Gen X-Files: a Rewatch Podcast

Gen X-Files
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Gen X-Files is an X-Files rewatch podcast that feels like you're experiencing the show from the couch with an unhinged family. Join Dash and Melz, longtime fans, and Angel, Dash’s mom and a first time watcher, for episode breakdowns, first timer reactions, memories of what the 90s were actually like, running bits, forgotten tie in products, deleted scenes, side conversations, and unfiltered opinions on everything from flukemen to government conspiracies. We love The X-Files, but we’re not precious about it. Never seen it? We got you. Lifelong fan? Come hang out. Here, you're a friend.

  1. 6d ago

    S1E19 - Shapes; or, Mulder and Scully Meet the Were-Manitou

    The X Files Season 1, Episode 19: Shapes. This week, Dash & Melz, long time fans and couple, and Angel, first time watcher and Dash’s mom, head to Montana, where a rancher shoots a man he swears was a wild animal. Mulder finds shed skin, changing footprints, mysterious fangs, and an old X File pointing to something that has been happening here for a very long time. Whatever it is, everyone seems extremely committed to it not being a werewolf. Along the way, Lyle Parker shows us his deeply emotional poetry, Scully takes repeated psychic damage, Discount Sam Elliott makes his wrestling debut, and Mulder is especially smelly. We also encounter the origin of scrapbooking, a rodeo poetry reading, vegetarian vampires, cows containing multiple seas, and one mountain lion who keeps getting blamed for absolutely everything. Somewhere in all of this, we start wondering how much weird shit Scully is expected to look directly at before she is allowed to admit something strange might be happening. Angel, meanwhile, cuts through the entire debate with the definitive review of Shapes: “It ain’t a werewolf, but it was a good werewolf story.” Never seen The X Files? You’re good. Angel is watching for the first time. If you’re reading this, you’re a friend. Questions, suggestions, hypnoregressions? Drop us a line at GenXFilesPod@Gmail.com

  2. Sep 1 ·  Bonus

    Familiar Film Title Fight: The Evil Dead vs. Spookies

    The bell has rung, the gloves are off, and two sort of similar supernatural nightmares are stepping into the ring. In our first Familiar Film Title Fight sidefile, 1981’s The Evil Dead goes head-to-head with 1986’s Spookies, a movie originally called Twisted Souls and starring, as far as we’re concerned, Who the F**k Knows. Dash, Melz, and Steve compare the movies’ isolated locations, monsters, occult weirdness, effects, questionable decision-making, and very different relationships with coherent storytelling. Along the way, we dig into The Evil Dead’s famously scrappy production, Bruce Campbell’s baby-faced beginnings, and whether Sam Raimi’s horror classic still holds up. Meanwhile, Spookies traps its victims inside a sprawling mansion and gives us farting zombies, an absolutely deranged Ouija board, a s*****m-headed spider lady, Dick Vein Dracula, and one zombie chase that may actually be longer than Titanic. We deepen our understanding of semen demons, reverse pregnancy, why haunted forests apparently require a refractory period, and exactly where Steve would take Spookies if given the opportunity. Only one movie can leave with the championship belt. Will it be the horror classic, or whatever the hell Spookies is? You'll have to listen to find out. If you're reading this, you're a friend. Questions, suggestions, hypnoregressions? Drop us a line at GenXFilesPod@gmail.com

  3. Aug 28 ·  Bonus

    Maximum Overdrive Side File; or, 2 Steve 2 Cocaine

    Stephen King wanted to prove he was the one guy who really knew how to adapt Stephen King. So in 1986, extremely high on cocaine, he directed Maximum Overdrive. He never directed another movie. For this Side File, Dash, Melz, and Dash’s dad Steve revisit the movie where a comet makes machines turn on humanity... or aliens do it, maybe... and a bunch of people get trapped at a truck stop while sentient semis circle them for reasons nobody seems interested in explaining. Somewhere along the way, we discover that in 1986, there were at least two Steves on cocaine. We get Stephen King’s sardine breath, a lawnmower accident that cost a cinematographer his eye, the inexplicable Green Goblin truck, the lost X-rated gore cut, Emilio Estevez licking sweat off a woman’s forehead, Dash’s dad confessing his past as one of the Mailbox Bandits, and a deleted scene where Optimus Prime finally deals with Yeardley Smith. Also: can the trucks hear? Seriously. We need to know. It’s Maximum Overdrive. We watched it so you don’t have to overdrive yourself up a wall. If you’re reading this, you’re a friend. Questions, suggestions, hypnoregressions? Drop us a line at GenXFilesPod@gmail.com

  4. Aug 25

    S1E18 - Miracle Man; or, Why My Mom Hates Leroy Jenkins

    The X-Files Season 1, Episode 18: Miracle Man. This week, Dash & Melz (long-time fans and couple) and Angel (first-time watcher and Dash’s mom) head to Tennessee for teenage faith healers, suspicious deaths, a Mulder mic-drop moment, and the discovery that Scully learned some strange stuff in med school. Samuel Hartley has been performing miracles since he was a kid, but when people start dying and Samuel tells Mulder things about Samantha he should not know, things get weird fast. Along the way, a courtroom fills with insects, Sheriff Daniels gets repeatedly lip-cucked, Samuel looks like Justin Bieber became a youth pastor, and we get into chicken-tender theology, air-vent potato chunks, hideous religion-themed '90s computer software, and wonder if we have listeners in Heaven. Angel’s memory of her grandmother being taken to a real faith healer sends us down a rabbit hole that ends with the incredible discovery: It was Leroy Jenkins the whole time. Miracle Man is extremely goofy, surprisingly sad, and somehow both make the other better. Never seen The X-Files? You’re good. Angel is watching for the first time. If you’re reading this, you’re a friend. Questions, suggestions, hypnoregressions? GenXFilesPod@gmail.com

