Excelsis Dei
- Folge lief am 16. Nov. 1995
- 16
- 44 Min.
IMDb-BEWERTUNG
6,9/10
4717
IHRE BEWERTUNG
Füge eine Handlung in deiner Sprache hinzuMulder links a series of violent attacks at a convalescent home, including the brutal rape of a nurse, to angry spirits beyond the grave.Mulder links a series of violent attacks at a convalescent home, including the brutal rape of a nurse, to angry spirits beyond the grave.Mulder links a series of violent attacks at a convalescent home, including the brutal rape of a nurse, to angry spirits beyond the grave.
Johnny Cuthbert
- Jerry Tiernan
- (as Jon Cuthbert)
Handlung
WUSSTEST DU SCHON:
- WissenswertesPaul Brown's script came in two days before filming was due to start and was found to be too ambitious and too unwieldy. Chris Carter set about rewriting it and continued doing so while filming took place.
- PatzerScully puts two fingers on the neck of a deceased man, presumably to check his pulse. However, she places her fingers on the back of his neck, right behind the ear, nowhere near where a neck pulse should be taken.
- SoundtracksThe X-Files
Written by Mark Snow
Performed by John Beal
Ausgewählte Rezension
Wash your mouth with hospital grade soap, Hal!
David Fresco (Hal Arden) definitely uses that word, that another Reviewer was asking about. I have played back that section repeatedly, and you can hear him start pronouncing the letter "Eff". I am wondering if the audio had been edited back during when the show was on the air.
Meanwhile, Dr Janet Frasier from Stargate SG 1 (Teryl Rothery, who was also Jean Gray's voice in the X-Men animated series of 1992) gets accosted by "The ghost of (Eric) Christmas". Or was it the ghost of Hal Arden? But she cannot get any justice for this attack, because it can't be proved. And Hal gives an accounting for himself that we can't really argue with.
Interesting cameo role for Eric, that man had done television shows from their infancy, in the 1930s. Many shows which we don't really know anything about other than their names and approximately when they were made. He did take a 10 year hiatus before he started working heavily in the 50s, after which he had done a lot of work including the film "Johnny got his gun" (The film that Metallica decided to create an official soundtrack song for) and "The Andromeda strain"... even "Harold and Maude".
And for David Fresco, who was also in several of the 90s shows that Eric was in. Illustrious careers for both of those character actors, David Fresco was a gunman in the John Garfield film "Force of evil".
So what we have here is a show about ghosts and mushrooms, interesting combination. The hallucinogenic effects of mushrooms are well known and many of us are familiar with those effects. But this is the first time where the use of Hallucinogenics is mixed in with Gung's Malaysian traditions and mythology.
This caretaker "Gung" (Sab Shimono- who is mostly known for doing the voice of Subotai in the original Conan the Barbarian, although acted by surfer Jerry Lopez) - seemed to be the only person in the entire facility who cared about the well-being of the people being looked after. In fact another reviewer talks about how they are appalled by the treatment that these people were getting. But this is actually a realistic portrayal, people who live in nursing homes are often neglected. It is one of those unfortunate things. And in the end, Gung is punished. I suppose the other responsible parties were also punished, in other ways. Gung was the only one trying to help, because the orderlies could care less.
But with Gung's efforts, everything goes wonky.
Jerry Wasserman, who was last seen in Watchmen (2009 Film version) and I, Robot (The police tech who wants to pick up something for his kid at US robotics)- is the actual doctor in this joint. He thinks he is doing the inmates some good, due to the alleged success of an experimental medication... but what does he know? He is only there a couple of days per week.
Gung is correct when he says one thing: The administrators of the facility are never around to see it when the orderlies were doing something incredibly cruel.
Tasha Simms is Stan's daughter, we have seen her on the X-Files before in "Eve"... as Ellen Reardon. We have also seen the tall administrator woman "Mrs Dawson", in the actual first episode of The X-Files "Deep Throat".
So there are a couple of X-Files alumni in the cast as well as these excellent character actors and actresses. One of my favorites is Dorothy (Frances Bay), who makes the orderlies work very hard to even move her wheelchair, much less get her to swallow some pasty hospital oatmeal. Dorothy appears to act as the conduit between the mushroom "entities" and the real world, it is through her character that we see what they are doing. She is acting as the de facto "Narrator".
Meanwhile, Dr Janet Frasier from Stargate SG 1 (Teryl Rothery, who was also Jean Gray's voice in the X-Men animated series of 1992) gets accosted by "The ghost of (Eric) Christmas". Or was it the ghost of Hal Arden? But she cannot get any justice for this attack, because it can't be proved. And Hal gives an accounting for himself that we can't really argue with.
Interesting cameo role for Eric, that man had done television shows from their infancy, in the 1930s. Many shows which we don't really know anything about other than their names and approximately when they were made. He did take a 10 year hiatus before he started working heavily in the 50s, after which he had done a lot of work including the film "Johnny got his gun" (The film that Metallica decided to create an official soundtrack song for) and "The Andromeda strain"... even "Harold and Maude".
And for David Fresco, who was also in several of the 90s shows that Eric was in. Illustrious careers for both of those character actors, David Fresco was a gunman in the John Garfield film "Force of evil".
So what we have here is a show about ghosts and mushrooms, interesting combination. The hallucinogenic effects of mushrooms are well known and many of us are familiar with those effects. But this is the first time where the use of Hallucinogenics is mixed in with Gung's Malaysian traditions and mythology.
This caretaker "Gung" (Sab Shimono- who is mostly known for doing the voice of Subotai in the original Conan the Barbarian, although acted by surfer Jerry Lopez) - seemed to be the only person in the entire facility who cared about the well-being of the people being looked after. In fact another reviewer talks about how they are appalled by the treatment that these people were getting. But this is actually a realistic portrayal, people who live in nursing homes are often neglected. It is one of those unfortunate things. And in the end, Gung is punished. I suppose the other responsible parties were also punished, in other ways. Gung was the only one trying to help, because the orderlies could care less.
But with Gung's efforts, everything goes wonky.
Jerry Wasserman, who was last seen in Watchmen (2009 Film version) and I, Robot (The police tech who wants to pick up something for his kid at US robotics)- is the actual doctor in this joint. He thinks he is doing the inmates some good, due to the alleged success of an experimental medication... but what does he know? He is only there a couple of days per week.
Gung is correct when he says one thing: The administrators of the facility are never around to see it when the orderlies were doing something incredibly cruel.
Tasha Simms is Stan's daughter, we have seen her on the X-Files before in "Eve"... as Ellen Reardon. We have also seen the tall administrator woman "Mrs Dawson", in the actual first episode of The X-Files "Deep Throat".
So there are a couple of X-Files alumni in the cast as well as these excellent character actors and actresses. One of my favorites is Dorothy (Frances Bay), who makes the orderlies work very hard to even move her wheelchair, much less get her to swallow some pasty hospital oatmeal. Dorothy appears to act as the conduit between the mushroom "entities" and the real world, it is through her character that we see what they are doing. She is acting as the de facto "Narrator".
hilfreich•44
- XweAponX
- 7. März 2022
Top-Auswahl
Melden Sie sich zum Bewerten an und greifen Sie auf die Watchlist für personalisierte Empfehlungen zu
Details
Zu dieser Seite beitragen
Bearbeitung vorschlagen oder fehlenden Inhalt hinzufügen