Oh boohoo, you charcoal lunged asshole, you think YOU have a reason to be bitter? EVERYONE has to deal with this shit, and you only help to make it worse with your fucking conspiracy and alien stuff. Youre not deep, youre just a selfish asshole who's trying to justify his own actions.
The best villian ever created and yet he is human as we all are. He wishes for something more perhaps something that is out of his reach. As much as I'd love nothing more than to despise his character I feel pity.
best episode.. its so sad, before this episode you thought he was a cunt, but after this episode you think differently, like when he gave everyone a Christmas present, or when he was happy they wanted to publish his book. :(
This was a great scene, but by all means don't let it affect your outlook on life. Life can be shitty, but there's always something to look forward to.
So you're left with nothing but bits of hardened jelly and teeth shattering nuts. And, if you're desperate enough to eat those, all you've got left is an empty box. Filled with useless brown paper wrappers.
Life is like a box of chocolates. A cheap, thoughtless, perfunctory gift that nobody ever asks for. Unreturnable, because all you get is another box of chocolates. So you're stuck with this undefinable whipped mint crap that you mindlessly wolf down when they're nothing left to eat. Sure once in awhile there's a peanut butter cup, or an English toffee, but they're gone too fast and the taste is fleeting.
As one of the producers said, this episode shouldn't be seen as the actual history of CSM - only a possible one. Frohike thought CSM wrote this story, and even if he did it was possible he added or removed facts.
Did anyone else see this episode as drawing a parallel between Ol' Smokey and Hitler (who is often said to have gone down the genocidal strongman path after failing to make a career as an artist)?
Man, I'd hate to be in a situation described by CSM in this episode while he was talking to Deep Throat.
Having shaped the course of humanity so many times, yet remaining in the shadows, never appearing in the history books, or even letting anyone know your damn name.
@Tarkess "Life is like a box of chocolates. A cheap, thoughtless, perfunctory gift that nobody ever asks for. Unreturnable, because all you get back is another box of chocolates. So you're stuck with this undefinable whipped mint crap that you mindlessly wolf down when there's nothing else left to eat. Sure, once in a while there's a peanut butter cup or an english toffee but they're gone too fast...
@Tarkess and taste is fleeting. So you end up with nothing but broken bits of hardened jelly and teeth-shattering nuts. If you're desperate enough to eat those, all you have left is an empty box filled with useless brown paper wrappers."
This version of the saying makes more sense. Forrest Gump always confused me: most boxes of chocolates have a guide., so that you do, in fact, know what you're going to get.\
@mdfilmguy Actually I've often found the guides are a little bit off. The colors don't match the colors on the wrappers. It would have been easy to give us a good guide, so we could know what we're going to get. But no, we get this crap where you have to figure out if that's supposed to be the red or the orange wrapper. Whoever made those guides is thoughtless and incompetent, so really just like life.
@MasterManto finally acquired the entire show and i've reached this ep. Cant say i sympathize with csm so far. But the Q is: Why didn't he get busy getting rich, just settling for a lonely life in the shadows?
@ashrafnfs He's a shadowy agent of a vast international conspiracy, primarily working with MIB incidents. He either doesn't have time or he wants to do it on his own.
@MasterManto ye, apart from killing jfk and mlk, trying to kill the lone gunmen and having an affair wiv mulders mum, hes a lovely guy :P nah, im jokin, i no exactly how u feel, but in the other episodes he can be an asshole! still, this dus make you think, what dus he do when he goes home each night from the latest syndicate meeting, he has no one and nuthin but the knowledge that him and evry1 else is guna die on 21/12/12 :P
@MasterManto Good point! I'd like to add my two cents: This scene has a philosophical meaning as well. Here the CSM proves that you can be one of the most powerful men on this planet and to know things that 99.999% of the people don't know but if the world doesn't believe you or take you seriously, that power means nothing! In a way, he's no different than the bum. The bum is a nobody but CSM is a nobody too because nobody takes his writing or himself for that matter seriously.
@gmccord1970 Yeah they really did an amazing job in this episode of taking the incredibly powerful character that everyone hates and fears and turning him in to a normal guy that you actually kind of feel sorry for. They gave so much depth to the character in just one episode
I've never been into the X-Files but this is a greatly written scene and monologue.
JumboJimbo2011 4 months ago
Oh boohoo, you charcoal lunged asshole, you think YOU have a reason to be bitter? EVERYONE has to deal with this shit, and you only help to make it worse with your fucking conspiracy and alien stuff. Youre not deep, youre just a selfish asshole who's trying to justify his own actions.
Piledriver86 4 months ago
Disillusion-ment at it's most stark.
DreadnoughtMetal2006 4 months ago
The best villian ever created and yet he is human as we all are. He wishes for something more perhaps something that is out of his reach. As much as I'd love nothing more than to despise his character I feel pity.
midoribishi 5 months ago 3
Life is like a packet of cigarettes...
