Mark Snow's music.
Today's show is ST8 - LAZARUS
The music you're hearing in the background is 'In the Stillness' by Liquid Mind.
Liquid Mind is Really the Keyboardist from the band 'Missing Persons' in the '80's.
His name is Chuck Wilde
I only have 2 Snow TraX for you today - sorry.
Lazarus didn't have a lot of music that I can remember, although
it's been a while since I got these trax so I may go back and see
if there's more. If so, I'll remaster ST8 and I'll let you know.
Today's songs are called:
Lazarus Consectatio (Lazarus Chase)
Lazarus Terminus (Lazarus End)
Lazarus Consectatio is that chase scene in the basement
when Mulder and Scully are chasing Lula.
Lazarus Terminus is just a small piece of music at the end
of the episode, but it was still Mark Snows music, and I'd like
to get as much of it as possible so it's here.
So here's the music of LAZARUS
If you have any comments, please contact me at:
AGENTSHADOWX@MYSPACE.COM
EMAILS:
Agent Shadow, fyi, I am digging the Snow TraX.
-Agent Sam
That's the only email today.
If you like Snow TraX please remember to nominate
Agent Shadows Field Reports at
podcastawards.com
In the Movies / Films category
starting Sunday, November 7th. You can vote once per day
and the voting lasts for 2 weeks.
Next show will be Young at Heart.
Thanks for joining me for the latest episode of
Snow TraX
Snow TraX Update
Hello Agents.
This update is to let you know that the Podcast Awards for 2010 are nearing.
If you have enjoyed listening to Snow TraX and Agent Shadows Field Reports, please visit podcastawards.com and nominate Agent Shadows Field Reports in the Movies/Film category
and use this url:
talkshoe.com/tc/74769.
I'm not sure if you have to include this in the nomination but it will help.
It's easy to do and you can only nominate once.
The voting process for the winners will begin a couple weeks after that.
I wanted to make this special update specifically for the listeners of Snow TraX because I can see by the downloads that Snow TraX is by far the most popular segment that I make.
So thanks to you guys for that and I'll be putting another episode out soon.
So please check out podcastawards.com and keep The X-Files and Mark Snows music alive.
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Snow TraX with Agent Shadow ST7 - ICE
This show is a tribute to Mark Snow's music.
Today's show is ST7 - ICE
The music you're hearing in the background is Wassertanze by Dilate
Today's songs are called:
ARCTIC ICE CORE PROJECT
BLACK NODULES
ASLEEP AT THE MICROSCOPE
ON ICE
LEAVE IT THERE
ARCTIC ICE CORE PROJECT is the opening scene when the dog is wandering around the dead people.
BLACK NODULES is when Bear finds the black nodules under his arm.
ASLEEP AT THE MICROSCOPE is when Scully finds Dr. DaSilva asleep at her microscope.
ON ICE is when Mulder is put on isolation in the locker.
LEAVE IT THERE is the final scene when Scully tells Mulder to
'leave it there' in reply to him saying 'It's still there Scully, 200,000 years down in the ice'.
So here's the music of ICE...
If you have any comments, please contact me at:
AGENTSHADOWX@MYSPACE.COM
Next show will be LAZARUS.
Thanks for joining me for the latest episode of
Snow TraX
=====================================================================
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Snow TraX with Agent Shadow ST6 - SPACE
This is 'Snow TraX' with Agent Shadow
Snow TraX is a tribute to Mark Snow's music.
Today's show is ST6 - SPACE
The music you're hearing in the background is Brian Eno's
'Prophecy Theme' from 'Dune'.
Today's songs are called:
DRIVING RAIN
FLASHBACK
MIRROR
OUT THE WINDOW
SABOTEUR HUNT
THE FACE
STARS AND STRIPES
DRIVING RAIN
is when Michelle is driving in the rain just before her accident.
FLASHBACK
is when Col. Belt flashes back to seeing the face in space.
MIRROR
is when Col. Belt looks in the mirror and sees his face morph into
the Martian face.
OUT THE WINDOW
is when Col. Belt jumps out the window.
SABOTEUR HUNT
is when Michelle, Mulder and Scully run to find the saboteur.
THE FACE
is the theme for the martian face.
STARS AND STRIPES
is the funeral scene at the very end.
So here's the music of SPACE ...
If you have any comments, please contact me at:
AGENTSHADOWX@MYSPACE.COM
Next show will be ICE.
Thanks for joining me for the latest episode of
Snow TraX
========================================================
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Snow TraX with Agent Shadow ST5 Fallen Angel
This is 'Snow TraX' with Agent Shadow
This show is a tribute to Mark Snow's music.
Today's show is ST5 - Fallen Angel
The music you're hearing in the background is
the Tides of Time by Between Interval.
Today's songs are called:
Emergency Evac
Inside the Perimeter
Room Service
Strange Places
Emergency Evac is when the military is using the gymnasium as a
holding area for the evacuated people in the town where the chemical
spill is supposed to have occurred.
Inside the Perimeter is when Mulder sneaks into the off-limits area.
Room Service is when Scully get Mulder out of that chain link jail.
Strange Places is when Max tells Mulder that he used to wake up in strange places after a seizure.
So here's the music of Fallen Angel...
If you have any comments, please contact me at:
AGENTSHADOWX@MYSPACE.COM
Next show will be Space.
Thanks for joining me for the latest episode of
Snow TraX
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Snow TraX with Agent Shadow - ST4 - EVE
=========================================================This is 'Snow TraX' with Agent Shadow
This show is a tribute to Mark Snow's music.Today's show is ST4 - EVE
Today's songs are called:
Slippery Twins - Lubricus ConceroChasing 7 - Fugo Septem7 Minus 1 - Septem Minus UnusRed Lightning - Rutilus LevitasEve 6 - Eve SixExsanguination - Exsanguination
'Slippery Twins' is when the twins escape from Mulder and Scully at the truck stop
'Chasing 7' is when Mulder is chasing the car after Eve 7 kidnaps one of the girls
'7 Minus 1' is when Eve 7 kidnaps one of the girls
'Red Lightning' is when one of the twins talks about her father being taken by the men from the clouds
'Eve 6' is Eve 6's theme
'Exsanguination' is when the 1st murder is discovered.
[MUSIC]
That's all I have for EVE.
If you have any comments, please contact me at:AGENTSHADOWX@MYSPACE.COM
Here's where I'll read your emails.It's really just an excuse to let your hear a little more music in the background while I'm reading them.
Today I have 2.
The 1st one is from Agent Sam. It reads:
Hi, Agent Shadow,
I was intrigued by your recent "Shadow Cast" in which you mentioned that many of Mark Snow's elusive songs are available via your iTunes podcast. However, when I went there to subscribe, I didn't see any file that looked like it might be the songs. Is there a file name I should be looking for? Thanks, I enjoy the podcast along with Agent Donald's.
Agent Sam
"Thanks Agent Sam. This email made me pick up the pace on getting the Snow TraX project moving."
The second email is from Agent Stone. It reads:Agent Shadow,
Greetings!Ive been listening to the Reopening the X-Files podcast since just after Agent Donald started doing them and have thoroughly enjoyed listening to the episode recaps and discussions of the episodes and all things X Files.
Anyways a bit of background...I was an original X-Phile as I was a member of the fan club back in the nineties and am basically an X-File nerd so to speak - i have all the usual collectibles and such and am just a really big fan.I found the podcast ironically enough just as i started an entire series re-watch so the timing was perfect.I really enjoy your field reports and I think that your insight and enthusiasm adds so much to the podcast - I can tell how much of a real fan you are.Im writing to you to discuss Mark Snow. Of all the music work Snow has done, I feel that the X files stuff is the best and truly magical. I really still can't get enough of The Truth and the Light after 12 years. I love what you've been doing with the music from the episodes that aren't available elsewhere - Season 1's score and 2 and 3 and so on is so amazing.
Anyways keep up the good field reports - I look forward to hearing new podcasts when they are up - Ive got all of your and all the Reopenings on my ipod and even enjoy going back and listening to past episodes.Thanks for your time
TimakaAgent Stone
That's all the emails.
Next show will be FALLEN ANGEL.
Thanks for joining me for the latest episode ofSnow TraX
Snow TraX with Agent Shadow ST3 - FIRE
This show is a tribute to Mark Snow's music.
Today's show is ST3 - Fire
Today's songs are called:
Syrup: Vigilo
Watcher: Specto
The song you're hearing now is from Vidna Obmana, and it's called
Dwells Into the Heart.
I didn't want to duplicate the featured music,
so I thought I would use some of My favorite artists in the same
genre as background music.
Syrup is when they show the drivers' syrup bottle on the counter.
Watcher is when Cecil is watching the mother from outside the
kitchen window.
Here's the music of Fire...
If you have any comments, please contact me at:
AGENTSHADOWX@MYSPACE.COM
Next show will be Eve.
Thanks for joining me for the latest episode of
Snow TraX
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Snow TraX with Agent Shadow - Episode 2 GENDER BENDER
=========================================================This is 'Snow TraX' with Agent Shadow
Welcome backToday's show is ST2 - BEYOND THE SEAThis show is a tribute to Mark Snow's music.
Today's songs are called:
Excedo ab Argilla Crux [Beyond the White Cross]Excedo ab Cataracta [Beyond the Waterfall]
[MUSIC]
If you have any comments, please contact me at:AGENTSHADOWX@MYSPACE.COM
Next show will be FIRE.
Thanks for joining me for the newest episode ofSnow TraX
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Snow TraX with Agent Shadow: ST1 - GENDER BENDER (Mark Snows Music)
This is 'Snow TraX' with Agent Shadow.
Hello Agents and welcome to the 1st ever episode of Snow TraX.
This show is a tribute to Mark Snow's music.
During these shows I'll cover all, or almost all,
of Mark Snows music that was in the episodes but not on the soundtrack.
The clips are taken directly from the X-Files episodes,
so there may be a small amount of ambient sound in the background.
Mark Snow is the reason I got into The X-Files.
It was his music in the background of an episode while I was
channel surfing that made me stop and watch.
The music you're hearing in the background IS music from the
soundtrack, but the music I will play for you soon is the non-soundtrack music - I just needed some music behind me to make it sound better.
I don't know what the real names of the songs are so I had to
give them names - with Latin translations of course, like Mark Snow
did with most of his X-Files songs.
When I began doing this, it was for the Reopening the X-Files
podcast, so I would have some background music for my 'Field Reports'.
But soon I had a large collection of music that I wanted to share with
you Agents.
The reason why I'm starting with GENDER BENDER is because that's the
episode when I joined Agent Donald at Reopening the X-Files, so I'll
do these episodes in the same order that I file My Field Reports.
I am working my way backwards to the 1st episode - PILOT, but I haven't
gotten that far back yet and I wanted to start getting these songs out
to you Agents.
And lastly, I won't be talking as much in the future episodes of
Snow TraX, I just wanted to give you some background.
So, here's what the show will probably sound like in the future:
Today's show is ST1 - GENDER BENDER.
Today's songs are called:
Eye Tunes: Oculus Tunes
Surrounded: Constipatis
The White Caves: Albus Specis
Church bell: Templum Campana
Ok,
'Eye Tunes' is that techno song in the club where you see a big
painting of an eye on the wall and it may not even be a Mark Snow
song, so let's get it out of the way 1st. It's not the 'signature'
Mark Snow music that we will hear the rest of the way, so ironically
we will start with that song.
'Surrounded' is the music when Mulder and Scully are surrounded by
The Kindred in the woods as they approach the village.
'The White Caves' is when Mulder sneaks into the caves and finds
"Brother what's his name."
'Churchbell' is just that 3-4 second sound that Mark Snow uses all
throughout the episode. Go rewatch it, it's there more than you think.
So finally, here's your music.
*********** **********
That's all I have for GENDER BENDER.Future shows will have a lot more.
If you have any comments, please contact me at:
AGENTSHADOWX@MYSPACE.COM
Next show will be BEYOND THE SEA.
Thanks for joining me for the first of hopefully 9 seasons of great
Snow TraX
Saturday, November 20, 2010
FIELD REPORTS - X26 to X30 (Firewalker, Ghost, Shadows, Jersey Devil, Conduit)
[OPENING QUOTE]
VOSBERG: There it is again. Did you see that? You saw that shadow,
didn't you?
