Oh, and as to the black oil confusion? Yeah, I don't even try anymore. FTF is a fun, shiny blockbuster, but it really doesn't jive well at all with the show's canon mythology. I generally just happily skip along, enjoying it for what it is, but I felt like I had to at least attempt to deconstruct what the hell they were trying to do with the mytharc here. If you don't think about it too hard, it kind of makes sense while you're watching. You just can't even take one second to consider anything that comes before or after.
Oh, yes. I also love that Mulder recognizes her footfalls and looks up before she even comes through the door. God, yes! They are amazing.
And can I just step in here and express how much I love that CSM, as the central "villain" -- being on XF, he has shades of gray to him of course -- promotes this same agenda? He's Mulder's adversary, but he still wants him alive. He reminds me of a cat, toying with a spider before he eats it. I just love that. And that makes him almost that much more evil, you know? Sure, he's wanting to use Mulder for his own ends, but he's pretty much just torturing him instead of killing him. I mean, the things that happen to Mulder are AWFUL. And they know that--they know that killing Scully would be a worse fate for Mulder than his own death.
I love that cut, but OH MY GOD, the grammar in that sentence. I LOL without wanting to, every single time. It's INSANE. (I think the closed captioning actually corrects it!) I just can't imagine 1. that no one noticed; and 2. that there weren't any takes where he wasn't throwing random words in there.
You just can't even take one second to consider anything that comes before or after. Yep, exactly. Watching this movie makes me want to steal Susan's timeline more than ever, and see what she made of all of this.
I mean, the things that happen to Mulder are AWFUL. And they know that--they know that killing Scully would be a worse fate for Mulder than his own death. Oh, it totally makes him that much more evil! Which I also love! The way WBD plays him is just perfect. Oh, Mulder. The things your quest put you through...
I generally just happily skip along, enjoying it for what it is, but I felt like I had to at least attempt to deconstruct what the hell they were trying to do with the mytharc here. If you don't think about it too hard, it kind of makes sense while you're watching. You just can't even take one second to consider anything that comes before or after.
Oh, yes. I also love that Mulder recognizes her footfalls and looks up before she even comes through the door.
God, yes! They are amazing.
And can I just step in here and express how much I love that CSM, as the central "villain" -- being on XF, he has shades of gray to him of course -- promotes this same agenda? He's Mulder's adversary, but he still wants him alive. He reminds me of a cat, toying with a spider before he eats it. I just love that.
And that makes him almost that much more evil, you know? Sure, he's wanting to use Mulder for his own ends, but he's pretty much just torturing him instead of killing him. I mean, the things that happen to Mulder are AWFUL. And they know that--they know that killing Scully would be a worse fate for Mulder than his own death.
I love that cut, but OH MY GOD, the grammar in that sentence. I LOL without wanting to, every single time.
It's INSANE. (I think the closed captioning actually corrects it!) I just can't imagine 1. that no one noticed; and 2. that there weren't any takes where he wasn't throwing random words in there.
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Yep, exactly. Watching this movie makes me want to steal Susan's timeline more than ever, and see what she made of all of this.
I mean, the things that happen to Mulder are AWFUL. And they know that--they know that killing Scully would be a worse fate for Mulder than his own death.
Oh, it totally makes him that much more evil! Which I also love! The way WBD plays him is just perfect. Oh, Mulder. The things your quest put you through...
LMAO, does the CC really fix it? That is amazing.
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