Miedvied84 6 months ago
Best monologue in TV series´ history!
maritoleon 6 months ago 2
Davis just raped Tom Cruise.
OptimisticNihilistic 7 months ago
I feel an urge to watch this scene whenever I'm depressed... and maybe a little suicidal!
DeathOnSernpidal 8 months ago
@DeathOnSernpidal I do, too.
DoubleRu 7 months ago
You know what would be funny. If the homeless man said, "Motherfucker are you gonna gimmie some change or what?"
msinclair1991 8 months ago
Agent Smith and Forrest Gump who could deny the similarities especially the bench.
funkmystar 8 months ago
Um, yeah... he's not bitter...
badbearwatch 9 months ago
best episode.. its so sad, before this episode you thought he was a cunt, but after this episode you think differently, like when he gave everyone a Christmas present, or when he was happy they wanted to publish his book. :(
tehBLAX 10 months ago
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tehBLAX 10 months ago
The genius of writers Glen Morgan and James Wong!
Soon after, they left the show and it turned to shit.
SirNicholasWoods 10 months ago 3
yep he is mulders biological father
Itachi21x 10 months ago
Someone knows where I can found the soundtrack of this Episode?
markm1900 11 months ago
I like boxes of chocolates... most of them are usually good, unless you buy some cheap crap.
culwin 11 months ago
Can you believe that he is actually Mulder's biological father?
lander77477 1 year ago
This was my favourite, one of my most favourite episodes. I teared up when he got everyone a christmas present after a meeting.
Rosalila 1 year ago
I have no idea why, but I keep watching the scene over and over again. The visual and audio are just comforting to me for some reason.
AmericanBadass44 1 year ago
This was a great scene, but by all means don't let it affect your outlook on life. Life can be shitty, but there's always something to look forward to.
AmericanBadass44 1 year ago
This was a good scene. Writer's did well here, same for 'smokie'.
1961slam 1 year ago
my favorite x-files character by far.
"Don't try to threaten me agent Mulder.... I've watched presidents die."
-CSM
thebishopdude 1 year ago
He looks like Arsene Wenger.
Njalvis 1 year ago
Can some native speaker write here whole CSM speech? I don't understand everything only hearing. Thanks.
MrPeterKurten 1 year ago
@MrPeterKurten
So you're left with nothing but bits of hardened jelly and teeth shattering nuts. And, if you're desperate enough to eat those, all you've got left is an empty box. Filled with useless brown paper wrappers.
gdhuertas07 1 year ago
@gdhuertas07 Thanks! If you'll ever need to translate something to polish, you got me! Have a nice day.
MrPeterKurten 1 year ago
@MrPeterKurten
Life is like a box of chocolates. A cheap, thoughtless, perfunctory gift that nobody ever asks for. Unreturnable, because all you get is another box of chocolates. So you're stuck with this undefinable whipped mint crap that you mindlessly wolf down when they're nothing left to eat. Sure once in awhile there's a peanut butter cup, or an English toffee, but they're gone too fast and the taste is fleeting.
gdhuertas07 1 year ago
As one of the producers said, this episode shouldn't be seen as the actual history of CSM - only a possible one. Frohike thought CSM wrote this story, and even if he did it was possible he added or removed facts.
yupignome 1 year ago
Did anyone else see this episode as drawing a parallel between Ol' Smokey and Hitler (who is often said to have gone down the genocidal strongman path after failing to make a career as an artist)?
trilobright 1 year ago
@trilobright that's an interesting thought... it's true what you say about hitler, and this plays out a lot like that :)
Bobafett4796 1 year ago
I wish, I existed in this scene. Just to listen to his stories. I wish i had a cure for cancer and death too. I could listen to him for an eternity.
goddesslush 1 year ago
I LIKE dying of canc4er, bitch! Cancer for you, you fukkin whiner!!
dirtyratmiller 1 year ago
Mmmm.... peanut butter cups.
Kev95682 1 year ago
That's an interesting analogy. Speaking as a pessimist, I was hoping someone would put Forrest Gump in his place. lol
SamhainTheDark 1 year ago
Probably the best episode of X-Files. I mean, when I first watched this, it was mind blowing. It really turned my perspective of Cancer Man around.
snizshizzle 1 year ago 4
This comment has received too many negative votes show
I want that minute and 45 seconds of my life back.
denreaper 1 year ago
Poor CSM...
Sleepinglily 1 year ago
Sorry if this is random but what kind of a coat is he wearing?
DYoshe 1 year ago
@DYoshe Regular black trenchcoat I think. Or were you asking for brand and model?
Laqez 1 year ago
I like this guy.
TheMiniEvilGuy 1 year ago
The Cancer Man is the baddest-ass-character on the show.
spqromanus 1 year ago
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spqromanus 1 year ago
This is better than any of those silly, "Deep Thoughts" segments from way back on SNL.
gorillabelly1 2 years ago
Man, I'd hate to be in a situation described by CSM in this episode while he was talking to Deep Throat.