TECHNICIAN: Yeah, but what could be moving around in that kind of
heat?
VOSBERG: I don't know, maybe it was, uh, just a ghost signal.
It wouldn't be the first time.
(Pierce continues to pan across the area, but there is no sign of
what caused the shadow. The video feed is then lost, leaving only
static on the monitor.)
VOSBERG: What's going on up there?
***************************************
While Agent Donald waits for Agent Anna to pick him up at the diner,
A.D. Solo, sits in his rowboat on the lake behind the diner.
Suddenly the rope that the boat was moored to snaps, and the boat
slowly drifts away.
The boat comes to rest on a small island in the
middle of the lake. A.D. Solo gets out and looks for help.
Finding none, Solo realizes he is stranded so he pulls
out his cell phone to call the fire department for help.
A recorded voice tells him that the number is 'out of service'.
He realizes that he has mis-dialed when he looks at the screen
of his phone and sees the word "Firewalker".
FIREWALKER
X-FILE # UNKNOWN
MY FILE # X26-2.09
1st category is now called: "Snow TraX"
Snow Trax is the name of a separate podcast that I have.
It's all the music you hear in my Field Reports, except it's
just the music without me talking over it like your hear in my
Field Reports.
To listen to Snow TraX, just launch iTunes and search for Agent
Shadow. Then click 'subscribe'.
You'll get all the non-soundtrack music that Mark Snow wrote,
from all the episodes, as we cover them.
You'll also get remastered Field Reports from the past.
Some of my earlier Field Reports where noisy, had missing parts or
not all of Mark Snows music.
You'll also get "specials" that I make plus any future projects.
Today's clips are called:
Airlift
New Life Form
The Steam Caves
Hot Shot
Change Her Life
The Only Record
Some clips in Firewalker we've heard already.
Mark Snow used music from Lazarus, Ice and I believe
Darkness Falls.
ZERO SUM:
Firewalker completes the 1st "Shadow Trilogy"
As we go through the X-Files I'll pick 3 episodes that we've
already seen that would make a good trilogy.
Firewalker completes the:
ICE/DARKNESS FALLS/FIREWALKER TRILOGY.
Your current assignment is to Go and watch those 3 back to back.
RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES:
(EPISODE INFLUENCE)
Silicon based life forms.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypothetical_types_of_biochemistry
MULDERIZMS:
No real good ones in Firewalker.
X-IMPACT: BY AGENT JAMES
(Impact that the episode had on the audience)
'Firewalker' James Wong was not happy about it's similarities with
'Ice' and 'Darkness Falls' saying "if the show starts to cannibalize
itself, there's gonna be trouble," and not really much of the
audiences liked it either.
MYTHOMETER:
Monster, Hybrid or MythArc
MYTHARC
STRONG HYBRID
WEAK HYBRID
MONSTER*****
Because there where no real mythology references,
although I kind of like the level 4 CDC decontamination reference -
like in Darkness Falls
THE SEQUELIZER:
[The potential the episode had for a sequel]
Firewalker had a Medium potential for a sequel because of the
silicon based life form that was still in the volcano.
Finally,
MY 1-10 RATING:
Compared to other Monster of the Weeks I give Firewalker a 9.
Compared to ALL X-Files episodes I give it an 8
Compared to other shows on TV it's probably a 9.5
So...
Pending any further evidence, this case,
My file # X26-2.09
is filed: UNSOLVED
"Addendum to Field Report:
As I left the D.C. area I received a call on my cell phone:"
VOICE:
"Agent Shadow?"
Shadow:
"Yes, Who is this?"
VOICE:
"I think you should know... you have a friend... at the FBI."
*thinking*
"I hope my friend can help me find Agent Chelsea.
Agent Chelsea:
"Day 6.
I've met with one of the leaders of the New Syndicate.
The room was low-lit, so I couldn't see him very well.
He asked me many questions concerning biology, immunology, cryology
etc.
I answered his questions but I don't know where they lead to.
The Men in Black referred to him as 'The Black Horse'.
Today we are leaving for a military hospital.
The Men in Black said I need to see something.
End of Field Journal Day 6."
[CLOSING QUOTE]
MULDER:
"Scully and I are in the third day of a month-long quarantine,
undergoing level 4 decon procedures. We are so far without symptoms
of fungal contamination. All our specimens and field notes were
confiscated by the military bio-hazard corps prior to our evacuation.
Their presence has delayed for an indefinite period the arrival of
the USGS data retrieval team. I suspect, though, that there will be
little left for them to retrieve."
[X26-2.09]
============================================================
X27 GHOST IN THE MACHINE
MULDER: Thanks for coming.
DEEP THROAT: I’m here against my better judgment. In the future I
must insist that you respect the terms of our arrangement.
MULDER: I need to know why Brad Wilczek is the subject of a code
five investigation. What the Defense Department wants with him.
DEEP THROAT: What do you think they’d want with the most innovative
programmer in this hemisphere?
MULDER: Software.
DEEP THROAT: For years, Wilczek has thumbed his nose at any contract
involving weapons applications. He’s a bleeding heart.
MULDER: What kind of software?
DEEP THROAT: How much do you know about artificial intelligence?
MULDER: I thought it was only theoretical.
DEEP THROAT: It was, until two years ago. You remember Helsinki, the
first time that a chess playing computer ever beat a Grand Master?
(MULDER nods.) That was Wilczek’s program. And the rumor was that he
did it by developing the first adaptive network.
MULDER: An adaptive network?
DEEP THROAT: It’s a learning machine. A computer that actually
thinks. And it’s, ah, become something of a holy grail for some of
our more acquisitive colleagues in the Department of Defense.
***************************
Agent Donald is examining evidence on a confiscated computer,
of an advanced operating system that had become self aware.
Donald sees that there is still a CD in the CD player,
so he pushes the eject button.
The CD in the drive is a music CD of the band
'The Police'. The albums name is Synchronicity.
Donald thinks aloud...
"Why couldn't it have been Ghost in the Machine?"
Ghost in the Machine
X-FILE # UNKNOWN
MY FILE # X27-1.07
1st category is
SNOW TRAX:
Mark Snows music that was in this episode,
but was not on the sound track.
Obviated Subpoena - Obviated Subpoena
Access Denied - Obvius Negavit
Dead Ghost - Mortuus Phasmatis
Ghost House - Phasmatis Domus
File Opened - Lima Patefacio
File Deleted - Lima Deletus
ZERO SUM:
I like how they put Deep Throat in this episode and I like the
concept of the self aware operating system, but it probably could
have been done a little better.
Also, when the COS kills Jerry in the elevator, Jerry falls to the
floor, but if the elevator was falling he would lift up towards the
elevator ceiling.
We learn that Scully's ID # is 2317-616 in this episode.
RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES:
(EPISODE INFLUENCE)
Self aware computers
http://www.thekeyboard.org.uk/computers%20become%20self%20aware.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sentience
MULDERIZMS:
No good ones
MYTHOMETER:
Monster, Hybrid or MythArc
MYTHARC
STRONG HYBRID
WEAK HYBRID*****
MONSTER
THE SEQUELIZER:
[The potential the episode had for a sequel]
Ghost in the Machine had a HIGH potential for a sequel because of
the technology that the government was bargaining for with Brad
Wilczek and because they show the computer turning back on,
basically telling us that that there would be a sequel.
Finally,
MY 1-10 RATING:
Compared to other Monster of the Weeks
I give Ghost in the Machine a 7.5
Compared to ALL X-Files episodes I give it a 7
Compared to other shows on TV it's probably an 8.5
So...
Pending any further evidence, this case,
My file # X27-1.07
is filed: UNSOLVED
To get Snow TraX, along with my Field Reports and other projects
just launch iTunes, search for Agent Shadow and subscribe,
and while you're there please leave a review.
Thank You."
****************************
MULDER: I checked with Congressman Klebanon and the Department of
Corrections Subcommittee. I even petitioned the Attorney General’s
office.
DEEP THROAT: You won’t find him.
MULDER: They can’t just take a man like Brad Wilczek without an
explanation.
DEEP THROAT: 'They' can do anything they want.
MULDER: Where is he?
DEEP THROAT: In the middle of what we in the trade call "hard
bargaining."
MULDER: Wilczek won’t deal. He’ll never work for them.
DEEP THROAT: Loss of freedom does funny things to a man, and
remember, Wilczek confessed to two murders, and you effectively
destroyed the only evidence that could have exonerated him.
MULDER: What else could I have done?
DEEP THROAT: Nothing... Unless you were willing to let the
technology survive.
MULDER: The Department of Defense still hasn’t found anything?
DEEP THROAT: They’ve been on it for five days. Wilczek’s virus was
thorough. It left no trace of the artificial intelligence.
The machine is dead. (Deep Throat rises and leaves)
DENY EVERYTHING
[X27-1.07]
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X28 SHADOWS
[OPEN QUOTE]
MAN: Agent Scully, Agent Mulder, Chief Blevins assures us of your
cooperation. We regret any inconvenience at this extreme hour.
WOMAN: We hope your expertise in extraordinary phenomena
will help us in our investigation.
MULDER: You're not FBI, are you?
************************************
Agent Donald is depositing his paycheck at an ATM when he sees
someones reflection on the machines screen.
He turns around but sees no one.
He turns back to the ATM and types in his deposit - 5.00
The machine asks for his password.
Donald types in: SHADOWS
Shadows
X-FILE # UNKNOWN
MY FILE # X28-1.06
1st category is
SNOW TRAX:
Mark Snows music that was in this episode,
but was not on the sound track.
1 Today - Unus Hodie
Dark Room - Atrum Cella
They're Here - Dum Es Hic
Full Denial - Plenus Tollens
2 Tomorrows - Duos Cras
ZERO SUM:
This episode was just ok to me.
I don't know how that girl in the alley didn't see the dead guy
that was hanging right above her on the fire escape ladder.
They did do a good job on the strangling scenes though.
I also like the NSA agents, one of which they bring back later, the
guy, in 'Little Green men', but they use a different female agent in
that episode.
RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES:
They didn't rip much from the headlines in this one.
MULDERIZMS:
SCULLY: I think Howard Graves faked his own death.
MULDER: Do you know how difficult it is to fake your own death?
Only one man has pulled it off, Elvis.
MYTHOMETER:
Monster, Hybrid or MythArc
MYTHARC
STRONG HYBRID
WEAK HYBRID
MONSTER*****
THE SEQUELIZER:
[The potential the episode had for a sequel]
Shadows had a MEDIUM potential for a sequel because Howard Graves is
still very dead,
but he's still out there and could protect her from future trouble.
Finally,
MY 1-10 RATING:
Compared to other Monster of the Weeks I give Shadows a 6.5,
passable.
Compared to ALL X-Files episodes I give it a 4, below average.
Compared to other shows on TV it's probably a 7, more watchable than
a lot of shows.
So...
Pending any further evidence, this case,
My file # X28-1.05
is filed: UNSOLVED
[CLOSE QUOTE]
WOMAN: You've seriously compromised our investigation.
MULDER: We were following leads pertaining to an X File.
MAN: I want to know every detail of your activities concerning this
case.
SCULLY: What case? You're the ones who've been withholding
information. (They all fall silent.)
MULDER: Then we have nothing more to talk about.
(Mulder and Scully walk away. The woman and man follow them to the hallway.)
WOMAN: We believe HTG Technologies was selling restricted parts to
the Isfahan. Partial serial numbers from their manifest were recovered
in the wreckage of a July bombing of a Navy transport van.
MULDER: How's Lauren Kyte involved?
MAN: We don't quite know. Your actions impeded our investigation.
WOMAN: In any case, we don't have enough evidence to hold her.
If she doesn't talk, she goes free and we lose our chance to break this
company.
MAN: I could make her talk.
MULDER: My advise to you... Don't get rough with her.
DENY EVERYTHING
[X28-1.06]
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X29-1.05 THE JERSEY DEVIL
[OPEN QUOTE]
SCULLY: An X-File?
MULDER: Ever hear of something called The Jersey Devil?
