“I hear it’s free beer night at the Astrodome.” The second time in five years he’s asked her out on a professional sports date. Scully, he really, really wants to take you to a stadium or arena of some sort.
Not only that, but he wants to take her on a sports date a four-hour drive from Dallas. Mulder does realize that the Astrodome is in Houston, not Dallas, right? This Texan has to wonder. Hee!
Scully, all sad and awake, wearing lipstick and a bra with her silk PJs.
That part makes me feel sorry for her on several levels. For one, that she is wearing a bra to bed, because that's just uncomfortable! ;-) For another, it really is sad that she is alone and Mulder is alone, and being them they can't just talk to each other about their feelings or be of comfort to each other.
But hey, a mere ten years later that all will have changed, so that makes me happy. She'll still be in bed, all sad and awake, but she'll be bra-less, have an extremely hot Mulder beside her, and will actually tell him what's wrong and let him share her troubles. It makes me so happy to type that! And also to see this. ;-)
But anyway, back to FTF! ITA on the blue shirts and the sideburns and Scully's awesome suits. They're both at the height of their beauty in this movie, guh.
Oh MAN! For some reason the Astrodome thing never occurred to me! I mean, I know where it is, but it just never clicked. HA. On the other hand, THAT'S how much he wants to go to a baseball game with her: he'll drive to Houston. (Still: I always wonder, is there even such a thing as "free beer night" anywhere? I can't even imagine. It would be madness, considering how nuts people get over free can cozies and bobbleheads!)
But hey, a mere ten years later that all will have changed, so that makes me happy. She'll still be in bed, all sad and awake, but she'll be bra-less, have an extremely hot Mulder beside her, and will actually tell him what's wrong and let him share her troubles. YES YES YES. I have this weird feeling that IWTB might kind of line up with FTF, if you look at corresponding scenes. One day when I'm really, really bored, I'll look into that.
I have this weird feeling that IWTB might kind of line up with FTF, if you look at corresponding scenes. One day when I'm really, really bored, I'll look into that.
I hope you do! Just the other day I mentioned to jeviltwin that I'd noticed some really nice, subtle similarities between the locker room scene in IWTB and the hallway scene from FTF. Mulder pushes to get the answers and needs Scully's help. She withdraws. IIRC he even says "I need you on this" -- exact same words in both scenes. I'm sure there are more scenes that line up. So fantastic.
I love that in the first movie their conflicts and emotional drama take a back seat to the huge, scary Aliens Are Coming storyline, but that by IWTB the case is relatively small, and secondary to the story of Mulder and Scully's relationship and how it will continue now that all that X-Filesy darkness is back in their lives. It's like CC and company finally got our memo on what the focus of things should really be! LOL. Not that I don't love the grand, mytharc stuff, too. But you know what I mean. ;-)
Not only that, but he wants to take her on a sports date a four-hour drive from Dallas. Mulder does realize that the Astrodome is in Houston, not Dallas, right? This Texan has to wonder. Hee!
Scully, all sad and awake, wearing lipstick and a bra with her silk PJs.
That part makes me feel sorry for her on several levels. For one, that she is wearing a bra to bed, because that's just uncomfortable! ;-) For another, it really is sad that she is alone and Mulder is alone, and being them they can't just talk to each other about their feelings or be of comfort to each other.
But hey, a mere ten years later that all will have changed, so that makes me happy. She'll still be in bed, all sad and awake, but she'll be bra-less, have an extremely hot Mulder beside her, and will actually tell him what's wrong and let him share her troubles. It makes me so happy to type that! And also to see this. ;-)
But anyway, back to FTF! ITA on the blue shirts and the sideburns and Scully's awesome suits. They're both at the height of their beauty in this movie, guh.
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But hey, a mere ten years later that all will have changed, so that makes me happy. She'll still be in bed, all sad and awake, but she'll be bra-less, have an extremely hot Mulder beside her, and will actually tell him what's wrong and let him share her troubles.
YES YES YES. I have this weird feeling that IWTB might kind of line up with FTF, if you look at corresponding scenes. One day when I'm really, really bored, I'll look into that.
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I hope you do! Just the other day I mentioned to jeviltwin that I'd noticed some really nice, subtle similarities between the locker room scene in IWTB and the hallway scene from FTF. Mulder pushes to get the answers and needs Scully's help. She withdraws. IIRC he even says "I need you on this" -- exact same words in both scenes. I'm sure there are more scenes that line up. So fantastic.
I love that in the first movie their conflicts and emotional drama take a back seat to the huge, scary Aliens Are Coming storyline, but that by IWTB the case is relatively small, and secondary to the story of Mulder and Scully's relationship and how it will continue now that all that X-Filesy darkness is back in their lives. It's like CC and company finally got our memo on what the focus of things should really be! LOL. Not that I don't love the grand, mytharc stuff, too. But you know what I mean. ;-)
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