Having shaped the course of humanity so many times, yet remaining in the shadows, never appearing in the history books, or even letting anyone know your damn name.
ElCervezaMuchacho 2 years ago 4
@ElCervezaMuchacho
Even worse, he never even made it into the local phone directory!
gorillabelly1 2 years ago
i dont get it... is csm a bad guy or a good guy???
mrbeaniebaby 2 years ago
@mrbeaniebaby Definately a bad guy. But this episode shows him from a different perspective and kinda makes you feel sorry for him.
rmenges 2 years ago
@mrbeaniebaby Bad-ish but not evil.
Laqez 1 year ago
@mrbeaniebaby Yes.
Irishflyboy255 1 year ago
Anyone have this on text?
Tarkess 2 years ago
@Tarkess "Life is like a box of chocolates. A cheap, thoughtless, perfunctory gift that nobody ever asks for. Unreturnable, because all you get back is another box of chocolates. So you're stuck with this undefinable whipped mint crap that you mindlessly wolf down when there's nothing else left to eat. Sure, once in a while there's a peanut butter cup or an english toffee but they're gone too fast...
rmenges 2 years ago
@Tarkess and taste is fleeting. So you end up with nothing but broken bits of hardened jelly and teeth-shattering nuts. If you're desperate enough to eat those, all you have left is an empty box filled with useless brown paper wrappers."
rmenges 2 years ago
@rmenges Thanks alot :D
Tarkess 2 years ago
Genial! :D
Caschteway 2 years ago
he means you can't exchange the life you were given
you get only 1 life
and the only thing you can do back is to produce offspring (give another life)
FerrariSorry 2 years ago
Non returnable because all you get back is another box of chocolates sounds unnecessary waste of time. What was that supposed to mean?
miiiikku 2 years ago
This version of the saying makes more sense. Forrest Gump always confused me: most boxes of chocolates have a guide., so that you do, in fact, know what you're going to get.\
mdfilmguy 2 years ago 34
narb
NoIdeaWhatYouMean 2 years ago
@mdfilmguy Actually I've often found the guides are a little bit off. The colors don't match the colors on the wrappers. It would have been easy to give us a good guide, so we could know what we're going to get. But no, we get this crap where you have to figure out if that's supposed to be the red or the orange wrapper. Whoever made those guides is thoughtless and incompetent, so really just like life.
newperve 1 year ago
@mdfilmguy Yeah, but most of what they put in the box is shit.
betatalk357 11 months ago
You can always... Recycle! :D
Aliendisc 2 years ago
The best episode so far (this being the last episode I saw,this night).
Genius..
lilbitchoc 2 years ago
/`¤´\ Brother /`¤´\
KimmoKuopio 2 years ago
ASPECT RATIO
ShotgunHeroX 2 years ago
You know, I felt bad for CSM in this scene.
His entire life, he wants to be a writer, but no one take his stories, seeing they say it's for being too unrealistic.
So, finally, when he does get his story sold, it ends up in a small magazine, and they changed the ending in it.
His entire life... Gone.
While the rest of the Syndicate are rich and powerful, all he has to look forward too is old memories, war movies, and cheap alcohol...
His entire life is like a box of chocolates...
MasterManto 2 years ago 53
Not forgetting his Morley Cigarettes
12SeanH 2 years ago 12
That too.
MasterManto 2 years ago
@MasterManto finally acquired the entire show and i've reached this ep. Cant say i sympathize with csm so far. But the Q is: Why didn't he get busy getting rich, just settling for a lonely life in the shadows?
ashrafnfs 1 year ago
@ashrafnfs He's a shadowy agent of a vast international conspiracy, primarily working with MIB incidents. He either doesn't have time or he wants to do it on his own.
Irishflyboy255 1 year ago
@MasterManto They did take his story but then they discredited him.
ILoveMakingTutorials 1 year ago
@MasterManto ye, apart from killing jfk and mlk, trying to kill the lone gunmen and having an affair wiv mulders mum, hes a lovely guy :P nah, im jokin, i no exactly how u feel, but in the other episodes he can be an asshole! still, this dus make you think, what dus he do when he goes home each night from the latest syndicate meeting, he has no one and nuthin but the knowledge that him and evry1 else is guna die on 21/12/12 :P
satansskidmarks 1 year ago
@MasterManto Thats a real Hero...
markm1900 11 months ago 2
@MasterManto Good point! I'd like to add my two cents: This scene has a philosophical meaning as well. Here the CSM proves that you can be one of the most powerful men on this planet and to know things that 99.999% of the people don't know but if the world doesn't believe you or take you seriously, that power means nothing! In a way, he's no different than the bum. The bum is a nobody but CSM is a nobody too because nobody takes his writing or himself for that matter seriously.
gmccord1970 5 months ago 6
@gmccord1970 Yeah they really did an amazing job in this episode of taking the incredibly powerful character that everyone hates and fears and turning him in to a normal guy that you actually kind of feel sorry for. They gave so much depth to the character in just one episode
NotMartinCameron 2 months ago