SCULLY: Yeah, it's a beast that's supposed to come out of the woods and attack cars, right. Kind of like an East Coast Bigfoot.
MULDER: Read the file about the case in 1947.
SCULLY: Save me the trouble.
MULDER: 1947, family watches dad get dragged off into the woods, cops find dad with a few appendages gnawed off. Cops corner a large naked man in the woods and gun him down. Autopsy shows human flesh and bones in the man's large intestine. A beast man. Requisition for a car please.
SCULLY: Is the autopsy report in here?
MULDER: No, the original disappeared from the Patterson PD's files a few years after the incident. But there is a statement from the attending pathologist.
SCULLY: Mulder it's the same story I've heard since I was a kid. It's a folk tale, a myth.
MULDER: I heard the same story when I was a kid too, funny thing is, I believed it. Thanks Doreen. Fact is, we got a cannibalized body in New Jersey, someone or something out there is hungry.
**********************************
Agent Chelsea is at her Godsons birthday party when the doorbell
rings. She answers the door and the man at the door hands her a folder with an X on it.
She opens the folder.
It reads:
THE JERSEY DEVIL
X-FILE # UNKNOWN
MY FILE # X29-1.05
1st category is
SNOW TRAX:
Mark Snows music that was in this episode,
but was not on the sound track.
DEVILS FOOD - DÆMONIBUS ALIMENTUM
FINGER WALKER - DIGITUS PEDES
ROADSIDE SERVICE - SECUS VIAM APPARITURA
SHE-DEVIL - EA SATAN
WELCOME TO NEW JERSEY - SALUTATIO IN NEW JERSEY
To get these Snow TraX without me talking over them,
plus other projects, just launch iTunes and subcribe to
Agent Shadows Field Reports.
ZERO SUM:
In the autopsy report on "Jane Doe", the name of the coroner is K.H.Hawryliw who is the prop master on the show.
RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES:
Episode Influence
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jersey_Devil
MULDERIZMS:
In response to the angry sheriffs question as to why Mulder is there:
Mulder:
"Enjoying the nightlife here in beautiful Atlantic City.
MYTHOMETER:
Monster, Hybrid or MythArc
MONSTER
THE SEQUELIZER:
The potential the episode had for a sequel
THE JERSEY DEVIL had a HIGH potential for a sequel because of the last scene when it shows a young Jersey Devil offspring hiding in the woods,
Finally,
MY 1-10 RATING:
Compared to other Monster of the Weeks,
I give THE JERSEY DEVIL 7
Compared to ALL X-Files episodes I give it a 6
Compared to other shows on TV it's probably an 8.5
So...
Pending any further evidence, this case,
My file # X29-1.05
is filed: OPEN
[CLOSE QUOTE]
BOY: Dad, did you just see something down there?
DAD: Where?
BOY: Over there.
DAD: Naah, I'm sure it was nothing.
BOY: No, I saw something.
DAD: Hey, did you ever hear the story of the Jersey Devil?
You know when I was a kid, my dad used to tell this story
about a creature who lived out down the woods...
DENY EVERYTHING
X
Denego panton
============================================================
X7 ICE ***** (REMASTERED AND COPIED FROM EARLIER POST) *****
Agent Donald and Agent Chelsea are in their basement office talking about the movie 'The Thing', when Donald get a phone call from a man telling them to meet him in the FBI parking garage.
Donald and Chelsea go down to the garage but all the overhead lights are out. They can hardly see a thing. At that moment they hear a voice from the darkness behind them saying "Don't turn around".
Something is slipped into Donald's trench coat.
The voice says: "This is urgent".
After a moment, the lights come back on and the man is gone.
Donald looks in his coat and finds a strange envelope marked only with an X.
Donald opens it. It's a highly classified document telling of a cover-up operation that will soon be launched to destroy all evidence of the Arctic Ice Core Project.
The report mentions that there are also samples of alien life there
that will also be destroyed.
The Agents act quickly.
They mobilize the RXF Quick Response Team to get to the
Arctic Ice Core Project immediately.
They come from all corners of the globe.
Australian Agents Adelle and Jasper are taken off their case of "Black-eyed people", to help out.
Ireland's 2 Agents, Lauren and Sarah join in - leaving their "Potato Famine conspiracy" case.
Amanda and Tara from Texas are taken off the "Shamrock case".
Vancouver Agent John Bailey is joined by Agent Danielle from the Netherlands Field Office.
And of course Agent Super Spandex who is on a stake-out on a roof-top in Tel Aviv is called in.
The large RXF team enters the deserted Arctic Ice Core Project.
They search the building for any evidence that could prove the existence of extraterrestrial life, before the 'cleaning' team arrives.
Then, Agent Super Spandex calls out:
"Over here!"
The Agents run over to see what Spandex has found.
He's looking at a block of ice in the freezer with something encased in it.
Spandex: "Looks like a folder... with a plus sign on it!"
Donald: "Spandex, that's an 'X'.
Chelsea: "Well, are we going to have a spelling bee or are we going to open it?"
The Agents chip away at the block until they get to the folder.
They open it up. It reads:
===== I C E =====
X-FILE # UNKNOWN
MY FILE # X7-1.08
ZERO SUM
This episode is one of the best overall episodes of the whole series,
and maybe the very best 'monster of the week' of the 9 seasons.
The sense of isolation is portrayed very well.
The mystery of who is infected, and how, is riveting.
Again, Mark Snow nails the mood with very eerie sounds and music.
The actors do a great job of portraying the fear and paranoia that would be present.
The choice of actors is right on the money, with the differences
in their personalities adding to the plot line.
Also, Bear is one of my favorite guest stars in the whole series.
One observation: Why is there no snow in northern Alaska, even after a major blizzard that hit just north of them in Ice Bay?
(I know, they're really in Vancouver)
This episode is a kind of tribute to the movie 'The Thing'
by John Carpenter, which is also a remake of
'The Thing From Another World' by Christian Nyby.
This was influenced by 'Who Goes There?', by John W.Campbell.
One of the team members in the episode is named Campbell,
an homage to the author.
The shots of the Arctic Ice Core Project building are taken directly from the movie 'The Thing'.
This takes nothing away from the episode.
It truly is a 'classic'.
If you want to 'relive' ICE, watch 'The Thing', with Kurt Russell.
You'll love it!
One little thing happened that I was curious about.
The "We're not who we are" speech always seemed different
the second time we hear it - when Mulder and Scully are reviewing the video tape. So I recorded it both times it's played and I overlapped them to see if they match. They don't.
I'll play them in a moment.
They do sound similar at first but they change significantly as the clip plays out.
It's not a big deal but I don't know why the producers would use 2 different clips for, what's supposed to be,
a recording of the same speech. Wouldn't it have been much easier
and more accurate to just use the same sound byte?
Here's the 2 clips overlapped:
[We're 'really' not who we are]
MULDERIZMS:
When the team has to check each other for spots.
(Mulder, Murphy and Hodge all start to undress in a room.)
MULDER: "Before anyone passes judgment,
may I remind you, we are in the Arctic."
SNOW TRAX:
(ICE is the 1st Field Report where I had SNOW MACHINE:
now Snow TraX)
I mention Mark Snows music in every Field Report
so I thought I would make a category for him.
I will play clips of his tracks that didn't make it to the sound track
in the back ground.
To hear all the Snow TraX without me talking over them, plus other specials, just subscribe to 'Agent Shadows Field Reports' at iTunes.
Todays Snow TraX are:
ARCTIC ICE CORE PROJECT
ASLEEP AT THE MICROSCOPE
BLACK NODULES
LEAVE IT THERE
ON ICE
MYTHOMETER:
3 = FULL MYTHOLOGY
2 = STRONG HYBRID
1 = WEEK HYBRID*****
0 = MONSTER OF THE WEEK
I give ICE a 1 out of 3 on the MYTHOMETER.
REASON:
1/2 a point for the alien worm, because it's alien,
but not part of the 'Alien conspiracy'
1/2 a point for the Government cover-up, for destroying the AICP base (brief mention)
MY 1-10 RATING:
I give ICE a 10.
This is a great episode
The Sequelizer
[The potential the episode had for a sequel]
ICE had a HIGH potential for a sequel.
You had the potential for the Government to NOT destroy the AICP,
and continue the project secretly.
Maybe they could find more life forms up there - who knows.
Pending any further evidence, this case,
My file # X7-1.08 is filed
UNSOLVED
============================================================
X30-1.04 CONDUIT
[OPEN QUOTE]
DARLENE MORRIS: You know, I've told this story so many times now,
oh to the newspapers and the police. And every time I tell it, people
get this, look in their eye, just like the look that you've got right now.
*******************
Agent Donald is looking at a group of sheets of paper filled
with binary code and layed out on the floor in a large square.
He can't figure out what it means.
Agent Chelsea calls Donald up to the stairs above where she is.
They both look back down at the sheets of paper in awe.
The sheets spell out the word 'CONDUIT'.
CONDUIT
X-FILE # UNKNOWN
MY FILE # X30-1.04
1st category is
SNOW TRAX:
Mark Snows music that was in this episode,
but was not on the sound track.
Today's Snow TraX are called:
RUBY
NOT A WEATHER BALLOON
A MEMORY
BLACK ROOF
THE BIGGER PICTURE
FOLLOW ME
THE WHITE WOLVES
To get these Snow TraX without me talking over them,
plus other projects, just launch iTunes and subscribe to
Agent Shadows Field Reports.
ZERO SUM:
X-achusetts:
Massachusetts is referenced again here when the A.D. hands
Scully an X-File on Mulders sister Samantha.
The address listed is 2790 Vine st. Chilmarc Ma.
Chilmark is spelled wrong - it ends with a 'K', not a 'C'.
There is no Vine st in Chilmark, but I love it when they
show us the actual X-Files on the cases.
I think they should use me for Massachusetts references
for the next movie :)
RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES:
Episode Influence
http://www.ufocasebook.com/alienabductions.html
at:
AGENTSHADOWX.BLOGSPOT.COM
MULDERIZMS:
No good one that I could remember.
MYTHOMETER:
Monster, Hybrid or MythArc
MYTHARC
STRONG HYBRID
WEAK HYBRID*****
MONSTER
Conduit is a weak hybrid because of Ruby's abduction.
THE SEQUELIZER:
The potential the episode had for a sequel
Conduit had a MEDIUM potential for a sequel because Ruby could
change her mind and talk about her abduction or she could be
abducted again.
Finally,
MY 1-10 RATING:
Compared to other Monster of the Weeks, I give Conduit a 6.5 - passable
Compared to ALL X-Files episodes I give it a 4 - a little below average
Compared to other shows on TV it's probably an 8.5
So...
Pending any further evidence, this case,
My file # X30-1.04
is filed: OPEN
"If you'd like to read this report yourself,
go to: AGENTSHADOWX.BLOGSPOT.COM
or:
MYSPACE.COM/AGENTSHADOWX
or:
XFILESPODCAST.COM,
and click on Agent Shadows Field Reports.
[CLOSE QUOTE]
MULDER: Whatta you doing?
Are you making something?
Can I take a look at it?
Thanks.
KEVIN MORRIS: It's coming from there.
MULDER: The TV?
*****************
I want to believe
VOSBERG: There it is again. Did you see that? You saw that shadow,
didn't you?
TECHNICIAN: Yeah, but what could be moving around in that kind of
heat?
VOSBERG: I don't know, maybe it was, uh, just a ghost signal.
It wouldn't be the first time.
(Pierce continues to pan across the area, but there is no sign of
what caused the shadow. The video feed is then lost, leaving only
static on the monitor.)
VOSBERG: What's going on up there?
***************************************
While Agent Donald waits for Agent Anna to pick him up at the diner,
A.D. Solo, sits in his rowboat on the lake behind the diner.
Suddenly the rope that the boat was moored to snaps, and the boat
slowly drifts away.
The boat comes to rest on a small island in the
middle of the lake. A.D. Solo gets out and looks for help.
Finding none, Solo realizes he is stranded so he pulls
out his cell phone to call the fire department for help.
A recorded voice tells him that the number is 'out of service'.
