Okay, I am commenting. I need something to cheer me up about now, and this is probably counter-intuitive, but I'm doing it anyway.
So, how did these two not crash a million rental cars, the way they can’t stop looking at each other? HA! That reminds me of that adorable line from Amelie, about how she hates it in old movies when actors don't watch the road at all.
I love Mulder because there is a difference between those two people for him. LOL so true. Oh, Mulder. His sliding scale for people is just so... bizarre. How can one not love it?
Ha, he’s all stunned and she doesn’t even pay him any heed, just walking past him to the door. Yes! It's like that moment in Pusher, when she tells Skinner "I have to agree with Agent Mulder," and he actually stops and looks at her like, "Have my babies?"
MULDER. She wants to have your monkey baby. HELLO. LOL. Who wouldn't? I ask you.
The IVF portion of this episode bums me out, just thinking about what’s in their future. I felt the same way watching them get Baby's First IVF Lecture in Eve, a
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Duchovny changes his physicality, he isn't just running on Mulder autopilot or anything. He apes Scully’s way of sitting when they’re in Skinner’s office, glancing over at her and then crossing his legs and lacing his fingers together in his lap. Brilliant. Absolutely. He makes his face all doughy and makes different facial expressions, his eyes get a sleepy quality to them, and he actually appears awkward within his own body, because it's not supposed to be his. I... don't even know. Brilliant IS the word, though.
OH MY GOD, when he leans back and tumbles in the chair, kicking at the desk! So funny, it ended up in the blooper reel without actually being a blooper. HARDCORE FUNNY.
(Mulder actually calling a phone sex line vs. regular porn is infinitely more depressing to me. Yes?) Yes, it is. I think this had to be for furtherance of the joke though, because I actually have a friend who's an operator on one of those things, and they'd NEVER call a client at home.
Mulder and Scully are the poster children for that not meaning a damn
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He makes his face all doughy and makes different facial expressions, his eyes get a sleepy quality to them, and he actually appears awkward within his own body, because it's not supposed to be his. I... don't even know. Brilliant IS the word, though. For some reason I'd never really noticed the moment when he studies Scully to learn how an FBI agent sits, but it's this tiny little thing that's amazing. Just the detail he put into this performance blows me away.
That sounds harsh, but I'm tired; did that make any sense? It's more like... he must think that the thing Scully wants is someone who looks like him, but ISN'T him. That really breaks my heart. Yes, that makes perfect sense. And it really is what Eddie says to him at the end, too, which must just rub more salt in the wound, that he's a loser by choice if he can't make the most of this body he's in. And it's not a choice, I think, because it would never occur to Mulder to live his life in a different way, you know? It's not like he could flip a switch and live like he looks
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Aww, really? That's always been one of my favorite little moments! Others, of course, would be struggling with the keys, trying to figure out how to stand and walk (this is especially obvious in the hospital before they go back to Washington) in the body of a much taller, lankier man, etc. It's just... his performances are always full-bodied, but this is above and beyond.
And it's not a choice, I think, because it would never occur to Mulder to live his life in a different way, you know? It's not like he could flip a switch and live like he looks like he should. So he must just be like...fuck, I will never be able to make this happen.Ugh, yes, exactly! That's another part of why it's so saddening! Mulder is Mulder, and it just wouldn't occur to him to be anyone else. In one way, that's one of the childish things about him. He just... is who he is, regardless of the opinions of others, for better or worse. Oh, Mulder
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You know your show is hard core when, during the arc where one of the main characters has terminal brain cancer, you're thinking, "Oh, if only we could stay in this happy paradise forever!"
This completely cracked me up, because it's SO true! Poor Mulder and Scully, they only think their lives are sad and messed up now. I find myself watching early season episodes these days and wishing I could somehow warn them about what lies ahead
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I find myself watching early season episodes these days and wishing I could somehow warn them about what lies ahead.
Oh, that's the truth. I did a complete rewatch a few months ago, and I was constantly wanting to wave my arms around and alert them to the horrible danger standing in their path.