  5. Aug 18

    S1E17 - E.B.E.; or, Matt Anderson Wants More Deep Throat

    Matt Anderson wanted Deep Throat. Unfortunately, the only thing being swallowed this week is the truth. Matt, host of Does This Come in Chromium? and co-host of Bloody Bits, joins Dash, Melz and first-time watcher Angel for “E.B.E.” A UFO goes down, a suspicious truck rolls through Tennessee, and Mulder becomes convinced an extraterrestrial biological entity is being buried inside a military cover-up. Scully has doubts, Deep Throat keeps making everything murkier, and the government seems determined to make sure nobody knows which conspiracy is the real one. It’s also the first appearance of the Lone Gunmen, three paranoid weirdos who were supposed to be a one-off and immediately became essential. We dig into how early X-Files fans helped push the show toward more UFO mythology, more conspiracy and, apparently, a whole lot more Deep Throat. Meanwhile, Matt introduces Shark Ears Surveillance, we investigate radioactive bird poop, wait for the blue light special on Deep Throat, question whether an alien can be heavy enough to wreck a truck, and uncover more from the roughly 900 hours of deleted footage filmed for every episode. Never seen The X-Files? You’re good. Angel hasn’t either. We take you through the whole episode from beginning to end, so longtime fans can revisit the conspiracy and newcomers can walk straight into it with us. If you’re reading this, you’re a friend. Questions, suggestions, hypnoregressions? Shoot us an email at GenXFilesPod@gmail.com.

  6. Aug 14 ·  Bonus

    Side File #3 - Meet Matt Anderson; or, Conspiratorial Math

    Grab your conspiracy theory Koosh Ball, check your current age, and join us for another Side File as Dash, Angel, and Melz sit down with podcaster, writer, and Friend, Matt Anderson. Across a conversation about comics, conspiracies, horror movies, and the deeply questionable decisions that lead someone into podcasting, we learn how Matt went from wanting to write comics as a kid to actually doing it, why he considers himself the ultimate victor over one particularly discouraging teacher, and how it feels to be nine years old. Along the way, Matt tells us how the return of The X-Files derailed his shot at writing an ongoing comic for IDW, digs up his original 2015 pitch and actually reads it for us, and discovers some suspicious similarities between his idea and where the show eventually went. We also devise a conspiracy theory fighting tournament and learn far more than anyone requested about the twenty pages of erotic Kung Fu Panda fanfiction inspired by a character Matt created. If you're reading this, you're a friend. Questions, suggestions, hypnoregressions? Feel free to email us at GenXFilesPod@gmail.com.

  7. Aug 11

    S1E16 - Young at Heart; or, Chris Carter Lends a Hand

    A supposedly dead killer from Mulder’s past is back, younger than ever and equipped with one deeply suspicious salamander hand. This week, longtime fans and couple Dash and Melz join Dash’s mom Angel, a first-time watcher, for Young at Heart. An old failure comes roaring back into Mulder’s life as the agents uncover secret human experiments, a government deal with a murderer, and some beautifully half-baked Season 1 science. Along the way, we reminisce about Mawmaw “walking her man,” a children’s football game becomes a bowl of child soup, Scully gets volunteered as bait, and the world’s horniest handwriting analyst develops a very professional interest in Fox Mulder. Mark Snow briefly wanders into a Pee-wee Herman death cult, while Barnett somehow evolves into a California surfer dude with murder on the brain. We also uncover Neutrogena’s disastrous Young at Hands product tie-in, discover why Q apparently spent the Brosnan era handling MI6 technology with ten f*****g bratwurst, and William B. Davis makes a surprise appearance that somehow goes completely unnoticed by all three of us. If you're reading this, you're a friend. Questions, suggestions, hypnoregressions? Feel free to email us at GenXFilesPod@gmail.com.

  8. Aug 4

    S1E15 - Lazarus; or, The Curious Case of Penis Continuity

    A dead bank robber, awkward relationship dynamics, and one very inconvenient case of waking up in the wrong body. This week on our rewatch of The X-Files, Dash & Melz (long-time fans and couple) and Angel (first-time watcher and Dash’s mom) take on Season 1, Episode 15: Lazarus. Mulder thinks something impossible has happened to Jack Willis. Scully would really rather it hadn’t. Somewhere between body swapping, old relationships, and a stopped watch, we land on one of our favorite reads of their whole dynamic: Mulder says “I want to believe.” Scully says “I’m scared to believe.” We also launch a full investigation into whether Willis and Dupre have identical penises, turn Agent Brisket into a recurring problem, meet John Audio, discover the legally distinct soda “Shasa,” and watch Scully unload enough wrestling finishers on Lula to headline WrestleMania. Angel gets protective of Scully, the eternal big-tittied Sasquatch returns, and a tangent on John Landis' The Stupids becomes its own mini episode. Oh, and Producer Carl makes his first appearance. That seems important. So join us for ghost-jacking, ricochet math, naked-man shooting etiquette, doomed romance, and far more penis continuity than anyone involved in The X-Files could have anticipated. If you’re reading this, you’re a friend! Questions, suggestions, hypnoregressions? Drop us a line at GenXFilesPod@gmail.com.

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Gen X-Files is an X-Files rewatch podcast that feels like you're experiencing the show from the couch with an unhinged family. Join Dash and Melz, longtime fans, and Angel, Dash’s mom and a first time watcher, for episode breakdowns, first timer reactions, memories of what the 90s were actually like, running bits, forgotten tie in products, deleted scenes, side conversations, and unfiltered opinions on everything from flukemen to government conspiracies. We love The X-Files, but we’re not precious about it. Never seen it? We got you. Lifelong fan? Come hang out. Here, you're a friend.

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