He realizes that he has mis-dialed when he looks at the screen
of his phone and sees the word "Firewalker".
FIREWALKER
X-FILE # UNKNOWN
MY FILE # X26-2.09
1st category is now called: "Snow TraX"
Snow Trax is the name of a separate podcast that I have.
It's all the music you hear in my Field Reports, except it's
just the music without me talking over it like your hear in my
Field Reports.
To listen to Snow TraX, just launch iTunes and search for Agent
Shadow. Then click 'subscribe'.
You'll get all the non-soundtrack music that Mark Snow wrote,
from all the episodes, as we cover them.
You'll also get remastered Field Reports from the past.
Some of my earlier Field Reports where noisy, had missing parts or
not all of Mark Snows music.
You'll also get "specials" that I make plus any future projects.
Today's clips are called:
Airlift
New Life Form
The Steam Caves
Hot Shot
Change Her Life
The Only Record
Some clips in Firewalker we've heard already.
Mark Snow used music from Lazarus, Ice and I believe
Darkness Falls.
ZERO SUM:
Firewalker completes the 1st "Shadow Trilogy"
As we go through the X-Files I'll pick 3 episodes that we've
already seen that would make a good trilogy.
Firewalker completes the:
ICE/DARKNESS FALLS/FIREWALKER TRILOGY.
Your current assignment is to Go and watch those 3 back to back.
RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES:
(EPISODE INFLUENCE)
Silicon based life forms.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypothetical_types_of_biochemistry
MULDERIZMS:
No real good ones in Firewalker.
X-IMPACT: BY AGENT JAMES
(Impact that the episode had on the audience)
'Firewalker' James Wong was not happy about it's similarities with
'Ice' and 'Darkness Falls' saying "if the show starts to cannibalize
itself, there's gonna be trouble," and not really much of the
audiences liked it either.
MYTHOMETER:
Monster, Hybrid or MythArc
MYTHARC
STRONG HYBRID
WEAK HYBRID
MONSTER*****
Because there where no real mythology references,
although I kind of like the level 4 CDC decontamination reference -
like in Darkness Falls
THE SEQUELIZER:
[The potential the episode had for a sequel]
Firewalker had a Medium potential for a sequel because of the
silicon based life form that was still in the volcano.
Finally,
MY 1-10 RATING:
Compared to other Monster of the Weeks I give Firewalker a 9.
Compared to ALL X-Files episodes I give it an 8
Compared to other shows on TV it's probably a 9.5
So...
Pending any further evidence, this case,
My file # X26-2.09
is filed: UNSOLVED
"Addendum to Field Report:
As I left the D.C. area I received a call on my cell phone:"
VOICE:
"Agent Shadow?"
Shadow:
"Yes, Who is this?"
VOICE:
"I think you should know... you have a friend... at the FBI."
*thinking*
"I hope my friend can help me find Agent Chelsea.
Agent Chelsea:
"Day 6.
I've met with one of the leaders of the New Syndicate.
The room was low-lit, so I couldn't see him very well.
He asked me many questions concerning biology, immunology, cryology
etc.
I answered his questions but I don't know where they lead to.
The Men in Black referred to him as 'The Black Horse'.
Today we are leaving for a military hospital.
The Men in Black said I need to see something.
End of Field Journal Day 6."
[CLOSING QUOTE]
MULDER:
"Scully and I are in the third day of a month-long quarantine,
undergoing level 4 decon procedures. We are so far without symptoms
of fungal contamination. All our specimens and field notes were
confiscated by the military bio-hazard corps prior to our evacuation.
Their presence has delayed for an indefinite period the arrival of
the USGS data retrieval team. I suspect, though, that there will be
little left for them to retrieve."
[X26-2.09]
============================================================
X27 GHOST IN THE MACHINE
MULDER: Thanks for coming.
DEEP THROAT: I’m here against my better judgment. In the future I
must insist that you respect the terms of our arrangement.
MULDER: I need to know why Brad Wilczek is the subject of a code
five investigation. What the Defense Department wants with him.
DEEP THROAT: What do you think they’d want with the most innovative
programmer in this hemisphere?
MULDER: Software.
DEEP THROAT: For years, Wilczek has thumbed his nose at any contract
involving weapons applications. He’s a bleeding heart.
MULDER: What kind of software?
DEEP THROAT: How much do you know about artificial intelligence?
MULDER: I thought it was only theoretical.
DEEP THROAT: It was, until two years ago. You remember Helsinki, the
first time that a chess playing computer ever beat a Grand Master?
(MULDER nods.) That was Wilczek’s program. And the rumor was that he
did it by developing the first adaptive network.
MULDER: An adaptive network?
DEEP THROAT: It’s a learning machine. A computer that actually
thinks. And it’s, ah, become something of a holy grail for some of
our more acquisitive colleagues in the Department of Defense.
***************************
Agent Donald is examining evidence on a confiscated computer,
of an advanced operating system that had become self aware.
Donald sees that there is still a CD in the CD player,
so he pushes the eject button.
The CD in the drive is a music CD of the band
'The Police'. The albums name is Synchronicity.
Donald thinks aloud...
"Why couldn't it have been Ghost in the Machine?"
Ghost in the Machine
X-FILE # UNKNOWN
MY FILE # X27-1.07
1st category is
SNOW TRAX:
Mark Snows music that was in this episode,
but was not on the sound track.
Obviated Subpoena - Obviated Subpoena
Access Denied - Obvius Negavit
Dead Ghost - Mortuus Phasmatis
Ghost House - Phasmatis Domus
File Opened - Lima Patefacio
File Deleted - Lima Deletus
ZERO SUM:
I like how they put Deep Throat in this episode and I like the
concept of the self aware operating system, but it probably could
have been done a little better.
Also, when the COS kills Jerry in the elevator, Jerry falls to the
floor, but if the elevator was falling he would lift up towards the
elevator ceiling.
We learn that Scully's ID # is 2317-616 in this episode.
RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES:
(EPISODE INFLUENCE)
Self aware computers
http://www.thekeyboard.org.uk/computers%20become%20self%20aware.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sentience
MULDERIZMS:
No good ones
MYTHOMETER:
Monster, Hybrid or MythArc
MYTHARC
STRONG HYBRID
WEAK HYBRID*****
MONSTER
THE SEQUELIZER:
[The potential the episode had for a sequel]
Ghost in the Machine had a HIGH potential for a sequel because of
the technology that the government was bargaining for with Brad
Wilczek and because they show the computer turning back on,
basically telling us that that there would be a sequel.
Finally,
MY 1-10 RATING:
Compared to other Monster of the Weeks
I give Ghost in the Machine a 7.5
Compared to ALL X-Files episodes I give it a 7
Compared to other shows on TV it's probably an 8.5
So...
Pending any further evidence, this case,
My file # X27-1.07
is filed: UNSOLVED
To get Snow TraX, along with my Field Reports and other projects
just launch iTunes, search for Agent Shadow and subscribe,
and while you're there please leave a review.
Thank You."
****************************
MULDER: I checked with Congressman Klebanon and the Department of
Corrections Subcommittee. I even petitioned the Attorney General’s
office.
DEEP THROAT: You won’t find him.
MULDER: They can’t just take a man like Brad Wilczek without an
explanation.
DEEP THROAT: 'They' can do anything they want.
MULDER: Where is he?
DEEP THROAT: In the middle of what we in the trade call "hard
bargaining."
MULDER: Wilczek won’t deal. He’ll never work for them.
DEEP THROAT: Loss of freedom does funny things to a man, and
remember, Wilczek confessed to two murders, and you effectively
destroyed the only evidence that could have exonerated him.
MULDER: What else could I have done?
DEEP THROAT: Nothing... Unless you were willing to let the
technology survive.
MULDER: The Department of Defense still hasn’t found anything?
DEEP THROAT: They’ve been on it for five days. Wilczek’s virus was
thorough. It left no trace of the artificial intelligence.
The machine is dead. (Deep Throat rises and leaves)
DENY EVERYTHING
[X27-1.07]
============================================================
X28 SHADOWS
[OPEN QUOTE]
MAN: Agent Scully, Agent Mulder, Chief Blevins assures us of your
cooperation. We regret any inconvenience at this extreme hour.
WOMAN: We hope your expertise in extraordinary phenomena
will help us in our investigation.
MULDER: You're not FBI, are you?
************************************
Agent Donald is depositing his paycheck at an ATM when he sees
someones reflection on the machines screen.
He turns around but sees no one.
He turns back to the ATM and types in his deposit - 5.00
The machine asks for his password.
Donald types in: SHADOWS
Shadows
X-FILE # UNKNOWN
MY FILE # X28-1.06
1st category is
SNOW TRAX:
Mark Snows music that was in this episode,
but was not on the sound track.
1 Today - Unus Hodie
Dark Room - Atrum Cella
They're Here - Dum Es Hic
Full Denial - Plenus Tollens
2 Tomorrows - Duos Cras
ZERO SUM:
This episode was just ok to me.
I don't know how that girl in the alley didn't see the dead guy
that was hanging right above her on the fire escape ladder.
They did do a good job on the strangling scenes though.
I also like the NSA agents, one of which they bring back later, the
guy, in 'Little Green men', but they use a different female agent in
that episode.
RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES:
They didn't rip much from the headlines in this one.
MULDERIZMS:
SCULLY: I think Howard Graves faked his own death.
MULDER: Do you know how difficult it is to fake your own death?
Only one man has pulled it off, Elvis.
MYTHOMETER:
Monster, Hybrid or MythArc
MYTHARC
STRONG HYBRID
WEAK HYBRID
MONSTER*****
THE SEQUELIZER:
[The potential the episode had for a sequel]
Shadows had a MEDIUM potential for a sequel because Howard Graves is
still very dead,
but he's still out there and could protect her from future trouble.
Finally,
MY 1-10 RATING:
Compared to other Monster of the Weeks I give Shadows a 6.5,
passable.
Compared to ALL X-Files episodes I give it a 4, below average.
Compared to other shows on TV it's probably a 7, more watchable than
a lot of shows.
So...
Pending any further evidence, this case,
My file # X28-1.05
is filed: UNSOLVED
[CLOSE QUOTE]
WOMAN: You've seriously compromised our investigation.
MULDER: We were following leads pertaining to an X File.
MAN: I want to know every detail of your activities concerning this
case.
SCULLY: What case? You're the ones who've been withholding
information. (They all fall silent.)
MULDER: Then we have nothing more to talk about.
(Mulder and Scully walk away. The woman and man follow them to the hallway.)
WOMAN: We believe HTG Technologies was selling restricted parts to
the Isfahan. Partial serial numbers from their manifest were recovered
in the wreckage of a July bombing of a Navy transport van.
MULDER: How's Lauren Kyte involved?
MAN: We don't quite know. Your actions impeded our investigation.
WOMAN: In any case, we don't have enough evidence to hold her.
If she doesn't talk, she goes free and we lose our chance to break this
company.
MAN: I could make her talk.
MULDER: My advise to you... Don't get rough with her.
DENY EVERYTHING
[X28-1.06]
============================================================
X29-1.05 THE JERSEY DEVIL
[OPEN QUOTE]
SCULLY: An X-File?
MULDER: Ever hear of something called The Jersey Devil?
SCULLY: Yeah, it's a beast that's supposed to come out of the woods and attack cars, right. Kind of like an East Coast Bigfoot.
MULDER: Read the file about the case in 1947.
SCULLY: Save me the trouble.
MULDER: 1947, family watches dad get dragged off into the woods, cops find dad with a few appendages gnawed off. Cops corner a large naked man in the woods and gun him down. Autopsy shows human flesh and bones in the man's large intestine. A beast man. Requisition for a car please.
SCULLY: Is the autopsy report in here?
MULDER: No, the original disappeared from the Patterson PD's files a few years after the incident. But there is a statement from the attending pathologist.
SCULLY: Mulder it's the same story I've heard since I was a kid. It's a folk tale, a myth.
MULDER: I heard the same story when I was a kid too, funny thing is, I believed it. Thanks Doreen. Fact is, we got a cannibalized body in New Jersey, someone or something out there is hungry.
**********************************
Agent Chelsea is at her Godsons birthday party when the doorbell
rings. She answers the door and the man at the door hands her a folder with an X on it.