Not least of which, for me, is that it takes place right in the middle of the cancer arc, which makes "Mulder" showing up to talk and drink wine with Scully that much more poignant.
So true! Sometimes, when you've seen episodes a billion times, it's easy not to watch them in context. But if you remember that this happens two episodes before "Elegy," which I just rewatched yesterday, it adds to understanding why it's so difficult for Scully to even open up to a therapist about her feelings about Mulder, let alone to Mulder himself. Not that she thinks she's going to accidentally be taken in by a doppelganger again--what are the odds?--but it would definitely, I think, play into her state of mind.
They're so messed up, that pair, but that's
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So, how did these two not crash a million rental cars, the way they can’t stop looking at each other?
HA! That reminds me of that adorable line from Amelie, about how she hates it in old movies when actors don't watch the road at all.
I love Mulder because there is a difference between those two people for him.
LOL so true. Oh, Mulder. His sliding scale for people is just so... bizarre. How can one not love it?
Ha, he’s all stunned and she doesn’t even pay him any heed, just walking past him to the door.
Yes! It's like that moment in Pusher, when she tells Skinner "I have to agree with Agent Mulder," and he actually stops and looks at her like, "Have my babies?"
MULDER. She wants to have your monkey baby. HELLO.
LOL. Who wouldn't? I ask you.
The IVF portion of this episode bums me out, just thinking about what’s in their future. I felt the same way watching them get Baby's First IVF Lecture in Eve, a ( ... )
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Absolutely. He makes his face all doughy and makes different facial expressions, his eyes get a sleepy quality to them, and he actually appears awkward within his own body, because it's not supposed to be his. I... don't even know. Brilliant IS the word, though.
OH MY GOD, when he leans back and tumbles in the chair, kicking at the desk!
So funny, it ended up in the blooper reel without actually being a blooper. HARDCORE FUNNY.
(Mulder actually calling a phone sex line vs. regular porn is infinitely more depressing to me. Yes?)
Yes, it is. I think this had to be for furtherance of the joke though, because I actually have a friend who's an operator on one of those things, and they'd NEVER call a client at home.
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For some reason I'd never really noticed the moment when he studies Scully to learn how an FBI agent sits, but it's this tiny little thing that's amazing. Just the detail he put into this performance blows me away.
That sounds harsh, but I'm tired; did that make any sense? It's more like... he must think that the thing Scully wants is someone who looks like him, but ISN'T him. That really breaks my heart.
Yes, that makes perfect sense. And it really is what Eddie says to him at the end, too, which must just rub more salt in the wound, that he's a loser by choice if he can't make the most of this body he's in. And it's not a choice, I think, because it would never occur to Mulder to live his life in a different way, you know? It's not like he could flip a switch and live like he looks ( ... )
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And it's not a choice, I think, because it would never occur to Mulder to live his life in a different way, you know? It's not like he could flip a switch and live like he looks like he should. So he must just be like...fuck, I will never be able to make this happen.Ugh, yes, exactly! That's another part of why it's so saddening! Mulder is Mulder, and it just wouldn't occur to him to be anyone else. In one way, that's one of the childish things about him. He just... is who he is, regardless of the opinions of others, for better or worse. Oh, Mulder ( ... )
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This completely cracked me up, because it's SO true! Poor Mulder and Scully, they only think their lives are sad and messed up now. I find myself watching early season episodes these days and wishing I could somehow warn them about what lies ahead ( ... )
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Oh, that's the truth. I did a complete rewatch a few months ago, and I was constantly wanting to wave my arms around and alert them to the horrible danger standing in their path.
Not least of which, for me, is that it takes place right in the middle of the cancer arc, which makes "Mulder" showing up to talk and drink wine with Scully that much more poignant.
So true! Sometimes, when you've seen episodes a billion times, it's easy not to watch them in context. But if you remember that this happens two episodes before "Elegy," which I just rewatched yesterday, it adds to understanding why it's so difficult for Scully to even open up to a therapist about her feelings about Mulder, let alone to Mulder himself. Not that she thinks she's going to accidentally be taken in by a doppelganger again--what are the odds?--but it would definitely, I think, play into her state of mind.
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