She opens the folder.
It reads:
THE JERSEY DEVIL
X-FILE # UNKNOWN
MY FILE # X29-1.05
1st category is
SNOW TRAX:
Mark Snows music that was in this episode,
but was not on the sound track.
DEVILS FOOD - DÆMONIBUS ALIMENTUM
FINGER WALKER - DIGITUS PEDES
ROADSIDE SERVICE - SECUS VIAM APPARITURA
SHE-DEVIL - EA SATAN
WELCOME TO NEW JERSEY - SALUTATIO IN NEW JERSEY
To get these Snow TraX without me talking over them,
plus other projects, just launch iTunes and subcribe to
Agent Shadows Field Reports.
ZERO SUM:
In the autopsy report on "Jane Doe", the name of the coroner is K.H.Hawryliw who is the prop master on the show.
RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES:
Episode Influence
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jersey_Devil
MULDERIZMS:
In response to the angry sheriffs question as to why Mulder is there:
Mulder:
"Enjoying the nightlife here in beautiful Atlantic City.
MYTHOMETER:
Monster, Hybrid or MythArc
MONSTER
THE SEQUELIZER:
The potential the episode had for a sequel
THE JERSEY DEVIL had a HIGH potential for a sequel because of the last scene when it shows a young Jersey Devil offspring hiding in the woods,
Finally,
MY 1-10 RATING:
Compared to other Monster of the Weeks,
I give THE JERSEY DEVIL 7
Compared to ALL X-Files episodes I give it a 6
Compared to other shows on TV it's probably an 8.5
So...
Pending any further evidence, this case,
My file # X29-1.05
is filed: OPEN
[CLOSE QUOTE]
BOY: Dad, did you just see something down there?
DAD: Where?
BOY: Over there.
DAD: Naah, I'm sure it was nothing.
BOY: No, I saw something.
DAD: Hey, did you ever hear the story of the Jersey Devil?
You know when I was a kid, my dad used to tell this story
about a creature who lived out down the woods...
DENY EVERYTHING
X
Denego panton
============================================================
X7 ICE ***** (REMASTERED AND COPIED FROM EARLIER POST) *****
Agent Donald and Agent Chelsea are in their basement office talking about the movie 'The Thing', when Donald get a phone call from a man telling them to meet him in the FBI parking garage.
Donald and Chelsea go down to the garage but all the overhead lights are out. They can hardly see a thing. At that moment they hear a voice from the darkness behind them saying "Don't turn around".
Something is slipped into Donald's trench coat.
The voice says: "This is urgent".
After a moment, the lights come back on and the man is gone.
Donald looks in his coat and finds a strange envelope marked only with an X.
Donald opens it. It's a highly classified document telling of a cover-up operation that will soon be launched to destroy all evidence of the Arctic Ice Core Project.
The report mentions that there are also samples of alien life there
that will also be destroyed.
The Agents act quickly.
They mobilize the RXF Quick Response Team to get to the
Arctic Ice Core Project immediately.
They come from all corners of the globe.
Australian Agents Adelle and Jasper are taken off their case of "Black-eyed people", to help out.
Ireland's 2 Agents, Lauren and Sarah join in - leaving their "Potato Famine conspiracy" case.
Amanda and Tara from Texas are taken off the "Shamrock case".
Vancouver Agent John Bailey is joined by Agent Danielle from the Netherlands Field Office.
And of course Agent Super Spandex who is on a stake-out on a roof-top in Tel Aviv is called in.
The large RXF team enters the deserted Arctic Ice Core Project.
They search the building for any evidence that could prove the existence of extraterrestrial life, before the 'cleaning' team arrives.
Then, Agent Super Spandex calls out:
"Over here!"
The Agents run over to see what Spandex has found.
He's looking at a block of ice in the freezer with something encased in it.
Spandex: "Looks like a folder... with a plus sign on it!"
Donald: "Spandex, that's an 'X'.
Chelsea: "Well, are we going to have a spelling bee or are we going to open it?"
The Agents chip away at the block until they get to the folder.
They open it up. It reads:
===== I C E =====
X-FILE # UNKNOWN
MY FILE # X7-1.08
ZERO SUM
This episode is one of the best overall episodes of the whole series,
and maybe the very best 'monster of the week' of the 9 seasons.
The sense of isolation is portrayed very well.
The mystery of who is infected, and how, is riveting.
Again, Mark Snow nails the mood with very eerie sounds and music.
The actors do a great job of portraying the fear and paranoia that would be present.
The choice of actors is right on the money, with the differences
in their personalities adding to the plot line.
Also, Bear is one of my favorite guest stars in the whole series.
One observation: Why is there no snow in northern Alaska, even after a major blizzard that hit just north of them in Ice Bay?
(I know, they're really in Vancouver)
This episode is a kind of tribute to the movie 'The Thing'
by John Carpenter, which is also a remake of
'The Thing From Another World' by Christian Nyby.
This was influenced by 'Who Goes There?', by John W.Campbell.
One of the team members in the episode is named Campbell,
an homage to the author.
The shots of the Arctic Ice Core Project building are taken directly from the movie 'The Thing'.
This takes nothing away from the episode.
It truly is a 'classic'.
If you want to 'relive' ICE, watch 'The Thing', with Kurt Russell.
You'll love it!
One little thing happened that I was curious about.
The "We're not who we are" speech always seemed different
the second time we hear it - when Mulder and Scully are reviewing the video tape. So I recorded it both times it's played and I overlapped them to see if they match. They don't.
I'll play them in a moment.
They do sound similar at first but they change significantly as the clip plays out.
It's not a big deal but I don't know why the producers would use 2 different clips for, what's supposed to be,
a recording of the same speech. Wouldn't it have been much easier
and more accurate to just use the same sound byte?
Here's the 2 clips overlapped:
[We're 'really' not who we are]
MULDERIZMS:
When the team has to check each other for spots.
(Mulder, Murphy and Hodge all start to undress in a room.)
MULDER: "Before anyone passes judgment,
may I remind you, we are in the Arctic."
SNOW TRAX:
(ICE is the 1st Field Report where I had SNOW MACHINE:
now Snow TraX)
I mention Mark Snows music in every Field Report
so I thought I would make a category for him.
I will play clips of his tracks that didn't make it to the sound track
in the back ground.
To hear all the Snow TraX without me talking over them, plus other specials, just subscribe to 'Agent Shadows Field Reports' at iTunes.
Todays Snow TraX are:
ARCTIC ICE CORE PROJECT
ASLEEP AT THE MICROSCOPE
BLACK NODULES
LEAVE IT THERE
ON ICE
MYTHOMETER:
3 = FULL MYTHOLOGY
2 = STRONG HYBRID
1 = WEEK HYBRID*****
0 = MONSTER OF THE WEEK
I give ICE a 1 out of 3 on the MYTHOMETER.
REASON:
1/2 a point for the alien worm, because it's alien,
but not part of the 'Alien conspiracy'
1/2 a point for the Government cover-up, for destroying the AICP base (brief mention)
MY 1-10 RATING:
I give ICE a 10.
This is a great episode
The Sequelizer
[The potential the episode had for a sequel]
ICE had a HIGH potential for a sequel.
You had the potential for the Government to NOT destroy the AICP,
and continue the project secretly.
Maybe they could find more life forms up there - who knows.
Pending any further evidence, this case,
My file # X7-1.08 is filed
UNSOLVED
============================================================
X30-1.04 CONDUIT
[OPEN QUOTE]
DARLENE MORRIS: You know, I've told this story so many times now,
oh to the newspapers and the police. And every time I tell it, people
get this, look in their eye, just like the look that you've got right now.
*******************
Agent Donald is looking at a group of sheets of paper filled
with binary code and layed out on the floor in a large square.
He can't figure out what it means.
Agent Chelsea calls Donald up to the stairs above where she is.
They both look back down at the sheets of paper in awe.
The sheets spell out the word 'CONDUIT'.
CONDUIT
X-FILE # UNKNOWN
MY FILE # X30-1.04
1st category is
SNOW TRAX:
Mark Snows music that was in this episode,
but was not on the sound track.
Today's Snow TraX are called:
RUBY
NOT A WEATHER BALLOON
A MEMORY
BLACK ROOF
THE BIGGER PICTURE
FOLLOW ME
THE WHITE WOLVES
To get these Snow TraX without me talking over them,
plus other projects, just launch iTunes and subscribe to
Agent Shadows Field Reports.
ZERO SUM:
X-achusetts:
Massachusetts is referenced again here when the A.D. hands
Scully an X-File on Mulders sister Samantha.
The address listed is 2790 Vine st. Chilmarc Ma.
Chilmark is spelled wrong - it ends with a 'K', not a 'C'.
There is no Vine st in Chilmark, but I love it when they
show us the actual X-Files on the cases.
I think they should use me for Massachusetts references
for the next movie :)
RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES:
Episode Influence
http://www.ufocasebook.com/alienabductions.html
at:
AGENTSHADOWX.BLOGSPOT.COM
MULDERIZMS:
No good one that I could remember.
MYTHOMETER:
Monster, Hybrid or MythArc
MYTHARC
STRONG HYBRID
WEAK HYBRID*****
MONSTER
Conduit is a weak hybrid because of Ruby's abduction.
THE SEQUELIZER:
The potential the episode had for a sequel
Conduit had a MEDIUM potential for a sequel because Ruby could
change her mind and talk about her abduction or she could be
abducted again.
Finally,
MY 1-10 RATING:
Compared to other Monster of the Weeks, I give Conduit a 6.5 - passable
Compared to ALL X-Files episodes I give it a 4 - a little below average
Compared to other shows on TV it's probably an 8.5
So...
Pending any further evidence, this case,
My file # X30-1.04
is filed: OPEN
"If you'd like to read this report yourself,
go to: AGENTSHADOWX.BLOGSPOT.COM
or:
MYSPACE.COM/AGENTSHADOWX
or:
XFILESPODCAST.COM,
and click on Agent Shadows Field Reports.
[CLOSE QUOTE]
MULDER: Whatta you doing?
Are you making something?
Can I take a look at it?
Thanks.
KEVIN MORRIS: It's coming from there.
MULDER: The TV?
*****************
I want to believe
FIELD REPORTS - X21 to X25 (Sleepless, Duane Barry, Ascension, '3', One Breath)
X21 SLEEPLESS
X:
"Separating you and Scully was only the beginning.
The truth is still out there, but it’s never been more dangerous."
********************************
Agent Donald walks to the car pool to requisition his vehicle
for the drive to the airport. He gives the paperwork to Agent Ron
Chung who gives him the keys.
As he walks to the car, he stops to talk to Agents
Jackie from Oregon, Frank from Nevada and
Gareth from the Yorkshire field office who have all joined the hunt
for Chelsea.
As Donald get's in the car, a dark man
walks up to the vehicle and gets in the passengers seat.
He's holding a Bible, but Donald thinks it's a gun.
He's wearing an old army shirt with cut-off sleeves, and a patch
that reads:
'Stallion Odds'
The man says: "Just drive."
Donald follows the mans instructions, and soon Donald is lost
somewhere in the hills of West Virginia.
Back at the airport, Donald's new partner gets tired of waiting for
him and, after calling him several times with no answer,
she decides to take a taxi back to the FBI building.
Before she get's there, the phone in Donald's office rings.
His machine picks up.
It's Agent Chelsea:
"Donald, These men in black have taken me to a
high containment facility in New Mexico.
They've performed tests and sampled my DNA.
The oldest one, whose always smoking, keeps letting me contact you.
I think it's his way of taunting you.
He says their plan to shut down Reopening the X-Files is going
better than expected.
He's taking Me by train to another facility to continue their master
plan, which goes way above just shutting us down."
The message again ends abruptly.
Just as Frohike opens his mouth to say something, Donald's new
partner walks into the office and says:
"Hi I'm looking for Agent Donald. My name is Agent Anna from
Indiana."
Langley looks at Frohike and says:
"Don't say it Frohike."
Anna puts her bags down and put's a file on Donald's desk
It Reads:
SLEEPLESS
X-FILE # UNKNOWN
MY FILE # X21-2.04
1st category is
SNOW TRAX:
Mark Snows music that was in this episode,
but was not on the sound track.
like Mark Snow, I also gave them a Latin name.
I am not a Latin expert!
Today's clips are called:
Into the Shadows: 'In umbra'
Meeting with X: 'Placitum per X'
The tape: 'Candela'
X Separation: 'X discidium'
ZERO SUM: Pluses and minuses
PLUSES:
I love when they show the Syndicate having their meetings,
especially in this episode at the end, talking about the Scully problem.
I also like when Cole recites Bible verses before the victims die.
It makes it more ominous, especially if you are a Bible believer
like I am.
Here's a couple of Coles recitations:
"He retains not his anger for ever,
because he delights in mercy."
Micah 7:18 and 19
"The righteous shall rejoice when he sees the vengeance."
Psalm 58:10
X-ACHUSETTS
Massachusetts is referenced for the 6th time by Mulder when
he is talking to Krycek in traffic on the Long Island Expressway,
and mentions Boston.
EPISODE INFLUENCE:
http://www.matrixbookstore.biz/ddt.htm
http://www.factnet.org/rancho1.htm
MULDERIZMS:
Mulder: The military already sent troops through radioactive
mushroom clouds. I guess they figured they had to top themselves, right?
MYTHOMETER SCORE (0 to 3)
Measures how close the episode is to being a mythology episode.
3 = FULL MYTHOS
2.9 = (ALMOST) FULL MYTHOLOGY*****
2 = STRONG HYBRID
1 = WEAK HYBRID
0 = MONSTER OF THE WEEK
Sleepless is as close to a mythology episode as you can get.
It has everything but aliens.
The Syndicate, conspiracy, X, Krycek and more.
The only reason that it's not officially listed as a mythology is
because there are no references to the main story arc - the alien
take over.
THE SEQUELIZER:
[The potential the episode had for a sequel]
SLEEPLESS had a HIGH potential for a sequel because of the
mind control theme.
The government could have used this method on other soldiers
or other people for different purposes.
Finally,
MY 1-10 RATING:
I give Sleepless a 9.
Compared to other 'Monster of the Weeks/Mythologies' it's probably a 9
Compared to other shows on TV it's probably a 9.5
So...
Pending any further evidence, this case,
My file # X21-2.04
is filed: UNSOLVED
To hear the audio version of Snow TraX or my Field Reports, go to
THE FIELD REPORT WAREHOUSE:
http://www.talkshoe.com/talkshoe/web/talkCast.jsp?masterId=74769cmd=tc
=Podcast Mythology=
Ok Donald, I'm uploading My current Field report to you from the
island.
The Lighthouse Keeper is revealing more about his past to me.
He seems bitter towards his old Syndicate comrades for leaving him
here on this island to monitor the experiments on the inhabitants.
He says they've been using pesticides on the food they grow here to
make the inhabitants more receptive to the power of suggestion.
I think I'll stick to the fish.
They're using ultra sonic sound as a trigger.
They're experimenting with mind control for some master plan that
he's starting to tell me about slowly.
It's now midnight and I've snuck out of the house to
investigate the other side of the island where that man
was shot and where they are spraying the pesticide.
O.k., I can see men in protective suits spraying a chemical on the
plants.
I also see a light in the sky coming towards me.
I hear it now! It's shining a light down on me!
*THUMP*
[Unconscious]
[X21-2.04]
============================================================
X22 DUANE BARRY
Agent Donald and the dark man that carjacked him drive to
the middle of a West Virginia mountains.
The man tells Donald to get out of the vehicle.
Donald complies.
The man takes the car and drives away,
leaving Donald in the middle of nowhere.
A thousand miles away, In the Nevada desert, Agent Chelsea is being
transported by train to another secret location that the Man in Black
wants her to see.
Chelsea writes an entry in her Field Journal:
"Day 3.
My captors have taken me to a secret facility in Nevada
to perform tests on me, and now are taking me in a train heading
west for another 'appointment'.
"They are letting me record all this in my Field Journal and
occasionally call Agent Donald to send him messages. I've heard them talking about a ship.
I think we're heading to a shipyard on the west coast.
"End of Field Journal - Day 3"
Back at the FBI building, Agent Anna settles into Agent Donald's
desk as she waits for word from Donald.
She begins reopening some old X-files and comes across one called:
Duane Barry
X-FILE # UNKNOWN
MY FILE # X22-2.05
1st category is
SNOW TRAX
Today's clips are called:
Duanes Theme: Duanes Lemma
Stockholm Syndrome: Stockholm Morbus
Life Support: Vita Suscipio
Pulaski: Pulaski
ZERO SUM: Pluses and minuses
PLUSES:
I like when Duane refers to himself in the 3rd person.
It shows a true disconnect.
I also like those episodes where people are isolated -
'phone booth' or 'meat locker' types like in the hostage situation.
EPISODE INFLUENCE:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alien_abduction
MULDERIZMS:
No good one in this episode.
MYTHOMETER SCORE (0 to 3)
Measures how close the episode is to being a mythology episode.
3 = FULL MYTHOLOGY *****
2 = STRONG HYBRID
1 = WEAK HYBRID
0 = MONSTER OF THE WEEK
Duane Barry is a full mythology
THE SEQUELIZER:
[The potential the episode had for a sequel]
Duane Barry has a sequel - Ascension, which we don't have to wait
as long for as we did with Tooms.
Finally,
MY 1-10 RATING:
I give Duane Barry a 9.
Compared to other Mythologies it's probably a 8.5
Compared to other shows on TV it's probably a 9.5
So...
Pending any further evidence, this case,
My file # X22-2.05
is filed: UNSOLVED
HTTP://WWW.XFILESPODCAST.COM,
and click on Agent Shadows Field Reports.
To hear any or all of My Field Reports on demand,
click the THE FIELD REPORT WAREHOUSE link
http://www.talkshoe.com/talkshoe/web/talkCast.jsp?masterId=74769&cmd=tc
PODCAST MYTHOLOGY:
"Ok Donald, I'm uploading my Field Report to you with new equipment
from the mainland - It looks like the Salem shoreline.
A man with a rifle knocked me out on the island, and I think they
flew me ashore with a helicopter. I found a note in my pocket from
The Keeper - it says: 'You got too close. I'll contact you with
more information when it's in my best interest.'
"He also left a code. It looks like radio stations.
It says:
'Chelsea KUNR 88.7 to 99.9 5MBS'
I remember The Keeper telling me that The New Syndicate had
captured one of our Agents. Now I know it must be Chelsea.
I looked the numbers up and they're radio stations
in Reno Nevada and Adelaide Australia.
I've contacted the FBI Field office in Adelaide Australia
and notified Agent Adele that something is happening and
I'm heading to Nevada to search for Chelsea."
[X22-2.05]
============================================================
X23 ASCENSION
Agent Donald, after walking down a long stretch of road in
the West Virginia mountains, is picked up by a man in a pick up
truck.
The man says "I can take you as far as Rixeyville, VA."
Relieved, Donald checks his cell phone again - still no service.
The truck driver drops Donald off at a diner on Rt 229.
In the desert of Nevada, Agent Chelsea feels the train slowly grind
to a halt. She starts writing in her journal:
Day 4
"We are stopping at a small town in Nevada.
My captors have treated me well - other than the DNA extraction.
I hear them coming down the hall...
End of Field Journal Day 4."
Back at the FBI, Agent Anna continues to read up on old X-Files
in Donald's office and opens one called:
Ascension
X-FILE # UNKNOWN
MY FILE # X23-2.06
1st category is
SNOW TRAX
Today's clips are called:
Evidence - Testimonium
looking to the stars - Vultus ut astrum
Mrs. Scully - Mrs. Scully
Skinners Phone - Macresco Phone
Skinners Thinking - Macresco Reputo
Ascending To The Stars - Ascending Ut Astrum
XANAGRAMS
Agent Emma in the Records Department sent in the following:
An anagram of "Gillian Anderson" is "No Aliens Darling"
EPISODE INFLUENCE:
http://www.ufocasebook.com/alienabductions.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alien_implants
MULDERIZMS:
Krycek: The US Department of Transportation estimates that over
190,000 fatal car crashes every year are caused
by sleeplessness.
Mulder: Did they estimate how many people are put to sleep listening
to their statistics?
MYTHOMETER SCORE (0 to 3)
Measures how close the episode is to being a mythology episode.
3 = FULL MYTHOLOGY*****
2 = STRONG HYBRID
1 = WEAK HYBRID
0 = MONSTER OF THE WEEK
THE SEQUELIZER:
[The potential the episode had for a sequel]
Ascension had a HIGH potential for a sequel because even though
Duane Barry dies Scully is still missing.
So all subsequent episodes are sequels.
Finally,
MY 1-10 RATING:
I give Ascension a 9.5
Compared to other 'Mythologies' it's probably a 9
Compared to other shows on TV it's probably a 10
So...
Pending any further evidence, this case,
My file # X23-2.06
is filed: UNSOLVED
To hear any or all of My Field Reports on demand,
click the THE FIELD REPORT WAREHOUSE link.
http://www.talkshoe.com/talkshoe/web/talkCast.jsp?masterId=74769&cmd=tc
[HELICOPTER SOUND]
Ok Donald, I'm uploading My Field report from the road.
I've requisitioned a vehicle and I'm heading to Virginia.
My contact said to go there and wait for more instructions.
I'll send more info when I can.
[X23-2.06]
============================================================
X24 '3'
Agent Donald is dropped off at a diner in Rixeyville by the truck
driver. As he leaves the vehicle, Donald notices a name tag on the
mans coat.
It says: Ranger Jed.
As Donald walks toward the diner, 3 people are secretly watching
him approach.
It's Agent Super Spandex, Agent Cough, and Agent Ron jr.
As Donald enters the diner to look for a payphone,
The 3 Agents duck away and hide in a booth behind Agent Summer
leisure and Agent Mothman who are investigating strange phenomena back in West Virginia and stopped here for a bite.
Donald notices 3 payphones near the door and walks over to them,
but when he reaches into his pocket he realizes that he has no change.
He sees a young lady with a T-shirt that says: 'Space Music with TC'.
Donald asks her name - it's Daniella. He asks if she has a quarter.
She answers in a Dutch accent "Of course, here's 3."
Donald thanks her and quickly calls Agent Anna at the FBI.
Anna is sitting at Donald's desk talking to the 3 Lone Gunmen as
she answers the phone. Donald tells her where he is and says
"Get me out of here soon. What time can you be here?"
Anna answers:
"3."
= 3 =
X-FILE #
X256933VW
references the 1st series of 'trinity' killings
Scully's disappearance X-file # is 73317
MY FILE # X24-2.07
1st category is
SNOW TRAX
Ashes and Bones -
Broken Light -
Night Watchmen -
Reopening the X-Files -
ZERO SUM:
X-File # 73317 is pulled out of a file cabinet by Fox Mulder
which is the case of Dana Scully's abduction.
I love it when they show us the actual files.
When Mulder questions 'the son' in jail, the son seems like a combination
of Jack Nicholson in 'The Shining' and Brad Douriff in 'Beyond the Sea'.
Minuses:
Another vampire story.
Back then there where plenty - now there's too many.
RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES:
EPISODE INFLUENCE:
Guenters disease: Porpheria?
The Eastern European legend of baking Blood in bread for protection.
Canyon Ridge fires
MULDERIZMS:
Son:
"Don't you want to live forever?"
Mulder:
"Not if drawstring pants come back in style."
X-Impact: Submitted by Agent James
[What the episodes impact was on the viewers]
Co- writer Glen Morgan was not happy with the results of the finished
episode but still over 9 million households watched it and complaints
were found about 'why was it on vampires?'
MYTHOMETER SCORE (0 to 3)
Measures how close the episode is to being a mythology episode:
3 = FULL MYTHOLOGY
2 = STRONG HYBRID
1 = WEAK HYBRID
0 = MONSTER OF THE WEEK*****
THE SEQUELIZER:
[The potential the episode had for a sequel]
3 had a low potential for a sequel because the unholy trinity all died.
Others could take their place I guess, but it wouldn't be a good sequel.
Finally,
MY 1-10 RATING:
Compared to other 'Monster of the Weeks' I give 3... a 3 - below average
but well named.
Compared to other shows on TV it's probably a 5
just because it's an X-File.
So...
Pending any further evidence, this case,
X-FILE # X256933VW, and
MY FILE # X24-2.07
is filed: CLOSED
=Podcast Mythology=
[HELICOPTER SOUND]
Addendum to Field Report:
I'm in My motel room in Virginia.
I was right, there was a car following me, with Vancouver plates,
but when I checked into the motel room and looked out my bedroom
window, I saw the driver being pulled out of his car and dragged into a
white van.
The men that took him where dressed in black and they also took
the mans briefcase from out of his car.
I ran out to help him but the van was long gone.
I then searched the man's car and found 3 things:
A folder, a key and an FBI badge.
The folder was hidden.
I guess the men in black didn't have enough time to look for
everything.
Inside the folder is a note from My Contact, The Lighthouse Keeper,
referencing classified documents in the now stolen briefcase concerning
a global mind control conspiracy. The driver of the Vancouver car
must have been his messenger waiting for the right time to give me
the folder and briefcase. The briefcase is gone and I don't know how
to contact The Lighthouse Keeper to tell him about his kidnapped
messenger.
The second item, the key, is to locker #935 at the Washington DC
airport.
The note says that there's information on the lockers contents in
the now stolen briefcase.
...and lastly I found Agent Chelsea's FBI badge.
These must be the same people who kidnapped Chelsea.
They left her badge like some kind of sick calling card.
The note ends with the words "Get to the locker."
I better keep moving. I guess I don't sleep any more.
More from the road later.
End of Field Journal.
[X24-2.07]
============================================================
X25 ONE BREATH
"OPENING QUOTE"
X:
"This high capacity compact Sig-Sauer 40 caliber weapon
is pointed at your head to stress my insistence that your search
for who put your partner on that respirator desist immediately!"
***************************************
In Nevada, the Men in Black bring Agent Chelsea to a covert meeting
in an industrial complex with one of their leaders.
Meanwhile, back at the diner in Virginia,
Agent Donald hangs the phone up and sits in a booth near the end
of the diner, waiting for Agent Anna to pick him up.
He notices people giving him side glances and mumbling things that
sound like 'microphone boy' and 'spooky podcaster'.
He tries to ignore it and orders a Coke.
Agent Summer and Agent Moth man quietly slip out the back door to
return to their assignment concerning the West Virginia phenomena,
while Agent B.C.K. enters the diner to relieve them and continue
to surveil Agent Donald.
A.D. Solo monitors this whole operation from inside a small row boat
on the lake behind the diner, with his binoculars. On the stern of
the boat is the boats name, only faintly readable now from years of
weathering. The name has 2 words - 'One Breath'
One Breath
X-FILE # UNKNOWN
MY FILE # X25-2.08
1st category is
SNOW TRAX
No Smoking
Chasing the Blood Thief
Headstone
Sitting in the Boat
The Signal for X
Letter of Resignation
Non-Terminal Intensity
8:17
ZERO SUM:
(Pluses and Minuses)
Donald calls this episode the 'Sitting in the boat' episode,
so I timed all the scenes were Scully is sitting in the boat and
she is in the boat for 1:30.
She's also on the table in that empty room for a few scenes,
but both scenes combined are only 2-3 minutes.
So there are some slow spots, but not too much, and we do learn
a lot from the scenes.
It's more than made up for by the appearances of Skinner, X,
The Lone Gunmen, and C.S.M.
Something cool I just noticed on the re-watch:
Mulder was supposed to intercepted the people responsible for
Scully's abduction at his apartment at 8:17pm, but he goes to
the hospital instead. And when he gets home from the hospital
it's 8:17am the next day.
RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES:
(EPISODE INFLUENCE)
Branched DNA
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNA
MULDERIZMS:
"Is this about the tooth that was found in the cafeteria Jello?"
X-IMPACT: BY AGENT JAMES
(Impact that the episode had on the audience)
Audiences complained that the title 'one breath'
had very little to do with the episode.
Scully's father uses the phrase 'One Breath' when she's lying
on the table in the empty room.
He says:
"Then My life felt it had been the length of one breath, one heartbeat."
MYTHOMETER:
Monster, Hybrid or MythArc
*MYTHARC*
THE SEQUELIZER:
[The potential the episode had for a sequel]
One Breath had a Low potential for a sequel because it didn't
really have an open ending, although they could have pursued the
'Nurse Owens' angle. But that's not much to go on.
Finally,
MY 1-10 RATING:
Compared to other Mythologies I give One Breath an 8 - Very good.
Compared to other shows on TV it's probably a 9.5
So...
Pending any further evidence, this case,
My file # X25-2.08
is filed: CLOSED
"Addendum to Field Report:
I've reached the D.C. airport and I have found the locker to which
the key, that the Lighthouse Keeper gave me, belongs.
It's amazing. There's volumes of scientific data in here.
It looks like a Dr. Ridley was working on reverse aging theories
and experiments. It's way beyond me.
I better try and get to Nevada now.
...End of Field Report."
"CLOSING QUOTE"
Scully's Dad :
"...the length of one breath... one heartbeat."
[X25-2.08]
============================================================
X:
"Separating you and Scully was only the beginning.
The truth is still out there, but it’s never been more dangerous."
********************************
Agent Donald walks to the car pool to requisition his vehicle
for the drive to the airport. He gives the paperwork to Agent Ron
Chung who gives him the keys.
As he walks to the car, he stops to talk to Agents
Jackie from Oregon, Frank from Nevada and
Gareth from the Yorkshire field office who have all joined the hunt
for Chelsea.
As Donald get's in the car, a dark man
walks up to the vehicle and gets in the passengers seat.
He's holding a Bible, but Donald thinks it's a gun.
He's wearing an old army shirt with cut-off sleeves, and a patch
that reads:
'Stallion Odds'
The man says: "Just drive."
Donald follows the mans instructions, and soon Donald is lost
somewhere in the hills of West Virginia.
Back at the airport, Donald's new partner gets tired of waiting for
him and, after calling him several times with no answer,
she decides to take a taxi back to the FBI building.
Before she get's there, the phone in Donald's office rings.
His machine picks up.
It's Agent Chelsea:
"Donald, These men in black have taken me to a
high containment facility in New Mexico.
They've performed tests and sampled my DNA.
The oldest one, whose always smoking, keeps letting me contact you.
I think it's his way of taunting you.
He says their plan to shut down Reopening the X-Files is going
better than expected.
He's taking Me by train to another facility to continue their master
plan, which goes way above just shutting us down."
The message again ends abruptly.
Just as Frohike opens his mouth to say something, Donald's new
partner walks into the office and says:
"Hi I'm looking for Agent Donald. My name is Agent Anna from
Indiana."
Langley looks at Frohike and says:
"Don't say it Frohike."
Anna puts her bags down and put's a file on Donald's desk
It Reads:
SLEEPLESS
X-FILE # UNKNOWN
MY FILE # X21-2.04
1st category is
SNOW TRAX:
Mark Snows music that was in this episode,
but was not on the sound track.
like Mark Snow, I also gave them a Latin name.
I am not a Latin expert!
Today's clips are called:
Into the Shadows: 'In umbra'
Meeting with X: 'Placitum per X'
The tape: 'Candela'
X Separation: 'X discidium'
ZERO SUM: Pluses and minuses
PLUSES:
I love when they show the Syndicate having their meetings,
especially in this episode at the end, talking about the Scully problem.
I also like when Cole recites Bible verses before the victims die.
It makes it more ominous, especially if you are a Bible believer
like I am.
Here's a couple of Coles recitations:
"He retains not his anger for ever,
because he delights in mercy."
Micah 7:18 and 19
"The righteous shall rejoice when he sees the vengeance."
Psalm 58:10
X-ACHUSETTS
Massachusetts is referenced for the 6th time by Mulder when
he is talking to Krycek in traffic on the Long Island Expressway,
and mentions Boston.
EPISODE INFLUENCE:
http://www.matrixbookstore.biz/ddt.htm
http://www.factnet.org/rancho1.htm
MULDERIZMS:
Mulder: The military already sent troops through radioactive
mushroom clouds. I guess they figured they had to top themselves, right?
MYTHOMETER SCORE (0 to 3)
Measures how close the episode is to being a mythology episode.
3 = FULL MYTHOS
2.9 = (ALMOST) FULL MYTHOLOGY*****
2 = STRONG HYBRID
1 = WEAK HYBRID
0 = MONSTER OF THE WEEK
Sleepless is as close to a mythology episode as you can get.
It has everything but aliens.
The Syndicate, conspiracy, X, Krycek and more.
The only reason that it's not officially listed as a mythology is
because there are no references to the main story arc - the alien
take over.
THE SEQUELIZER:
[The potential the episode had for a sequel]
SLEEPLESS had a HIGH potential for a sequel because of the
mind control theme.
The government could have used this method on other soldiers
or other people for different purposes.
Finally,
MY 1-10 RATING:
I give Sleepless a 9.
Compared to other 'Monster of the Weeks/Mythologies' it's probably a 9
Compared to other shows on TV it's probably a 9.5
So...
Pending any further evidence, this case,
My file # X21-2.04
is filed: UNSOLVED
To hear the audio version of Snow TraX or my Field Reports, go to
THE FIELD REPORT WAREHOUSE:
http://www.talkshoe.com/talkshoe/web/talkCast.jsp?masterId=74769cmd=tc
=Podcast Mythology=
Ok Donald, I'm uploading My current Field report to you from the
island.
The Lighthouse Keeper is revealing more about his past to me.
He seems bitter towards his old Syndicate comrades for leaving him
here on this island to monitor the experiments on the inhabitants.
He says they've been using pesticides on the food they grow here to
make the inhabitants more receptive to the power of suggestion.
I think I'll stick to the fish.
They're using ultra sonic sound as a trigger.
They're experimenting with mind control for some master plan that
he's starting to tell me about slowly.
It's now midnight and I've snuck out of the house to
investigate the other side of the island where that man
was shot and where they are spraying the pesticide.
O.k., I can see men in protective suits spraying a chemical on the
plants.
I also see a light in the sky coming towards me.
I hear it now! It's shining a light down on me!
*THUMP*
[Unconscious]
[X21-2.04]
============================================================
X22 DUANE BARRY
Agent Donald and the dark man that carjacked him drive to
the middle of a West Virginia mountains.
The man tells Donald to get out of the vehicle.
Donald complies.
The man takes the car and drives away,
leaving Donald in the middle of nowhere.
A thousand miles away, In the Nevada desert, Agent Chelsea is being
transported by train to another secret location that the Man in Black
wants her to see.
Chelsea writes an entry in her Field Journal:
"Day 3.
My captors have taken me to a secret facility in Nevada
to perform tests on me, and now are taking me in a train heading
west for another 'appointment'.
"They are letting me record all this in my Field Journal and
occasionally call Agent Donald to send him messages. I've heard them talking about a ship.
I think we're heading to a shipyard on the west coast.
"End of Field Journal - Day 3"
Back at the FBI building, Agent Anna settles into Agent Donald's
desk as she waits for word from Donald.
She begins reopening some old X-files and comes across one called:
Duane Barry
X-FILE # UNKNOWN
MY FILE # X22-2.05
1st category is
SNOW TRAX
Today's clips are called:
Duanes Theme: Duanes Lemma
Stockholm Syndrome: Stockholm Morbus
Life Support: Vita Suscipio
Pulaski: Pulaski
ZERO SUM: Pluses and minuses
PLUSES:
I like when Duane refers to himself in the 3rd person.
It shows a true disconnect.
I also like those episodes where people are isolated -
'phone booth' or 'meat locker' types like in the hostage situation.
EPISODE INFLUENCE:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alien_abduction
MULDERIZMS:
No good one in this episode.
MYTHOMETER SCORE (0 to 3)
Measures how close the episode is to being a mythology episode.
3 = FULL MYTHOLOGY *****
2 = STRONG HYBRID
1 = WEAK HYBRID
0 = MONSTER OF THE WEEK
Duane Barry is a full mythology
THE SEQUELIZER:
[The potential the episode had for a sequel]
Duane Barry has a sequel - Ascension, which we don't have to wait
as long for as we did with Tooms.
Finally,
MY 1-10 RATING:
I give Duane Barry a 9.
Compared to other Mythologies it's probably a 8.5
Compared to other shows on TV it's probably a 9.5
So...
Pending any further evidence, this case,
My file # X22-2.05
is filed: UNSOLVED
HTTP://WWW.XFILESPODCAST.COM,
and click on Agent Shadows Field Reports.
To hear any or all of My Field Reports on demand,
click the THE FIELD REPORT WAREHOUSE link
http://www.talkshoe.com/talkshoe/web/talkCast.jsp?masterId=74769&cmd=tc
PODCAST MYTHOLOGY:
"Ok Donald, I'm uploading my Field Report to you with new equipment
from the mainland - It looks like the Salem shoreline.
A man with a rifle knocked me out on the island, and I think they
flew me ashore with a helicopter. I found a note in my pocket from
The Keeper - it says: 'You got too close. I'll contact you with
more information when it's in my best interest.'
"He also left a code. It looks like radio stations.
It says:
'Chelsea KUNR 88.7 to 99.9 5MBS'
I remember The Keeper telling me that The New Syndicate had
captured one of our Agents. Now I know it must be Chelsea.
I looked the numbers up and they're radio stations
in Reno Nevada and Adelaide Australia.
I've contacted the FBI Field office in Adelaide Australia
and notified Agent Adele that something is happening and
I'm heading to Nevada to search for Chelsea."
[X22-2.05]
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X23 ASCENSION
Agent Donald, after walking down a long stretch of road in
the West Virginia mountains, is picked up by a man in a pick up
truck.
The man says "I can take you as far as Rixeyville, VA."
Relieved, Donald checks his cell phone again - still no service.
The truck driver drops Donald off at a diner on Rt 229.
In the desert of Nevada, Agent Chelsea feels the train slowly grind
to a halt. She starts writing in her journal:
Day 4
"We are stopping at a small town in Nevada.
My captors have treated me well - other than the DNA extraction.
I hear them coming down the hall...
End of Field Journal Day 4."
Back at the FBI, Agent Anna continues to read up on old X-Files
in Donald's office and opens one called:
Ascension
X-FILE # UNKNOWN
MY FILE # X23-2.06
1st category is
SNOW TRAX
Today's clips are called:
Evidence - Testimonium
looking to the stars - Vultus ut astrum
Mrs. Scully - Mrs. Scully
Skinners Phone - Macresco Phone
Skinners Thinking - Macresco Reputo
Ascending To The Stars - Ascending Ut Astrum
XANAGRAMS
Agent Emma in the Records Department sent in the following:
An anagram of "Gillian Anderson" is "No Aliens Darling"
EPISODE INFLUENCE:
http://www.ufocasebook.com/alienabductions.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alien_implants
MULDERIZMS:
Krycek: The US Department of Transportation estimates that over
190,000 fatal car crashes every year are caused
by sleeplessness.
Mulder: Did they estimate how many people are put to sleep listening
to their statistics?
MYTHOMETER SCORE (0 to 3)
Measures how close the episode is to being a mythology episode.
3 = FULL MYTHOLOGY*****
2 = STRONG HYBRID
1 = WEAK HYBRID
0 = MONSTER OF THE WEEK
THE SEQUELIZER:
[The potential the episode had for a sequel]
Ascension had a HIGH potential for a sequel because even though
Duane Barry dies Scully is still missing.
So all subsequent episodes are sequels.
Finally,
MY 1-10 RATING:
I give Ascension a 9.5
Compared to other 'Mythologies' it's probably a 9
Compared to other shows on TV it's probably a 10
So...
Pending any further evidence, this case,
My file # X23-2.06
is filed: UNSOLVED
To hear any or all of My Field Reports on demand,
click the THE FIELD REPORT WAREHOUSE link.
http://www.talkshoe.com/talkshoe/web/talkCast.jsp?masterId=74769&cmd=tc
[HELICOPTER SOUND]
Ok Donald, I'm uploading My Field report from the road.
I've requisitioned a vehicle and I'm heading to Virginia.
My contact said to go there and wait for more instructions.
I'll send more info when I can.
[X23-2.06]
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X24 '3'
Agent Donald is dropped off at a diner in Rixeyville by the truck
driver. As he leaves the vehicle, Donald notices a name tag on the
mans coat.
It says: Ranger Jed.
As Donald walks toward the diner, 3 people are secretly watching
him approach.
It's Agent Super Spandex, Agent Cough, and Agent Ron jr.
As Donald enters the diner to look for a payphone,
The 3 Agents duck away and hide in a booth behind Agent Summer
leisure and Agent Mothman who are investigating strange phenomena back in West Virginia and stopped here for a bite.
Donald notices 3 payphones near the door and walks over to them,
but when he reaches into his pocket he realizes that he has no change.
He sees a young lady with a T-shirt that says: 'Space Music with TC'.
Donald asks her name - it's Daniella. He asks if she has a quarter.
She answers in a Dutch accent "Of course, here's 3."
Donald thanks her and quickly calls Agent Anna at the FBI.
Anna is sitting at Donald's desk talking to the 3 Lone Gunmen as
she answers the phone. Donald tells her where he is and says
"Get me out of here soon. What time can you be here?"
Anna answers:
"3."
= 3 =
X-FILE #
X256933VW
references the 1st series of 'trinity' killings
Scully's disappearance X-file # is 73317
MY FILE # X24-2.07
1st category is
SNOW TRAX
Ashes and Bones -
Broken Light -
Night Watchmen -
Reopening the X-Files -
ZERO SUM:
X-File # 73317 is pulled out of a file cabinet by Fox Mulder
which is the case of Dana Scully's abduction.
I love it when they show us the actual files.
When Mulder questions 'the son' in jail, the son seems like a combination
of Jack Nicholson in 'The Shining' and Brad Douriff in 'Beyond the Sea'.
Minuses:
Another vampire story.
Back then there where plenty - now there's too many.
RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES:
EPISODE INFLUENCE:
Guenters disease: Porpheria?
The Eastern European legend of baking Blood in bread for protection.
Canyon Ridge fires
MULDERIZMS:
Son:
"Don't you want to live forever?"
Mulder:
"Not if drawstring pants come back in style."
X-Impact: Submitted by Agent James
[What the episodes impact was on the viewers]
Co- writer Glen Morgan was not happy with the results of the finished
episode but still over 9 million households watched it and complaints
were found about 'why was it on vampires?'
MYTHOMETER SCORE (0 to 3)
Measures how close the episode is to being a mythology episode:
3 = FULL MYTHOLOGY
2 = STRONG HYBRID
1 = WEAK HYBRID
0 = MONSTER OF THE WEEK*****
THE SEQUELIZER:
[The potential the episode had for a sequel]
3 had a low potential for a sequel because the unholy trinity all died.
Others could take their place I guess, but it wouldn't be a good sequel.
Finally,
MY 1-10 RATING:
Compared to other 'Monster of the Weeks' I give 3... a 3 - below average
but well named.
Compared to other shows on TV it's probably a 5
just because it's an X-File.
So...
Pending any further evidence, this case,
X-FILE # X256933VW, and
MY FILE # X24-2.07
is filed: CLOSED
=Podcast Mythology=
[HELICOPTER SOUND]
Addendum to Field Report:
I'm in My motel room in Virginia.
I was right, there was a car following me, with Vancouver plates,
but when I checked into the motel room and looked out my bedroom
window, I saw the driver being pulled out of his car and dragged into a
white van.
The men that took him where dressed in black and they also took
the mans briefcase from out of his car.
I ran out to help him but the van was long gone.
I then searched the man's car and found 3 things:
A folder, a key and an FBI badge.
The folder was hidden.
I guess the men in black didn't have enough time to look for
everything.
Inside the folder is a note from My Contact, The Lighthouse Keeper,
referencing classified documents in the now stolen briefcase concerning
a global mind control conspiracy. The driver of the Vancouver car
must have been his messenger waiting for the right time to give me
the folder and briefcase. The briefcase is gone and I don't know how
to contact The Lighthouse Keeper to tell him about his kidnapped
messenger.
The second item, the key, is to locker #935 at the Washington DC
airport.
The note says that there's information on the lockers contents in
the now stolen briefcase.
...and lastly I found Agent Chelsea's FBI badge.
These must be the same people who kidnapped Chelsea.
They left her badge like some kind of sick calling card.
The note ends with the words "Get to the locker."
I better keep moving. I guess I don't sleep any more.
More from the road later.
End of Field Journal.
[X24-2.07]
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X25 ONE BREATH
"OPENING QUOTE"
X:
"This high capacity compact Sig-Sauer 40 caliber weapon
is pointed at your head to stress my insistence that your search
for who put your partner on that respirator desist immediately!"
***************************************
In Nevada, the Men in Black bring Agent Chelsea to a covert meeting
in an industrial complex with one of their leaders.
Meanwhile, back at the diner in Virginia,
Agent Donald hangs the phone up and sits in a booth near the end
of the diner, waiting for Agent Anna to pick him up.
He notices people giving him side glances and mumbling things that
sound like 'microphone boy' and 'spooky podcaster'.
He tries to ignore it and orders a Coke.
Agent Summer and Agent Moth man quietly slip out the back door to
return to their assignment concerning the West Virginia phenomena,
while Agent B.C.K. enters the diner to relieve them and continue
to surveil Agent Donald.
A.D. Solo monitors this whole operation from inside a small row boat
on the lake behind the diner, with his binoculars. On the stern of
the boat is the boats name, only faintly readable now from years of
weathering. The name has 2 words - 'One Breath'
One Breath
X-FILE # UNKNOWN
MY FILE # X25-2.08
1st category is
SNOW TRAX
No Smoking
Chasing the Blood Thief
Headstone
Sitting in the Boat
The Signal for X
Letter of Resignation
Non-Terminal Intensity
8:17
ZERO SUM:
(Pluses and Minuses)
Donald calls this episode the 'Sitting in the boat' episode,
so I timed all the scenes were Scully is sitting in the boat and
she is in the boat for 1:30.
She's also on the table in that empty room for a few scenes,
but both scenes combined are only 2-3 minutes.
So there are some slow spots, but not too much, and we do learn
a lot from the scenes.
It's more than made up for by the appearances of Skinner, X,
The Lone Gunmen, and C.S.M.
Something cool I just noticed on the re-watch:
Mulder was supposed to intercepted the people responsible for
Scully's abduction at his apartment at 8:17pm, but he goes to
the hospital instead. And when he gets home from the hospital
it's 8:17am the next day.
RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES:
(EPISODE INFLUENCE)
Branched DNA
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNA
MULDERIZMS:
"Is this about the tooth that was found in the cafeteria Jello?"
X-IMPACT: BY AGENT JAMES
(Impact that the episode had on the audience)
Audiences complained that the title 'one breath'
had very little to do with the episode.
Scully's father uses the phrase 'One Breath' when she's lying
on the table in the empty room.
He says:
"Then My life felt it had been the length of one breath, one heartbeat."
MYTHOMETER:
Monster, Hybrid or MythArc
*MYTHARC*
THE SEQUELIZER:
[The potential the episode had for a sequel]
One Breath had a Low potential for a sequel because it didn't
really have an open ending, although they could have pursued the
'Nurse Owens' angle. But that's not much to go on.
Finally,
MY 1-10 RATING:
Compared to other Mythologies I give One Breath an 8 - Very good.
Compared to other shows on TV it's probably a 9.5
So...
Pending any further evidence, this case,
My file # X25-2.08
is filed: CLOSED
"Addendum to Field Report:
I've reached the D.C. airport and I have found the locker to which
the key, that the Lighthouse Keeper gave me, belongs.
It's amazing. There's volumes of scientific data in here.
It looks like a Dr. Ridley was working on reverse aging theories
and experiments. It's way beyond me.
I better try and get to Nevada now.
...End of Field Report."
"CLOSING QUOTE"
Scully's Dad :
"...the length of one breath... one heartbeat."
[X25-2.08]
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